James
@smugliberal.bsky.social
Continually frustrated graphic designer.
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If the right can construct a conspiracy based on some pizza orders, surely they'll have a field day with this.
July 18, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If the right can construct a conspiracy based on some pizza orders, surely they'll have a field day with this.
Ah yes time to listen to that new indie artist Justin Bieber
July 15, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Ah yes time to listen to that new indie artist Justin Bieber
Oh, let me clear that up for you: the goal is to get us to disclose lots of personal information to large platforms. It has nothing to do with "protecting children".
June 29, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Oh, let me clear that up for you: the goal is to get us to disclose lots of personal information to large platforms. It has nothing to do with "protecting children".
May 12, 2025 at 8:23 PM
May 9, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Do you want to make a podcast but not do anything involved with making a podcast? AI is here to save you from actually creating anything yourself!!
March 19, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Do you want to make a podcast but not do anything involved with making a podcast? AI is here to save you from actually creating anything yourself!!
The bottom end of Sportsbet's odds for the US election. Note Bernie Sanders has as much chance as Alex Jones. Also, that Hulk Hogan price is a steal.
(JD Vance is the current favourite at 3.50 btw)
(JD Vance is the current favourite at 3.50 btw)
March 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
The bottom end of Sportsbet's odds for the US election. Note Bernie Sanders has as much chance as Alex Jones. Also, that Hulk Hogan price is a steal.
(JD Vance is the current favourite at 3.50 btw)
(JD Vance is the current favourite at 3.50 btw)
February 25, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You know what this means, Labour? That if even your milquetoast, centrist policies are gonna be described as "radical left" you might as well... actually be left.
February 13, 2025 at 8:09 PM
You know what this means, Labour? That if even your milquetoast, centrist policies are gonna be described as "radical left" you might as well... actually be left.
I get the feeling they won’t be changing their logo to rainbow colours this year
January 24, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I get the feeling they won’t be changing their logo to rainbow colours this year
Wonder if there's already a word for this
January 19, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Wonder if there's already a word for this
I am absolutely thinking about you.
January 17, 2025 at 5:50 AM
I am absolutely thinking about you.
The other day there was a story about 40-odd emails dictating trans athlete policy, now 10 emails for Three Strikes. The lesson is New Zealand is a small country and you can really make an impact by emailing politicians (rather than, y'know, venting on BlueSky like this).
January 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
The other day there was a story about 40-odd emails dictating trans athlete policy, now 10 emails for Three Strikes. The lesson is New Zealand is a small country and you can really make an impact by emailing politicians (rather than, y'know, venting on BlueSky like this).
Gaming Machine Association (GMANZ) chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush (weirdly not included on his LinkedIn) compares pokie machines to shark attacks.
Actually, you can totally ban pokie machines, but he's not even happy with the very lax laws we currently have & is working to overturn them.
Actually, you can totally ban pokie machines, but he's not even happy with the very lax laws we currently have & is working to overturn them.
![But GMANZ couldn’t disagree more. At the start of the new regulations, it paid consultants KPMG to conduct a mock monitoring of a busy pub and concluded they weren’t workable. Dengate-Thrush says the paperwork is onerous and the two withdrawals rule is “a pointless interference”, because most punters now bring extra cash, and it would only work if “you think you’re going to irritate a punter into stopping playing”.
He’d rather money spent on CCTV to capture gamblers’ movements, investment in facial recognition software to help stop excluded punters, and changing the two-withdrawal rule to two-cards-declined.
GMANZ and three pokie trusts are funding an appeal against a High Court ruling that the new regulations are legal. They say they were inadequately consulted over and are unreasonable. “This was quite clearly driven by the department’s own failures with Morgan,” Dengate-Thrush says. “The minister [Jan Tinetti] said jump …. but if you design a system that no one can comply with, then you’ve got to look at the design of the system.
“When a shark attack happens on a beach, it’s an unbelievable tragedy for the people involved. But what you don't do is ban swimming ... this is a terrible, terrible event that we sympathize about. But this isn’t the right response.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:gdo26clomw2glpalvsg6pctf/bafkreighbolpfhtzf74rqpjcrlwropbkyaqksxvn4n7hzkvmtnag4f5ffe@jpeg)
January 2, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Gaming Machine Association (GMANZ) chairman Peter Dengate-Thrush (weirdly not included on his LinkedIn) compares pokie machines to shark attacks.
Actually, you can totally ban pokie machines, but he's not even happy with the very lax laws we currently have & is working to overturn them.
Actually, you can totally ban pokie machines, but he's not even happy with the very lax laws we currently have & is working to overturn them.
Google’s AI can tell me to put glue on my pizza but this is beyond the pale:
December 31, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Google’s AI can tell me to put glue on my pizza but this is beyond the pale:
Whenever I glance at this thumbnail I keep thinking they're announcing Sex and the City 3.
December 18, 2024 at 8:25 PM
Whenever I glance at this thumbnail I keep thinking they're announcing Sex and the City 3.
The "we can't afford this!" excuse is never gonna get challenged in our current media environment, so here is your argument for a wealth tax at the next election, left-wing coalition: we either make the wealthy pay their fair share or we sell public assets.
December 17, 2024 at 12:34 AM
The "we can't afford this!" excuse is never gonna get challenged in our current media environment, so here is your argument for a wealth tax at the next election, left-wing coalition: we either make the wealthy pay their fair share or we sell public assets.
I’m gonna go around my Christmas party just saying this entire sentence and see if anyone understands any of it.
December 13, 2024 at 4:38 AM
I’m gonna go around my Christmas party just saying this entire sentence and see if anyone understands any of it.
Hahahahahaha anyway back to work guys
December 12, 2024 at 6:27 AM
Hahahahahaha anyway back to work guys