Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellHeather Flowers (500FF DEMO OUT NOW) @hthrflwrs.bsky.social · 27/05/2025 152481734
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 23hNot sure any AGI that might possibly be developed in the future would be any more horrified by this than by all the fucked-up shit that humans do to people and animals that can categorically feel pain. 011
Reposted by Jack Remiel Cottrell the ghostes @rem.bsjky.team · 30/09/2026an AI cannot meaningfully be horny therefore an AI cannot meaningfully make music 530179
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 28/09/2026While we were grousing about crap economic policy, my mum told me that I was the reason she was so set in her retirement. How? Well, before I was born she was quite heavily into stock trading. She took pretty big risks and spent a lot of time managing her portfolio. 100
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellMake it Easy | Kia Māmā Mai @makeiteasy.bsky.social · 24/09/2026We love seeing these Electoral Commission Easy Read guides in the wild! The deadline to enrol is Sunday 25 October so if you have not enrolled yet, do so today. You can find information about enrolling and voting in Easy Read and other accessible formats at: tinyurl.com/mr2nwjym 034
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I have a hankering to watch the Wellington Pride play and drink overpriced beer tomorrow, anyone want to join? 020
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 18/09/2026@foldablehuman.bsky.social We're sending the signal up. 010
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellMagnum, T.I.(M.) @hydrationchimp.bsky.social · 18/09/2026it’s time to give Ms Rachel a gundam 5051411135
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellTerry Baucher @trabaq.bsky.social · 18/09/2026#nzpol I'd like to report a murder 04114
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellLilah Sturges @lilahsturges.com · 16/09/2026You can submit a video, is all I’m saying. 15321
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Who the fuck does he think listens to Ed Sheeran's music? 000
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellDavid Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Keep in mind Labour's proposed policy here draws on The Australian one, so will meet the same kind of opposition if it looks like happening. 2126
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellMat Piscatella @matpiscatella.bsky.social · 10/09/2026With an average saucey:nuggie ratio of .1375, we really are talking about egregious levels of sauce preciousness here. Bonkers that the 10 piece nuggie gets a 0.2 saucey:nuggie ratio, but the 40 piece falls to a baffling 0.1. A 0.2 ratio or below should really be considered borderline criminal. 2061247
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Dear everyone listing a fixed term/contract job, please can you remember to include how long the fixed term is in your job ad? Bonus points if you include why a contractor is needed - maternity cover? recruitment cover? project capacity? Yours, Someone who doesn't want to stay longer than 6 months 042
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Dear dude ahead of me in the security queue at the airport, I can tell you are vaping. Anyone who looks at you can tell. What the fuck is wrong with you? 000
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellSassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Well this mornings news made me panic so I checked my enrollment and I’m still enrolled to vote 🫡 Check yours: vote.nz 36325
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 07/08/2026Dear lady next to me at the after hours medical centre, get off the floor and pull your mask back up. I know you feel sick. We all fucking feel sick. If the kids in the room can sit properly and wear masks, so can you. 120
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 05/08/2026"Be the dildo you want to throw in the world." Great advice from a mate there... 074
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 23/07/2026If you're worried about the reviews your book or record might have on the internet, remember the Himalayas have a 4.3 out of 5 star rating on Google Maps. 1437479
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 09/07/2026This is fucking good & I honestly wish NZ Greens could get some of this messaging, with tangible visual references people can comprehend out to the public. 38033
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellJJW @jjw.wtf · 18/06/2026i reckon now would be a pretty good time for someone to awaken a kaiju 062
Reposted by Jack Remiel Cottrell 🫚🌶️ Caitlin Spice 🌶️🫚 @catespice.bsky.social · 18/06/2026To the surprise of nobody other than uneducated bigots: www.thebrighterside.news/post/new-stu...thebrighterside.newsNew study finds no clear physical advantage for transgender women over cisgender women in sportsA 52-study review found no clear strength or aerobic advantage for transgender women over cisgender women after hormone therapy. 141505515
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellShiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 17/06/2026my ancestors: 10754104
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellJeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 12/06/2026World Cup Analysis: The crisp red of the South Korean jerseys juxtaposed w sharp white of the Czechia jerseys has a pleasing effect against the neon green grass, with its comforting geometric white lines. The slowly swaying refs in subdued turquoise kit give a mesmerizing langour to the proceedings. 420322
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellJasmin🌸 @theboobtaster.bsky.social · 10/06/2026this might be the best headline i’ve ever read 13683012480
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Saving this for the Hurricanes in the next couple weeks, just in case. 010
