Tanya Ashcroft
@tanyaashcroft.bsky.social
Writer. Radio interviewer @ radio active
About time and with 100 companies responsible for 71% of emissions, a superfund to help build resilience from climate events and support greener energy going foreard seems like a no trainer to me. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
Hochul Signs Law That Penalizes Companies for Greenhouse Gas Emissions
The measure will seek to raise funds to pay for some of the damage caused by extreme weather events, which are becoming more frequent because of the combustion of fossil fuels.
www.nytimes.com
February 15, 2025 at 9:08 PM
About time and with 100 companies responsible for 71% of emissions, a superfund to help build resilience from climate events and support greener energy going foreard seems like a no trainer to me. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/26/n...
Reposted by Tanya Ashcroft
Delighted to be taking part in 'Raise the Roof for Randell Cottage: Letters Live', a fundraising event for Randell Cottage, in Wellington on 15 July, featuring Emily Perkins, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Hinemoana Baker, Anna Fifield and other letter readers.
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June 9, 2024 at 5:20 AM
Delighted to be taking part in 'Raise the Roof for Randell Cottage: Letters Live', a fundraising event for Randell Cottage, in Wellington on 15 July, featuring Emily Perkins, Ngahuia Te Awekotuku, Hinemoana Baker, Anna Fifield and other letter readers.
authors.org.nz/raise-the-ro...
authors.org.nz/raise-the-ro...
Say this much for Elon. He was taking up all the feed on the other chanel just now but I was able to mute him, just like anyone else.
March 7, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Say this much for Elon. He was taking up all the feed on the other chanel just now but I was able to mute him, just like anyone else.
Feel a bout of hysteria coming on...
February 26, 2024 at 9:47 PM
Feel a bout of hysteria coming on...
Sunflower picking today Te Horo, NZ. Impossible not to smile I'm a field of these babies.
February 18, 2024 at 9:21 AM
Sunflower picking today Te Horo, NZ. Impossible not to smile I'm a field of these babies.
Really can not wait for this. HUGE Kevin Barry fan. Driver tips the wheel.
The Heart in Winter by Kevin Barry (Hardback) (June 2024)
February 12, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Really can not wait for this. HUGE Kevin Barry fan. Driver tips the wheel.
Am no longer pessimistic about 2024. Things is looking up!
Starring Cillian Murphy and Eileen Walsh and directed by Tim Mielants from a screenplay by Enda Walsh, the film is an adaptation of Claire Keegan’s novel of the same name which was shortlisted for the 2022 Booker Prize. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
New Cillian Murphy film to open Berlin Film Festival next month
'We are looking forward to launching this ‘quiet’ yet quite exceptional film.'
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January 20, 2024 at 9:44 AM
Am no longer pessimistic about 2024. Things is looking up!
When is enough enough? www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer
Oxfam predicts first trillionaire within a decade, with gap between rich and poor likely to increase
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January 15, 2024 at 4:44 AM
When is enough enough? www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Found strange photo in mothers things. Possibly Christchurch. Ideas to when?
January 13, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Found strange photo in mothers things. Possibly Christchurch. Ideas to when?
Gingerbread house envy is now a thing ( this one modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright's waterfall house). Anyone who knows me will know this is not my creation - I couldn't even get the walls to stay up on the supermarket rectangle version. Ah, aspirational pressure!
December 19, 2023 at 8:30 PM
Gingerbread house envy is now a thing ( this one modeled on Frank Lloyd Wright's waterfall house). Anyone who knows me will know this is not my creation - I couldn't even get the walls to stay up on the supermarket rectangle version. Ah, aspirational pressure!
Creative minds bringing beauty to the ordinary. Love the use of the green glass for the balustrades for example, Barcelona Palau de la music. Got any favorites to share?
December 17, 2023 at 5:28 AM
Creative minds bringing beauty to the ordinary. Love the use of the green glass for the balustrades for example, Barcelona Palau de la music. Got any favorites to share?
Beautiful!
We never tire of seeing a new delivery of Penguin Clothbound Classics!
December 12, 2023 at 10:34 PM
Beautiful!
Good news day for jobs and human connection. Way back, I did a stint on checkouts and the customers were generally nice. Though, I asked one how many bread rolls were in his two paper bags. 'Six in each,' he said. 'That's twelve. ' Thanks, man, or I d still be working that out.
