Jess
@automatonowl.bsky.social
Autistic, bipolar, agender. They/them. 🏴
Aotearoa
Formerly bigflamingjess on twitter.
Aotearoa
Formerly bigflamingjess on twitter.
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you HAVE to get on board with beanie babies. beanie babies are going to leave you behind. you must devote your time to studying all the new beanie babies and how it impacts yuor life. also theyre alive and im in love with iggy the iguana
September 8, 2026 at 1:06 AM
you HAVE to get on board with beanie babies. beanie babies are going to leave you behind. you must devote your time to studying all the new beanie babies and how it impacts yuor life. also theyre alive and im in love with iggy the iguana
Almost definitely not the actual computer I remember having, but it was definitely very similar to this Gateway. The first computer that was actually mine was a (somewhat haphazard) frankenstein computer largely made out of parts I saved from being thrown out.
September 7, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Almost definitely not the actual computer I remember having, but it was definitely very similar to this Gateway. The first computer that was actually mine was a (somewhat haphazard) frankenstein computer largely made out of parts I saved from being thrown out.
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Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Hackers Had A Live Feed Of Every ID This Verification Company Scanned. For Over A Year.
From the very beginning of this recent obsession with identifying everyone online (yes, they like to call it "age" verification, but it always ends up as identity verification), we've been pointing out that it was a huge privacy nightmare waiting to happen. Or maybe it wasn't waiting. Maybe it was already happening. This week a...
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September 4, 2026 at 10:19 PM
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Age verification makes everyone less safe.
Everything with Omarchy absolutely reeks, even aside from the fact the dev is a raging bigot. It's barely more than a year old, only just different enough from Arch to count as its own distro (which is debatable tbh), and suddenly big companies are giving it funding.
September 3, 2026 at 12:27 PM
Everything with Omarchy absolutely reeks, even aside from the fact the dev is a raging bigot. It's barely more than a year old, only just different enough from Arch to count as its own distro (which is debatable tbh), and suddenly big companies are giving it funding.
Skillet kicking Bad Wolves out of their tour because the singer had an OnlyFans is a dick move, but I really don't get how people are remotely surprised. Skillet released their first album 30 years ago, and have always evangelical Christians.
September 1, 2026 at 3:26 AM
Skillet kicking Bad Wolves out of their tour because the singer had an OnlyFans is a dick move, but I really don't get how people are remotely surprised. Skillet released their first album 30 years ago, and have always evangelical Christians.
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being introduced to a whole new world of emotions, such as "angry that something is working now," thanks to linux
August 29, 2026 at 11:43 PM
being introduced to a whole new world of emotions, such as "angry that something is working now," thanks to linux
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Party Vote Green Party this election.
"The difference in NZ is you can still protest Labour by party voting for the Green party & Still end up with a Labour Green coalition that would be proportionally more progressively left wing."
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#nzpol
"The difference in NZ is you can still protest Labour by party voting for the Green party & Still end up with a Labour Green coalition that would be proportionally more progressively left wing."
[ bsky.app/profile/nzhe... ]
#nzpol
Hipkins says he's not bringing back the University Free Fees Scheme. Way to torpedo the chances of your Labour candidates in seats with high student numbers. If you want fees free vote greens. A vote for labour and national is a vote for higher student loans. #nzpol
August 28, 2026 at 12:05 AM
Party Vote Green Party this election.
"The difference in NZ is you can still protest Labour by party voting for the Green party & Still end up with a Labour Green coalition that would be proportionally more progressively left wing."
[ bsky.app/profile/nzhe... ]
#nzpol
"The difference in NZ is you can still protest Labour by party voting for the Green party & Still end up with a Labour Green coalition that would be proportionally more progressively left wing."
[ bsky.app/profile/nzhe... ]
#nzpol
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If debating fascists and bigots worked, online debate culture would have eliminated oppression by now.
It’s important to be clear that the truth value of a subject does not become debatable just because somebody wants to debate. Ether. Wandering wombs. Devils in red heads, the cursed left handed. Flat earth. Phrenology. Humors. Race science. “Debate me bro!” It’s fine for the answer to be: no.
August 23, 2026 at 5:43 PM
If debating fascists and bigots worked, online debate culture would have eliminated oppression by now.
Saw the Odyssey tonight, and I thought it was ok. Kinda bland, and changing the stuff with Polyphemus was just weird. There's nothing horny in it either, and Odysseus and his crew being horny causes more than a few issues in the poem.
August 21, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Saw the Odyssey tonight, and I thought it was ok. Kinda bland, and changing the stuff with Polyphemus was just weird. There's nothing horny in it either, and Odysseus and his crew being horny causes more than a few issues in the poem.
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My siblings in Christ the problem with GLP-1 drugs is not mean comments from randos it is the return of heroin chic levels of pro-ana bullshit, the murder of fat liberation activism, and doctors pushing those drugs on fat patients instead of allowing them to live their goddamn lives
August 18, 2026 at 12:12 AM
My siblings in Christ the problem with GLP-1 drugs is not mean comments from randos it is the return of heroin chic levels of pro-ana bullshit, the murder of fat liberation activism, and doctors pushing those drugs on fat patients instead of allowing them to live their goddamn lives
Ugh, PBTech trying to get out of replacing something that's still under a manufacturers warranty, which they have to honour. So far I've used a store's second most hated phrase, "under the Consumer Guarantee Act", and will follow up with "I'll take you to the disputes tribunal" if I have to.
