Lala
@smartyboots.bsky.social
USian living in Aotearoa New Zealand. Trans rights are human rights, abortion rights are human rights, Black Lives Matter
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“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
December 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
“It's not my duty as Mayor to make sure you have a parking spot. For me it's the same as if you bought a cow, or a refrigerator, and then asked me where you're going to put them.” — Mayor of Pontevedra, Spain (re-elected 6 times)
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So many people say AI is just part of the world now and we have to accept it. Yeah well so were those Olestra potato chips that made people shit themselves and we got rid of those.
July 7, 2025 at 10:40 PM
So many people say AI is just part of the world now and we have to accept it. Yeah well so were those Olestra potato chips that made people shit themselves and we got rid of those.
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When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
December 13, 2025 at 4:12 AM
When I see an ad boasting of all that A.I. can create for me
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It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
December 12, 2025 at 5:40 PM
It's so fucked up to have been a kid during the D&D is the devil freakout and the Tipper Gore dirty lyrics freakout and live to see the teen suicide machine get such a pass.
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You’ll be enjoying something or finding it interesting, then go down a rabbit hole about its origin, and it’s like MINSTREL SHOWS, BLACKFACE, because America is The Bad Place.
December 11, 2025 at 12:28 PM
You’ll be enjoying something or finding it interesting, then go down a rabbit hole about its origin, and it’s like MINSTREL SHOWS, BLACKFACE, because America is The Bad Place.
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Not only do I not want to use your new A.I. mode, I want you to stop telling me about your new A.I. mode, this is like the waiter trying to tell me the specials, but what makes them special is that the chef is blindfolded and we've started keeping roach poison in salt shakers
December 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Not only do I not want to use your new A.I. mode, I want you to stop telling me about your new A.I. mode, this is like the waiter trying to tell me the specials, but what makes them special is that the chef is blindfolded and we've started keeping roach poison in salt shakers
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A ton of artists work in advertising at one time or another in their lives and working in advertising is considered totally normal by society but you'd have to be a lunatic to respect people who make ads more than people who make porno if you think about it for even a second
December 9, 2025 at 4:59 AM
A ton of artists work in advertising at one time or another in their lives and working in advertising is considered totally normal by society but you'd have to be a lunatic to respect people who make ads more than people who make porno if you think about it for even a second
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Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
December 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Remember folks: if you have any small amount of artistic talent, any sex appeal, or can make your friends laugh, the richest man on earth is crying screaming throwing up because he can’t be you.
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We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
December 6, 2025 at 2:45 PM
We got Weird Al out here singing Killing In The Name, the time for moderation is over
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Current Hollywood diet culture means we are running out of famous women who when they appear they make you say Va Va Voom and your tongue rolls down out onto the floor and steam comes out your ears and you slip on a banana peel
December 7, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Current Hollywood diet culture means we are running out of famous women who when they appear they make you say Va Va Voom and your tongue rolls down out onto the floor and steam comes out your ears and you slip on a banana peel
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I wish I had spoilers for the ending of this story
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 8, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I wish I had spoilers for the ending of this story
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This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids
More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they've stolen: Survey
More than 1 in 4 self-checkout shoppers admit they’ve stolen: Survey
More than a third of self-checkout thieves see the kiosks as “unpaid work” so taking small items “feels like compensation.”
ktla.com
December 7, 2025 at 9:08 PM
This is still far less than the percentage of cops who admit they've beaten their spouse and kids
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Remember the positive vibes around NZ being top in the world for work life balance? If we haven't got that - it's not like there's high wages, increased super contributions, or even great healthcare to support attracting and retaining talent instead.
Remember when it was too much WFH that was the problem? This is just that again – finding something to point at and blame. The fact that the economy is full of seasonal businesses that make their money in summer is studiously ignored. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’ Simon Bridges also questions the long summer break
The summer shutdown is coming but should the Kiwi summer holiday still stay sacrosanct?
www.stuff.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Remember the positive vibes around NZ being top in the world for work life balance? If we haven't got that - it's not like there's high wages, increased super contributions, or even great healthcare to support attracting and retaining talent instead.
