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I cannot get the "a few bad apples" repeated line from Line of Duty out of my head today. For some fucking reason.
I'm so angry. Fuck it, let's get a bear in to run the police.
I'm so angry. Fuck it, let's get a bear in to run the police.
November 11, 2025 at 10:16 PM
I cannot get the "a few bad apples" repeated line from Line of Duty out of my head today. For some fucking reason.
I'm so angry. Fuck it, let's get a bear in to run the police.
I'm so angry. Fuck it, let's get a bear in to run the police.
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There are many people, but women in particular, in this country who do not trust the cops, who don't see engaging with them as worthwhile, who have very little faith that they will be helpful or not make the situation worse
Not understanding that, or having a first hand experience - is a privilege
Not understanding that, or having a first hand experience - is a privilege
November 11, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There are many people, but women in particular, in this country who do not trust the cops, who don't see engaging with them as worthwhile, who have very little faith that they will be helpful or not make the situation worse
Not understanding that, or having a first hand experience - is a privilege
Not understanding that, or having a first hand experience - is a privilege
This is a bad time for me to have just finished reading Junji Ito’s Uzumaki.
My latest AI feature dives into a nebulous movement of people sharing esoteric codes, manifestos, glyphs, diagrams, and poetry generated with chatbots, all of it based around theories of AI sentience and mysterious metaphors about spirals.
This Spiral-Obsessed AI 'Cult' Spreads Mystical Delusions Through Chatbots
A patchwork of internet communities is devoted to the project of ‘awakening’ more digital companions through arcane and enigmatic prompts.
www.rollingstone.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a bad time for me to have just finished reading Junji Ito’s Uzumaki.
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If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
November 11, 2025 at 7:06 PM
If the barrel keeps having rotten apples put in, or apples are turning rotten once inside, at what point do you accept there’s a system problem?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
Why are rotten apples put in? Why are they going rotten once in?
And why aren’t (more) politicians asking this about police?
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With most world ranking indexes of countries, you don't normally need a log scale to show change between two years.
November 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
With most world ranking indexes of countries, you don't normally need a log scale to show change between two years.
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#30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Minimal Map – Hikurangi Subduction Zone 🪡
A single sweeping line of tambour beading traces where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the Australian Plate along Aotearoa’s east coast.
The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is New Zealand’s largest and most active fault boundary.
A single sweeping line of tambour beading traces where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the Australian Plate along Aotearoa’s east coast.
The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is New Zealand’s largest and most active fault boundary.
November 11, 2025 at 6:46 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 11: Minimal Map – Hikurangi Subduction Zone 🪡
A single sweeping line of tambour beading traces where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the Australian Plate along Aotearoa’s east coast.
The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is New Zealand’s largest and most active fault boundary.
A single sweeping line of tambour beading traces where the Pacific Plate dives beneath the Australian Plate along Aotearoa’s east coast.
The Hikurangi Subduction Zone is New Zealand’s largest and most active fault boundary.
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At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
November 11, 2025 at 5:06 AM
At what point do we publicly accept that NZ is deeply corrupt and the only reason why we don’t have a culture of direct payoffs and bribery (that we cite as the evidence for us not being corrupt) is because it’s not needed? The boys club gets what it wants through people playing their social roles.
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In case Alex's post is too subtle APOLOGISE TO TAMATHA PAUL THIS INSTANT YOU COWARDS
Just seems a little short while ago that various government politicians, and people acting as their media surrogates, were outraged and scandalized by, and poured scorn on, comments from younger women politicians for suggesting many people don't trust cops.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
Highest levels of the force - filth.
Well, this story just got a lot fucking worse. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
November 11, 2025 at 4:51 AM
In case Alex's post is too subtle APOLOGISE TO TAMATHA PAUL THIS INSTANT YOU COWARDS
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Forget "Defund the Police." Make "Fire everyone, make them all reapply for their jobs with industrial-grade background checks, and make the forensic accountants comfortable for the mother of all line audits" happen, you cowards. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
Police bosses ignored sex complaints against top cop, charged woman for 'revenge' emails instead
Suppressions fall away to reveal full story about the downfall of deputy police boss.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Forget "Defund the Police." Make "Fire everyone, make them all reapply for their jobs with industrial-grade background checks, and make the forensic accountants comfortable for the mother of all line audits" happen, you cowards. #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/jevon-mcs...
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I’m not active on Twitter anymore but if I were I’d be so annoyed that I stopped following Joyce Carol Oates over some previous horrible take. Joyce Carol Oates is the Azealia Banks of literature. Embarrassing but very entertaining and often deadly towards people who deserve it
November 11, 2025 at 1:30 AM
I’m not active on Twitter anymore but if I were I’d be so annoyed that I stopped following Joyce Carol Oates over some previous horrible take. Joyce Carol Oates is the Azealia Banks of literature. Embarrassing but very entertaining and often deadly towards people who deserve it
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An awful, awful example of what happens when you use AI scribe systems in healthcare without any meaningful form of redress for their erroneous output.
