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Discontent creator. Painting along with every Bob Ross episode and making video essays for some reason
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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.
Subscribe to malarkey at https://tworuru.com
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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...
The Rotorua Daily Post has put in a list of AI l-hallucinated books to torture actual human authors all over the country! Merry Christmas from the noble Fourth Estate everyone!
#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 7:48 PM
The Rotorua Daily Post has put in a list of AI l-hallucinated books to torture actual human authors all over the country! Merry Christmas from the noble Fourth Estate everyone!
There is never a bad time to watch this film but this is indeed a very good time
seems like an appropriate week to watch this for the first time
December 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
There is never a bad time to watch this film but this is indeed a very good time
I feel like the only good move for creators who want to maintain audience trust (and retain the ability to make a living!) is no-AI promise or pledge
Yet another super talented artist swapping to making AI slop and it is truly demoralising every single time.
December 22, 2025 at 3:10 AM
I feel like the only good move for creators who want to maintain audience trust (and retain the ability to make a living!) is no-AI promise or pledge
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State of the NZ boardroom: utterly cooked. Boiled harder than a 1950s three veg dinner.
NZ Herald just printed and promoted an opinion column by Bruce Cotterill that is full of racist anti-immigrant rhetoric and blames the Green party for the Bondi shooting.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 AM
State of the NZ boardroom: utterly cooked. Boiled harder than a 1950s three veg dinner.
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NZ Herald just printed and promoted an opinion column by Bruce Cotterill that is full of racist anti-immigrant rhetoric and blames the Green party for the Bondi shooting.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 AM
NZ Herald just printed and promoted an opinion column by Bruce Cotterill that is full of racist anti-immigrant rhetoric and blames the Green party for the Bondi shooting.
ugh I need a replacement for Pocket, ideally one that runs in the browser.
Forgive me
I miss del.icio.us
all my tabs
are so old
Forgive me
I miss del.icio.us
all my tabs
are so old
December 19, 2025 at 9:00 PM
ugh I need a replacement for Pocket, ideally one that runs in the browser.
Forgive me
I miss del.icio.us
all my tabs
are so old
Forgive me
I miss del.icio.us
all my tabs
are so old
Skywhales – PDF
This is a printable PDF version of "Skywhales," a comic that explains everything you ever wanted to know about Skywhales!
This is a printable PDF version of "Skywhales," a comic that explains everything you ever wanted to know about Skywhales!
Skywhales – PDF
This is a printable PDF version of "Skywhales," a comic that explains everything you ever wanted to know about Skywhales!
www.tworuru.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Skywhales – PDF
This is a printable PDF version of "Skywhales," a comic that explains everything you ever wanted to know about Skywhales!
This is a printable PDF version of "Skywhales," a comic that explains everything you ever wanted to know about Skywhales!
Calling it now: 2026 is going to be the opposite of 2016. All the shittiest people are going to die
December 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Calling it now: 2026 is going to be the opposite of 2016. All the shittiest people are going to die
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Flushed with success from inventing news based on bullshit reader polls, Stuff is boldly forging ahead with its own wildly inaccurate political polls
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Flushed with success from inventing news based on bullshit reader polls, Stuff is boldly forging ahead with its own wildly inaccurate political polls
Flushed with success from inventing news based on bullshit reader polls, Stuff is boldly forging ahead with its own wildly inaccurate political polls
December 17, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Flushed with success from inventing news based on bullshit reader polls, Stuff is boldly forging ahead with its own wildly inaccurate political polls
Title: “What I Would Say To You Is…”
I regret to inform you that at some point Luxon is going to release a political memoir/biography.
December 17, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Title: “What I Would Say To You Is…”
No.
No.
People are losing their minds on Twitter and becoming more trick lazy, sloppy and radicalised because the libs are not there to argue against and challenge. Come back.
December 15, 2025 at 12:02 AM
No.
I subscribed to @wired.com for their tireless investigations into the likes of DOGE and I’m unsubscribing from Wired for their tiresome unquestioning AI boosterism
December 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I subscribed to @wired.com for their tireless investigations into the likes of DOGE and I’m unsubscribing from Wired for their tiresome unquestioning AI boosterism
Ahahahahaha maybe Labour need to lose this sitting duck of an election to the least popular first term government in NZ history to realise how catastrophic this strategy and leadership are
"We've had a series of governments now who have encouraged people to be aspirational for New Zealand and have promised things that have been completely unrealistic. ... I'm not going to fall into that trap."
