ConradH
@masterofdev.bsky.social
NZer GenX Progressive he/him.
Yet to grow out of shouting “but that’s not fair!” and “But why?”
Always interested in learning new things and discovering the reasons behind everything.
Yet to grow out of shouting “but that’s not fair!” and “But why?”
Always interested in learning new things and discovering the reasons behind everything.
Any agreement to end the war in Ukraine that does not restore Ukraine’s borders and freedom is pro-war, as it would reward Russia’s aggression.
December 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Any agreement to end the war in Ukraine that does not restore Ukraine’s borders and freedom is pro-war, as it would reward Russia’s aggression.
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I work in the tech industry, specifically human-AI interaction. The personal data they collect from you is worth more than your out-of-pocket expense for that "smart" mattress, home assistant, security camera, dishwasher, etc.
Quick question. Why does literally everything require you to have an account.
Everything.
Everything.
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
I work in the tech industry, specifically human-AI interaction. The personal data they collect from you is worth more than your out-of-pocket expense for that "smart" mattress, home assistant, security camera, dishwasher, etc.
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So we have this mantage of Frieren just ... doing solo walking around for 50 years ... she is still best friends wih those adventures she und out with for 10 years ... but she is doing her thing.
This is very similar to how many Autistic people socialize ... bonded without upkeep.
This is very similar to how many Autistic people socialize ... bonded without upkeep.
September 28, 2025 at 6:56 AM
So we have this mantage of Frieren just ... doing solo walking around for 50 years ... she is still best friends wih those adventures she und out with for 10 years ... but she is doing her thing.
This is very similar to how many Autistic people socialize ... bonded without upkeep.
This is very similar to how many Autistic people socialize ... bonded without upkeep.
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I have been told
if you
have nothing nice to say
it is better
for you to say nothing at all,
and so all I shall say
is that in these dark times
we must take care
of each other.
(though I recognize
that those
making these times dark
will not think this
is a nice thing to say).
if you
have nothing nice to say
it is better
for you to say nothing at all,
and so all I shall say
is that in these dark times
we must take care
of each other.
(though I recognize
that those
making these times dark
will not think this
is a nice thing to say).
September 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I have been told
if you
have nothing nice to say
it is better
for you to say nothing at all,
and so all I shall say
is that in these dark times
we must take care
of each other.
(though I recognize
that those
making these times dark
will not think this
is a nice thing to say).
if you
have nothing nice to say
it is better
for you to say nothing at all,
and so all I shall say
is that in these dark times
we must take care
of each other.
(though I recognize
that those
making these times dark
will not think this
is a nice thing to say).
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Personally I hope we find out that what Gollum was doing while wandering about looking for the ring was either solving a series of cozy murders (Precious We Wrotes) or performing in an incompetent hobbit amateur dramatic troupe (The Ring that Goes Wrong)
August 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Personally I hope we find out that what Gollum was doing while wandering about looking for the ring was either solving a series of cozy murders (Precious We Wrotes) or performing in an incompetent hobbit amateur dramatic troupe (The Ring that Goes Wrong)
I imagine that after they removed everything that could implicate Trump from the Epstein Files there wasn’t much left to release.
July 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
I imagine that after they removed everything that could implicate Trump from the Epstein Files there wasn’t much left to release.
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Their aesthetics help to reinforce a system of gender where everyone fits in a pink box or a blue box, where the highest status people in the pink box are the pinkest and the highest status people in the blue box are the bluest, and where the whole pink box is lower status than the blue.
The fact that Trump has a set of VERY public-facing women in his administration may seem to contradict this, but there's a logic to it.
Bondi, Melania Trump, Noem all conform to a very specific and plastic surgery-endowed Trumpian aesthetic that is expensive, medicalized, and labor-intensive.
Bondi, Melania Trump, Noem all conform to a very specific and plastic surgery-endowed Trumpian aesthetic that is expensive, medicalized, and labor-intensive.
