Daily review 05/07/2023

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1. Kat 1

   5 July 2023 at 5:59 pm

   A letter arrived in the mail (actual old mailbox at street)……"hello I am Christopher Luxon…….."

   Apparently, if we vote National, we are going to see a rise in our pension each year, there will be tax cuts, more crims will be locked up, cost of living will be reduced and children will have a brighter future……………..

   Ok…now who was it that said "show me the money"……..
   • Patricia Bremner 1.1

     5 July 2023 at 10:21 pm

     Kat, was there any return address?
     • Kat 1.1.1

       5 July 2023 at 11:08 pm

       Chilly night…we had a laugh and lit the fire
       • Tony Veitch 1.1.1.1

         6 July 2023 at 4:27 am

         Well done! Who said Luxon was useless . . .?
   • SPC 1.2

     6 July 2023 at 3:32 pm

     Universal super rises every year. As National serves the class that wants more money in their pockets for private schools, health insurance and multiple property ownership, its those dependent on public services and income support who are the losers under NACT.
2. Dennis Frank 2

   5 July 2023 at 7:18 pm

   Japan trials `blind faith in scientific experts' policy: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66106162

   Since the 2011 tsunami which severely damaged the plant, more than a million tonnes of treated waste water has accumulated there. Japan now wants to start discharging it into the Pacific Ocean.

   The UN nuclear watchdog the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), has published a report endorsing Japan's plan. UN-appointed human rights experts have opposed the plan, as have environmental activists. Greenpeace has released reports casting doubt on Tepco's treatment process…

   Seoul – which has been keen to build ties with Japan – has soft-pedalled its concerns and on Tuesday it said it "respects" the IAEA's findings. But this approach has angered the South Korean public, 80% of whom are worried about the water release according to a recent poll. South Korea's parliament passed a resolution last week opposing the water release plan

   China has been the most vocal, accusing Japan of treating the ocean as its "private sewer". On Tuesday it criticised the IAEA report, saying its conclusions were "one-sided".

   Japanese authorities and Tepco have sought to convince critics by explaining the science behind the treatment process, and they would continue to do so with "a high level of transparency", promised prime minister Fumio Kishida on Tuesday.

   The guts of the situation: effects spread outside state boundaries. That makes regional states concerned stakeholders. Where regional governance is lacking, you get UN involvement only by default & perception of common interests of all nations. So this is a geopolitical issue in reality, despite seemingly being national only…
   • alwyn 2.1

     5 July 2023 at 9:03 pm

     There is currently about 4.5 billion tons (4,500,000,000 tons) of Uranium dissolved in the worlds sea water.

     How much do you think this is going to add?

     https://www.epj-n.org/articles/epjn/full_html/2016/01/epjn150059/epjn150059.html#:~:text=Although%20uranium%20concentration%20in%20seawater,of%20uranium%20metal%20(tU).
     • Incognito 2.1.1

       5 July 2023 at 10:10 pm

       Are you stirring?
     • AB 2.1.2

       5 July 2023 at 10:55 pm

       There are (probably) hundreds of thousands of litres of alcohol consumed globally every day. If you consume 50 bottles of wine every day it will barely change the global figure. Therefore it must be harmless. Please go ahead.
3. joe90 3

   5 July 2023 at 7:32 pm

   Of course Elmo wants to go to Mars.

   As surprising as it may seem, the upper atmosphere of Venus is the most Earth-like location in the solar system. Between altitudes of 50km and 60km, the pressure and temperature can be compared to regions of the Earth’s lower atmosphere. The atmospheric pressure in the Venusian atmosphere at 55km is about half that of the pressure at sea level on Earth. In fact you would be fine without a pressure suit, as this is roughly equivalent to the air pressure you would encounter at the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro. Nor would you need to insulate yourself as the temperature here ranges between 20°C and 30°C.

   The atmosphere above this altitude is also dense enough to protect astronauts from ionising radiation from space. The closer proximity of the sun provides an even greater abundance of available solar radiation than on Earth, which can be used to generate power (approximately 1.4 times greater).

   The conceptual airship would float around the planet, being blown by the wind. It could, usefully, be filled with a breathable gas mixture such as oxygen and nitrogen, providing buoyancy. This is possible because breathable air is less dense than the Venusian atmosphere and, as result, would be a lifting gas.

   https://theconversation.com/nasa-wants-to-send-humans-to-venus-heres-why-thats-a-brilliant-idea-104961
4. joe90 4

   5 July 2023 at 8:32 pm

   More provincial minorities for the mincer.

   @ChrisO_wiki

   ·1/ Colleges in the southern Russian republic of Ingushetia are issuing diplomas only if the students accept a mobilisation order at the same time. If they refuse, they face being imprisoned for up to two years.

   

   …

   2/ The Ingush news website Fortanga reports that students are being forced to go in person to receive their diplomas. They are immediately being handed a summons for mobilisation, in front of witnesses, and have to decide whether to accept it. Their decision is recorded.

   https://twitter.com/ChrisO_wiki/status/1676118909064212480

   https://t.me/fortangaorg/15944

   google translate

   https://fortanga-org.translate.goog/2023/07/kolledzhi-v-ingushetii-vydayut-diplomy-tolko-s-povestkoj-v-armiyu/?_x_tr_sl=ru&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en&_x_tr_pto=wapp
   • Muttonbird 4.1

     5 July 2023 at 8:34 pm

     No one cares.
     • joe90 4.1.1

       5 July 2023 at 9:03 pm

       During the past 48 hours the worlds fourth most powerful military has killed ten Palestinians, half of them teens, injured hundreds, held residents and their terrorised children at gunpoint in their own homes, forced thousands more to flee their homes and destroyed vital civic infrastructure; hospitals, roads, water, drainage, comms and power. Do you care?
       • Muttonbird 4.1.1.1

         5 July 2023 at 9:07 pm

         By all means make posts about that particular injustice when you have time away from Ukraine stuff.

         I can’t remember one post where you supporting Palestinian people until 9:03pm today. Had an epiphany, did we?
         • joe90 4.1.1.1.1

           5 July 2023 at 9:46 pm

           Memory problems?

           https://thestandard.org.nz/search/joe90+palestinian/page/4/?search_comments=true&search_sortby=date
     • UncookedSelachimorpha 4.1.2

       6 July 2023 at 12:41 am

       A lot of people care, including me.

       Muttonbird and Putin want people not to care.
5. Dennis Frank 5

   6 July 2023 at 4:16 am

   I'm reading this: https://nextbigideaclub.com/magazine/planet-peril-humanitys-four-greatest-challenges-can-overcome-bookbite/38773/

   New from the New Plymouth Public Library, & am up to p156 where the author is into regulating AI.

   Implicit in the regulatory system I've been describing is a fundamental shift from hard law to soft law, and from `governing over' to `governing with' [so we] no longer rely on a rigid set of top-down rules; instead they would operate in partnership with the organizations they were overseeing, implementing a more provisional set of guidelines that could be amended through mutual negotiation… the underling assumption here is that both regulators and those they regulate share a common goal…

   Under this hybrid system, a combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches could be tailored to meet the specific needs of a particular field, and governance could be expedited because it would be approached on both sides as a more experimental and open-ended undertaking than before.

   I think he's got the right formula there, and it will go global. The state must yield to this new operating system. Humanity will deem it essential to survival.
   • Phillip ure 5.1

     6 July 2023 at 10:28 am

     That link is a worthwhile read..

     I liked the bit where it is noted the effects of green change…and asks would we be this far if the green activists of the 50's and 60's had just thrown up their hands and said 'its just too hard'..?

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