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Unfamous Actor. VO guy. Bacon # :1 Uncivil. Misanthrope. Dissident. Sportbiker. PostPunk Bogan Dirtbag Munter. Cabrรณn. Rลnin. Kaijin. Tauiwi. 1/2 Giant 1/2 Dwarf Tank. #ADnD2E #ForTheEmpire "Fuck You, Make Me" I don't swear nearly as much as I could
might look like I've deleted my account for a few hours .. moving stuff around and my custom username might need re-jigging to the new host
Right, seems easy enough, I've even a spare droplet I could try it on and a domain I bagged when I was looking for work and considering my own consultancy. If there are any hands up from volunteers - to setup accounts for trial, I'll build it
if firing a geriatric old racist means the government will fall, then it doesn't deserve to stand #nzpol
how actually difficult / spendy would it be to get our own Kikorangi instance of Blooski?
John Scalzi@scalzi.com ยท 2d agoYup. Eurosky, Blacksky, Northsky, there's a lot of skies out there, and hopefully more to come. This is why the architecture is so interesting, and why I think this instance of federation might (eventually) break out of containment.
I think "AI" plumpers should be happy I'm focusing mostly on the nonsense it's doing to my field, rather than how it's very clearly designed as a tool for the capture of wealth and capital by a bunch of accelerationist weirdos enthusiastically huffing their own farts from the depth of their K-holes
The Register@theregister.com ยท 2d agoSci-fi authors Scalzi and Stross decry AI's dystopian impact on their craft
I was very surprised Stuff actually printed an actual column saying things like โmaybe men should, for our own good, look past politicians who most accurately resemble our high school bulliesโ but here we are and this is worth a read - and maybe stick it under the nose of your fellow dudes, dudes.
Men are tripping over their alphahood in the year of the Bro Election
Men are unemployed at a higher rate than women for the first time in seven years, yet guys keep voting against their own interests.
stuff.co.nz
any position but FM is fine? ..... the other party members being every bit as bigoted and openly corrupt is fine? Theres your TOP leader kids.. #NZPol
'Look, what I will say to you is that I'm sorry you got offended'
Watch: PM Christopher Luxon apologises for 'parent-child mentality' comments
The prime minister has apologised for his comments to the Rotorua business community last week, saying he was sorry they "did not properly acknowledge the challenges that many small business owners ar...
rnz.co.nz
Pepperidge Farm Remembers Meme
ALT: Pepperidge Farm Remembers Meme
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Julie Blommaert@drjulieb.bsky.social ยท 3d agoHey remember when Winnie went to chat with his friends at the protests in front of parliament that had heaps of violent rhetoric including nooses and burning effigies targeted at other people that werenโt him? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Id prefer to have a leader i didnt like on a charismatic level. Thats not why they are there. I grudgingly admit Mayor Brown is an absolute cunt of a human, but he's putting in the mahi for the most part. (I still aint voting for him, but as long as he shows up, might as well work with what we have)
David Clegg@delphijunkie.bsky.social ยท 3d agoI, a middleaged white man with LW leanings, finds Luxon to be an utter wanker. I don't need to meet Luxon to be confident of my opinion. It is largely formed by the policy he creates and supports, and the behaviour he allows from his Ministers. No amount of smiles and "charm" will overcome that.
yo.. filmies and writers.. heads up #FilmSky
Tess is Surviving the Horrors@mothmother.com ยท 4d agoI started getting followed by some "film festivals" and "writing festivals" and thought "oh, these are cool!" Then I looked a little closer. They're all part of a network that preys on writers, charging us for reviews, and feeding our stuff into slop generators. So I made a list.๐๐ป๐๐ป๐
When road users (usually car drivers) think they fucking own the road. Not atypical of Kiwi drivers, tbh. Tauranga man Rodger Smyth sentenced for careless driving over the death of motorcyclist Karen Brown www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/tauranga-...
A split-second turn, a family's enduring loss: Driver sentenced for motorcyclist's death
Rodger Smyth pulled left, indicated right, and turned across the path of a motorcyclist.
nzherald.co.nz