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Dr Alma Rae

@almahawes.bsky.social

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Retired psychiatrist. Political, well to the left. Can be rude. Fabric artist, sailor and occasional gardener. Long covid. Amerikkka and Russia are fascist plutocracies. 🇸🇩 🇺🇦 Toitū te Tiriti. E waka eke noa.

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 12d

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 12d

Here’s part 1 of our four-part Better Offline case against generative AI. I walk you through how generative AI is sold through a complete misunderstanding of the concept of labor - and myth-building by companies like NVIDIA and OpenAI.

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The Case Against Generative AI (Part 1)

Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 09/30/2025 · 25m

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

True. It's just that the odds are higher if the sheets are out there for 20 hours instead of 4. But definitely 🤷🏼‍♀️

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

"Possibly"? Where have you been?

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

Such as?

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

Tautoko!

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

Kidnap victims, not detainees. They've been illegally abducted by thugs.

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

Full on Trump bootlicking. God these people are the dregs of Aotearoa.

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

Well said 😡

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

I do that too, in Ōtautahi. Then I don't have to get up early. Only drawback is occasional bird poop.

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2h

😈🤡👻

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

I don't

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Effectively, he's a christofascist mole.

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Yes. Look who owns the media and it's entirely clear.

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Oh ffs

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Yeah, fuck off, Fried Man.

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

LMFAO

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 1d

The coalition government in a nutshell.

‘They fear the future, they dream of a world that never was and never could be, they’re exclusionary, they’re humourless – they’re this coalition.‘
- Chris Finlayson #nzpol

Hell hath no fury like an attorney-general scorned

Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Chris Finlayson offer praise for the Waitangi Tribunal – and damning criticism of the coalition Government. Sam Sachdeva reports.

newsroom.co.nz

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Encouraging!

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Go Chris!

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Nah, lack of education is killing the entire USA. MAGA are abysmally ignorant.

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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 1d

*THIS* has to be the Youtube vid of the Year.

Enjoy!

(And consider sharing on FB, X/Twitter/Muskrats Ego! Make it go viral!)

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Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

YouTube video by thejuicemedia

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

Brilliant!

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

The word terrorist has ceased to have any meaning.

Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 1d

I doubt this is accidental. The billionaire techbros want to rule the world and they're getting there damn quick.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 2d

🍃🌹🌿
NZ People - DON’T FORGET to VOTE!
Every vote makes a difference! #nzpol

It closes at 12noon tomorrow (Saturday)

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Dr Alma Rae @almahawes.bsky.social · 2d

Truly. Sports betting is bad for sport and bad for gamblers, and a hundred times worse because it can be done online. Another way a few humans can rob the rest of us.