Sonya
@srwg.bsky.social
Godless, classless, morally bankrupt, annoying pedant
Decided not to do resolutions this year. Given up on improving myself. Instead I do recommendations. New year, new instructions from me on how to be better
January 4, 2024 at 11:39 PM
Decided not to do resolutions this year. Given up on improving myself. Instead I do recommendations. New year, new instructions from me on how to be better
This, but also Snoopy's Christmas is a carol and nobody can convince me otherwise
It's that time of year in which I once again marvel at the vast contrast in general quality between Christmas carols (almost universally good) and Christmas songs (almost universally bad).
December 23, 2023 at 8:51 PM
This, but also Snoopy's Christmas is a carol and nobody can convince me otherwise
Willis has hyped the "horrors" of the books so much that when she speaks I genuinely start to expect a jump-scare, or blood to start ominously dripping from somewhere off camera. Always disappointing that it turns out to be dull-as-fuck accounting foibles #nzpol
'Fiscal cliff': Grant Robertson and Nicola Willis clash over claims of billion-dollar hole in Treasu...
New Finance Minister Nicola Willis claims there are big holes in the Treasury books, but her predecessor says the information has always been there, if you looked for it.
i.stuff.co.nz
December 5, 2023 at 2:31 AM
Willis has hyped the "horrors" of the books so much that when she speaks I genuinely start to expect a jump-scare, or blood to start ominously dripping from somewhere off camera. Always disappointing that it turns out to be dull-as-fuck accounting foibles #nzpol
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the principles of the treaty, and their attendant settlements, were an act of generosity - on the part of māori. this is what seymour doesn’t get. māori won’t lie down if their generosity in accepting the principles and settlements, against the wisdom of past experience, is thrown back in their face
December 4, 2023 at 11:44 PM
the principles of the treaty, and their attendant settlements, were an act of generosity - on the part of māori. this is what seymour doesn’t get. māori won’t lie down if their generosity in accepting the principles and settlements, against the wisdom of past experience, is thrown back in their face
I loved, wholly and deeply, every single lie that George Santos uttered, and every grift he pulled. I hope he is canonised and look forward to buying a glossy coffee table book of his chaotic misdeeds
December 1, 2023 at 8:28 PM
I loved, wholly and deeply, every single lie that George Santos uttered, and every grift he pulled. I hope he is canonised and look forward to buying a glossy coffee table book of his chaotic misdeeds
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Still lazy after all these beers
November 27, 2023 at 5:22 AM
Still lazy after all these beers
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The WHOLE point of the Pre-Election Fiscal Update (PREFU) is there are no surprises for an incoming government. Willis is either bullshitting here or happy to cast aspersions on Treasury for fudging PREFU, a bold move. Honestly she really should be pulled up over this.
November 26, 2023 at 6:59 PM
The WHOLE point of the Pre-Election Fiscal Update (PREFU) is there are no surprises for an incoming government. Willis is either bullshitting here or happy to cast aspersions on Treasury for fudging PREFU, a bold move. Honestly she really should be pulled up over this.
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No one will believe that as the world was burning, the men rich enough to stop it were trying to make computers more racist. They’ll think that was a bit of color we made up, like Depression-era stockbrokers leaping from skyscrapers.
November 26, 2023 at 2:51 AM
No one will believe that as the world was burning, the men rich enough to stop it were trying to make computers more racist. They’ll think that was a bit of color we made up, like Depression-era stockbrokers leaping from skyscrapers.
The contortions media are going through in their reporting of the war should be of concern to everyone, regardless of politics. It's not "both side-ism" to refer to children as children, and we should be ashamed to let anyone argue otherwise.
November 24, 2023 at 7:45 PM
The contortions media are going through in their reporting of the war should be of concern to everyone, regardless of politics. It's not "both side-ism" to refer to children as children, and we should be ashamed to let anyone argue otherwise.
