Michael Duignan

film maker, student of life, member of the invisible college.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

https://t.co/H0LKS2NGgc

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@dvorahfr There is a pile of cereal sitting on the table with no bowl. Why?

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@PronouncedHare That is essentially what we have and it's given us stagnation and eye-watering private debt because we collectively chose selling houses as our key industry. If we want to see actual growth we will need a more radical vision of what the country can make and export.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@victorbonafonte people create cinema. AI creates slop

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@DrewPavlou - Total failure of tradecraft + humiliation of DGSE
- French agents spend 10 years in jail
- French Govt forced pay $ to Greenpeace.
- Greenpeace 2x membership, buys 2 new boats.
- NZ nuclear free status solidified
- Turbo charges moral war for environment.
- Une débâcle

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@Artedeingenio Congrats. You made total slop. This is the real thing.
https://t.co/6FxdWXelvu

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@WaltForWaikato Unless money is used to affect change, build things or grow things then it's just a number on a ledger. NZ (and govt) has lost the capacity to change, build and grow. It needs industry, capability and ambition. We cannot save our way to prosperity, we need to build it.

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@CyberRobooo The video doesn't look right - the movement doesn't match the motion blur. Either it was shot at a very high frame rate / short exposure time (say 500th sec?) - but that doesn't make sense because the curtains are pulled and there is just one lamp.

[TCM @tcm]

Our thoughts are with the friends and family of actor and filmmaker, Robert Redford.

A luminary with an eye for storytelling and a heart for the people who loved him, Redford's prolific contributions to the arts across mediums will continue to illuminate generations to come.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@NZNationalParty That graph shows inflation starting to fall in March 24, and starting to rise in March 25.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@TaxpayersUnion The artwork is not the problem. Building things is good, including art. How much money was spent on lawyers, consultants and pointless paper shuffling?

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@zhao_dashuai 60% of English is Latin. 10% is Greek. Goes up to 90% if you are talking technical, government, formal. The Roman empire never fell, it just franchised.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@_microbudgetpod https://t.co/H0LKS2NGgc

[Mark Duplass @MarkDuplass]

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[The Sting @TheStingisBack]

Gene Hackman has passed away at the age of 95.
Gene was one of the greatest actors of his, or anyone's generation. He was a powerhouse, as adept at comedy as he was drama. Today is a very sad day, we've lost a legend. Gene was a giant of cinema.
R.I.P Gene Hackman

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@smithkstead @FrankMcRae In 1908, to sink a ship you needed a huge gun aimed perfectly. Today you just need a remote controlled jetski packed with explosives. To safely control Port of Auckland you would need to control all of Waiheke, Great Barrier and Coromandle - basically impossible.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@FrankMcRae In order to invade NZ you'd need to control a port. I think Littleton would be your best bet if you could take control of the approaches quickly. Then you'd build up troop numbers to invade Chch, then work your way across the plains till you control S.I.

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@TheCinesthetic https://t.co/BZL4Wbh5E6

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@LostArcNZ @dbseymour Drone submarines and harpoon anti-ship missiles would essentially make invading New Zealand impossible by any country. Would cost much less than 2.5% of GDP.

[Michael Duignan @MikeDiggers]

@RReidFU Did we conduct a live fire exercise and tell Chinese aircraft to re-route?