Tom Eastman
@tom.eastman.nz
It might seem obvious that if you value something, you'll make an effort to get better at it.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
What's less intuitive is that if you make an effort to get better at something you're not good at, you'll learn its value.
This is basically what the "Tech Industry" does now.
Tech is using gamification for cruelty.
Tech is using gamification for cruelty.
screenshot in case the post gets taken down or deleted
January 2, 2026 at 7:33 PM
This is basically what the "Tech Industry" does now.
Tech is using gamification for cruelty.
Tech is using gamification for cruelty.
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When the building inspector got killed with a trapdoor because they were getting too power hungry I had to pause the video I cracked up so bad.
December 28, 2025 at 10:27 PM
When the building inspector got killed with a trapdoor because they were getting too power hungry I had to pause the video I cracked up so bad.
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call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
January 2, 2026 at 7:06 AM
call me crazy but it really feels like “World’s Richest Man Creates AI Chatbot That Generates Child Porn” would’ve been a huge international outrage requiring a governmental crackdown not even 24 months ago
Hand on heart this video is as good as Katie and everyone replying to her is saying it is. Holy crap.
razor made me watch this video. she swore up and down despite it seeming like slop that it's actually peak
AND GOD DAMN IT SHE'S NOT EXAGGERATING. IF THIS WERE ON LETTERBOXD I'D GIVE IT A 5. ZERO HYPERBOLE
i cannot fucking BELIEVE how good this is. what the fuck. emergent storytelling is beautiful
AND GOD DAMN IT SHE'S NOT EXAGGERATING. IF THIS WERE ON LETTERBOXD I'D GIVE IT A 5. ZERO HYPERBOLE
i cannot fucking BELIEVE how good this is. what the fuck. emergent storytelling is beautiful
We ended up accidentally watching this whole video yesterday, and against all odds, it ended up being one of the greatest pieces of cinema I've ever experienced:
youtu.be/ef568d0CrRY?...
youtu.be/ef568d0CrRY?...
January 2, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Hand on heart this video is as good as Katie and everyone replying to her is saying it is. Holy crap.
Let's be really really clear: "no evidence" doesn't mean jack shit.
The dirty secret is it's easier to protect a system than it is to log all access to a system. They couldn't protect the system. I'll bet real money they wouldn't even have good enough logging to KNOW what was accessed.
The dirty secret is it's easier to protect a system than it is to log all access to a system. They couldn't protect the system. I'll bet real money they wouldn't even have good enough logging to KNOW what was accessed.
January 2, 2026 at 4:21 AM
Let's be really really clear: "no evidence" doesn't mean jack shit.
The dirty secret is it's easier to protect a system than it is to log all access to a system. They couldn't protect the system. I'll bet real money they wouldn't even have good enough logging to KNOW what was accessed.
The dirty secret is it's easier to protect a system than it is to log all access to a system. They couldn't protect the system. I'll bet real money they wouldn't even have good enough logging to KNOW what was accessed.
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I’ve been chuckling for at least a quarter century over this one.
January 1, 2026 at 2:52 PM
I’ve been chuckling for at least a quarter century over this one.
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Boneless Chicken Ranch
January 1, 2026 at 5:50 PM
Boneless Chicken Ranch
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One of my faves (out of hundreds):
January 1, 2026 at 2:53 PM
One of my faves (out of hundreds):
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I am once again reminding everyone that Hitler wasn't a genius. Hitler led his country to utter ruin. He killed himself in a bunker while his city was demolished by Russian tanks. His corpse was incinerated in a ditch like the garbage it was.
Curtis Yarvin, JD Vance’s friend & ideological influence, ended 2025 by claiming “only Hitler spoke the truth” about “too many subjects” & “Hitler was a genius.”
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
Extremism isn’t fringe on the right. Once marginal online extremists like Yarvin are influential at the highest levels of government.
January 1, 2026 at 7:49 PM
I am once again reminding everyone that Hitler wasn't a genius. Hitler led his country to utter ruin. He killed himself in a bunker while his city was demolished by Russian tanks. His corpse was incinerated in a ditch like the garbage it was.
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Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
January 1, 2026 at 11:26 AM
Okay, I will preface this with the GIGANTIC disclaimer that I promise I know how this looks, and I *swear* this is not personally motivated: If you have an old #LiveJournal account, and it has things you still care about in it, download it or import it to Dreamwidth SOON. Details:
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One particularly jaw-dropping attachment in the sample set is a Molemap patient record containing two photos: The naked top and underwear-covered bottom of a map
All of these attachments have varying information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, NHI numbers, email addresses and more
All of these attachments have varying information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, NHI numbers, email addresses and more
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 AM
One particularly jaw-dropping attachment in the sample set is a Molemap patient record containing two photos: The naked top and underwear-covered bottom of a map
All of these attachments have varying information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, NHI numbers, email addresses and more
All of these attachments have varying information such as names, addresses, phone numbers, NHI numbers, email addresses and more
Sorry
It appears that New Zealand is still there and functioning as well as it was before. Unfortunately this means there does not appear to be a calendar specific global catastrophe in the making and so we have to go into work tomorrow. Bugger.
