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Hipkins has still said absolutely nothing as we know he wants to cuddle Winston and NZF to shut out the Greens and TPM after elections next year
Interviewer: “What do you say to trans kids who are starting their transition?”
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
Zohran Mamdani: "We're gonna make this a city that doesn't just protect trans kids, but also celebrates and cherishes them."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hipkins has still said absolutely nothing as we know he wants to cuddle Winston and NZF to shut out the Greens and TPM after elections next year
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It's the Romans' fault if you think about it
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
It's the Romans' fault if you think about it
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Personally, I am of the opinion that if magic beans fail to grow a beanstalk that gets us to the goose that lays a golden egg, then any future claims from the magic bean proponents should carry an indication of their past accuracy, prompting more scrutiny of those claims.
Regime admits its wishful thinking won't work, and its now only meeting its carbon budget by an accounting scam www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Cancelled Kapuni carbon storage scheme scrapped from national emissions plan
Despite a raft of climate policy cuts, the country is still on track to narrowly meet its greenhouse gas budget - but not a 2030 methane target set in law.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Personally, I am of the opinion that if magic beans fail to grow a beanstalk that gets us to the goose that lays a golden egg, then any future claims from the magic bean proponents should carry an indication of their past accuracy, prompting more scrutiny of those claims.
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a certain local media company has currently got a job open where one of the traits needed is "good at subbing"
and like
c'mon guys
and like
c'mon guys
November 26, 2025 at 12:22 AM
a certain local media company has currently got a job open where one of the traits needed is "good at subbing"
and like
c'mon guys
and like
c'mon guys
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The ban*will* silence their voices and that’s the point!
"We got a bunch of middle-aged politicians who have no experience in this choosing to have a say over young people.”
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
Teen activists say they've used social media to share their stories and politically organise. They fear the ban will silence their voice
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The ban*will* silence their voices and that’s the point!
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Thread time.
These proposed local government reforms are being reported as the end of Regional Councils but actually they're probably the end of a lot of rural and smaller district councils in New Zealand. Not sure what I mean?
These proposed local government reforms are being reported as the end of Regional Councils but actually they're probably the end of a lot of rural and smaller district councils in New Zealand. Not sure what I mean?
November 25, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Thread time.
These proposed local government reforms are being reported as the end of Regional Councils but actually they're probably the end of a lot of rural and smaller district councils in New Zealand. Not sure what I mean?
These proposed local government reforms are being reported as the end of Regional Councils but actually they're probably the end of a lot of rural and smaller district councils in New Zealand. Not sure what I mean?
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Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
A tech critic’s guide to holiday gift-giving
Maybe your grandma doesn’t need that Alexa smart speaker
disconnect.blog
November 25, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Christmas is coming, and the Black Friday sales signal we’re in peak gift-buying season.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
When you’re picking out gifts for friends and family this year, there’s a whole slew of tech products that are better to avoid. I put together a guide to help you through it.
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Heads up that terfs are planning on being terfy at Kilbernie Pool next week on Thursday and Sunday so you may want to avoid if you don’t want to deal with them
November 25, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Heads up that terfs are planning on being terfy at Kilbernie Pool next week on Thursday and Sunday so you may want to avoid if you don’t want to deal with them
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Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)
Regardless of kayfabe comms and Nat equivocation in media, ACT always says the thing to its red-faced griefer audience
November 25, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Some political parties will literally disestablish entire layers of local government rather than go to therapy (for their entrenched racism)
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narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
November 25, 2025 at 2:11 AM
narrator: 50 years ago...
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
me: [nods] in 1945
narrator: in 1975...
me: what
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That article in the Spinoff praising Thiel for being the world’s most interesting man seems like the high water mark for credulous fandom of billionaires.
November 25, 2025 at 5:53 AM
That article in the Spinoff praising Thiel for being the world’s most interesting man seems like the high water mark for credulous fandom of billionaires.
