Rādhikā
@mrsboogooloowatts.bsky.social
Making (good) trouble • Gadigal Bidjigal • Whanganui-a-Tara • Insubordinate Subaltern • making with fibre & flora • too much for most https://bit.ly/m/mrsboogooloowatts
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"Google searches for several of the titles included in the NZME article returned AI-generated summaries that appeared to confirm the books existed, but these search engine summaries were drawing on the original, inaccurate press release."
Once more for the people at the back: 1/2
Once more for the people at the back: 1/2
A better article about the NZME/World Literacy Foundation/AI NZ booklist debacle. Feat. the always fab @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social They've published a list of the fake books - no doubt encouraging AI to keep thinking they exist. The future of the internet: screwed. www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/27/n...
NZME apologises for Christmas list featuring made-up book titles
Some have speculated online that some of the fake book titles published in NZME-owned papers may have been AI-generated.
www.1news.co.nz
December 27, 2025 at 9:38 AM
"Google searches for several of the titles included in the NZME article returned AI-generated summaries that appeared to confirm the books existed, but these search engine summaries were drawing on the original, inaccurate press release."
Once more for the people at the back: 1/2
Once more for the people at the back: 1/2
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NZME can blame the provider all they want but it’s pretty telling they’re admitting they don’t check what they choose to publish. Like, at all.
A better article about the NZME/World Literacy Foundation/AI NZ booklist debacle. Feat. the always fab @taniaroxborogh.bsky.social They've published a list of the fake books - no doubt encouraging AI to keep thinking they exist. The future of the internet: screwed. www.1news.co.nz/2025/12/27/n...
NZME apologises for Christmas list featuring made-up book titles
Some have speculated online that some of the fake book titles published in NZME-owned papers may have been AI-generated.
www.1news.co.nz
December 27, 2025 at 5:15 AM
NZME can blame the provider all they want but it’s pretty telling they’re admitting they don’t check what they choose to publish. Like, at all.
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Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
www.reuters.com
November 6, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Meta earns $3.5 billion every six months from showing Faceboon and Instagram users 15 billion “higher legal risk” scam ad impressions a day, internal documents state.
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
That haul vastly exceeds how much the company expects regulators
To fine it for running scam ads.
www.reuters.com/investigatio...
If you are a grant maker please know that your "contact" person very rarely responds to enquiries and always leaves applicants wondering if they should bother with your organisation at all. The quality of your applications relate to this experience.
November 6, 2025 at 6:13 PM
If you are a grant maker please know that your "contact" person very rarely responds to enquiries and always leaves applicants wondering if they should bother with your organisation at all. The quality of your applications relate to this experience.
www.businessinsider.com/most-scenic-...
Such unimpressive writing I'm left wondering what platforms are even paying for? Sounds like a teenage whinge and I spent a week with 800 of them last month.
Such unimpressive writing I'm left wondering what platforms are even paying for? Sounds like a teenage whinge and I spent a week with 800 of them last month.
I paid $320 for a round trip on one of the most scenic trains in the world. It was worth the ride — once.
I rode both ways on the world's most scenic train ride, the TranzAlpine in New Zealand between Christchurch and Greymouth. The ride had pros and cons.
www.businessinsider.com
November 6, 2025 at 6:11 PM
www.businessinsider.com/most-scenic-...
Such unimpressive writing I'm left wondering what platforms are even paying for? Sounds like a teenage whinge and I spent a week with 800 of them last month.
Such unimpressive writing I'm left wondering what platforms are even paying for? Sounds like a teenage whinge and I spent a week with 800 of them last month.
A great read @sunilbadami.bsky.social - added challenge of not fitting a box
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
In a difficult year being unemployed, I learned what success really means | Sunil Badami
For most of that year, I didn’t tell anyone. I didn’t want to burden them with my troubles. And, to be honest, I felt ashamed
www.theguardian.com
April 21, 2025 at 11:16 AM
A great read @sunilbadami.bsky.social - added challenge of not fitting a box
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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It bears repeating….
@elienyc.bsky.social is right.
@elienyc.bsky.social is right.
March 22, 2025 at 12:54 PM
It bears repeating….
@elienyc.bsky.social is right.