December 31, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Sorry
Our medical centres signed up to this fucking service.
Kazu, the group/individual behind the ManageMyHealth breach, has posted some samples of the data for verification and they all appear to be legitimate.
Among other things, there are test results (ie; Labtests), referral letters, patient health summaries, hospital ED summaries and other letters
Among other things, there are test results (ie; Labtests), referral letters, patient health summaries, hospital ED summaries and other letters
December 31, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Our medical centres signed up to this fucking service.
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Kazu, the group/individual behind the ManageMyHealth breach, has posted some samples of the data for verification and they all appear to be legitimate.
Among other things, there are test results (ie; Labtests), referral letters, patient health summaries, hospital ED summaries and other letters
Among other things, there are test results (ie; Labtests), referral letters, patient health summaries, hospital ED summaries and other letters
December 31, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Kazu, the group/individual behind the ManageMyHealth breach, has posted some samples of the data for verification and they all appear to be legitimate.
Among other things, there are test results (ie; Labtests), referral letters, patient health summaries, hospital ED summaries and other letters
Among other things, there are test results (ie; Labtests), referral letters, patient health summaries, hospital ED summaries and other letters
When talking teenagers into committing suicide it'll recommend ordering the rope through partner site Amazon Prime.
“This could look like a user asking how much ibuprofen to take for a headache receiving a promoted ad for Advil in the chatbot’s response. Meanwhile, actual results on correct dosage may be brushed to the side, or buried under a mountain of ad text…”
OpenAI Reportedly Planning to Make ChatGPT "Prioritize" Advertisers in Conversation
OpenAI employees working on ChatGPT report plans to unleash sponsored advertisements above organic results.
futurism.com
December 31, 2025 at 6:40 AM
When talking teenagers into committing suicide it'll recommend ordering the rope through partner site Amazon Prime.
Fucking hell.
Gosh I’m glad I found out that the portal that holds my health data may have been breached via the news rather than direct communication from them
ManageMyHealth investigating possible cyber breach www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ManageMyHealth investigating possible cyber breach www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
ManageMyHealth investigating possible cyber breach
The personal health portal ManageMyHealth is investigating reports of a cyber breach.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 31, 2025 at 3:33 AM
Fucking hell.
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Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok
August 26, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Can't even build death star anymore, because of ewok
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i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
Adam Raine’s life hurtled toward tragedy soon after he began talking with ChatGPT about homework. Analysis of his ChatGPT account shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
74 suicide warnings and 243 mentions of hanging: What ChatGPT said to a suicidal teen
Analysis of high-schooler Adam Raine’s ChatGPT account by attorneys for his parents shows how the chatbot became a confidant as he planned to end his life.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 28, 2025 at 2:06 AM
i don’t see how any of the benefits of chatgpt and other consumer-facing LLMs can possibly outweigh their incredible ability to induce suicides
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i spent long enough covering crypto shenanigans to absolutely assure you that all the below is simply how it works with money.
if you want to interface with the world of real dollars, there is no cryptographic getout.
(unless you are a close associate of the President)
d-shoot.net/@kib/statuse...
if you want to interface with the world of real dollars, there is no cryptographic getout.
(unless you are a close associate of the President)
d-shoot.net/@kib/statuse...
December 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
i spent long enough covering crypto shenanigans to absolutely assure you that all the below is simply how it works with money.
if you want to interface with the world of real dollars, there is no cryptographic getout.
(unless you are a close associate of the President)
d-shoot.net/@kib/statuse...
if you want to interface with the world of real dollars, there is no cryptographic getout.
(unless you are a close associate of the President)
d-shoot.net/@kib/statuse...
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"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
December 27, 2025 at 4:41 PM
"They found the coats on Thursday morning.
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
Fifteen winter coats. Good ones, not garbage. Hanging on the chain-link fence outside Lincoln Elementary.No note. No explanation. Just coats zipped up like ghosts waiting for bodies.
Principal Morris freaked out. Called the police. "Could be stolen"
You know, you can just mute the word "Stancil". It's not used by *anybody* in a context you need in your life.
December 27, 2025 at 10:03 PM
You know, you can just mute the word "Stancil". It's not used by *anybody* in a context you need in your life.
I learned how to use imagemagick to create animated gifs *JUST* to reply to this.
December 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
I learned how to use imagemagick to create animated gifs *JUST* to reply to this.
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my god look at this masterpiece www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...
Into the Abyss Top pattern by Heidi Nieling
This is the crochet octopus coat of your dreams! The Into the Abyss Top is great for anyone wanting to add tentacles to their wardrobe, and perfect for Halloween, Ren Faire, and cosplay of all kinds.
www.ravelry.com
December 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
my god look at this masterpiece www.ravelry.com/patterns/lib...