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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 8h

It’s ironic that this happens the day after the Luxon Govt announced it will make the climate crisis worse by letting the dairy industry off the hook for its superheating methane emissions.

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 18h

Meanwhile ...

Has Simon Watts, Minister for Climate Change, Or Todd McClay, Minister for Agriculture, or anyone in the cabinet, received advice from officials how this decision
[ www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove... ] may directly effect future NZ exports?

Not all of the bullshit is bovine.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 9h

It's not his pair of feet that should be so confined.

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 10h

Again ...

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · May 8

The utter vandals!

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WIRED @wired.com · 12h

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted. www.wired.com/story/satell...

Satellites Are Leaking the World’s Secrets: Calls, Texts, Military and Corporate Data

With just $800 in basic equipment, researchers found a stunning variety of data—including thousands of T-Mobile users’ calls and texts and even US military communications—sent by satellites unencrypted.

www.wired.com

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 13h

Worth reading & considering Ed thread & article in full.
#LLM #Bubble

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 13h

Indeed, always an appropriate "allegory"
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Guy Body Cartoon featuring Luxon releasing the policy alligators.

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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 17h

Yeah it's that simple: OpenAI needs to build 3GW of data center capacity, which will cost over $100bn, and they need to do so in around a year. All three of these deals are based on unreleased chips too. Where the hell is the press on this?
bsky.app/profile/hors...

Ichabod Crane's Horse Knuckler @horseknuckler.bsky.social · 17h

Eventually somebody has to actually get paid with these endless IOUs circulating, right? All these companies are being paid in fake scrip, but like, the rest of the world deals in real money, not Altman Farts. When does this stop?

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 18h

Meanwhile ...

Has Simon Watts, Minister for Climate Change, Or Todd McClay, Minister for Agriculture, or anyone in the cabinet, received advice from officials how this decision
[ www.beehive.govt.nz/release/gove... ] may directly effect future NZ exports?

Not all of the bullshit is bovine.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Pocket Billiards: A typical power grab by a wunch of bankers.
[ www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t... ]
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

There is no olive branch great enough to turn a turkey into a dove.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Mark 5:1-20 - Just avoid the BBQ ribs.

ApocalypseElf @apocalypseelf.bsky.social · 1d

Church sign "Satanic exorcism Wed. August 7. All the fried chicken you can eat for 50c"

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 1d

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Central Govenment sets the limits.

"You have inherited a property & house next to a cliff down to a gorge with a stream running through it.

Every few years, along with your neighbors in the same situation, you collectively get together to hire some builders to maintain the retaining wall."

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

"The endless cycle of underinvestment

During the election campaign,Local Government NZ chairman and Selwyn mayor Sam Broughton described a doom loop afflicting councillors. If they start getting realistic on the costs facing their councils and raise rates,they face an angry voter backlash."

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Winners, losers, big losers and gigantic losers from the 2025 local elections

Winner: the endless cycle of underinvestment in core infrastructure. Big loser: the pipes.

thespinoff.co.nz

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

"No Thank You" - Indeed.

David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · Aug 1

An escort agency owner wanting to get back info politics, local body politics. Auckland's Howick Ward need to send him the message, no thank you ( or words to that effect ).
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 1d

Pocket Billiards: A typical power grab by a wunch of bankers.
[ www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t... ]
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

Have you read Liu Cixin (刘慈欣)'s The Three-Body Problem (三体)?

The Three-Body Problem (novel) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

There is no olive branch great enough to turn a turkey into a dove.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

There is no olive branch great enough to turn a turkey into a dove.
#nzpol

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

"The deals are so vast that they defy comprehension — the Financial Times put the company’s recent commitments at north of $1 trillion – and they’re making public companies’ stock prices jump. Stock analysts dub some of these agreements “circular,” ... "

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

#nzpol
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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 2d

"Some people aren't mincing their words about it either, calling the deals "circular financing" or even "vendor financing" - where a company invests in or lends to its own customers so they can continue making purchases.

"Yes, the investment loans are unprecedented," Mr Altman told me on Monday."

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David Mohring @nzheretic.bsky.social · 4d

What could burst the AI bubble?
Hubris my dear fellows, Hubris.

[ www.google.com/search?q=ai+... ]
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