Advising tourists to reconsider any trip to America;spending by non Americas is a significant source of tax revenue & there's no reason for tourists to indirectly support Trump's economy.



https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...tAB1FICjvg

I have been trying NAS lately. I bought a 2nd-hand Synology DS 115j and had a 1TB and 2TB fail, and then the 115j packed a sad.

So I have bought a Qnap TS-133, which is a lot harder for me to work out compared to the Synology, I have just had a new Iron wolf 4tb packed up now trying to set up Qnap Is it me or a coincidence ?

I'm 83, and I just want something simple to store my music and video files. But I have to admit the Qnap is a pain to set up and work with.

Dean Wickliffe alleges he was beaten by guards, & has now been sent to hospital with impaired kidney fucntion. His lawyesr have asked that the footage showing the alleged beating be released. 
Hes been on hunger strike since March the 10th


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5458...ade-public

Any possible tsunami would be expected within about one hour.



https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/5474...uth-island

Here is a word of warning before you buy your next appliance.

HOW the hell they came to that decision is bizzare.


https://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/arti...rns-others

When what is truly needed is equity. 
Which surely, he must know. I really find it difficult to believe that he'd be so badly educated or  ill informed as to be unaware of the difference.


https://www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/36059120...ox-cricket


"Wheeler said that his eldest daughter was nine, & his son was  seven - evidence showed that a Maori baby born today would die at the same time as both these Maori children.
I want that to sink in for a moment. The equity gap (for average life expectancy) is eight years for males & seven years for females...if this isn't the clearest example of how we fail to meet our Treaty obligations...I don't know what is."

Do we not believe in free speech in this country any more?
I'm talking about Winston Peters speech today. He has the right to be heard and I have the right to hear him.
Makes me sick, those hecklers.

I couldn't even listen to the news as it was all about them.
Don't they realise other people may want to hear what he has to say - even though I may not agree with it?
Keep the hecklers out and record the speech with only reporters present.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz032xjyyzyo


Despite Trump's claim that those deported were all 'criminals', it seems that isn't altogether true. Hardly surprising since he's unconcerned with details & doesn't seem bothered about innocent people being caught up.

Apologies if this has already been posted.


The Trump creature is dismantling much of the dept of education which destroys an executive dept set up by congress under Jimmy Carter 45 years ago. Added to all the other cuts he's making, their future looks extremely scary.
Attacking Education, the Arts, funding for poorer areas in education, - all aimed at preventing learning too much. "Ignorance is the handmaiden of tyranny"
The article mentions Vance & Thiel & of course, Musk.

What despicable people they are.


https://robertreich.substack.com/p/trump...q6XmIMd7ZQ