Even a cursory glance thru this Covid Response Bill, passed without one article I've seen from TVNZ+ Stuff or nzherald is not a law fit for a liberal democracy: it's a societal totalitarian straitjacket direct from a dystopian movie @grantrobertson1 legislation.govt.nz/regulation/pub…

We are witnessing the biggest deglobalization event ever seen: *Countries will insist on their own cloud providers. *MSFT cancelling Russia -> localization of software. *Countries will focus on energy independence, & other (food). *Fx reserves move out of USD/EUR into gold.

Thoughtful piece on the role of BRICS in the current crisis. agapy.com/usa-nato-launc…

wsj.com/articles/if-cu…

Hey Air New Zealand, I see you are blocking many on Twitter. Do you realise that when you block someone on Twitter, you convert a "prospective customer" to an "enemy for life"? Hope you're not leaving such decisions of lifelong consequence to your social media manager!

There's something about the Irish 🔥

Why the government should be your last source of truth (on issues where the government has committed to a particular narrative).

Pre-covid, I was a strong supporter of Public Health having broad legal authority to take action, but PH broke the social contract PH mandated 2 year olds wear masks, but ran zero RCTs to reduce uncertainty Pushed vax passports, even after clear vax'd could transmit 🤔 🧵🧵

The lack of combat footage by Western crews from Ukraine is most odd. Meantime, we don't seem to be getting the full story. Putin's invasion is criminal, but news coverage of the conflict is far from satisfactory. Why aren't more questions being asked? Ditto vaxes (& I'm no bot).

Retweet if you will NEVER get a microchip implant in your hand for cashless payments!

Ghislaine Maxwell was found guilty of child sex trafficking 115 days ago. She was trafficking the children to Clients. Why have none of the CLIENTS been arrested or charged?

Hey Elon Musk can you buy the New Zealand Labour Party back off the World Economic Forum? New Zealand Labour World Economic Forum

Being fit after 40 years old is a bigger status symbol than owning an expensive car.

"We have to insist that information comes out, it's being hidden all over the world. [UK/NZ Governments are] not publishing the cardiac figures. [Due to a FOIR] One hospital provided the information, the number of people coming in for heart problems... is up 400 percent" #nzpol

Retweet if you will never get a digital ID👍

Mike Hosking: “The tide is going out on Labour. Their arrogance, their incompetence has caught up with them. They’ve played us for fools too often and they’re now paying the price.”

Mohamed El-Erian: The "neighbourhood" has changed, now little fires 🔥 everywhere with higher food & energy prices, slower growth and stronger dollar. youtu.be/dQR0KQ73vXY

This is the face of authoritarianism - even though it looks different than you were taught to expect. And it's the mindset of tyrants everywhere: This is someone so inebriated by her sense of righteousness and superiority that she views dissent as an evil too dangerous to allow: