Pretty sure the hold music I'm listening to is AI generated. No human would make something so shit.

Enjoying the show today @ahawkins.bsky.social

On my way to leaving Spotify in favour of Qobuz. Even if I don’t know how to pronounce it correctly.

Oh my FUCK! The Government intends remove Art History from the senior curriculum! Jesus they are fucking moronic philistines. This simply can’t happen. #NZPol sway.cloud.microsoft/aZfEZWannIl3...

Art history in 7th form was the best thing I ever studied. Vandals.

The most fun this weekend, apart from buying a CD player, has been playing Silksong now it’s finally been released. Soo good.

Picked up Tubeway Army on vinyl at the Ōpoho school fair, one from the Martin Phillips collection. Listening to it on some recently acquired gear from Relics music. It’s a good day for music.

I’ve given up on my Duolingo streak and oh my god the relief.

I have Covid. Yay.

Pleasant surprise to hear Dick Move on Iggy Pop’s BBC show.

I like reading @garymarcus.bsky.social on Substack - this makes sense to me and it’s so well written it’s easy to believe. I’m sure Hinton would disagree but that’s part of the joy. Very smart people disagreeing about very important things. open.substack.com/pub/garymarc...

Is it bad that all I want to do is lock myself in a room with an XT and play Zork?

Submitted on the regulatory standards bill. Found it useful to read to summary of previous consultation. Only two days left to submit. www.regulation.govt.nz/about-us/our...

Where do I get my “Shut up you dickhead” tshirt?

Anyone else eaten too many hot cross buns?

Don’t listen to audiobooks about the existential threat of AI before bed. Better living everybody!

I may have eaten too much curry tonight.

Man I am WIPED

For gods sake linked in will you stop showing me infographics about AI in health. Just stop.

A great team on this paper, thanks @tbgladman.bsky.social - time we got Qian and Anjinnon here ….

Remember when cloud integration meant WebDAV folders?

Forgot how good Maxinquaye by Tricky is. Worth a re-listen if it's been a while

Just played The Stanley Parable for the first time. Equally intrigued and dismayed. So clever.

Starting to feel like the old times. Seeing interesting things on short form social media and reposting them.

What will come after the cancer stage of capitalism? There are scientists envisioning a brighter future

RNZ morning report talking to Judith Collins about science funding this morning - good interviewing by Alexa Cook, personal effrontery and evasion from Collins in lieu of answering questions. Good to know some things don’t change.

RIP TO THE REALEST ONE. FIX YOUR HEARTS OR DIE

Rēwena bread and a perfect coffee at Jacob’s River Bakehouse in Riverton. Terrible photo sorry. David Lynch died, I’m sad.

I made a fucking delicious risotto tonight.

Riverton really is lovely you know.

It’s that time of year where I wonder if I should ditch Spotify for something betterer. Our family of 3 now pays $36/month on a subsidised plan via Spark. Since we already pay for iCloud storage should we just bite the bullet and go apple one?

Emergency dairy mission, shout out to the super chirpy guy at Regent Night n Day #theTwoFour

The best Christmas present ever - the paper I thought I had to review by tomorrow has just been withdrawn. Thank god.

Well at least it’s only covert.

Wee weekend in Wellington capped off with a night at Escarpment Domes. Loved it.

No notes #ToitūTeTiriti

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,005,667!

I have decided to post a thread to explain the current situation to BlueSky users outside of Brazil.

Help me out. In the old days of Tweetdeck I could save a hashtag as a feed. Here I can search by hashtag, and add a feed - but can't save a search as a feed unless someone has created it? Signed middle aged of Õtepoti

Listening to this today. RIP Martin Phillipps.

I just mistakenly listened to a Concrete Blonde song, thinking it was by Blonde Redhead and was momentarily very confused.

Listening the RNZ, I realise I’ve made it this far into 2023 and still haven’t listened to the “new” Beatles song.

Went to Stop Making Sense tonight. Restoration is bloody great, though some slightly odd bits in the audio mix. If you’re an aging (or not) music junkie I highly recommend.

Is there some kind of 90s power pop renaissance happening at the moment? Half the bands on stereogum’s best new bands list sound like Weezer.

@apocalypseelf.bsky.social thanks for the delivery today

I’m at a computing symposium and a dog just walked in. This is the greatest thing that could have happened.

Finally tested negative after my first brush with covid.

What’s this place like for #eqnz info sharing?

Digging into early Cure albums and remembering why I love them. Case in point : spotify.link/IqzziLndaDb

Big rainbow energy