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#3157 A helpful tutorial
November 17, 2025 at 11:40 PM
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'Iris' by Vicky Oldfield, contemporary UK printmaker ##ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 16, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath

50 reasons to want more walkable cities.
50 Reasons Why Everyone Should Want More Walkable Streets
From making you live longer to making cities more resilient: If you want a reason to make your city more walkable, it's in here.
www.fastcompany.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
The slow demolition of our democracy | E-Tangata
“We have a government willing to reshape constitutional understandings without genuine consultation, careful process, or respect for long-standing norms.” — Mark Feary.
e-tangata.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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More than that, countries broadly following the (Nordic) Social Democratic model are at or very near the top of practically every measurement of societal achievement _ever devised_.

All measurements have issues and any one statistic could be flawed.

But when they all point to the same direction…
Finland tops the global happiness index, which suggests that other countries should use it as a model.
November 11, 2025 at 7:44 AM
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Great teams need great Leaders
#nzpol
November 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
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So when do we decide men can’t be trusted to run the police?
November 11, 2025 at 5:38 AM
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Of course she was charged under the Harmful Digital Communications Act, rather than treating the allegations as serious (and they were serious). This is awful.
#nzpol

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Police 'failed' woman who accused Jevon McSkimming of sexual offending, her lawyer says
The allegations arose from an affair between McSkimming and the woman who at the time was a junior non-sworn police employee.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:03 AM
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This is exactly how he will be remembered
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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November 7, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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Let’s hear more of the dangers of democratic socialism under Mamdani
Trump to the Novo Nordisk CEO: "Maybe you should give us a piece of the company like I've been asking for."
November 6, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Just saw a tuātara on the side of the track, very cool.
November 6, 2025 at 2:29 AM
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Terrible scenes just minutes into the new socialist regime in New York as literally hundreds of billionaires discover mamdani already living rent free in their heads
November 5, 2025 at 3:18 AM
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Cuomo gave a fairly graceless concession speech, and Mamdani rips his skin off:

"My friends, we have toppled a political dynasty. I wish Andrew Cuomo the best in private life. But let tonight be the last time I mention his name."
November 5, 2025 at 4:21 AM
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"A good way to learn German is to read children's books to familiarise yourself with basic grammar and vocabulary"

German children's book:
December 10, 2024 at 6:58 AM
As a patient, do you get to opt out of this? What does informed consent meant under this approach?
November 4, 2025 at 6:36 AM
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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Pass it on.
November 3, 2025 at 6:17 PM
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“The system was designed by individuals who believed in a specific version of New Zealand — where everyone was theoretically equal, yet the structures of equality were calibrated for only one culture.” — Mark Feary.
Why the system will never truly serve us | E-Tangata
“The system was designed by individuals who believed in a specific version of New Zealand — where everyone was theoretically equal, yet the structures of equality were calibrated for only one culture....
e-tangata.co.nz
November 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
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October 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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I use Claude (an AI) to scan my posts for spelling and grammar errors. On the most recent post (about the East Wing, link below), I got a really amazing addendum.
www.pbump.net/o/yes-most-a...
October 30, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Zohran Mamdani caught lying that he understood Plato’s allegory of the cave, yet when asked to explain it, he seemed to instead explain Baudrillard’s theory of Simulacra and Simulation where reality has been replaced by symbols and signs, which seems similar to Plato’s theory but is not the same
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
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IMPORTANT: The Dutch invest €595 million annually on urban biking, resulting in €19 BILLION saved in public health care costs alone. That’s how smart governments do the math on investing in better mobility.

Let’s be clear— it wastes public money to NOT do it.

#CityMakingMath HT @modacitylife.com
October 29, 2025 at 6:51 AM