dfromaotearoa.bsky.social
"Wars don't start with explosions; they start with silence" - 20 days in Mariupol
Part-time technocrat and some tree stuff.
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*everyone*
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Football world cup and olympics visitors/competitors... *taking notes*
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RTDS... RTDs?
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Ditto in Aotearoa.
I shared a smoko shack with a bunch of hard-hat wearing civil engineers and workmen (yes - all men) at the time and the conversation was all about US = nutjobs on this.
I also remember the silence in that hut when the news the bombing had started arrived via the radio
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As an occasional recruiter into this space since the last millennium, I can confirm.
But it's not a waste, as that time will confirm where you want to be and honestly, across a career, the disciplines gained will only add to your 'success' (whatever that looks like to you)
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... and now in training as a lighthouse keeper
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Like England capitulating coz blitz, or Germany after Dresden.
The only time I can think of was Enola Gay, but even then... and maybe we don't talk about that
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Same thing with civil engineering, or firefighters...
Or foresters ... but whatever you do, don't ask them how much forest they've raked lately
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Proctology
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On the plus side, it's not Revelations!
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Guess he has to do something with his time given he's locked out of doing anything with meaning.
So why not spend a few happy hours on here going after the most vulnerable people available?
He's going to look back on this period as the best time of his life.
Which is probably true.
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Again, I might be proven wrong and quickly so, but for all these reasons, I suspect this may be a decision that, like the tariffs, lends itself to the permanent 90-day deferral.
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One current project - 8 years and counting (more on that later) - has retained the same 10 key people throughout, but the mix of working processes is why they've stayed and despite hugely different technical/academic backgrounds. It's that consistency that minimises the stables-mucking out.
2/?
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OK. Been working in multidimensional project space since the mid '80s. Disagreements with principals/stake holders, and resultant poor outcomes convinced me that harnessing differential team membership is a critical component of completion.
Differential team membership, I hear you ask?
1/?
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Oooh! Another liberation day!
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"No more appeasement..."
Not stopping the Putin's TV Channel vibes
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*shahed
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Wait until someone tells him about shared drones.
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Same issue with 'bureaucracy' and 'manoeuvre', frankly
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He's starting to ban Pacific countries too...
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Tuvalu!
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WTAF: Tonga!
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Worth noting that Trump has no idea about what's happening and other countries have long factored that in
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❤
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Was going to *heart* this but can't bring myself to do that, so here we are.
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In Aotearoa, 1/3 population lives in Auckland and it's still the fastest growing city, while bumping up against ecosystem limits that increase costs.
WAY cheaper to live and build in... Detroit
There are costs with where ever you live but people are making their life decisions... as always
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*so on
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Same with flooding areas, difficult footings (e.g. peat soils), covering highly productive soils, culturally significant sites and do on.
Taking an ecosystem services approach to that stuff helps
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Charlie Kirk... Neocon.
Hmmmmmmm
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No problem with the outcome (same in Aotearoa), it's the cost of how you get there.
"Zone for lots of earthquake safe homes near the California coast" comes with a hefty build cost.
Go for it! But these ain't gonna be cheap houses to build
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So is Christchurch... If you want to create affordable housing you don't want it to disintegrate around you as a result of a known hazard.
The cost of building around that hazard...?
Absolutely agree with yimbyism, but for goodness sake make it safe
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Earthquake hazards?
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Also, loving that you have to explain who the other guy is!
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Oh dear. I feel a thread... but it might be slow coz... looming deadlines
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Yes! 'Tailgate' meetings are very important.
You can turn a tactics person into a strategist but not the other way around, in my experience. But only if there's open communication and with willing leadership
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This is great in theory but in practice, it's a lever you can only pull once because afterwards, they stop talking to you. About anything. And so do their colleagues.
So you end up kissing goodbye to any idea of a bipartisan legislative agenda.
In a US type system anyway
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Put your "all gravy dudes" on those tactical parts of the project that need speed, and your "process, not work-around" dudes on strategic tidy-up duty
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The world is in this mess in no small part because of Bannon.
He knew exactly what Trump was and exploited that.
Bannon gets no credit here.
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"The situation in the middle east..."
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I'll be using it for training purposes
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Monorail!
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Trump has an Iran policy?
Other than 'feels'?
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Still not beating the 'made as spare parts for his dad's vibe
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It's also what Trump and his supporters are saying directly. To fix it:
"Everyone is saying..."
But that leads to a completely different story
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Interesting that Australia isn't a continent unto itself, let alone part of Oceania.
But hey?