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jdmcg

@jdmcg@mastodon.nz

I design things for a living, write things for a hobby, and advocate for improved public healthcare on behalf of people with a rare disorder.

I live by the beautiful Whau river in Tāmaki Makaurau with my lovely family where I write bad poems and cook great food, often at the same time.

#RareDisease #RareDisorders #Poetry #Architecture #Environmentalism #SocialJustice

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jdmcg, to random
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Lost my job yesterday. Feeling an enormous sense of relief today.

I don't think that role was for me.

jdmcg, to python
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My best mate Leon is an incredible programmer, particularly in . He's looking for work - please boost for reach or check out his quirky, fascinating blog. He's open to short term contracts, can work remotely or in Auckland, NZ.

Https://lost.co.nz

jonoabroad, to random
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Fuckin Hummus is "woke food" Jesus christ, stop the planet i want to get off.

jdmcg,
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@jonoabroad I'm tired of all this extreme left wing food. Steak pies represent the silent majority.

billbennett, to random
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The political right use the term ‘woke’ in the way that communists would use the word ‘bourgeois’ to signify “things and people we don’t like and who had better watch out”.

It has the advantage of being easier to spell. That’s important give the education cuts.

jdmcg,
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@billbennett indeed.

jdmcg, to random
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It's a clear, beautiful morning in Tāmaki Makaurau. Have a great day folks, and be excellent to each other.

iangriffin, to random
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Today I made quiche

jdmcg,
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@iangriffin quiche-o'clock!

dgar, to random
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Poll is in the comments.

jdmcg,
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@dgar I'm worried this poll is going to come out a tie.

jdmcg, to random
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I live in a world where the government is taking wheelchairs off disabled people (and claiming poverty) while paying billions to already wealthy landlords.

I cannot fathom the person who believes this is reasonable.

NunavutBirder, to random
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Watched Napoleon the other day. Rather disappointed. Slow, cumbersome. A movie that didn’t live up to its trailers.

jdmcg,
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@NunavutBirder a movie I thought was far surpassed by its prequel, "Napolean Dynamite"

billbennett, to random
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Salted caramel is not a flavour, it is a punishment.

jdmcg,
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@billbennett I feel the same way about this as i do chili in my dark chocolate.

AnneleiseHall, to NewZealand
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“While I’m on this – the current backlash against te reo is astonishing to me. I thought we had moved forward. That said, I think we have.
[…]
It’s just that the very loud racist voices are getting louder and have bigger platforms.”

https://clementinefraser.com/2017/11/28/everything-you-ever-wanted-to-know-abut-the-treaty-of-waitangi-but-were-too-scared-angry-oh-god-make-it-go-away-to-ask/

jdmcg,
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@AnneleiseHall I'll be MC'ing an event at parliament on Wednesday with several anti Maori language mps present. It's inspired me to prepare a proper mihi. Fuck 'em.

jdmcg, to random
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My seventy-five year old father-in-law has dinner with us each Friday. He's old school white NZ.

"Waitangi day's going to be interesting," he said tonight, "good on the Maori for sticking it to these fascists."

If he's the silent majority, and I think he is, the right might have mis-read the room.

jdmcg, to random
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Alright lovely Mastodon folks, time to share my fundraiser. Now I know that fundraisers are not everyone's cup of tea, so I'll share this once, then pop it behind a content warning in future. I'll be using the same hashtags so you can follow it if you like.

What am I doing? I'm raising funds for Rare Disorders NZ by walking around Maungawhau Mt Eden again and again and again, in late March. Learn more at https://givealittle.co.nz/fundraiser/walk-a-mile-with-james

jeffowski, to random
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jdmcg,
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@jeffowski I spend about a day per week on average volunteering for a charity and it makes me feel greatly superior.

Seriously, though, my approach is to influence systemic factors enough, through collective action, that there is no longer any need for us to exist. I suspect we'll be in business longer than my own lifetime, but you gotta have goals.

RogerRemacle, to books
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Eugen Rochko recently posted a thought:
"I think it comes down to, AI has no place in the arts. Machine-generated art has the appearance of what it is emulating, but no substance. Like cake made entirely of fondant. Or cardboard."

'Aiono' replied: "Also even if it could, like why would you automate one of the most entertaining part of being a human?"

Replace 'art' with 'writing'.

Right!

Happy writing,
Roger

@bookstodon

jdmcg,
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@RogerRemacle @bookstodon my brother, a conspicuously smart person, said that he liked AI because it confronts us with the question of what it is we value as human work. If we value art we should not cede intellectual sovereignty to an algorithm, and neither should we hoover up the nihilistic chowder of probabilistic content. It is on us to protect what we value.

jdmcg,
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@knbrindle @RogerRemacle @bookstodon don't be mildly pessimistic! You've come this far.

18+ Rjdlandscapes, to NewZealand
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Fucking cookers

https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2023/12/shane-jones-says-new-zealand-won-t-meet-dreamy-fairytale-2030-paris-agreement-goal.html

jdmcg,
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@Rjdlandscapes it's all so craven and vicious.

Rjdlandscapes, to NewZealand
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If you want to know how the 100% pure thing is going, this is how..

“They said they wanted to focus on cleaning up freshwater, boosting biodiversity, delivering for the climate, celebrating oceans, reducing waste, fixing planning laws,” says Toki. “What they’ve done is they are promulgating policy that will essentially do the opposite of all of those things.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/dec/09/new-zealands-environmental-credentials-on-the-line-as-coalition-takes-power

jdmcg,
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@Rjdlandscapes on the one hand, it infuriates me that our international reputation should be any kind of motivating factor in taking effective climate action.

On the other, I hope this provides at least some incentive for our chaotic leadership to ameliorate the worst of their inclinations.

jdmcg, to random
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I am stupidly early to The War On Drugs. Got a good seat, because I'm old.

deweyritten, to random

Let's bring back women dramatically fainting to express disapproval.

jdmcg,
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@deweyritten let men have the courage to realize it's OK for them to faint too, and would it kill them to swoon from time to time?

jdmcg,
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@deweyritten I haven't consulted widely, but I'd say that's fair. Possibly we could have a little hysteria from time to time? Asking for a friend.

billbennett, to random
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I trust nobody reading this is even remotely surprised by this?

https://www.cnn.com/2023/11/08/tech/meta-facebook-instagram-teen-safety/index.html

jdmcg,
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@billbennett in short, no.

thomasfuchs, to random
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Political Centrism Centering in CSS
🤝
Bullshit

jdmcg,
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@thomasfuchs I didn't realize this exceedingly specific toot was the toot I needed today.

I can't keep saying toot. I refuse from now on.

billbennett, to random
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OK everyone, now you know what to do.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/500784/a-way-of-ensuring-our-survival-kiwi-booksellers-band-together-to-take-on-amazon

jdmcg,
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@billbennett I wonder whether the demise of book depository provides a good opportunity for this platform to carve out their local audience.

amydentata, to random

Saying that ChatGPT "can't yet provide reliably correct answers to questions" is like saying your cat can't yet provide reliable services as a paralegal. You can't solve that task mismatch with a better cat

jdmcg,
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@amydentata
_ sees cat analogy in feed _
_ scrolls camera roll for cat photos _
_ tries in vain to link photo to original post _

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