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellSascha Stronach🏳️⚧️, The Sunforge out now @understatesmen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026"We will be fine so long as Donald Trump doesn't do anything rash" is an incredible line to hang the nation's economy off 0143
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026I write flash fiction because it's accessible to me, someone with severe ADHD. And a 300 word story is more approachable to some people than a massive novel. Which is great! But not everything can be flash fiction. Some things gotta be massive novels. Also, short /= simple. 141
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellMatt Baume 🏳️🌈 @mattbaume.bsky.social · 10/06/2026Happy Pride to this Caravaggio self-portrait that made one man so gay he had to go to the hospital 123138654857
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellCrimethInc. Ex-Workers' Collective @crimethinc.com · 04/06/2026To our dismay, the artist and author Marjane Satrapi has passed away. As she wrote, ordinary Americans and Iranians have more in common with each other than we do with either of our governments, which have far too much in common with each other. We honor her memory and oppose the war. 2592194711
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 28/05/2026Realising how much AEO bullshit I am going to have to learn is driving me to want to go back to university and do a PhD. I am too tired to engage with all this. 000
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellJesse Walker @notjessewalker.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Last night my wife said she grew up thinking the song "Mellow Yellow" was about the soft drink. I told her I'd always heard that it was about getting high by smoking banana peels. We checked Wikipedia, and... 20527158
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellNomnomnom de Plume @verbscape.bsky.social · 22/05/2026me when someone talks about "biological" men and women 1185
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellNo. @ayamccabre.bsky.social · 22/05/2026Aotearoa peeps: here's how you can vote without an address. 044
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 21/05/2026I am a big proponent of the bits of democracy that happen between elections. Petitions, protests, submissions, letter writing, joining civil society orgs; awesome. But the election part really matters too & in 2026 it's the most obvious available lever to stop the cavalcade of awfulness. 25410
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellPaula Green @paulajoygreen.bsky.social · 21/05/2026nzpoetryshelf.com/2026/05/22/p...nzpoetryshelf.comPoetry Shelf noticeboard: Far North Open Mic with Robert Sullivan and Shane Hollands𝐍𝐙𝐏𝐒 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 & 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐞, 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐒𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐧, 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐉𝐮𝐧𝐞 𝟕. Come along to our open mic event!! Robert will be there, as well as our vice-president, Shane Hollan… 001
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 21/05/2026It's not a distraction - it's a spearhead test of how much dehumanisation and platforming of dangerous bigotry they can get the public discourse to accept as normal. If they can do this to trans people, we are all on the block. 03812
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellKay in the End Times 🏳️🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 20/05/2026Talk of ignorance! Jenny Marcroft should go back to school and learn about the reality how hormones alter bodies. A trans woman who has been on female hormones for two years or more won't have measurable "male advantage" in sports. #NZpol www.transresearch.org.au/post/trans-w...transresearch.org.auTrans Women in Sport: What Does the Science Say?Research suggests trans women have minimal to no performance advantage over cisgender women. 1158
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 20/05/2026The number of people whose chromosomes and phenotype do not neatly map to XX female and XY male is roughly equivalent to the number of redheads. If you know a ginger, you know someone who does not fit into the sex binary. 1104
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellCezary Jan Strusiewicz @ostrichson.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Lucy Lawless, and that's my final offer. 2213
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellCricinfo @cricinfo.com · 16/05/2026Melie Kerr pays tribute to Suzie Bates ahead of the final ODI of her brilliant career 🙌 023
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026Prop, hooker, lock, blindside flank, openside flank, number 8. 000
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 16/05/2026One of my favourite things about refereeing is when a team with a bad reputation shows real change, especially school teams. In the past, Bishop Viyard have had problems. Today though, I could not have asked for better. The boys should be proud of how they represented themselves and their school. 020
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellHungrymama @hungrymama.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Can the entirety of #NewZealandValues not be summed up as “don’t be an egg”? 6358
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 06/05/2026I like to include a corollary that paraphrases one of Clarke's three laws: Any sufficiently advanced incompetence is indistinguishable from malice. 010
Jack Remiel Cottrell @jackremiel.bsky.social · 20/04/2026Yooo, Kiwi writer friends, has anyone else had an email from a guy in Tauranga running something called the Underground Knowledge Club? Offering a money for promotion type deal. #NZWriters 100
Reposted by Jack Remiel CottrellCohen is a Ghost @skullmandible.bsky.social · 08/04/2026people will scold you for joking around when things seem really scary and fucked up. brother, those are the times what we invented joking around for 213886721
