Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.social🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 17hIt's incredibly depressing how many people vote in their parent's generation's interest and how few of those parents vote in their children's interest. 061
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Being Luxon's advisors is both the least rewarding job in politics, and the most "no one is going to blame you for poor performance" job. 1255
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialEllie Dawn 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🥺😏💜 @awkward.gay · 29/09/2026The pay me in shoiks 214367930
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSleestak @sleestak.bsky.social · 28/09/2026and behold a pale horse. and the name that sat on him was death. and hell followed with him 2958241370
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialTyler, from the Internet @tylerfromtheinternet.com · 27/09/2026 131104320
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialRussell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026"No new taxes" is such a bleak rallying cry. It's not just negative, it comes freighted with the implicit understanding that it's a lie, or at least a trick. 2292
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026This. And cartoons don’t steal people’s work, destroy the environment or centralise power under a handful of fascist billionaires. 031
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialLia @liasae.bsky.social · 24/09/2026I am now keeping this on speed-dial 81094317
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialTax Wealth not Wages @progallthethings.bsky.social · 27/09/2026National's alternative plan is the same it's always had: premature and excess mortality plus much higher disease burden because they are racist monsters. 001
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialFrog and Toad Bot @frogandtoadbot.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Toad sipped his tea. “Frog,” he asked, “are you making this up?” “Maybe yes and maybe no,” said Frog. 035756
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialCEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026ok but hear me out TPUNZ The Posters Union NZ 2241
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialLouise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026At the Hamilton PSA debate, candidates were asked about disability NZF: Incoherent answer Labour: We don't have a policy announced Opportunities: We have no policy whatsoever Me: this govt's attacks on the disabled community are unacceptable, here's our policy, it was co-written by disabled people 619361
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSara Gibbs @sararoseg.bsky.social · 26/09/2026He imposed Shania Law 14975211450
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialPookleblinky @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
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Though perhaps “ineffectual policeman” isn’t quite right, since punishing out groups while protecting the in group is exactly what policemen do. 0132
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialKatie Martin @katie0martin.ft.com · 25/09/2026I have blamed The agents That hacked Your website And which You probably Reasonably thought I controlled Forgive me I am rich And unaccustomed To taking responsibility 5776122096
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialCarl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 26/09/2026Does my Speak-n-Spell feel pain when I type O-U-C-H? The jury is out. Philosophers and neuroscientists say that's fucking stupid, but I called a guy from the Center for Pretending that Household Electronics Are Sentient and he said there's no way to know for sure. 5843131180
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialThomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 26/09/2026PSA: International Time Zone Chaos season starts tonight and runs for 5-6 weeks. 0164
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Very much this. Though: unmarried doesn’t always mean unpartnered, and unpartnered doesn’t always mean lonely. 050
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialMorgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Yeah, clearly not AI. It takes human care to make a headline this bad. 151
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialGwen C. Katz @gwenckatz.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fuck ChatGPT flyers. The future is broadsheets. 203186795279
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 25/09/2026maybe rare for YOU 613220
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 25/09/2026Seeing as we’re all talking about the Campaign Company… 13010
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialNew Zealand Council of Trade Unions @nzctu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Are you tired of Aotearoa New Zealand’s politics being dominated by racism and xenophobia? We’re sick of it, and we’re fighting back. SAVE THE DATE: 17 October, and follow our friends @workersfirstunion.bsky.social to stay in the loop. #nzpol 06934
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialrax ‘levon honkers’ king @raxkingisdead.bsky.social · 24/09/2026there should be no such thing as ‘elite journalists’ incentives are ass backwards that way. a journalist should be a grubby and suspicious little fuck 411524165
