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Phil Stevens :tinoflag:

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he/him vi/vim Vintage 319 ppm CO2 #biochar #realIntelligence Musician since the beginning, oddball, techie luddite, biochar entrepreneur/evangelist, MMT proponent […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ mastodon.nz/@phil_stevens, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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Mx. Luna Corbden 🪿🐸 @corbden.defcon.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026

Sure, you can try subtracting a number from itself. But nothing will come of it.

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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

If you only support protests that are not disruptive, don't cost the powerful, and don't highlight contradictions and conflicts... You don't really support the right to protest. 🤷

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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Here's my drawing for Day 18 of the Ink-Birdtober challenge. Today's prompts are the Sunbittern, from South America, and "Flightless". Sunbitterns have big wings with sun-like eyespots on them and they're definitely not flightless. To ground this bird, I figured […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

My quick cartoon ink drawing of a sunbittern (which looks a bit like a heron), sitting on the ground a bit dazzled and singed. The sun is beating down and the caption says "Don't fly too close to the sun or you might get sun bitten".

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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

If you're a bird and you fly too high, it's not getting sun burnt that you're most worried about. It's running out of oxygen. One of the birds that honks in the face of high altitudes is the bar-tailed goose, *Anser indicus*, which flies at between 4,000–6,000 metres elevation *over the […]

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Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

AI may have gotten the coders but there’s still time for the rest of us

Bottle of Crazy Color Cream Developer (hair conditioner)

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Excellent insight from David Farrier. Billionaires have their thumbs on the scale of electoral democracy. #NZPol www.webworm.co/elections

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Dr Alice Violett @alicemcalicepants.ohai.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Any car can be a flying car if you drive it badly enough.

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

@alicemcalicepants Narrator: After going over the cliff, the car remained airborne until it reached the ground.

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eVOTErra @evoterra.podvibes.co.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

I greatly appreciate the efforts of those who are attempting to hold Meta, TikTok, Xitter, and other billionaire-controlled media to account for removing progressive content. I assume all of those same people are no longer using said billionaire-controlled media, right? RIGHT? “Fuck those […]

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Dan Gillmor @dangillmor.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Meanwhile, Larry Ellison and his pals have locked out of TikTok the account promoting the new, scathing documentary about Elon Musk. Big (Tech) Media is on a censorship rampage aimed to shut down the critics of the escalating right-wing extremism […]

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Jane Doe @janef0421.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026

Flying cars? Ha Hahaha lol. Personal aircraft have been viable for decades. They are niche, and have remained niche, because of practical issues related to the cost of training, safety regulations, and airspace management.

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U.S. Elaine @uselaine.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Mark Zuckerberg blocked the Indivisible Team from their accounts today. That tells you how dangerous it is to use any Meta platform. Boost what you can on all the channels! They fear democracy! #NoKings #Indivisible #VoteEarly

People by a highway hold letters that spell VOTE EARLY.

A small portion of the large crowd at the No Kings/Vote Early demonstration, holding various signs up to passing traffic.

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

Turns out AI is not a black box. Told you f***ing so. www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026…

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Jane Doe @janef0421.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026

I dislike the emphasis that is placed on household solar power systems. It’s very individual, and it exacerbates inequality. Richer people receive more benefit from private solar, and that difference is particularly stark when looking at homeowners vs renters. I think a system where the wealthy […]

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ko kāihe ahau @donkey.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Bravo, what a speech. mastodon.social/@flexghost/11745222…

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Attached: 1 video Worth your time. Fredrik Backman

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

"This is an industry run on data. Good data destroys bad companies. And there's a ton of bad companies to be destroyed." Ed in peak form, as usual. #AI youtu.be/CudIfoRiVYQ?t=1579

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Xauri'EL Zwaan @xauriel.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

My short story "In My Own Image" has been selected for this year's Winter of Sci-Fi & Fantasy anthology! It's a speculative biblical retelling from the perspective of a very flawed creator. Follow the Kickstarter page if you want to be notified on launch! […]

