Malcolm Fitzgerald
@malcolmfi.bsky.social
Vainglorious, cowardly, unreliable, noncommittal, know-it-all, muttered the people around him.
Unfortunately I don’t think he needed to be a master manipulator. All he had to do was lean on one or more of the very common stereotypes used to disempower women: emotional, demanding, irrational, needy, etc. there are very few male groups that will question these slurs.
November 12, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Unfortunately I don’t think he needed to be a master manipulator. All he had to do was lean on one or more of the very common stereotypes used to disempower women: emotional, demanding, irrational, needy, etc. there are very few male groups that will question these slurs.
Yea god’s! Having brutal, soulless leaders with red ties destroys any expectations I have for our country.
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Yea god’s! Having brutal, soulless leaders with red ties destroys any expectations I have for our country.
It’s because they desire a version of state control that amplifies the existing structures. And, after all, they are hyper-conformist in their outlook so they are ideologically allied with police.
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
It’s because they desire a version of state control that amplifies the existing structures. And, after all, they are hyper-conformist in their outlook so they are ideologically allied with police.
Odd how they have landed on a contemporary problem. Segal and Albanese crying wolf at pro-Palestinian protests undermines any criticism of groups that fetishise violence toward Jewish people everywhere.
November 10, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Odd how they have landed on a contemporary problem. Segal and Albanese crying wolf at pro-Palestinian protests undermines any criticism of groups that fetishise violence toward Jewish people everywhere.
Charter schools make racism profitable.
November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Charter schools make racism profitable.
Auckland council needs urgent lessons in digital literacy and personal safety online.
November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Auckland council needs urgent lessons in digital literacy and personal safety online.
World’s most corrupt sports body invents an award for activity it has no knowledge of.
November 6, 2025 at 9:37 AM
World’s most corrupt sports body invents an award for activity it has no knowledge of.
Steady on. The order is settled.
1. God
2. Farmers
3. Rugby
4. Saint of the day
5. #8 wire sculpture
Police are always slotted into the saint of the day slot.
1. God
2. Farmers
3. Rugby
4. Saint of the day
5. #8 wire sculpture
Police are always slotted into the saint of the day slot.
November 5, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Steady on. The order is settled.
1. God
2. Farmers
3. Rugby
4. Saint of the day
5. #8 wire sculpture
Police are always slotted into the saint of the day slot.
1. God
2. Farmers
3. Rugby
4. Saint of the day
5. #8 wire sculpture
Police are always slotted into the saint of the day slot.
I always thought it
went In the opposite direction. The honorific for secular power was applied in a religious setting.
went In the opposite direction. The honorific for secular power was applied in a religious setting.
November 5, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I always thought it
went In the opposite direction. The honorific for secular power was applied in a religious setting.
went In the opposite direction. The honorific for secular power was applied in a religious setting.
Our perception is constrained by our position but our understanding is not. We can know that events are occurring today will not be perceptible for millennia as the distance to be spanned is huge. Is it solipsism to say the event hasn’t occurred? Or if the event is over, what are we experiencing?
November 4, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Our perception is constrained by our position but our understanding is not. We can know that events are occurring today will not be perceptible for millennia as the distance to be spanned is huge. Is it solipsism to say the event hasn’t occurred? Or if the event is over, what are we experiencing?
The contentious issue is your concept of an event being time limited. How? And for whom? We see events that occurred 100s of light years ago. As an observer on earth is the event occurring as I view it? Or is it over? Is the lightning strike occurring when I see it flashing or when I hear it?
November 4, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The contentious issue is your concept of an event being time limited. How? And for whom? We see events that occurred 100s of light years ago. As an observer on earth is the event occurring as I view it? Or is it over? Is the lightning strike occurring when I see it flashing or when I hear it?
So, another situation where AI is about as effective as a block list but has disturbing ramifications.
November 2, 2025 at 11:25 PM
So, another situation where AI is about as effective as a block list but has disturbing ramifications.
You are kidding? Is that a special occasion?
November 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
You are kidding? Is that a special occasion?
Those criticisms are chloroform. Beware the writer, I doubt they are acting in good faith.
November 1, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Those criticisms are chloroform. Beware the writer, I doubt they are acting in good faith.
This isn’t an edge of the cliff situation. USA is in free fall. What was learnt from the Biden years was, “yes, you can get away with it.”
October 31, 2025 at 11:29 PM
This isn’t an edge of the cliff situation. USA is in free fall. What was learnt from the Biden years was, “yes, you can get away with it.”
He doesn’t deserve the position. He has never expressed any unusual thought nor care nor imagination. He’s the epitome of a grey man.
October 31, 2025 at 11:06 PM
He doesn’t deserve the position. He has never expressed any unusual thought nor care nor imagination. He’s the epitome of a grey man.
Alienation via curriculum content.
October 29, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Alienation via curriculum content.
Not sure much demand there is for quickly recognising multiples of 12 in a metric system.
Maybe we’re going back to imperial units?
Maybe we’re going back to imperial units?
October 29, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Not sure much demand there is for quickly recognising multiples of 12 in a metric system.
Maybe we’re going back to imperial units?
Maybe we’re going back to imperial units?
The maths reform could have been written after Stanford watched Spinal Tap. This morning on RNZ she boasted that the new reforms go up to 12! The old way only went to 10!
October 29, 2025 at 12:03 AM
The maths reform could have been written after Stanford watched Spinal Tap. This morning on RNZ she boasted that the new reforms go up to 12! The old way only went to 10!
For a little while back in the old days, search engines had the silly notion that they would help you to locate the needle in the haystack. The ability of LLMs to synthesise a response which is approximate to your query reminds me of the that.
October 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
For a little while back in the old days, search engines had the silly notion that they would help you to locate the needle in the haystack. The ability of LLMs to synthesise a response which is approximate to your query reminds me of the that.
Oooh! I’d like a blank cheque please.
October 26, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Oooh! I’d like a blank cheque please.
Today in New Zealand we’re experiencing some of the strongest storms on record.
October 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Today in New Zealand we’re experiencing some of the strongest storms on record.