Thoughts on the Surveillance Grid
Person-level persistent surveillance is only one aspect of the enormous surveillance grid being built around us. Every bit of data will be used in some way.
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Media Have Got Their Man
Don’t for a moment think that those masquerading as journalists have given up. They will still be intent on going in for the kill. My message to National is to wake up and watch out.
House values slide again as buyers refuse to chase vendors
“It’s an already subdued market losing what little momentum it had..."
Luxon Wins the Vote but He’s Really the Loser
He survives again. The immediate challenge is over. The tensions remain. The election is just over 12 weeks away. And the man who keeps winning these internal contests still looks very much like the loser.
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Face of the Day
Wihongi, who has lived in the US for decades and holds a green card, was detained by ICE in early April after coming back from New Zealand. She was held for more than 70 days because of a 2016 cannabis conviction that was later thrown out by the courts.
The Good Oil Word of the Day
The word for today is… bathetic (adjective) - : characterized by bathos Source : Merriam-Webster Etymology : When English speakers turned apathy into apathetic in the late 17th century, using the suffix -etic to turn the noun into the adjective, they were inspired by pathetic, the adjectival form of pathos, from Greek pathētikos.
The Good Oil Daily Bible Verse
And it shall come to pass, that when any shall yet prophesy, then his father and his mother that begat him shall say unto him, Thou shalt not live;
Wednesday Weapons
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Brian Tamaki On His Gun License Being Revoked & Court Case
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Nick Wilson On The Existential Threat That AI Represents To Humanity
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Human Rights Commission Turns Its Back On Anti-Semitism In NZ
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