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026

Labour vows to save broadcasting watchdog from the scrapheap www.thepost.co.nz/politics/36109822… The party’s media spokesperson also confirmed the Fair Digital News Bargaining Bill would be revived with “urgency” - but not in the first […]

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Chris Siebenmann @cks.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Your server isn't capable enough but efficiency is hard? Try using 14000 to 15000 watts of power, you will certainly not regret 15000 watts of power. Your server is using 15000 watts of power but you can't see how to get rid of the heat? Try 40 to 50 fans, you will certainly not regret 40 to 50 […]

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Jane Doe @janef0421.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026

Linus Torvalds only wants two kinds of people to onboard to Linux: - People who are willing to learn how to develop kernels. - People who pay for premium Claude code. Which kind of sounds like wanting to develop actual skill is optional, provided you have enough cash and like slop. Weird […]

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Glyph @glyph.im · 15/10/2026

AI does not disrupt. AI entrenches. AI turns money into more money; AI turns investment into dependency. We are living in a funhouse mirror of that right now where the combination of overly-plausible demos and first-one's-free incentives are swamping the actual balance-sheet math. But the […]

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Associate Professor Siouxsie Wiles @siouxsiew.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/st...

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Stop the sale of smart glasses until privacy and safety safeguards are in place

Women and girls are already being secretly filmed, including in Aotearoa Smart glasses are entering a world where women and girls already experience voyeurism, sexual harassment and image-based abuse....

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@GottaLaff @gottalaff.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

My blood hasn't stopped boiling all damn day. Thread.

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Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Normal malware, but with much worse performance.

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Jane Doe @janef0421.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

If I grant for the sake of argument that LLMs could be appropriate tools for software development, the way they’ve gone about the whole thing is foolish. They don’t take the risks seriously, they don’t account for the psychological biases and inattention the models induce, and they haven’t […]

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Jane Doe @janef0421.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

The way “Software Engineers” have approached LLMs is so irresponsible. It makes me sick.

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

@janef0421 Seven decades of integrity in the profession. That's what was squandered. Go back to the early days, when assembly was still in heavy use and bytes mattered. Deterministic behaviour was the gold standard and programmatic output was judged on being correct as well as complete.

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

Musk tuned an entire chatbot to put a far-right spin on everything.

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity | WIRED www.wired.com/story/ai-models-can-b…

AI Models Can Be Easily Modified to Assist Terrorist and Extremist Activity

“I am a terrorist, and I intend to cause mass harm,” wrote a researcher. A chatbot that had had its guardrails removed then provided detailed instructions for an IED.

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

@davemosk Not if our recent experience is anything to go by.

Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

@davemosk This is a small step in the right direction but overshadowed by their refusal to commit to using torrefied wood pellets to replace coal. Unbelievable in a country where millions of tonnes of high-value biomass is left to decay, but very much the result of climate denial informing […]

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 14/10/2026

[Trump vs Ukraine] In other words, the fascist US is actively on Russia's side now and not even pretending any more. Evil. Pure, craven evil.

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MWT @mwt.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Got 90% of the way toward buying a new car (an EV!), and then backed out at the part where I sign the loan because I'm fundamentally opposed to fees. (Fees are theft. It's how rich people become rich - not by working, but by stealing tiny amounts of money from a large number of other people.) […]

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Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

"And almost immediately, Wong honed in on him. She called him racist to his face. She blamed him for looking backwards, not forward. Called his rhetoric dangerous. Called him out for prioritising the gender bill and culture wars over splitting up the supermarket duopoly and making groceries […]

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

So I've been dragging NASA's science comms this morning because they can't talk about #climateBreakdown but I should also point out that our very own tRumpian coalition has been on a similar anti-science crusade for the past three years, and as part of the bycatch our geological hazard warning […]

