Dylan Reeve
@dylanreeve.com
I make TV and film. I write stuff. I was on #TheTraitorsNZ. Wrote FAKE BELIEVE (http://bit.ly/fakebelieve). Made TICKLED documentary. He/Him. dylanreeve@protonmail.com
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Dylan Reeve
@dylanreeve.com
· Jan 27
I tend to post different things to different social media platforms, but I'm going to put this same thing on all of them because it really matters.
Trans rights are human rights!
Trans rights are human rights!
Thought I'd found a yellow-legged hornet, but I think it's actually an Asian paper wasp...
December 27, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Thought I'd found a yellow-legged hornet, but I think it's actually an Asian paper wasp...
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Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
December 26, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Imagine watching Sinatra, son of Dolly & Antonini born in Genoa & Sicily, respectively, and Martin, son of Gaetano & Angela, born in Montesilvano, Italy & Ohio respectively, (Angela to parents born in Monasterolo, Italy), and crusading against the value of children of immigrants to the U.S.
FlexiBin is such a stupid product
It's a giant plastic bag you can buy from Bunnings etc to use like a rubbish skip. But after you've bought the bag you still have to pay for collection (at an undisclosed-at-purchase-time cost)
It's a single use product, collection should be rolled into the cost!
It's a giant plastic bag you can buy from Bunnings etc to use like a rubbish skip. But after you've bought the bag you still have to pay for collection (at an undisclosed-at-purchase-time cost)
It's a single use product, collection should be rolled into the cost!
December 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
FlexiBin is such a stupid product
It's a giant plastic bag you can buy from Bunnings etc to use like a rubbish skip. But after you've bought the bag you still have to pay for collection (at an undisclosed-at-purchase-time cost)
It's a single use product, collection should be rolled into the cost!
It's a giant plastic bag you can buy from Bunnings etc to use like a rubbish skip. But after you've bought the bag you still have to pay for collection (at an undisclosed-at-purchase-time cost)
It's a single use product, collection should be rolled into the cost!
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“SELL IT TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN??”
December 26, 2025 at 4:59 AM
“SELL IT TO WHO, BEN? FUCKING AQUAMAN??”
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This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
Joe Rogan and Shane Gillis on Nick Fuentes running for president one day.
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
Rogan: “He could probably win in a few years. Listen, he couldn’t have existed before, right? Ten, twenty years ago, couldn’t have existed. Now, super popular. What’s twenty years from now look like?”
December 26, 2025 at 2:51 AM
This is a great example not just of Nazism being normalized, but of being so removed from the consequences of Nazism that it becomes just a thought exercise. I mean, hey, 20 years ago this avowed antisemite couldn’t even have been part of polite society and look at him now!
As an Aucklander who's visited Wellington a bunch, traveling from airport to city every time, obviously...
The traffic just isn't that bad! Like it's a little annoying sometimes, but honestly it's a short drive that doesn't take that long even when it's congested.
The traffic just isn't that bad! Like it's a little annoying sometimes, but honestly it's a short drive that doesn't take that long even when it's congested.
Luke Pierson: "What we don’t have here is perfection. But what we do have, is a chance to fix a longstanding transport challenge for Wellington."
Wellington needs real solutions, not selective outrage over tunnels
OPINION: With 45,000 vehicles using the Mt Victoria Tunnel daily and strong public support for a second tunnel, the city faces a choice between practical fixes and political posturing.
www.thepost.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 12:46 AM
As an Aucklander who's visited Wellington a bunch, traveling from airport to city every time, obviously...
The traffic just isn't that bad! Like it's a little annoying sometimes, but honestly it's a short drive that doesn't take that long even when it's congested.
The traffic just isn't that bad! Like it's a little annoying sometimes, but honestly it's a short drive that doesn't take that long even when it's congested.
Technically we could be eating trifle at any time of year... I think we should improve the status quo.
Trifle year round!
Trifle year round!
December 26, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Technically we could be eating trifle at any time of year... I think we should improve the status quo.
Trifle year round!
Trifle year round!
After I did this little experiment (in relation to the AI fake Christmas book list thing) I spent a little while trying to get Gemini to admit it's mistakes on those. It WOULD NOT DO IT.
