‘Weather’ in New Zealand

Last night …

“A record amount of rain had fallen on Auckland in 24 hours - by 1am, the region had recorded 249mm of rain, smashing the previous 24-hour record of 161.8mm, back in February 1985. And monthly records have also been broken - the wettest January recorded at the Auckland Airport weather station until now was in 1986 with 20cm”

💬 The Met Office

The warnings started at 3pm - and it took Wayne Brown another 4 hours to issue a ‘shelter in place’ advisory - just before Elton John was taking the stage for his final tour …

Colossal failure of leadership in the mayors office — the nature of Brown is money first .. I wonder if he will be held to account?

🔗 The Why of the Guns

This is how Jim Crow rolls on in the 21st century. Yes, it’s about the guns. But the guns are about the racism. If my fellow men weren’t so damned racist, so scared of “the other,” they wouldn’t be getting killy, fewer people would be getting killed, and de-escalation could begin.

As it is, you’re safer in Kyiv.  

💬 Dana Blankenhorn

🔗 Shared understanding

… without a shared understanding of where we are in life and what words mean to us, there’s no room for constructive interactions."

💬 Manuel Moreale

No argument.

“The day we started counting and displaying views was the day everything changed. Social circles were now judged by views and size—not actual engagement.”

💬 George Oates

Not here on MicroBlog. Here we “blog like it’s 1999” as @dave had it.

(Who is George?)

Watching history repeat. … this from 5 years ago …

“I found out for the first time last night that the person who technically shuts the government down is me, which is kind of cool.”

💬 Mick Mulvaney

The meaning and tragedy of Jacinda Ardern’s time as PM

“In the end, she deserves our utmost respect and thanks. She was instinctively extraordinary with her responses and leadership after the Christchurch attacks and the arrival of Covid.”

💬 Bernard Hickey

I can only agree.

Other parts of the New Zealand ‘MicroBlog Storm’

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