Malcolm Johnstone

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[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@anna_kokeny wondering if you can enlighten me about the native bees in my sandy cracks in concrete in Paekākāriki. They dug in last summer and are coming out now, but also digging back in. Quite a lot going on in bee world today

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@TeHenare Sounds like liberal non-progressive. Does this sum you up- this article is a good read and helps with definitions: https://t.co/cM55IowvUY

[Jonathan Rosenthal @rosenthal_jon]

I have been struggling to articulate the complex emotions I've been feeling since Saturday morning as a Jew, a liberal/progressive, a believer that Palestinians and Jews have a right to a homeland, to safety and dignity. A thread 1/

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@MFATNZ And our most useful ally and Pacific neighbour? USA not here at all. What are you selling?

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@_Jemima Is it nice over there?

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@Rainmaker1973 But you set this situation up. That’s animal abuse

[Te Henare @TeHenare]

Forcing Mātauranga Māori into science class continues. Again, as someone who is immersed in MM and who teaches it for a living, it’s rich and interesting and even includes some science - but MM is NOT comparable to science as a method or a body of knowledge. This must stop.

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@top_nz with the 0.75% annual urban land tax you propose, would someone in this situation, who did nothing but stay put, have to pay massive tax as the land value has increased? If so, why not collect it at sale-like stamp duty? https://t.co/rEC7Q05Snd

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@NZQandA @HelenClarkNZ I’m keen to hear more about the value set that Maori will use to influence water policy/projects. On the council side I can imagine a secular approach- scientific enquiry, measurement, development, value for money, environment. Are there different values on the Maori side?

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@paulkrugman you’re missing the point with your article on Biden’s Climate Policy. There isn’t a tech driven low emission future. ALL infrastructure relies on fossil fuel (bitumen, steel), and NO batteries, wind or solar have ever been made with renewables

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@NZStuff Verity Johnson’s hard hitting piece on Big Aioli in this mornings paper. But is it too late?

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@StephenKing Yes, just piggyback it on a new bar, presto

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@Ianauldnz @TeHenare Aside from whether they are good or not, should they be compulsory or optional?

[Karim Sadjadpour @ksadjadpour]

23-year-old Iranian protestor Majidreza Rahnavard's dying wishes--before being hanged--reflect the living wishes of so many young Iranians living under theocratic tyranny.

"Don't cry, don't read the Koran, don't pray"

"Be joyful. Play happy music"

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@elonmusk Guess this is the right time to leave twitter

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@fasc1nate @colorize_bot

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@fasc1nate @colorisebot

[Jameson Lopp @lopp]

Don’t fear the artificial intelligence that can pass the Turing test. Fear the AI that deliberately fails so that we don’t know it can pass the Turing test.

[Rana Rahimpour @ranarahimpour]

I’m running out of words to describe my astonishment. Just over 3 weeks after #MahsaAmini’s death, women are defiantly walking on the streets of #Tehran, with no hijab…while cars are honking in their supports. Mahsa couldn’t have imagined how she changed life for many Iranians.

[Malcolm Johnstone @Malcolmmania]

@elonmusk Let the whole of Ukraine join the referendum otherwise it’s not valid. Could California have a referendum to leave the US?