July 13, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Their aesthetics help to reinforce a system of gender where everyone fits in a pink box or a blue box, where the highest status people in the pink box are the pinkest and the highest status people in the blue box are the bluest, and where the whole pink box is lower status than the blue.
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Peaceful protests are not a threat to our country. They don’t need to be “quelled.” They’re what free people do in a healthy society. They should be welcomed.
June 11, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Peaceful protests are not a threat to our country. They don’t need to be “quelled.” They’re what free people do in a healthy society. They should be welcomed.
Here I am in NZ, just hoping for an influx of very clever, very weird, very fun people who tragically no longer feel welcome or safe in the US. We aren’t perfect, but we would love to add your distinctiveness to our own.
May 22, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Here I am in NZ, just hoping for an influx of very clever, very weird, very fun people who tragically no longer feel welcome or safe in the US. We aren’t perfect, but we would love to add your distinctiveness to our own.
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When you’re used to being the center of the universe, equality feels like oppression—and accountability feels like persecution.
Republican panic.
Republican panic.
May 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
When you’re used to being the center of the universe, equality feels like oppression—and accountability feels like persecution.
Republican panic.
Republican panic.
The Empire Trikes Back
Animal Hose
Remove a letter, ruin a movie.
Rear Widow
Rear Widow
May 3, 2025 at 3:52 AM
The Empire Trikes Back
Due to the English language’s inadequacy and imprecision regarding sex and gender descriptors, I’d like to propose the following. Born with gonads on outside “BWGOO” for those previously described as male or AMAB. Born with gonads on inside “BWGOI” for those previously described as female or AFAB.
April 22, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Due to the English language’s inadequacy and imprecision regarding sex and gender descriptors, I’d like to propose the following. Born with gonads on outside “BWGOO” for those previously described as male or AMAB. Born with gonads on inside “BWGOI” for those previously described as female or AFAB.
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Judge Reyes is asking if the DoD cited a Beyonce album in their anti-trans policy, would the attorney demand she ignore common sense and just listen to the album.
DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.
DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.
March 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Judge Reyes is asking if the DoD cited a Beyonce album in their anti-trans policy, would the attorney demand she ignore common sense and just listen to the album.
DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.
DoJ attorney has no idea how to respond.
The new US leaders seem to have failed to realise “run the government as a business” really means “run the country as a business”. A business must train its employees to to their job. A country needs to educate everyone, often for roles that aren’t paid and jobs that don’t exist yet.
February 22, 2025 at 10:35 PM
The new US leaders seem to have failed to realise “run the government as a business” really means “run the country as a business”. A business must train its employees to to their job. A country needs to educate everyone, often for roles that aren’t paid and jobs that don’t exist yet.
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This timely reminder from Carole Cadwalladr. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
February 21, 2025 at 7:08 AM
This timely reminder from Carole Cadwalladr. ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️
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Possible fundraiser opportunity / opportunity for some good natured hilarity.
My Captain's Hat is dying.
I have a lot of field work coming up.
I will wear (almost) any hat, provided you:
A) Send me the hat
B) Donate to an ocean conservation charity.
Interested? Let's chat. DMs open.
My Captain's Hat is dying.
I have a lot of field work coming up.
I will wear (almost) any hat, provided you:
A) Send me the hat
B) Donate to an ocean conservation charity.
Interested? Let's chat. DMs open.
February 11, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Possible fundraiser opportunity / opportunity for some good natured hilarity.
My Captain's Hat is dying.
I have a lot of field work coming up.
I will wear (almost) any hat, provided you:
A) Send me the hat
B) Donate to an ocean conservation charity.
Interested? Let's chat. DMs open.
My Captain's Hat is dying.
I have a lot of field work coming up.
I will wear (almost) any hat, provided you:
A) Send me the hat
B) Donate to an ocean conservation charity.
Interested? Let's chat. DMs open.