#NzPol
#NzPol
'Opportunity to stamp my own mark': Chris Hipkins promises a different Labour
The last election saw Labour's six years in government come to an end, and Hipkins returning to the opposition benches just 10 months after becoming prime minister.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 14, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Ahahahahaha maybe Labour need to lose this sitting duck of an election to the least popular first term government in NZ history to realise how catastrophic this strategy and leadership are
The keyboard warriors of the Culture Wars have found a new battlefield. But do they have a point? (No. Mostly.) #adhd
The culture warrior weirdos are coming for ADHD
The keyboard warriors of the Culture Wars have found a new battlefield. But do they have a point? (No. Mostly.)
www.tworuru.com
December 12, 2025 at 8:42 PM
The keyboard warriors of the Culture Wars have found a new battlefield. But do they have a point? (No. Mostly.) #adhd
An OIA confirms it: the Ministry of Education are using AI - Copilot- to develop the new school curriculum. Article here, more as it develops. Please share widely: www.emilywrites.co.nz/yup-theyre-u...
#nzpol #kikorangi
#nzpol #kikorangi
Yup, they're using AI to develop the NZ curriculum
The Ministry of Education is using AI to develop the new curriculum for New Zealand students.
In a response to an Official Information Act request made by a member of the public and supplied to Emil...
www.emilywrites.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
An OIA confirms it: the Ministry of Education are using AI - Copilot- to develop the new school curriculum. Article here, more as it develops. Please share widely: www.emilywrites.co.nz/yup-theyre-u...
#nzpol #kikorangi
#nzpol #kikorangi
What I’m learning from all this is that the New Yorker set could never actually write but had absolutely heroic editors
Possibly the only thing more freakish than Nuzzi's prose is the contortions her defenders twist themselves into. "She's not just hot, but she definitely is hot, while also being a vulnerable smol child. Also, criticizing her is sexist."
December 8, 2025 at 8:40 PM
What I’m learning from all this is that the New Yorker set could never actually write but had absolutely heroic editors
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unbelievable. they really *are* using AI to create the new NZ curriculum
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
unbelievable. they really *are* using AI to create the new NZ curriculum
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
lmao they're banning kids from using email
In other bait news, Catherine Wedd's "Social Media (Age-Restricted Users) Bill" defines a "social media platform" thusly, which is some bullshit because surely it would categorise SMS as such.
December 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
lmao they're banning kids from using email
unbelievable. they really *are* using AI to create the new NZ curriculum
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
December 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
unbelievable. they really *are* using AI to create the new NZ curriculum
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
"analysing and synthesising information from international curricula and related educational frameworks," is just another way of saying "we're turning them all into untraceable hallucinations"
#NZpol #kikorangi
your reminder if you needed one that the Herald is a Tory paper owned by Tories with Tories on the board and Tory editors that employs Tories to write Tory stories
NZ Herald's Thomas Coughlan once again complains about "lazy commentators" comparing Nicola Willis to Ruth Richardson, even though he then admits Richardson herself wants Willis to copy her devastating benefit cuts.
A lot of our media fell for Willis' "liberal" posing and can't admit it.
A lot of our media fell for Willis' "liberal" posing and can't admit it.
December 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
your reminder if you needed one that the Herald is a Tory paper owned by Tories with Tories on the board and Tory editors that employs Tories to write Tory stories
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If anyone thinks going the Starmer route is the key to success within the general public, go look at a recent poll for the UK.
Conceding ground to the right has no benefits for left wing parties.
Conceding ground to the right has no benefits for left wing parties.
December 5, 2025 at 6:44 AM
If anyone thinks going the Starmer route is the key to success within the general public, go look at a recent poll for the UK.
Conceding ground to the right has no benefits for left wing parties.
Conceding ground to the right has no benefits for left wing parties.
Gonna start an alternative Labour PR and comms department because their own comms are trash and I’m genuinely interested to see how people would respond to Labour if they had principles and expressed a desire to either govern or do things
December 5, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Gonna start an alternative Labour PR and comms department because their own comms are trash and I’m genuinely interested to see how people would respond to Labour if they had principles and expressed a desire to either govern or do things
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The Labour Party that got gay marriage into legislation, passed the BDMRR and banned conversion therapy should be able to clearly defend their own record and stand up for the ideological vandalism conducted against trans dignity and the LGBTQI community. If it can't, what the fuck are you doing.
December 5, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The Labour Party that got gay marriage into legislation, passed the BDMRR and banned conversion therapy should be able to clearly defend their own record and stand up for the ideological vandalism conducted against trans dignity and the LGBTQI community. If it can't, what the fuck are you doing.