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Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
December 7, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Good on Penn Jillette. Having to come to terms with your entire political identity and philosophy being wrong is not easy and most people could never do it.
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hillary clinton doesn't get a lot of love on this site but let's never forget she took odo's virginity with such gentleness and skill that they made a baseball card out of it
December 5, 2025 at 4:57 AM
hillary clinton doesn't get a lot of love on this site but let's never forget she took odo's virginity with such gentleness and skill that they made a baseball card out of it
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In the muppets universe do you think there is one muppet who is regarded as a dangerous conspiracy theorist for yelling about how everyone is being secretly controlled by a hand inside them
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
December 5, 2025 at 2:24 AM
In the muppets universe do you think there is one muppet who is regarded as a dangerous conspiracy theorist for yelling about how everyone is being secretly controlled by a hand inside them
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
The other muppets think this is a metaphor, and he's like "no it's a literal hand inside you! Inside you all"
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Taking strong positions on human rights is popular actually 👏
It demonstrates that your principles are real and apply to everyone 👏
Bigots are a tiny but well funded minority 👏
Show them the door to build genuinely broad popular support 👏
It demonstrates that your principles are real and apply to everyone 👏
Bigots are a tiny but well funded minority 👏
Show them the door to build genuinely broad popular support 👏
December 5, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Taking strong positions on human rights is popular actually 👏
It demonstrates that your principles are real and apply to everyone 👏
Bigots are a tiny but well funded minority 👏
Show them the door to build genuinely broad popular support 👏
It demonstrates that your principles are real and apply to everyone 👏
Bigots are a tiny but well funded minority 👏
Show them the door to build genuinely broad popular support 👏
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Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
December 4, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Religion note: Remember that pastor who was arrested protesting an ICE detention facility outside Chicago recently? The one who was photographed on the ground as officers arrested him?
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
That's Rev. Michael Woolf, and this is his church.
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All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
December 4, 2025 at 8:41 AM
All of the companies that make the software I use are increasing their prices, to account for an "investment" in AI.
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
I'm sat here imagining how my clients would feel if I added 30% to each invoice, because I "really got into gambling".
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November 30, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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I once had an argument with my dad about a capital gains tax, he was complaining about how it would affect him. I told him to go look at his microwave and I asked if it was dirty. He said yes and I told him to shut up it doesn’t effect you.
May 14, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I once had an argument with my dad about a capital gains tax, he was complaining about how it would affect him. I told him to go look at his microwave and I asked if it was dirty. He said yes and I told him to shut up it doesn’t effect you.
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A twelve year old can make AI porn of his teacher but cannot see the movie Before Sunrise in theaters. Does that not feel completely insane.
November 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
A twelve year old can make AI porn of his teacher but cannot see the movie Before Sunrise in theaters. Does that not feel completely insane.
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Virtually our entire leadership caste across multiple segments of society simultaneously tore their masks off to reveal black holes where humans should be. It's quite something!
November 28, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Virtually our entire leadership caste across multiple segments of society simultaneously tore their masks off to reveal black holes where humans should be. It's quite something!
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A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
November 28, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A reminder for those who are not aware: "remigration" is the process of deporting all non-white people from a country. It includes citizens and is, by definition, ethnic cleansing.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
And to be clear: this is not fake. I just screenshot it myself.
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if you pay an artist to make art they’ll use that money to be able to keep making art, and stimulate the economy in the process! whereas if you get GenAI to make art it’ll use private equity money to drive up energy prices in the short term and in the long term cause the economy to collapse
November 29, 2025 at 3:19 AM
if you pay an artist to make art they’ll use that money to be able to keep making art, and stimulate the economy in the process! whereas if you get GenAI to make art it’ll use private equity money to drive up energy prices in the short term and in the long term cause the economy to collapse