Colin Bowern
@colinbowern.com
Creating happy deployers as Chief Product Officer at @Octopus.com where we solve for Continuous Delivery at any scale.
Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿
Expat 🇨🇦. He/Him.
Sponsor of Product Aotearoa - the NZ product community 🇳🇿
Expat 🇨🇦. He/Him.
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Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
MENLO PARK, CA — As Meta’s totally cool, definitely-not-creepy smart glasses become more popular with tech bros and straight-up pervs, the tech company is reportedly baffled as to why their glasses wh...
www.thebeaverton.com
September 27, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Meta unsure why women not buying pervert glasses
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Saturday Night Live skit of an interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
September 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
Saturday Night Live skit of an interview with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei.
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September 27, 2026 at 2:56 AM
I don’t want an ACT person representing my kids education after seeing the slop they call lunch. #nzpol
This smells like the Taxpayers Union in sheep’s clothing.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
This smells like the Taxpayers Union in sheep’s clothing.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
The new education group that wants to represent parents' voices
A new advocacy group has launched with the aim of giving parents a more organised voice in New Zealand's ongoing debates around education. The Parents' Alliance says it wants to be evidence-based and ...
www.rnz.co.nz
September 27, 2026 at 4:42 AM
I don’t want an ACT person representing my kids education after seeing the slop they call lunch. #nzpol
This smells like the Taxpayers Union in sheep’s clothing.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
This smells like the Taxpayers Union in sheep’s clothing.
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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The Government is consistently play kiwis for chumps. They make laws that benefit big polluters and fossil fuel corporates who make record profits while the rest of us pick up the tab with more polluted drinking water and rivers and beaches we can't swim in.
It's time to take the power back ✊️🌏
It's time to take the power back ✊️🌏
September 26, 2026 at 11:31 PM
The Government is consistently play kiwis for chumps. They make laws that benefit big polluters and fossil fuel corporates who make record profits while the rest of us pick up the tab with more polluted drinking water and rivers and beaches we can't swim in.
It's time to take the power back ✊️🌏
It's time to take the power back ✊️🌏
Held liable or slap on the wrist?
Sources: OpenAI, Anthropic, and researchers are probing tens of thousands of frontier model security incidents, including sandbox escapes and website hijacking (Madison Mills/Axios)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 27, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Held liable or slap on the wrist?
Abusing the terms of service without consequence.
Research: OpenAI agents scanned a UN data hub 16K+ times between April and the end of June, and circumvented a filter that was blocking their requests for data (Robert McMillan/Wall Street Journal)
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
Main Link | Techmeme Permalink
September 27, 2026 at 3:31 AM
Abusing the terms of service without consequence.
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"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
www.publicnotice.co
September 26, 2026 at 3:39 PM
"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
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It’s wild when people try to accuse her of having some political agenda. Her agenda is for kids to be safe and well cared for.
September 26, 2026 at 8:28 PM
It’s wild when people try to accuse her of having some political agenda. Her agenda is for kids to be safe and well cared for.
If a nation state or individual did this, they wouldn’t get called to come explain themselves. Why are companies getting a light touch on the damages they are causing?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Heads of OpenAI and Anthropic called to face Senate inquiry after rogue agent incidents
Sam Altman and Dario Amodei have been invited to appear before the Greens-led inquiry into AI and datacentres
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 10:46 PM
If a nation state or individual did this, they wouldn’t get called to come explain themselves. Why are companies getting a light touch on the damages they are causing?
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Good news. We solved the housing problem by ignoring it completely in favour of data centers.
September 26, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Good news. We solved the housing problem by ignoring it completely in favour of data centers.
Any applied physics resources for a year 10 student? Formulas alone aren’t doing it.
September 26, 2026 at 5:52 AM
Any applied physics resources for a year 10 student? Formulas alone aren’t doing it.
Honestly, just burn Meta down if this is how the culture mocks safety.
www.theverge.com/tech/1000370...
www.theverge.com/tech/1000370...
Meta employees ordered ‘attorney/client privilege’ hats while fighting child safety disclosures
But with no Meta or Instagram logos present.
www.theverge.com
September 25, 2026 at 4:48 AM
Honestly, just burn Meta down if this is how the culture mocks safety.
www.theverge.com/tech/1000370...
www.theverge.com/tech/1000370...
Sounds very 2008. Debt reselling at a loss. 🫣
$18B in loans tied to Oracle’s New Mexico AI data center are trading at 89-91¢ on the dollar as banks struggle to sell the debt.
Now Oracle is invoking force majeure to protect itself from payments if the project is delayed.
The cracks are starting to show in AI data center financing.
Now Oracle is invoking force majeure to protect itself from payments if the project is delayed.
The cracks are starting to show in AI data center financing.
Analysis-Oracle, Blue Owl project delay sends ripples through AI financing, sources say By Reuters
Analysis-Oracle, Blue Owl project delay sends ripples through AI financing, sources say
www.investing.com
September 25, 2026 at 3:13 AM
Sounds very 2008. Debt reselling at a loss. 🫣
Note to self: Holiday accommodation across from a large mall with mid- to high-end stores while travelling with teenagers was an unwise choice. I’ve used the word “no” a lot today.
September 24, 2026 at 8:04 AM
Note to self: Holiday accommodation across from a large mall with mid- to high-end stores while travelling with teenagers was an unwise choice. I’ve used the word “no” a lot today.
Congrats Silicon Valley. You have discovered self-directed learning.
Check your hubris, it’s not something you invented while tripping out at Burning Man.
Check your hubris, it’s not something you invented while tripping out at Burning Man.
look maybe this will redefine education, or maybe that won’t be what happens
September 24, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Congrats Silicon Valley. You have discovered self-directed learning.
Check your hubris, it’s not something you invented while tripping out at Burning Man.
Check your hubris, it’s not something you invented while tripping out at Burning Man.
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September 19, 2026 at 10:10 PM
Surf Lifesaving beach season begins.
September 18, 2026 at 9:40 PM
Surf Lifesaving beach season begins.
This is a plausible scenario of how AI ends humanity?
Incompetent operators using it to produce unverified reports that are not accurate or true. Nukes launched, world war started.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
Incompetent operators using it to produce unverified reports that are not accurate or true. Nukes launched, world war started.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
AI chatbot's false report nearly sparked war with China, sources say
The intelligence report, circulated across the US military this spring in the midst of the war with Iran, immediately set off alarm bells: a Chinese ship in the Middle East was transporting components...
www.rnz.co.nz
September 18, 2026 at 9:25 PM
This is a plausible scenario of how AI ends humanity?
Incompetent operators using it to produce unverified reports that are not accurate or true. Nukes launched, world war started.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
Incompetent operators using it to produce unverified reports that are not accurate or true. Nukes launched, world war started.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/1...
September 18, 2026 at 7:12 PM
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Look, it's a free country. You just have to walk around with ID at all times or you'll get the shit kicked out of you.
BASH: He's a US citizen
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested
BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now?
MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
MARKWAYNE MULLIN: He wasn't arrested
BASH: He was arrested. He was later released, but he was arrested. Do Americans need to carry around proof of citizenship now?
MULLIN: If you're a citizen, you have no reason to fear
September 18, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Look, it's a free country. You just have to walk around with ID at all times or you'll get the shit kicked out of you.