Toast Conger
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Yes Toast. Topics I follow: change, NZ pocket friends, KDrama, weather, permaculture, weaving, she/her🌱🇳🇿
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Toast Conger
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· Jul 2
Donald Trump announces his a "trade deal" with Vietnam, which increases taxes on American consumers while decreasing taxes on Vietnamese consumers.
The zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed on April 4. He's essentially done nothing in 3 months.
A true genius at work. The art of the deal.
The zero-rate tariff offer in Vietnam was proposed on April 4. He's essentially done nothing in 3 months.
A true genius at work. The art of the deal.
Maybe I just start collecting these
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Finally got around to dropping some $ into Siouxsie Wiles "suing the bastards" fund, it's going well, but I think still less than half what she needs. We have till the end of the month, here's the link
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Finally got around to dropping some $ into Siouxsie Wiles "suing the bastards" fund, it's going well, but I think still less than half what she needs. We have till the end of the month, here's the link
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The Olympics had allowed trans women to compete since the 2004 games.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
Olympics organisers moving towards blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport
The International Olympic Committee is moving towards a blanket ban on transgender women from women's sport, Sky News understands.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 3:20 PM
The Olympics had allowed trans women to compete since the 2004 games.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
Out of 10s of thousands of competitors, only one trans woman ever qualified. She came last.
Zero medals. Zero.
Zero.
Yet the far right has convinced elites they were dominating.
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we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
November 10, 2025 at 4:05 PM
we should not be letting any company get away with blaming AI for their failures. I'm not even sure how we got to this point. people are like "it's just a tool" okay so is a forklift and we still hold somebody responsible when it goes wrong and hurts someone. this is YOUR AI!
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I like looking at it this way. Thanks for digging your own graves, centrists
November 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
I like looking at it this way. Thanks for digging your own graves, centrists
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November 10, 2025 at 3:26 AM
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I suppose it’s something to imagine that in addition to being yelled at by us they are also being yelled at by House reps, some of whom probably have their real phone numbers
The proposal is “not a deal," says Democratic U.S. House Rep. Ritchie Torres.
"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
buff.ly/9aW3zLz
"It’s an unconditional surrender that abandons the 24 million Americans whose health care premiums are about to double.”
buff.ly/9aW3zLz
Democrats Consider GOP Deal to Reopen Government, With Promise of Later Vote on ACA Subsidies
Democrats are considering a Republican offer to reopen the government with a promise of a later vote on extending ACA health-care tax credits.
buff.ly
November 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
I suppose it’s something to imagine that in addition to being yelled at by us they are also being yelled at by House reps, some of whom probably have their real phone numbers
@democrats.senate.gov Please focus. The president is currently being resoundingly boo'd at a football game. There was a blue tsunami of votes just a few days ago. Polling increasingly demonstrating that the American public understand that this is all TRUMP and the Rep fault. Do NOT cave.
November 9, 2025 at 11:54 PM
@democrats.senate.gov Please focus. The president is currently being resoundingly boo'd at a football game. There was a blue tsunami of votes just a few days ago. Polling increasingly demonstrating that the American public understand that this is all TRUMP and the Rep fault. Do NOT cave.
Senators thinking of caving to this 'popular president', please inject this into your veins.
November 9, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Senators thinking of caving to this 'popular president', please inject this into your veins.
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It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
November 9, 2025 at 7:46 PM
It's beginning to look a bit like Christmas,
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
With sign up going live!🎶🎵
So here's the Bluesky Secret Santa AoNZ, with some friends from Mastodon along for the ride. We hope you are looking forward to some fun, and that we can bring it to you 🎄
Official hashtag: #SecretSantaAoNZ
App: secretsanta.nz
"Some Senate democrats" signal willingness to cave, grovel, and shovel shit. Again. I can think of three or four obvious ones but how are they getting to 7? Only if Schumer is one of them.
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 PM
"Some Senate democrats" signal willingness to cave, grovel, and shovel shit. Again. I can think of three or four obvious ones but how are they getting to 7? Only if Schumer is one of them.
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A small book of these would make an excellent gift
November 9, 2025 at 3:09 AM
A small book of these would make an excellent gift
I have stuck the landing on an egg nog ice cream. I'm a god damn genius with an ice cream maker.
November 8, 2025 at 10:18 PM
I have stuck the landing on an egg nog ice cream. I'm a god damn genius with an ice cream maker.
I thought this was an Onion post. And honestly, I could understand this directive from countries with free healthcare but why should the US give a shit when they don't pay a dime for anyone's care, let alone that of visitors and migrants
newrepublic.com/post/202898/...
newrepublic.com/post/202898/...
Trump Says U.S. Visas Can Be Denied to Fat People From Now On
New State Department guidance encourages embassies and consulates to deny visas to people with obesity or other health issues.
newrepublic.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I thought this was an Onion post. And honestly, I could understand this directive from countries with free healthcare but why should the US give a shit when they don't pay a dime for anyone's care, let alone that of visitors and migrants
newrepublic.com/post/202898/...
newrepublic.com/post/202898/...
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40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
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We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are looking for teachers willing to test Jasper, a CO2 monitor in their classrooms. Jasper is a prototype and we would like to receive user feedback as soon as possible from several countries. If you are interested, please fill out the form: letsair.org/jasper
There are moments when I have this sick impulse to browse X. I don't. But it's weird. Like an addiction twitch. Brain chemistry fucked permanently by an app and an algorithm. Bluesky is like methadone, I suppose.
November 7, 2025 at 8:18 PM
There are moments when I have this sick impulse to browse X. I don't. But it's weird. Like an addiction twitch. Brain chemistry fucked permanently by an app and an algorithm. Bluesky is like methadone, I suppose.
Again, cult. Looks like a cult. Quacks like a cult. This has all the vibes of 'aliens coming to rescue us from the destruction of the world on <specific date>'.
What's deeply funny about this:
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It's mostly tied to 10 year targets around robo taxis and Tesla sales figures he has zero chance of meeting.
So it's just pure delusion on all sides. 12 year old brains doing 12 year old 'cool' things all round.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Again, cult. Looks like a cult. Quacks like a cult. This has all the vibes of 'aliens coming to rescue us from the destruction of the world on <specific date>'.
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The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 2:08 PM
The truly maddening thing is that, unlike when I was a young man in science and the materials and engineering just weren’t there yet, the future is *right there.* The problem is *solved*. What’s holding us back is not just greed, but this bizarre nostalgia, an obsession with petro- masculinity.
OK, if you voted for Musk's $1T salary, could we just agree that you're in a cult? It's okay to admit it. It's fine.
November 7, 2025 at 2:47 AM
OK, if you voted for Musk's $1T salary, could we just agree that you're in a cult? It's okay to admit it. It's fine.
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"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
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Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
November 5, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Wonder why this scene looks so familiar...
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
#WildlifeWednesday 🐦🐕
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So, all the Corporate Democrats who said Dems can only win by by "running to the center," or "siding with Israel on Gaza" or "not being distracted by the Trans issue," should shut up & have the humility to listen.
Zohran is what happens when you run FOR justice rather than just against Trump.
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Zohran is what happens when you run FOR justice rather than just against Trump.
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November 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
So, all the Corporate Democrats who said Dems can only win by by "running to the center," or "siding with Israel on Gaza" or "not being distracted by the Trans issue," should shut up & have the humility to listen.
Zohran is what happens when you run FOR justice rather than just against Trump.
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Zohran is what happens when you run FOR justice rather than just against Trump.
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