The reduction of power of NZF and Act is a major win in my book.
Even if Nat/NZF/Act get back in, having a new party to reduce their influence is great.
Opportunity has said that they will release their bottom lines this month. So it will be very interesting to see where they will conflict with NZF and Act.
I started when it was still called TextSecure, I had precisely 1 contact (just my nerdy friend from uni) for the first 3 years. I then convinced my partner to install it, had 2 contacts for the next few years.
When it became Signal, a few more jumped on. Once I had kids; I bullied my family onto it, by refusing to send photos any other way.
I have 62 contacts now, the bulk of my digital communication is through either Signal, phone, email or Lemmy. There is a little SMS/RCS.
It has been a 15 year journey so far, for me. You will get there.
It’s literally just about preserving the status quo as they see it
Close. But not quite.
It is about preserving the status quo as they think it should be; and that can change to be the opposite of what it was last week, if their information bubble convinces them it should change.
They live in a controlled information environment; much like the Russian people who think Ukraine is full to the brim with Nazis.
They have been force fed hate and bigotry for decades at this point. They are not blameless, but also they don't deserve all the hate that is projected at them.
As pointed out, the education system is gutted, thus they are not curious and checking their biases; it is normalized for them to be hateful toward "others"; their whole world is small and full of fear.
I pity them their small pathetic lives, and dislike them for their shitty views. The only thing I hate is that the stupid bigotry seems to be spreading around the world.
The whole point of the book, is Ender wrestling with the fact that he was being trained to commit a genocide on the largest scale; then the bombshell, oh BTW that last 'training' was the real thing, "yay we won!!!!".
The next book is Ender coming to grips with and trying to find some recourse for his crime.
The movie glosses over all of the nuance and complexity.
It was stupid.
Given the polling at the time, neither side had enough to govern without opportunity. It is even worse now.
Ruling out opportunity, effectively ruled out being in government.
The reduction of power of NZF and Act is a major win in my book.
Even if Nat/NZF/Act get back in, having a new party to reduce their influence is great.
Opportunity has said that they will release their bottom lines this month. So it will be very interesting to see where they will conflict with NZF and Act.
Nice to see that Opportunity is above NZF.
I grew up around the ocean, but now live near the mountains.
But then again, I live in New Zealand, so the ocean is not to far away.
I started when it was still called TextSecure, I had precisely 1 contact (just my nerdy friend from uni) for the first 3 years. I then convinced my partner to install it, had 2 contacts for the next few years.
When it became Signal, a few more jumped on. Once I had kids; I bullied my family onto it, by refusing to send photos any other way.
I have 62 contacts now, the bulk of my digital communication is through either Signal, phone, email or Lemmy. There is a little SMS/RCS.
It has been a 15 year journey so far, for me. You will get there.
Done.
I will continue to not drink their coffee; as I always have.
Close. But not quite.
It is about preserving the status quo as they think it should be; and that can change to be the opposite of what it was last week, if their information bubble convinces them it should change.
human waste = poop.
waste humans = billionaires.
56% German, 31% Autistic.
As a Kiwi who has never been to Germany; seems interesting. I am an engineer though; so maybe that increases my German-ness somewhat.
Indeed, just a rubber flesh toned phallus. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Pies are nice and all; but have you considered a dildo to the face?
It has a certain style after all.
This is exactly the point.
They live in a controlled information environment; much like the Russian people who think Ukraine is full to the brim with Nazis.
They have been force fed hate and bigotry for decades at this point. They are not blameless, but also they don't deserve all the hate that is projected at them.
As pointed out, the education system is gutted, thus they are not curious and checking their biases; it is normalized for them to be hateful toward "others"; their whole world is small and full of fear.
I pity them their small pathetic lives, and dislike them for their shitty views. The only thing I hate is that the stupid bigotry seems to be spreading around the world.
I would watch this. It sounds exactly like what it should have been!
The whole point of the book, is Ender wrestling with the fact that he was being trained to commit a genocide on the largest scale; then the bombshell, oh BTW that last 'training' was the real thing, "yay we won!!!!".
The next book is Ender coming to grips with and trying to find some recourse for his crime.
The movie glosses over all of the nuance and complexity.
The Enders Game movie. Just WTF, every part of it was worse than the book.
Except possibly Harrison Ford. He is great as a gruff arsehole, past his prime, but still awesome.
Just looked it up on IMDb, how can it possibly have a 6.6?
Taught my boy to play connect 4. Had to start paying attention to by the time he was 7, by now (10) he is a challenge to beat, often just draw.
I have to try to win chess now also. It is great.
My 11yo nephew is a challenge to beat in chess, I think I'll probably not win next time we play.
My 7yo can read music, I can't.... It is the way of the world.
It seems that the math, maths quite well here.
Hospital stays are a big expense.
For context, 3 out of 5 of my family got the flu this year. One ended up in hospital for 2 nights.
Preventing 1000 hospital nights had to be worth quite a lot also.
I wonder how much it would cost to offer the flu vaccine for free; every year?
Would it be cheaper than the loss from a bad flu? Probably.
So nothing at all then; all food processors are shit?
Indeed; opioids are not really much of an issue here in NZ. Our government is not as captured by the pharma industry.