André Alessi

I'm repeating myself but the key to explaining Trump's love of tariffs is: He literally believes any money coming into the Federal gov't belongs to *him, personally*.

So when importers pay tariffs, *Trump thinks he gets richer*. The fact that the cost is passed on to Americans is irrelevant to him.

(I was tempted to add "CW: Deborah Hill Cone" but it's funnier as a jump scare.)

In case you were confused why Alp is standing in a Māori ward, he has stood for Te Tai Tokerau in the past. His more recent antics are well-documented, but I recommend reading about his earlier harassment of the CEO of BNZ at the head of a "Māori separatist" militia. archive.ph/201209100500...

We're at the 'we're very sorry we hired a trans person' stage in the UK's systematic erasure of trans people.

r/ChatGPTPro u/vurto • 28d If ChatGPT is not consistently dependable, how are we suppose to use it for actual work? Discussion It's behavior and results can randomly change due to some OpenAl tweaking that's opaque. On some days it can't even keep track of a fresh chat, it can't do calculations, it can't sort through a chat to extract relevant information, and when it's suppose to refer to source material in a PDF, it doesn't. All because OpenAl trained it for fluency and basically to simulate whatever it can for user satisfaction. I can use it for general chats, philosophical stuff, therapy, but nothing serious. I'm pro Al, but I approach it with skepticism knowing it's undependable (as I do with anything I read). And prompts can be interpreted/executed differently across users' own interaction with their Als so it's not truly scalable. How does the business world / leaders expect staff to adopt Al if it's not consistently dependable? It doesn't even calculate like a calculator. If the internet start claiming 2+2=5, that's what it'll answer with. I'd use it for hobbies and pet projects but I can't imagine using it for anything "mission critical".

You're so close

Counterspin Media founder runs in upcoming Tāmaki Makaurau by-election The Electoral Commission has announced the five official people running for the Tāmakai Makaurau seat in the upcoming by-election.

Nasty nazi stands for Māori seat. #NzPol

The government's position on this is pretty extraordinary. It is, essentially, "yes we won in the Supreme Court but we didn't win *enough*."

That makes it clear that court decisions here are just the excuse; the govt just wants to crack down on the rights of Maori set by the previous National govt.

Watch: AI will aid with NCEA replacement, Education Minister says "We're extraordinarily advanced in terms of the rest of the world," Erica Stanford says.

Could right-wing politicians *please* ease up on the magical thinking about AI? It's just getting daft now. www.rnz.co.nz/news/top/569...

It is used in AML as a sanction when criminal prosecution wouldn't be appropriate, but banks do also make calculations about reputational damage from people or organisations their risk teams see as too risky or too much work. It's not always fairly administered but it's not biased against the right.

University club announces ‘internal review’ after crayfish throwing at Christchurch restaurant Members of the University of Canterbury Rowing Club were attending an event when a crayfish was grabbed out of a tank and thrown across the room.

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University club announces 'internal review' after crayfish throwing at Christchurch restaurant

A university rowing club has announced an "internal review" after a crayfish was allegedly killed by a customer at a Christchurch restaurant last Friday. Police are investigating the incident that saw a man shown on video grabbing a crayfish out of a tank at the Riccarton restaurant before throwing it across the room.

I'm not sure the fact that a crayfish died at a restaurant that serves crayfish is the real story here.

Oh god

You could do it like a Mechanical Turk. Sit inside a box and all the camera can see is the text appearing on the screen as you type.

My flatmate just got back from a week in Bali, where he hung out with a bunch of monkeys and got a tan. He also got bitten by a dog and is on a course of anti-rabies injections lol.

🚨ATTENTION EVERYBODY🚨

🚨IT IS FERAL HOGS DAY🚨

Been thinking about this post lately

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

On June 6, Anthony Aguilar, a retired 25-year US Army veteran and Green Beret, found himself facing a daunting logistical problem. He had been recruited as a security contractor for UG Solutions, a partner of the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation—the Israel-backed American nonprofit now overseeing food distribution in the devastated Palestinian territory. His challenge: finding a way to feed the local Palestinian workers assisting with GHF’s efforts. “Nobody could figure out how to get food there,” he says. So Aguilar says they settled on a workaround: ordering stacks of Domino’s pizzas via an Israeli delivery app and picking them up at the Gaza border themselves. “We then took those 27 pizzas in an armored convoy,” he says, to a GHF distribution site within the strip.

While all of Gaza starves and the entry of aid is prohibited, American mercenaries with the assistance of an IDF armored convoy are able to bring Domino’s pizza in when they feel like it.

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i am building a nuculer reactor on teh moon, says the former guy who was c list famous for being on mtv's the real world oh and is now the acting director for nasa. america is fine the way it is.

🗣️ stop centering your problems when we should be focused on the witches and werewolves

Creepy is a slur.

me at 14: lol the bible has a prohibition on necromancy. superstitious morons. i'm so glad i live in an enlightened age

me at 37: shit i guess you actually gotta hand it to 'em on this one

JACK KIRBY: what? who???

ALAN MOORE: *possessed of the farsight* LIQUID SWORDS

On this day in 1996⁠, DLT featuring Che Fu 'Chains' went to No. 1 on the Official Aotearoa Singles Chart, and stayed there for 5 weeks.⁠ "Amidst a tale of despair in the city, a staunch 'no nukes' message is delivered..." www.audioculture.co.nz/articles/giv...

A very handsome silver tabby is curled up asleep on a sheepskin rug.

A very handsome silver tabby is curled up asleep on a sheepskin rug.

Someone's had his sleepy time tea.

David Byrne came to my band’s show at a gay bar in Bed-Stuy and sang This Must Be The Place with us and I still haven’t processed it

Why drilling for fossil fuels is not expected to fix our energy crisis The government is touting oil and gas exploration as the answer. But there are grave doubts it will work.

NZ’s gas supply is collapsing — and the govt’s big fix? More drilling. But experts (including Shane Jones’ advisors) say it likely won’t work, and there’s no backup plan if it fails.

My story here

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

JFC we've got the FB "My dog died [insert AI dog photo]" engagement farmers here already, and they're getting dozens of sincere replies from clueless people.

Just wait until we get the "I saw a homeless person on the CRL!" stories.