Eileen Kiffin

Catastrophes cost the world $320bn in 2024, reinsurer reports Losses rise by 30 per cent as climate change takes its toll

As LA is on fire thanks to Exxon, now is as good a time as any to say that climate disaster costs are increasing 30% each year

And yet the right still insists we can’t afford climate action
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Ditto for Aotearoa. During a recent heart procedure in Waikato my entire surgical and aftercare team came originally from other countries

Cartoon. Title: A Traditional Holiday Blessing. Six frames. May the road rise up to meet you (a parent and their child going on holiday in a packed car, singing). May the wind always be at your back (parent putting up a tent in a gale and child tumbling in the wind). May the sun shine warm upon your face (parent with a burnt face and child looks surprised) May the rain fall soft upon your fields (parent wading through flood waters towing child in an inflatable) And until you’re safely home again ( exhausted parent and sleeping child in a car heading home) May you not get campylobacter ( An engaged toilet with a groan coming out)

A Traditional Holiday Blessing for you and yours.
(I caught blessed Covid for Xmas. I hope you didn’t)
My Stuff #cartoon today #holidays #Blessing

so if I'm understanding the tech-bro position correctly, it's this

Maya Angelou, observes life accurately

People Watching: On the set of Shortland Street - filming their big Christmas cliffhanger at Ardmore airport

Cartoon. Title: Optics. PM Christopher Luxon and Minister of Finance Nicola Willis, in superhero clobber, with a $ insignia on the front. They’re superhero Cyclops. A silhouette of the Beehive in the backgound. CL is pointing at his one good eye, saying, “We are laser-focused on the economy”, and NW says, “Yes, laser-focused” Then she focuses her cyclops laser eye on a person in the lower right corner, and says, “Whoops! There goes one of the common people!” as she incinerates them.

Our PM Christopher Luxon and Finance Minister Nicola Willis and their one-eyed focus.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #HYEFU

Rod Emmerson

From yesterday… #BoxingDay

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer...

Superb work from Morten …

Good grief, what a year - see The Year in Review in the Boxing Day edition of the NZ Herald 😎

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer...

National Gallery of Australia, Canberra ·
Farewell to a national treasure.
Vale Michael Leunig 1945 – 2024
Michael Leunig, The Adoration of the Magpie, 1972, National Gallery of Australia, Kamberri/Canberra, purchased 1979 © Michael Leunig

Vale Michael Leunig: One of my all time favourites that inspired me through my adolescence. Bon voyage Mr Curly

Economic times forcing families to pull out of swimming lessons Being able to swim is often considered a life skill in a country like New Zealand - but tough economic times are forcing many families to pull their children out of swim lessons. A swim school in Well...

www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Had a bit of a chat about the trends we are seeing in our swim schools in this recession and the costs that are associated with keeping our business going.

Sadly me too. Enjoyed the headline. Ding dong the witch is dead

But she was evil personified

So this happened last night in Australia…

Iconic Australian cartoonist, Michael Leunig, has passed away at 79.

“The pen has run dry, its ink no longer flowing — yet Mr. Curly and his ducks will remain etched in our hearts, cherished and eternal.'' - from his Instagram account

Rod Emmerson’s cartoons: Week of December 16 - 22 www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rod-emmer...

We don't have a PM. We have a photo-addicted Political Mascot with a Black Belt in Cowardice.
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I would never celebrate the death of anyone. He was controversial to be sure and I certainly didn’t agree with him lots of the time. But he was also perceptive and whimsical
I can sort the wheat from the chaff

If you don’t already follow Deb, you should #nzpol 🧵👇

HE TANGATA 🖤🤍❤️
Laura Te Aho White
Tread on Atlas, not te Tiriti (feel free to use if you want