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Douglas

@finnatic.bsky.social
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May be in Ankh-Morpork or Kirikiriroa, Aotearoa Middle Zealand "Sweet dreams every once in a while" "(Tara) Everything is turning out so dark." “Cards for sorrow, cards for pain”

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Terry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#nzpol " I find no evidence of significant outmigration or reduced inflows of startup founders or inventors." Well, well, well.
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Inverted kereru @whatthehall.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Finally a candidate in Lower Hutt we can all get behind #nzpol
Election hoarding featuring a photo of a tabby cat with the slogan "vote puss puss for MP, the Purrfect choice"
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 3h
Just through helping a friend who got scammed trying to buy a rubbish bin. The site she got caught by, brabantia-nz[dot]com, is the top Google result for the term "Brabantia NZ". One of a large cluster of scam sites, most seem to use vvservicecare[dot]com as the order confirmation email address
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 05/10/2026
Counter-proposal to Sam Altman: Go fuck yourself www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
theguardian.com
Accept ‘bad things’ in return for benefits of AI, says Sam Altman
Boss of OpenAI calls for a regulatory light touch because of the ‘good stuff’ the technology can deliver
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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 19h
Hot news for the sea lion in my comments bothering everyone about how training data is fair use www.courthousenews.com/ai-training-...
courthousenews.com
AI training of copyrighted material not fair use: Third Circuit
Using someone else's "creative spark" to start a competing business runs afoul of copyright law, the panel found.
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Vajra Chandrasekera @vajra.me · 14h
"It has no place in my world" is a god-tier fuckoff line
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Kybosh @kybosh.bsky.social · 18h
I like seeing the dev of the SNES core on the Pocket actually telling one of these dudes off. Holy shit.
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Experimental MSU-1 streami. #123
nasonliu wants to merge 2 commits into a
agg23 commented yesterday
If it works, that's pretty cool; I didn't think
would ever see this implemented (I also didn't
expect LLMs to exist).
However, this is not something you can PR
here, or anywhere. You sent me a nearly 50k
line diff, unasked for, completely LLM built, and
you somehow expect me to review it. There is
SO MUCH unrelated garbage here. Never
minding all of the docs and Python, you've
somehow touched basically all of the upstream
HDL, which already had MSU1 support, so idk
what in the world you're doing.
This kind of behavior is not acceptable. You are
infringing on the time and brainpower of people
by pushing "your" content that little/no of your
brainpower went into; completely unrequested.
I hope for the sake of all responsible
maintainers that you do not do such a thing
again.
Again, I think it's cool that you and your LLM
supposedly got this to work. It has no place in
my world.
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Bruce Buckman @brucebuckman.bsky.social · 23h
Luxon with same real Melania Trump vibes. The man has a natural talent for coming across as a total prick. You can’t teach that.
Frankly, I don't care’, Luxon says as undecided panel favour Hipkins after leaders debateHe said he wasn't bothered by the undecided voters panel siding with Hipkins. Luxon scored only 24% with that panel of 100 voters, while 27% remained undecided.

"I mean, there'll be a number of other people with a number of other views. Frankly, I don't care," he said.
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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Seymour claims "obsession with identity" is holding the country back. But it really appears that it's Act and its target voters who are doing the obsessing. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
stuff.co.nz
On the ACT campaign trail, one issue emerges above the others
ACT MPs rolled into Tauranga in their big pink bus - Big Pinky - on Monday. Voters urged them to do more on race-relations and one law for all. Stuff joined them for the day.
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Daniel Vernon @yeehawtheboys.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Don’t be left standing in the rain after October 25th begging for a second chance, enrol to vote now! If you like this comic, and want to support, grabs pre-order of my new comic book: danielvernon.bigcartel.com
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Impossible to invent something as absurd as the Minister for Cracking Down On Truancy And School Lunches not knowing it is the school holidays www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Oct 6, 2026 2:56 PM
RNZ Live
'Why are you not in school?' It’s school holidays

David Seymour stopped to speak to some children at Velocity Valley in Rotorua, giving them a piece of advice.

“Don’t trust politicians,” he said. “Are you a politician?,” they questioned.

After the three children asked if he was going to be on the news and waved at the cameras, he said: “hey, one question, how come you guys aren’t at school?”

It’s school holidays, they said.

Seymour said they could still go into school, but the kids didn’t seemed thrilled by that idea.

