Johnny Silverpatch
@johnnyredlives.bsky.social
Scruffy-looking. Not sure where I get my delusions from. I love a girl with spirit.
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Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
December 13, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented.
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Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole thing even more grotesque: turns out the campaign pushing hardest for the ban was run by an ad agency that makes gambling ads.
www.techdirt.com
December 15, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Australia’s Social Media Ban Was Pushed By Ad Agency Focused On Gambling Ads It Didn’t Want Banned
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
We’ve talked about the Australian social media ban that went into effect last week, how dumb it is, and why it’s already a mess. But late last week, some additional news broke that makes the whole…
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No discourse about white men and what is going on in their communities and male violence in that case of that man who drive his car into the crowd of football fans in Liverpool 🧐
December 15, 2025 at 11:49 PM
No discourse about white men and what is going on in their communities and male violence in that case of that man who drive his car into the crowd of football fans in Liverpool 🧐
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"I'm not racist," he says before describing his theory that an entire ethnic group has a common negative trait that's just inherent to them as a whole, and means they should cease to exist.
Okay
Okay
December 16, 2025 at 12:02 AM
"I'm not racist," he says before describing his theory that an entire ethnic group has a common negative trait that's just inherent to them as a whole, and means they should cease to exist.
Okay
Okay
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Ironically if you electrify the full transport fleet, and put solar panels and batteries on every single house and factory in NZ, we would end up importing so little oil, coal and gas, we would end up in a permanent trade account surplus
AKA SWIMMING IN THE CASH TO AFFORD THOSE NICE THINGS!
AKA SWIMMING IN THE CASH TO AFFORD THOSE NICE THINGS!
So what we need is the rural sector to boom as they generate our export receipts aka hard currency
We need the cities to boom as they produce the services and industry to sell the goods and train the people to man the rural sector (farming is a science)
They are in a symbiotic relationship!
We need the cities to boom as they produce the services and industry to sell the goods and train the people to man the rural sector (farming is a science)
They are in a symbiotic relationship!
December 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Ironically if you electrify the full transport fleet, and put solar panels and batteries on every single house and factory in NZ, we would end up importing so little oil, coal and gas, we would end up in a permanent trade account surplus
AKA SWIMMING IN THE CASH TO AFFORD THOSE NICE THINGS!
AKA SWIMMING IN THE CASH TO AFFORD THOSE NICE THINGS!
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I'm glad there's no historical precedence for this kinda thing going badly or boy I sure would be worried for myself and my community!
“Employees with driver’s license offices across the state, from El Paso to Paris to Plano, reported the names and license numbers of these people to a special agency email account.“
Texas is making a list of transgender Texans. It’s using the DMV to help.
A year after the state blocked transgender Texans from updating their state IDs, it has collected information on more than 100 people who have tried. Officials won’t say what they’re using the list fo...
www.kut.org
December 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I'm glad there's no historical precedence for this kinda thing going badly or boy I sure would be worried for myself and my community!
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Blowing up a Russian sub in its own port while simultaneously hacking into Russian surveillance cameras to watch it is quite the flex!
First Combat Use of Underwater Kamikaze Drones: Russian Kilo class Submarine Disabled in Novorossiysk
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has carried out a special operation in the port of Novorossiysk, marking the first-ever combat use of underwater kamikaze drones.
The Security Service of Ukraine (SSU) has carried out a special operation in the port of Novorossiysk, marking the first-ever combat use of underwater kamikaze drones.
December 15, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Blowing up a Russian sub in its own port while simultaneously hacking into Russian surveillance cameras to watch it is quite the flex!
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If your default thought on seeing the shootings in Bondi is "false flag", please take said flag, attach it to a flag pole, and shove it all up your arse
December 14, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If your default thought on seeing the shootings in Bondi is "false flag", please take said flag, attach it to a flag pole, and shove it all up your arse
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"(((they))) planned it, it's a false flag!" is horrifically anti-semitic. You sound like a Gab poster, fuck off
December 14, 2025 at 3:29 PM
"(((they))) planned it, it's a false flag!" is horrifically anti-semitic. You sound like a Gab poster, fuck off
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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The CRA spent $18M on 'Charlie,' a new tax information chatbot that is wrong most of the time
The Canada Revenue Agency paid $18 million for a chatbot the auditor general says give her team the wrong answer 66 per cent of the time.
nationalpost.com
December 12, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) paid $18 million for a chatbot named Charlie, which the auditor general reported gave her team the wrong answer 66% of the time.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
The chatbot's responses were found to be brief and lacking context, with only 2 out of 6 questions answered accurately.
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The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
December 14, 2025 at 10:54 AM
The kind .. you find … in a second hand store
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So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
December 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
So there is already an ai-generated whitewashing campaign to bury the name of the Muslim man, Ahmed al Ahmed, who disarmed one of the Bondi Beach shooters, and replace his identity with a white guy name and that’s why even a thimble of our potable water powering this tech is too fucking much.
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It’s wild how little attention this story has gotten.
This report from Fox doesn’t mention that the killer was enraged that one of the girls had dissed Charlie Kirk, nor the fact that he laughed about it on a stream after cops questioned him but didn’t make an arrest.
This report from Fox doesn’t mention that the killer was enraged that one of the girls had dissed Charlie Kirk, nor the fact that he laughed about it on a stream after cops questioned him but didn’t make an arrest.
