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Tom Isaacson
@parsley72.bsky.social
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Known in Taiwan as The Tom. Immigrant, Pākehā, he/him.

Tāmaki Makaurau, Aotearoa.
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Never actually seen The Proposal but I can’t imagine ICE would allow this sort of thing now.
November 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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I know it’s frustrating but there’s no need to be rude.
Radio NZ Whakapapa Village evacuated, ass Tongariro National Park fire spreads.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
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The @jpdanner.com story.
Pursuit of Hoppness Trying to visit every brewery in NZ
November 9, 2025 at 4:37 AM
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Goddammit.
November 9, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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“We’re all trying to find the guy who did this”
November 7, 2025 at 8:31 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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You maniacs! You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!
November 5, 2025 at 7:35 AM
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Similar colouring.
Monty the Huntaway looking into the distance.
November 4, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Stealth mode engaged.
November 4, 2025 at 4:20 AM
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November 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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Been years since I was on such a teeny plane. Unfortunately I’m usually wider than the seat.
November 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
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Gul Dukat
November 1, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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The eternal question. books.google.com/ngrams/graph...
November 1, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Prince Andrew’s new side hustle.
October 29, 2025 at 7:30 AM
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Small-minded twat. Does he really think that changing the history curriculum (temporarily I’m sure) is actually going to rewrite history? #NZPol
David Seymour Wonderful news today that the highly politicised 'Aotearoa New Zealand Histories Curriculum' has been fixed. The Marxist 'big ideas' such as 'Mãori history is the foundational and continuous history of Aotearoa New Zealand!' and 'The course of Aotearoa New Zealand's histories has been shaped by the use of power' are GONE.
October 29, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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I’m in. #ChCon
October 28, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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That’s what annoys me about people who think if all political leaders were women we’d live in a perfect world. I’m not saying we shouldn’t try it but the idea that women always make the best policies is somewhat undermined by Brooke, Judith, et al.
October 27, 2025 at 12:23 AM
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I'm genuinely facinated to see whether Twitter will keep going after Grok takes over or whether it'll just implode.
What's happening: Elon Musk confirmed that X will delete all heuristics from its recommendation system within six weeks. In other words, the familiar logic of likes, replies, and reposts that shaped Twitter for years is about to disappear. In its place, Grok, the platform's in-house Al model, will read and watch more than one hundred million posts and videos every day to decide what users see. At the same time, X is testing a new interface that keeps users inside the app even when they open external links. How this hits reality: This marks the first time a major social platform has handed full control of content discovery to an Al model. Engagement farms, trend-hacking accounts, and traditional growth tactics may soon lose their edge. The new winners will be those who write in ways that Grok interprets as engaging, turning social media optimization into a new form of prompt engineering. This shift could reshape influencer strategies, ad targeting, and even political communication in a matter of may soon lose their edge. The new winners will be those who write in ways that Grok interprets as engaging, turning social media optimization into a new form of prompt engineering. This shift could reshape influencer strategies, ad targeting, and even political communication in a matter of weeks. Key takeaway: X did not just change its algorithm; it replaced it with an Al reader. Your reach will soon depend on how fluently you can speak Grok.
October 26, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Always relevant.
MAGA: We did it! We finally outlawed all the trans people and drag queens! Thanks for your help! LGB without the T: Happy to be of service! So, who are we going after next? I said who's next? Who... MAGA: <Stares>
October 26, 2025 at 9:30 PM
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More breaking news.
Radio NZ Ways to increase safety on first safe, red flags to watch for.
October 26, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Meanwhile in NZ.
Radio NZ 13-year-old has major surgery after eating 100 magnets bought on Temu
October 23, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Here he is being quiet for once.
Monty the Huntaway.
October 23, 2025 at 6:22 AM
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Amusing how they're pretending this is data when it's obviously an Imperial Star Destroyer. #StarWars
Fig 2: Proportion of order modification per time bucket (log scale) in front month. Dax Future 2019
October 20, 2025 at 11:36 PM
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Least they look comfortable. I have no idea what’s going on here.
Monty the Huntaway half asleep on the couch.
October 19, 2025 at 8:24 AM