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Phil Wheeler

@phil-wh.bsky.social

New Zealand based Engineering Manager and recovering web developer, trying to learn as much as possible about languages, cricket, drums and cycle adventures. Was also a music teacher (drums, percussion & orchestral) for a few years. 日本人ですか？日本語を習って助けてください！

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Abigail Nussbaum@abigailnussbaum.bsky.social · 2d ago

At some point, AI boosters are going to have to engage with the fact that the people who have most fully and prominently bought into this product are also the stupidest, most evil people on the planet.

PBS News@pbsnews.org · 6d ago

The State Department said ​it takes "full responsibility" for "hastily" altering and then presenting a map of Africa at a global AIDS conference that mislabeled every single country it highlighted. An analysis by Reuters found a watermark in the map image that suggests it was made with OpenAI.

Jolisa Gracewood@nzdodo.bsky.social · 2d ago

Oof. @bernardchickey.bsky.social on "the democratic deficit": 📉Enrolment of 18-24-year-olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70% 😱Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023 😞Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young thekaka.substack.com/p/a-generati...

A generation being disenfranchised in plain sight

Enrolment of 18-24 year olds for Nov 7 election collapses to 53% from 70%; Over 200,000 young people not enrolled = more than voted NZ First in 2023; Auckland Council vote turnout under 20% for young

thekaka.substack.com

Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d ago

The richest person in the world, an avowed white supremacist, today again posted "the next step is getting rid of 'source code' entirely and just making an efficient binary directly with AI" because he has no idea how anything works, not even the basics of industries he is in.

Eddie Clark@dreddieclark.bsky.social · 3d ago

'Getting violent' here was a bad taste pageant with absolutely zero physical violence to anyone. So Winston is agreeing speech is violence. I look forward to his support for hate speech regulation then.

Dr. Cassandra Mudgway@legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 3d ago

Are you joking? Winne started a homophobic disinformation campaign against a non binary MP knowing full well what that would translate to online. Threats, harassment and other online violence. So serious, that MP left. Unbelievable #nzpol

He blamed the left saying "when the left disagree they get violent"
Tim@timward2014.bsky.social · 3d ago

No. Absolutely not. The government represents all our *citizens*. The government is responsible to the *citizens*. Businesses do not feature. They are not a partner. They do not have rights. They are not “equal” to the government. They do not have a voice. They do not have a say. #nzpol

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Jennifer Duval-Smith@jduvalsmith.bsky.social · 5d ago

Lessons for NZ - apparently datacentres in Ireland draw =23% of the country's power and household power bills have gone up 600 Euros in the last year as a result. Use urged from 5% of national electricity demand in 2015 to 23% in 2025. Forecast to exceed 30%

Ms Hooper@mshooper.bsky.social · 4d ago

Two prominent Otago researchers have called for dietary fibre to be officially recognised as an essential nutrient – the first ‘new’ essential nutrient in more than 50 years. In a feature that appeared in Otago Magazine, they explain why.

Otago researchers vouch for fibre’s future

Two prominent Otago researchers have called for dietary fibre to be officially recognised as an essential nutrient – the first ‘new’ essential nutrient in more than 50 years.

otago.ac.nz

Phil Wheeler@phil-wh.bsky.social · 4d ago

Natalist policies always work out great. Just ask Romania and China. Good thing it only costs $45k to raise a kid in NZ or this distraction from Winston's racism and dementia might get laughed off the media stage.

henry cooke@henrycooke.bsky.social · 4d ago

Winston Peters wants to pay people up to $45k, tax free, to have three kids. It’s a policy with a very nativist bent that will naturally draw comparisons to the “great replacement theory” conspiracy. www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

Phil Wheeler@phil-wh.bsky.social · 5d ago

I am SO here for this! The EU and China are the powers the world listens to now. Show the US the door. They have nothing constructive to contribute.

🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social · 6d ago

France calls out the U.S. at a UN meeting: “The US used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali and Russia. Isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.” U.S. representatives stormed out of the meeting. Well said France! 👏🏼🇫🇷👏🏼