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@joelmacmanus.bsky.social Yes we need internet regulation in New Zealand, but Australia is the last place we should look. We should create regulation based on science and good public policy, not random hunches funded by right wing foundations using moral panics.
www.techdirt.com/2026/02/17/a...
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Australia’s Social Media Ban Is Isolating Kids With Disabilities—Just Like Critics Warned
We’ve been covering Australia’s monumentally stupid social media ban for kids under 16 since before it went into effect. We noted how dumb the whole premise was, how the rollout was an …
![The creator of ChatGPT is named "Altman," as in "alternative to human" and he leads OpenAI, which is completely closed.
His main opponent is the company Anthropic, meaning "human-centered" is led by "Amodei," as in "loves gods".
Then there's "Gemini," meaning "two-faced," from a cmpany that says it will do no evil.
Brilliant work as always Kojima!
[picture of kojima, watermark of @mediocre_mason on tiktok]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:6j56qexq7l7e7q65nonywav6/bafkreiaittv7ft67swewle5ugn5endzc32gj3fdxq44jjpr6o3ja5pimei)
![[12-frame cartoon strip by Stephen Collins about Liz Truss talking to her publisher about her upcoming book]
Liz we are so excited to be publishing your book
Now all we need is a really punchy title. I was thinking-
LT: 'I Didn't Kill The Queen'.
Sorry?
LT: 'I Didn't Kill The Queen'.
Why would you call it that
LT: 'Because it's true, I didn't.
I didn't say you did.
LT: 'Well of course you wouldn't cos I didn't.
I mocked it up, look.
[holds up book with cover that says
"LIZ TRUSS
Didn't Kill The Queen"]
Don't you think if you call your book 'I Didn't kill The Queen' it sounds a bit like... you killed the Queen?
LT: 'No look there's a 'didn't'.
LT: 'OK, OK. How about: 'I Just Met The Queen and Then Two Days Later She Died'.
Let's drop the Queen bit.
LT: 'I Didn't Kill The Economy'?
No.
LT: 'I Didn't Kill The Conservative Party!
No. Look, Liz-
All we need is a forward-looking title that an American will see in a bookshop and think:
"She looks unhinged, let's put her on Fox News".
LT: 'The Wokes Are Coming To Kill You
We're so nearly there.
(Stephen Collins https://linktr.ee/stephencollinsart)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieu57lwrx2x362h76fddihf6ltk3pvxhwzvimf3vtvrpfyd2ipcoi)
