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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · Sep 18

Few DMs on GDP. Meh. It's a stupid consumption measure & the revisions are doing my head in.
I am also much more interested in the real story: the chronic jobs shortage and the 400,000 kiwis wanting work / more work. There's stuff that needs doing ffs! What a waste!
But, OK... jobs *&* GDP [🧵 1/n]

picture showing continuing shitsshow jobs situation - job running well below 2024 figures, which were below 2023 figure. you get the drift.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ditto Beevor's "Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921", all of which reads different under current US hegemony.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Aug 12

Mate works in Akl construction. Been slow but steady for him. Mind you he's marble and granite. Making pretty things for rich people is more reliable than ol' cement. Seen the price of a #Birken?!

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Aug 12

The enshitiffication of #Aotearoa #NewZealand continues...

Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here's Chlöe Swarbrick's speech, that led the Speaker to throw her out of the House.

Clearly makes the case for New Zealand to recognise the genocide and ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza and the West Bank, and for it to recognise the state of Palestine.

youtu.be/yc6oLAzbqoQ

Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · Aug 12

Here's Chlöe Swarbrick's speech, that led the Speaker to throw her out of the House.

Clearly makes the case for New Zealand to recognise the genocide and ethnic cleansing taking place in Gaza and the West Bank, and for it to recognise the state of Palestine.

youtu.be/yc6oLAzbqoQ

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jun 19

A unique confluence of capitalism’s hellbent destructive innovation in the search for profit with the Christian eschatological appetite...

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jun 19

Even with a hyphen it's dumb.

Julie Cupples @juliecupples79.bsky.social · May 27

"The politics of academic deception: A conjunctural analysis"
My response to Matthew Hannah in Dialogues in Human Geography
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....

Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · May 23

Drunk in charge of BEFU data. Quick 🧵
It's cruel and all that, yes, but we're so back, right? Jobs and growth are coming?
Here's a comparison of Treasury growth forecasts from the last four budgets. 'Growth' keeps moving the goalposts it seems. It gets worse. [1/n]

graph shows GDP growth forecasts slipping back year-on-year with each budget forecast

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · May 19

Admission this week that NZ corporate carbon capture not programme not viable. This was to account for ⅓ of the country's Paris commitments. #MfE has no Plan B... www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Carbon capture: Pivotal project for cutting greenhouse gas emissions looks shaky

A huge chunk of the nation's next emissions budget rests on a single project, which the owner now says probably won't happen.

www.rnz.co.nz

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · May 8

Brits but only if they are heavily weighted towards the north and North West.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · May 5

Feijoa loaf

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 19

Oh fuck off mate🤣 Twitter still open for snark!

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 19

He's still a NZ citizen. Vampires bide their time...

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 19

Oh right. He's not the worst wealthy seppo to try and influence New Zealand but as that list is headed by Peter Thiel, it's a low bar.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 19

What's the James Cameron connection? He's very vocal in Aotearoa New Zealand now...

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 14

Rereading #SamuelBeckett bc what the fk is one to do?

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 10

New Zealand situation nowhere near as dire BUT we would be naive not to see this as a desired strategy by political elites elsewhere.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 10

Thanks. And this is appalling😬😢

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Apr 10

Explain CBOs pls

Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · Apr 10

The direction of the administration re: emergency management is becoming clear. Let us tour the changes to the hazard mitigation plan process.

#1 - no longer need to document engagement with representatives of NGOs or CBOs working with underserved communities and socially vulnerable populations.

Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · Apr 4

Disaster Researchers for Justice Meeting: Tues April 8 at 7pm est

Josh Morton from the International Association of Emergency Managers will join us to speak about the current and future state of emergency management practice.

Please register in advance here: kaist.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Disaster Researchers for Justice 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

kaist.zoom.us

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Mar 14

I miss YXE but my 7 years there showed Canada is absolutely a part of the US economy. Clear borders, porous boundaries.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Feb 26

Been involved in ethics processes in two countries as Indigenous rep. Have certainly caught some high-level racist b.s. but also some low-level inexperience. A necessary but insufficient aspect to good research. And yeah, mainly covers institutions butt!

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jan 30

"Based on measurements gathered so far, the asteroid has a 1.3% chance of smashing into Earth on 22 December 2032, or put another way, a nearly 99% probability of barrelling past without incident." #GlassHalfFull #GlassHalfEmpty #Asteroid #DRR

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jan 26

A whanaunga of the Sutherland family lent this to me. The author was a staunch advocate for Māori in science and research #Booksky #Maori

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jan 17

I want to establish a new subdiscipline in sociology: Urgency Studies. (And after 10 years of that, start an offshoot, Critical Urgency Studies...)

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jan 17

No, or rather there were online aspects during COVID but we were back f2f when we launched the role-playing scenario in class. I'll see what I can share :)

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jan 15

We designed both a table-top exercise and a community-based training scenario for Indigenous communities. Track down Dr. Lilia Yumagulova, University of Saskatchewan.

Simon J. Lambert @simbit.bsky.social · Jan 14

West Coast, Aotearoa New Zealand

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