“No, it’s ok,” they said before walking away.
- Rachel Moore, Reporter
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The TV series only goes to book 6 of 9. There's been fan dreams of someone restarting the show once the cast have aged believably for a 30 year time jump between books 6 & 7.
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ashley fairbanks @ziibiing.com · 05/10/2026
this is my favorite example ever of an interactive clearly, creatively illustrated concept
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Perhaps a bit early in October, but rocking out at the desk to supergroovebootlegs.bandcamp.com/track/scorpi... #supergroove #scorpiogirls #bandcamp
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Scorpio Girls, by Supergroove
from the album Live at the Kings Arms, October 2007
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Elsa @erli.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I can't stop thinking how wrong the tech bros have understood creativity and creators. Or even just having hobbies. #erliart
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Vote for hope in November! Toitū te Tiriti 🇳🇿 @mrjeffhowell.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I’d be very interested in the takes from Bernard Hickey and Ganesh Nana as to the net cost of fair pay once that extra money is recycled through the local economy (& taxed & retaxed and so on). But that’s not the kind of column you’re going to see on a New Zealand news site, unfortunately #nzpol
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Anneleise @anneleise.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I feel this is NZ too... 3 years of the most corrupt, unfit, self serving, uninformed leadership i've seen in my lifetime this could get really, really bad ... #NZPol
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
It’s not nearly as advanced as they want you to think….
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PEEBleguese PEEBleguese @thehumancentipeeb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I was once caught dogging and caused the entire US B1 bomber fleet to leave the nearby RAF airbase
The legend Sir Bob Mortimer on would i lie to you
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
I remember it as NCSA Mosaic.
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Nanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 04/10/2026
A picture of a beige PC era screen with speakers and keyboard to suit, and the text "It's now preferable to turn off your computer"
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Dr. Curiosity @drcuriosity.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The obligatory Sir Humphrey on push-polling: www.youtube.com/watch?v=6GSK...
youtube.com
Yes Prime Minister - Sir Humphrey shows poll rigging
YouTube video by British Comedy
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Guy Body @bodycartoon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Some days the muse brings lyrics? I... don't... like... Meta Meta should not matter If Zuckerburg was to shutter I'd sing all day long I don't like Meta Anything else is almost always better And Zuckerbug is almost always guessing wrong
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Zealandia today. Got some great shots (those tieke and tui ones in particular). *Lots* of kaka around the place. Part of it is spring, but I also think taking the feeders away mean they are more widely distributed across the valley.
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Jacqueline Antonovich @jackiantonovich.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In 1974, Cornell lecturer Lin Farley began recognizing a pattern in the experiences women shared in her Women and Work course: women were being pushed out of jobs by men’s sexual behavior. Farley coined the term, “sexual harassment.”
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Jjengar @jjengar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
DON’T ever forget this. Pass it on: #nzpol
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Uwe Ross 📎 @uweross.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Hello Kitty has a wild side. Happy Caturday! 🍪☕️👋
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Abbie Jury 🌱 @tikorangi.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
If RNZ wants to win back more listeners, they need to try and win back women. Instead, too many of their leading women have gone. Mihi, Susie, Mani Dunlop etc. Lisa Owen and Kathryn Ryan must be wondering when the axe will fall. RNZ likes it women presenters to be charming, non-threatening (cont)
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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Let’s go! (Again!) #nzpol Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 6573 kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll...
A gorgeous pictorial map from 1889 of railway tours around New Zealand.  It highlights not just the routes but also the many fun activities to be enjoyed at various locations. Includes Mount Cook-Aoraki; Rotorua; Lake Wakatipu; Bluff; Queenstown; hot springs in Te Aroha and Hanmer… so much was accessible by train, let’s go back to the good times!
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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 03/10/2026
meanwhile, in new zealand: www.webworm.co/tika/
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Dustin A. Chacón @lingdustin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I've heard people make claims that AI would lead to a new Renaissance, but I didn't imagine it'd happen like this:
Screenshot of a Tweet from Pope Leo XIV. It reads: 

