Reposted by NickVeselekov @veselekov.bsky.social · 22/09/2026"We are regulating AI" translates to "we are going to prevent it from doing things that it couldn't do anyway" not "we are going to stop AI companies from stealing and hold them accountable" 05010
Reposted by NickTobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Computer: say it. say the words. Me: can we not do this today? Computer: we do this every day. say it. Me: (*sigh) I would like to stay logged in on this device Computer: (*chuckling) 251911240
Reposted by NickNanoraptor @nanoraptor.danamania.com · 17/07/2026Torment Nexus LLC, the professional's choice. 1525790
Reposted by NickWill Koehler @willk3d.com · 17/07/2026when tech collapses we can go back to having fun on computer 2578
Reposted by NickRob Sheridan @rob-sheridan.com · 30/06/2026The thing about social media age restrictions is that it treats today’s internet as an inevitability we all just have to deal with. The internet (and the WORLD) wasn’t like this until like four dudes were allowed to own & monetize as much tech real estate as they wanted. Fix THAT problem. 4866622032
Nick @smallsmallfriend.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Let’s see what the Ancient Aliens guy thinks of the UFO files 140
Reposted by NickNash @radiodeadair.com · 20/05/2026Remember: we were never given credit for being right about crypto, we were never given credit for being right about NFTs, we were never given credit for being right about the metaverse and we will never be given credit for being right about AI. Fuck 'em up anyway. 2048051511
Reposted by NickBen Gracewood @ben.gracewood.nz · 19/05/2026I can't believe the damage cycle lanes are gonna do to wellington businesses if this plan to cut 9k public sector employees goes ahead. 626267
Reposted by NickBetter Things Are Possible @internethippo.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Thriller movie about a guy who builds a time machine and then all he does is go back 30 years to buy a house 483938476
Reposted by NickRude Law Dog @esghound.com · 20/04/2026the thing i hate most about AI image gen is that no one does crude photoshops anymore, a tradition i will continue until the day i die 1547740
Reposted by NickIGDA Climate SIG @igdaclimatesig.bsky.social · 19/04/2026#1 Overall winner, #1 Theme and #1 Efficacy and Impact! The Wise Woman is a very interesting speculative fiction game and the winner of the 2026 REGENERATE Game Jam. Go check it out! 022
Reposted by NickTyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 17/04/2026I think the major difference between when Google Glasses were laughed/shamed off the market and now is that tech companies have stopped pretending to care what people think about their products - with enough pressure, they can achieve some level of saturation, and everyone else can just deal with it 313639
Reposted by NickMore Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · 15/04/2026BREAKING: A jury has found Live Nation and Ticketmaster to be an illegal monopoly that overcharges fans. After the federal government settled the case, 34 states kept pursuing the giant ticket and concert company. Now, the states have won. 143108382561
Reposted by NickJarrod Baker @jarrodbaker.bsky.social · 08/04/2026a fucked up thing about every global crisis we have is that it’s always the little people bearing the financial cost. it’s individuals & small businesses who are told to tighten their belts. meanwhile supermarkets & oil companies etc put their prices up at the mere suggestion of inconvenience 1162
Reposted by NickWeRateDogs @weratedogs.com · 31/03/2026This is Molly. She was finally found a week after her human fell down a 180-foot waterfall while hiking together in New Zealand. Her human was badly injured and rescued by helicopter, but Molly was missing. A week later, Molly was found at the base of the waterfall and reunited with her human. 14/10 288135791906
Reposted by NickHenry Farrell @himself.bsky.social · 30/03/2026probably completely obvious but the reason Project Hail Mary is doing so well (apart from being very well made) is that it is all about problem-solving, cooperation, self-sacrifice, and forming deep relationships with those from far away. All values that people feel a desperate need for right now. 211373187
Nick @smallsmallfriend.bsky.social · 26/03/2026The Wise Woman finished first in Regenerate Game Jam🏅 Now we get to showcase it at an international Games for Change summit 😮 Crazy that the game didn’t exist in any form this time last Thursday 😵💫 what a week!games-for-people.itch.ioThe Wise Woman by Nick Gelling, WushA visual novel about autonomy, technology and a sprinkling of teenage angst. 011
Nick @smallsmallfriend.bsky.social · 23/03/2026I wrote a visual novel speculating on the future of community, technology and sustainability in Aotearoa. You can play it free online (it’s mobile friendly!) or download to PC/Mac. I’d love to hear what you think! Maybe you can help me figure out whether it’s a utopia or a dystopia 🤔games-for-people.itch.ioThe Wise Woman by Nick Gelling, WushA visual novel about autonomy, technology and a sprinkling of teenage angst. 195
Reposted by NickIan Boudreau @ianboudreau.com · 05/03/2026Sorry I'm not more open-minded about LLMs, it's just some fucking maniacs shoveled out a bunch of useless bloatware featuring that technology, did not give me any chance to opt out, reorganized the entire economy around it, zeroed out gains made by green energy, and made it impossible to buy RAM 126178705894
Reposted by NickAdi Robertson @thedextriarchy.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Do LLMs, as a technology, have potential value to pro-human causes? Sure, probably. But Grok and ChatGPT as they stand, especially in a landscape with zero regulation or consumer protection, are never gonna get us there. 1185