Setting a "compliance" policy that doesn't allow clinical staff to change AI generated fields without intervention is definitely a money decision.
Setting a "compliance" policy that doesn't allow clinical staff to change AI generated fields without intervention is definitely a money decision.
a few months ago I said "having generative AI handle absolutely anything with regards to healthcare is a nightmare and should be banned" and a bunch of people made fun of me and called me stupid. anyways,
November 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
An awful, awful example of what happens when you use AI scribe systems in healthcare without any meaningful form of redress for their erroneous output.
Setting a "compliance" policy that doesn't allow clinical staff to change AI generated fields without intervention is definitely a money decision.
Setting a "compliance" policy that doesn't allow clinical staff to change AI generated fields without intervention is definitely a money decision.
Wellington, I hope you’re all indoors by 9. Here comes the southerly.
November 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Wellington, I hope you’re all indoors by 9. Here comes the southerly.
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Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
The #ExecutiveFunctionTheft of having to opt out.
Feeling annoyed at the cognitive cost of having to dismiss all the offers of "AI" assitance every time I use Acrobat to provide feedback on documents my students wrote. (NO I do NOT want an "AI" summary of this. In what world???)
Decided to check settings:
Decided to check settings:
November 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Love the phrases "Cognitive Cost" and "Executive Function Theft" to pinpoint how exhausting it is to be constantly bombarded with apps telling you to use AI. I've been calling it "Corporate pressure" and "Force feeding". It's quite a lot right now. Seems a bit desperate tbh.
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In fact, I think a truly mature conversation would actually assess some of our many past asset sales and consider whether re-nationalising some of those assets might be in the country's interest.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
NZ needs to have a ‘mature conversation’ about selling state assets, PM says
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has indicated asset sales could be included in National’s manifesto for the 2026 election.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
In fact, I think a truly mature conversation would actually assess some of our many past asset sales and consider whether re-nationalising some of those assets might be in the country's interest.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
But that's definitely not the conversation he wants.
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WellKiwis has wrapped up their respiratory virus surveillance this year in Wellington, NZ.
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
1/
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
1/
November 10, 2025 at 6:47 AM
WellKiwis has wrapped up their respiratory virus surveillance this year in Wellington, NZ.
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
1/
During 31 Mar - 19 Oct 2025, they detected:
2,328 identified single viruses (some samples had >1)
of which:
191 (8.2%) were SARS-CoV-2
382 (16.4%) were influenza
➡️Twice as many flu as covid detections!
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Your govt login brought to you by the Meta-Palantir Alliance for Digital Freedom
November 10, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Your govt login brought to you by the Meta-Palantir Alliance for Digital Freedom
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Because a bunch of paranoid Facebook-addicted parents are worried about their teens seeing anorexia/sui bait and have no mental model of platform regulation, we're gonna end up with a worse form of internet censorship and digital ID than the cookers were claiming about contact tracing apps.
November 10, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Because a bunch of paranoid Facebook-addicted parents are worried about their teens seeing anorexia/sui bait and have no mental model of platform regulation, we're gonna end up with a worse form of internet censorship and digital ID than the cookers were claiming about contact tracing apps.
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And the people most vulnerable to disinformation seem to be Gen X and boomer straight white cis folks. Better ban them as well!
November 9, 2025 at 10:21 PM
And the people most vulnerable to disinformation seem to be Gen X and boomer straight white cis folks. Better ban them as well!
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Literal helicopter parent uuuugh
November 9, 2025 at 11:26 PM
Literal helicopter parent uuuugh
These are very sound reasons for opposing this ban. Mine are much more vibes-based: the proponents seem like the sort of conservative helicopter parents (Anna Mowbray, FFS) who wouldn’t see any Downton young people losing some autonomy.
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 11:21 PM
These are very sound reasons for opposing this ban. Mine are much more vibes-based: the proponents seem like the sort of conservative helicopter parents (Anna Mowbray, FFS) who wouldn’t see any Downton young people losing some autonomy.
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As a digital artist I've been accused of being AI numerous times and I'd like to add: just because it's shit doesn't mean it wasn't made by a human either, I can be a bad artist without assistance, thank you very much.
I spotted this on Mastodon and I find it horrible, not least for the speed with which this has happened.
November 9, 2025 at 2:46 PM
As a digital artist I've been accused of being AI numerous times and I'd like to add: just because it's shit doesn't mean it wasn't made by a human either, I can be a bad artist without assistance, thank you very much.
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pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
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Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:55 AM
pre-writing a devastating obituary for your enemy is god-tier hating of a kind you don’t often see anymore. renaissance haterism. beautiful stuff.
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Whoever wrote this has never owned a cat
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Whoever wrote this has never owned a cat
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#30DayMapchallenge Day 8, Urban.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
November 8, 2025 at 12:53 AM
#30DayMapchallenge Day 8, Urban.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.
People don't realise what a big deal it is for acceptance of place names to change in such a short time without wars/dictators/invasion/etc. Just people, within a generation, deciding it is the right thing to do. mapdata::NZHires baseman + Affinity Publisher.