"While the mechanics of government expenditure are all very complicated, there are concrete, simple to understand facts we can point to which show that the state is self-financing."
neweconomicmanagement.substack.com/p/rethinking...
Climate Change -"Too Big to Fail" say's NZF - with a member’s bill aimed at preventing banks from refusing their services to businesses because of the current “environmental, social, and governance (ESG) framework”. @newsroom.co.nz
newsroom.co.nz/2025/02/11/b...
Highway clogged with cars
If someone chooses to live in a smaller home in the inner city in part to avoid a long commute, they generally don’t pressure society to build them a bigger house with more stuff. So if you choose a bigger stuff-filled house in the suburbs, don’t expect society to build you a fast car commute.
Whoa, Canada! Don’t make the same mistake New Zealand made!
“Out of frustration we tried electing right-wing populists. Now things are worse.” Via @thetyee.ca thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
We don’t have to wait for a crisis to act, there are no technological or economic barriers to solving environmental and public health issues, only a lack of political will youtu.be/h2Hc7ODyDVM?...
Low-emissions countries typically have more compact, mixed, multi-modal cities and neighbourhoods – what we call “climate-aligned urbanism.”
www.weforum.org/stories/2024...
When your kid is ready to join war on cars
If you don't actually read about what has been done in NZ so far. Then don't bother engaging in this conversation. You are doing it no service.
You are making blanket statements without really understanding. Having trusted parties running these processes is important. You can't assume they don't think about how to mitigate these issues.
PS. There is a NZ based research program. So they are being investigated for the NZ context.
www.complexconversations.nz
I regularly had to report quarterly consolidated accounts to the bank. Although they moved to annual a few years ago. Really depends on what stakeholders want.
Depends on the business and consultants. Management accounts should be regular and quick to do. But formal accounts can take time. But shareholders should be able to ask for management accounts.
image of a child wearing backpack walking a painted bike lane between live traffic lanes. Text: IF youth walked to school in our bike lanes, would cities still consider paint a good enough barrier
Good Enough.
Creative piece from the #ReframeRoadSafety campaign developed with NOYS (noys.org) earlier this year.
This campaign was built to call out those who design, approve & implement inequitable transportation systems that disproportionately affect youth + BIPOC communities.
Biking is good for you, scientists say.
www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/w...
Does biking make you feel younger?
AI bots can do the grunt work of filling out job applications for you
One programmer used AI to apply for 5,000 jobs.
arstechnica.com/ai/2023/11/a...
Prime Minister-elect Chris Luxon wants to woo Big Oil and overturn Jacinda Ardern’s ban on oil exploration.
But he has a fight on his hands.
We know there can be NO new oil exploration if we are to avoid total climate collapse, and we won’t stand for it👇
Important article about NZ nuclear free policy history and how officials are often not as neutral as they claim.
www.newsroom.co.nz/a-secret-his...
Interesting that you can use a domain name as your handle.
