Carl Mönnig

Mom Confession - SNL YouTube video by Saturday Night Live

Holy shit SNL knocked this one out of the park
youtu.be/-wQhY5CMMl4?...

I use a bookmarked unattended config for setting up quick labs. Local accounts, settings how I want them, and bloatware removed. schneegans.de/windows/unat...

I do t think I’ve seen this data so starkly laid out

Professor Tak Mak’s presentation includes this plot on global life expectancy and you can see that Oceania suffered a much smaller drop than any other region in 2021

Also TIL of wget2, but aria2c works fine.

Shows a tweet by NZ NAtional Party claiming Chris Hipkins overspent during Covid. A misleading graph claims NZ spent 20% of GDP compared to other small nations.

A separate graph from Musical Chairs shows the National PArty is wrong

I regret to inform you that the National Party has formally kicked off their 2026 election campaigning and as expected they're betting the farm on lies, propaganda and fear.

Without a strong media, it will be hard to resist.

Nice

From today's @financialtimes.com #rachelreeves #tax

lgtm, straight to prod

Hoping the recent Wildlife Authorisations Amendment does not negatively impact their population.

I will forever be haunted by this footage.

Trawling has only been filmed underwater a few times in documentary history, and never with such clarity.

What’s so heart-rending about these shots is watching how the animals don’t just get swept up — they swim for their lives.
🌎🦑🧪

Next do Arkham and Azkaban

OpenAI declares AI race “over” if training on copyrighted works isn’t fair use National security hinges on unfettered access to AI training data, OpenAI says.

“My company can’t exist unless I get to commit massive IP theft” isn’t the argument Altman thinks it is. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...

Looks like the local Nazis here in Wellington are emboldened by Trump’s antics.

Gross to see 🤮

No room for racism, let’s stamp it out.

Bigly

Oh no! I hope you are doing alright 😬

Same in New Zealand. Not sure why.