This was surprising because LLM chat bots usually back down quickly. Nope, it refused. Just lies upon lies.
This was surprising because LLM chat bots usually back down quickly. Nope, it refused. Just lies upon lies.
Out of curiousity, I prompted Google Gemini with the Australian version of the list, and asked it to localise the piece for New Zealand (I didn't bother to ask that it change the organisation name).
It did better overall, I think. Did some fakes, including from the now-indexed WLF list.
It did better overall, I think. Did some fakes, including from the now-indexed WLF list.
Google Search
share.google
December 25, 2025 at 11:18 PM
After I did this little experiment (in relation to the AI fake Christmas book list thing) I spent a little while trying to get Gemini to admit it's mistakes on those. It WOULD NOT DO IT.
This was surprising because LLM chat bots usually back down quickly. Nope, it refused. Just lies upon lies.
This was surprising because LLM chat bots usually back down quickly. Nope, it refused. Just lies upon lies.
This is a double whammy story... Multiple entirely fake entries on this list published in multiple papers.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
#4 sounds like a lovely book but I didn't write it. Have had whānau up and down the country send me clippings lol
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
Whoever put together this list that has been circulated to regional papers, didn't fact check.
December 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
This is a double whammy story... Multiple entirely fake entries on this list published in multiple papers.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
But the list itself is taken whole from a press release.
So it's a warning story about AI slop, but also a warning about unquestioning reproduction of press releases.
We were browsing Netflix and saw there were some live NFL games.
It's a very weird sport. Feels more like a board game than a team sport.
It's a very weird sport. Feels more like a board game than a team sport.
December 25, 2025 at 8:52 PM
We were browsing Netflix and saw there were some live NFL games.
It's a very weird sport. Feels more like a board game than a team sport.
It's a very weird sport. Feels more like a board game than a team sport.
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The US Navy has neutralized an airborne reindeer-led UAP off the coast of Venezuela, suspected of carrying fentanyl into the US
December 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
The US Navy has neutralized an airborne reindeer-led UAP off the coast of Venezuela, suspected of carrying fentanyl into the US
I saw this and couldn't help myself, I went to have a look. I didn't get that far in, tbh (the ads on Truth are SO prolific and so bad).
But I did see the President sharing a screenshot of a parody account of his own press secretary spouting racist bullshit.
But I did see the President sharing a screenshot of a parody account of his own press secretary spouting racist bullshit.
December 25, 2025 at 7:42 AM
I saw this and couldn't help myself, I went to have a look. I didn't get that far in, tbh (the ads on Truth are SO prolific and so bad).
But I did see the President sharing a screenshot of a parody account of his own press secretary spouting racist bullshit.
But I did see the President sharing a screenshot of a parody account of his own press secretary spouting racist bullshit.
This year we used paper plates and plastic cutlery, and most drinks were cans and bottles.
So nice not to have a huge load of dishes to deal with now.
So nice not to have a huge load of dishes to deal with now.
December 25, 2025 at 5:40 AM
This year we used paper plates and plastic cutlery, and most drinks were cans and bottles.
So nice not to have a huge load of dishes to deal with now.
So nice not to have a huge load of dishes to deal with now.
Performative denial of treats.
This form of masculinity is unappealing.
This form of masculinity is unappealing.
December 25, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Performative denial of treats.
This form of masculinity is unappealing.
This form of masculinity is unappealing.
Seems like he's probably not going to give up the president thing in favour of a career as a full-time MC.
JUST IN: CBS’s Kennedy Center Honors just hit an all-time ratings low. Preliminary Nielsen data shows only ~2.65M viewers tuned in to the Trump-hosted show, down from 4.1M in 2024. A stunning 35% year-over-year collapse.
December 25, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Seems like he's probably not going to give up the president thing in favour of a career as a full-time MC.
Awful, and entirely unsurprising
If you still for some reason post your art on Twitter - they added "edit" button to every image, which opens AI prompt letting anybody to modify it and post as their own.
December 25, 2025 at 1:44 AM
Awful, and entirely unsurprising
@mcuban.bsky.social You seem really focused on the issues of public and single payer healthcare... Let's make a documentary where you travel the world to see what works elsewhere, and take that knowledge back to US experts to talk through?