"In this era of artificial intelligence, it is becoming urgen to distinguish human art from what machines produce. There is an ontological difference, even before an aesthetic one, between art and what a machine can generate through statistical calculation based on millions of images created by others. Algorithms lack the spark of humanity. For this reason, the Church wishes to renew an alliance with artists and cultural institutions to safeguard our humanity."
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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Remember travelling on the Silver Fern overnight train service between Wellington and Auckland as a child (after catching the Rangatira ferry from Lyttelton to Wellington) and it was great. Still got this set of cards as a souvenir.
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Emily @emilydawn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
@hockeyviz.com I found some beautiful data viz for you
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My teacher brother has just informed me that his primary school kids now refer to anything shit or old fashioned as "Brexit". Which has made my morning.
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ℝ𝕖𝕓𝕖𝕝𝕓𝕝𝕦𝕖 @rebelb1ue.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
If feeding a hungry kid accidentally benefits an "undeserving" kid, I am prepared to live with this devastating outcome.
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The question of "why did Adobe have to enshittify Acrobat further" is a self answering question #adobe #itsAlwaysAdobe
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Douglas @finnatic.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
TEU (University and Polytechnic staff) have voted to go on strike: teu.ac.nz/news/media-r... #nzteu
teu.ac.nz
Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | Media release: University and polytechnic staff to go on strike
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Veronica @veronicaf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Working full time is absolutely impacting my posting cats on the internet time. But here is Loki, NOT murdering me when I took her photo on top of the shelves. I also touched her ear.
A small grumpy grey cat curled up in a lovely fluffy bed. Her ears are slightly  sideways.
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Alan @gammacounter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Someone took an xray of a bunch of USB drives and it came out kind of menacing.
Xray 5 usb dives
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Che Tibby @chetibby.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I'm down to the last nine copies of this ISS Cat print, so if you want one, please order soon. It's in my shop along with other prints, badges and a zine: www.tomgauld.com/
A view of the International Space Station floating in the stars above the earth. A cat in a space suit floats outside. An astronaut within the station looks out of a window and says "In? But I just let you out."
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Dex Anderson @dexanderson.com · 01/10/2026
Got confirmation that me being loud and autistic online is a good thing. I posted on Insta about a disability accommodation I have that is "no same day meetings." I need notice because if I have a planned out day and the executive function to focus, pulling me out of that can destroy my day.
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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
You know it's going well when Seymour is inadvertently promoting a Capital Gains Tax by not reading the sub heading of his screenshot.
David Seymour FB post

Cc Green Party 

Netherlands ditches wealth tax over exodus fears 

Dutch PM scraps plan to target paper profits instead introducing a more conventional capital gains levy
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The Whimsical Muse @whimsicalmuse.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I typically only respond to correspondence if it’s in the form of a handwritten letter composed on an oak desk by candlelight using a quill dipped into a bottle of ink, enclosed in an envelope with a wax seal, and sent via raven, so no, I’m afraid I didn’t “see your email."
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kyle @kyledchurch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
youve got to be kidding
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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 29/09/2026
🤘 KICK IT 🤘 The Bird of the Year is the Black Robin/Karure, coming in like a tiny wrecking ball to smash the competition. Thread Project premium screenprinted tees in unisex and fitted sizes S-5XL. Pre-order this tee NOW: pepperraccoon.com #birds #boty #kikorangi
A detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.A flatlay of green t-shirts, featuring a detailed dark fantasy style illustration of a black robin on a branch, holding a tiny spiked mace. The words Black Robin are in high stylised handlettered text, and the border features Chatham Island forget-me-nots.
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Paul Cornell @paulcornell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
My company @cosmiclighthouse.co.uk is putting out a Murderbot graphic novel, All Systems Red, with a new @marthawells.com Mb short story too! @ericaschultz42.bsky.social @garyerskine.bsky.social @stillwintercraft.bsky.social @simonbowland.bsky.social ! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cos...
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Coming soon: Murderbot: The First Graphic Novel | Multi-award-winning SF!
The official adaptation of the international bestselling multi-award-winning ALL SYSTEMS RED, part of The Murderbot Diaries series.
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Eddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Unscheduled photo dump because I was treated on my walk to work today to two quite different "bird enjoys spring flowers" experiences. Tūī: "I shall delicately sip nectar yum yum" Kererū: "FEED ME FLOWER"
Tui reaches up to sip from a white blossomTui curls around a white and pink flower cluster, about to drink.kereru bends around a kowhai branch, about to snip a flower off with its beak.kereru attempts to stuff entire kowhai flower down its cavernous gob. It ate about another half dozen in the minute after I took this photo.
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