@aaronsingline.bsky.social
I need good evidence. 🌈 Friend/Ally.
Left leaning but always open to great ideas from anywhere.
Left leaning but always open to great ideas from anywhere.
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Chat GPT and other LLM's are generally give you good idea on what to write by showing you something that's not quite right.
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China's December numbers are in, and battery-electric cars made up 35% in December and 33% for the year. Plug-in hybrids made up another 21% for the year for a total "new-energy" share of 54% in 2025.
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
January 14, 2026 at 7:12 AM
China's December numbers are in, and battery-electric cars made up 35% in December and 33% for the year. Plug-in hybrids made up another 21% for the year for a total "new-energy" share of 54% in 2025.
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
robbieandrew.github.io/carsales/
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Bandcamp bans AI music
Bandcamp Bans AI Music
AI music has become a big problem on streaming services. Remember the Velvet Sundown, the AI-generated psych-rock band from last year with hundreds of thousands of Spotify streams? Remember bands gett...
stereogum.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:07 AM
Bandcamp bans AI music
There's a massive gap between populist economic hot takes and sound economic policies.
We don't want fantasy land policies near actual power.
We don't want fantasy land policies near actual power.
January 14, 2026 at 2:20 AM
There's a massive gap between populist economic hot takes and sound economic policies.
We don't want fantasy land policies near actual power.
We don't want fantasy land policies near actual power.
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Finally the southern NZ Xmas tree is blooming on Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula, Ōtepoti Dunedin
January 12, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Finally the southern NZ Xmas tree is blooming on Muaūpoko Otago Peninsula, Ōtepoti Dunedin
Making the 49ers play on another short week is criminal.
It will be the 3rd short week in 4 weeks.
Unacceptable NFL.
It will be the 3rd short week in 4 weeks.
Unacceptable NFL.
January 12, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Making the 49ers play on another short week is criminal.
It will be the 3rd short week in 4 weeks.
Unacceptable NFL.
It will be the 3rd short week in 4 weeks.
Unacceptable NFL.
Seems like some smoke haze in Dunedin. Might be from bush fires in Australia?
January 10, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Seems like some smoke haze in Dunedin. Might be from bush fires in Australia?
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I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Musk’s chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other “nudify” apps—but continue to host X and Grok.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
I'm glad to see this pressure on Google and Apple. If any other company was running an active CSAM generator in public you better believe it would have been removed from their app stores by now www.wired.com/story/x-grok...
Now begins the annual struggle to write the current year instead of the previous year. It will take around 12 months to correct the muscle memory.
Sometimes I still start with "19". So all should be aware that I could erroniously write 1925 instead of ̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ... err I mean ... 2026! (dammit!).
Sometimes I still start with "19". So all should be aware that I could erroniously write 1925 instead of ̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ... err I mean ... 2026! (dammit!).
January 5, 2026 at 11:18 AM
Now begins the annual struggle to write the current year instead of the previous year. It will take around 12 months to correct the muscle memory.
Sometimes I still start with "19". So all should be aware that I could erroniously write 1925 instead of ̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ... err I mean ... 2026! (dammit!).
Sometimes I still start with "19". So all should be aware that I could erroniously write 1925 instead of ̶2̶0̶2̶5̶ ... err I mean ... 2026! (dammit!).
Imagine NZ is the target of a US takeover right now. We should all be asking, "If it were us, then how would we want other countries to react?"
Alone, we're a small bit of bone, but if the free democracies in the world stood together, imagine what that grown spine could do.
Alone, we're a small bit of bone, but if the free democracies in the world stood together, imagine what that grown spine could do.
January 5, 2026 at 5:45 AM
Imagine NZ is the target of a US takeover right now. We should all be asking, "If it were us, then how would we want other countries to react?"
Alone, we're a small bit of bone, but if the free democracies in the world stood together, imagine what that grown spine could do.
Alone, we're a small bit of bone, but if the free democracies in the world stood together, imagine what that grown spine could do.
Remember when men were supposed to be gentlemen?
Gentle men. That sounds fantastically woke to me. We need to go towards gentlemen not away from it.
Gentle men. That sounds fantastically woke to me. We need to go towards gentlemen not away from it.
January 3, 2026 at 4:29 AM
Remember when men were supposed to be gentlemen?
Gentle men. That sounds fantastically woke to me. We need to go towards gentlemen not away from it.
Gentle men. That sounds fantastically woke to me. We need to go towards gentlemen not away from it.
If the 49ers defense gets a stop I think this game would be a little less stressful.
