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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Good lord this (almost unskippable) modal pop up from hell - rising from depths of WhatsApp / Meta daemonology - it has to be just about the most obnoxious thing i've ever seen

stupid little Meta AI pop up write where you are trying to write

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Great to see the AI coming in with useful information if you were desperately trying to look up some info - Not!

Search results for the tunnel web spider but actually it's showing results for the funnel web spider and maybe that's a picture of a tunnel web. This is not helping anybody!

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

The Mazda CX-3 is the most beautiful car in it's class, in my opinion.

a Mazda CX-3 finally captured motionless on the street the other day

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Current status of Sputnik 6 .. im slightly annoyed that I was too sad to get them to spell the name properly which is with a 6

Sputnik 6 Thompson Gray sits on a shelf in a weird tiny kinda wooden 'coffin' for cat ashes thing i ended up with somehow.

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

had a birthday, discovered im like 'pre' diabetic .. woah. Sputnik 6 T Gray looks on.

picture of cake under a bowl - wih an ai generated version of Sputnik the cat looking on

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Predicting onset of symptomatic Alzheimerʼs disease with plasma p-tau217 clocks OMG you KNOW they serious when they busting out the plasma p-tau217 clocks

A proof-of-concept study published in Nature Medicine reports a method to predict when someone is likely to develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease using a single blood test.

Link to the article in the comments. Or rather, here. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-026-04206-y

Predicting onset of symptomatic Alzheimerʼs disease with plasma p-tau217 clocks

Nature Medicine (2026)

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Predicting not just if, but also when, cognitively unimpaired individuals are likely to develop onset of Alzheimerʼs disease (AD) symptoms would be useful to clinical trials and, eventually, clinical practice. Although clock models based on amyloid and tau positron emission tomography have shown promise in predicting the onset of AD symptoms, a model based on plasma biomarkers would be more accessible. Using longitudinal plasma %p-tau217 (the ratio of phosphorylated to non-phosphorylated tau at position 217) from two independent cohorts (n = 258 and n = 345), clock models were used to estimate the age at plasma %p-tau217 positivity. The estimated age at plasma %p-tau217 positivity was associated with the age at onset of AD symptoms (adjusted R2 of 0.337−0.612) with a median absolute error of 3.0−3.7 years. Notably, the time from %p-tau217 positivity to onset of AD symptoms was markedly shorter in older individuals. Similar models were constructed with data from one p-tau217/Aβ42 immunoassay and four plasma p-tau217 immunoassays. These findings suggest that the time until onset of AD symptoms can be estimated using a single blood test within a margin of error that is acceptable for use in clinical trials.

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

This is why it takes me so long to move a box of books from one box to another .. lol moving a box from one place to another... Cause I stop and send photos to the other place I mean here

Front pages two NY Posts I managed to keep through multiple stuff edits.. "9/11 Bombshell: Bush Knew" (2002) "They said it couldn't happen. President Trump"(2016 day after election)

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

This is a CAT checkpoint. Share the most recent cat image on your mobile device. This is Sputnik 6 Thompson Gray, also no longer with us. Not the most recent cat image because that one makes me cry. This is from happier times. #Sputnik #TheOneWhoKnocks

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

So.. apologies for not focusing on the coke for a second but what does he mean "I know this disease will kill me?" So if he doesn't have cancer does he mean the brain worm? Also sorry. What? Who has a brain worm? Honestly is this the farcicalist timeline?

Pathetic attempt to gain information by asking Google and only scrolling as far as the bullshit ai overview

Search for

rfj Jr has canver

Answer

Based on available reports, it is incorrect to say Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has cancer. In 2024, he revealed that doctors previously found a dead parasite in his brain, not a tumor. He also suffers from a neurological voice disorder called spasmodic dysphonia.
The Conversation
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Key details regarding RFK Jr.'s health:
Brain Parasite: In 2010, Kennedy experienced memory loss and mental fog, leading to a scan that showed a dark spot, which doctors originally thought was a tumor but concluded was a dead, calcified parasite.
Voice Condition: He has a, raspy, shaky voice caused by spasmodic dysphonia, a rare, non-life-threatening neurological disorder that affects the vocal cords.
Misconceptions: His distinct voice has led to public speculation about serious illnesses, but it is not linked to cancer.

