
Braedon
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Braedon
@braedon
Kiwi software developer. Engineering Research Lead at HUMAN. Creator of https://t.co/uD21ax7zJ7, an open index of well-known resources (e.g. ads.txt).


SCOOP: OpenSecrets, the nonpartisan money-in-politics research nonprofit, laid off 10 employees yesterday due to financial difficulties. Much of the research team were among the casualties, which constituted around a third of the group’s total headcount. politico.com/newsletters/pl…

No wonder the government is desperate to get rid of the Waitangi Tribunal. Their latest report on the Treaty Principles Bill is absolutely excoriating. It also reveals that the government claims mere consultation with Māori is a ‘novel reinterpretation of the Treaty’ - wtf.




Welcome to the era where we use massive computational power to skim other folk’s ideas because we’re too busy to read another person’s words. AI summarization is now active in Google Scholar. When we use AI to read for us, what do we gain? What do we lose?

Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF dlvr.it/TG2dw1

Palestinians will not be allowed to return to homes in northern Gaza, says IDF dlvr.it/TG2dw1

My message to those facing benefit sanctions: Get a resume, show up for the job interview, check in with your case manager, and your fellow New Zealander will support you on a pathway to work. You have an obligation to look for work and to participate in work, and if you don't, we'll sanction your benefits.



incredible tweet from ceo of perplexity, the AI search engine that has ticked off a number of publications, for a few reasons 1. reporters already not happy w/ them 2. NYT (and others) recently served them with a C&D 3. they are supposedly on a charm offensive with the press

@tmorello Big fan of RATM as a kid in the 90s, but then I realized they have the same politics as every major corporation and I grew passed them








