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Story-teller, journalist, video-maker. Director of @AotearoaScience . damian @scienceagency .co.nz Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize winner.📽️🐧
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Would love to see traffic cam of all the Aucklanders fleeing to Coromandel suddenly doing U-turns…
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I think everyone (who isn’t a c*nt) thinks the PM has had a bloody hard few years, from Christchurch to Whakaari then the pandemic. I absolutely respect (and believe) her reason for leaving. Thanks PM, you’ve done an amazing job in the most challenging period in our lifetime.
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I was enjoying our Xmas holiday on a Waiheke when the phone rang about 1pm today. Its Mum. Dad went for a walk and didn’t come back. Major heart attack, found dead. I had to tell my sister and then wait for my boys to return from fishing with their uncle to break the news to them
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Left our car across from our friends place after some drinks yesterday and found this when we went to get it today, from Karen of Herne Bay who literally thinks they own the park outside their house. This is my new favourite park forever more.
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Enid Blyton novels have really progressed since I was a kid.
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Two weeks ago Mike Hosking was saying we should stop community testing. This morning he's slamming the PM over why we're not already letting in international students like Australia. Does this dude have shares in a ventilator company or something?
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PM: We are moving to Level 1 at midnight tonight.
Muller: this is ridiclous, we should go at 6pm.
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So my kids and I have had a lot of time on our hands the last few days for some weird reason, so we decided to make a lockdown music video. If nothing else, it's short. Enjoy!
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Regardless of one’s politics, I’ve always considered
@dbseymour
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Some coverage aside, organising 16,000+ people to get vaccinated in one weekend has meant some very long days for a lot of health and other workers, and is a massive step forward. Super proud to have been part of that journey, even just documenting it with
@AotearoaScience
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Given what's happening in the US right now, it's concerning to see what appears to be deliberately organised misinformation campaigns by NZ National Party and its MPs. As the comments on these tweets note, this is the opposite of what the PM actually said...
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Over the 8 years I did Backbenches, I learned that politicians are people too, and not the caricatures we so often view them as. Even when our views differed, I managed to find something to like in the vast majority of them.
Judith was not part of that majority. Good riddance.
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And the award for best photoshop effort of the day goes to... (someone who I don't know I just found this on a meme page).
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GF has just gone to grab some essentials from the supermarket. Leave it, I say, it'll be chaos. It's only 3 days. Just get bread at the dairy tomorrow. Calls me 10 minutes later. It's madness out there! Dominion Rd rush-hour. YOU ARE PART OF THE PROBLEM, I point out helpfully.
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I was going to go and console myself by having a beer at Hoppers, the bar that's taken the place of Golden Dawn in Ponsonby. Then I'm told the owners are big Trump fans and having a MAGA-hat election party there right now. So I guess I'm never drinking there again then, huh?
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I'm not blocked by many politicians on Twitter. But Judith Collins blocked me when I called her 'scum' for attacking an innocent couple whose only crime was to be the first to purchase a Kiwibuild home. She's not over dirty politics, she IS dirty politics.
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I’m supportive of vaccine mandates, for many jobs, and access to events and stuff. But I think I draw the line at requiring them for access to benefits, just like I abhor drug testing for beneficiaries. Interested to know if others would go further…
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We had Xmas Eve lunch with Mum and Dad and our family a few days ago. Dad was fine, now he’s gone. I’m glad I saw him so recently, but man. Tell your parents you love them.
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The mall were taking walk-ins for kids so we went to Balmoral Pharmacy. No wait, no nutters, good as gold. Kids reckoned it was a bit more of a pinch than I’d led them to believe but all good. Off to sushi train now, their choice of a treat 💉 💉 💉
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They're also going to require landlords to rip out insulation and reinstate all mould.
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Suddenly my own doubts seem so very trivial. Told this morning of the death of my friend and colleague (and band mate) Greg Boyed. A lovely man, smart, funny, kind, thoughtful. I have no words. Check in on your loved ones.
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The last time we banned something because of gangs, we ended up without cold medication that actually does anything… winter is here let’s just be careful before we ban jackets too eh?
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I see some people calling to boycott Hosking's advertisers. At the top of the list is Land Rover, his show sponsor. I'd like you all to join me in promising that whatever you do this weekend, you won't buy a Land Rover. Be surprised if he's still on air come Monday. 🙃
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PM is visiting the boys' school today. Eddie was very excited last night and insisted on having a shower (often a struggle) before bed so he'd be all "nice and clean for Jacinda". They've grown a lot since last time they met.