Reposted by NickJonny @fastercamels.bsky.social · 15/02/2026It is almost as though the very climate itself is changing 2124
Reposted by NickNick Pettigrew @nick-pettigrew.bsky.social · 08/02/2026I'm convinced AI is our generation's radium - a discovery with genuinely useful applications in specific, controlled circumstances that we stupidly put in everything from kid's toys to toothpaste until we realised the harm far too late where future generations will ask if we were out of our minds. 268196796056
Reposted by NickCarli Boo-locci 👻 @carlivelocci.com · 04/02/2026How do you fix journalism? Fucking pay for it. Stop complaining about paywalls and subscribe. The rise of right-wing media is because the rich funded it. The fall of legacy media is because the rich funded it and then decided not to. 1740891
Nick @smallsmallfriend.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Me: it’s so peaceful, only one coworker in the office The one coworker: now is the perfect time to play a dance remix of Sound of Silence by Disturbed from my laptop speakers 010
Reposted by Nickkarl rove knausgård @uhactually.bsky.social · 24/01/2026It is genuinely insane to watch capital decide that allowing this shit to go on is better for them than having to allow the FTC to do mild monopoly investigations and require cancellation buttons on websites. 284022744
Nick @smallsmallfriend.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Grass Touching 101 (featuring a stock image of a lil dog) www.consumer.org.nz/articles/5-t...consumer.org.nz5 tech tips for looking at your phone less in 2026Fight phone addiction and detox from the internet using our tech tips. 010
Reposted by Nickdepths of wikipedia @depthsofwikipedia.bsky.social · 15/01/2026wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage 92124493984
Reposted by NickDan Marshall @danthat.bsky.social · 07/01/2026You're not ready for the name of the energy transition specialist at Heat Pump Association UK 1273347841
Reposted by NickIT'S RAINING BEN @bentorkington.bsky.social · 30/12/2025I usually do an EOY retrospective on tech, but it all kinda speaks for itself now. Tech's been getting worse for a long time, but 2025 was definitely the year it became common knowledge. Like even twelve year olds are talking about how much better we had with Windows 2000. 46618
Reposted by Nickpublic enemy numberwang @fauxpar.se · 28/12/2025bill nye the science guy is short for bill new years eve the science gew uears yeve 051
Reposted by NickJanelle Shane @janelleshane.com · 17/12/2025On this day of Christmas I bring to you: Christmas carols generated by a tiny vintage neural net. This is from 2017, when I trained the neural net from scratch on my laptop using just Christmas carols. In retrospect I can see the neural net got mixed signals www.aiweirdness.com/christmas-ca... 621138
Reposted by NickKeith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Changing technologies (browsers, streaming service, operating systems) is good! Quite aside from active reasons to boycott/exit particular places, it's good for you (and for them) to know that you *can* move. And once you've moved once, every subsequent move is easier. 3125
Reposted by NickAJ Jefferies @moonjam.com · 04/12/2025All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI. I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling". 3850331789
Reposted by NickPhil Nobile Jr. @philnobilejr.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Good morning! AI is being force-fed to you by a handful of billionaires who will lose a bunch of money if they fail to convince you that you need it. You do not need it 🫶 348932082
![The story of the chimney see
Santa baby, and blood and joyous so world and joy and good will to see
Santa baby bore sweet Jesus Christ
Fa la la la la la la, la la la la la la la la.
King of toys and hippopotamuses [sic] full of the light of that stood at the dear Son of Santa Claus
He was born in a wonderful christmas tree
Run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolph, run, run Rudolf the new born King.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:kq6mqqfqf6zg7fvyeu2h7g2o/bafkreid3da62yp5ng32esoqi4czq2l743s7fpocsakw7vwas4va7u57pji)
![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu)
![[Scene is a kitchen - a middle aged woman called JANET is boiling peas at the stove. A younger more colourfully dressed woman named LIZ approached her.]
JANET:
Ugh...
LIZ:
What's up?
JANET:
I am so bored of cooking peas!
LIZ:
Have you tried...
AI peas?
JANET:
AI peas?
LIZ:
They're peas with AI!
[Liz holds up to us a packet of peas labelled: Pea-i AI - Peas with AI].
LIZ:
Al-powered peas harness the potential of your peas
JANET:
What
LIZ [Now a voiceover as we cut to a whizzy technology diagram of peas all connected by meaningless dotted lines]
Why not take your peas to the next level with Al Peas' new Al tools to power your peas?
[Show a techno diagram of a pea with a label reading 'AI' pointing to a random zone in it]
LIZ:
Each pea has Al in a way we haven't quite worked out yet but it's fine
[Show Janet and Liz now in a Matrix-style world of peas]
LIZ:
With Al peas you can supercharge productivity and make AI work for your peas!
JANET:
What
LIZ:
Shut up
LIZ:
Our game-changing Pea-Al gives you the freedom to unlock the potential of the power of the future of your peas workflow
From opening the bag of peas
to boiling the peas
to eating the peas
To spending millions on adding Al to the peas and then having to work out what that even means.
JANET:
Is it really necessary to-
LIZ [Grabbing Janet by the collar]:
THE PEAS HAVE GOT AI, JANET
[Cut to an advert ending screen, with the bag of peas and the slogan:
AI PEAS: Just 'Peas' for god's sake buy the AI peas.
[Ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreiayqa37f7kik7l7s7fbtfp2sir5ckb662ry2lylinyjrfa2rkvvka)