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

My daily act of rebellion is refusing to answer this question. If you say yes it prints a receipt. If you say no, it says prints one anyway. And I know - something to do with fuel discounts. No! I will not abide. There is only one solution. I refuse to even participate in this farce!

Would you like to print a receipt? Question on a self check out at new world

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Had a lovely swim a little bit earlier but maybe you are.on the south coast?

Map showing swimming beach status from lawa nz

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

Given a choice between hunting SS and killing them with no trial (and probably a few others) 'like the Soviets' or having Nuremberg like trials, there actually is no choice. The whole point is to be better than them. Also you need to learn more history if you think WW1 was a war against fascism.

Cover photo from "The Nuremberg Trials" on Amazon Prime

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

One of the very wicked but hugely important problems divine.video has been put on this earth to solve

Brandy Jensen @BrandyLJensen

I hate that Al has made me approach cute animal videos with an air of suspicion. I resent having to harden my heart to the possibility of an unlikely friendship between a very large dog and a very small one

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

OMG so good .. lovely dark fantasy

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

"..we need to destabilize the streets" echoes of where a current administration is trying to take things Without much luck so far .. so far.. may peace reign

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

What I don't love about this is that they put authoritarian on the left instead of the right, I mean duh, or at the very least in the middle What I like is the way it's green in the bottom left for a kinda left progressive anarcho-libetarian thing which kinda works for me

Political identity squares colored red, blue (for left right) and lighter yellow libertarian, on the bottom right corner and then green in the bottom left under authoritarian left

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

"Unless directed otherwise" - by whom? Also frm what I could tell the response of many people with yachts actually at risk (i.e. not in New Zealand) is to sail out to deeper water. Which seems like a solid strategy. I dunno but obviously even Civil Defence a bit ambivalent? Maybe don't say anything?

Screenshot of tsunami advisory with 'people with board and live aboard should remain unsure'.. 'unless directed otherwise' highlighted.

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 09/06/2025

Ngā mihi to my wonderfully intuitive #MWSecretSantaAoNZ Secret Santa ! Gorgeous and exactly perfect. I am indeed hoping to become 'one of those record player people' and this print from Pōneke artist perfectly captures that mood for my life right now! Can't wait to get it on the wall. Tēnā koe!

Man holding a super unique original print with a gorgeous card

Man holding up the beautifully wrapped present, wrapped with a lovely tie kinda thing, in front of his long black

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Try to keep some of my social media challenged buddies up to date. PS I know the algorithm will be absolutely brutal in how it downranks a post like this.. but u do what u can. PPS This is also something we need to work hard to preserve.. freedom of algorithmic choice. Hashtag why I'm here.

Facebook post showing pictures of all the rallies around the US today.. and the text

100,000 in DC hundreds of thousands around the country...for my friends who may not see this in their bubble (these are screenshots from the blue 💙 butterfly 🦋 app check their for live videos etc). a lot of 'no kings' and 'this is what democracy looks like' by the sounds.. and also. Also... for those who have attended large rallies and wondered sometimes does it actually change anything.. historically it's just about the only thing that ever does (peacefully)

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

"small private courtyard with a table and two chairs for outdoor relaxation" all for only $475 pw

Ridiculous bleak photo from real estate ad (only $475 a week) of a "small private courtyard with a table and two chairs for outdoor relaxation" (with no chairs or furniture)

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Oh this is fun. I got to the end of Excel... Not that i ever use Excel, of course, on account of I'm a real data scientist™

Screenshot of the last row in Excel - 1048576 - and some data

Pop up dialog "this data is too large for the Excel grid.."

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

Talking to my gf about the benefits vs costs of doing a cost benefit course lol

Screenshot of text message that says

The benefits of the cost benefit course are like I dunno a 3 maybe even 4 assuming there's no cost to your health of course which there isn't really.. except actually the way it is is that it's a *possibility* of a consequence amongst a myriad set of possibilities and how can you possibly give every possibility a reasonable probability weighting as well as a cost or benefit weighting when you can't even enumerate the set of all possibilities (which is called the Zeta problem) but I bet the fuckrs down at Treasury wouldn't know a zeta problem if it repeatedly hit them over the head (which I'm sure it does, daily) ha ha

