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The trouble with AI
AI is fascinating and I use it every day. But the more I use it and the more I think about it the more issues I see with it. Like these. Environmental effects All these data centres that suck up huge amounts of energy and…
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Open Mike 21/06/2026
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On Trump’s Temporary Fix In Iran
When Britain tried (and failed) to re-take control of the Suez Canal in 1956, it marked the moment when a formerly Great Power was forced to accept that the jig was up, the goose was cooked, and that no one was ever again going to…
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Open Mike 20/06/2026
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Daily review 19/06/2026
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Open Mike 19/06/2026
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Daily review 18/06/2026
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New Zealand pushes ahead with selling / exchanging 60% of its precious conservation estate
This is a repost from Mountain Tui's temporary publication home Almost a year ago, I warned that the right wing NZ government was planning to exchange and/or dispose ("sell") up to 67% of NZ's conservation land. To be clear, that's almost 5 million hectares of…
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Open Mike 18/06/2026
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Daily review 17/06/2026
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The Alarming Echos between Trump and Luxon on elections
A glaring similarity of views about the ability to vote recently struck me. Currently in the United States of America the good people of California are in the process of completing their primary elections. I understand that the primary count is now concluded but checks…
Christopher Luxon democratic participation Donald Trump election 2026 elections greens human rights national same old national te pāti māori
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Open Mike 17/06/2026
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Daily review 16/06/2026
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Open Mike 16/06/2026
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Daily review 15/06/2026
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National panics
It is strange for a party in power finishing its first term to call a media event on a Sunday just so it can attack the opposition. But that is what happened yesterday. Clearly Labour's Public Transport announcement has caused National considerable concern. And the…
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Open Mike 15/06/2026
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