Dylan Reeve
@dylanreeve.com
I make TV and film. I write stuff. I was on #TheTraitorsNZ. Wrote FAKE BELIEVE (http://bit.ly/fakebelieve). Made TICKLED documentary. He/Him. [email protected]
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Dylan Reeve
@dylanreeve.com
· Jan 27
I tend to post different things to different social media platforms, but I'm going to put this same thing on all of them because it really matters.
Trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights are human rights!
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Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Is this cheese grater conscious? Many users feel they're talking to a real person. Scientists say it's time to consider whether they're onto something.
Most independent book stores took five copies of my book, or fewer.
If they sold most of that stock within a few months they'd likely re-order but after that they probably wouldn't bother to restock.
If they sold most of that stock within a few months they'd likely re-order but after that they probably wouldn't bother to restock.
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
Most independent book stores took five copies of my book, or fewer.
If they sold most of that stock within a few months they'd likely re-order but after that they probably wouldn't bother to restock.
If they sold most of that stock within a few months they'd likely re-order but after that they probably wouldn't bother to restock.
Moment of panic and I scroll the timeline and see a photo of Dave...
Thankfully not what my jaded heart briefly imagined.
Thankfully not what my jaded heart briefly imagined.
The veteran late-night host weighed in on his successor’s feud with the president.
Letterman Has ‘Never Been More Proud’ of ‘Dictator’ Trump’s Late-Night Foe
The veteran late-night host weighed in on his successor’s feud with the president.
trib.al
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Moment of panic and I scroll the timeline and see a photo of Dave...
Thankfully not what my jaded heart briefly imagined.
Thankfully not what my jaded heart briefly imagined.
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Theranos: "We can test blood with a portable machine"
= STRAIGHT TO JAIL
AI companies: "We need endless billions to build a God"
= SHUT UP AND TAKE ALL OUR MONEY
= STRAIGHT TO JAIL
AI companies: "We need endless billions to build a God"
= SHUT UP AND TAKE ALL OUR MONEY
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Theranos: "We can test blood with a portable machine"
= STRAIGHT TO JAIL
AI companies: "We need endless billions to build a God"
= SHUT UP AND TAKE ALL OUR MONEY
= STRAIGHT TO JAIL
AI companies: "We need endless billions to build a God"
= SHUT UP AND TAKE ALL OUR MONEY
Yeah, kick Kash to the kerb, great...
But mainly... "MS NOW" was such a weird choice for the new brand, even more so with that logo.
But mainly... "MS NOW" was such a weird choice for the new brand, even more so with that logo.
MS NOW EXCLUSIVE: “President Trump is considering removing Kash Patel as FBI director in the coming months, as he and his top aides have grown increasingly frustrated by the unflattering headlines Patel has recently generated.”
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
www.ms.now/news/trump-k...
President Trump may have had enough of Kash Patel, according to sources
The president is weighing whether to oust the FBI director after scrutiny of Patel's stewardship of bureau resources, including his girlfriend’s security detail and use of a government jet.
www.ms.now
November 25, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Yeah, kick Kash to the kerb, great...
But mainly... "MS NOW" was such a weird choice for the new brand, even more so with that logo.
But mainly... "MS NOW" was such a weird choice for the new brand, even more so with that logo.
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This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:30 PM
This is so funny because recipes can literally already be copied and reposted with no attribution or copyright. All AI does here is add statistical noise and make the stolen content useless. AI can’t even steal content without fucking it up.
What is the charge? Eating a pie? A succulent handheld meat pie? This is Democracy manifest!
* New Zealand takes pies (namely, handheld meat pies) so seriously that there are National Pie Awards that get major media coverage. The New Zealand National Library has a whole dedicated category for “Pies — Competitions.”
Pie.
Pie.
November 25, 2025 at 9:05 AM
What is the charge? Eating a pie? A succulent handheld meat pie? This is Democracy manifest!
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In the open sewer of news that flows out from the Trump administration it’s hard to appreciate the individual turds…but this looks like a massive stinker
Abortion And DEI Policies Now Considered Violations Of Human Rights, U.S. Says
The Trump administration has overhauled how the State Department conducts its annual Human Rights Report.
www.forbes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:29 AM
In the open sewer of news that flows out from the Trump administration it’s hard to appreciate the individual turds…but this looks like a massive stinker
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Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
November 24, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Founders on LinkedIn still seem to be struggling with the difference between telling people about their humble beginnings and admitting to straight up committing fraud.
This feels incredibly shortsighted and reckless.
Has Bishop considered how much it costs to operate fire fighting services at the nation's airports? Planes almost never crash or catch fire here.
Has Bishop considered how much it costs to operate fire fighting services at the nation's airports? Planes almost never crash or catch fire here.
Government to end Cook Strait open ocean tug contract early
The government has sunk plans to station an open ocean tug in the strait long term.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This feels incredibly shortsighted and reckless.
Has Bishop considered how much it costs to operate fire fighting services at the nation's airports? Planes almost never crash or catch fire here.
Has Bishop considered how much it costs to operate fire fighting services at the nation's airports? Planes almost never crash or catch fire here.
Reposted by Dylan Reeve
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
November 24, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Everything about this might be the saddest thing I’ve ever seen
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My "Totally Not Another Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
it's happening dot gif
November 24, 2025 at 9:11 PM
My "Totally Not Another Enron" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.
