Paul Tudor MW

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MSM should be having a laugh with the spin on Wednesday… but I guess they have already watched Borgen several times and nothing surprises anymore

(because a whole lot of people have either left the country, or enrolled in further education)

But not as good as Willis’ press release on Wednesday: “Unemployment Not As Bad As Predicted”

just talking about a treasury review of the covid response at this time has real loser version of Clinton emails energy to me

Novelist - Shirley Jackson - replying to a disappointed reader in 1953.

Love it.

Up here, we are quietly celebrating Arch Hill joining us in Mount Albert… an historic electorate that one

Shocking if true

The only person to suggest "Wellington Bays" as an alternate name to the Rongotai electorate was one Neale Jones, who apparently didn't understand what "Rongotai" actually means in Te Reo and so just went with an English alternative instead ... and the Representation Commission went along with it.

I feel like there was a book about this kind of thing.

Jones moves to green light ocean destruction through reforms - Greenpeace Aotearoa Greenpeace says moves to weaken ocean protection through dodgy fisheries “reforms” will be met with strong opposition, as Oceans and Fisheries Minister Shane Jones announces he wants to proceed with a...

The far-reaching changes would restrict public access to cameras on boats footage, remove the requirement for fishers to land all their catch, and stop legal challenges to catch limits that have been successful in protecting species in recent years👇

www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Wildfires blaze in southern France: 'It looked like the apocalypse' In the Corbières hills, 16,000 hectares went up in flames in just 24 hours, despite 2,500 firefighters and the mobilization of nearly all of France's aerial resources.

In the Corbières hills, 16,000 hectares went up in flames in just 24 hours, despite 2,500 firefighters and the mobilization of nearly all of France's aerial resources

www.lemonde.fr/en/environme...

Now I know what I am listening to on the way home…

I do love a good Shirley Manson piccie

Gonna be so many weird guys telling people their virtual girlfriend has a PhD.

Dairy giant’s convenient omission from coal announcement

Fonterra spends millions of dollars to convert boiler and reduce emissions – then imports cheap wood pellets. David Williams reports.

So, what is the victory of a cat on a hot tin roof?

@rodemmerson.bsky.social interested

A heads’ up 👇

For The Record: I thought someone may have been behind me so I crouched down a bit, which makes makes me look even shorter than I already look when standing next to an NBA player.

I can confirm I am not a mammal

Morgan, William Evan Charles (1903 - 1978)
Italy; 'Orvieto Roofs' (RM.17). Engraving and etching. 1926. Signed, dated and editioned 7/50. 6x7.5 inches.
£975

Alas, I do not own a pair of Port tongs (though wish I did)

I once bought “Selection of wine openers, corkscrews, tools etc” in a lot from Webb’s - included a bloody great pokie thing specifically for pushing the cork in and/or skewering it

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read.” - Groucho Marx

Push it in

That looks cool - where did you find it?

Nicky No Boats 🚤??

Cartoon. Title: “How To Do Quality Law-Making” Image has three pictures. The first one is titled Strategy Meeting. Brooke van Velden is saying to PM Christopher Luxon “You act casual, like nothing’s happening, then VOOM!” The central picture is titled, “The Plan of Action” and shows a group of women holding placards, reading “Pay equity” and “Fair pay” BVV and CL are whizzing around them, going “VOOM!” and the women are saying, “What the…” “What was that?” “We were robbed!” The last image is titled, “The Outcome” and BVV and CL are walking away with armloads of money, and Luxon is saying, “Didn’t even see us coming! Brooke, you’re brilliant!”

How to do quality law-making. Certainly not the sneaky way the Coalition Govt went about the pay-equity business.
My #cartoon today #NZpol #PayEquity