December 29, 2025 at 3:37 AM
If the 49ers defense gets a stop I think this game would be a little less stressful.
I've never seen a TD like that. Crazy good Purdy! He'd be a nightmare in a game of tag.
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 AM
I've never seen a TD like that. Crazy good Purdy! He'd be a nightmare in a game of tag.
December 29, 2025 at 3:09 AM
@sarahhbickerton.bsky.social we might have to be mortal enemies on Monday. Go 9ers! 😁
December 27, 2025 at 7:53 AM
@sarahhbickerton.bsky.social we might have to be mortal enemies on Monday. Go 9ers! 😁
Kind of me not to make it all about me. Aren't I so wonderful and modest. I mean people should admire me more for being so humble — and wonderful 😜
"Do to others as you would have them do to you."
Sounds nice, but I think we can do better.
How about...
"Do to others as they would prefer to be done to them."
Then it's not all about you. 😁
Sounds nice, but I think we can do better.
How about...
"Do to others as they would prefer to be done to them."
Then it's not all about you. 😁
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Kind of me not to make it all about me. Aren't I so wonderful and modest. I mean people should admire me more for being so humble — and wonderful 😜
"Do to others as you would have them do to you."
Sounds nice, but I think we can do better.
How about...
"Do to others as they would prefer to be done to them."
Then it's not all about you. 😁
Sounds nice, but I think we can do better.
How about...
"Do to others as they would prefer to be done to them."
Then it's not all about you. 😁
December 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
"Do to others as you would have them do to you."
Sounds nice, but I think we can do better.
How about...
"Do to others as they would prefer to be done to them."
Then it's not all about you. 😁
Sounds nice, but I think we can do better.
How about...
"Do to others as they would prefer to be done to them."
Then it's not all about you. 😁
🎶Tis the season to cut yourself on a sharp knife...
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!
Tis the season to burn your hand on a hot pan.
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!🎶
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!
Tis the season to burn your hand on a hot pan.
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!🎶
December 15, 2025 at 6:30 AM
🎶Tis the season to cut yourself on a sharp knife...
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!
Tis the season to burn your hand on a hot pan.
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!🎶
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!
Tis the season to burn your hand on a hot pan.
Fu, fu ,fu, fuuuuuuu, fu ,fu ,fu, fu...!🎶
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I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
December 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
I understand that a lot of folks have been misled by fear-mongering and powerful regressive voices but it’s still astonishing to me that so many have fallen for the idea that oppressively policing other people’s gender identity and expression could in any way be part of an enlightened future.
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IBM -1979
A slide from a presentation by IBM with the quote "a computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision"
A slide from a presentation by IBM with the quote "a computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision"
December 10, 2025 at 7:06 PM
IBM -1979
A slide from a presentation by IBM with the quote "a computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision"
A slide from a presentation by IBM with the quote "a computer can never be held accountable. Therefore, a computer must never make a management decision"
A debate between Ruth Richardson and Nicola Willis on economic policies?
Why would we want to waste anyone's time watching these two failures?
It would be better to spend time learning something from people who have the interest of the entire country at heart.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Why would we want to waste anyone's time watching these two failures?
It would be better to spend time learning something from people who have the interest of the entire country at heart.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Mother of all debates: Nicola Willis wants finance faceoff with new nemesis Ruth Richardson
There’s fighting talk from Nicola Willis, who wants to face off against one of the country’s most polarising finance ministers who Willis claims is behind a Taxpayers’ Union campaign to discredit her.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
A debate between Ruth Richardson and Nicola Willis on economic policies?
Why would we want to waste anyone's time watching these two failures?
It would be better to spend time learning something from people who have the interest of the entire country at heart.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Why would we want to waste anyone's time watching these two failures?
It would be better to spend time learning something from people who have the interest of the entire country at heart.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
We often act without fully understanding a situation. We have to, or we else couldn’t function. We rely on inference and a kind of practical faith. The danger is mistaking our successes for proof that we’re wise or infallible.
December 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
We often act without fully understanding a situation. We have to, or we else couldn’t function. We rely on inference and a kind of practical faith. The danger is mistaking our successes for proof that we’re wise or infallible.
Well done WI. What a marathon effort.
December 6, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Well done WI. What a marathon effort.
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December 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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Ahem!
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
December 2, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Ahem!
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯
That $66 Billion was rather well spent it seems.
Thank you Jacinda Ardern, Grant Roberston, and Dr Ashley Bloomfield.
🫂🫶💪👏🎯