Blaise!

Friendly neighbourhood lich
he/him

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

Also this is a reminder that stylus writing is life and I will never, never go back to tap-tap-tapping away like the animals do, so the typos are have to stay.

[Shivers @thinkingshivers]

Quick guide for midwits like myself for sounding smart:

When you combine two things, that's "Hegelian."

When something resembles something, you say "Baudrillard!" or "simulacrum!"

When you say something but secretly mean something else, it's "Straussian."

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

sixth

i miscounted lol

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once again: fuck you to the fifth labour government for chopping out the top end of the job market in this town

it's going great for those of us further down

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very hard to think positively when waiting for the redundancy hammer to drop (for the second time in three years)

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

I would have been better off if I just participated in the obvious grifts I instinctually loathed at first sight.

Selling inclusion workshops, anything involving "raising awareness" on the government dime, combating misinformation, Al safety, etc.

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

@cha0s10g1c @woke8yearold Mojang and King are the money printers

[Séb Krier @sebkrier]

The reactions to prescriptions about AGI have less to do with being 'AGI pilled' or not, and more about whether you're more concerned with AIs taking over (xrisk), companies taking over (anti-capitalism), or the abuse of power by empowered governments (anti-authoritarianism).

[Kendric Tonn @kendrictonn]

I bang on about how much of current culture, e.g. contemporary D&D, has suffered a kind of model collapse from ingesting only predigested things, like prior D&Ds, for inspiration, but I can't say this is a place it would have occurred to me to look for the phenomenon

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

@cha0s10g1c Nukes on rockets are crazy expensive. What we need is dirty bombs in basements. Just to align incentives.

[Nicholas Decker @captgouda24]

Leaving primitive tribes uncontacted is fundamentally contrary to human dignity and equality. Their way of life is worse. We have the ability to improve it, but choose not to, because we do not really, truly believe they are human. We treat them as animals on a game reserve.

[Ben Verlander @BenVerlander]

I promise no amount of explaining will prepare you for how bad this play is

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

@EricCrampton Is there any hope of this being addressed this term? I haven't been following closely enough, and am out of the loop on RMA reform.

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

Pangram says this is human-written?

[Simeon Brown @SimeonBrownMP]

The meatballs made it all the way from Sweden to Auckland. The plug-in solar might soon ☀️

When department stores like IKEA open here, Kiwis get the flatpacks, the little pencils, the famous meatballs, the whole lot. But the one thing that could actually shrink your power bill gets left behind on a shelf in Europe. Because in New Zealand, right now, plugging a solar panel into your own wall is illegal.

Over in Germany, nobody thinks twice about it. A range of stores will happily sell you a plug-in solar kit. You stand it on your balcony, plug it in, and your power bill starts shrinking that same afternoon. More than a million German homes already do exactly this.

So let’s fix that.

The idea is beautifully simple. Plug-in solar - or balcony solar - is a panel or two, a small inverter, and an ordinary three-pin plug. No roof work and no drilling. You plug it in, point it at the sky, and it turns free sunshine into cheaper power while you get on with your day 🔋

And cheaper power is the whole point of this.

If you own your home, it’s the easiest, lowest-cost way yet to start knocking real money off your bill.

If you rent, and nearly a third of Kiwi households do, this one’s for you too. You’ve been locked out of solar for years, not because your roof is wrong, but because it isn’t yours. Plug-in solar doesn’t care whose roof it is, and the day you move out, you unplug it and take your savings with you 📦

Every sunny hour it runs is power you’re not buying from the grid. That’s money staying in your pocket, week after week, year after year.

☀️ Purchase a plug-in solar kit
💡 Turn free sunshine into a smaller power bill
🏠 Own or rent, it works either way
📦 Moving house? Unplug it and bring it along

We’ve got the sun, and other countries have already proven it’s safe and it works. The only thing standing between Kiwis and cheaper power is an old rule that needs to be looked at and changed.

That’s why under National, work is underway to enable plug-in solar where it’s safe to do so. Get the safety standards right, then let Kiwis plug in and start saving.

Would you plug one in? Let me know in the comments 👇

Cheaper power, more choice, and control back in your hands. It’s all part of National’s plan to fix the basics and build the future 🩵

[Richard Lawson @rilaws]

Odyssey is terrific. Comfortably seats eight and features the thoughtful engineering touches we’ve come to expect from Honda

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

Product so good that its owners are mildly baffled that anyone contemplates alternatives

[Alex Z @AZinCLE]

Just buy the $150 Brother laser printer. Is it repairable? Who knows? I've had it for 10 years and it hasn't broken.

[Thomas Astruc ⏚ @Thomas_Astruc]

Ok.
Marinette is born the 2nd of january.
Adrien the 3rd. Alya the 4th. Nino the 5th. Chloé the 5th. Sabrina the 6th. Rose the 7th. Juleka and Luka the 8th. Mylene the 9th. Ivan the 10th. Alix the 11th. Max the 12th. Kim the 13th. They're all capricorn.
It's canon. Enjoy ! 👋

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

grab some shit out of their cart and buy it for yourself

[Lesbian Rod Serling 🇵🇸🇺🇦🇮🇷 @LRSerling]

In front of me in the 15items or less lane at the grocery was this couple with an overflowing cart, maybe 50-60 items. Really held up the line. I was so mad I could only go up and tell them "this is an express lane," i couldn't think of anything that would actually make them care

[a horse child is born (taken out for gallops) 🫏🐀 @BinAnimals]

#WagesForCatWork
#WagesForDogWork

[AUTOMATON WEST @AUTOMATON_ENG]

Academic researchers of ChatGPT user habits stumble upon “extreme outlier” who generated thousands of fanfics about Doki Doki Literature Club! characters giving birth
https://t.co/MiFsrBEtbg

[Blaise! @blaiserize]

"Good people will probably get caught up in this car crushing thing" as prophesied by Need for Speed: The Run

(No shade on the quoted post, obvs - I have no strong opinion)

[Mikey Smith⚡ @MikeySmithNZ]

I don't understand the govts obsession with crushing cars. We've had it before.

NZ has one of the greatest car cultures in the world. Any weekend across the country. You can find thousands of people at car meets, having a coffee and talking cars.

Hundreds of millions of dollars worth of special vehicles maybe billions, grace our shores. Because it's a passion that people care for.

Our f1 driver Liam "boy racered" a Subaru not long ago and donated to charity. It's a culture we have here and proud of it.

Most of these people, north and south. Have broken the speed limit, done a little skid, had a "moment" it's just been part of the journey.

Most of these people also, don't do 70kmh in the fast lane, drive round the suburbs at 35kmh. They don't text and drive. They're alert, aware and conscious. They're productive people, they need money to support their hobby and passion so they're active and driven.

Yet, these are the people that are going to risk having their cars crushed. Not the fuck head doing 70kmh in the fast lane with its sensors bouncing it's electric steering off the white lines thats forgotten where they're going.

Honestly, I understand law and order is important. But this govt has just been such a let down on certain things. Good people will probably get caught up in this car crushing thing, and for what. To get the occasional bad boy racer? Ffs what a joke. What a sad state of affairs. It's just commy bullshit.