Fascinating stuff; apparently Greenland was once a very different place.


https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63867164


"Today the area in North Greenland is a polar desert, but the genetic material, extracted from soil, has uncovered a rich array of plants and animals.
The scientists found genetic traces of elephant-like mastodons, reindeer and geese that roamed among birch and poplar trees, and of marine life including horseshoe crabs and algae.

Does anyone have an opinion to share on the Mitsubishi I-car as a city runabout? My partner and I have had an old Toyota Starlet as a spare car/runabout for years, but I have just sold this as I got tired of getting a WOF every 6 months for a car that did minimal mileage. I'm intrigued by the little 65occ I-car and think it would serve the purpose well, but I note it is turbocharged. Is this likely to affect reliability? I  sort of think that if I bought one and looked after it, it may become a bit of a collector's item in a few years. Views both pro and con are sought.

The latest 1 News Kantar poll paints a grim picture for Labour moving into the Christmas Season - this before the debacle that was the 3 waters entrenchment clause.

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/l...ECMCZPNCQ/

Now hard on the heels of that poll the latest from Roy Morgan points an even worse one with support for Labout plummeting to Andrew Liitle levels.  More worrying for Labout was RM was the most accurate poll for 2020 election.

https://www.roymorgan.com/findings/9122-...ember-2022

2023 shaping up to be an interesting year.

Actress Kirstie Alley, a star in both television and film, has died after a short battle with cancer at age 71.
Alley shot to fame in the TV comedy Cheers, set in a Boston bar, going on to have starring film roles in Look WhoÔÇÖs Talking and Star Trek II.

Damn!!! Everyone is dying.

RIP Kirstie

If this is the case, he will likely get off scott free.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...id-go.html

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https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/offi...45d8215595

The UN has just revised the models for climate change this century and the 5 degrees predicted rise has now been halved!
https://www.facebook.com/theplatformnz/p...hCF4KwTN7l
This should be huge news, but the media haven't reported anything about this.
Its only projected to be 2.5 degrees now, so we can all sit back and relax.
I doubt we will even see a 2.5 degree change anyway.

There are reports that the family home of Elnaz Rekabi, the Iranian woman rock climber who didn't wear a hijab while competing has been demolished. According to Iranian officials, it has nothing to do with her protest & 'happened some time ago.'
What a bunch of complete bastards they are.



https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-63847173

And people still cant see how this country is becoming more and more communist, we are heading down the direction of China if we are not careful and sadly people dont see it, or just in denial.