Heard an interesting perspective from a criminal lawyer on this. They think we should copy the Portugal model because meth is attracting the cartels like Sinaloa, and cartel presence normally corrupts police.
For a start I would love to prohibit alcohol aimed at kids. In my student days I participated in a lot of market research groups and there were so many groups about late teens taste-testing insanely sweet gross RTD alcohols or discussing which alcohol bottle design was more “fun” “feminine” “flirty” etc.
The trouble with that is, we get so much more crime this way. Like you say, there’s much better interventions.
I’m not sure that it’s just logistics and fear of the unknown (though given how long it took Aucklanders to be okay with building a subway, that obviously comes into play)!😀
But talking to people over the years I’ve come to the conclusion that there’s a sizeable chunk of people for whom punishing criminals is much more important than having less crime. I can understand feeling that way, but emotions probably isn’t the best thing to base policy on.
A northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta), located near a cemetery in Karamea on the South Island’s West Coast, has won the Tree of the Year award in a landslide victory....
Ha ha of course… Seriously though, I really liked the upbeat, memey feel of it and especially the repeated imagery of the servers that turns into weird things happening to them!
Is there no other way we can stop them doing this? It seems like they are overturning NZ’s democratic process not just specific environmental decisions.
I’'d have thought it was against our constitutional documents or something.
I’m sure most National voters didn’t actually vote for Shane Jones to replace the RMA with his bank account number (pretty sure both main parties were involved in redrafting it). This is going to hurt everyone.
Hey, thanks so much for updating me!! Sorry it took me so long to reply, was taking a break from social media.
I’m so excited for you, it all sounds wonderful. The lowering of tinnitus is an unexpected bonus! Really glad it improved your speech understanding. Made my day reading your comment.
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
I can’t find it either, though I bet I could find something rudimentary in a library. But it’s an old artisan skill, so the only real way to learn is to apprentice ourselves to a master clockmaker. I did however spot how to build one in Roblox!
What has your general experience of Kagi been like? Disappointed it was no better at this.
That’s a bit disappointing. I probably do have good search skills but the way search engines are going it takes more effort these days to get the same level of results, so I was aspiring for something that could help if I ever got to the point I could afford it.
Next time I’m doing a big project I’ll give the 100 free searches a whirl.
I was hoping it was more like vivisimo/clusty which used to clump results in patterns, or old version altavista which used to dredge up 10x more results than other engines.
Good on you for supporting tech goals and stuff. That’s really cool.
This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
That’s unnecessarily cruel. There’s no need to tell me I’m “no sane person” or to say I “need to learn what a joke looks like”, just because of one misunderstanding that I literally just apologized to you for straight away.
We’re on the same side about this issue. All I was trying to do, was agree with you and share ideas for how I think left wing people like me could maybe influence middle New Zealand to see how bad the fast track bill is.
I know I’m poorly socialized these days. I don’t get to practice much because I hardly ever get to have conversations irl any more, but it felt friendly here in lemmy.nz until right this moment.
I don’t know if you’re having a bad day or if it’s always like this, but I just… Idk, I don’t come here to get into arguments and be called names, it’s depressing, so I won’t be doing this with you any more.
Anyway, thank you for all the articles you posted in recent months. I have really enjoyed reading them and your thoughts. Nga mihi.
We could end up with white elephant projects or worse, something super destructive from an overseas mining company that we can’t get rid of without opening us up to Investor State Disputes.
It’s a return to Muldoonism but the global stakes are much higher these days, we can’t afford to play banana republic.
I’m not a legal expert but as far as I know if the police are arresting you they can compel this in New Zealand. There is no difference in unlock methods. People get charges for not complying.
Four baby tuatara found at Invercargill demolition site (www.rnz.co.nz)
The four animals ranged in size from 11 to 12cm and weighed between five and nine grams, meaning they were likely less than a year old....
Alcohol causing 20 times the harm of meth, police float tighter regulation (www.newshub.co.nz)
TL;DR:...
Northern rātā walks away with victory in Tree of the Year competition (media.rnztools.nz)
A northern rātā (Metrosideros robusta), located near a cemetery in Karamea on the South Island’s West Coast, has won the Tree of the Year award in a landslide victory....
Happy birthday! Lemmy.nz turns 1! (lemmy.nz)
TL;DR; Lemmy.nz turns 1 today! Watch the video. If it doesn’t work on your app, try the peertube mirror....
Nearly 200 police staff to lose jobs, as Government demands savings (www.stuff.co.nz)
Quarry company J Swap's fast track plea after donations to Shane Jones and NZ First | RNZ News (www.rnz.co.nz)
This fast track to corruption bill, is more worrying than the budget…
MARCH FOR NATURE LIVE STREAM (m.youtube.com)
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 19/4/2024
Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!...
Lemmings, do any of you avoid politics on here?
Aotearoa Weekly Kōrero 29/4/2024
Welcome to this week’s casual kōrero thread!...
Stratford-revered glockenspiel stops working (www.rnz.co.nz)
The Stratford-revered glockenspiel has stood proud in the main street, Broadway, since it officially opened in 1996, but it had stopped working over the weekend....
Fast-track bill could affect NZ's reputation - Transparency International (www.rnz.co.nz)
This government doing it’s best to ruin the country and our reputation overseas. Having said that I have witnessed too many acts of corruption to every buy that we were somehow more honest than other countries.
Stop Using Your Face or Thumb to Unlock Your Phone (gizmodo.com)
Are there any legal experts that want to weigh in on this....