This latest poll seems to suggest some New Zealanders are suffering buyers remorse...

Quote:A grinding recession and racial tensions have ended National's honeymoon with voters, who would deliver a hung Parliament if an election was held today, a new poll shows.
The Post/Freshwater Strategy poll shows National slipping four points since the October 2023 election.
Labour has gained four and leader Chris Hipkins pulls ahead of National's Christopher Luxon as preferred prime minister, meaning the race for 2026 is very much alive.

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/535...eferred-pm

Russia loses almost 46,000 troops, over $3 billion worth of military equipment in November, Defense Ministry says

https://kyivindependent.com/russia-loses...stry-says/

Putin approves new budget with record defense spending

https://www.politico.eu/article/putin-ru...r-ukraine/

Having two problems with this laptop.
It's been losing the wifi intermittently and not resuming from sleep.
When the wifi goes out, it doesn't show on the device manager.
A reboot sometimes fixes this, or it may just come back on it's own.

This system started out on Windows 10 and then updated to 11.
I read on a forum, this problem could be caused by the latest windows 11 drivers not be totally compatible with the system.
So, I reverted it back to Windows 10 and the default drivers.
All was good for about a week, then both faults started to return.

Any Ideas or solutions would be appreciated.

Temu charger sparks house fire in Greenhithe on AucklandÔÇÖs North Shore; warning to others issued - NZ Herald

Unfortunately, this is now normal. Every type of 'E-thingy' fire hazards

13-year-old Barbara Kent (center) and her fellow campers play in a river near Ruidoso, New Mexico, on July 16, 1945, just hours after the Atomic Bomb detonation 40 miles away [Trinity nuclear test]. Barbara was the only person in the photo that lived to see 30 years old.


https://old.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsintere...er_fellow/

This project looks incredible, what a world we are living in!

I caught up with Jack Tame's interviews on Q&A this morning. The thing that struck me was the contrasts between the two interviewees. One blustering evasive and lacking facts, the other a totally different public servant.

ÔÇÿWould you survive 72 hours?ÔÇÖ Germany and the Nordic countries prepare citizens for possible war

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...ssible-war

Attempted Coup DÔÇÖEtat Taking Place in Damascus

https://www.jewishpress.com/news/middle-...024/11/30/

Aleppo: Rebels 'take control' of airport as thousands of fighters seize most of Syria's second-biggest city

https://news.sky.com/story/aleppo-airpor...s-13263439

These candid photographs capture the daily life of Albert Einstein, 1930s-1950s

https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/albert-...ld-photos/