Conservatives prefer the past. Progressives have hope the future. The political contest used to be over the majority in the centre, who were broadly okay with how things are right now. That centre has diminished, because folks are sad or angry about the now, whether or not it’s actually terrible.
February 10, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Conservatives prefer the past. Progressives have hope the future. The political contest used to be over the majority in the centre, who were broadly okay with how things are right now. That centre has diminished, because folks are sad or angry about the now, whether or not it’s actually terrible.
He’s going to pay Egypt to take the Palestinians, repair the walls around Gaza, and build his own Monaco to rule. A new Age of Colonialism is upon us. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Donald Trump vows US will 'take over' Gaza, says Palestinians should leave
Trump said Palestinians should leave Gaza for good "in nice homes and where they can be happy and not be shot, not be killed".
www.rnz.co.nz
February 5, 2025 at 1:27 AM
He’s going to pay Egypt to take the Palestinians, repair the walls around Gaza, and build his own Monaco to rule. A new Age of Colonialism is upon us. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
This is like the Opium Wars. “You won’t take our dangerous exports so we’ll hurt you” www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...
Trump says he will hit EU with tariffs - while UK is 'out of line' but 'can be worked out'
Asked by the BBC, President Trump says the EU
www.bbc.com
February 3, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is like the Opium Wars. “You won’t take our dangerous exports so we’ll hurt you” www.bbc.com/news/live/c8...
Hey Canada, here’s an idea. Agree to join the USA under two conditions: 13 states, not one; and require that a formal method to leave the Union is added to the Constitution before you join. Then withdraw at the last minute (blame Quebec) and watch California and Texas secede.
January 29, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Hey Canada, here’s an idea. Agree to join the USA under two conditions: 13 states, not one; and require that a formal method to leave the Union is added to the Constitution before you join. Then withdraw at the last minute (blame Quebec) and watch California and Texas secede.
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Crazy #skeletoncrew idea - all the kids’ parents pull out red lightsabers and it all turns #runaways for S2
January 12, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Crazy #skeletoncrew idea - all the kids’ parents pull out red lightsabers and it all turns #runaways for S2
Those last scenes of C3 E118 felt like they were deciding the fate of Campaign 4 Exandria in real time. Obviously the deities, but maybe also the system? The fungal species on Ruidus have a Daggerheart vibe.
🎲 🌙 WEEKLY SCHEDULE 🔴 ⚔️
Space is the place this week as we explore the Cosmos in an all-new episode of #UNEND this Wednesday before Bells Hells return to the battle for Ruidus this Thursday! ✨
READ MORE ⬇️
critrole.com/programming-...
Space is the place this week as we explore the Cosmos in an all-new episode of #UNEND this Wednesday before Bells Hells return to the battle for Ruidus this Thursday! ✨
READ MORE ⬇️
critrole.com/programming-...
January 7, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Those last scenes of C3 E118 felt like they were deciding the fate of Campaign 4 Exandria in real time. Obviously the deities, but maybe also the system? The fungal species on Ruidus have a Daggerheart vibe.
Imagine: gun owners pay a tax for treating gunshot wounds; car owners pay a tax for treating injuries from traffic accidents; smokers pay for respiratory illnesses for everyone around them; schools pay for mental illnesses of kids who don’t learn the way the curriculum teaches.
Hahahahah
I love this!
That $20 or $30 copay will go up to 2 or 300 dollars per visit.
Absolutely genius of these tech bros. Just pure genius
I love this!
That $20 or $30 copay will go up to 2 or 300 dollars per visit.
Absolutely genius of these tech bros. Just pure genius
December 14, 2024 at 1:51 AM
Imagine: gun owners pay a tax for treating gunshot wounds; car owners pay a tax for treating injuries from traffic accidents; smokers pay for respiratory illnesses for everyone around them; schools pay for mental illnesses of kids who don’t learn the way the curriculum teaches.
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Chess players gonna end up on a potential regicide watch list.
December 10, 2024 at 5:13 PM
Chess players gonna end up on a potential regicide watch list.