Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22hOne thing I find endlessly funny about the rise of AI is that it has revealed that there is a large number of people who believe that the reason they wrote essays at school or university is their teachers were desperately waiting for them to provide a definite answer to “Lear: what’s up with him?” 6554481178
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialDegrowth or Extinction @ecosurrealism.jorts.horse.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026#thePoint #mastodon #degrowth #burnTheRich 1281178
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialFoz Meadows @fozmeadows.bsky.social · 05/10/2026As pathetic as this is, it's also the perfect example of how AI - both the tool and the industry - is the self-defeating apex of prioritizing outcome over process. A fantasy team exists solely for fun; to outsource your participation is to remove the singular thing that made it meaningful. 26414
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialKingfisher & Wombat @tkingfisher.com · 04/10/2026Every time I think I’ve hit the bottom of my outrage, they find a new pocket… 19879239
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 04/10/2026New today in the old tale of externalizing costs while privatizing profits: OpenAI CEO Sam Altman tells Politico, “We believe the world should accept some bad things happening for the benefits of this technology.”politico.comSam Altman to Decoded: ‘The world should accept some bad things happening’ for the benefits of AIThe OpenAI CEO sought to distinguish his policy stance from rival developer Anthropic. 2020996
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.social🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Not surprised they used AI here, National hate real artists, have cut funding to Ministry of Culture/Heritage, Te Papa, Creative NZ, Heritage, Film commission etc #Nzpol 116523
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Part of why I don't like the AI-or-bust economy is the constant flopsweat of people on the news who say this HAS to work. Quit making everyone so anxious. Goddamn. If this is the next Google then why are you acting like this? I don't remember being told to buy an iPhone at gunpoint. 307122012236
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialOl’ ɔıN @hazmat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I absolutely do not trust that the party that spent half a billion on 0 boats is giving accurate numbers coming into an election. #nzpol 37221
bingturkby.bsky.social @bingturkby.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Even people who back National must surely be starting to question this roading fetish now, surely? Are they literally just doing what their financial backers say and ignoring the consequences, or are they actually just stupid? 000
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialSteph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Nz is mid attack by atlas affiliated coalition of chaos - vote like it’s your last chance to. 0124
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.social🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026'National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable' $2.7bn on an LNG terminal we dont need $671m on iRex $60m on a failure of a concrete facility $9m on Council amalgamation they didnt have a plan for #nzpol 24217
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialDr. Cassandra Mudgway @legallyfeminist.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Should retailers be doing the same in NZ? Yes. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...rnz.co.nzProminent Dutch retailer bans Meta's Ray-Ban smart glassesOne of the largest Dutch eyewear retail chains said on Friday (all times local) it had suspended sales of Meta's Ray-Ban smart glasses in the Netherlands and Belgium amid growing privacy concerns, in ... 517248
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialJennifer Ward @jenospeno.bsky.social · 02/10/2026If this USELESS coalition govt hadn’t scrapped the clean car discount, we’d already have HEAPS more EVs here & entering the secondary market. Reinstating the clean car discount will help people into an EV. We can attain power sovereignty by electrifying our fleet & should prioritise this for all 😬🤜💚 1195
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialAotearoa's Electoral Orange Guy @poti-aotearoa.bsky.social · 02/10/2026General Election 2026 Deadlines Days left to enrol for the first time: 22 days Switching rolls has closed, new enrollments can still choose rolls Enrol or update here: vote.nz/enrolling/enrol-or-update/e… Remind your Friends & Whanau #nzpol 01215
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialCoach Finstock @coachfinstock.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Real children's authors employ illustrators because the visuals in that medium are as integral to the story as the words on the page. My buddy Maria did the illustrations for P is for Pterodactyl and her art is a big reason why it became a hit. 1222619
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialIdiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 02/10/2026What this tells us is that Rimmer never reads cabinet papers, and doesn't think anyone else does either www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzACT leader David Seymour doesn't see why AI shouldn't write government Cabinet papersIn the lead-up to November's election, Midday Report is speaking with the technology spokesperson for a range of parties about their biggest hopes and fears for artificial intelligence (AI) and the ro... 4439