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In an election where Labour’s vote increased massively, and the Greens managed an increase on 2017 (plus AkCent!), but NZF were wiped out and the Nats smashed, imagine my surprise to hear Garner and Richardson describe the results this morning as NZ rejecting of the Greens 🙄
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On the talkback a man is saying of TV3 “Bring back Paul Henry, we need more news and less opinions” neatly illustrating both that people don’t have a fucking clue what they’re talking about, and why I don’t listen to talkback.
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I am new to this game but this is the first time I have failed. I don’t see many people post failures. Am I not very good or is this like Instagram where we mostly just share our best selves? Wordle 231 X/6
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So I have some news... PM’s Science Communication Award. (Me, not the boys)
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Dad’s farewell is on Wednesday. C’mon world, what else you got?
Oh.
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Ha, just heard from my friend about his weed supplier who has voted 'no' in the referendum to protect his livelihood. That's some twisted self-interest eh, where you'd rather maintain your criminal enterprise and criminalise your customer base in favour of profits. Act voter?
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It's one thing to choose to avoid rigorous questioning (like Key did with RNZ), but quite another when the interviewer in question basically writes a daily hate column about you. That's less flouting your responsibilities, and more choosing to leave an abusive relationship.
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Are the anti-kids-vax protestors a widespread thing? I was going to take the boys tomorrow at the same time as I get my booster and I don’t want to end up stabbing someone if they scare my child.
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Taking the time to reflect on every snide remark, self-satisfied cackle, condescending put-down and general mean-spirited awfulness of Judith Collins as a human being over the past month or so, and glad I wasn’t the only one who saw it.
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It seems that most here share my disappointment in the slackness of the quarantine standards apparent from today's news. We tested 1000s of people every day, why not those arriving in NZ? People have given up so much - including their jobs - and are right to be pissed off.
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Take your kids to literally the most amazing place in NZ and they don’t disappoint. 🙄
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Looks like we have a positive case at home. Partner likely got it from sniffling entitled boss who hasn’t been at home because she “has a business to run”. A public facing retail business, so that’s cool…
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I mean if you really want to hear disingenuous dog-whistle reporting, how about this where the Govt is accused of 'lavish' spending on advertising, without explaining that DPMC is the dept responsible for all the Unite Against Covid work, rather than say, ads about Jacinda.
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Little guy came up with a idea to make bookmarks and sell them on the street. Sat there for a long time but couldn’t get the courage up to talk to anyone walking past. :( next time I think I’ll wrangle a crowd. (He’s ok about it though)
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Here’s a shot of it up and running today, one jab every 90 seconds or so!
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Enough with the sauna Auckland just fucking rain already.
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I’d just like to thank every business I’ve ever dealt with over the past decade for sending me your Covid-19 responses. That’s really useful, Giltrap North Shore.
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I have tonight paid a parking fine that arrived in the mail for parking a rental car overnight in Wellington, and not moving it until 8.45am (obviously the parking meters started at 8am, idk). The irony is not lost on me...
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For those of you who follow my dispute with the crazy neighbours who hate my kittehs playing on their lawn, this is the latest development which I can only find hilarious.
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Anyone know what Animates store that dickhead went on a rant at? I might drop in some chocolates or something next time I’m there. Fancy comparing a poor woman asking for contact tracing details to a Nazi officer following orders. Buy your fish food somewhere else you sad loser.
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Day 2 and I’ve already been yelled at by an angry uninformed cop. “You’re only allowed out to get medical supplies, GO HOME!” Wasn’t interested in the letter I had stating that I was on essential service duty, and ignored the fact I had told him I was now heading home. 🤬
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I’ve heard about an anti vax doctor at a medical centre in Auckland who managed to convince a young person who had come in with their Mum, not to get the jab. Is there a vaccine mandate coming in for GPs that will see them unable to work soon?
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Man, the learning curve on parenting is something.
2020: Should I let my son play Fortnite?
2021: Is our school's proposed bubble system sufficient to offset the paediatric risk of COVID-19 taking into account the high rates of vaccination but the lack of contact tracing in Ak?
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Talking to Paul Goldsmith as he was waving placards at a busy intersection. “yes, Back Benches, that was a good show, whatever happened to that?”
