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I just signed an executive order permanently declaring Gavin Newsom “Gavin Newsom” in California. You’re welcome, America.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 5h

one interesting thing all death penalty enthusiasts have in common is that they’re some of the stupidest people you’ve ever met, rotten sausagemeat for brains, crashing their cars in the drivethru, drooling on the carpet, absolute total human choking hazards every single one of them, it’s amazing

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James Felix Black @tft.io · 5h

So did you hear about Aella’s sperm ba… You bolt awake; you are not online. It is December 1241, in Karakoram. Ögedei must not drink tonight. The West must burn.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 9h

I’m no journalist, but if you’ve spent the past few years cheerfully reprinting some of the dumbest stuff ever said by a NZ prime minister without a scrap of criticism, being suddenly outraged because the potato-headed guy turns out to have an expensive watch feels like a weird thing to focus on.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 9h

… then I spent half an hour making a list of the reasons I don’t feel so gloomy about it, or accept the supposed inevitability quite so readily, but it adds up to like 40 posts even in supposedly abbreviated bullet point form, so this discussion has probably outgrown Bluesky.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 9h

iPadOS 27 has resolved the compatibility issues with 32:9 ultrawide displays by discontinuing support for 32:9 ultrawide displays. (iPadOS 26 would enthusiastically attempt it, with mixed results and a lot of apps silently quitting.)

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 12h

Where’s the single most effective place I can donate money to end marcroft’s embarrassing political career?

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

if I had to distill a lifetime of experience down to a single security principle, it would be “do not put a fucking web browser in the firmware of your game console”

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Ryan @ryanwright.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is how I remember the order of Henry VIII’s wives.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Create an unnecessary sequel by adding an -er to a book’s title Infinite Jester

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Emma Hart @ghet.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If I don't teach my kid that it is bad to punch people in the head, and then my kid punches someone in the head, my kid has not "gone rogue".

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Tom Scocca @tomscocca.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

“Are machines becoming just like humans?” keeps being a skill issue posing as an existential conundrum

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Whereupon I proceeded to take that mittenful of the deadly yellow snow crystals And rub it all into his beady little eyes with a vigorous circular motion Hitherto unknown to the people of this area But destined to take the place of the mudshark in your mythology

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

even as a relatively modern social space, bluesky still has its share of lesser demons, for example it’s important to never speak the name JERRY CHEN aloud to avoid summoning him

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Controversial take, maybe, but after someone says Romani people are like wolves and you should shoot or deport them, you don’t have to waste any more time on their opinions about anything.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

once again this thread of long and increasingly incoherent posts should have been an email

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

An investigative journalist here has published an exposé of a fascist organisation. The book was written in response to their legal threats about the book, which didn’t actually exist until the aggressive preemptive defence created suspicion. This is approximately the most New Zealand thing ever.

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Kate Pearce @secvalve.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

The 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...

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Security Specialist - Intermediate (Full time, Contract) for Trade Me in Wellington, Wellington.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Your polycule can be any size you want, but the free tier on Tailscale stops at more than five people.

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Bill Corbett @billcorbett.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

As a pragmatic centrist, I read the Niemöller poem differently. After each group mentioned I pencil in what percentage of the population they are, and if it’s a small number I cross off their names as disposable. Poetry is fine but math wins elections!!

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

I’m just a guy, standing in front of a ~~girl~~ JOHN TERNUS, asking them to ~~love me~~ LET AN IPADOS FOCUS RUN A SHORTCUT WHEN IT ACTIVATES

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

My dog hates the music of Townes van Zandt.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

i was a calibre hater before it was cool

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CEO Johnny Cans @oldmatecans.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

"SHOUTING HAGER HAGER HAGER HAGER SHOUTING HAGER HAGER HAGER HAGER SHOUTING HAGER HAGER HAGER HAGER SHOUTING HAGER HAGER HAGER SHOUTING MEGA MEGA WHITE THING (a book) MEGA MEGA WHITE THING (a book), MEGA MEGA WHITE THING (a book), MEGA MEGA"

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Every slack I’m in right now has that one guy who won’t shut up about his fleshlight. How they use it for everything and it’s the future and people who don’t get on board with it are going to be left behind and how do you know if you’ve never tried it bro why won’t you debate fleshlights with me bro

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Quick clarification that I also have not taken any incriminating photos of Matt Mullenweg doing anything at Burning Man that might negatively impact shareholder value, and neither have any of my friends.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Just clarifying the Gillian Anderson news: “pan” doesn’t mean you specifically, whatever your gender presentation.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

“You’re not signed into Canva and can no longer use the online AI features” oh no

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

<apple> announces variable aperture cameras in their phones <the people trying to sell me complicated mounting solutions for variable neutral density filters> dammit

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I pray daily for full Mamdani

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

After a day listening to her music my uncharitable suspicion is that being in a relationship with Florence Welch is challenging work for Fairly Average English Dudes.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Fully 50% of the work of the modern CIO/CTO role is navigating your organisation away from products and services run by terrible people you know are going to hurt you later.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

The slop tide rises ever higher. I hope this is the future you want, friends.

A screenshot of a grocery item, except that the description field is just the failed instructions for a language model to generate a description from. The prompt has the usual obsequious, almost-begging tone, and betrays the deep lack of understanding and fundamental category error most people make when working with language model tools.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Unpopular theory: other than the obvious Giant Evil Companies Ruin Everything, blogging is mostly dead because it’s impossible to find an RSS reader that doesn’t look like a shitty 90s email client, and the leading lights from ten years ago are now all profoundly boring and incurious slop boosters.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

It’s the 28th of August 2026 and for the first time in my life I remembered to look away from the interior light in the car before turning it on. Personal growth!

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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Kneecap are for sure definitely coming and it farkin better be at the stadium.

A skeleton sits in a concert venue. Text says "Heart says pit, knees say balcony."

Kneecap posters with the balaclava and the text "Tūtira Mai Ngā Iwi"

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sam @samthielman.com · 26/08/2026

[sadly] …pation

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Ygrene @ygrene.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

[opening browser] let’s find some things to worry about

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Anyone I know who speaks both Spanish and English: what’s the pun in the drag queen name “Keena Mandrah”?

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Atlassian is genuinely one of the most embarrassing SaaS platforms I’ve ever used, and dealing with their absolute trainwreck billing system is a strong indication that you should not trust any of their products.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Harbingers of Apple’s doom, #92: Autocorrect insistently inserting an apostrophe in “harbinger’s” when you’re already three sentences away.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Harbingers of Apple’s doom, #725: Their entire gaming platform has a notification infrastructure that is not subject to the built-in iOS notification management and cannot be controlled by it.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Harbingers of Apple’s doom, #2,645: Selling ads to competitors that appear above every App Store listing.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Endless interference from the worst people you’ve ever met has finally succeeded in turning Mercury Lane back into a road.

An urban space, paved for pedestrian use but hurriedly converted back to cars cars cars and crudely painted with roading symbols.

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michael lascarides @mlascarides.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Hear me out: clown nose.

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Rob Isaac @rmi.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

A lot of jurisdictions have laws that realistic-looking toy firearms must have a bright orange barrel tip, to reduce law enforcement enthusiasm for killing children. My modest proposal is you can wear whatever perv glasses you want, but they must have a bright orange warning stripe across the front.

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