Paul Tudor MW
@paultudor.bsky.social
Master of Wine (MW) - Jacindamaniac - Astronut
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Credit flows are positive again folks - the banks are creating more money out of thin air than they are destroying when we make repayments. Don't worry though, this is how things work - it's how we get more money in the bank in our marvellous modern economy. A few other reckons... [🧵 1/n]
November 28, 2025 at 5:25 AM
Credit flows are positive again folks - the banks are creating more money out of thin air than they are destroying when we make repayments. Don't worry though, this is how things work - it's how we get more money in the bank in our marvellous modern economy. A few other reckons... [🧵 1/n]
This is crazy… at Brewers Coop Labour Conference debrief and they are playing Garbage (Garbage plays this Wednesday in Auckland…)
November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
This is crazy… at Brewers Coop Labour Conference debrief and they are playing Garbage (Garbage plays this Wednesday in Auckland…)
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There seem to be a disproportionate number of AoNZ accounts replying or quote answering.
- It could be a matter of timezones and engagement
- It could be Zach's readership
- It is almost certainly the reply density of AoNZ Bluesky behaviour
- It could also be that being in NZ was more charming
- It could be a matter of timezones and engagement
- It could be Zach's readership
- It is almost certainly the reply density of AoNZ Bluesky behaviour
- It could also be that being in NZ was more charming
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 30, 2025 at 3:43 AM
There seem to be a disproportionate number of AoNZ accounts replying or quote answering.
- It could be a matter of timezones and engagement
- It could be Zach's readership
- It is almost certainly the reply density of AoNZ Bluesky behaviour
- It could also be that being in NZ was more charming
- It could be a matter of timezones and engagement
- It could be Zach's readership
- It is almost certainly the reply density of AoNZ Bluesky behaviour
- It could also be that being in NZ was more charming
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This government is too close with lobbyists. We need a lobbyist register so we know how just close those lobbyists are. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Social media ban: B416’s advocacy efforts to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Anna Mowbray disappointment amid legislation reveal
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Social media ban: B416’s advocacy efforts to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Anna Mowbray disappointment amid legislation reveal
‘Pretty disappointed’: Mowbray’s personal text to PM amid social media lobbying
The Herald has obtained texts and emails between the PM and the high-profile lobbyists.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 8:30 PM
This government is too close with lobbyists. We need a lobbyist register so we know how just close those lobbyists are. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Social media ban: B416’s advocacy efforts to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Anna Mowbray disappointment amid legislation reveal
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/... Social media ban: B416’s advocacy efforts to Prime Minister Christopher Luxon, Anna Mowbray disappointment amid legislation reveal
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Jason Millar: The idea of terroir is sacred, but is it helping us to communicate what truly matters? https://decanter.visitlink.me/-5f_31
Jason Millar: The idea of terroir is sacred, but is it helping us to communicate what truly matters? - Decanter
Far from being a unique property of certain distinguished vineyards, it seems as though everyone is focused on expressing their terroir
decanter.visitlink.me
November 29, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Jason Millar: The idea of terroir is sacred, but is it helping us to communicate what truly matters? https://decanter.visitlink.me/-5f_31
Very sad news out of the UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Very sad news out of the UK www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Tom Stoppard is dead: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Playwright Sir Tom Stoppard dies at 88
Sir Tom won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Tom Stoppard is dead: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
November 26, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Vaccinating boys and girls. It works bitches.
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Who can I commission to install one of those subscriber count things outside of the Dept of Health and Human Services to show the real-time number of children RFK Jr is willing to let die because of his anti-vaccine policies?
Something like this for the website too
Something like this for the website too
November 26, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Who can I commission to install one of those subscriber count things outside of the Dept of Health and Human Services to show the real-time number of children RFK Jr is willing to let die because of his anti-vaccine policies?
Something like this for the website too
Something like this for the website too
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An article that provides language and narrative that could easily, and should, be put to use by Labour in NZ.
@beefaerie.bsky.social @barbedmonds.bsky.social
@beefaerie.bsky.social @barbedmonds.bsky.social
magazine.newstatesman.com/2025/11/19/k...
Brilliant analysis of how Labour should go back to basics in its presentation of why taxation fairly and adequately levied is the price of civilisation, but expressed in concrete terms as good health, education, care, security. Defy the Daily Mail!!