“Well the Nats closed down TVNZ7, so…” 😀
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I made the mistake of perusing a Facebook group set up to protest the removal of Peter Williams from Magic FM. Kinda interesting to see the Venn diagram of free speech "patriots", "Comrade Ardern" hating, anti-woke but also anti-vaxxers come together. Like a clusterfuck of stupid
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I'm terrible at keeping secrets, but I can finally announce a project I've been working on quietly for months. A doco about the history of clubbing in NZ. Have a watch of the trailer and then hit PledgeMe if you want to come to the premiere or party.
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I bet all those Mediaworks staff who just took a 'voluntary' 15% pay cut are stoked to see where those savings are going.
Television presenter Paul Henry to host new current affairs show during coronavirus lockdown
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My friend
@jaybulletproof
died last night, after suffering a brain haemorrhage on Monday. Im heartbroken. Jay was a pioneer in the drum n bass community, a proud Dad and a loyal friend. He was also an amazing drone pilot, which is how we became so close over the last decade. (1/)
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You know your party has lost a lot of talent when your tight five consists of Simeon Brown.
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As much as I've appreciated the Government and most New Zealanders listening to scientists, it's been a bit scary to see how many people I know emerge as crackpot conspiracy theorists... 1/n
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Friend of mine in quarantine in Auckland (who has just done his day 12 test) says they're able to freely mingle with the new arrivals... does that seem weird to anyone?
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John Campbell isn’t angry he’s just disappointed. Beautiful writing, I’ve really enjoyed reading more of JC in print recently, and I appreciate his analysis and unfortunately find it bang on. Thanks
@JohnJCampbell
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Thanks Dad for making things easy by putting all your passwords in a word document called “passwords.doc”. Boomer security really is quite handy at times like this. 😔
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A surprise trip to the hospital sees me at 4am with the morphine having worn off, but entertained by the chap next door who is being interviewed by the police on why exactly he got stabbed during a drug deal. I’m fine, he’s fine, but he really needs to shut up and get a lawyer...
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Okay this wins the internet.
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Luxon says of the party's Tauranga selection: ""He’s going to bring something really different to our caucus and some diversity to it in that in that he’s really well educated... and he’s a very committed family man."
Um, what?
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Very full-on day, but a momentous one, filming the first COVID vaccines being given, logically enough, to the vaccinators themselves to keep them safe. Here’s some of my photos that went to the media.
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Just been filming kekino pups frolicking in a rock pool next to the Kaikoura SH1 construction zone, and you?
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While the rest of you were out clubbing, my camera op Ben & I were filming as dozens of people worked through til dawn moving 40-year old pohutukawa back into place on the waterfront after 21 months potted up down the road. An amazing sight! Thanks for having us
@AklCouncil
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I love the guy on the counter at the
@nzpost
central courier centre, explaining why the package I’d been told to collect 10 mins ago, after it seemingly couldn’t be delivered to my correct address, was now heading to Tamaki. “It’s an existential fight we have lost,” he sighed.
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I've heard that the NZ Flat Earth group are planning a trip to Antarctica to prove there's a wall there. As someone who's been, may I suggest they pack lightly and don't stop walking until they find it.
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I just saw someone referring to Brian Tamaki as "Pastor of Muppets" and the teenage Metallica fan in me is loving it.
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I'm trying not to take it the wrong way, but this
@Bunnings
DIY bathroom design thing keeps recommending a toaster for my bath.
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I like the effectiveness of pseudoephedrine as much as anyone, and the replacement doesn't work, but it's worth remembering that the primary use of this stuff is to dry you up so you can still go to work/socialise while sick. Which we kinda learnt wasn't actually great.
Sick of ineffective cold medicine? ACT will change that.
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Either none of these MPs were watching the debate and just took a cue from the
@NZNationalParty
account or this is a deliberate smear campaign. I was watching and the PM clearly said it was the idea that dairy farmers are looked down on by the rest of NZ that was an historic view
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"I got my jab for reasons, but something something Jacinda failure something something other people are dumb"
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This whole playing the victim and being offended schtick is so transparent and reminds me of Blubberhole himself whenever I’d attack him. You can’t make “attack dog” your whole image then cry foul when someone points out your dodgy behaviour.
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“We had already deleted it, but then someone junior really deleted it because they were emotional and we’re not putting it back but we still support what it said.” Am I following that right?
