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The current rise of populism challenges the way we think about people’s relationship to the economy.We seem to be entering an era of populism, in which leadership in a democracy is based on preferences of the population which do not seem entirely rational nor serving their longer interests. ...
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My morale was considerably boosted this morning when I read in the café's copy of Granny Herald that Hosking is proclaiming that elimination of Covid is now a dead duck.
Given the number of his past rabid ravings that have formed the basis of an irony, I felt new hope. Soon, NZ elimination may well prevail!
Being a person of subtleties and nuances, Hosking deliberately ignored the recently explained difference between elimination and eradication applied to panademics in particular. (Sarc for those too dim to notice.)
Wonder how many anti-vaxx trash have done the deed on the QT.
https://twitter.com/TristanSnell/status/1439923940068052997
A biologist explains why ivermectin only targets what it’s supposed to —invertebrate parasites.
https://twitter.com/G_Pask/status/1434502855298273286
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1434502855298273286.html
TV news often deserves a bollocking but occasionally they do something good and it's worth a pat on the back.
Newshub featured a meeting between a man guilty of online threats to the Chch mosque, and one of his victims. Really moving (the Muslim victim is a better man than I, incredibly generous). The offender's remorse seemed genuine, and for once "news" was about something positive. Good.
I think Mahuta needs to pull her 3-waters head in if she doesn't want Labour to drain votes… I would put opposition at 90%+… and the matter is big enough for people for votes to turn on it