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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 8h

it’s kinda southern noir, I guess? a dirtbag protagonist investigating a shaggy dog mystery who routinely gets into scrapes of his own making. but also hilarious and filled with oddball characters and an excellent sense of place

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 8h

hello friends if you are looking for some new television to watch then I recommend ‘The Lowdown’. it’s the showrunner of Reservation Dogs and an absolutely fucking unbelievable cast of people you didn’t know were some of your favourite actors

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 11h

It’s the “that’s Chappie” tweet by @vineyille from Mar 23, 2015. it reads “[whispering to Faye while watching Chappie when Chappie first appears on the screen] That’s Chappie”

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 16h

Looks like a couple of incumbents unseated but yeah main changes are replacing people who retired

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 16h

and scene wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

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Nora Reed (they/them ze/hir) @nora.zone · 18h

cry havoc and let slip the frogs of war

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 18h

well all I can say is that I hope y’all didn’t fuck it up

Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

okay this is it - last day to vote in the local elections (and you only have until midway to do it).

find where to make a special vote in Pōneke: wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

find where you can drop your votes off: wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

tomorrow (Saturday) is the very last day to get your vote in for the local elections and they have to be in my midday. Wellington’s returns are up to 35.79% but that’s still not good enough!

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 22h

I put ChatGPT, Claude & Sora etc into the same category as PornHub or OnlyFans: it’s fine if you want to use them to masturbate but please don’t expect me to watch

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 23h

You can do a special vote - but you have to be enrolled to vote already as the last day to enrol was yesterday.

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

if you’re special voting you need to be enrolled already (the last day to enrol was yesterday). don’t be surprised (or deterred) if there are queues! the early bird gets to exercise their democratic rights without having to stand in line too long

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

okay this is it - last day to vote in the local elections (and you only have until midway to do it).

find where to make a special vote in Pōneke: wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

find where you can drop your votes off: wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

tomorrow (Saturday) is the very last day to get your vote in for the local elections and they have to be in my midday. Wellington’s returns are up to 35.79% but that’s still not good enough!

A snip from the electionz.com website showing that 57,738 of 161,318 eligible voters, or 35.79%, have cast their vote

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

he also said that 80% of antifa's members are landlords and if you lower the cost of housing, you basically starve the network of its financing

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

a friend of mine in antifa told me that antifa's headquarters is SHEIN and if the company fell the whole network would fall

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

in about 20 years there’ll surely be a study with MRI imaging showing that X did to human brains what smoking did to our lungs (I’m generously assuming that someone will be left to conduct this research)

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

my midday? by midday. you know what the fuck I mean

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

tomorrow (Saturday) is the very last day to get your vote in for the local elections and they have to be in my midday. Wellington’s returns are up to 35.79% but that’s still not good enough!

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

and another thing: im not mad. please dont put in the judge’s decision that I got mad

Erik Uebelacker @uebey.bsky.social · 1d

NEW: Drake loses his defamation case against Kendrick Lamar over the “Not Like Us” lyrics.

More coming @courthousenews.bsky.social

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcc.bsky.social · 2d

Higgledy piggledy
Timothée Chalamet
Has a name meriting
Endless design

Much like his forerunner
Benedict Cumberbatch:
Hexasyllabically,
Easy to rhyme

tweet from childish branzino @absflora:
timothée chalamet is the new benedict cumberbatch in the sense that you can say ANYTHING and we know who you mean. tiffany chevrolet. timpanogos charlemagne. symphony cabernet. jiminy castaway.

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 1d

today is the second-to-last day to get your vote in for the local elections - and crucially the last day to enrol to vote (or update your enrolment address) if you need to make a special vote - you can enrol at vote.nz with your driver license or passport

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John Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 2d

ME: Now Mom, just remember, there's a lot of disinformation and AI in your social feed and your friends' Facebook.
MOM: I know! My friend sent me this crazy post where someone used AI to make an image of a giant frog fighting Army troops!
ME: ... okay, no, that one's ... goddamit, Portland.

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2d

I applied for a different role with Antifa but they went with an internal candidate. Which honestly was probably their plan all along but rules are rules I guess

Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2d

I applied to join Antifa but they gave the job to “a candidate whose experience more closely met the requirements of the position”

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2d

okay we’re at 30.36% after today - with only a day & a half left to get your votes in! if you’re still not sure who to vote for then check out policy.nz and remember you don’t need to rank everyone (and arguably shouldn’t rank anyone you don’t want your vote to potentially go to)

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2d

I applied to join Antifa but they gave the job to “a candidate whose experience more closely met the requirements of the position”

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Jarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 2d

as of yesterday (Wednesday) 27.52% of eligible voters have sent in voting papers for the Wellington City Council elections. we’re ahead of 2022 and 2019, but have fallen behind 2016, the year bookended by the deaths of David Bowie & Carrie Fisher - a.k.a. where everything started going wrong

A snip from electionz.com showing that 44,397 people out of a possible 161,318 have voted in the Wellington City Council elections - or 27.52%

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jam @socialistboat.dad · 3d

"This website is free" No. This website comes at a terrible cost

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