Is THIS civilisation finished? Looks like it. But what comes next? That’s where you come in… My new short film OUT OF THE ASHES, written by me & @frannyarmstrong and directed by ageofstupid animation director Martyn Pick. Please watch and RT! #Climate #Cop27 #RealityCheck

For your commute home: new #ArbitersOfTruth, Quinta Jurecic interviews Alan Rozenshtein and Kate Klonick to hash out the questions about the future of the internet sparked by Musk’s reign and the new popularity of Mastodon. play.acast.com/s/lawfare/dece…

We need to keep the conversation going, however and wherever we can. Because there is no alternative planet to move to if the one we've all learned to live on goes under.

And the NZ Labour Government's response to excessive bank profits? Perhaps the Leopard should consider changing its spots. theguardian.com/world/2022/nov….

“Monetary policy is a blunt instrument.” — Paul Conway, The chief economist of the Reserve Bank of NZ Q. Who enriched property owners and killed housing affordability in NZ? A. The NZ Government and the Reserve Bank, in the living room, with a blunt instrument.

"My main concern is about whether we can provide enough entertainment for those people on cruise ships, as opposed to Covid.” — Dunedin NZ Mayor Jules Radich They must have a cinema on the ship. Perhaps they could screen 'Contagion'. I hear it’s very entertaining.

It has taken a long time, but we're at last getting to grips with the enormous environmental impacts of the livestock industry. The struggle to defend the living planet against its predations will be familiar to anyone involved in fighting the fossil fuel industry 20 years ago.🧵

This podcast Lawfare podcast is worth listening to. Someone shouted "Musk" on a crowded social media platform and people are pouring into the street.

Labour and National Governments in New Zealand have ensured large dividends for investors in electricity generation and retailing. The result is expensive electricity and a lack of investment in renewable energy. thekaka.substack.com/p/hotter-divid…

New Zealand is "rapidly becoming an international outlier" with its lax approach to the pandemic. #Covid #Covid19 #Masks #WearAMask newsroom.co.nz/cabinet-overro…

Someone shouted "Musk" on a crowded social media platform and people ran for the exits. I'm now sheltering at Mark McGuire@mastodon.social (I'm also @mark_mcguire on Instagram & Flickr).

“Let us eat and drink, and leave without paying our bill. For tomorrow we die and will have no further need of this place.” — The world’s billionaires, oil and media barons, corporations, and financial markets, supported by their political servants

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Why Every Twitter User Should Archive and Lock Down Their Data | Wirecutter nytimes.com/wirecutter/blo… via NYT Wirecutter

I started a Street Photography newsletter on Substack to discuss street photography and share resources. The first post has been published. I invite you to subscribe if you would like to receive them by email. markmcguire.substack.com/p/going-for-a-… #StreetPhotography #Photography #Substack

I published my second weekly post for my Substack newsletter about Street Photography. This one is about photographing silence. markmcguire.substack.com #StreetPhotography #Photography #Substack

To quote a soon-to-be-released National Party ad, If we’re all going to hell in a handbasket, you might as well have an extra hundred bucks to spend when you get there.

I don't come here much anymore. Since Elon Musk canceled the bird, the garden just hasn't been the same.

The Twit marked his target with an X, then proceeded to tweet himself in the foot.