Booths, a small grocery chain in northern England, announced that it will be getting rid of its self-checkouts in nearly all but two of its 28 stores, bucking a trend that has remade retail shopping around the world over the last 20 years. nyti.ms/3MDrFor
November 14, 2023 at 6:25 PM
Good news day for jobs and human connection. Way back, I did a stint on checkouts and the customers were generally nice. Though, I asked one how many bread rolls were in his two paper bags. 'Six in each,' he said. 'That's twelve. ' Thanks, man, or I d still be working that out.
This is how we dressed me and dad. 1970 s. No it was not Halloween/ Samhain
November 10, 2023 at 5:56 AM
This is how we dressed me and dad. 1970 s. No it was not Halloween/ Samhain
Yay! Well deserved. i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby-...
All Blacks star Ardie Savea named World Rugby player of the year; Springboks snubbed
All Blacks forward Ardie Savea has been crowned men's player of the year, while the champion Springboks were overlooked for all the major awards.
i.stuff.co.nz
October 29, 2023 at 9:27 PM
Yay! Well deserved. i.stuff.co.nz/sport/rugby-...
Imagine i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/g...
Women across Iceland, including the prime minister, go on strike for equal pay and no more violence
Icelanders awoke to all-male news teams announcing shutdowns across the country, with public transport delayed, hospitals understaffed and hotel rooms uncleaned.
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October 25, 2023 at 9:01 PM
Imagine i.stuff.co.nz/life-style/g...
Progress on international tax evasion although disappointing that the (low) 15% corporate tax rate 100 countries committed too is meeting with loopholes. Love the conclusion that tax evasion is not something we just have to accept- it can be dealt with. www.newyorker.com/news/our-col...
Yes, We Can Tackle International Tax Evasion, If We Really Try
A new report finds that the amount of offshore wealth shielded from tax authorities has fallen dramatically since the Obama Administration, which pioneered efforts to make countries share banking info...
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October 25, 2023 at 8:31 PM
Progress on international tax evasion although disappointing that the (low) 15% corporate tax rate 100 countries committed too is meeting with loopholes. Love the conclusion that tax evasion is not something we just have to accept- it can be dealt with. www.newyorker.com/news/our-col...
Enjoyed this movie about Samuel Beckett - part of the British and Irish film festival now showing across the motu. Not as intense as his work and Gabriel Byrne was excellent. www.theguardian.com/film/2023/se...
‘A lot of biopics depend on likeness – this is braver’: Gabriel Byrne on playing Samuel Becket...
The actor talks about his new movie Dance First, in which he plays the Irish dramatist, the time he shared a drink with Richard Burton and why he had to leave Los Angeles
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2023 at 4:45 AM
Enjoyed this movie about Samuel Beckett - part of the British and Irish film festival now showing across the motu. Not as intense as his work and Gabriel Byrne was excellent. www.theguardian.com/film/2023/se...
Auckland's winter garden in late spring (yesterday). And after a recent (non-cosmetic) nose job, I couldn't believe how fragrant it was. The world smells!
October 22, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Auckland's winter garden in late spring (yesterday). And after a recent (non-cosmetic) nose job, I couldn't believe how fragrant it was. The world smells!
About my great, great grandmother. Beaten by her school teacher in Cork for singing 'thank God I am a happy Irish child' instead of 'english child.' That's the spirit.
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October 16, 2023 at 10:09 PM
About my great, great grandmother. Beaten by her school teacher in Cork for singing 'thank God I am a happy Irish child' instead of 'english child.' That's the spirit.
irishheritagenews.ie/who-was-mich...
irishheritagenews.ie/who-was-mich...
Re-watched this trio (thanks aro vid). Scary how little I could remember about the plots (30 yrs on). The movies have held up well. What was my favorite then is not now.
October 16, 2023 at 1:40 AM
Re-watched this trio (thanks aro vid). Scary how little I could remember about the plots (30 yrs on). The movies have held up well. What was my favorite then is not now.
Re-reading Apeirogon. A beautiful story of friendship across the divides - Palestine/Israel - ordinary people living with conflict.
October 13, 2023 at 12:56 AM
Re-reading Apeirogon. A beautiful story of friendship across the divides - Palestine/Israel - ordinary people living with conflict.