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialCorey Callaghan @coreytcallaghan.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Do you use #iNaturalist data in research—or advise students who do? We put together a practical guide to using iNaturalist data in scientific research, covering how to access, acquire, analyze, and attribute the data, with examples in R and Python. Paper: doi.org/10.1093/bios... #ecology 410373
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 24/09/2026For an upcoming legal procedure I have to present a bank statement as proof of address. Which is fine, except I’ve recently attended events at Scotty & Mal’s so there are lots of transactions at “S&M bar”. “Guys, it’s not what it looks like!…[thinks back to the night in question]…well, mostly not.” 160
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialBrett "Solidarity 2026" Banditelli @banditelli.org · 24/09/2026GREBELINGS ON TIMELINE 🪶 🐣 5636107
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialLeah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 24/09/2026AP Stylebook warns against anthropomorphizing AI systems: “Avoid language that gives them human characteristics… Instead, explain what a system does, how well it performs, who built it and who could be affected by it.” 1970102256
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialCynethryth @cynethryth.com · 22/09/2026Hey so has anyone in NZ media today decided to talk to any women about Jordan Williams's "abysmal attitudes towards women"? Tamatha Paul had a great post on Instagram about the harassment campaign she's experienced at the TPU's hands. She's mentioned in the book! 39328
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialRosemary Mosco @rosemarymosco.com · 22/09/2026Happy mushroom season! 5140301318
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialdan mentos @danmentos.com · 22/09/2026[job interview] interviewer: so god killed all your kids? job: that's right 3069241690
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think the word for what we’re feeling is Hagerfreude. 210620
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialEddie Clark @dreddieclark.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis TPU. 2132
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.social🐻Iona🐻 @bewarethefish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026*takes long drag on a spaceman cigarette* How do we nominate Nicky Hager for the Billy T James award? I can't think of anyone else who's made so many New Zealanders laugh in unison this year. 0183
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialFelix Geiringer @barristernz.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I think we can now call this full. You can squeeze in by the door if you are lucky. Nobody tell the fire brigade. 211813
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialKeith Bolland @fretfultexts.club · 22/09/2026“Hipkins said he had not experienced a culture of hiding information to avoid the OIA process.” Culture, of course, famously being the thing you’re immersed in but you don’t actually see. 031
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialSkinnie Talls @skinnietalls.bsky.social · 22/09/2026[David Attenborough voice] and now you see the human in its natural habitat scrolling, scrolling, scrolling, a repetitive behavior they seem to both love and hate at the same time 520673
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialAbstract Tesseract @abstracttesseract.bsky.social · 22/09/2026ok but for real how long before someone says that after days in the Claude chatbot window, they've unlocked a new insight into explainable, scalable "AI", and it's literally logistic regression or something 1101
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialRoss @rossthesedays.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Hey remember that period where people were saying the American civil war was about states' rights? 0336
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialMountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Nicky Hager's book reminds me of Jordan Williams & Slater old leaked texts What surprises me is that Jordan Williams, Taxpayers Union & co are still considered credible members of society by media simply because they are well funded and sworn partners of right wing networks #kiwi #NickyHager 25223
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialMorgan Davie @fromthemorgue.bsky.social · 21/09/2026“What's to day?" cried Scrooge, calling downward to a boy in Sunday clothes. "EH?" returned the boy, with all his might of wonder. "What's to day, my fine fellow!" said Scrooge. "Today!" replied the boy. "Why, HAGERMAS DAY'"static.klipy.comJeff Bridges as The Dude: What Day Is This?ALT: Jeff Bridges as The Dude: What Day Is This? 44016
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I’d’ve thought that “the people with the most enduring interest in children's education” were the children. 141
newimprovedtom.bsky.social @newimprovedtom.bsky.social · 21/09/2026My first thought was “Wow, that IS big news!” Second thought: “Oh, they probably mean a specific one.” 020
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialJennifer @jennifilm.nz · 21/09/2026*very important CEO voice* actually it's better to not know anything at all about the things the people in this organisation have been involved with. Wait Judith did wha- 1284
Reposted by @newimprovedtom.bsky.socialStilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 21/09/2026Yet another example of quoting someone with a catchy line that can't possibly be true. This hazard reduction burn was not an allegorical journey through the moral improvement of Seven Mile Beach locals in the company of a famous poet. It just had "Inferno" in the title. 4177