Brilliant analysis of how Labour should go back to basics in its presentation of why taxation fairly and adequately levied is the price of civilisation, but expressed in concrete terms as good health, education, care, security. Defy the Daily Mail!!
Keir Starmer could yet save himself
If only his Chancellor would explain taxes
magazine.newstatesman.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:16 PM
An article that provides language and narrative that could easily, and should, be put to use by Labour in NZ.
@beefaerie.bsky.social @barbedmonds.bsky.social
@beefaerie.bsky.social @barbedmonds.bsky.social
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But at least we got Cory Doctorow's excellent term (and essay on, then later book) "enshittification."
Might have been nice not to need it, though.
web.archive.org/web/20230601...
Might have been nice not to need it, though.
web.archive.org/web/20230601...
The ‘Enshittification’ of TikTok
Or how, exactly, platforms die.
web.archive.org
November 25, 2025 at 3:18 PM
But at least we got Cory Doctorow's excellent term (and essay on, then later book) "enshittification."
Might have been nice not to need it, though.
web.archive.org/web/20230601...
Might have been nice not to need it, though.
web.archive.org/web/20230601...
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When they ended boolean searching, it was such a loss.
November 25, 2025 at 1:13 PM
When they ended boolean searching, it was such a loss.
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It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It's weird to not only have lived through an information revolution but also now living through its undoing, all within less than a generation.
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tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
I’ve been running around asking tech execs and academics if language was the same as intelligence for over a year now - and, well, it isn’t. @benjaminjriley.bsky.social explains how the bubble is built on ignoring cutting-edge research into the science of thought www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
tech bro: i have made Artificial General Intelligence
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
programmer: you fucked up a perfectly good calculator is what you did. look at it. it's got anxiety
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I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
November 25, 2025 at 4:44 PM
I am of the simple opinion that stuff like this is the peak of human endeavour and we can cut it out with the missiles and demonic computers in favour of getting really good at a cool little thing
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In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
November 25, 2025 at 5:52 PM
In two years, Israel has killed more than 1,000 Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
Every day, settlers attack Palestinian villages. Netanyahu & his extremist allies have one goal: annexation by force. The U.S. has enabled them.
NO MORE U.S. MILITARY AID FOR ISRAEL.
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On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
November 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
On the lowering of the Clean Car Standard, right after COP30.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
My #cartoon today #NZpol #CleanCarStandard #Emissions #FossilFuels
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NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Chris Bishop diverts Kāinga Ora money to fund a bridge in his electorate
Officials warned against the use of housing funds for bridge building but Bishop says it was a “pragmatic choice”.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: Chris Bishop used housing money to fund a bridge in his electorate his own Govt had killed off.
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Officials were against the move and Labour say he shouldn’t have been anywhere near the decision.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
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To quote ex-PM Mike Moore, Bishop is "a shiver looking for a spine to run down"
November 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
To quote ex-PM Mike Moore, Bishop is "a shiver looking for a spine to run down"
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Says the guy in the diaper or whatever that was in “The Real World”
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Says the guy in the diaper or whatever that was in “The Real World”
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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UEFA, harder on celebration videos, than genocide..
Uefa apology after ordering Scotland fans to remove celebration videos share.google/xMd410xTPAjd...
Uefa apology after ordering Scotland fans to remove celebration videos share.google/xMd410xTPAjd...
Uefa apology after ordering Scotland fans to remove celebration videos
European football's governing body had claimed clips of fans cheering Scotland's World Cup qualification in front of TV screens breached copyright.
share.google
November 22, 2025 at 12:03 AM
UEFA, harder on celebration videos, than genocide..
Uefa apology after ordering Scotland fans to remove celebration videos share.google/xMd410xTPAjd...
Uefa apology after ordering Scotland fans to remove celebration videos share.google/xMd410xTPAjd...
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The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison after admitting taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
buff.ly
November 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
The former leader of Reform UK in Wales has been sentenced to 10-and-a-half years in prison after admitting taking bribes for pro-Russia interviews and speeches.
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X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
X has changed their policy and now you can see where the accounts are based.
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”
Here’s an “influencer from Texas”