Josh | writer, painter, tinkerer
@tworuru.com
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Discontent creator. Painting along with every Bob Ross episode and making video essays for some reason
🦉 Birds in Hats 🎩
👨🏻🎨 Commissions are OPEN.
Discontent creator. Painting along with every Bob Ross episode and making video essays for some reason
🦉 Birds in Hats 🎩
👨🏻🎨 Commissions are OPEN.
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The Department of Biological Determinism - griffendorf - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the
Organization for Transformative Works
archiveofourown.org
welcome, new followers. it is required of anyone following me that you read this Harry Potter story I wrote, the reading of which should answer questions like “why in God’s name would you write a Harry Potter story” and many more besides
archiveofourown.org/works/539271...
archiveofourown.org/works/539271...
I will keep trying Social Notes until I make them work.
Anyway, if you can see this, go buy a Cats are Comrades shirt https://www.tworuru.com/product/cats-are-comrades-unisex-classic-tee/
Anyway, if you can see this, go buy a Cats are Comrades shirt https://www.tworuru.com/product/cats-are-comrades-unisex-classic-tee/
November 10, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I will keep trying Social Notes until I make them work.
Anyway, if you can see this, go buy a Cats are Comrades shirt https://www.tworuru.com/product/cats-are-comrades-unisex-classic-tee/
Anyway, if you can see this, go buy a Cats are Comrades shirt https://www.tworuru.com/product/cats-are-comrades-unisex-classic-tee/
I challenged myself to send an email newsletter every day for 30 days whilst simultaneously spooling up a hybrid art/marketing consulting business with a goal of getting $10k revenue in a month
and... it worked.
and... it worked.
Day 30: The Cynic’s Guide 30 Day Challenge Concludes
I challenged myself to make up for lost time by sending an email every day for 30 days whilst simultaneously spooling up a hybrid art/marketing consulting business with a goal of getting $10k revenue booked in one month. Well... it worked?
www.tworuru.com
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 AM
I challenged myself to send an email newsletter every day for 30 days whilst simultaneously spooling up a hybrid art/marketing consulting business with a goal of getting $10k revenue in a month
and... it worked.
and... it worked.
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I'm in the minority here, I know, but I don't think this move is the right thing to do about online safety (at least, as a first - and only - step).
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon 'deeply supportive' of social media ban for under 16s
The government is looking at the Australian model and other bans with a view to introducing legislation before next year's election, Christopher Luxon says.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I'm in the minority here, I know, but I don't think this move is the right thing to do about online safety (at least, as a first - and only - step).
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
What I discovered about the Disruptor’s Dinner was jaw-dropping!
webworm sent @tworuru.com along to this potentially insufferable techbro dinner in new zealand - and it was actually quite surprising: www.webworm.co/disruptorsdi...
November 9, 2025 at 6:47 PM
What I discovered about the Disruptor’s Dinner was jaw-dropping!
"how many humans can already recognise 22,000 objects in the world"
literally everyone
literally everyone
November 6, 2025 at 10:46 PM
"how many humans can already recognise 22,000 objects in the world"
literally everyone
literally everyone
“The only path to the dictatorship of the proletariat is for me to post deranged hate takes on old shows lots of people like” - American ultra-online leftists, somehow
November 6, 2025 at 12:07 AM
“The only path to the dictatorship of the proletariat is for me to post deranged hate takes on old shows lots of people like” - American ultra-online leftists, somehow
lmao, probably for the best
November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
lmao, probably for the best
Good, the centre sucks
The centre cannot hold.
November 5, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Good, the centre sucks
It’s always the people it always is
Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.
www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
www.desmog.com
November 4, 2025 at 6:46 PM
It’s always the people it always is
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after last week's webworm story, air new zealand has initiated a formal investigation into the project 32 snacks it carries on national & international flights, saying "we will not serve the snacks onboard our flights while we undertake this process". please RT: www.webworm.co/project32gro...
Air NZ Grounds Its Dodgy Snack
Air NZ initiates a formal investigation into Project 32 snacks, as the Rifkins reply to Webworm's enquiries.
www.webworm.co
November 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
after last week's webworm story, air new zealand has initiated a formal investigation into the project 32 snacks it carries on national & international flights, saying "we will not serve the snacks onboard our flights while we undertake this process". please RT: www.webworm.co/project32gro...
