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Journalist in Christchurch, New Zealand. Senior writer with The Press. Reviewer of the year (Voyager Media Awards 2022). Author of The Quiet Hero (Allen & Unwin, 2023), the story of a peaceful volunteer’s death in Ukraine. Films, books, music.
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2.5
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Best speech of the night (so far)
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An Oscar but no US distributor
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He was or is. The other day I read an old column of his from 2008, praising Russia for being tough in Georgia. I’m curious to see what he’ll say about that Oval Office meeting.
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Jonathan Rauch in The Atlantic with a new explainer:
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One of those hung up on what he was wearing, like it makes a difference
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Yes, Zelenskyy is to blame for everything, and Putin is a rational guy …
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That’s so good
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Agree, it’s beyond pointless trying to engage on X now
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Yep, now the Tankies can be pro-Trump
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I think this might be non-pay walled at Stuff, where I read it
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A leftist who is so anti American they support Russia, and see the Ukraine war as an American proxy war. That guy who was fired from RNZ had those sympathies.
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*than* I was …
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Embarrassing
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Excellent piece! The glory days of Capital Times.