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Maybe corny but it was helpful for me to hear Henry Rollins saying "this is not time to be dismayed, this is punk rock time, this is what Joe Strummer trained you for... You can be thunderous in your own life, to the eight people around you. That rubs off... Goodness is viral"

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Govt wrecked lives to balance the books—now, ex-public servants are scrambling for work while services crumble. This wasn’t cost-cutting; it was a calculated attack on Aotearoa’s workforce. And the fallout is only beginning. #OneTermGovt #PublicSectorCuts #GovtFail #JobCrisis #NZPol #Aotearoa

submitted 18 days ago • 3 comments

5 Laws of human stupidity

submitted 50 days ago • 0 comments

“In addition to Mr. Bezos, the founder of Amazon, the cartoon depicted Meta’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg; Patrick Soon-Shiong, the owner of The Los Angeles Times; and Mickey Mouse, the corporate mascot of the Walt Disney Company.” www.nytimes.com/2025/01/03/b...

submitted 56 days ago • 121 comments

Western Australia snuck out its mid-year Budget update today (Xmas Eve) - perhaps hoping that no-one (in the 'Eastern States') would notice that they're rolling in (even) more cash than they'd predicted 6 months ago ... thanks to iron ore prices and the Worst Policy Decision of the 21st Century ...

submitted 67 days ago • 3 comments

💯

submitted 65 days ago • 18 comments

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

A very important reminder for all of us.

submitted 74 days ago • 856 comments

NEW: Bluesky has seen massive growth in the weeks following the US election. There are 24 million users on the social media platform. With great engagement comes great responsibility, which means Bluesky CEO @jay.bsky.team has a lot to do. She sat down with WIRED to talk about it.

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submitted 91 days ago • 322 comments

The genuine shock on her face. They almost broke. What pros.

submitted 91 days ago • 155 comments