"the fascism we thought we had left behind is now the third political force in Europe" - Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, speaking at an event commemorating the death of fascist dictator Francisco Frank
Cleaning out a cupboard and found I still have 10 copies of the oral history I did of the Occupy protest in Christchurch If you pay $12 on ko-fi and dm me your address I'll send you one (only followers in New Zealand) Ko-fi.com/byroncclark image
By age 40 in tech you should have: An ESD strap you forget you own when its time to use it Files stored on some kind of disk your computer can't read A Raspberry Pi that you made into a retro video game console A hole in the wall from when you did your own data cabling
You can still submit on the Treaty Principles Bill up until 11:59pm It's better to submit something, even just a few sentences, than nothing image
Richard Sivell, the sovcit who threatened to kill Jacinda Ardern while she was prime minister, has once again failed to appear in court
Don't suppose anyone knows of an (English language) podcast I could subscribe to to follow the German election over the next 7 weeks?
For a 2025 new years resolution you could get around to reading the copy of 'Fear: New Zealand's Hostile Underworld of Extremists' that you purchased in 2023
The furore over H1B visas on the US right is a also reminder that silicon valley would rather have a means to hire the highly educated workers of other countries than pay the taxes required for the US education system to produce those workers
My 10 year old nephew is shaping the plasticine he got in his Christmas cracker into a statuette of Krampus while singing Wham's 'Last Christmas' The children yearn for a yuletide demon