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This provides Standardistas the opportunity to review events of the day.
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In the 2004 film Downfall (Der Untergang), which portrays Hitler’s last days in a Berlin bunker, he says that if the German people are weak they deserve death. It is a view from philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche who argued that conflicts are won by those with the strongest will. ...
Jacinda Ardern was hanging out with Stephen Colbert again… spoke well of gun control and repped the tourism sector
https://youtu.be/qai8LdcY9LQ
https://youtu.be/aGRVXOMHr_0
https://youtu.be/2iH9WtfXKXM
She did a really good job there. Also good on news tv as well.
Great job on the Silver Ferm Farms Carbon Zero meats as well.
Come on Poto Williams and Coster. Harden up on these criminals.
A decent bloke out of business due to the hugging approach.
'I'm done. It's killing me': Thefts and break-ins tip butcher over the edge | Stuff.co.nz
Not sure if this was already covered today – but good to see some research into Long Covid (well, not good for the sufferers, but good that we're finding out more about it).
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/covid-19-fatigue-pain-anxiety-common-among-nzs-covid-long-haulers/OCQXJG365EKVDOYVJIHAP4EV6Y/?c_id=1&objectid=12527020&ref=rss
Key takeouts:
FWIW, when I had meningitis (getting on for 30 years ago, now), it took more than a year for me to come 'right' – and this kind of pervasive exhaustion, and associated symptoms – feels very familiar to me.
And another from me (last of the day, I promise)
But a really good initiative in growing our own IT professionals, deliberately targeted at South Auckland schools.
A pathway to an IT career – is absolutely a ticket out of poverty 😉
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/talanoa/maori-and-pasifika-students-set-their-sights-on-a-career-in-it-in-technology-programme/LIAU2RFCIUOC5VAHOIP5GRRTEA/?c_id=1&objectid=12526859&ref=rss
Yes, there's something in it for the businesses – they're struggling to find IT staff. But they could have just continued targeting middle-class schools, but are deliberately choosing to work with South Auckland.
This is the most important diplomatic move into our area of the Pacific in decades.
China wants 10 Pacific nations to endorse sweeping regional agreement | Stuff.co.nz
China wants a full security+trade+fisheries+internet pact with Samoa, Solomons, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, and further to the Cook Islands, Vanuatu and Niue.