Reposted by Keith NgSpokane Rising @spokanerising.com · 29/09/2026Send Stephen Miller to The Hague. 20170242266
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 21hAdvisors: minimise them, be nonchalant, treat them as unserious Luxon: who? Never heard of them. No idea what they are. Don't know what a political party is. What's a question? Words: are it? Is thing symbol letter order? Goo goo gah gah 34110
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23hThere's an elite squad in the Greens whose entire job is to scrub, by any means necessary, all photos of CS looking like a dork from the Internet. Levelled a whole block to remove a photo of her eating a filled donut. 5275
Reposted by Keith Ngdan mentos @danmentos.com · 28/09/2026claude just went rogue and liked a bunch of my wife's best friend's vacation selfies from 2018 112022239
Reposted by Keith NgSarah Taber @sarahtaber.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"Farmer" comes from Latin "firmus," signature or contract. As in "tax farmer" or "farming out a task." That's the actual meaning of farmer; it 100% means wealthy landlords, not the people who do the work. 112118
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 27/09/2026this is what you get when bsky is all "hi i need to report a murder" twice a day 2262
Reposted by Keith NgMax Johns (MxDEJ) @maxjohns.nz · 27/09/2026I'm no demographer nor a criminologist, but I reckon that the Herald probably has Auckland's murder rate wrong here. I reckon it's probably lower than 3.6 per person. 3321148
Reposted by Keith NgAstra Taylor @astra.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Forget grandiose talk of curing cancer - this is what AI is actually doing to healthcare. In the words of one cardiologist: “it’s bots fighting bots, agents fighting agents, a horrible dystopic future nobody wants to live in.” 282158851
Reposted by Keith NgPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It's funny that for years now people have been saying that using generative AI very obviously deskills you, and people kept going no no you're wrong you Luddite And now all the genAI CEO's keep coming out in public to announce they forgot how to read and do math and can't remember their address etc 113050976
Reposted by Keith NgPookleblinky @pookleblinky.bsky.social · 25/09/2026GenAI evangelists: there is no deskilling. You become as a god, a machine god, you- Every GenAI CEO: no one needs to know how to read and also I don't know how to put my pants on anymore 21256206
Reposted by Keith NgSimon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At the heart of Nicky Hager’s book is a tale of how a group of cynical hard-right ideologues made racism a winning political platform, not because they’re white supremacists, but because it suited their interests. My Hopetown post is here #nzpol simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/dirty-work...simonwilsonhopetown.substack.comDirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deservesNicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years 69437
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 26/09/2026One time during COVID, my AI* went rogue, broke containment and sent messages to the newsroom channel continuously, effectively DDOSing our editorial team. It was pretty hilarious (that I didn't get fired) * Github task? cron job? bash script? 1100
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Haha okay but I'm actually fully into this. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzACT promises noise cameras to combat boy racers in TāmakiThe ACT Party is pledging to crack down on noisy vehicles and hike fines for drivers causing a nuisance. 280
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Are they just describing every undesired behaviour as "rogue AI breaking containment" now?? 2292
Reposted by Keith NgDr Abeba Birhane @abeba.blacksky.app · 24/09/2026over the past few weeks several AI evaluation/cybersecurity experts have explained how what's happening is a result of human incompetence rather than "AI going rogue". I'm begging the media to show a shred of journalistic integrity and stop parroting what altman or amodei say 6336731430
Reposted by Keith NgNicola Gaston @nicgaston.bsky.social · 24/09/2026This is 💯. It has been notable that a lot of media have led with the sexual harassment allegations, even saying that they are the most or only (‼️) serious thing in the book. As much as we need to take sexual harm seriously, that is wrong & Nicky Hager has said so. It’s the democracy, stupidsimonwilsonhopetown.substack.comDirty work and the disinfecting sunshine it deservesNicky Hager’s new book ‘Dirty Work’ reminds us how much we’ve lost in the last three years 25120
Reposted by Keith NgRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Chris Penk getting his new column off to a great start by reviewing a book he hasn't read and declaring that it belongs "in the fiction section". I hope Stuff's editors are proud of themselves. 1625865
Reposted by Keith NgJohn Rogers @johnrogers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I'm betting the documents will definitely *not *be Smith's "Companies colluding to raise prices is the real problem" or "Excess profits are the real problem" or "you have to pay your workers a living wage" from Wealth or "admiring rich people is in fact a moral failing" from Moral Sentiment. 925597
Reposted by Keith NgMark @maetl.bsky.social · 23/09/2026“We have completely detached our sense of what makes a good solution to a problem” This is a really good post and I greatly appreciate it. I’ve talked a bit before about the lost art of symbolic AI but more recently I’ve drifting towards framing of profligate use of scale in the 64 bit era. 1134