In this, the year two THOUSAND and twenty thrEE why fucking WHY is the TECHNOLOGY to DRY MY HANDS just a BOX on the WALL that heaves the FEEBLE LAST BREATH of a dying ELDERLY WOMAN
November 23, 2023 at 10:23 AM
In this, the year two THOUSAND and twenty thrEE why fucking WHY is the TECHNOLOGY to DRY MY HANDS just a BOX on the WALL that heaves the FEEBLE LAST BREATH of a dying ELDERLY WOMAN
Can't wait to read down to the line item for coalition negotiations venue hire
Hey are we still getting a receipt from IRD next year saying what all our taxes were spent on? Luxon promised!!
November 21, 2023 at 8:28 AM
Can't wait to read down to the line item for coalition negotiations venue hire
Let's not forget restrictions also exist for anyone who's ever accepted payment for sex, or had sex with gay/bi men. There are ways to screen for blood-borne disease without playing into harmful, offensive, and outdated stereotypes. NZ Blood just doesn't consider that a priority 🤷♀️
November 14, 2023 at 4:18 AM
Let's not forget restrictions also exist for anyone who's ever accepted payment for sex, or had sex with gay/bi men. There are ways to screen for blood-borne disease without playing into harmful, offensive, and outdated stereotypes. NZ Blood just doesn't consider that a priority 🤷♀️
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Happy third anniversary of the funniest political moment of all time.
November 7, 2023 at 2:59 PM
Happy third anniversary of the funniest political moment of all time.
Born in 1994: condemned to an entire lifetime of helping colleagues navigate minor IT issues
If you’re between 28 and 50 you grew up at a time where computers didn’t work well, so you had to figure out how they worked in order to use them. Now that mobile devices have been walled gardens that Just Work for a decade, you’ve got people who have had no reason to learn how the computer works.
we need remedial IT classes for the zoomers entering the workforce
November 4, 2023 at 7:14 PM
Born in 1994: condemned to an entire lifetime of helping colleagues navigate minor IT issues
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I don't know how many times in how many ways i have to say "AI encodes, reinforces, & iterates on the prejudicial biases & other values & beliefs of humans, so events like this are entirely predictable as long as we keep building & training these systems the ways we do" before it fucking sinks in.
WhatsApp’s AI shows gun-wielding children when prompted with ‘Palestine’
By contrast, prompts for ‘Israeli’ do not generate images of people wielding guns, even in response to a prompt for ‘Israel army’
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2023 at 6:01 PM
I don't know how many times in how many ways i have to say "AI encodes, reinforces, & iterates on the prejudicial biases & other values & beliefs of humans, so events like this are entirely predictable as long as we keep building & training these systems the ways we do" before it fucking sinks in.
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Labour and National's collective share of the party vote fell precipitously in 2023, marking the third worst performance of the major parties under MMP.
www.newsroom.co.nz/minor-partie...
www.newsroom.co.nz/minor-partie...
Minor parties the big winners in final tally
The 2023 election is the story of a collapse for Labour but also underperformance for National, with three minor parties earning their best ever party vote results.
www.newsroom.co.nz
November 3, 2023 at 9:35 PM
Labour and National's collective share of the party vote fell precipitously in 2023, marking the third worst performance of the major parties under MMP.
www.newsroom.co.nz/minor-partie...
www.newsroom.co.nz/minor-partie...
Winston is in his happy place, his most natural state, basking in the sun. Like the rhinoceros iguana, he may appear a slovenly and unlikeable creature, but he plays an essential role in this ecosystem. Nature never ceases to amaze
#nzpol
#nzpol
November 3, 2023 at 1:56 AM
Winston is in his happy place, his most natural state, basking in the sun. Like the rhinoceros iguana, he may appear a slovenly and unlikeable creature, but he plays an essential role in this ecosystem. Nature never ceases to amaze
#nzpol
#nzpol
Prediction: strong results for minor parties, significantly for the Greens and TPM but with Act and NZF also getting a decent bump.
Side bet: Helen White loses her electorate and attacks a journalist with a stapler
#nzpol
Side bet: Helen White loses her electorate and attacks a journalist with a stapler
#nzpol
November 3, 2023 at 12:52 AM
Prediction: strong results for minor parties, significantly for the Greens and TPM but with Act and NZF also getting a decent bump.
Side bet: Helen White loses her electorate and attacks a journalist with a stapler
#nzpol
Side bet: Helen White loses her electorate and attacks a journalist with a stapler
#nzpol