Matisyahu's Blog

I had a good night sleep, one of those sleeps when your head hits the pillow and you’re out like a light and have a solid 8-9 hours of uninterrupted sleep. Before going to sleep last night I received an email with a credit so then I could purchase the free hats and scarfs up to the value of the order I made, I was going to leave it to the next day but I thought it would be best to get it out of the way or otherwise I’ll end up forgetting all about it.

I woke up this morning check for updates and uBlock Origin Lite version 2026.104.1656 had been released for both iOS and macOS. It fixes up a few regressions – I have a feeling that they may have no bothered with the previous release and rolled up the bug fixes into this release. I noticed on a few websites that the websites loaded a bit cleaner and faster so I’m unsure whether that is related to the update but if you are running an older version then take the plunge and update

Microsoft CEO is complaining that AI slop is being called slop – the lack of self awareness by the tech dude bros is truly amazing but then again when Silicon Valley are huffing each others farts then convincing themselves that they know better than end users regarding what they want. It shouldn’t be surprising at all the dopey ideas that come out when you’re so divorced from reality. If there was ever a good argument to move an organisation out of Silicon Valley just so tech dude bros can ‘touch grass’ and get acquainted with reality then the last 5 years at least would be a good argument in favour of it.

I’ve been following the media coverage post Venezuela regime change and the announcements by the Trump administration afterwards. What I find interesting are how the pro-USA sycophants in New Zealand politics have remained remarkably quiet – why have they suddenly disappeared or at least are very quiet? sorry to be snarky but such individuals lectured via the media about how China is the giant boogieman and that we need to suck up and snivel to the United States because it is in our ‘best interests’.

I hope that after the recent action by the United States that there will be some push back to those in politics who routinely push the narrative we need get closer to the United States. The last time I checked, it wasn’t China who imposed a 15% tariffs on New Zealand exports, the Australia signed a ‘free trade’ agreement with the United States over 25 years ago and have found that it isn’t worth the paper it is written on after the Trump administration pretty much ripped up the agreement (not to mention it is a worse free trade agreement that exists between New Zealand and China).