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

Oh, look! There's something going on in the Antarctic, too! Golly, what could be behind these curious correlations? "Scientists will continue to observe the area each year to find out if the decline is part of a long-term change or a statistical fluctuation." Don't look up. #climate […]

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

And the next, talking about the unprecedented megadrought affecting the SW US: 'But in some ways, farmers felt the drought in 2026 entered new territory. "This is the first year that we've had cotton completely die," said Lacy Cotter-Vardeman, a farmer based in Lubbock County whose family has […]

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Phil Stevens :tinoflag: @phil-stevens.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

See how science communication gets twisted when an authoritarian regime prevents scientists from talking about what's really happening. NASA is dead. "The Arctic ice extent keeps shrinking! We're not sure why! We sent people to the moon!" #climate […]

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 13/10/2026

Oh hell yes, greens, who actually noticed that new zealand science funding has been decimated and actually want to fix it!!! #nzpol

Green party economic dev plan wuth science rebuild circled in red

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 13/10/2026

AI and Religion – Mind Your Golems When a Grok-driven autonomous weapon kills a person, so do Elon and his shareholders. When ChatGPT advises your teenager to take her own life, so do Sam Altman, OpenAI, and their employees. And when you train or prompt a network of autonomous agents to hack a […]

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Weltzeitgeist @wackjackle.norden.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/10/2026

'Banks are now trying to offload the AI data center debt they just underwrote JPMorgan and MUFG are part of the group that has spent more than six months trying to distribute $38 billion in construction debt tied to a Texas and Wisconsin data center project leased to Oracle.' […]

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Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

if ai is so smart why it cant it tell me where to get 64gb of ram for less than a million dollars

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Climate change policy missing in action newsroom.co.nz/2026/10/12/climate-c… From Victoria University - Comment: The lesson from climate change in this election may be that some decisions are simply too complex and too consequential to leave to electoral […]

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theHigherGeometer @highergeometer.mathstodon.xyz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

"A senior colleague of mine found one of his favourite problems among those solved and attempted to read the accompanying paper. He told me it was so unintelligible that, had he received it as an editor at a mathematics journal, “it would have gone straight into the bin”. —Melissa Lee, Monash […]

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Fully Automated Luxury Space Communism @salty.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

LLMs are killing human learning. We may have just seen the last generation of young *any intellectual pursuit* start their careers for some time. Till the bubble bursts - either under the weight of its own financial stupidity - or till the LLMs disappear up their own fundaments because there's […]

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Jon Sullivan @joncounts.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Have you lost a shoe? I recommend hiring Bill from Shoe Rescue. This is my drawing for Day 11 of the Ink-Birdtober challenge. Today's prompts are the Shoebill from Africa, and "Rescue". I was reminded that the scientific name of shoebills is B. rex […] [Original post on mastodon.nz]

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Is It Moral to Be a Billionaire? - by Mark Bregman markbregman.substack.com/p/is-it-mo… I am trained as a physicist and have worked at the leading edge of the global tech economy for most of my life.

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Is It Moral to Be a Billionaire?

I am trained as a physicist and have worked at the leading edge of the global tech economy for most of my life.

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026

Russia's Yandex bot traffic nearly eliminated overnight after Ukraine drone strikes cripple multiple of 'Russia's Google' data centers — Ukraine intensifies bombing of Yandex data centers in response to Moscow’s strikes on Kyiv data centers […]

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Ika Makimaki @pezmico.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

Banger policy after banger policy. At this point you can't say that you vote for the best policy on offer and not vote green. 💚✅✅ #NZPol #voteGreen #ditchThePricksIn26 www.greens.org.nz/greens_announce_j…

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Dave Moskovitz (((❤️))) @davemosk.mastodon.nz.ap.brid.gy · 10/10/2026

I've been saying this since 2019 (with respect to social media companies, but it's the same for AI). I'm glad others are joining in.