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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 37m

Te Wānanga o Aotearoa's online-classroom courses are excellent

Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 6h

Our current mode of capitalism isn't about progress or innovation, it's churn

Freeing people to be creative and self fulfilled is an existential threat to the status quo

So a lot of workers are doing pointless crap, which LLMs can replicate because it's meaningless and there's so much of it

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 6h

LLMs produce bland slop

They are thus fantastic at reproducing busywork like all those repetitive meetings which could've been emails

And since those meetings don't really produce anything of value no one really looks at the minutes

It's just a way to fill manager diaries & keep admins busy

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 6h

This is actually hilarious because he doesn't understand how close he is to the truth

All of the jobs/tasks I've seen people claim can be made easier by tools like Copilot ARE kinda "fake"... because a lot of office work IS bullshit and unproductive and it's by design

A.R. Moxon @juliusgoat.bsky.social · 7h

Ok Sam so is it the most transformative development since Archimedes invented fire by rubbing two pulleys together or is it just doing useless stuff of no value.

Futurism @futurism.com · 14h

So that's where we're at.

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 6h

That is a great tshirt

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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 7h

While Israelis celebrated the return of captives from Gaza, Israel warned Palestinian families against holding celebrations over the return of prisoners – some who had been held for decades. Al Jazeera’s Nour Odeh explains.

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 6h

I knew it would be bad, but... so bad! So quickly!

Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 8h

Promoting the editor-in-chief's personal side project. Zero named sources in a story that promotes the editor-in-chief's personal political position. Misspelling the subject's name. It took one day for CBS News to become a conservative blog.

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CBS News: Some NYPD officers worry about Mandani becoming NYC mayor the Free Press reports.

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 16h

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 16h

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15h

If you reply to or quote this insinuating that I love gangs and think gangs are cool you owe me $5

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 15h

"We dismantled all the social support structures and then people sought out the only social support structures available, this is a mystery" - Mark Mitchell, apparently

Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 16h

Gang numbers reach record highs under National - but could be even higher, as police can no longer easily identify members.
Meanwhile gang profits double too. Too bad most Kiwis will never realise in the absence of right wing media dominance & not enough funding on the other side #nzpol #kiwi

Police Minister says record high gang numbers "highly concerning" July 29 1News article

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Julie Blommaert @drjulieb.bsky.social · 1d

Imagine running a country and thinking unions and workers are different things

What a fucking ignoramus

Luxon told Morning Report the disruption is a shame and he believes workers want to reach a pay deal.
"It's a shame, really. I think people are getting sick of unions prioritising the politics over patients, or kids in education and parents being mucked around," he said.

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Mikey Brenndorfer XVX @mikeythenurse.bsky.social · 19h

God it's so gross hearing reporters talk about Israeli "hostages" but then refer to Palestinian "prisoners held without charge" like what's the material difference between these two categories?

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 19h

Protestant work ethic as politics innit

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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 19h

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 1d

The government knows this is bad policy because they've announced it on a Sunday.
The continued priority of short-term profit over long-term solutions is utterly shameful. Farmers will not be better off when the next cyclone or flood comes. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.

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Vyria Durav, Dragon Princess of the Night @vyriadurav.bsky.social · 2d

People will try to excuse/defend the chuds by saying they've just watched too much porn but I'm a dyke who watches porn all the time and don't have this problem. Chuds do this because forcing every woman into their ideal sex doll aesthetic is the power fantasy.

Ana Valens | 🔞 | Comms Open @acvalens.net · 3d

Gamers’ brains are so cooked dude. The woman on the right is gorgeous and beautiful. Straight gamer men literally can’t find normal women attractive anymore.

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Gamers In Mind Designed With
Activists In Mind

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

The transphobic gotcha questions only work if you're afraid of taking a decisive, accurate and moral position in support of trans people. And the only people turned off by that weren't voting for you anyway.

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

Zack is so good at this

Bold Politics with Zack Polanski @boldpolitics.bsky.social · 2d

Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

Great vid from Council of Geeks about why AI actors aren't going to be a thing

AI "Actress" Tilly Norwood will fail

YouTube video by Council of Geeks

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 2d

Schools aren’t using air purifiers because they are too costly to run as opposed to data centers that are cheap as chips and fine. The way we have devalued human life ought to be studied but we have also defunded higher education so 🤷🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

SHE'S THE BEST

Lauren McKenzie @themckenziest.gay · 3d

Seeing Ms. Rachel say exactly what needs to be said to Obama is so damn refreshing

Dear President Obama,
I saw in your statement you said "Israeli families" & "the people of Gaza."
Palestinians have families, too.
This kind of language contributes to dehumanization. Dehumanization is part of what caused so many to stay silent as 20,000 children were killed in this genocide.
I've sat with wonderful Palestinian families from Gaza. They look at their children just like we look at ours - with all the love & hope in the world.
Love,
Ms Rachel

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 2d

FINALLY got one of J's games to the table ❤️❤️❤️ @3mbg.bsky.social
Hey folks did you know my man is a bloody great game designer because it turns out...

Photo of a very bright cyberpunk board game set up on a table (Shadow Moon Syndicates, published by Arkus Games)

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 3d

I remember when asset sales were gonna lead to mum and dad shareholders and now we just have mum and dad paying $500 power bills in the winter. The right wing ideology is a scam. It’s a pyramid scheme. It’s useless. It improves nothing.

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 3d

TIL we have our own version of "if you are in line to vote STAY IN LINE" and it's beautiful

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Stephanie... In New Zealand @bootstheory.bsky.social · 3d

~fuck off, Facebook~

A screenshot from Meta announcing changes to their privacy policy ie using "your interactions with AIs" to "personalise your experiences and ads" which means "suggesting content like posts that you may find interesting and reels to watch" because what literally any human user of Facebook wants at this point is more fucking spam cluttering their feed, good job, Mark

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