@cosmicborborygmus.bsky.social
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No, Richard. We should be raising taxes on you and your wealthy mates. Those are our assets, not yours and not the current National government's.
#nzpol
#nzpol
December 10, 2025 at 6:17 AM
No, Richard. We should be raising taxes on you and your wealthy mates. Those are our assets, not yours and not the current National government's.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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See also Musk's Optimus "robots": futurism.com/future-socie...
real human beings located across the Global South being exploited for low wages, mechanical turking every single aspect of these supposedly futuristic technologies.
real human beings located across the Global South being exploited for low wages, mechanical turking every single aspect of these supposedly futuristic technologies.
Amazing Video Shows Tesla Optimus Teleoperator Taking Off Headset, Causing Robot to Stumble and Collapse
A new video appears to show a Tesla Optimus humanoid robot stumbling backwards after its teleoperator tried to take off their headset.
futurism.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
See also Musk's Optimus "robots": futurism.com/future-socie...
real human beings located across the Global South being exploited for low wages, mechanical turking every single aspect of these supposedly futuristic technologies.
real human beings located across the Global South being exploited for low wages, mechanical turking every single aspect of these supposedly futuristic technologies.
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Charlie Brooker asking the important questions (whether or not somebody has heard of me)
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...
![The main villain across Black Mirror is AI. At this moment in time and at the current pace AI is accelerating, how terrified are you of it?
Ying Yang. There’s two fronts that you’re looking at it. One is the professional end in front of the industry and what it means for creativity. And the other is, are we going to get terminated — is that happening? Do you know Ed Zitron?
I don’t think so.
You should look him up. He’s extremely cynical about LLMs [Large Language Models] and chatbots and stuff like this. He is convinced this is a massive bubble. There’s a lot of that thought going on at the moment that the LLM side of things is a kind of bubble that’s brewing — and how useful are they, really? For somebody who does a show that is worrying out loud a lot of the time about unforeseen consequences of amazing inventions, I can catastrophize with the best of them very quickly. And I can also, sort of think — I can see the value in these things if they’re used correctly as tools, basically. I can see the value in a tool creatively. I can see the value in a tool that a human being is deploying in that way. I can see the value in the tools in Photoshop. It’s when is when people go, “Oh, well, take your hands off the keyboard, walk away” — I don’t see who that’s for.
The thing that worries me about, like AI imagery — you feed the screenplay into it, and it pumps out a whole movie — is a smaller concern than: “Oh God. Society will crumble because we’ll just be flooded with misinformation.” That scares me more on a deeper animal level than the industry things. But the industry stuff worries me too. … I flip-flop between cautious optimism — or at least thinking — “Maybe this is just a big bubble and it’ll all go away,” and thinking, “Oh, we’re fucked.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:qc6xzgctorfsm35w6i3vdebx/bafkreihhvdt7zukixvqvoryswtwjwufcxf5ra5rdbdpkzmyavafyv2hwbm@jpeg)
December 10, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Charlie Brooker asking the important questions (whether or not somebody has heard of me)
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...
www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/b...
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"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
December 9, 2025 at 2:58 PM
"AI is the asbestos in the walls of our technological society, stuffed there with wild abandon by a finance sector and tech monopolists run amok. We will be excavating it for a generation or more."
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
This piece on AI by Cory Doctorow is spectactular.
pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/p...
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HAVING THIS ON BY DEFAULT IS A CRIME
new iOS update is sleek and also defaults in Music to “you must want songs transition as they would on a dance floor.” so many people will wonder why they can’t just listen to an album. Apps > Music > Song Transitions > toggle off.
December 9, 2025 at 7:32 PM
HAVING THIS ON BY DEFAULT IS A CRIME
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(TLDR, when you take the whole year & non office work into account, the effect of NZ's summer holiday model (combining, unlike the northern hemisphere, Christmas, summer, and the longest school holiday) on overall productivity is basically nil)
December 9, 2025 at 7:18 PM
(TLDR, when you take the whole year & non office work into account, the effect of NZ's summer holiday model (combining, unlike the northern hemisphere, Christmas, summer, and the longest school holiday) on overall productivity is basically nil)
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It's a lovely day on the seabed, and you are a horrible goosefish
This picture has been making the rounds again, and is being misidentified again.
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
This is a GOOSEFISH.
This is NOT a tasselled wobbegong shark.
It’s a great pic. I get why people are very excited about it. But it’s as easy to give it the right name as the wrong one.
fullfact.org/online/tasse...
December 9, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It's a lovely day on the seabed, and you are a horrible goosefish
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Clear, factual reporting that takes the time to research whether a reckon is actually real shouldn't be rare, but it is really feels like it increasingly is. Ricketts explainer delivers again.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
NZ does do the summer break differently - and there are some fair reasons for that
The make up of New Zealand’s economic activity may shift temporarily over the Christmas/summer period, but there is no evidence of a drop.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Clear, factual reporting that takes the time to research whether a reckon is actually real shouldn't be rare, but it is really feels like it increasingly is. Ricketts explainer delivers again.