August 13, 2026 at 2:45 AM
Ugh, PBTech trying to get out of replacing something that's still under a manufacturers warranty, which they have to honour. So far I've used a store's second most hated phrase, "under the Consumer Guarantee Act", and will follow up with "I'll take you to the disputes tribunal" if I have to.
There have been 8 Labour leaders in my life time, two of them were elected prime minister, and both were the only two women to lead Labour.
August 12, 2026 at 9:10 AM
There have been 8 Labour leaders in my life time, two of them were elected prime minister, and both were the only two women to lead Labour.
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Hi international friendos, to help you understand what NZ bluesky is talking about, here is a summary:
While Prime Minister Chris has survived leadership challenges from MP Chris (today) and MP Chris (recently), this instability bodes ill for election chances against Former Prime Minister Chris
While Prime Minister Chris has survived leadership challenges from MP Chris (today) and MP Chris (recently), this instability bodes ill for election chances against Former Prime Minister Chris
August 12, 2026 at 5:35 AM
Hi international friendos, to help you understand what NZ bluesky is talking about, here is a summary:
While Prime Minister Chris has survived leadership challenges from MP Chris (today) and MP Chris (recently), this instability bodes ill for election chances against Former Prime Minister Chris
While Prime Minister Chris has survived leadership challenges from MP Chris (today) and MP Chris (recently), this instability bodes ill for election chances against Former Prime Minister Chris
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Noooo, don't roll Luxon. Give him more public speaking gigs instead, he's so good at those.
August 11, 2026 at 5:08 AM
Noooo, don't roll Luxon. Give him more public speaking gigs instead, he's so good at those.
This is such a painfully underrated game.
SLEEPING DOGS is on sale for like 3 bucks... i will now sing the praises of sleeping dogs. sleeping dogs is like if gta was very good instead of super insecure and littleboyish. sleeping dogs is so confident and rad and fun. play sleeping dogs imo store.steampowered.com/app/307690/S...
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August 8, 2026 at 5:01 AM
This is such a painfully underrated game.
The US never meant anything other than get fucked we take what we want.
Er. When, exactly, was this? To whom did it mean these other things? What did it mean to African people brought here as slaves? To enslaved people whose children were taken and sold? What did it mean to Native people as it pushed ever westward, pushing them before it?
August 6, 2026 at 6:08 AM
The US never meant anything other than get fucked we take what we want.
Can't say I expected it to snow in Wellington in August.
August 4, 2026 at 1:46 AM
Can't say I expected it to snow in Wellington in August.
A forever relevant song.
Bob Vylan - GDP (Official Visual)
YouTube video by Bob Vylan
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August 2, 2026 at 6:51 AM
A forever relevant song.
Couldn't resist doing a second one now that I thought of it. Rick Rubin is trash, and is partly why people think most producers do a lot less than they actually do.
Post your hottest music take.
Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
August 1, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Couldn't resist doing a second one now that I thought of it. Rick Rubin is trash, and is partly why people think most producers do a lot less than they actually do.
I dunno how hot this take is, but no matter the genre, over production is never a good thing. The more editing, and touching up there is, the less human it sounds, and that harms creativity.
Post your hottest music take.
Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
Mine is New Order is better than Joy Division.
August 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
I dunno how hot this take is, but no matter the genre, over production is never a good thing. The more editing, and touching up there is, the less human it sounds, and that harms creativity.
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People say Microsoft Excel is unintuitive, but I disagree. Excel does what I expect at least 4-Mar of the time.
April 9, 2025 at 2:11 AM
People say Microsoft Excel is unintuitive, but I disagree. Excel does what I expect at least 4-Mar of the time.
There's nothing quite as funny as an earthquake happening right as I rip a massive fart lol
July 31, 2026 at 11:12 AM
There's nothing quite as funny as an earthquake happening right as I rip a massive fart lol
In the absence of extreme ignorance, it's impossible to both be a zionist, and a good person.
July 29, 2026 at 10:16 AM
In the absence of extreme ignorance, it's impossible to both be a zionist, and a good person.
Post a perfect album from the 90s.
July 27, 2026 at 12:55 AM
Post a perfect album from the 90s.
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So we're suddenly expected to believe that the party which abolished pay equity will deliver for women. Right. And that's not even considering whether their favoured coalition partners would let them.
As with their solar energy promises, their own record creates a huge credibility problem.
As with their solar energy promises, their own record creates a huge credibility problem.
July 25, 2026 at 11:33 PM
So we're suddenly expected to believe that the party which abolished pay equity will deliver for women. Right. And that's not even considering whether their favoured coalition partners would let them.
As with their solar energy promises, their own record creates a huge credibility problem.
As with their solar energy promises, their own record creates a huge credibility problem.