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Paul Brislen

@brislen.nz

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Kiwi telco guy. No I don’t know how that happened either. I shall bind him to me, with promises. 🇳🇿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Cymro o ddewis (Welsh by choice) "We consider that Mr Brislen is an authoritative source." (BSA decision, March 2020) Aotearoa he/him

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 45m

Ahhahahahahahaaaa we've gone to the Chinese for the ferries because of course that's totally in line with all the other rhetoric they've been spouting.

You could not make this up.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 52m

Too bloody right.

The seven stages of your workplace getting obsessed with AI then realising it's bollocks

ANYONE with a job is likely to have witnessed managers gushing about AI then quietly ditching the idea. See where your employer is in the cycle of AI hype.

www.thedailymash.co.uk

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Madam Snazzy @moatatamaira.bsky.social · 7h

Thinking about buying one of these costumes just to bust out whenever I need to spread some lols, tbh.

Make Lying Wrong Again @makelyinwrongagain.bsky.social · 15h

This one is my favorite 😂

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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 11h

I don't understand why U.S. reporters so regularly seem to let politicians get away with 'I haven't seen that' about stuff a) they obviously know and b) is directly relevant to their job. Did they sign some kind of agreement never to ask a follow-up question?

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14h

REPORTER: We know the president moved forward with mass layoffs. We're also learning there were significant cuts to staff at special education services. Are you comfortable with those cuts?

MIKE JOHNSON: I haven't seen the specifics of that and I don't know

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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 5h

Retrospective #25: Almost forgot this one from 2018:

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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 5h

Retrospective #23: 2023

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Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 20h

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Autumn (spooky season) @autumnalcoffee.exportaud.io · 14h

my tiktok algorithm: here's a recipe that's too many steps. here's a cat being silly. here's a lesbian being a lesbian

my YouTube shorts algorithm: we noticed you like interviews with musicians. could we interest you in... right wing podcasts?

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 6h

For extra points just go with your last name.

"Bitch."

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Michele @funnymichele.bsky.social · 1d

🐸💪🏼🇺🇲😁

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 7h

You already tax the savings accounts, now you're going to reduce or cancel the govt contribution?

Come on already... We should be encouraging people to plan for the future, not deferring maintenance on all our important future assets.

Wait... There's a pattern here, isn't there?

PERFECTLY NORMAL @nzpom.com · 10h

Stealing from our kids' future, to save money
#nzpol

Govt expected to save nearly $2.5 billion with KiwiSaver changes

Savings are forecasted through to the 2028/29 financial year.

www.nzherald.co.nz

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 7h

Your semi-regular reminder that the full quote is "The customer is always right in matters of taste," and that it has long been cut off too short by dickhead customers who want free shit.

rax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 9h

few ideas have damaged the average psyche more than ‘the customer is always right.’ it should be a little bit humiliating, being a customer. you should walk into any service transaction knowing that the other person, and not you, is in control over whether you get your treats

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Anna @tgannawade.bsky.social · 10h

01 811 8055 will be remembered by most Brits over 50...

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 8h

How do you convince a generation of people that having government pay for health care is a bad idea? I mean seriously, it's an obvious sitter for "you shouldn't have to pay for that", right?

Rupert Murdoch and the tech bros have so much to answer for.