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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You know who doesn't rush to buy wi-fi-enabled "smart" appliances? IT security people. I had one regale me with a story about a "smart" heater that could be remotely made to bypass its own thermostat and keep heating. Ideal for burning your enemy's house down.
December 8, 2025 at 7:50 PM
You know who doesn't rush to buy wi-fi-enabled "smart" appliances? IT security people. I had one regale me with a story about a "smart" heater that could be remotely made to bypass its own thermostat and keep heating. Ideal for burning your enemy's house down.
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Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
A UK woman named Carol was hospitalized after a ‘PLURIBUS’ ad on her Samsung smart fridge sparked a psychotic episode.
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
The targeted promo read “We’re sorry we upset you, Carol” - mirroring the Apple TV+ thriller's plot - leading her to believe someone was messaging her directly.
#Pluribus
December 8, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Ok, so what I want from my house is no adverts. I want a fridge that makes stuff cold, an oven that makes stuff hot, a washing machine that makes stuff wet and a dryer that makes stuff dry. I don't want it to be smart, or wifi connected, I want it to be mechanically sound with a 20+ year life span.
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pals you gotta quit spotify
December 8, 2025 at 4:44 PM
pals you gotta quit spotify
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can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
December 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
can't stop watching this clip of a tesla Optimus teleoperator taking his headset off before properly logging out the robot
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Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
December 7, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Searching for a new litterbox and dying laughing at this cat who looks like a toilet astronaut.
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This just turned up on my FB feed, screen shot of Paengaroa community notice board
Not good
Not good
December 8, 2025 at 11:38 PM
This just turned up on my FB feed, screen shot of Paengaroa community notice board
Not good
Not good
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Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
mas é óbvio que ele iria se arriscar pra ir tirar um cochilo no melhor lugar
December 8, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Shadow of the Colossus (2005)
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Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Want to support trans rights in Aotearoa & get a bunch of cool TTRPGs? The Ban the Ban bundle is raising funds for action against the NZ govt's blocker ban.
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
Proceeds go to PATHA to fund their court challenge & support individuals. Get it now!
itch.io/b/3421/ban-t...
#transrights #ttrpg #nzpol
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tag urself
December 7, 2025 at 11:44 PM
tag urself
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After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
December 5, 2025 at 4:03 PM
After much research and development I have made an offline version of ChatGPT.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
Now you can save water and electricity while navel-gazing, and carry one of the world's most powerfully annoying AI chatbots in your pocket.
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It's got less spyware. It doesn't have a subscription. It has buttons. It generally works and if not is easier to repair. It's not as easy to get hacked. They don't get constant pop ups and ads.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Why do Gen Z have a growing appetite for retro tech?
Gen Z are going retro, with studies showing a resurgence in people buying tech in the modern age that can be dated back decades.
www.bbc.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It's got less spyware. It doesn't have a subscription. It has buttons. It generally works and if not is easier to repair. It's not as easy to get hacked. They don't get constant pop ups and ads.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
They're fucking right too. Tech has just become rent seeking bloatware.
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Lovely essay on @reactorsff.bsky.social by Asa West about two encounters with Vincent Ward's THE NAVIGATOR separated by decades, how memories play games with us and why that thing you kinda remember is worth hunting out.
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
I Tracked Down the Film that Traumatized Me as a Kid, and Found a Forgotten Gem - Reactor
Weird, ambitious art — the kind that sticks with you for decades — is always worth searching for.
reactormag.com
December 7, 2025 at 6:20 AM
Lovely essay on @reactorsff.bsky.social by Asa West about two encounters with Vincent Ward's THE NAVIGATOR separated by decades, how memories play games with us and why that thing you kinda remember is worth hunting out.
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
reactormag.com/i-tracked-do...
#FilmSky #MovieSky #NZFilm
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What makes a good player?
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
December 7, 2025 at 9:02 AM
What makes a good player?
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
- attendance
- attention
- absorbance
- adventurousness
- allyship
Attendance: communicate when you'll be there and when you won't. "I'm looking forward to the game!" helps your GMs morale and inspires other players. Be as easy to plan for as circumstance lets.
1/
#ttrpg
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Music stream time
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
December 7, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Music stream time
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
Twitch.tv/bravenewfaves
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Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
December 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Anniversary of halifax explosion so obligatory
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
"Hold up the train. Ammunition ship afire in harbour making for Pier 6 and will explode. Guess this will be my last message. Good-bye boys."
- Vincent Coleman
saved like 300 people on a train, and started the emergency response. Died for it
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Chiaroscuro pūkeko. 🪶🇳🇿
December 6, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Chiaroscuro pūkeko. 🪶🇳🇿