Open mike 28/09/2019
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Daily review 27/09/2019
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Battery power gets way more interesting
Anyone who has been around tech for the last couple of decades will be aware of the liberating and industry disruptive effect of batteries. This caught my attention – “Tesla May Have Invented a Million-Mile Electric Car Battery”. It was well worth the read.
National’s faux outrage
The National Party has described as “censorship at the extreme” a rule in Parliament’s standing orders the latest version of which was enacted under the last National Government. Updated with Simon Bridges opposing the relaxation of the rule in 2017
Strike for Climate today
Countrywide events for today’s Strike for Climate.
Local government: who to vote for?
Resources for progressive voters, on candidates in the 2019 local body elections.
Open mike 27/09/2019
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Daily review 26/09/2019
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How to vote in STV
It’s local voting time again, and more councils are using STV- while the Electoral Commission will tell you how to rank candidates, they won’t tell you how to vote effectively. Should you leave candidates off your list if you know what relative order they would go in?
Unrelentingly negative
National has chosen to attack Jacinda Ardern on her trip to New York for doing too much and not enough at the same time. It seems to be a pattern.
Civilian offers a bleak look at our future.
The Civilian ‘reports’ in “Trump repeatedly asked Ardern if New Zealand gives asylum very often”. Oh shit! We need to reverse National’s large donation policy and proactively and preemptively pass a law against bolthole refugees.
The Greens on the need for rental law changes
Marama Davidson: renting has to be a valid way of life.
Robot creep
Tech is cute, right?
Open mike 26/09/2019
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Daily review 25/09/2019
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Greta Thunberg’s speech to the UN Climate Action Summit: “This is all wrong”
“How dare you pretend that this can be solved with just ‘business as usual’ and some technical solutions?”
Open mike 25/09/2019
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BoJo cornered
Lady Hale and the UK Supreme Court have torpedoed Boris Johnson’s cunning plan to prorogue Parliament. His request to the Queen was “unlawful, void, and of no effect.” Her Maj will not be pleased. Johnson is now boxed in – ask for an extension to Brexit, or resign.
Daily review 24/09/2019
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Fairy tales of eternal economic growth
Greta Thunberg has spoken at the UN Climate Change summit and has warned the world that it is stealing the dreams and hopes of young people through its failure to address climate change.
Climate choices
There’s good news and there’s bad news in the landmark United in Science report.
Open mike 24/09/2019
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Daily review 23/09/2019
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Open mike 23/09/2019
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Lying : the preferred denier behavior
In a striking example of the typical climate change denier, the “Australian Young Coal Coalition” released a photo bemoaning the mess left by […]
How To Get There 22/9/19
Welcome to TS’s Sunday think piece. It’s a blank sheet, a tabula rasa, waiting for your thoughts on the future and How To Get There.
Open mike 22/09/2019
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National’s rhetoric problem
National has displayed a concerning level of rhetoric this week involving a misrepresentation of the GDP figures and the attacking of a board appointee who cannot respond.
The climate action momentum
The global School Strikes this week and the upcoming International Rebellions are part of a large wave of change that gives us a chance at preventing the worst of climate disaster.
Open mike 21/09/2019
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Daily review 20/09/2019
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The NZIER Report on dairying and fresh water
“New Zealand does not face stark choices between having a dairy sector versus having clean waterways. Experience shows that, by focusing on profits, not production, farms can increase their economic returns and reduce their impact on the environment.”
Open mike 20/09/2019
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Daily review 18/09/2019
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Where is the Government on oil reliance?
Even though New Zealand is one of the most oil-reliant countries on earth, the Government has a disturbing lack of a plan for security of supply.
No Right Turn: Against facial recognition
“we should be outlawing this intrusive technology and the tracking it enables and entails.”