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Yesterday, after a week’s holiday in Hawaii and another week swanning around, Luxon finally made it to the Top of the South Island, where floods1 have wreaked havoc - farming families literally swept away, homes lost, telecommunications cut off, businesses and livelihood destroyed. Mill Creek…
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Cowritten with Bearded Git With less than 18 months to go to the election, Labour doesn’t yet have a tax policy. The Greens do. Tax policy done badly will almost certainly stop Labour and the Greens changing this government. But they have to deal with…
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We don't, but we should, because if we don't we will destroy the things that our existence depends upon. The limits to growth here refers to biophysics not human society or endeavours, although the point is the latter are constrained by the former. There are…
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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 …
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"I did my own research"? No. You didn't. You can't! You can do your own observations. But you need to be aware of the many reasons including confirmation bias, small sample errors, and "Dunning Kruger" why you may be wrong. 1. Did you carry out…
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Again, we were woken up by a bunch of hoodrats drifting on the intersection by our house. Great clouds of smoke and lots of noise. As you do at three o clock in the morning, my brain started tying this together with recent articles about…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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 …
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Reposted from Mountain Tui Substack As outlined earlier in the week, RNZ has a charter to “serve the public interest” - not pretend it is centrist, shy, or bipartisan. Last week, during the Regulatory Standards Bill select committee, the dominance of corporate media and RNZ…
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Reposted from Mountain Tui Substack I'd like to speak about something in which I have no qualifications in at all - LGBTQ+ At a younger age, I remember sitting on a train and feeling the eyes of an individual on me. I looked up, and…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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 …
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It appears the first thing they teach you at Atlas Training School is that you have to be ultra confident at all times. How else can you hope to persuade ordinary people that the ideas Atlas peddles are the best for everyone. And one thing…
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Open mike is your post. For announcements, general discussion, whatever you choose. The usual rules of good behaviour apply (see the Policy). Step up to the mike …
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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 …
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By Trevor Johnston, originally prepared for the Keith Locke Memorial debate July 3rd 2025. The 1945 UNESCO constitution states, “since wars begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men that the defenses of peace must be constructed;… ignorance of each…
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Another day and another Christopher Luxon word salad. This one had a strong sense of deja vu, like you had heard him say it again and again and again and again ... Yesterday on Morning Report Luxon was interviewed in his usual Monday morning slot.…
Christopher Luxon climate change making shit up national same old national science spin you couldn't make this shit up
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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 …
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Shout out to all the people in the Nelson Tasman district dealing with devastating and life changing floods. These are immediate and long term struggles that people and communities will need support with. Donations can be made to the Mayoral Relief Fund. Watching the Texas…
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