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026They quoted me in this New Yorker piece about AI today. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-... 119115862877
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialAntonio Freyre - Merlino Games @merlinogames.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Oh time.com/7295195/ai-c... 6957462299
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 29/09/2026Aren't you just tired of it all? The fucking lies, deceit, denial, insanity, arrogance, stupidity, senseless, brazen fucking hypocrisy & worst of all, destruction, by every single fucking right wing politician walking this polluted & increasingly uninhabitable world www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claimA Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis... 56220
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialMeatMechSuit @meatmechsuit.bsky.social · 29/09/2026I really do appreciate when businesses have right wing election signs up, I know where to avoid spending my money. #nzpol 1164
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 29/09/2026And not at all surprising there will be drunk uncles up & down Aotearoa who will NOT listen to this message, even if it's blasted over the pub intercoms in between the 3rd race at Te Rapa & 4th at Addington. thespinoff.co.nz/politics/30-...thespinoff.co.nzNo one is wasting more ratepayer cash than the governmentThe $9 million already spent on council amalgamation proposals is just the start. 0222
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialMāyā @mayaofaotearoa.bsky.social · 29/09/2026"But the Trade Minister is firing back, saying it's not for overseas countries, organisations or lobby groups to tell New Zealand how to meet its obligations" Actually it's exactly for them to do. Doesn't he understand that a trade agreement involves two parties? #nzpol #coc 5475
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialDavey Wilbury @daveishere.bsky.social · 29/09/2026oh no, the scam everyone says is a scam may turn out to be a scam 161943593
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialKa pū te ruha - Toitū Te Tiriti @kaputeruha.bsky.social · 29/09/2026This comment sums it up for me. What good is an economy that crushes its own citizens while lining the pockets of a privileged few? #nzpol 512940
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 28/09/2026#NZpol Saw this excellent quote-reply to Simeon Brown’s latest attack on Labour. Worth sharing. 514873
bingturkby.bsky.social @bingturkby.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Seems like this should be part of Aotearoa’s new RMA replacement legislation. And companies should have to compensate society. 010
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Wealthy people are not anti-tax because they won’t have enough money they are anti-tax because they thrive on the rest of us suffering. Look at the average persons attitude towards beneficiaries. To them we are also beneficiaries. 18214
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialGrumpy @grumpyyetamusin.bsky.social · 13/05/2026Palantir! Founded by NZ Citizen Peter Thiel! Hurrah for NZ! 12510
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialVictoria 💚 🌏 @vebate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New AstroTurf org released: Parents Alliance. Filled with all the usual TPU aligned folk. No doubt the ultimate purpose will be to ensure the reign of charter schools. #nzpol 76528
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialDr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 25/09/2026S**t you can't make up. #nzpol 410438
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialGreenEggs| Toitū Te Tiriti @hekikakariki.bsky.social · 25/09/2026#nzpol Headline has already been rewritten in the piece to remove the shame of our snivelling government of collaborators making UN delegates remain out of respect to this genocidal war criminal. I’m ashamed and sickened. 36619
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialsilver @silverboots.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is just to say I have eaten the moon that was in my orbit and which you were probably wanting to study Forgive me it was delicious so crunchy and so cold 7564129
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialaudioculturenz.bsky.social @audioculturenz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Non Disclosed Artist, at Thistle Hall Gallery, Te Whanganui-a-Tara Wellington until this Sunday Sept 27, is an exhibition featuring the personal work of artists from New Zealand's film, games, animation, VFX, and creative industries. While much of what they...1/2 audioculture.co.nz/articles/thi...audioculture.co.nzThistle Hall: the Capital’s Punk HQ - Article | AudioCultureWho would have guessed that a rather drab-looking two-storey construction, designed for a tea merchant in 1907, would go on to play a significant role in Wellington’s alternative music culture? By the... 293
