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Daily review is also your post.
This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.
The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy).
Don’t forget to be kind to each other …
Cory Doctorow interview is very good. 20+ years talking about tech policy gives him a good set of skills to address the current issues we face because of tech.
Does pre election polling influence voters……….how much does media focus on certain polls influence voters…….perhaps we need 'question checking' on pollsters along with 'fact checking' on political policies and statements……..
It’s not 2017-type panic stations yet….!!!!
Labour’s former chief of staff says it’s not 2017-type panic stations yet, despite dipping below 26% | Stuff
YET….
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/1284593/we-are-in-a-health-care-crisis-plunket-nurses-face-chronic-understaffing
More problems with staffing levels in nursing, which is symptomatic of the ongoing and growing crisis in NZ health care. So, when is National actually going to fix the basics?
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/1282074/patients-left-waiting-weeks-for-lifesaving-procedures-amid-bed-shortage
The writing is on the wall but some people look away, afraid of the truth that National has made things much worse in NZ health care.
Fixing the basics in NZ health care shouldn’t take this long, as the need is now and becoming more urgent by the day.