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Dylan Reeve

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I make TV and film. I write stuff. I was on #TheTraitorsNZ. Wrote FAKE BELIEVE (http://bit.ly/fakebelieve). Made TICKLED documentary. He/Him. [email protected]

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · Jan 27

I tend to post different things to different social media platforms, but I'm going to put this same thing on all of them because it really matters.

Trans rights are human rights!

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Morgan Avery 🍔 @themorgan.bsky.social · 10h

1. The protest and the attack were on different days.
2. I understand that Acacia didn't publish Peters' actual address. No street, no number, only the proximity.
3. Stuff was _more specific_ about the house (when he bought it) than she was. Street name, no number, it's a very short street though.

Dan Slevin @danslevin.funeralsandsnakes.net · 11h

Watching the Acacia-less ad for that mobile phone company and it’s such a dog’s breakfast. They should be boycotted on the basis of taste let alone political squeamishness.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 10h

Is he the stupidest man to hold a high ranking cabinet secretary position in US history? Surely a finalist at the very least.

Barbara Sobel @barbarasobel.bsky.social · 17h

RFK Jr: We need to stop trusting the experts... Trusting the experts is not a feature of science or democracy, it's a feature of religion and totalitarianism.

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 13h

i see mike king and "i am hope" is in the news again recently. just resharing this amazing piece @jessmcallen.bsky.social wrote for webworm last year: www.webworm.co/rockstar/

The Making of a Mental Health Rockstar

Does Mike King’s popularity come with a big dose of impunity?

www.webworm.co

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 15h

Sora is a paper machete. It is low-quality, impossible to make consistent or reliable, while also being incredibly expensive to run. Every single “good” video you’ve seen is cherrypicked from dozens of terrible ones to make you feel scared that this can create entire movies’ worth of content.

Dustin @hareandthere.bsky.social · 16h

Curious to hear your perspective on Sora. It seems to be the only real (and terrifying) AI product to hit the market lately. How much mileage are they going to get out of this thing that needs to be regulated out of existence?

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 19h

*me reading list of ADHD symptoms again just now while I accidentally picked up my phone for a second while I'm meant to be doing something else*

"Problems focusing on a task, eh?"

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 21h

I think he probably has right wing instincts to start with on issues, but like you say he's willing to listen and consider bigger picture stuff.

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 21h

I suppose air strikes against container ships leaving Chinese ports would be too problematic?

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 21h

Or: The murderers are murdering more people than we first suspected!

Natasha Bertrand @natashabertrand.bsky.social · 1d

Breaking: At least one US military strike in the Caribbean targeted Colombians on a boat leaving from Colombia, sources tell us.

The deliberate targeting of Colombians suggests the US military’s campaign is wider than previously believed www.cnn.com/2025/10/15/p...

At least one US military strike on alleged drug trafficking boat in Caribbean targeted Colombians | CNN Politics

At least one US military strike in the Caribbean over the last two months targeted Colombian nationals on a boat that had left from Colombia, according to two people briefed by the Pentagon about the ...

www.cnn.com

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 21h

What I find genuinely confusing/interesting/refreshing about Brown as mayor is that he really doesn't seem to be ideological.

He actually does seem mostly driven by what he believes is genuinely in the best interests of the city. I disagree with his assessments in some cases, but it's positive.

𝕯𝖆𝖑𝖑𝖆𝖘™ @dallasbarnett.com · 22h

I wont subject you to too much Ryan Bridge, but god dammit, this was funny.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 21h

I'm fascinated by the "free speech" fans' outrage that the BSA might have some authority over online broadcasts.

If the BSA is such a danger to free speech, why have they been happy to accept its role within traditional radio and TV for so long?

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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 1d

Come on FENZ get Fire(fighter) wise!! Support your local firefighters on strike this Friday! Sticking for safer working conditions and fair pay! Talk more over at my substack: yeehawtheboys.substack.com/p/come-on-gu...

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

Yeah, I figured. But suddenly made me think of AITA

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

This suddenly made me curious about something, and yes... ChatGPT is very good at writing clickbait AITA posts.

I already assumed most were fake, but I can't see how you could trust any now.

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the abbot of unreason (an archaeologist) @merovingians.bsky.social · 1d

@grayathena.bsky.social said it better

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

It's been so very long since I've seriously made an effort at Linux on the Desktop... I used it extensively in the year of Linux on the Desktop (2001).

What's the smart choice of distribution for turnkey desktop/laptop use these days?

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

I've never worried about forgetting the room number before. Not sure why that concern occurred to me this time

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

When I was staying in a hotel last week I had this paranoia that I totally wouldn't remember my room number, so I actually kept my card in the little envelope with the room written on it.

I never do that!

I also did not forget my room number even once.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

The Law: It's All Guesses Until It Ends Up In Court!

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

Yeah... I guess? Although I feel like BSA may have made rulings against TVNZ/TV3 on-demand content that was on-demand streaming only in the past?

I dunno, it's all guesses for now I suppose.

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

No, livestreaming is clearly a broadcast.

Although you could argue at a technical level it's actually a series of unicasts (as IP protocols actually allow for some explicit broadcast methodologies).

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

My reading of the definition of "broadcasting" in Section 2 in the Act is that it excludes on-demand content (ie. only capturing live streams).

"...does not include any such transmission of programmes [...] made on the demand of a particular person for reception only by that person..."

But IANAL

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

I'm most interested by the (a) exclusion of the "broadcast" definition in the Act. By my reading it would seem to exclude any sort of on-demand content (such as podcasts and hosted videos). Which makes sense with respect to the broader technical understanding of a broadcast.

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

Of course, Sean has friends in high places, so it will be interesting to see how it all plays out.

Winston is being pretty dramatic here though, given the BSA hasn't even considered the actual complaint yet, let alone done any stasi-style censorship.

Stuff article preview with the headline:
Winston Peters accuses broadcasting watchdog of ‘Soviet era stasi’ censorship

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

I see you reposting my thread @chewienz.bsky.social... For what it's worth I suspect the precedent set here might also be applied to BHN. Although maybe the BSA sees a distinction in the self-hosted multi-programme nature of The Platform?

Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 1d

And you can see why Sean is concerned... Ignoring the rulings of the BSA isn't a trivial matter.

14 Offences

Every broadcaster commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $100,000—

(a) who fails to comply with an order made in respect of that broadcaster under section 13(1); or
(b) who contravenes an order made under section 13A.

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