@120acc36 On Bravo TV Freeview channel 4 tonight at 8.30pm is The Big Short about hedge funds profiting from bidding on mortgages failing. Immoral actions but informative #BasedOnATrueStory film.
NZ Police spent about $91M on contractors and consultants including IT last year. Their work has enabled cops to build a system with 7M "person identities" with data including that from people's social media.
Are you in their databases? Sounds like if you use the internet in Aotearoa New Zealand, you'll be there.
The lack of openness & oversight and massive spend annoy me. Others may have extra concerns @1a409386@808908bahttps://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/499280/police-spending-millions-to-fix-glaring-technology-system-deficiencies
Florida USA is home state for Republican politician Ron DeSantis who has brought in many oppressive anti LGBTQ+ laws.
OTOH Gainesville city in #Florida is giving "Against Me!" frontwoman and #trans punk luminary Laura Jane Grace a key to the city in recognition of her greatness.
City Commissioner Bryan Eastman says, "Against Me! is one of the greatest punk rock bands of all time, and Laura Jane Grace is an LGBTQ icon and one of the best lyricists in music history.”
https://www.them.us/story/against-me-laura-jane-grace-key-to-the-city
@d72d5211@29b9efc5@3862d25e And circling back my agreement on the cartoon wasn't specifically on any need for a specific Minister but the "Urgency" and the visible aging of the advocate for change as government stalls.
My climate activist friends are still advocating but some are aging out of energy needed to achieve change. Just as well the younger generations are marching ahead albeit without power to effect transformations needed.
@b0f1f646 I suspect my partner - a cricket fan - married me as I already had a house within walking distance of our city's best cricket ground. Similar attraction to height for cupboards.
Blood dries up
Like rain, like rain
Fills my cup
Like "Four seasons in one day"
from Crowded House
#RainOrShine
#JukeboxFridayNight
https://youtu.be/si3dBlNdifE
@120acc36 I don't officially have Neanderthal or Denisovan ancestors but DNA testing gives me a percent for each. All those years back who knows where people strayed
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