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Remembering various people telling me that actually citizen Thiel is a serious thinker, it was I who was biased, probably blinded against his wisdom by what could only be my base partisan motivations, and what have you.
I see he has now advised the Vice Potus that the Pope is the antichrist.
I see he has now advised the Vice Potus that the Pope is the antichrist.
November 25, 2025 at 5:48 AM
Remembering various people telling me that actually citizen Thiel is a serious thinker, it was I who was biased, probably blinded against his wisdom by what could only be my base partisan motivations, and what have you.
I see he has now advised the Vice Potus that the Pope is the antichrist.
I see he has now advised the Vice Potus that the Pope is the antichrist.
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Alt text: @chrishipkins.bsky.social stands in front of burning trans and tino rangatiratanga flags, leaning away in fear from a fire extinguisher being offered. He is saying "wo! Wo! Wo! Are you sure? Let's not be radical... Maybe take an internal poll first? Or like, give it to someone else to do"
November 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Alt text: @chrishipkins.bsky.social stands in front of burning trans and tino rangatiratanga flags, leaning away in fear from a fire extinguisher being offered. He is saying "wo! Wo! Wo! Are you sure? Let's not be radical... Maybe take an internal poll first? Or like, give it to someone else to do"
Perhaps we could dob in Peter Thiel.
November 25, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Perhaps we could dob in Peter Thiel.
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No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
November 24, 2025 at 4:58 AM
No matter what the politicians say, this is discrimination. Look at how the regulation is worded: This is not a ban on its use for a particular indication, it's a ban for a population.
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
www.legislation.govt.nz/regulation/p...
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Absolutely agreed. Greens have just committed to "timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination" - it shouldn't be hard for labour to make that commitment.
November 24, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Absolutely agreed. Greens have just committed to "timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination" - it shouldn't be hard for labour to make that commitment.
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y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
since the "google is now training gemini on your email contents" thing keeps bumping around here: it's _not happening_. I say this not to defend google but because I know a lot of people that have broken their filtering and made their lives much more annoying from sheer misinformation.
The malwarebytes Google opting-your-emails-into-ai-training thing is not true. The post is based on one bad tweet.
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
I know anti-tech lamenting is a Bluesky core principle, but please use the same judgement you would for any other clickbait.
www.theverge.com/news/826902/...
November 23, 2025 at 12:58 PM
y'know, if tech companies weren't so fired up to call every single thing "AI" it would be a lot easier to distinguish "ML spam filter that is well-sandboxed and tuned on your emails" from "giant context and IP-eroding foundation model that makes people paranoid and unhappy"
I see a ship in the harbour
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your misfortune
I’d be a 🎶heavenly🎵person today
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your misfortune
I’d be a 🎶heavenly🎵person today
November 23, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I see a ship in the harbour
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your misfortune
I’d be a 🎶heavenly🎵person today
I can and shall obey
But if it wasn’t for your misfortune
I’d be a 🎶heavenly🎵person today
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Welcome sign
Felch, MI
Felch, MI
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Welcome sign
Felch, MI
Felch, MI
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In various meetings, I have been trying to encourage people to steer away from using the term AI, as a next to meaningless term that obscures more than it illuminates, in favour of naming the specific technologies.
November 22, 2025 at 11:05 PM
In various meetings, I have been trying to encourage people to steer away from using the term AI, as a next to meaningless term that obscures more than it illuminates, in favour of naming the specific technologies.
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Stop worrying about terraforming Mars and start preventing the venusification of Earth.
Humans will NEVER colonize another planet. Never.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
If we can’t even agree to do the minimum to keep Earth habitable, there’s no way in hell we’ll cooperate to make another planet habitable.
November 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Stop worrying about terraforming Mars and start preventing the venusification of Earth.
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i get that it sets a precedent but it would be nice if trans kids losing their healthcare were considered bad enough on its own
November 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
i get that it sets a precedent but it would be nice if trans kids losing their healthcare were considered bad enough on its own
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The voice of the streets.
November 22, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The voice of the streets.