@elienyc.bsky.social is right.
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Leary could not have been a more perfect name. The display of physical dominance is grotesque yet textbook
Leary could not have been a more perfect name. The display of physical dominance is grotesque yet textbook
Angela Rye Firmly Tells Kevin O’Leary Not To Touch Her In Fiery CNN Debate
Angela Rye firmly told Kevin O'Leary to respect her personal space and not to touch her during an intense roundtable discussion on CNN.
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March 22, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Leary could not have been a more perfect name. The display of physical dominance is grotesque yet textbook
Leary could not have been a more perfect name. The display of physical dominance is grotesque yet textbook
I'm a little confused as to why UN Women Australia has chosen a different #IWD25 theme to UN Women? March Forward vs Rights. Equality. Empowerment. Don't get me started on that other corporate mob.
February 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I'm a little confused as to why UN Women Australia has chosen a different #IWD25 theme to UN Women? March Forward vs Rights. Equality. Empowerment. Don't get me started on that other corporate mob.
Sometimes you have to take a deep breath and just say it out loud. In solidarity with those that have been burned by the "cause" bit.ly/3WlZn71
Collectivism
A recipe for snake oil
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January 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Sometimes you have to take a deep breath and just say it out loud. In solidarity with those that have been burned by the "cause" bit.ly/3WlZn71
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NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 12:51 AM
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
Experiencing some weird notifications of new followers but they aren't showing in the activity feed. Assuming this is related to the Meta exodus?
January 15, 2025 at 3:26 AM
Experiencing some weird notifications of new followers but they aren't showing in the activity feed. Assuming this is related to the Meta exodus?
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If you missed it/are interested I wrote this rant about lazy comedians blaming wokeness for their bad jokes because it drives me insane 😃😃😃😃😃
uh oh! It's the internet's darling
@brocklesnitch.bsky.social, with one of the best arguments about "wokeness in comedy" I've read - namely that hack comedians who are obsessed with it are just bad at their job.
heterosexualnonsense.substack.com/p/comedians-...
@brocklesnitch.bsky.social, with one of the best arguments about "wokeness in comedy" I've read - namely that hack comedians who are obsessed with it are just bad at their job.
heterosexualnonsense.substack.com/p/comedians-...
Comedians obsessed with 'wokeness' are the ones ruining comedy
there's nothing less funny than old lazy jokes about cancel culture that we've heard before
heterosexualnonsense.substack.com
January 14, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you missed it/are interested I wrote this rant about lazy comedians blaming wokeness for their bad jokes because it drives me insane 😃😃😃😃😃
Will absolutely miss the delectable dishes at Khamsa Eatery. Apart from fantastic food, Sarah has been a critical voice in the area on the Palestinian cause.
January 14, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Will absolutely miss the delectable dishes at Khamsa Eatery. Apart from fantastic food, Sarah has been a critical voice in the area on the Palestinian cause.
Finding it fun stumbling across old users from Twitter that I followed back in the day. And by that I mean around 2009-10.
January 14, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Finding it fun stumbling across old users from Twitter that I followed back in the day. And by that I mean around 2009-10.
Have to say I really enjoyed "Missing You" another Harlan Coben installation. I would however like to know how one author's work has secured this much TV production budget
January 13, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Have to say I really enjoyed "Missing You" another Harlan Coben installation. I would however like to know how one author's work has secured this much TV production budget
I'm getting old. Crossing the Tasman still leaves me adjusting to the 2 hour time difference especially if I have spent anything more than 3 weeks there. I am falling asleep in 3pm meetings and looking forward to shutting down. Takes a full week to adjust.
January 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm getting old. Crossing the Tasman still leaves me adjusting to the 2 hour time difference especially if I have spent anything more than 3 weeks there. I am falling asleep in 3pm meetings and looking forward to shutting down. Takes a full week to adjust.
How's the return to work for those who have landed? Breaks are terrible because it gives me time to think. Which is dangerous because then I ask questions like these bit.ly/4059XQN
Overfunctioning
Domestic relationship dynamics in the workplace
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January 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
How's the return to work for those who have landed? Breaks are terrible because it gives me time to think. Which is dangerous because then I ask questions like these bit.ly/4059XQN