honestly it’s pretty interesting to see the narratives around automation of programming play out in an industry with such little class-consciousness. But it does feel like it’s really highlighting contradictions and tensions between management and engineers in a way that’s forcing some reckoning. Combined with current economy + trumpism, might be creating some amount of attitude change

Must have been terrifying to be anywhere nearby

Israel announces failure of assassination operation against al-Ghamari, Chief of Staff of Ansar Allah

Apparently failed from MEO, hopefully true

Wonder if Israel is in the process of blowing a hole in the Rafah border rn to push the Palestinians into Egypt. Seems like they would use the chaos of Iran retaliation to cover their genocidal endgame for Gaza

I wonder how the question was worded. Hard to see NZ putting aside the terminal Sinophobia even when our petit-boug class relies on Chinese entirely.

Yes amazing! Thank you

Anyone got a link to that super hard TikTok edit of the PLA from back in the day, with dudes shooting off horseback, testing nukes etc

want to be rabidly anti immigration and also a capitalist keeping downward pressure on wages? Now you can, with AI slop!

Longer clip from Hamas https://xcancel.com/aysardm/status/1881070042009514113

Wouldn’t it be easier to publish studies when they find something that isn’t polluted with PFAS or microplastics at this point.

Good rec thanks!

Yeah referencing existing flag colours with the shape referencing mountains & marae wharenui

I’ve seen this comment a few times now and I’m pretty conflicted, especially as I’m the white coloniser and can’t speak for Māori.

I think it’s important to point out that Māori have worked incredibly hard to reclaim and preserve their language, culture and this particular Haka seems to have resonated with a lot of Māori. It’s not a land acknowledgement from a blackrock CEO, or the Democrats kneeling for George Floyd.

But… The cynic in me says: It is performative. As are all parliamentary speeches and rituals. As is the bill itself which is right-wing virtue signalling. The lib in me: It has brought a lot of attention to the bill, and made it clear to “well meaning anglos” that it’s fucked up. The materialist in me: The treaty barely impacts capital’s ability to make profit, so overturning it seems quite far down the list (for now) for the local borg.

The blue and white fern was an abomination

Red peak objectively better

Smaller than the average mcmansion

The Hīkoi mō te Tiriti arrived in Wellington NZ today. The haka went viral the other day, but this is the bigger story of the public mobilisation against the bill introduced by our right-wing, reactionary, ACT party.

The other right wing parties in coalition have said they won’t support it past the first reading. But they probably would if they thought it would be easy for them.

Māori party has mobilised a series of protests and now this to get the bill in the news cycle. Which actually seems like a reasonable electoral strategy when the right wing government doesn’t seem that motivated to push it through.