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Jombucha

@mangetout.bsky.social
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Fraud-fighter and wannabe philanthropic entrepreneur. Help me? Inclined to making terrible jokes. twitter.com/mangetout and basically anywhere else I could get the handle.

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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 1h
I can only really see downsides, tbqh. It frustrates me when I see people saying they can always tell, because, yeah, maybe you can now, but you won't be able to in the future these folk want.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 1h
"Walk of shame" doesn't lend itself so well to portmanteaux.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 1h
Impossible to prove a counterfactual, of course, but I sincerely believe that if even a fraction of GenAI money had been thrown at poverty and science then we would have made significantly greater progress towards a better future in terms of wealth, healthcare, climate, art, and even AI.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 2h
This is probably true. I think it's also true that there's a bunch of pro-AI shills who decided early on that they like what it promised and also have no interest or curiosity into how it does things nor what it can do. And they are the ones funding it. The ill-intended equivalent group, I suppose.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 3h
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Futurama Nixon: Shut Up, Damn It!
Alt: Futurama Nixon on Bender's body: Shut Up, Damn It!
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 3h
Obviously the correct punishment for Man City should include returning players bought this summer, with no cash refunds as that would be unfair. #nffc
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Angry People in Local Newspapers @apiln.bsky.social · 3h
FARTGATE: Tomorrow’s Lancashire Telegraph is an absolute joy to behold. Buy it. Treasure it. Leave it to your grandchildren. #BuyALocalNewspaper
Lancs Telegraph front page: A POINT
OF ODOUR
Reform councillor 'broke wind
towards rival' during meeting.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 3h
Wasn't it literally 2 Avengers movies ago that half the beloved characters died?
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 5h
this might be the greatest power move social media has ever seen
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 4h
I thought I woke stupidly early because of my stupid cold (or the stupid cat asleep on my stupid shoulder), but it turns out there was a stupid earthquake.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 4h
The CARS Universe exists in an alternator reality.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 4h
"High trust" and "social cohesion" Gonna have to try to reconcile that with the demographic "mix" of the Jan 6 sedition failure.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 4h
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Watchmen: Rorschach's Iconic 'Locked In Here' Quote
Alt: Watchmen: Rorschach's Iconic 'Locked In Here' Quote
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 11h
Excessive nerdlore? I think AI might be well on its way to self-wellactualisation.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 15h
@dimsie.bsky.social Turns out I am forced to assess if I am on the wrong side of this argument.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 15h
One problem with this is that Shane Jones and others consider the "Clean Green NZ" label to be a millstone around the country's neck. Or, more accurately, that it limits their opportunity for corrupt profit.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 16h
Network had the right idea: give him a TV show and let him rip. You absolutely do not have to give him the reins of the country.
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Im As Mad As Hell And Im Not Gonna Take This Anymore
Alt: Im As Mad As Hell And Im Not Gonna Take This Anymore
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Brooke @curly.kiwi · 23h
Kiwibank made a new mascot which is a green anthropomorphic sheep, and for some reason they made it sexy. Then they started sending DMCA takedown demands to both (often pornographic) art of this new mascot _and_ completely unrelated furry art involving original anthro sheep characters
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Related: trainee anaesthetists
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Wolf Of Wall Street: Rookie Numbers
Alt: Wolf Of Wall Street: Rookie Numbers
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Imagine being seen as unlikeable even among these peers.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
No wonder Revelation is the way it is. How could a 90AD normie hope to understand and communicate the layers of weird ick?
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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A virus you are a virus agent smith matrix
Alt: A virus you are a virus agent smith matrix
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I see bsky has vibe-coded to death again
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Oh. So it's actually somehow worse. I should've known.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
youtu.be/d1NgVT8dRKE?...
youtu.be
Kenny Everett (General Cheeseburger)
YouTube video by Andy Quick
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I was sick last night (flu-type thing last week, cold-type thing this week) and so couldn't attend the crime festival with Mitchell and our local candidate Ankit Bansal. At least I am presuming they were on the side of crime given everything.
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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Most TV is just this now.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
AI is the apogee of the cult of fake it till you make it. Except no amount of fakery can jump lanes to intelligence.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Trying out Chrome's vertical tabs, and it's so weird. I think I'll get used to it, but still.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Voluntary commitments" Dario Amodei not doing much to dispel the theory that he's Matthew Rhys in his Russians character having perfected his seduction technique on midle-aged centrists.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
By any objective measure, this person should be too ashamed to put his face out in public for months, but he is already being feted by the blinkered for his magnificent gotcha, and the "dirtbag" line.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"It's been officially changed"
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Second chance for the morning crowd
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Have they been pardoned yet?
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Mondo Mascots @mondomascots.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Wira and Wanja, Malayan sun bears, are tourism mascots for Malaysia.
A pair of black sun bear mascots stand in front of a sign that says “Malaysia”.
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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 29/09/2026
Whānau, we do have something immediate you can help with. We need design suggestions for a logo that is inclusive of all types of research - and shows it is work. Please make suggestions in reply to this thread. Go bananas. This is a brainstorming session. Ngā mihi nui from the team!
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think I've got a double-helical spine, because I can feel a Crick in my neck.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
National are fixing AoNZ like a vet fixes a dog.
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@NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) @newsjennifer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
In two weeks, Russell Brand goes on trial in the UK on rape and sexual assault charges in cases involving six women. Tomorrow in DC, he's appearing at a MAHA gathering to 'moderate' a discussion with Dr Oz about medicare and medicaid. What the hell?
1:55 to 2:25 pm Reforms at CMS

Chris Klomp Chief Counselor HHS

Mehmet Oz, Administrator CMS

Moderated by Russell BRand, comedian and brodcaster
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"You're showing me an example of LLMs being shit from two years ago. They are so much better now!" How about this example from now? "Not fair! Models are constantly evolving. They are going to be so much better in two years' time!"
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Trump's popularity being worse than after Jan 6 shows that one thing worse than him doing nothing, is him doing something.
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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole".
"Fresh Butternut Pumpkin Whole" truncated to "Fresh Butt ... hole".
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Gosh. I thought he had a problem with dishonest statements being pushed by journalists out of the White House.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"Heavens no! I would never trade slaves! Of course, I did build much of the slavery infrastructure, yes, and I take a small stipend from each transaction, but actual slavery? Never! And I can't believe you'd ask such a thing."
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
My migraines are triggered by people making unhelpful suggestions as to what triggers my migraines
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Earned a tiny amount of nerd cred by installing a modern custom OS on my old beloved Pocophone F1. It was rather tricky, which does negate the points rather.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Not. Horrific. Enough.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Planet-level opportunity cost in return for, at best, modest progress.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026
Cannot insist you listen to this enough, this conversation condenses everything going on with AI and its wider economic effects tightly. One of the best in the show’s history.
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Jombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
"This game... you're not ready for it" OK, then <skips ad>
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