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We’ve got a bonkers road side drug testing law going through Parliament at present. It’s the creation of Simeon. ‘Lil Bigot’ Brown. It is so punative and poor drafted that the Attorney General has provided this feedback: The Attorney-General has presented a Section 7 report to the House on this Bill. The Attorney-General’s report noted…
Lithium batteries appear to be undercutting the use of fossil fuels. Gas accounts for 40% of California’s grid. However, its use in April registered its lowest proportion in seven years. “The data clearly shows that batteries are displacing natural gas when solar generation is ramping up and down each day in CAISO,” notes an analysis by Grid…
The result of these three features is an insular intellectual community, talking increasingly only to itself, and increasingly cut off from the kinds of conversations that would correct its excesses, or, at the very least, give it a more accurate perspective on what the world outside its bubble looks like. Hence their surprise, for example,…
These two videos turned up in my RSS feeds this week: and (podcast links – highly recommended)… Both go to the core of my experience with starting, managing and working in tech start ups. I’ve have spent my entire career in tech. The first 16 years were devoted to getting to Silicon Valley. I got…
It’s a bit surprising to see that relationship strengthening given the ongoing controversy around OpenAI, but what it shows most clearly is how little vision CEO Tim Cook has for Apple and his need to chase short-term hype because of the lack of long-term vision at the company under his leadership. https://disconnect.blog/roundup-what-the-openai-funding-round-reveals-about-tech/ This backs up my observation from a…
He wants to undo the Treaty. To reshape it by altering the essence of the principles. To strip away enshrined rights, while pretending they never existed. But he doesn’t want to say that, because to most voters, that’s unpalatable. And that’s the big lie. This is not an honest conversation. https://www.thepost.co.nz/politics/350397764/why-david-seymours-treaty-debate-not-honest-conversation David Seymour is an Atlas Network…
Home to the city of Adelaide, South Australia has already more than halved its emissions since 2005 thanks to a rapid shift to wind, solar, and battery technologies, which now meet around 70% of its annual power needs. By 2027, it must reach 100% net renewable electricity, though it’ll keep gas power plants on standby…
Still – the results speak for themselves. 94% have rejected the Coalition government’s racist legislation effort. And although Councils can anticipate Hobsons Pledge and Jordan Williams/David Farrar efforts to run interference during referendums next year, so far the sparks are bright. Simeon ‘Lil Bigot’ Brown gets another kicking… Next year is going to be awful.…
I kinda have the same feelings about Matthew Hooton that I have about Chris Findlayson. I really don’t like either of them. But they both have recognized the important of Māori in moving NZ forward. Here is Hooton ripping into the current state of play in NZ… he’s f**ked off. A much better snippet: Words…
So…ah… good luck with that lil’ bigot https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/526606/local-government-minister-committed-to-removing-iwi-representation-from-canterbury-regional-council
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