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialdunnersmads.bsky.social @dunnersmads.bsky.social · 24/09/2026#nzpol Can we really believe she's an rogue contractor when she was PhD supervised by Elizabeth Rata? Seems deeply entrenched idealogy freight train to me. 'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA comments www.rnz.co.nz/news/educati...rnz.co.nz'Not happy': Secretary for Education Ellen MacGregor-Reid 'cannot explain' OIA commentsThe head of the Ministry of Education says she is "not happy" with a manager caught on video appearing to suggest staff skirt the law, nor a scathing internal review of the culture in its curriculum d... 63716
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialweeder @weeder.bsky.social · 24/09/2026God, grant me the courage to change the things I can and incredible new powers to change the things I can't. 63107232532
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialGreen Party of Aotearoa New Zealand @greens.org.nz · 22/09/2026Politics should work for all of us, not the just the wealthy few. 38831
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialKevin Veale 😷 (Toitū Te Tiriti) @krveale.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Wow somebody scheduled some good things for this Tuesday huh #nzpol 2319
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialGir @edufk.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"New Zealand First appears to have copied most of its health policy from a natural health advocacy group - even going so far as to copy a typo from the group’s website into their official policy documents." www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...stuff.co.nzNZ First’s health policy copy-pasted from advocacy group’s websiteNew Zealand First released a health policy on Sunday that is largely copy-and-pasted from a charitable trust called Make New Zealand Healthy. 108544
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialGrant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚🇳🇿 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 20/09/2026#NZpol Paywalled for now, but the lede says a lot – “After months of work on a plan to underwrite bank loans to help businesses get off gas, ministers removed a requirement from the programme that borrowers turn to clean energy sources just five days before it was announced.” 22312
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 20/09/2026So MBIE officials recommended spending less, but targeting the money towards local music festivals. And Louise Upston chose to spend much more, but hand it all to multinational companies and overseas artists. 22219111
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialFunksta Uzz @funksta-uzz.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The party of anti-vaxxers/anti-maskers thinks we should take their claims of putting "prevention at the centre of healthcare" to deal with the "epidemic of chronic illness" seriously and it's all about focusing on vitamin intake. #nzpol 43010
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialSophie these days @spiderandme.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Does any of this look familiar, #nzpol? These education changes are not an accident, they're a template adapted for local conditions. 082
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialJared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 19/09/2026It’s very simple. AI isn’t independent or autonomous. It’s a tool being specifically programmed to commit crimes against humans and against rival businesses. But the fantasy of autonomy is an incredible facade that means total deniability and our political and media classes have already bought in. 216543
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialBernard Hickey @bernardchickey.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Profoundly undemocratic extremism in bureaucratic form. 46024
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialAndrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Spend instead on employment, electricity, infrastructure and productive capacity and you produce a rather different economy. So this isn't necessarily #MMT. But Swarbrick clearly understands the machinery she’s arguing about. Willis doesn't seem to have the same grasp. 27112
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialAndy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 17/09/2026"Close to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey."thepress.co.nzEndangered parakeet numbers soar at sanctuaryClose to 300 critically endangered kākāriki karaka/orange-fronted parakeets have been counted at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary in Nelson, up almost 100 on last year’s survey. 37329
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialPatrick Reynolds for a greater Auckland @patrickreynolds.bsky.social · 17/09/2026So great our wise and evidence driven govt spent the last 6 months ramping up programmes to accelerate our economy’s transition away from insecure and destructive fossil fuel dependency, right? … oh wait 283
Reposted by @bingturkby.bsky.socialMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reminder: We would now have had future proof, high capacity, hybrid fuel, Interislander ferries if National &d NZ First hadn't cancelled it, throwing away ~$1 billion Now NZ waits for 2 lower spec, more expensive ships & lesser quality ports that need national security checks #nzpol #kiwi 15826
