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Open Mike 05/04/2026
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How's Trump, Benni's and Pete's War Going, I see Spain, Italy and France have denied the USA Military to use their Airspace.
Hopefully World Leaders can end these senseless War's, in the Ukraine and the Middle East, as soon as possible, and we can see Trump, Netanyahu and Putin tried for War Crimes.
Where is Winny?
Why is he not condemning the actions of the IDF in Lebanon? Killing and attacking Peacekeepers.
We know one of the Indonesians killed in Lebanon was because of IDF munitions, whilst the investigation of the other 3 deaths are on going.
So now NZ supports the killing of Peace Keepers?
What's the story Winny – GET SOME GUTS!
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/4/4/indonesia-receives-bodies-of-peacekeepers-killed-in-southern-lebanon
Probably recovering in the Cook Islands from having to repair the total cockup that the Cook Islands Government and our own MFAT made of our dual relationship.
I'd be asking where Luxon is.
A hearty congratulations to the New Zealand and US celebrity investors into the Studio West facility in West Auckland. This studio started off as the production for Power Rangers.
Movie stars join forces to buy Auckland film and TV studio
This together with the industry sale of the Auckland Film Studios to Xytech Group who are a major NZ studio lighting company.
Auckland Council sells Auckland Film Studios – OurAuckland
These two studios together with the Kumeu are going to form their own industry cluster for creatives to turn their scripts into commercial reality. Both sales are really important signals that these massive facilities have outgrown their state and city support and are really ready for a huge new growth era. Looking forward to seeing more Pacifika and Australasian stories told well and on a global scale.
Has everyone watched the Ardern movie yet?
I saw it when it came out. Thinking about rewatching. It's very good, kudos to Mr Ardern for the foresight to film.
On Rather, Rumsfeld, Ailes, Epstein, and absolute apolitical power.
https://alisav.substack.com/p/why-the-and-did-dan-rather-and-donald
A very interesting Link ! I had never heard of Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez before, amazing work here. Also, IMO a Brave woman…
Rather and rotten Rumsfeld/Epstein/CIA, et al…. Gives new meaning to embedded : (
What's not to like about data centres.
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https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/11/data-centers-ai-electricity-virginia-00815219
https://www.sierraclub.org/sites/default/files/2025-07/data-center-factsheet-4.pdf
Data centers are so hot their ‘heat island’ effect is raising temperatures up to 6 miles away and impacting 343 million people worldwide, study finds
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Using a dataset of land surface temperatures produced by NASA, a research team led by the Department of Computer Science and Technology at the University of Cambridge found from 2004 to 2024, the surrounding areas of more than 6,000 data centers worldwide saw an average increased land temperature of about 2 degrees Celsius, or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit. In certain cases, nearby temperatures increased 9 degrees Celsius, or 16.4 degrees Fahrenheit. Researchers calculated these heat islands could be felt about 6.2 miles away from facilities, impacting up to 343 million people globally.
https://fortune.com/2026/04/01/ai-data-centers-heat-island-hyperscalers/
https://theconversation.com/data-centers-consume-massive-amounts-of-water-companies-rarely-tell-the-public-exactly-how-much-262901