Due to hundreds of uncontrolled wildfires across Canada, New York City looks like a post-apocalyptic hellscape.
If you want a prelude of what the world is going to look like if we do not address man-made climate change — this is it.
#ActOnClimate
Kia ora to everyone who came to "Misdeeds near the Mangroves" #MysteryInTheLibrary event in Pt Chev tonight. Thanks to Keegan Weir and Pt Chev Little Library team. A fun evening where Steph Jones chaired Simon Lendrum, Diane Robinson, Angelique Kasmara & Les Allen #yeahnoir
Tis a #MysteryInTheLibrary triple-header tonight, as criminally good convos occur across Aotearoa!
- "Misdeeds near the Mangroves" from 6pm at Pt Chev Community Centre
- "Rangiora Wrongdoings" from 7pm at Rangiora Library
- "Deadly in Dunedin" from 6pm at @dnlibraries#yeahnoir
MITL news: we've confirmed a fresh and fun panel for our Fri 26 May event in Pt Chev, Auckland. Debut authors Les Allen & @simonlendrum will join #2022Ngaios finalist @KasmaraAng and Auckland author Diane Robinson for a chat chaired by @ParsingThePage. More soon #yeahnoir
Of course Ted Chiang would provide one of the best, clearest descriptions of how exactly ChatGPT works. Explaining that large language models are essentially a hyper compressed image of the entire web is a clever analogy that makes perfect sense. https://t.co/AVn3wbFH5V
Nobody had "Deborah Coddington has a good take on the merits of fighting the Nazis and their homophobic pals" on their bingo card but here it is https://t.co/XT1wE7IZ3v
@bananaspatula @colleenmaria@kotukutitihuia @Brannavan Totally agree, @colleenmaria and @Brannavan should've been there (haven't read Tauhou yet). Also bummed not to see How to be a Bad Muslim @mohamedwashere on the non fiction list
@tzemingdynasty Even if you failed, which is unlikely, at least it's an honourable fail, unlike my wilting at the first hurdle of finding kue at the stalls this morning
In the last two years the misogyny and violence directed towards Ardern has increased in volume and become more dangerous.
"The language and imagery used to talk about the Prime Minister has become more violent, more vulgar, more crude and repetitive."
https://t.co/fjuy9q0qYM
@JimiLittlewood Did this last year for my dad. I emailed NASC first to check the process, they said to get a referral from his GP, which we did, was quite straightforward from then on
My Husband Paul (owner of this account) sadly passed away back in May 2022. He managed to fulfil a childhood dream, he wrote 'The Witch Finder's Mark, A Samuel Hawke Story' this was published days after his passing. @HighSpotLit@booktopia https://t.co/Vl3B9NFTmR
The @upstartpressnz Award for Best Non-Illustrated Book goes to ‘A Clear Dawn: New Asian Voices from Aotearoa New Zealand’ edited by @pjkmorris and Alison Wong (@AUPBooks). Cover and interior designed by Keely O'Shannessy with typesetting by Tina Delceg. #NZBookDesignAwards