It probably peaked yesterday. Bees and tūī going bonkers.

That article in the Spinoff praising Thiel for being the world’s most interesting man seems like the high water mark for credulous fandom of billionaires.

Absolutely agreed. Greens have just committed to "timely, free, non-discriminatory access to all forms of gender-affirming healthcare based on informed consent and self-determination" - it shouldn't be hard for labour to make that commitment.

I look forward to helping lower that rate even further once this stupid lingering cough clears up!

In various meetings, I have been trying to encourage people to steer away from using the term AI, as a next to meaningless term that obscures more than it illuminates, in favour of naming the specific technologies.