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Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
French publishing house Harlequin decided to use AI translation instead of human translations.
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
All their freelance translators (some of whom had been working with Harlequin for +30y!!!) were told they would no longer receive work from Harlequin
December 18, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Remember how I said I have it written into my foreign-language contracts that my work has to be translated by an actual human? This shit is why.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
Those book translations are gonna suck. They'll save money putting out books that are going to be painful to read. That's not a great long-term strategy.
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Wait. It's real? I assumed it was satire. I ASSUMED IT WAS SATIRE! Is life... satire now?
Today, Trump declared that the nation will host the first-ever “Patriot Games,” an “unprecedented four-day athletic event” featuring high school athletes, one boy and one girl, from each state and territory.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
If you think this sounds like The Hunger Games, you're not alone.
Trump just announced his own Hunger Games
In case you needed a reminder that we're living in a fascist hellscape.
www.motherjones.com
December 18, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Wait. It's real? I assumed it was satire. I ASSUMED IT WAS SATIRE! Is life... satire now?
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JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.
Article in the Times today.
JKR has set her pre action attack team on a school supporting trans youth.
A father is threatening to sue for allowing trans children to use the loo they‘ve always used.
“I don’t wish trans people any ill”, he says, after casting them as voyeurs and sexual predators.
JKR has set her pre action attack team on a school supporting trans youth.
A father is threatening to sue for allowing trans children to use the loo they‘ve always used.
“I don’t wish trans people any ill”, he says, after casting them as voyeurs and sexual predators.
December 18, 2025 at 9:53 AM
JK Rowling is destroying children's lives. Stop buying her shit, watching her shows, playing her games. You're funding her hate campaign. Move on.
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Another day, another cushy job for a former National Party Minister while public services get slashed to the bone. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/...
'Uniquely well placed': Nathan Guy named special ag trade envoy
Nathan Guy, a former minister and dairy farmer, will start the role on January 1, 2026.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 18, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Another day, another cushy job for a former National Party Minister while public services get slashed to the bone. #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-country/...
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December 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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THIS!
If … IF we’re going to allow wholesale destruction via mining, can we at least stage the financials like Norway does?
If … IF we’re going to allow wholesale destruction via mining, can we at least stage the financials like Norway does?
These articles always talk about the billions of dollars of gold - but that is effectively the money that is going overseas, leaving kiwis with pennies in the dollar.
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
In 2024/2025 the NZ Govt received a total of $143 million from all mining, all sources.
#nzpol
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
Controversial $8 billion gold mine plan given Fast Track approval
A controversial plan to mine around $8b worth of gold under conservation land in Coromandel has been given the green light under the Government’s Fast Track law.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 5:11 AM
THIS!
If … IF we’re going to allow wholesale destruction via mining, can we at least stage the financials like Norway does?
If … IF we’re going to allow wholesale destruction via mining, can we at least stage the financials like Norway does?
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That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
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December 18, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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I have an online friend, a crafter, with a different approach to Christmas decorating:
December 12, 2025 at 8:04 PM
I have an online friend, a crafter, with a different approach to Christmas decorating:
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Them: University of Idaho is better than us!
Me: By what measure?
Them: They’ve more fully integrated AI into their operations.
Me: This is a definition of “better” I’m unfamiliar with.
Me: By what measure?
Them: They’ve more fully integrated AI into their operations.
Me: This is a definition of “better” I’m unfamiliar with.
December 12, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Them: University of Idaho is better than us!
Me: By what measure?
Them: They’ve more fully integrated AI into their operations.
Me: This is a definition of “better” I’m unfamiliar with.
Me: By what measure?
Them: They’ve more fully integrated AI into their operations.
Me: This is a definition of “better” I’m unfamiliar with.
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"Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases."
Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?
Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?
They Droned Back
Young journalists expose Russian-linked vessels circling off the Dutch and German coast
www.digitaldigging.org
December 12, 2025 at 5:54 AM
"Seven German journalism students tracked Russian-crewed freighters lurking off the Dutch and German coast—and connected them to drone swarms over military bases."
Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?
Well done by the students. How come the authorities didn't figure this out? Or did they just not tell us about it?
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I want to throw up.
Barron Trump's ties to accused sex trafficker Andrew Tate exposed in NYT report
YouTube video by MS NOW
youtu.be
December 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I want to throw up.
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We need to bring back the term “flim-flam man” for AI guys. It’s more accurate than con artist and also much more fun to say.
December 13, 2025 at 5:56 AM
We need to bring back the term “flim-flam man” for AI guys. It’s more accurate than con artist and also much more fun to say.
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A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
December 13, 2025 at 2:33 AM
A+ trolling from Zelenskyy
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Cartoon: The Trouble With Timbits. I'm procrastinating and made a timbits brush in CSP. I don't actually think this would be a problem for most people. Timbits are delicious. (For non Canadians, timbits are donut holes from Tim Horton's.)
December 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Cartoon: The Trouble With Timbits. I'm procrastinating and made a timbits brush in CSP. I don't actually think this would be a problem for most people. Timbits are delicious. (For non Canadians, timbits are donut holes from Tim Horton's.)
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Hey, any fanfic writer could tell you that if you think you’re running out of ideas, a much simpler solution than destroying the planet is just taking a damn shower.
This column on Vox is the biggest pile of steaming AI crap I've seen this year. Human's aren't running out of ideas. Instead, those with power and money don't want to listen to ideas that threaten their power and money.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
Ideas are plentiful. Putting those ideas into action is the hard part.
We’re running out of good ideas. AI might be how we find new ones.
What if the best use of AI is restarting the world’s idea machine?
www.vox.com
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Hey, any fanfic writer could tell you that if you think you’re running out of ideas, a much simpler solution than destroying the planet is just taking a damn shower.
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Starting to think the death cult is some kind of cult dedicated to causing as much death as possible????
December 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Starting to think the death cult is some kind of cult dedicated to causing as much death as possible????
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
It's Saturday, it's sunny, you know what that means
😁
😁
December 13, 2025 at 12:22 AM
It's Saturday, it's sunny, you know what that means
😁
😁
December 11, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Ahh summer in Christchurch, 22°c at 2am, so glad I've got a heat pump. I guess it's bedtime then
December 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Ahh summer in Christchurch, 22°c at 2am, so glad I've got a heat pump. I guess it's bedtime then
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Does anyone think of Charlie Brooker? Should he rename Black Mirror to just Mirror? Now a documentary.
"Soon, CNN will run live odds on world events where its viewers can gamble on them in real time on their smartphones."
CNN Partners With a Gambling App That Lets You Wager on Starvation in Gaza
The app company’s two biggest investors are also heavily invested in the Israeli military.
truthout.org
December 6, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Does anyone think of Charlie Brooker? Should he rename Black Mirror to just Mirror? Now a documentary.
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It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
It would cost $30 billion to end homelessness in the USA.