david white
@davidwhite
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Incomplete idiot - due to missing bits! Soft skills aficianado, Goon fan, family man, lukewarmist. Opinions are my own, but I listen to others.
Auckland, NZ
Joined January 2008
At a guess, this is the basic intent behind the NZ Regulatory Standards Bill.
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Freedom means nothing if it does not mean the freedom to do what other people don't like. Everyone was free to be a Communist under the Stalin dictatorship, and everyone is free to be a Muslim in Saudi Arabia. Yet whole generations are coming out of our colleges where only those
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This could've bought a fraction of Twitter (or half a Twit, who'd try to build a trainset to the airport). Amazon Web Services gets clearance for Auckland data centre
rnz.co.nz
Amazon Web Services is pressing on with plans to build a giant $7.5 billion data centre in Auckland, after receiving clearance from the Overseas Investment Office
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Probably our last chance to persuade Massey to reopen MTB trails in Albany (Royal Albany Trails). Consider signing?
change.org
Reopen Royal Albany Mountain Bike Trails in Auckland
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"Vulnerability: the emotion associated with uncertainty, risk or emotional exposure." Brené Brown in "10% Happier" podcast.
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My team is looking for more team mates... (if you can stand my attempts at humour!)
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So, I wonder how many women died while (mostly) men defended the consensus?
@bigskyrad @yepsuzn @CharlesDarwinTX @DawnTJ90 @3GHtweets @MercuryTimes @Bananenrijperij @Fixiefreaky @badmoonrising11 @Tokyo_Tom @granitereason @YackyDoodleDnDy @BradSchrag @IbachPeter @UvMeter @RustyAway @ClimatePoet @swcrisis @EthonRaptor @PhilosophySeel @MonkeyMyBack @hrseiber @36_xenon @KCTaz @peden_c @conely6511 @JohnBurnieTas @jenninemorgan @GetMyGist @Gladfly1 @KIVUNature @SturmLLiouville @GillesnFio @LarkRellez @NikolovScience @MATTP1949 @dgweld @JaggerMickOZ @EcoSenseNow @Tangomitteckel @Rail4Eva @dunvirkin @unclejohnCC @VanessaRiley61 @FrankWi74044551 @ElQuesoSabio @PolAnimalAus @jamft @DubiBoat @birdhillll There's no conspiracy necessary. All it takes is a large group of educated people agreeing with each other that they're right, and then marginalizing those who disagree. It's "consensus" science. And it's been ongoing for centuries.
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I'm curious. Has anyone asked @SonnyBWilliams what his holy book says about liars, drunks, homosexuals, adulterers, fornicators, etc? And what do you think of Israel Folau as a person, Sonny? Someone to be sacked from Rugby Oz?
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At the risk of provoking hate towards me... Israel Folau has responded with his side of the story. His character shines through, even if you disagree with his views.
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Yay! Progress on cycling to the Harbour Bridge (with, of course, other links needed)...
beehive.govt.nz
Associate Transport Minister Julie Anne Genter says the SeaPath walking and cycling project on Auckland’s North Shore has reached a significant milestone towards construction.
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Apt... “We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity; more than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.” ~ Charlie Chaplin
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I hear your pain, Nigel. This is very sad. And to think that there are 48 more stories.
Atta Elayyan (@attaelayyan) A Great New Zealander https://t.co/KY0upTwMuB - Goodbye my friend
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We just got a call telling us that our sweet tiny two-week-old boy has been in contact with a confirmed case of measles. Tomorrow we all go and get bloods, then we’re confined home until March 23rd. If my baby gets the measles, he will not be okay. Please get vaccinated.
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The most lucid, fact-based piece about climate change all year... but it is not clickbait.
interest.co.nz
Decades of climate-change exaggeration in the West have produced frightened children, febrile headlines, and unrealistic political promises
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Finally, someone with integrity speaking about climate science...
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Extreme poverty fell from 36% in 1990 to less than 10% today. It is fascinating that this progress takes place just as many in the West are starting to doubt free trade and global capitalism.
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So, if @torpedo7 has gone #carbonneutral, does that mean I have to look elsewhere for carbon framed bikes?
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