National say 'junior staffer' deleted UN global compact petition in light of shooting
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My Mum just called to tell me that Chris Hipkins has just come out in his concession speech. That wasn't on my election night bingo card. Turns out my uncle heard the words "partner" and "Tony" and made several huge leaps of boomer logic 😁
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To clarify, I'm not pretending there weren't any hiccups. When I was there in the morning there were some delays at the registration side - but waiting for a doctor's apptment is nothing new. The point being it was a f**king huge effort by a lot of people for the public good.
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I can hear Billy Joel soundchecking from our house a few streets over. Makes a nice change from 6sixty
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What he said isn’t even true. And the attitude he had is everything I feared about the worst aspects of
@nzpolice
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Mission Bay shops is a sea of unmasked close quarters giving zero fucks groups of people right now. Surprised we’re only at 160 tbh.
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When the rain got heavy it was kinda fun seeing the kids run outside in the pond on our lawn. But having seen videos of kids swimming in very dodgy looking stormwater 💩, I thought I should share this video we recently made with
@AklCouncil
on what NOT to do...
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This guy who is apparently worried he is now earning less because he’s “just gone up a tax bracket” will be stoked to learn that’s not how progressive tax works. But let’s not let that get in the way of a whinge eh
@NZStuff
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The fact that this is still his biggest regret, and how he’d do it differently is by just ignoring public opinion to change something simply because of his own reckons shows what a cockwomble this chap really is. If there was ever any doubt, that is.
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Possibly the most kiwi science lesson ever,
@Suzy_Cato
is teaching kids how to make a buckie bong.
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I've had some bad days in the past weeks, but at the moment I can see some sort of path out - I'm ok. But wow, the past week seems to have been *really tough* on a lot of my friends and our kids. Lots of tears, anxiety levels super high in Tāmaki Makaurau, for a range of reasons.
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Since he seems intent on continuing on about it, it's worth pointing out Simon Bridges said to me a few years ago re CGT, "Of course it makes sense, but it's political suicide." He may have changed his view since then, or it may be political expedience, you'd have to ask him.
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I’ve been out filming around Tamaki Makaurau today for the Super Saturday event. Such great vibes everywhere, you almost forget the reason we need to have a mass vax event. Plus I got to interview David Tua just as the total hit 100,000 (and yes he said it was O for Awesome).
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I would like to add, to those who told me one day when she was PM I'd be sorry for voicing my opinion (that she is a nasty piece of work who gives politicians a bad name), the following statement:
LOL.
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I dunno. You spend 18 months back and forth to Kaikoura, filming hundreds of hours of footage for a doco, but you know nothing you produce is going to get half the clicks that 'kayaker gets hit in face by octopus-swinging-seal' :)
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I’m so glad that my children will now be safe to grow up in a society where, like their father before them, they will be able to purchase weed off white power gangs who will later mug them of their Docs.
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As much as I have defended the press, starting off every question session with "do you blame yourself" or "do you regret" is getting old. There are far more important questions out there.
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Actual footage of the moment the Prime Minister said "...and the Coromandel".
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I’m begging my mate from across the street to please move his own car across the road just for a day or two but I fear he’s not as petty as me…
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I thank my lucky stars every day that I'm self employed and my clients know who I am and what I stand for. So recently when I told some "it's NZ not Aotearoa" dickheads to [simpsons.gif] in response on my company FB page, I wasn't especially worried about what would come next.
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Among the bad faith CGT arguments Si and the Nats are now trying is “it’s a tax on money you’ve already paid tax on”. So if I bought a business with tax-paid savings, that business should therefore never pay tax? We deserve to be having a better debate than this.
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In my business I'm regularly entrusted with confidential information. Some might affect the sharemarket, others that involve valuable IP, others very personal info. That info doesn't need a password, it needs you to act with integrity and not be a piece of shit like Michelle Boag
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So day 1000 of the new normal, who is still running those 7 paper bags on the wall per family member for each day's recycled N95s, and who is using my system of just grabbing whichever mask looks least grotty on the passenger seat floor each day?
@paulbrislen
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Quiet night in with this kiwi classic, all the way from the 80s via Bin Inn Feilding.
#CobbCrunchies
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I can't believe anyone was today years old and didn't realise that different communities need different approaches (yes, including a special 'priority code') to ensure they reach the same outcomes as others.
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My feelings on this are too long for twitter. TLDR: It's awful.
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The other thing is: today's fn Saturday. And tomorrow is Sunday.
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