Superb music launches Orchestra Wellington’s new season wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=160262

If only that was actually the test, I might not disagree.
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Would inviting this guy be that beneficial to the pursuit of knowledge? He's surely the only person in the country whom you could say might be expected to spout hate speech?
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Change your admissions criteria. Value applicants who reject tribalism. Ask essay questions like “when have you changed your mind?” And “how have you demonstrated humility in your search for truth?” You’d have a very different campus.

btw, this is the thing that makes chocolate

A remarkable 9th Circuit decision requires police officers who perform an inventory search of a car to actually perform an inventory search and not just dig around to find drugs and guns.

In Georgia, we have no such crazy requirements.

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Building a strong, competent, democratically accountable state that’s capable of actually executing on good ideas and delivering good projects means accepting a state that executes on bad ideas when the other guys win elections.

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Today the editors of Tablet Magazine—a Jewish, Zionist, and vociferously anti-woke publication—put out an editorial lambasting efforts to police speech in the name of protecting Jews.

The editorial is literally titled, 'Not In Our Name.'

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Only 700 of 10,555 at a flagship state school shows how crazy things have gotten.

Mechanic James Coakley was the fall guy for the Otira Gorge bus crash that injured 16. It ruined his life - and then the Crown suddenly dropped the charges and walked away. An eminent forensic engineer says it wasn’t his fault. 👇 stuff.co.nz/nz-news/350261…

What was Winston's first rodeo?

Quality of the stories behind the Stuff-stable paywalls really is good.
Had missed this one from Charlie Mitchell, that just lays out the complicated issues.
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Neither is good, but yeah 2. It really was a big turning point for how JK was perceived (rightly so).

You are all class Midday, what an exit Indira Stewart 🤌🏼

1News thanks for giving me my TV news debut 🫡

What about a Comprehensive and Progressive AUKUS II?

We have written to the University of Waikato about our concerns about the procurement processes followed when procuring services from Joyce Advisory Limited: oag.parliament.nz/2024/universit…

Pleased to confirm Te Herenga Waka—Victoria University of Wellington has rescheduled the panel discussion on free speech for 28 May. Both our CEO, Jonathan Ayling, and the The NZ Initiative’s Dr Michael Johnston will still be participating.
We look forward to what we anticipate will be a lively, and important…

The IHRA definition of antisemitism covers a wide swathe of speech that's protected under the First Amendment. Codifying it in civil rights law is a terrible idea — particularly for a party that's been raging against 'censorship' and 'identity politics' for the past decade.