Reposted by Chris JayMusical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 10hSunday pm project - why interest rate hikes tank the NZ economy. I'm going to compare NZ to the big daddy of monetary policy, the US. Why? Mainly cos the US has a huge influence on global interest rates and they hit differently there. Let's start with NZ vs US CPI. Similar, huh? Right... [🧵1/n] 1217
Reposted by Chris JaySuey @sueysueysuey.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I made Tom Kha Gai - a coconut chicken soup 🥣 for my friend that recently had a baby. I had baby snuggles & this was an epic recipe Homegrown lemongrass went into it & some “adopted” makrut lime leaves fr neighbours over the fence. Only needed to buy the chicken. Yum! 3303
Reposted by Chris JayDr. Jeevun Sandher MP @jeevunsandher.bsky.social · 24/08/2026📈 GREAT CLIMATE NEWS 📈 Renewables keep powering ahead. They now power *a third* of the world's electricity supply. And that number is only going up and up and up. 830497
Reposted by Chris JayThomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 22/08/2026US-Canada Trade Talks Collapse, Triggering Trump’s 50% Tariffs (Bloomberg) -- An agreement between the US and Canada to avert a fresh round of tariffs fell apart at the last minute Tariffs kick in 12:01 a.m. EST 31415107
Reposted by Chris JayShell @risu.bsky.social · 17/08/2026A few years ago I was surrounded by security staff in a Sephora in Paris. They wouldn’t let me browse and told me I’d been “identified as a risk”. At the time I was tired from travelling for the conference, and put it down to the French rudeness I was used to. Now I wonder about AI cameras etc. 174
Reposted by Chris Jayjessamyn @librarian.bsky.social · 31/07/2026I work at a public library. People who want to use AI seem to have no trouble doing so. People who don't want to use AI have a harder time. I crowdsourced and then finalized this document "How to disable or avoid intrusive AI" and then gave it a short URL: notoai.org Please pass along if it's useful 193126137999
Reposted by Chris JayTim White @twmcltd.bsky.social · 30/07/2026OK, no break - here we go again with a brand new thread on Day 1618 of Russia's insane and inhumane war on its peaceful neighbour. I appear to be only midway through reporting a big multi-missile attack on Ukraine by Putin's criminal horde. So let's continue.. 7421110
Reposted by Chris Jaypriscilla page @priscillapage.bsky.social · 31/07/2026the American Cinematheque just announced they're doing a big Sam Neill retrospective, which includes (among others) Dead Calm, in the Mouth of Madness, Until the End of the World (!), The Hunt for Red October, Event Horizon, and The Piano (!!)americancinematheque.comTHE PIANO - American Cinematheque 1323745
Reposted by Chris JayRafael Moco @rafaelmoco.art · 27/07/2026Hello everyone! Many of you likely saw this image recently with the Apple TV+ 'Neuromancer' promotion. Some know, others don't, but this artwork is mine, created alongside actor & post-production artist Milton Menezes, as a personal project and a homage to the original Neuromancer romance 4960651675
Reposted by Chris Jayhorse shoe crab programmer @myrrlyn.net · 26/07/2026unless you can clean your entire set of used dishware in 109 seconds (that’s one minute 49) you should always use the dishwasher and not your hands scrape the solids in the trash, DO NOT RINSE, place em directly in the magic box. soap in the door soap on the floor. walk away. 28320
Reposted by Chris JayEmanuel Maiberg @emanuelmaiberg.bsky.social · 21/07/2026companies are sourcing millions of printed books for AI labs that scan them for training data, then destroy them. printed books are more valuable because they're free of AI slop, and AI labs know destroying them is an "optics problem." www.404media.co/ai-companies...404media.coAI Companies Are Buying Tons of Old Books Because They're Free of AI SlopISBNdb, a company that sources printed books for AI companies to turn into training data, tells clients “the optics problem is real.” 42886538
Reposted by Chris JayMichael Pettis @michaelpettis.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yicai: "China has set a target to increase the installed capacity share of wind and solar power to more than 50 percent from 47 percent within the next five years, with relevant annual electricity generation to account for 30 percent of the total." www.yicaiglobal.com/news/china-t...yicaiglobal.comWind and Solar Are Set to Make Up Over Half of China's Installed Power Capacity by 2030 1458
Reposted by Chris JayTim Willoughby @timswheelbarrow.bsky.social · 13/07/2026My random Sam Neil story. An actor friend of mine was cast in a small role on Peaky Blinders. Never receives his script pages. Discovers his role has been pushed to non speaking background, which is less fun/less money. Sam Neil spots him looking dejected on set and finds out. 173481790
Reposted by Chris JayGhoulothy @landbeforetim.myatproto.social · 13/07/2026Rest in Peace Sam Neill. You will be missed greatly 18621
Reposted by Chris JayGillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 04/07/2026Last year my spouse and I watched every Michael Mann in order and Thief was a surprise highlight, it’s so effin good 0644
