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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

You want to stop the waste of tax dollars in nz? Public service employees aren’t a waste. Benefits aren’t a waste. Public transport isn’t a waste. Sending more money to US tech companies? Now that’s a damn waste. #nzpol

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

The internet has done Heated Rivalry a massive disservice painting it as mainly gay smut. It’s an incredibly well made and intricate examination of systemic homophobia in sports wrapped in a gorgeous love story. I thoroughly recommend it to everyone.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

I’m begging YouTube video makers to lessen the difference between less and fewer

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I don’t want to order a pizza on a predatory app. I want to ask what my mates address is that he sent me three months ago. I want to ask which account I sent an email from. I want to make complex adjustments to calendar events with natural language. If you cant do that, leave me alone.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

“We’re investing in more generation to keep power prices down, that’s why we need to increase power prices.” Do you see how unhinged you sound!?

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

I got told our prices are rising about 15%!! Completely ridiculous

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

Whoever is writing press releases for US tech companies needs to calm down

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

“I lost my daddy” - my 2yo from the other side of the toilet door

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Are you telling me this Hatsune Miku that people won't stfu about is some kind of Ready Player One virtual avatar thing?!?!

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

So if I plan to travel to the country where I was born, my best option now is to renounce citizenship of that country. Is this a side-effect of a new system that was poorly designed, an intentional move to cull emigrants from the roster, or an attempt to raise more passport revenue from emigrants?

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Me: are you going to eat more dinner? Toddler (yelling): NO! Toddler (whispering): yes

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Seems like intentional negligence and pettiness because they’re losing money to me

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

"AGI will be achieved only when we have demeaned and debased human intelligence to the degree that a machine might be able to emulate what's left." – Dr David West (www.linkedin.com/in/david-wes...)

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

My favourite excerpt from the BeingAI chair's speech for the shareholders meeting (full text: api.nzx.com/public/annou...)

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Aren’t they strong enough already!!??

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Regardless of the context, parroting the demonstrably untrue statement that Kirk’s perspective was in the political centre is not great. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/charlie-k...

nzherald.co.nz

KiwiSaver boss faces backlash over Charlie Kirk LinkedIn post

'I wish your ideas had died with you,' he posted.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

If Otter AI spent half as many resources on fixing their damn transcript editing issues and fixing copy/paste in Firefox as it does on crappy LLM integrations, it would be a significantly better tool

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

chat.publicai.co Swiss public LLM AI model --> Doesn't train on inputs --> Instructed to be neutral and humble --> Uses British English --> Will literally tell you anything you ask about its instructions and training --> Is owned and managed by researchers, not corporates

chat.publicai.co

Open WebUI

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Paraphrased: People prefer confident answers that are maybe correct to a fuller, more murky truth. Well, well, well. If it isn't my old friend, Something Social Science Told Us Decades Ago

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Tell you what tho, the 70,000 plus people who left for australia are definitely not going to concerts in NZ. Nor are all the people out of a job. Or the people barely making ends meet whose housing/food costs are taking up all their income. Or the people who are sick all the time.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

Some people might say infrastructure architecture is boring. There would be more but most people have never heard of it because it is, in fact, very boring.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

More like Smelly Farltons

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Tech Justice Law @techjusticelaw.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

On behalf of Matt and Maria Raine, we are suing OpenAI and Sam Altman, for ChatGPT’s role in aiding their son Adam’s suicide. The complaint emphasizes the company’s rush to deploy and promote their product despite clear safety issues, with users ultimately suffering deadly consequences.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

“(Universal RUCs) would increase the running costs of the lowest-emitting hybrids by 39 percent - while lowering by 6 percent the cost to run the most gas guzzling petrol cars, models that burn 10 litres or more of fuel per hundred kms.” It’s on purpose. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

rnz.co.nz

$200 extra to drive a RAV4: Will RUC changes help or hurt the climate?

Universal road user charges will change the way drivers of our 3 million petrol vehicles contribute to the cost of roads.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Privatisation. Sigh. "Private firms (will be) taking over the collection and administration of (road user) charges." Therefore, Fleur Fitzsimons said, "The only people who will see any benefit from this scheme are the corporates who take their cut to gather the tax."