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THE INFLATION CONTINUES TO COME FROM POWER BILLS AND GROCERIES, THINGS WE CANNOT NOT SPEND MONEY ON
November 4, 2025 at 3:36 AM
THE INFLATION CONTINUES TO COME FROM POWER BILLS AND GROCERIES, THINGS WE CANNOT NOT SPEND MONEY ON
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back on the old site i had a running thread where i would post a bunch of different maps of the US interior and point out that they're all the same map. climate, population, voting, some others. anyway do y'all want to see a series of different world maps that are all the same map?
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
back on the old site i had a running thread where i would post a bunch of different maps of the US interior and point out that they're all the same map. climate, population, voting, some others. anyway do y'all want to see a series of different world maps that are all the same map?
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Via Gary Marcus.
Wow.
Wow.
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Via Gary Marcus.
Wow.
Wow.
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If you are posting on or engaging with content on X, you are working as a volunteer laborer helping this specific man earn money and political influence.
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Elon Musk, "These lovely small towns in England, Scotland and Ireland, they've been living their lives quietly. They're like hobbits"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
"And so one day, 1,000 people show up in your village of 500 and start raping the kids"
"This has now happened, God knows how many times in Britain"
November 3, 2025 at 9:46 AM
If you are posting on or engaging with content on X, you are working as a volunteer laborer helping this specific man earn money and political influence.
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
Any person, group or organisation that is still there and helping keep you there: you have to make them get out, not give them reason to stay
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At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
An ex-Intel CEO’s mission to build a Christian AI: ‘hasten the coming of Christ’s return’
Patrick Gelsinger, executive chairman of Gloo, has made it his mission to advance Christian principles in Silicon Valley
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:28 PM
At a fundamental level, we have to accept much of silicon valley has gone insane.
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Answering all your questions about Measles
The latest Emily Writes newsletter
The latest Emily Writes newsletter
Answering all your questions about the measles outbreak
TheAs you may be aware, Aotearoa is facing a measles outbreak. We haven't had one since 2019. Since then, a cottage industry of cookers has emerged, and there's big money to be made in vaccine misinfo...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Answering all your questions about Measles
The latest Emily Writes newsletter
The latest Emily Writes newsletter
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Urgent alert to residents of Sydney's north shore: Lock up your dalmatians IMMEDIATELY
we need a total and complete shutdown of injectables and cosmetic surgery for right-wing women until we figure out what the hell is going on
October 28, 2025 at 12:55 AM
Urgent alert to residents of Sydney's north shore: Lock up your dalmatians IMMEDIATELY
It's Not Just You - The iOS Keyboard is Broken
YouTube video by Michi NekoMichi
youtu.be
October 25, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Counterpoint: no it isn’t
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Counterpoint: no it isn’t
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the verge continuing to carry water for the worst techbro horseshit isnt a bug, its a feature
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Bored Ape Yacht Club is making a comeback — as a metaverse
Its crypto-themed metaverse, Otherside, has been a long time coming.
buff.ly
October 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
the verge continuing to carry water for the worst techbro horseshit isnt a bug, its a feature
This is what happens when you get AI to write your ad for a humour specialist
(Also probably worth noting that $200k an hour is only $416 million a year, i.e. quite a lot less than the billionaires earn.)
(Also probably worth noting that $200k an hour is only $416 million a year, i.e. quite a lot less than the billionaires earn.)
October 24, 2025 at 10:56 PM
This is what happens when you get AI to write your ad for a humour specialist
(Also probably worth noting that $200k an hour is only $416 million a year, i.e. quite a lot less than the billionaires earn.)
(Also probably worth noting that $200k an hour is only $416 million a year, i.e. quite a lot less than the billionaires earn.)
I wrote about Silicon Valley’s mad new AI religion and how it (not superintelligence!) is a *real* existential threat, drawing on the work of @adambecker.bsky.social, @edzitron.com and others. www.webworm.co/newgods
Silicon Valley Has a God Problem
And we're all up for sacrifice.
www.webworm.co
October 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I wrote about Silicon Valley’s mad new AI religion and how it (not superintelligence!) is a *real* existential threat, drawing on the work of @adambecker.bsky.social, @edzitron.com and others. www.webworm.co/newgods
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As an ex catholic the comparison between AI / religion clarified my unease for the zeal that people have for it. I was in IT 20 years and left before AI but the way people speak about how useful it is when they can barely navigate their own digital realm is jarring. Appreciate your writing as ever.
October 24, 2025 at 8:09 PM
As an ex catholic the comparison between AI / religion clarified my unease for the zeal that people have for it. I was in IT 20 years and left before AI but the way people speak about how useful it is when they can barely navigate their own digital realm is jarring. Appreciate your writing as ever.