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Daniel Kibblesmith @kibblesmith.com · 10h

I’ve been circling a cursed thought for a while and it’s time to let it out: These guys are Disney Adults for fascism.

the corgi from cowboy bebop @realqrampage.fightins.online · 1d

LMAO LOOK AT THIS PHOTOGRAPH
EVERY TIME I DO IT MAKES ME LAUGH

Kash Patel in his own merch looking fucking embarrassing as hell lmao

he’s so fucking ugly

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 8h

Always enjoy the @thebhp.bsky.social episodes which run like CK sessions.

A forest, you say?

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 8h

It just gets a little bit tough figuring out whether the before or the after is the scam here.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 8h

"don't worry the fake reference didn't materially affect the report we just put that stuff in for decoration"

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 8h

"we can save so much money by automating away the job of consultants!", says the very smart business consultancy

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 2d

Deloitte to pay money back to Albanese government after using AI in $440,000 report

Partial refund to be issued after several errors were found in a report into a department’s compliance framework * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Deloitte will provide a partial refund to the federal government over a $440,000 report that contained several errors, after admitting it used generative artificial intelligence to help produce it. The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations (DEWR) confirmed Deloitte would repay the final instalment under its contract, which will be made public after the transaction is finalised. It comes as one Labor senator accused the consultancy firm of having a “human intelligence problem”. Continue reading...

www.theguardian.com

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The British History Podcast @thebhp.bsky.social · 16h

Red hats are apparently the new redcoats.

And Portland, despite being small and thoroughly unimportant on a national scale, is apparently the new Boston.

But hey, at least we’ve all got that Sam Adams vibe.

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Sexy Henry Kissinger Costume @mightygodking.com · 23h

today seems like a things-fall-apart-the-center-cannot-hold sorta day so how about a timeline cleanse for you? this is absolutely the best thing you will watch at least this week

(via Matt Storer on IG)

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Stu Fleming @thebasement.nz · 18h

This is incorrect. The phrase “who let the dogs out? Who? Who?” is more properly attributed to the Baha Men

Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 18h

Heh.

Willis told Morning Report the phrase often cropped up in politics and dated back to the time of William Shakespeare, who referred to calling off the hounds in his play Julius Caesar.

The actual quote from Julius Caesar is: "Cry 'Havoc,' and let slip the dogs of war."

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 17h

Ah I see, the Swarbrick should call off the abstract notion of the brutality of war.

Alex @shakingstick.bsky.social · 18h

Heh.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 19h

..You just end up with split altitude traffic management (of nightmarish complexity and danger). Impractical in so many ways, but I can see why people want to try.

Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 19h

Sure, the "if your car breaks down you crash and explode" part is... bad, but fundamentally, point to point travel on-demand is a real, desirable end, and not having to compete with the built environment is a very real selling point of flying cars. And even if you had to compete with everyone else..

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 21h

Window Screen

xkcd.com/3151/

4-panel comic. (1) [person in front of window, shaped like a trapezoid with a curved top] This weekend, I had to make an oversized screen for a porch window. (2) [person sitting with hands on head surrounded by images of assorted equations and measurements] It involved countless tiny problems, each somehow way harder than it should be. Oblique angles. Curved edges. Noncoplanarity. (3) [person in front of window with screen on it, with building detritus strewn on the ground] ...I solved them all. I measured precisely. I did trigonometry. I made custom parts. And it fit *perfectly.* No gaps, no ripples. (4) [person typing at computer] I know that your foundation normally limits its purview to physics, medicine, peace, chemistry, and literature. However, if you review the attached photos showing how well the screen fits into the...

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Michael Leo Owens @milophd.bsky.social · 1d

“A clear visual clue that the photograph was not taken in Portland was that the first officer’s shield is marked “Policia”, the Spanish or Portuguese word for police.”

🧘🏾‍♂️🧘🏾‍♂️🧘🏾‍♂️

Robert Mackey @robertmackey.bsky.social · 1d

The Oregon Republican Party tried to help Donald Trump make the case for military intervention in Portland with an image of a fiery protest — but since Portland is calm, they had to fabricate one by merging old photos of police in Ecuador and protesters in Brazil www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Republicans post fake image of Oregon protest – using photos of South America

A federal judge had blocked Trump’s request to deploy California national guard to Portland

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

Biggest waste of money in human history *ever*, since nobody ever had that much money to burn again

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

Biggest waste of money in human history *so far*

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Elise Wang @elisewang.bsky.social · 1d

One of the more incredible stories out of LA this year has been how a taco review blog became the best on-the-ground coverage of ICE raids in the city.

They do a dispatch every day, follow-up on the kidnapped people (which almost no media outlet has done), and fact-check government claims.

Mother Jones @motherjones.com · 1d

@lataco.bsky.social first began as a blog documenting local Mexican cuisine. Now, it’s an essential reporting powerhouse to the city as Trump’s mass deportation plot unfolds.

Check out the latest from our friends at Reveal: tinyurl.com/4cm2bsdr

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Charlie Mitchell @comingupcharlie.bsky.social · 1d

Compare and contrast: A statement from an NZ First spokesman 6 months ago about the actions of a party member and supporter, and a statement today from that same party’s leader.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

Downplaying an act of violence might have been the appropriate response from him, and might not be the appropriate in our current moment - I don't know - but the complete refusal to make political hay out of it is night and day from the current Government.

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.

That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol

Shaw back with black eye

James Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 1d

Then Green Party co-leader James Shaw was attacked while walking to work. He suffered a fractured eye ball and black eye, but said he still felt safe.

That's what de-escalation and kindness looks like #nzpol

Shaw back with black eye

James Shaw walked to work a day after he was assaulted while heading to the office, and plans to keep doing so.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

Cooked or raw?

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

But uh... cooked or not?

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 1d

How do white people eat snowpeas?

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 1d

If we reject doxxing because it risks violence/vandalism against those we are aligned with, follow, love, are partial to, vote for, believe in, & respect, it must be the same yardstick for everyone. I've studied doxxing in NZ for years, & have always proactively warned folks targeted, & at risk.

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