Anyway yeah enjoy

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

That and this one tell me someone is already making this shirt

Tee shirt saying "Everything's computer." on it

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

Love where this steelworker from Canada happened to end standing for his interview on the cbc tariffs story ;-) (.. cut the cord decades ago so it's weird having a tv again, turns out it has this news cbc on it, in a way that doesn't seem to happen on the actual net for some reason? weird.. )

Steelworker is being interviewed on CBC news and standing in front of old newspapers with the banner headlines "STRIKE NOW"

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Yikes. Looking for a kids movie but found the set up disturbingly resonant ;_)

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

i got home after a day away and didn't need to clean and mop up which was nice, i guess, but also made me sad because no wee company to keep me company .. i hope Sputnik isn't resting but back to cavorting and exploring like he did when he was a kitten.. RIP Sputnik 6 Gray

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Hemi MacGregor at the Dowse today

Picture of hoodies on a gallery wall...they say You Are and No One

credit for the picture of hoodies on a gallery wall...

I am No One, You Are No One

Hemi MacGregor

Who is awesome and 'from' or at least in Paekākāriki as at least he used to be

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Some sources still a bit patchy but this is where we are [8. feb. 2025] Ukraine reports effective deployment of first laser weapon on battlefield ground.news/article/ukra... [Feb 10, 2025] Ukraine approves high-speed Baton drones for battlefield deployment ground.news/article/the-... .. 1/n 🧵

Scene from Terminator 2 "The War Against the Machines" showing flying, autonomous, hunter killer robots equipped with lasers

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

I wish there were more people who could feel at a visceral level , like I do, the almost incandescent young programmer hubris and certainty of failure emanating off this whole ridiculous situation.. if you've been there you know. If you haven't, it's a bit hard to explain the level of arghhh noooo

A tweet thread regarding morons from Doge trying to rewrite significant heavy iron mainframe systems on their own

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

side by side .. with the full gesture i don't see a lot of doubt about this

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Wait how did you manage to reply to my message before I wrote it lol ;-).

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

50 ish man looks at the view across the heads, eats fish and chips. He thinks he can ignore the seagulls that are everywhere around. But, dear reader, he was wrong The seagulls choose violence, dive-bombing and grabbing the fish right out of his hands. He starts waving his coat like a mad person.

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

My daughter's poetry rocks ☺️

Loneliness is blue-gray It tastes like salt and ice It smells like old autumn leaves and reminds me of a small fish out in the great sea

It sounds like everlasting silence. It makes me feel like I'm in a great city full of people I don't understand

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Thankfully I've got it back now (don't have a 'current position' in this one, haven't put all that back yet) Super glad I got it back though.. was just annoying at first then I was like, wait, that's actually quite dangerous. Change your passwords people. ;-)

Picture of my LinkedIn in with all the content back to how it should be, minus my, like, experience section and shit

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

So just fyi this is what a LinkedIn bot looks like, but I guess u knew that. I lost my LinkedIn for a bit. It changed the name and photo, added one position at 'spam central' (?) and removed all my other experience .. but otherwise left my profile entirely unchanged - eg title and contacts etc

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Some real dark as shit coming from Lulu Uptown and Luxury Boy today .. hoo boy

Louise Upston talking head screen shot from presser with Luxton today

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

it's when the cones get past the entrance gates, even at QuakeCity(tm) that you know they've gone too far. Wake up! #conespiracy

The final proof of the #coneconspiracy one of those orange and white road cones , only it's on the carpet and past the entrance ... how did it get here, and more importantly why #wakeupsheeple #conespiracy

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Hey @dtemkin.bsky.social Happy Birthday 🎂 !! For your birthday I wasn't sure what to do so I've swept the cobwebs off your awesome (what is this, a painting? a photograph?) anyway I swept off the cobwebs, and straightened it a bit, and added a sun. Hope you have an awesome day !!

A picture creation photograph graph of indescribable beauty and sublime creativity blemished by a small cobweb.

A picture, creation, photograph, graphic of indescribable beauty and sublime creativity unblemished by cobwebs, with a small sun 🌞

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 12/11/2024

I'm so here for 'Rimmer' - such a perfect name for this tosser

Picture of Arnold 'Rimmer' from Red Dwarf, saluting.

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Miles / @utunga @utunga.bsky.social · 28/10/2024

If you see this quote post something green from a photo you took. Stream near Taranaki falls, Tongariro northern circuit

Photo of a mountain stream in Aotearoa with green trees behind

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