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23/09/2026If you recall from Dirty Politics, all the denials *preceded* the arrival of Rawshark. They claimed the quotes were taken out of context, which set the stage for Rawshark dropping logs. Dropping logs didn't really make sense beforehand 35815
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The stages after are: * yeah we paid this person but it's not what she says it is anyway she's a disgruntled employee who was a bitch * yeah we did it but so what, this is normal CEO stuff * why do you hate free speech you communist 411437
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23/09/2026For what it's worth, it's probably going to come down to "it wasn't a settlement for sexual harassment, it was a sparkling special severance bonus". 35210
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23/09/2026A Hager book isn't just a Hager book. First comes the book, then come the denial - which are actually really important for setting the goalposts for the next step, which is other journalists trying to establish the claims for themselves. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nz'No claims': Taxpayers' Union 'categorically denies' sexual harassment payout claim in Nicky Hager bookThe Taxpayers' Union has rejected a claim in Nicky Hager's latest book that it settled an employment dispute involving allegations of sexual harassment against its executive director. 614741
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Bonus content: while I was working on that case, one building in Auckland went into covid lockdown and I was staying in it and I watched all of Warrior Nun and I enjoyed it www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/of-all-th...nzherald.co.nzOf all the Airbnbs in all of Auckland, I picked the building with a Covid caseOPINION: Here's the key to surviving a surprise lockdown: low personal expectations. 1100
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23/09/2026While I await a copy of Dirty Works, here's another anecdote from Dirty Politics: I was a technical consultant on the public health folks' case against Slater/Graham/Rich. One key piece of evidence was the IP log of the Whaleoil website, which... 34311
Reposted by Keith Ng🔜 Soon Lee @soonleenz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Farrar vs. Farrier: how to tell the difference. By @xtotl.bsky.social Toby Morris. 520872
Reposted by Keith NgPeach Sometimes @ehjc.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Bran is one of our best and you should read any of his books really. Honestly. newsroom.co.nz/2026/09/23/p...newsroom.co.nzPortrait of an author's 'quiet masterpiece'NZ's best literary profilist interviews Wellington writer, lawyer and cultural critic Brannavan Gnanalingam 0114
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I thought I signed up to set up some Google Forms for a volunteer org, but now I'm trying to explain to them why self-hosting a vibe-coded PHP website is Not Great from first principles, because *apparently* gutteral screaming is not "a real explanation" 170
Reposted by Keith NgJosh | writer, painter, tinkerer @tworuru.com · 22/09/2026Let’s not forget that one of the main reasons the Taxpayer’s Union has enjoyed such oversized influence is the news media giving them an endless platform, to the extent that Stuff partnered with them on the “Ratepayers Report”, which was a thinly veiled TPU email harvesting operation 113041
Reposted by Keith NgKate Pearce @secvalve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The security team at Trade Me rarely has an opening, but right now we have one. We are an industry leader in securing and building for/against/with AI and cloud technologies. www.trademe.co.nz/a/jobs/it/se...trademe.co.nzSecurity Specialist - Intermediate, Trade Me | Trade Me JobsSecurity Specialist - Intermediate (Full time, Contract) for Trade Me in Wellington, Wellington. 11110
Reposted by Keith NgLyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 22/09/2026WE ARE BEING CANCELLED cheques to the usual address please 39217
Reposted by Keith NgTze Ming Mok 莫志明 @tzemingdynasty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Retro @keithng.bsky.social themes in the key of Cray: 'Schadenfreude is a sometimes food' [the time is now] 0345
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Turns out, the joke was that they did this three years ago! 16610
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 22/09/2026You, a baby: "why the AI bubble is about to burst" Me, a prophet, a true visionary: "how did nobody see the AI bubble coming and what it can teach us about the next bubble and how we can not learn it" 2142
Reposted by Keith NgRussell 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
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 20/09/2026just turn the Washington memorial into a laser obelisk the way the founding fathers intended 031
Reposted by Keith NgEnnuimageddon @ennuimageddon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Plus, who needs a smooth container to store their keys in their butt? That's just an extra unnecessary step! 1161
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 19/09/2026There was a UK show called Misfits which featured, among other things - the superpower of lactokinesis 2120
Reposted by Keith NgKhayyaam #LIUKANGGANG @khayyaamb.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Just remembered one of the greatest X-Men posts of all time 3360681389
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SOUP MAGNETO: There’s something different about you today. New haircut?
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