Chris Burgess

Screenshot of the article being discussed; headline reads "a cycleway barrier damaged by Tesla", which may have been intended to read "damaged *my* Tesla", but it's more correct in this form. Pictured, indignant Tesla driver who hit an inanimate object on the road, and complained about it to the media.

At least the headline sub editor got it?

take the energy you have for tearing someone down on the internet and put that into telling someone you care about how much they mean to you, or supporting a friends creative endeavours.

(solved, had to give bsky a birthday, a lock of hair, frog eyes and check some new buttons over in the settings doodad)

Screenshot of the thread above. The original blort is behind an "adult content" sign and there are links to "learn more" which provide surprisingly little educational content.

I have not worked out yet how to access designated smut like this on bluesky.

I get a helpful notification but no option to click through ... Is that how everyone sees it or am I missing a setting?

shackle over a finger-length stem that was pointing the right way

many many throws inc a bunch of thru-the-fork but not-quite-catching and we landed the unlikely shot, f yeah jubilation, down it come

the menacing branch was fun, we (me & the older kid) threw the dog's rugby ball at it for a bit fairly ineffectively, then i moved up to a trailer shackle on a piece of light nylon rope

we were aiming to get the shackle thru a fork in the branch and catch, but i named the true goal of landing the

✅ got the menacing branch out of the tree
✅ cleaned the kitchen honeycomb blinds
✅ pan fried flounder for lunch

more interesting when I read it as "planet-hopping"!

But you may need to read quite a lot of bullshit to get there lol

Dunedin closes with more than 50 candidates running for 14 council seats. We need a programme to export democracy-loving Dunedites to other regional centres to run for office.

Still - When there's low engagement - local body elections, small member orgs with open membership - it will probably happen.

whether it's entryism or regular democracy is a question too I guess?

I think everybody can try Entryism (if that's the right term).

I doubt it's a winning strategy - should I join an org I disagree w, to bend them in the direction I like?

If it worked, orgs might be more liquid ... Implication to me is for most orgs, member led change isn't as powerful as top-down.

Newspaper advert of a bespoke AI laundry device, whatever that means. It's a washing machine and to me the circular door and stainless evokes HAL 9000 from 2001.

I'm getting a lot of "I'm sorry, I can't open the washing machine door" vibe from the bespoke AI laundry device

a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills ALT: a man with white hair is saying i feel like i 'm taking crazy pills

Editor in chief of Stuff wants us to submit our reflections on what is happening in Gaza like bro just send a reporter to any number of protests that is happening every fucking weekend for the last 2 years

Just started.

Favourite so far: "I'd not
accept this kind of food even drunk off my ass at a Night & Day at 4am"

bsky.app/profile/jacq...

Welcome to BlueSky, Mum!

please provide citations

BAD DAY TO WORK IN A SHOP FULL OF PHONES

a man in a hood says " goooooo " in front of him Alt: Emperor Palpatine says "gooooood" and hops uncomfortably from one foot to another, I think he needs to go weewees next.

Facebook has permabanned my mum ("community standards violations").

Thanks Facebook for supporting my Mum on the path to radicalisation.

Most experts acknowledge that a takeover by artificial intelligence is coming for the video game industry within the next five years, and executives have already started preparing to restructure their companies in anticipation. After all, it was one of the first sectors to deploy A.I. programming in the 1980s, with the four ghosts who chase Pac-Man each responding differently to the player's real-time movements.

This is an insane thing to write about game development. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/28/a...

compression culture is making you stupid and uninteresting why the death of nuance should scare you -your fav gen z philosopher xx

maalvika.substack.com/p/compressio...

Report cover with title “Wyoming truck accident facts 1977,” with the first letter of each word emphasized so that “WTAF” is prominent. Illustrations of truck accidents.

YouTube video by Benn Jordan I Saved a PNG Image To A Bird

Holy shit. This guy saved a PNG to a bird.

(he drew a bird into a spectrogram, played that sound to a starling, and the starling reproduced it back to him with enough accuracy he got his bird drawing back in their call's spectrogram) www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCQC...

Sun is shining right up my back passage this morning

INFAMOUS
I am incensed

I had the impression they had moved on? Had been quiet the last visit or two, compared to a once thriving colony. But not in Otautahi often so might have been there the day everyone was off eating chips / practicing fast flight

better not be getting sick with the thing the wife had, cos I don't want to be sick

ChatGPT is not your friend! real relationships challenge you toward personal growth, as with Mavis Beacon, a beautiful lady professional who taught me to type really fast.

A safety chart graphic from a hotel, instructing that in event of earthquake one should STAY in bed, COVER up with a duvet, and HOLD your head. Text below graphic says "You are less likely to be injured if you stay in bed".

I have arrived in Whanganui-a-Tara and I am now prepped on hotel safety

The airport shuttle can be a great morning tour of your home town!