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Assaad Razzouk @assaadrazzouk.bsky.social · 11d

Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and OpenAI alone have collectively announced $800b in commitments for new data centers in 2025. Meanwhile, US electricity prices are rising fast, up 35% since 2022

Electricity is AI's Achilles heel:

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ⓘ Kaiwhiu ⓘ @aotearoa-nz.bsky.social · 1h

So, when..?

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"Nicola Willis: I'd quit as finance minister if my tax cut plan fails"
September 15, 2023

If elected, Willis would quit as finance minister if tax cut plan failed.

It comes as three independent economists released their own modelling this week, which claimed National’s policy had a shortfall of around $500 million. (Source: TVNZ Breakfast)

#NZPol #NickyNoBoats the #WorstMinFinEva

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Interest.co.nz (Unofficial) @interestnz.nzcow.com · 2h

📢 'These are likely to be large': After years of 'raiding the environmental piggy bank', the environment is sending New Zealand invoices, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment says

‘Our economy is a subset of the environment, not vice versa’

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 1h

neither. ++great visuals. big win. positive pressure means if the intake is filtered appropriately then nothing in the air will bother you too much; taught but compliant skin means pepper balls bounce away. however if there's any flame around for any reason they would be an absolute horror show.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 2h

I hadn't considered the possibility of... the tactical frogsuit

Danny K @dannykpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

WATCH: ‘Portland Frog’ pepper balled by ICE agents

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Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 2h

Bray is a historian at Rutgers who received death threats after landing on Turning Points USA's Professor Watchlist. As a result, he announced he was moving to Europe. And then this happened.

This kind of harassment and abuse of scholars is Charlie Kirk's legacy and it's only getting worse.

Mark Bray @mark-bray.bsky.social · 3h

“Someone” cancelled my family’s flight out of the country at the last second.

We got our boarding passes. We checked our bags. Went through security. Then at our gate our reservation ‘disappeared.’

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Ahhhhh @nerdjpg.com · 15h

Turns out having a welfare state and a hoarding capitalist class isn’t actually sustainable

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Germany has proposed raising the retirement age to 73 to prevent the collapse of the pension system, per Reuters

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Ramsha Jahangir @ramshajahangir.bsky.social · 18h

Last week, a Dutch court ordered Meta to give Facebook & Instagram users the right to set a chronological feed by default - one of the first EU cases applying the DSA in civil proceedings.

To unpack what this means, I spoke with @bitsoffreedom.bsky.social:

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What a Dutch Court Ruling Against Meta Signals for Private DSA Enforcement | TechPolicy.Press

Tech Policy Press spoke with Rejo Zenger, Policy and Advocacy Lead at Bits of Freedom, to better understand the significance of the ruling.

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Jordan Rivers @jordanriversnz.bsky.social · 20h

Just for clarity, the unemployment numbers under this government may look terrible, but keep in mind, Luxon has driven tens of thousands of Kiwis overseas as well, so its actually far worse. These numbers are just the ones that couldnt leave.

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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 18h

"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...

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 18h

It's particularly stupid that it was about automation of the welfare state, after they had to have an inquiry after the last time they did it

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social · 1d

Good of Deloitte to demonstrate why the current push by National to integrate LLMs into government departments and things like select committees is a terrible idea. Especially since it was in Australia not here #nzpol

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Deloitte to refund government, admits using AI in $440k report

Deloitte will issue a partial refund to the government after admitting that artificial intelligence had been used in the creation of a report littered with errors.

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Kieran @nug.monster · 21h

I don't *think* I'm colour blind but I'm pretty sure some fucking moron (david farrar) used the same colour for a line on a graph

Preferred prime minister poll from david farrar, national party hack, showing david seymour is still a fucking loser who remains much less popular than Chloe Swarbrick

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 22h

In 2022, protestors hurled bricks, faeces at police & lit fires. Winston Peters said those protestors just wanted to be "heard" & shook their hands.

This week Peters called the mostly peaceful, law abiding Kiwis outside his home "gutless, spineless, [the] worst" protestors #nzpol

Faeces thrown at police at Parliament protest

Poo was pelted at officers during an early morning operation today to contain the protest at Parliament. The 3.30am operation caught the occupiers off guard with attempts to thwart the plan, resulting...

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GHOULLIKEHELLMACHINE @golikehellmachine.com · 21h

lmao, kristi noem wanted a black bloc fight and got an inflatable rave instead. fuck you DHS, rip city forever.

Courtney Vaughn @courtneyvaughn.bsky.social · 23h

Streets are still closed off in front of the Portland ICE facility at 8:30pm. Protesters have gathered on a side street. Dance party in progress.

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Jacqui Clarke in Chc @jaxy.bsky.social · 17h

These people quite honestly couldn't organise a good shit. #nzpol

Sacha @sachadylan.bsky.social · 17h

'Upston expected those with a permanent disability to be on the Supported Living Payment.'

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 16h

that's probably been declared terroristic speech in that god forsaken broken-ass country

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 21h

We will keep your secrets

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 21h

You never know what'll happen when someone gets in the driving seat but if Labour are edging ahead of National now then just wait until energetic young Eketahuna boy Kieran McAnulty takes over from tired old Chris Hipkins.

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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 1d

Lol, Nicola Noboats Willis just tried to claim credit for social houses built that the previous govt contracted and paid for!!

This inept Finance Minister is so desperate for success,she'll pinch others achievements!

#shame

#NationalNotFitToGovern

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Political panel with National and Labour

National's Nicola Willis and Labour's Megan Woods join Corin Dann for this week's political panel.

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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine @dimsie.bsky.social · 1d

Our hatred for him is so delightful to me

Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

Curia Poll - Carried out between 1 and 5 October

Labour: 31.2⬇️2.6%
National: 29.6%⬇️3.5%
Greens: 12%⬆️1.3%
NZ First: 10.6%⬆️2.5%
ACT: 6.6%⬇️0.1%
Te Pāti Māori: 4.4%⬆️0.1%

Centre-left bloc 61 seats - Centre-right 59 seats

PPM
Chris Hipkins: 20.9%⬆️3.2%
Christopher Luxon: 19.8%⬇️1.9%
#NZPol

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 22h

Whenever someone uses Ghibli or Miyazaki as a synonym for "quaint, charming, unthreatening" I'm always like "bro did we watch the same movies?"

Wendy Xu @wendyxu.bsky.social · 22h

every ai bro who has reduced miyazaki to empty gentle aesthetic should no exaggeration get the judas cradle bc this man's markmaking & passion about telling WAR STORIES

three panels from the nausicaä manga depicting ohmu & giant insects

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 22h

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 22h

My reading is that Nash swore in a message but didn't really swear _at_ McClay. The difference between "fuck this" and "fuck you", or "pretty fucking amateur" and "you real estate agent looking shit eating amateur mother fucker" maybe subtle but I think it's there www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/stuart-na...

'F***ing amateur': Stuart Nash swears at minister via text after he's dumped from trade trip

Nash got in hot water after describing women as a 'p***y and a pair of t**s'.

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Cherish the Light 🏳️‍🌈 @onefabulousrascal.bsky.social · 22h

They shoot priests, don't they?

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 22h

They keep pouring sand in the oil

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