Reposted by Keith NgLew @lewsos.bsky.social · 5mImpossible 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... 164
Reposted by Keith NgAdam Cohen (My Personal Views Only) @axidentaliberal.bsky.social · 04/10/2026FFS can we tax billionaires properly-then regulate AI and data centers “Meta..claims..AI data centers are a giant experiment..It does this so it can tap into a tax credit..which Meta embraced to claim billions of dollars..for data center expansion” #BlueWaveIn30Days www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/t...nytimes.comHow Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes (Gift Article)Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky. 28380233
Reposted by Keith NgLauren Dobson-Hughes @ldobsonhughes.bsky.social · 12hVietnam became an upper middle income country this year. Its story is remarkable, from 1960s conflict, to 1980s communist isolation, to 2000s economic powerhouse Its trade shifts alone are worth studying yawboadu.substack.com/p/the-2026-w... 2246
Reposted by Keith NgDanielle Froom 🏳️🌈 @danifroom.bsky.social · 04/10/2026American media in 2036: 016030
Reposted by Keith NgLateNighter @latenightercom.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Last Frame Tonight: With Kiwibank trying to stop the internet from lusting after its sheep mascot Buck, John Oliver and team gave her the final frame of Sunday night’s #LastWeekTonight open: “Veni”—Latin for “I came.” 48225
Reposted by Keith NgCharlie Stross @cstross.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Oh my: LibreOffice just made "no AI" one of their official features: blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/09...blog.documentfoundation.orgYes, no AI is now a feature - TDF Community BlogOne of the comments on the announcement of LibreOffice 26.8 was a simple question: “So, no AI is now a feature?” LibreOffice does not reject artificial intelligence out of hand, but an office suite us... 5055312098
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 23hMan, I got so lost between a meme reference to a transport project and the sarcastic response I lost count of how many layers of NOT we were on 050
Reposted by Keith NgJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 04/10/2026What’s the evidence on rent control? I charted the findings from 112 studies: Great for rent-controlled tenants ✅ But: Pushes up rents for other people ❌ Pushes down new housing construction ❌ Pushes down building quality ❌ 33579159
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 04/10/2026en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network...en.wikipedia.orgNetwork effect - Wikipedia 160
Reposted by Keith NgConnor Sharp @connorsharp.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Reject $4,000,000,000+++ gold plated rural motorway. Embrace glorious light rail down Dominion Road. 28219
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 04/10/2026It's actually a thing! Sometimes it's easier to for bilingualish people to express themselves in their own preferred language than to stick to one. 160
Reposted by Keith NgGauche Vibes @nedgilmore.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The A.I thing is going so well that people are simping for catholicism. =/ 082
Reposted by Keith Ng🧌🥛 🏨 @comraderobot.bsky.social · 03/10/2026can’t sleep because of all these popes who don’t even run local models 28515
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026"Ve cannot afford a AI gap"static.klipy.comDr. Strangelove: Peter Sellers as Dr. StrangeloveALT: Dr. Strangelove: Peter Sellers as Dr. Strangelove 130
Reposted by Keith NgPeter Green @petergreen.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Absolutely savage from RNZ: National leader Christopher Luxon did not want taxpayer funding going into a "white elephant" that was not commercially viable. "Of course we're very committed to our 17 roads of national significance and we make no apology for that." 1458
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Random read: a Hegelian reading of Ex Machina fantasticfocus.wordpress.com/2022/02/23/w...fantasticfocus.wordpress.comWhy the Dance Scene in Ex Machina (2015) Is More Philosophical Than You ThinkThe dance scene in Garland’s Ex Machina is the most interesting scene in the movie and the best portrayal of Hegel’s Master-Slave dialectic in centuries. Definitely the best one on a di… 010
Reposted by Keith NgVincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Remember 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. 1312622
Reposted by Keith NgMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Any attempt to regulate these professions to ensure one could make a living wage (e.g. licensing requirements for hairdressers to regulate market entry) is ridiculed They're imagining a bunch of precarious (and conservative) HVAC repairmen owner-operators rather than unionized tradesmen 2242
Reposted by Keith NgMae Nick Phra Khanong @nickjbrumfield.bsky.social · 03/10/2026These people have been proposing trade jobs (hairdressing for women) to solve the issues created by macroeconomic forces unleashed by capital and government policy like it's a get-out-of-jail-free card literally my entire life 1264
Reposted by Keith NgSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 03/10/2026The reason you're getting bad results with AI is you're not treating it like a person you might have sex with if you play your cards right. You're losing your edge. 81309
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026..market too, with quick breads that you can wolf down at the office or on the go. These started out as the cha chaan tang staples, but got fancier over time, and were influenced by Japanese/Taiwanese fashions and vice versa. 140
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026They evolved in the post-war years, so probably would've been solidly established by 60s-70s. The specialised bakeries (西餅店, "Western bakeries") came in the 70s. It was both a cake shop (when you want to take something fancy when visiting friends and fam), but eventually got into the convenience.. 130
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 03/10/2026It came out of Hong Kong cha chaan tangs (tea rooms/diners), which, among other fusion Western foods, had bakeries which produced a bunch of unique pastries like egg tarts, "pineapple" buns (the ones with a sweet crust in top, no pineapples), and sausage rolls (brioche with a sausage inside)... 140
Reposted by Keith NgTim Carmody @tcarmody.bsky.social · 02/10/2026This is the funniest thing I've seen today, possibly ever 41119503105
Reposted by Keith NgHannah Shelley, MLIS (Maggots, Lycanthropes & Ice Skeletons) @hannahshelley.site · 02/10/2026Please stop anthropomorphizing computers. They cannot "run" a program, because they don't have legs 392058285
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Sorry I haven't finished reading this yet but just losing my shit at this quote 3542
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026None of this would have happened if he had a nice non-confusing name like Chris 1262
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Teach your kids how to write bash scripts, people: useful for getting jobs working for AI Agent Entrepreneurs, useful for hacking AI spleen harvesters during The War, and useful for programming urine recyclers after. Skill for life! 1100
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Me, a very funny person: haha if any buggy code is rogue AI, what about my shitty cron jobs is that rogue AI too hahahaha? Meta: introducing Muse 3152
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dr Spaitso voice: whY do yoU fEEL like you want to invade I-ran? 000
Reposted by Keith NgIan Coldwater 🧊🚫 @lookitup.baby · 02/10/2026Yeah so we all just got tear gassed on the way out of Rocky Horror, be careful downtown 37562112
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Is this rule intended to stop you from seeing them dancing or to stop them from seeing you dancing? 380
Reposted by Keith NgSwiftOnSecurity @swiftonsecurity.com · 02/10/2026You: I'm gonna slide into this vulnerable woman's DM's and use my community position for dates Me: I'M FAMOUS GIVE ME A TOUR OF YOUR CAR WASH 2714
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Technical answer: I didn't say candidate donations! Party donations can be, and often are, solicited by candidates. (I actually meant "candidates" as a generic term for agent of party who are not necessarily MPs, but yeah, it's probably too narrow a term) 000
Reposted by Keith NgRazvenHK @razvenhk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026A plainclothes officer stepped into the background to prevent the press from taking photographs that contrasted a tragedy being remembered and celebratory fireworks lighting up night sky on China's National Day. 192
Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 01/10/2026How is it remotely plausible to enforce "you can't wink in those private conversations or we'll find out somehow and fine you (a fraction of the donation amount)"??? 1253