Alleged stalker detained then released after girls’ hit-and-run deaths, arrested days later: officials
A 17-year-old charged with murdering two girls in New Jersey was allegedly detained for a short time on Monday before he was arrested on Wednesday.
www.foxnews.com
December 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
It’s wild how little attention this story has gotten.
This report from Fox doesn’t mention that the killer was enraged that one of the girls had dissed Charlie Kirk, nor the fact that he laughed about it on a stream after cops questioned him but didn’t make an arrest.
This report from Fox doesn’t mention that the killer was enraged that one of the girls had dissed Charlie Kirk, nor the fact that he laughed about it on a stream after cops questioned him but didn’t make an arrest.
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If the anti-vaxxers were not fans of COVID lockdowns, wait until they find out it’s a 42 day quarantine for measles (with their kids at home).
Over 250 people in quarantine in South Carolina over measles outbreak, 16 in isolation, i.e. sick
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Hundreds quarantined as South Carolina measles outbreak accelerates
A state epidemiologist said the spike in cases came in the wake of Thanksgiving travel and a lack of vaccinations. At least 16 cases were traced to a church.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:53 PM
If the anti-vaxxers were not fans of COVID lockdowns, wait until they find out it’s a 42 day quarantine for measles (with their kids at home).
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Programmer joke:
"In the future we won't need programmers. We'll just need people who can tell AIs very precisely and in full detail what we want them to do using language the AIs understand."
"In the future we won't need programmers. We'll just need people who can tell AIs very precisely and in full detail what we want them to do using language the AIs understand."
December 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Programmer joke:
"In the future we won't need programmers. We'll just need people who can tell AIs very precisely and in full detail what we want them to do using language the AIs understand."
"In the future we won't need programmers. We'll just need people who can tell AIs very precisely and in full detail what we want them to do using language the AIs understand."
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“One of the biggest waves of censorship”
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks:
https://bit.ly/4rRJTFV
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks:
https://bit.ly/4rRJTFV
Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content
More than 50 organisations report sites being restricted or removed, with abortion hotlines blocked and posts showing non-explicit nudity triggering warnings
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:21 PM
“One of the biggest waves of censorship”
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks:
https://bit.ly/4rRJTFV
Meta has removed or restricted dozens of accounts belonging to abortion access providers, queer groups and reproductive health organisations in the past weeks:
https://bit.ly/4rRJTFV
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SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
Liam Neeson Narrates Anti-Vax, Pro-RFK Documentary
The Taken actor can be heard calling mRNA COVID vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news
December 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
SCOOP: Academy Award-nominee Liam Neeson narrated a recent anti-vaccine documentary that glorifies RFK Jr.’s rise to power.
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
In the film, Neeson—a UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador—calls the COVID-19 vaccines “dangerous experiments.”
www.importantcontext.news/p/liam-neeso...
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Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
December 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Just because it's being passed around a lot: NO, data centers in space do NOT benefit from space being cold. Space is cold in the formal sense we use to define temperature. But it is very bad at cooling. What would you rather have to cool hot metal: a lukewarm water tub or a giant cold atmosphere?
... Badly.
Jimmy Fallon would host the Hunger Games.
December 10, 2025 at 12:04 AM
... Badly.
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There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
December 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
There's a post over on Twitter that I've been laughing to myself about. Some right-wing guy is celebrating that a school took down "All-Gender" bathroom signs and replaced them with "Single Occupancy Restroom" signs. And like... it's the same thing, man. You're celebrating a pointless relabeling.
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This is truly positive male representation in media.
Will Arnett was on Conan and told a story about how Conan dealt with the death of his parents by accusing Jason Bateman of killing them. It’s so funny.
December 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is truly positive male representation in media.
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Strong recommend to this piece and the danger lurking in existing case law ... "Essentially, if widespread vote theft has taken place, the perpetrators may actually be saved by the sheer scale of their offending."
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
Did NZ’s most brazen electoral fraud just take place in Papatoetoe?
In court, they opened up 53 wrongfully cast ballots. Fifty of them had gone to the winning side....
thespinoff.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Strong recommend to this piece and the danger lurking in existing case law ... "Essentially, if widespread vote theft has taken place, the perpetrators may actually be saved by the sheer scale of their offending."
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I'm blanking on the source -- Harold C. Fleming, maybe? -- but there was a critic of the Kennedy administration's early inaction on civil rights who said their greatest failing was "not realizing you had to be on *somebody's* side in the South"
I see this sort of proud posturing a lot and it's really a wonderful way to loudly demonstrate to everyone you have absolutely no idea what's going on
Music Icon Pharrell Criticizes Political Division: “I Don’t Believe In Either Side”
Pharrell Williams is making his feelings about American politics unmistakably clear.
newzsquare.com
December 9, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I'm blanking on the source -- Harold C. Fleming, maybe? -- but there was a critic of the Kennedy administration's early inaction on civil rights who said their greatest failing was "not realizing you had to be on *somebody's* side in the South"
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Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪
Can speed cameras make streets safer? Quasi-experimental evidence from New York City | PNAS
Each year, approximately 40,000 people die in vehicle collisions in the United States,
generating $340 billion in economic costs. To make roads saf...
www.pnas.org
December 8, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Our new study provides rare causal evidence about NYC’s speed camera program. We find large reductions in collisions (30%) and injuries (16%) near intersections with cameras. www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1... @astagoff.bsky.social ky.social @brendenbeck.bsky.social nbeck.bsky.social 🧪