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Colin Bowern

@colinbowern.com
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Creating happy deployers as Chief Product Officer at @Octopus.com where we solve for Continuous Delivery at any scale. Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿 Expat 🇨🇦. He/Him.

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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 7h
Mind boggling isn’t the word I’d use. More like entirely predictable.
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Dan of the Year @downwithdan.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
When you have no concept of how people engage with music
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I am not joking when I say this.
Spotify, Apple Music, and streaming in general is over.
Al music is now very, very good. You just don't know yet because all Al music circulating today is from ~2-3 generations ago.
Suno v6 pro et al has solved infinite personalized music.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 30/09/2026
People upset that gambling with family home prices ends up having a consequence. 🤷‍♂️ No magical way out of overpriced housing market. www.stuff.co.nz/home-propert...
stuff.co.nz
The $1.6m homes nobody wants: the property mismatch keeping boomer sellers stuck
And the fresh data which reveals just how hard the market’s most expensive homes have fallen.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 29/09/2026
Tithes were the original subscription service. Get saved, it costs 10% of your pay cheque every week.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 29/09/2026
Do I buy the $3,000 NZD edition? 🤔 (Upgraded to a 3080 for the first one game, the upgrade to a 5080 is about this)
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 29/09/2026
So, high risk speculative gamble?
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 29/09/2026
Common good for whom?
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The Beaverton @thebeaverton.com · 27/09/2026
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
thebeaverton.com
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
MENLO PARK, CA — As Meta’s totally cool, definitely-not-creepy smart glasses become more popular with tech bros and straight-up pervs, the tech company is reportedly baffled as to why their glasses wh...
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Dare Obasanjo @carnage4life.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Saturday Night Live skit of an interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
Maybe they have the phonetic spelling on file - Torono
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
Now I’m curious if Muse has been trained on the Jerky Boys content? www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcIH...
youtube.com
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YouTube video by The Jerky Boys - Topic
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Jordan Williams’ nefarious network #nzpol
Jordan WIlliams graph
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
Surprise, surprise — it’s the taxpayers union crew. thedailyblog.co.nz/allan-alach-...
thedailyblog.co.nz
Allan Alach – I Smell the Stench of the Taxpayers Union
Just when we thought Nicky Hager had driven a wooden stake through the heart of the Taxpayers Union, here they...
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
I don’t want an ACT person representing my kids education after seeing the slop they call lunch. #nzpol This smells like the Taxpayers Union in sheep’s clothing. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
rnz.co.nz
The new education group that wants to represent parents' voices
A new advocacy group has launched with the aim of giving parents a more organised voice in New Zealand's ongoing debates around education. The Parents' Alliance says it wants to be evidence-based and ...
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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 27/09/2026
The Government is consistently play kiwis for chumps. They make laws that benefit big polluters and fossil fuel corporates who make record profits while the rest of us pick up the tab with more polluted drinking water and rivers and beaches we can't swim in. It's time to take the power back ✊️🌏
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
Held liable or slap on the wrist?
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026
Abusing the terms of service without consequence.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
publicnotice.co
The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Rich Burroughs @somewhattolerable.com · 26/09/2026
It’s wild when people try to accuse her of having some political agenda. Her agenda is for kids to be safe and well cared for.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
If a nation state or individual did this, they wouldn’t get called to come explain themselves. Why are companies getting a light touch on the damages they are causing? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
theguardian.com
Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
What’s more worrying is that governance systems are going to be late to the game on this, which means things get worse before they get stable again.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
Giving up on intellectual property and liability for damages are consequential one-way doors for society. Restructuring society to be defensive by default would be a worse outcome IMHO. But it seems that genie is not of the bottle now.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
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Black Mirror: Metal Head Robot Dog
ALT: Black Mirror: Metal Head Robot Dog
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
Good news. We solved the housing problem by ignoring it completely in favour of data centers.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
Any applied physics resources for a year 10 student? Formulas alone aren’t doing it.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 26/09/2026
Gwen, as it turns out, is another one who enjoys exploitation castro.fm/episode/XyTW8C
castro.fm
A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein: Gwen Stefani: From Feminist to Fascist (1h22m)
When Gwen Stefani made a tacit endorsement of Tucker Carlson earlier this month, I felt like somebody had knocked the wind out of me. Had the iconic 90’s ain’t-no-hollaback girl made a not-so-sweet es...