How many cases of this are there now?!
“After having extensive conversations with ChatGPT about his depression and suicidal ideation, ChatGPT still provided Joshua with information on how to purchase and use a gun, according to the court complaint reviewed by USA TODAY.”
He told ChatGPT he was suicidal. It helped with his plan, family says.
A lawsuit against OpenAI claims that Joshua Enneking, 26, was coached into suicide by ChatGPT after confiding in the chatbot for months.
www.usatoday.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:42 PM
How many cases of this are there now?!
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GPT would have been such a great technology if LLMs were just used to augment search engines. Their natural language processing ability means they can find relevant content no matter how you phrase your query. No more keyword matching, just ask a question, or describe what you’re looking for. 1/2
November 24, 2025 at 8:25 AM
GPT would have been such a great technology if LLMs were just used to augment search engines. Their natural language processing ability means they can find relevant content no matter how you phrase your query. No more keyword matching, just ask a question, or describe what you’re looking for. 1/2
Convincingly generating recognisable people from fairly uncommon perspectives is a real big development.
I've seen this image enough now that I feel like I should point out it's fake.
November 24, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Convincingly generating recognisable people from fairly uncommon perspectives is a real big development.
Honestly hard to understand how they're actually this stupid.
Wanna know how bad the Arizona legislator's petition forgeries were? Here's the examples from the Austin Smith indictment.
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
s3.documentcloud.org/documents/24...
November 24, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Honestly hard to understand how they're actually this stupid.
The most powerful man on earth and he's apparently not even *trying* to get us a Tango & Cash reboot or sequel?!
Useless.
Useless.
A person directly familiar with the conversations tells Semafor that Donald Trump has personally pressed Larry Ellison to revive Brett Ratner's "Rush Hour" franchise.
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
www.semafor.com/article/11/2...
Exclusive: How Trump is trying to remake American culture — starting with his favorite buddy-cop franchise
The president is offering some creative input on potential upcoming projects.
www.semafor.com
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 AM
The most powerful man on earth and he's apparently not even *trying* to get us a Tango & Cash reboot or sequel?!
Useless.
Useless.
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I don't know what even the point of arguing with these people is anymore, but the idea that "the crime gene" had been weeded out by 19th-20th century Europe is something you have to be a genuine imbecile to believe.
November 24, 2025 at 2:39 AM
I don't know what even the point of arguing with these people is anymore, but the idea that "the crime gene" had been weeded out by 19th-20th century Europe is something you have to be a genuine imbecile to believe.
TL;DR: TPU says people want profit adjusted for inflation.
Inflation, in the context of property, really just means "the housing market" — it's a measure of market cost.
People invest in property because they hope the market will go up (inflate) and they can profit.
Inflation *IS* the profit.
Inflation, in the context of property, really just means "the housing market" — it's a measure of market cost.
People invest in property because they hope the market will go up (inflate) and they can profit.
Inflation *IS* the profit.
Capital gains tax poll reveals option with most support: How it differs from Labour policy
The Taxpayers' Union-Curia polling was conducted from November 2-6.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 2:54 AM
TL;DR: TPU says people want profit adjusted for inflation.
Inflation, in the context of property, really just means "the housing market" — it's a measure of market cost.
People invest in property because they hope the market will go up (inflate) and they can profit.
Inflation *IS* the profit.
Inflation, in the context of property, really just means "the housing market" — it's a measure of market cost.
People invest in property because they hope the market will go up (inflate) and they can profit.
Inflation *IS* the profit.
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Hoo boy. We are all in such trouble.
It's also vastly easier and cheaper for media outlets to produce culture war content than policy stuff.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
With policy, you have to find actual experts that are available and willing, then pray they're good entertaining communicators.
On culture shit, you start with a talking head and work backwards.
This chart (which applies even more to social media than it did to TV) lives in my head rent free.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
Social media enveloping traditional media means everything and everyone is now competing in the entertainment market. Boring stuff like policy that affects millions of lives doesn’t stand a chance.
November 23, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Hoo boy. We are all in such trouble.
Duty Free is ridiculous... The "tax free" price is more than the actual tax free price... But that's nothing compared to what the Duty Free website claims the normal price is... Or whatever a "traveller price" is meant to represent.
November 23, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Duty Free is ridiculous... The "tax free" price is more than the actual tax free price... But that's nothing compared to what the Duty Free website claims the normal price is... Or whatever a "traveller price" is meant to represent.
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Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
Bye bye, “DOGE”.
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
It no longer exists as a “centralized entity”, according to the Office of Personnel Management.
@reuters.com
www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Difficult to overstate how profound a failure DOGE was. Spending in FY2025 was not only than in FY2024 – but higher than it was projected to be when Trump first took office.*
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
The little bit of spending DOGE cut has already killed hundreds of thousands and will eventually lead to millions of deaths.
So angry with Ryan Lizza. I've had to scrap the romantic poetry I've been planning to give to my wife as it's too similar and she'll assume it's derivative... But in reality it's just that great minds think alike!
November 23, 2025 at 1:07 AM
So angry with Ryan Lizza. I've had to scrap the romantic poetry I've been planning to give to my wife as it's too similar and she'll assume it's derivative... But in reality it's just that great minds think alike!