December 25, 2025 at 1:00 AM
@mcuban.bsky.social You seem really focused on the issues of public and single payer healthcare... Let's make a documentary where you travel the world to see what works elsewhere, and take that knowledge back to US experts to talk through?
The traditional Christmas sandwich table
December 24, 2025 at 11:47 PM
The traditional Christmas sandwich table
Ignoring family on Christmas Day because there's a new episode of Jet Lag out...
December 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Ignoring family on Christmas Day because there's a new episode of Jet Lag out...
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We have a big problem: the media and punditry are overrun by people who are driven almost entirely by a desire to appear "openminded" and "contrarian." In order to burnish that image, they seek out conservative takes to endorse, carefully choosing ones that don't seem too MAGA (and thus gauche).
This is genuinely horrifying. Fact-free far-right agitprop given accolades by credible media across the political spectrum.
Congratulations to Stephen Macedo & Frances Lee, whose book In Covid's Wake has been recognized as:
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
⭐ A @newyorker.com Best Book of the Year
⭐ An @economist.com Book of the Year
⭐ A @wsj.com Best Book of the Year
Learn more about this eye-opening book: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
December 24, 2025 at 4:07 PM
We have a big problem: the media and punditry are overrun by people who are driven almost entirely by a desire to appear "openminded" and "contrarian." In order to burnish that image, they seek out conservative takes to endorse, carefully choosing ones that don't seem too MAGA (and thus gauche).
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I suspect this country is comparable, I know so many people who have practically no disposable income after rent, utilities, and basic groceries
Around 70% of the U.S. economy depends on consumer spending. As wealth concentrates in the richest 10%, the rest of America can’t afford to buy enough to keep the economy running.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
This is a huge problem — and even America’s most powerful CEOs are starting to sound the alarm.
Our Economy Is in Danger. Here’s Why
Robert Reich
www.youtube.com
December 24, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I suspect this country is comparable, I know so many people who have practically no disposable income after rent, utilities, and basic groceries
This isn't real.
I mean it's not *much* worse than what's really in his Truth Social account, but this isn't there.
I mean it's not *much* worse than what's really in his Truth Social account, but this isn't there.
December 24, 2025 at 6:19 AM
This isn't real.
I mean it's not *much* worse than what's really in his Truth Social account, but this isn't there.
I mean it's not *much* worse than what's really in his Truth Social account, but this isn't there.
This is fair, but also the general consensus among commentators was that Trump wouldn't (or couldn't) do half of what he suggested. That it was bluster for the base and hyperbolic wish casting.
They imagined 2020 redux, where he'd be handled by real political operators and restrained by officials.
They imagined 2020 redux, where he'd be handled by real political operators and restrained by officials.
What's endlessly frustrating is that Trump has done nothing in the last year that he didn't openly campaign on doing if he regained the presidency, but checked-out voters didn't bother paying attention, and lots of politically informed voters refused to believe him. So much rotten ignorance.
The new Gallup presidential favorability poll
December 24, 2025 at 5:59 AM
This is fair, but also the general consensus among commentators was that Trump wouldn't (or couldn't) do half of what he suggested. That it was bluster for the base and hyperbolic wish casting.
They imagined 2020 redux, where he'd be handled by real political operators and restrained by officials.
They imagined 2020 redux, where he'd be handled by real political operators and restrained by officials.
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this is why you don’t shout “WE’RE PARTISAN HACKS” at the top of your lungs, because when it comes to debunking what is probably a fake letter nobody believes a damn thing you have to say
this is insane to me. the doj had forever to look into this. now they're like liveblogging on x like they have no more information than a random person on social media
December 23, 2025 at 7:56 PM
this is why you don’t shout “WE’RE PARTISAN HACKS” at the top of your lungs, because when it comes to debunking what is probably a fake letter nobody believes a damn thing you have to say
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The cashier at Target should be able to work full-time and afford their bills with a little left over. That’s not radical.
December 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The cashier at Target should be able to work full-time and afford their bills with a little left over. That’s not radical.