Reposted by Chris JayMel Reynolds @maoiliosarey.bsky.social · 28/06/2026Good read here outlining the positive impact of small scale solar power generation on demand and the grid in Holland (via Business Post) 078
Reposted by Chris JayCarceral Abolition @carceralabolition.bsky.social · 28/06/2026The arm on NBA star Kelsey Plum, who throws a rolled-up jersey to her dad sitting in the upper bleachers. www.reddit.com/r/AbsoluteUn... 918188963179
Reposted by Chris JayEmily J @emexastris.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Attn planetary/astro/other science folks: the Planetary Response Network has activated for Venezuela! This is a crowdsourced effort to analyze satellite pictures to ID damaged infrastructure & help rescuers and aid workers get help where it needs to go. So many of us are image analysts, let's do it!zooniverse.orgRoad Blockage and Bridge Damage | Planetary Response Network: Venezuela Earthquake 2026 | Zooniverse - People-powered researchHelp humanitarians deliver aid in Venezuela 198
Reposted by Chris JayDan Kaszeta FRHistS @dankaszeta.bsky.social · 26/06/2026I think Americans don’t realize how old the London Underground is. It was over 40 years old when Mark Twain went on it. Waterloo veterans rode it 3050770
Reposted by Chris JaySpirit of America @notimetowaste.bsky.social · 07/05/2026After a 26-yr drought, extreme heat & record-low snowpack-only 23% of normal-the Colorado River, is reaching a breaking point, resulting in Lake Powel at just 34% capacity, a historic low-& Mead at 37% threatening hydropower & H2O supplies for 40M -Sierra Club 053
Reposted by Chris JayVictoria Song @vicmsong.bsky.social · 26/06/2026This week on Optimizer, a reminder that accuracy in health tracking isn't as important as consistency. None of these smart scales ever gives me the same reading and it's impossible to gain/lose 5% muscle in a day. Fixating on individual numbers is a losing game. tinyurl.com/3vjwhhdztheverge.comSometimes, health tracking accuracy is overratedEspecially smart scales. 2404
Reposted by Chris JayPat Savage @patrickesavage.bsky.social · 26/06/2026People keep saying “we can just fix hallucinated references”. They don’t understand that genAI hallucinates EVERYTHING: data, quotes, figures, you name it. References are just the easiest to catch. Friends don’t let friends write with genAI. 816151
Reposted by Chris JayElizabeth Jacobs, PhD @elizabethjacobs.bsky.social · 20/06/2026June in Tucson is a trial at times, but it must be said that it is the undefeated champion of laundry drying. 101525
Reposted by Chris JayRichard Meredith @rtm223.me · 12/06/2026"We're shipping so much more code with AI!" "Good, stable code?" "Oh heavens no. No no no. not at all. We couldn't possibly" 7453152200
Reposted by Chris JayDr Lindsey Fitzharris @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social · 29/05/2026I genuinely feel sick. A company reached out to me on IG, linking me to an AI version of myself. You can even ask "me" questions. They are also advertising it using an AI photo of me. They told me if I like it, they will give me free access... to my own fucking content that they stole. /1 25951641928
Reposted by Chris JayTyler, from the Internet (Haunted) @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 30/05/2026let's be clear, let's be very clear, let's be incredibly clear about something: Marcia Lucas is why you love Star Wars. She's why Star Wars worked. She's why it has heart. She's responsible for the in-media-res beginning, she's responsible for basically everything charming and unique about > 5866182251
Reposted by Chris JaySheryl Weikal says Prosecute ICE @leftistlawyer.com · 17/05/2026Well, it happened. A client disregarded my advice about using generative AI and guess what? It gave them bad advice AND the judge ruled that by using it, Client waived confidentiality and ordered us to turn a bunch of private stuff over. STOP USING GENERATIVE AI FOR LEGAL THINGS. I BEG YOU. 9672941897
Reposted by Chris Jay🎃 The AbominaSean 🧟♂️ @sean8urson.bsky.social · 01/03/2026The entire millennial identity is being prepared and groomed for a version of the world that stopped existing by the time we reached it we slammed into a horizon painted on a brick wall like fucking looney tunes 4863351933
Reposted by Chris JayBethany Brookshire @beebrookshire.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Some people think ChatGPT has a place writing things like news briefs, stuff written to a specific style and tone and, y'know, kinda boring. So Science did a study. ChatGPT failed. Why? It got stuff wrong. "Also, extensive editing for hyperbole was needed." www.science.org/content/blog...science.orgCan ChatGPT help science writers? 10415205
Reposted by Chris JayProtect Kamala Harris ✊ @disavowtrump20.bsky.social · 24/09/2025🚨NEW: Kerry Kennedy has announced Late Show Host Stephen Colbert is the recipient of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Award for his advocacy for free speech and speaking truth to power. REPOST to congratulate Colbert on this honor! 10948002043
Reposted by Chris Jayneutral @neutral.zone · 01/09/2025Knowing (or even suspecting) that you are being observed and classified by a system that can grant or deny access to resources (loans, insurance, etc etc) all force you to modify your behavior to achieve a favorable classification and thus a positive outcome. You discipline yourself. 141