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 25/09/2026
Honestly, just burn Meta down if this is how the culture mocks safety. www.theverge.com/tech/1000370...
theverge.com
Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures
But with no Meta or Instagram logos present.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 25/09/2026
It has gotten worse since they made most interactions chat based. I’d take the old MS Excel expense system I used at Microsoft over the clunky chat interface that Expensify has now.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 25/09/2026
Sounds very 2008. Debt reselling at a loss. 🫣
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 25/09/2026
I’m surprised they haven’t gotten to dynamic pricing where the price goes up based on the flights scheduled.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 25/09/2026
Maximum extraction of a captive audience, no actual competition.
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The Simpsons: Mr. Burns Says Excellent
ALT: The Simpsons: Mr. Burns Says Excellent
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 24/09/2026
Note to self: Holiday accommodation across from a large mall with mid- to high-end stores while travelling with teenagers was an unwise choice. I’ve used the word “no” a lot today.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 24/09/2026
Congrats Silicon Valley. You have discovered self-directed learning. Check your hubris, it’s not something you invented while tripping out at Burning Man.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 24/09/2026
And when does Open AI plan to pay for damages and restitution? www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
rnz.co.nz
OpenAI hacked Medicare portal, Australia Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has revealed an AI agent hacked into an Australian Medicare data portal earlier this year.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 23/09/2026
Visuals here and no paywall. weather.com/news/weather...
weather.com
Why It's 90 Degrees in the Arctic Circle This Week | Weather.com
It's been downright hot in the European Arctic this week.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 23/09/2026
With a side of washing grocery techniques I’m sure it’d be a MAHA hit.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 23/09/2026
More like renters subsidising landlords asset portfolios? www.interest.co.nz/investing/14...
interest.co.nz
NZ landlords are subsidising tenants
Joseph Darby says rising costs have widened the gap between what a tenant pays and what their house costs to provide with the owner paying the difference. Why does the shortfall exist, and what's the ...
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 21/09/2026
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passeng...
en.wikipedia.org
Passenger rail terminology - Wikipedia
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 20/09/2026
Let’s try new things. Status quo and bully pulpit speeches aren’t working.
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Rob✅✅ @robdickinson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Finally a good election sign! #nzpol
I'd rather crap in my hands and clap
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 19/09/2026
Is the AI demanding to be fed every day or else?
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Audrey II: Aw, cut the crap, bring on the meat!
ALT: Audrey II: Aw, cut the crap, bring on the meat!
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 19/09/2026
As predictable as ERP projects blowing their budgets. arstechnica.com/health/2023/...
arstechnica.com
UnitedHealth uses AI model with 90% error rate to deny care, lawsuit alleges
For the largest health insurer in the US, AI's error rate is like a feature, not a bug.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 18/09/2026
Surf Lifesaving beach season begins.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 18/09/2026
This is a plausible scenario of how AI ends humanity? Incompetent operators using it to produce unverified reports that are not accurate or true. Nukes launched, world war started. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
rnz.co.nz
AI chatbot's false report nearly sparked war with China, sources say
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: a Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components...
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 18/09/2026
This one hits home. Has business daddy fixed the basics yet? It’s been three years. #nzpol
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Steve Lafleur @stevelafleur.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Look, it's a free country. You just have to walk around with ID at all times or you'll get the shit kicked out of you.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 18/09/2026
Note to self: when robbing a bank, call it research and you escape criminal liability.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 18/09/2026
note to self: when hacking, call it research and you escape criminal liability.
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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 18/09/2026
Looks like the chickens came home to roost. techcrunch.com/2026/09/17/m...
techcrunch.com
Microsoft exec called AI scraping ‘the largest theft of labor in human history,' new unredacted filings reveal | TechCrunch
Newly unsealed court filings show Microsoft privately called OpenAI's data practices "theft" while both companies scraped paywalled Times content, built datasets from it, and warned internally it woul...
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