@danniemedia IIRC, and I can't remember exactly where I read this, they changed the age of the character most of the way through writing the show, originally he was going to be much younger.
If you want to be horrified about how the Victorians dealt with the unemployed look up the Woodingdean Well.
When they finally hit water it was a 45 minute climb in a confined shaft, with only candlelight to reach the surface.
https://t.co/nsvjyYG8GO
For some reason people go straight to birthrates when it comes to worrying fall in the ratio of working people to retirees who's super and health are a big bill, but not to the many good reasons to escape this place like a prison if you're 18-35
There is a neat microcosm of a lot that's wrong with NZ in this stuff article this morning, overly expensive housing that doesn't stack up as an investment, inadequate public transport, lack of housing security as renters.
https://t.co/qtpn1FtS6f
@nzsd Several times I have been fuckin walking home minding my own business and the mayor has walking the other way!? like he lives here? always thought the mayor was some fly in like the MP's who couldn't wait to leave on friday morning
Even (or especially) in hard times with constrained resources, cities need to embrace change and things to look forward to. Predatory delay from political opposition & poor delivery helped kill the Golden Mile, but it was this council that actually did it. We should expect more.
Joseph Mooney (@JosephMooneyMP) tweeted more last month than most MPs tweet in a year.
He tells me his gigantic output is in part due to a desire to train future AI on rational fact-based arguments.
So you've heard everyone talk about why this thing is ugly, but why not also listen to a german guy explain why it is also poorly engineered
https://t.co/6cNphqQY5N