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Paul Brislen

@brislen.nz

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Kiwi telco guy. No I don’t know how that happened either. I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice) "We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020) Aotearoa he/him

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 10h

Yes (to our eternal shame)

Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 11h

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

Email from the Ministry for the Environment:

Tēnā koe,
On Sunday at 12.00pm (12th October) the Government will make an announcement about New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

The Ministry for the Environment will also release the 2025 emissions projections at 5.00pm on Sunday.

Ngā mihi
Ministry for the Environment

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 9h

He’s got a fantastic voice. Doubly so when he doesn’t want to introduce the seagull as the bird.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 9h

I am. I am very happy.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 9h

Y. E. S.

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 11h

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · 13h

“I’ll declare war on you if you don’t give me the peace prize” is an incredible bit

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 11h

Gyles Beckford Retiring?! Corin Dann to Business Editor!?

Bring back Patrick O'Mara I say.

www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Morning Report's Corin Dann appointed RNZ’s new Business Editor

Dann joined Morning Report in 2019.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 12h

NO!

Do you work in the 1100s?

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Mo Ryan @moryan.bsky.social · 13h

Worth noting in part due to the prevalence of assault & abuse in the highest realms of power right now: I will never, ever forget James is one of the few to *ever* hold anyone to account in the wake of #MeToo. From my book Burn It Down, what AG James & her office did regarding CBS & Les Moonves:

From Maureen Ryan's book Burn It Down: More fodder for that argument came in late 2022 from New York Attorney
General Letitia James, whose office announced a $30.5 million
settlement in relation to a series of #MeToo-related
cover-ups
emanating
from the highest levels of CBS. After being tipped off by a Los Angeles
Police Department captain about sexual assault allegations filed
against then-CEO
Leslie Moonves, the network’s executives, including
Moonves, worked in 2017 and 2018 “to prevent the complaint from
becoming public,” the AG’s office noted. This is infuriatingly ironic,
given that CBS made a fortune from crime procedurals that tended to
condemn, if not vilify, anyone who broke the law. But we’ve all seen
enough to know that the rule of law and the imperatives of commonsense
decency are frequently disregarded when it comes to powerful
industry figures.
“CBS and its senior leadership knew about multiple allegations

of sexual assault made against Mr. Moonves and intentionally concealed
those allegations from regulators, shareholders, and the public
for months,” James said in a statement, adding that “CBS and Leslie
Moonves’ attempts to silence victims, lie to the public, and mislead
investors can only be described as reprehensible.” According to the settlement
agreement, at an industry event in November 2017—the day
Matt Lauer was fired from NBC, in fact—Moonves
declared, “There’s
a lot we didn’t know.” I thought I detected a note of lawyerly fury in
the next sentences of the legal document James’s office made public
November 2, 2022: “That statement was misleading as it implied that
Moonves and CBS were just learning of problems with workplace harassment
at CBS, when, in truth, Moonves and other top CBS executives
were actively seeking to conceal and suppress allegations” about
Moonves himself.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

I totally despise the whole adtech model for a: lying and b: being stuffed full of bots who DO NOT COUNT AS CUSTOMERS but sadly sometimes I'm told we need to promote stuff this way.

The lack of external review is damning. It's all lies.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

Turns out Facebook has a secret console where you can find all kinds of comments about ads you've run that don't show up in your usual comments panel so you don't know people are asking questions and calling you out for silence.

This is such a useful feature, Facebook.

Clap. Clap. Clap.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

Holy Cow!

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 13h

Latest benefits data is out. More detail later, but suffice to say that we are going to need some new forecasts.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

I'm reasonably sure even old people can learn not to push that button twice.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

I'm reasonably sure even old people can learn not to push that button twice.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

DOUBLE SPACES ARE THE DEVIL'S PLAYTHING

fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 14h

I dispatch orders for a large online shop, checking orders are packaged and addressed properly. People who put double spaces in their names & addresses get bumped to the back of the queue. Sometimes this delays their order for a week. Fuck the illiterate numpties.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

a close up of a man with a beard and mustache smiling

Alt: a close up of Jack Nicholson smiling and nodding

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 13h

crazy, eh?

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 14h

Excellent work... good to see someone talking about the state of (gestures wildly) all this.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 14h

That's excellent. What course is that for?

Huge benefits having internet connectivity pushed out to such a broad group (even without farmers) both economic and social. Huge.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 15h

Political revenge. How very.

Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 15h

CNN: We have just learned that Letitia James has just been indicted by the DOJ

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 17h

Autism antibodies are stored in the foreskin.

Justin Baragona @justinbaragona.bsky.social · 18h

Besides linking Tylenol in pregnant women to autism, RFK Jr. now says circumcision is part of the reason why kids are autistic.

"Children who are circumcised early have double the rate of autism, and it's highly likely because they're given Tylenol. None of this is positive..."

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 15h

OK, 3 Wise Men, getting an unbeatable once in a lifetime offer from you once is acceptable but to get it every single day, week after week is just not on.

Unsub.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 15h

www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/575...

"Most New Zealanders were probably not aware the government owns this investment in Chorus, nor feels any particular benefit from it," Willis said.

Government mulls possible sale of Chorus

The Finance Minister says with the completion of the ultra-fast broadband fibre initiative, there's no longer a policy reason for the Crown to own Chorus.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 15h

no, this kind of thing sadly is quite plausible. Just illegal.

Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 16h

Picked up the kid from Auckland Airport this morning.

She was off the plane, collected the bag, through processing, nothing to declare and into the Valley of Dogs (two snuffles, one from a beagle) and out to us in about 20 minutes max.

Bloody marvellous stuff.

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