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In a world of BS talking points… it’s heartening to see this one die. Michael Liebreich, chief executive officer of Liebreich Associates and managing partner of EcoPragma Capital, is more blunt. “There are no longer any so-called hard-to-abate sectors,” he wrote for BloombergNEF earlier this year. “There are only some sectors in which clean solutions…
He’s also not especially worried at the nationwide hostility currently directed towards the use of te reo Māori in everyday life. “I think it’s a dead cat bounce.” In other words, it’s a declining trend that makes a small uptick before it disappears completely. “You look at the young people in this district, you go…
It’s time for the next thing. I loathe JS in any arena outside of UI programming.
This feels like a gigantic deal… not in numbers, but in impact. Uber is teaming up with BYD to bring 100,000 of the Chinese automaker’s electric vehicles to the ridesharing app. The multiyear partnership will roll out in Europe and Latin America first, giving drivers “best-in-class pricing and financing” for BYD vehicles used with Uber. https://www.theverge.com/2024/7/31/24210369/uber-byd-partnership-ride-hailing-evs That…
Describing someone as weird calls attention to their posturing and affectations that—when unnoticed—give them actual power. “Weird” takes the paper tiger, crumples it up and arcs it, across the classroom, and into the trash. https://newrepublic.com/article/184348/why-calling-trump-weird-works
At school I was taught (by a very forward thinking Religious Education teacher) that Christianity stole a lot of it’s iconography as a way of taking over cultures… the rest of the world is learning that now… :cheffy-kiss:
In short, Zuckerberg’s bet on the metaverse has so far been an unmitigated disaster — and given his newfound obsession with AI, it just might be an experiment he eventually abandons. https://futurism.com/the-byte/facebook-vr-department-reality-labs-catastrophe Consumer VR will never be a thing… 16 year old me found that out the disappointing way… 30 years hasn’t changed that.
I think a lot of Pakeha don’t see the emergent power of young Maori. I went to a protest rally earlier this year and a full 50% of the crowd was under 20. This is becoming an inspiring force to be reckon’d with. It is one of the truely hopeful signals in NZ at present.…
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