Open to all views, regardless of political party, or twitter profile. But "open" doesn't mean "agreement". Left-leaning but not tribal. Blocked by left mostly.
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Nick Stone retweeted
Heard this term “coffin corner” from pilots as a possible contributing factor to the Learjet 60 crash.
This is the best explanation of what it is and why descending rather than climbing is the way out.
The coffin corner is a dangerous band high up in the sky where a plane’s “too slow” limit and “too fast” limit get so close together that the safe window narrows to almost nothing.
If anything pushes the plane a little too slow or a little too fast (a bit of turbulence, a turn, or even trying to climb), it can easily slip outside that tiny safe band and fall out of the sky.
That’s why it’s called the coffin corner - there’s almost no room for error, and losing control up there is extremely dangerous.
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Happy..?
GO NETBALL NZ! Money should not be able to buy people and games because you know they'll seek control and to make you do things you don't want to do.
NETBALL NZ NOT FOR SALE!
Netball NZ pulls the pin on proposed Mowbray-Williams private league | RNZ share.google/GUk49yjizXUb0gr…
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What's the point of following you? All you do is post who's followed you! Where's the content? The engagement..?
Where's the point of it all!
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Nick Stone retweeted
The best-tested theories in science still leave about 95% of the universe unexplained. Each of these is an open problem with a hard number attached.
Absolutely worth going on a journey with this one….
@grok explain to richard feynman how magnets attract or repel in fewer words that would take 2 mins to read
No comment about the content of the article, but I will say the Herald’s decision to open it to comments, while making other articles not open, is an absolute disgrace. Picking and choosing who gets to be the subject of a public pile-on is shameful #nzpol nzherald.co.nz/nz/real-estat…
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Well that was interesting.
I'm surprised there is souch pushback on this. Still, X is a place where you can put your arguments forward and let others debate. Which I've done and now, respectfully, stepping away from now.
I've had my say.
Did you know New Zealand law doesn't actually define consent? The Crimes Act only lists what consent is not. That puts us out of step with the countries we usually compare ourselves with.
A re-elected National Government will change that. We'll modernise the law so consent must be actively given, meaning there must be a "yes", not just the absence of a "no".
That would make it clear that silence is not consent, and that consent in the past is not consent forever. These are things most New Zealanders already understand. The law should reflect them.
The change would give judges and juries a clear definition to work with. And importantly, it wouldn't shift the burden of proof in sexual cases. The prosecution would still need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that consent wasn't given.
Already National has made stalking a jailable offence, and we've given victims of sexual violence the power to decide on name suppression.
National is focused on fixing the basics in law and order, and modernising our consent laws is the next step.
But our work is far from over.
National will continue to build the future where every New Zealander feels safe - in their communities, in their relationships, and in their own homes.
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nzherald.co.nz/nz/nelson-mec…
How did I know we’d eventually find out this person was a biological male?
You can’t surgically remove your fundamental nature. A violent male.
This is why women need protection for them and their spaces.
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Just a reminder this series was fictional.
And set decades ago.
It's not a documentary on current day government. Believe it or not.
#nzpol
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*sigh*
Ladies and Gentlemen...your aspiring future Finance Minister...
#nzpol
The Greens have found the biggest hole in a Budget in NZ history - going for the full-on $500 billion (in the heading)
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Seriously? I mean, I don't disagree...but spare me the moral outrage when the Greens and Labour have captured the classrooms through their surrogates...
This really is off limits - for any party anywhere in #NZ. Party political advertising is not permitted in school grounds. Distributing to young children in primary schools is particularly questionable. rnz.co.nz/news/political/597…
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This line of argument doesn't befit someone of his intelligence...he's usually more reasoned. Usually.
So I assume the government will now remove the NZTA board?
They’re unelected people making decisions for our transport network including overseeing $32B budget over 3 years.
Also isn’t the Health NZ unelected?
Wait… does ACC board have MPs on it or unelected people? Wait…
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You know the boards will still have Iwi reps, just no voting rights anymore because they have no democratic mandate.
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I mean, come on...
Te Pati Maori...?
Aka: Every vote for National is a vote for a minor party having a disproportionately great influence on NZ, the likes we've never seen before under MMP.
Every vote for them allows racists/white nationalists and conspiracy loons to have a louder voice in every policy.
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