Reposted by Chris JayCatherine Berry @isomeme.bsky.social · 30/08/2025My favorite is from the final days of the Soviet Union, while Gorbachev's Glasnost and Perestroika programs were under way: An old man is finishing his work at a Moscow office when his wife calls and asks him to get some meat for dinner on his way home. 1/5 14910
Reposted by Chris JayFaine Greenwood @faineg.com · 16/07/2025Endorsement: I love my 65% Leopold mechanical keyboard with Topre switches and it will probably outlive me. It’s small enough to travel with (I have a case), and it fits my equally small hands.mechanicalkeyboards.comLeopold FC660C Blue/Grey 65% Dye Sub PBT Mechanical KeyboardElectrocapacitive keyboard featuring Topre switches Space saving form factor F-Row available as layer Dip switches for customizing layout FC660C User Manual 7524
Reposted by Chris JaySteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 12/07/2025I think people have yet to wake up to just how amazing e-bikes are. I commute about 20 miles a day, using about 10 cents of electricity. (Mostly on safe trails.) Every time I ride my brain is ecstatic. I get a workout, but don’t need to shower when I get to work. 391099138
Reposted by Chris JayJohn Scalzi @scalzi.com · 08/05/2025Yuuuuup. Being an asshole limits your options. Or to put it another way, in any major project there's room for maybe one asshole. That's probably not going to be you, and you shouldn't fight anyone for that role. 311065111
Reposted by Chris JayProf Christina Pagel @chrischirp.bsky.social · 12/03/2025🧵Censor, purge, defund - how Trump is following the authoritarian playbook on science & universities. This isn't chaos - it's deliberate & well-established methods. I've mapped 40 actions into 3 categories covering attacks on science, attacks on universities and international collaboration. 1/16 29934508
Reposted by Chris JayGreg Pak @gregpak.net · 04/03/2025randomly getting mad over an indignity i suffered almost 20 years ago and realizing the current collapse of everything is rubbing everyone's soul raw. be gentle with yourselves and your comrades these days, friends. 2808116
Reposted by Chris JayEndless Screaming @infinitescream.bsky.social · 04/03/2025AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH 03912
Reposted by Chris JayCALL TO ACTIVISM @calltoactivism.bsky.social · 02/03/2025This is Marco Rubio explaining how the USA promised to defend Ukraine forever if they got rid of their nuclear arsenal left after the Soviet Union fell. This is why lil marco was sinking into the couch. He was hoping we wouldn’t find it…so don’t RT right now this very second. 20245395336864
Reposted by Chris JayRabih Alameddine @rabihalameddine.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Winston Churchill visiting the WH in 1942. Not wearing a suit 9641411181
Reposted by Chris JayJesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 19/02/2025It seems almost unavoidable at this point that we are headed for a deep, deep recession. Just based on 200K+ federal firings & pullback of contracts, the March employment report (to be released April 4) seems certain to show bigger job losses than any month ever outside of a few in 2008-9 and 2020. 979165744213
Reposted by Chris JayLora Kolodny @lorak.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Nightmare </3 At least 18 people - including 5 children - died in a stampede at the main railway station in India’s capital New Delhi on Saturday night. www.irishtimes.com/world/asia-p...irishtimes.comDeath toll rising after stampede at New Delhi railway station, city’s chief minister saysThree children among dead as passengers crowd on to platforms for trains to Hindu festival 0152
Reposted by Chris JayChris Jay @crisjay.bsky.social · 16/02/2025www.reddit.com/r/firedfeds/...reddit.comAppeal to the Media and Public for Understanding 002
Reposted by Chris JayGretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 14/02/2025Roses are red Violets are blue Ideas are green And colourless too 1637082
Reposted by Chris JaySteven T. Dennis @steventdennis.bsky.social · 14/02/2025 ☢️"Massive lawyoffs now paused at US nuclear weapons agency" ..."Managers with the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) are frantically calling employees back and telling them that -- as of right now -- they're not fired, despite some receiving termination emails and phone calls"abcnews.go.comTrump 2nd term live updates: Mass layoffs at US nuclear weapons agency pausedThe Department of Energy has paused the firings of hundreds of employees who work for a key agency maintaining the U.S. nuclear stockpile. 35485231
Reposted by Chris JayAbe Newman @abenewman.bsky.social · 14/02/20251/Is there more than a five alarm fire? US government pulls money back that had already been deposited in NYC citibank account. Imagine they start pulling money out of your bank account next. No due process, no rule of law, no financial system. www.politico.com/news/2025/02...politico.com‘Highway robbery’: New York City hits back over FEMA funds seized by Trump administrationThe $80 million in funding was clawed back after the Trump administration claimed the money was being used to house migrants in “luxury hotels.” 24829