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Now a Kiwi. Atheist. Ex-RAF. Animal lover. Boat & space enthusiast. Zelenskyy is my hero alongside Carl Sagan. Thiel, Trump, Musk, Putin, Bezos, Zuckerberg & Murdoch are a threat to our planet. Slava Ukraini!
WANTED A Florida man, who stole millions of dollars from poor people in his state. If you see this man, please don't approach him, but call the local police.
🇧🇪🚫 Belgium refuses to support use of €200 billion in frozen Russian assets for Ukraine, — Euractiv Sweden, Poland, the Netherlands and Spain have called on the European Commission to find a new way to channel frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine.
Trump during the 2024 campaign on Venezuelan oil: “We’re buying tar from Venezuela and we’re refining it in Houston. It’s the dirtiest, worst oil anywhere in the world. And we’re refining it - so you can imagine what’s going up in the air.”
Simeon Browns medical degree when running the NZ health system #nzpol
Gene Wilder as Young Frankenstein
ALT: Gene Wilder as Young Frankenstein
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Russian State Duma deputy Aleksey Zhuravlev, who serves as First Deputy Chairman of the Defense Committee, called for the use of tactical nuclear weapons. "We must use tactical nuclear weapons, and there is no need to debate it. We must force the enemy to capitulate," he said. #Russia
Also from OSINT: Iranian cruise missiles are reportedly targeting US Navy ships in the Gulf of Oman.
Gold taps? Polar bear skin rugs? What has Luxon been putting on the taxpayer ATM so he can big note to visitors?
'Come clean': Final cost of Premier House upgrades yet to be released
Labour has asked what the Prime Minister is 'hiding'.
nzherald.co.nz
Iran state media Mehr: "Arab sources report multiple explosions in the Al-Aqaba region, located in southern Jordan." Appears multiple ballistic missiles were launched at Jordan.
. A super power is suiciding The death of the American Empire is imminent Trump has achieved his goal .
So Kiwis get to know who the BAD guys are: - Jim Speedy of the Covington Group! Living proof that the scummy super-wealthy ($400 mill) gather politicians, councilors, accountants, & especially lawyers, & rip-off ordinary, decent, hard-working kiwis. I bet he loves Luxon & Trump too! #NZPol
Ghost written on behalf of your nearest data center who actually needs the water you lousy poors
The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 3d agoYou don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit. 🔗: on.wsj.com/4hUsBWd
Really appreciate this more recent article that thoughtfully lays out the issues at stake and why it's so important to get them right thespinoff.co.nz/business/25-...
What AI data centres could do to your electricity bill
Two proposed data centres in Taranaki and Southland could eat up as much as 13% of New Zealand's annual electricity supply. Here's what that could mean for you.
thespinoff.co.nz
Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 4mo agoIf the main premise of the argument is the environmental impact is lessened because you are stopping the same centre being constructed in China where it will rely on coal, then it falls apart when you know new data centres in China aren't relying on coal: www.scmp.com/economy/chin...
The answer to q6 raises a question that never gets asked by the press it seems to me. If dept under the current govt is “Up by around $30 billion, along with thousands of jobs gone, services cut, and the economy contracted.” where did all that money go?
I might just pin this here.📌 I know we often agree to disagree, but in reality WE are all we have. Our singular goal is to make Luxon & co a #OneTermGovernment and the only way to do that is through authentic & purposeful Kotahitanga. The rest can be worked out in coalition negotiation. #nzpol #NZ🕊️
Dear Google. I will not use a search engine that glorifies a xenophobic, homophobic, misogynistic, racist, corrupt, colluding, conspiring conman, likely sociopath, probable pedophile, pathological liar, genocidal monster and fascist felon. Humoring whims to change water body names is asinine.
Simeon Brown won’t attend the ASMS annual hui, marking the first time since 2007 that a health minister or associate has not attended the event.🐀 After agreeing to attend in April and offering no explanation for his withdrawal. 🤥
Health minister pulls out of senior doctors’ conference amid growing tensions over regulatory overhaul
Simeon Brown agreed to attend in April but has offered no explanation for his withdrawal on August 20.
thepost.co.nz
Interesting how Putin is losing the Ukrainian War and Trump has totally lost the Iranian War of choice. And both are talking about limited nuclear war. See how that works?