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

First Kiwi passport. In B4 dog whistle language swap lol

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Me: I'll deliver the job 1.5 business days after the interview. Them: We really need it earlier. Can you rush to get it done in .5? Me: Sure, I'll add a rush fee. Them: 1.5 business days is fine. Did you really need it earlier? Did you?

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

“In emails and briefings, the ministers and their staff acknowledged their plans would bypass public scrutiny, extinguish existing claims, and potentially breach people's rights.” Holy shit Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic... #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

Project 10: How the government kept the pay equity law change secret

Documents reveal how the government worked to keep sweeping pay equity changes hidden until the last minute.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

The appreciation of strangers 🥰

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

I had the weirdest conversation with #2degrees' customer service yesterday. Unfortunately, I haven't heard back from them yet but if anyone can explain what they mean or prove that I'm wrong, I would love to hear it. open.substack.com/pub/wryangle...

open.substack.com

Is my power company trying to gaslight me? (illegal?)

Two things that contradict each other cannot both be true.

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

2degrees recommends using power at night as a way to lower bills but they charge a regular p/kWh rate no matter what time of day. They said things use less power at night because Vector changes the rate at night. No on hold for someone who can make that make sense

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

David Seymour, Winston Peters, and Christopher Luxon all stand in a circle wearing gaudy rings. Luxon raises his and yells "PANDERING". Seymour does the same but yells "OLIGARCHY". Winston joins in, yelling...

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Every time a nimby starts complaining about medium density housing just start pointing out the all the great housing land wasted on golf courses

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Wow! A reddit thread addressing my exact probl- ah shit

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Kara Moon 🏴‍☠️💜⚓️ @karamoonauthor.com · 05/06/2025

"And then OpenAI launched ChatGPT and the rose tint turned red." northandsouth.co.nz/2025/06/05/h... A great article from my friend @bentm.bsky.social. It can't be easy breaking out in the world of independent journalism, so it's great to see him published in a major outlet today 👏

northandsouth.co.nz

How new AI soured my love for tech

Fergus Grady is a producer and director who co-created the critically acclaimed documentary Gloriavale: New Zealand’s Secret Cult, and Camino Skies. He is also the director of the Intrepid French Film...

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

I'm especially proud of this part of my new piece for North & South: "I’ve realised that the negative consequences I thought were mistakes we were learning from were actually parts of a machine that has become finely tuned to make money and fuck everything up." northandsouth.co.nz/2025/06/05/h...

northandsouth.co.nz

How new AI soured my love for tech

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

I’ve been a journalist for 7.5 years, and not until this week has someone replied to a list of interview questions with a completely different list of questions they want to answer 💀

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Personality test. Your new toaster arrives but you had toast for breakfast 30min ago. Do you: A. wait for breakfast tomorrow – it’s just a toaster, B. make a little toast snack later – I’m curious but I can wait, or, C. make more toast immediately – I absolutely have to know how this baby purrs

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

New mini-newsletter out today Why is clickbait suddenly acceptable again when it's about LLMs? wryangle.substack.com/p/bite-sized...

wryangle.substack.com

Bite sized: An LLM did not blackmail its creators to save itself

But that's what the headlines would have you believe

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Does this government even like people?

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Sometimes I search random phrases in Google to help me come up with words or turns of phrase to use when I'm writing. I might switch to duckduckgo....

Google search for: what do gym people say when they are pushing for one more rep
AI overview responds: When gym enthusiasts are pushing for one more repetition, they often use motivational phrases or exclamations to encourage themselves and their workout partners. Common sayings include "One more!", "You got this!", "Almost there!", "Push it!", or "Give it everything you've got!". They might also employ more enthusiastic shouts like "WHOOOOOOO!" or "Eeebody wanna be a body builder, BUT NOBODY WANNA LIFT THIS HEAVY ASS WEIGHT!!! ILL DO IT THOUGH!!!!".

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Miyazaki's Howl's Moving Castle

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Ben Moore @bentm.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Pre-loading? You mean waking up early enough to have coffee before the kids are awake. Yeah, i fkn love preloading

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