@John Valentine :tinoflag:
A rather retiring retired bibliophile with a leftward lean
#amreading #nzpol #Otepoti #scifi #historicalfiction #crimefiction #pratchett #yeahnoir
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Recent Notes
@nprofile1q... the hare and the tortoise comes to mind. Ong is a flash in the pan while Vandervis keeps his powder dryish between episodes. Perhaps the voting public will deliver a third maniac. Spending seems to buy support more than good ideas.
Lee Vandervis is trying to wrest back his long held title of most disruptive Dunedin councillor from his newbie challenger Benedict Ong. https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/walked-out-or-kicked-out-six-times-vandervis-left-meeting-early #Dunedin #Otepoti
@nprofile1q... Luxon was asked by my count eight times on RNZ to tell us if he supported the bombing of Iran and he wouldn't give a clear answer.
I have largely avoided fantasy in my reading over the years, preferring science fiction, but a couple of recent ventures into the fantasy realm are changing my mind. Robert Jackson Bennett has built a world and a crime fighting duo I can spend time with. Halfway through the second of his Shadow of the Leviathan series and I am hooked. Loved The Tainted Cup and A Drop of Corruption maintains the high standard, A blindfolded detective for heaven’s sake! #bookstodon #fantasy
It is 2026 and Stuff can still offer a headline like this: One in 100-year rainfall recorded in parts of Waikato. https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/360938220/one-100-year-rainfall-recorded-parts-waikato #climateChange #NZPol
The Government has quietly changed the name of the school lunches programme, dropping the te reo Māori title. The scheme was launched in 2020 with the name “Ka Ora, Ka Ako | Healthy School Lunches.” Associate Education Minister David Seymour, who is responsible for the lunches programme, said in a statement that “people need to know what things are.That’s why we’re using an English name that everyone understands.” I am pretty certain that in neither language are they healthy school lunches. #NZPol #DailyOutrage
@nprofile1q... No surprise when you listen to him at work as speaker. Equally forgetful and inconsistent in that sphere.
"Luxon and his team have been in office now for over two years. That’s eight times longer than the 90 day trial period in which new workers are expected to prove their worth, or be fired. By the standards it expects of others, the coalition government should be held accountable for its failure to resolve the cost of living crisis – and dismissed." Gordon Campbell in Werewolf #NZPol
The New Zealand Minister of Foreign Affairs seriously suggests we should be considering joining this Trump alternative to the United Nations. "The charter says the chairman can be replaced only in case of "voluntary resignation or as a result of incapacity", Trump being the aforesaid chairman. Luxon should, no must,sack Winston Peters,he has gone rogue and is running amok. #NZPol #DailyOutrage
Watching another unforseen weather event unfolding. The ostriches must be having trouble breathing in that sodden sand. #weather
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/583992/victoria-s-bushfires-more-than-five-times-the-size-of-singapore An addition to the growing list of measurements I find hard to imagine. What does 5 Singapores look like? #measurement
Still looking for the Prime Minister. Presume he has got his head stuck in a book about corporate leadership or is busy choosing which leader to study in 2026. I seem to remember it was Ronald the Raygun last year. #NZPol #DailyOutrage