I can't believe the damage cycle lanes are gonna do to wellington businesses if this plan to cut 9k public sector employees goes ahead.

too soon

Playing the celiacs version I can afford eggs and a coffee

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One of the things I miss about teaching #HistSTM is asking the students what they think the 4 humors are now on TikTok (One year it was the actual four humors)

Joe: I am a 73 year-old retired mechanic in Forsberg, Nebraska. My 3 biggest problems are Iran's uranium enrichment capability, the casting of Helen in Christopher Nolan's "Odyssey," and the ability of Tennesseeans to check out "Roots" from a library 1000 media outlets: can we please talk at length

I was annoyed that I couldn't find a database of David Attenborough documentaries where I could search for a specific episode by topic. So I made it. attenborough-100.vercel.app

“I’m told your health secretary cut off a dead raccoon’s penis. May I ask…why?”

Someone just told a pro AI bro in my comments: I’m not using it because it’s not smarter than me, I can see why you like it though.

It cannot be said enough: everyone responsible for this, voters and politicians, should hang their heads in fucking shame.

It is ridiculous to pretend X moved to the right because people left and not because it got bought by a neo-nazi who deliberately runs it with the overt goal of promoting his views and suppressing those he dislikes.

Belle and Sebastian and Colin

McConnell denied Garland a vote nine months out under the guise that there was an election soon and then jammed through Coney Barrett a week before Biden won. They have been flipping the bird to the concepts of norms and fairness for decades and the democrats have done jack shit to fight back.

At this rate, by next year the only actual majority opinion the Court drops will be a tense, singe sentence. "Because fuck you, that's why."

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

I often say that the fight for democracy is the fight of our generation. But let me be clear, if you aren’t fighting for Black voting rights right now then you aren’t really fighting for democracy.

Commiserations to Sir David Attenborough on his 100th birthday, as he is now too old to be allowed to play with LEGO.

Multiple women serving sentences for nonviolent crimes at the minimum security prison where Ghislaine Maxwell is now serving time were punished for speaking to reporters about the special treatment Maxwell receives. At least two women were transferred to higher security facilities as punishment.

The new NZ citizenship test. Next question: what is the most common way of traveling between islands? A) Plane, B) Getting stranded between the two, C) Car. Next Question: Is Aotearoa an official name of the country? A) Yes, B) "nO iTs cAlLeD nEw zEaLaNd, waah!" #nzpol

David Seymour threatens to fire RNZ boss for hiring John Campbell. It's illegal for a Shareholding Minister to interfere in state broadcasters' independence Kiri Allan was hauled through the coals for a mere suggestion & Seymour said at the time democracy was at risk & media interference not OK

Look this is really cool and the ResearchGate paper it's based on is real BUT the paper is from 2004 (here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...) AND the photo credit for the splash image here is "Google Gemini" AND the actual photos from the researchers look nothing like it Beware AI slop

For those just tuning in, the Iranian military, which has been totally destroyed on several occasions, is exchanging fire with the US military, which is not at war

Just had Canvas stop working as I was typing comments on a student paper. I now can’t access anyone’s work or grades. Strangely, this never happened back when I used a grade book and had students email me their papers, a system no shareholders extracted money from.

Again this should inspire wall-to-wall media coverage for months. The crowning achievement of the Civil Rights Movement is dead. Black people just lost all of their remaining political power in the South. This is a monumental moment in American history that simply isn't being treated as such.

it took me too long to realize that this was "horseshit" censored and not new slang i didn't know about yet where "horses" meant bad

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I will draw art with bad anatomy for a fraction of the price AI costs. What a deal!

as ever, a hearty fuck you to jeff bezos and amazon for killing comixology

as a follow up: i had a lawyer talk with another lawyer and are getting these ads using my art taken down and damages paid. it ain’t a lot but i hope it’s enough to make a point. update the wiki!!!!!!

seems like a decent AI assistant or agent of some sort might be useful to keep track of your social media accounts it is just an observation

Chicago TV is making a scandal out of Chicago’s former prosecutor discovering errors, helping exonerate people thru the court system — and now the county is on the hook for repairing those errors rather than sweeping them under the rug as the criminal legal system routinely does.

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Fuck fast food places.

me, after coming up with a revolutionary idea and then immediately forgetting it for ever

The current AoNZ government

The Big Lewbowski. It’s fine. It’s not awful but for me it’s not the masterpiece everyone else watched.

the difference between fragility and insecurity

Slightly diminish a book The Hour of the Triffids

Why does microslop word keep telling me application add on have been disabled? I don’t know what that means and I don’t care but it tells me every day

I know it's my thing but GOD DAMN the ferries thing is so fucking emblematic of this government. While they're being implored to spend more money to prop up horse racing they've fucked the key infrastructure project linking the mainland to the north, come on man this is mental

We have an *extremely* important announcement to make. From Wednesday, we will be launching our puffin live cam, coming to you from the Farne Islands. So you can watch puffins all day long. In celebration, please enjoy this clip of puffins being really busy for 39 seconds straight.

Racism aside, it's... interesting that ACT's policies are going to piss off everyone who rely on visa workers: more red tape for accredited employers, more hoops to jump through on the English language requirement, and more costs for everybody.

I mean the rates and mortgage would probably be lower, but it’s still Wainuiamata so I’d still probably move. rwwellingtoncity.co.nz/properties/s...

I'm not the only one who always dates US democracy as only starting from VRA 1965, this is a normal position based on facts!

Nothing summarizes the modern right better than this

Utes are seven times more likely to kill in a crash. Two-thirds of ute trips happen in cities, not on farms. They emit far more than other cars. The 'work vehicle' framing is mostly subsidising city driving. Auckland Uni researchers want a ute tax. #nzpol

💯👇The usual suspects on the right would like you believe the problem is "bureaucratic red tape." There's no nice way to put it - THEY'RE LYING. It's a two-tier justice system with impunity for the rich and connected, and consequences for everyone else.