I had a chuckle at Marissa Mayer saying that Google results are worse because the web is worse. As I’ve shown with a site:lucire.com search, which is a good one since our site pre-dates Google (just), Google is less capable of providing the relevant pages for a typical search. I know how web spiders work […]
Tag: politics
Life’s could-have-beens
A Mastodon post about my mayoral campaign policies. No, I didn’t foresee a global pandemic as such (though I certainly was on Twitter perplexed at why the WHO had not declared COVID-19 a global emergency in January 2020), but I did feel there was insufficient resilience in our economy and wanted to advance ideas […]
Tesla to a typeface designer, and a big missed target
Now that the quartet has been launched, it’s evident that Tesla’s naming strategy is all wrong. This is what they should be called. On a related note: Since I haven’t seen the March 15 video now circulating on OnlyKlans, I mean, Twitter, I can’t use the DIA reporting form. But those […]
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Stop worshipping people based on wealth
Salon is on to something. I know from first-hand experience that those who hold political office are not always the smartest. When you run against others for the same job, it doesn’t take long to spot the less intelligent, some buoyed by privilege, others by an unshakeable belief in their invincibility. Its headline: ‘Is […]
Twitter pushes the near future to look more bipolar than multipolar
Dave Troy’s analysis of the Elon Musk takeover of Twitter makes for interesting reading, since Troy has actually spoken to Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey and has a bit more of the inside track than most. For starters, Troy reminds us that Dorsey trusts Musk, in order to keep Twitter away from Wall Street investors. Dorsey […]
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About me (according to libraries)
I suppose it shouldn’t surprise me that I have a US Library of Congress entry, as a published author, though if I am reading it correctly, it relates to my 2010 mayoral campaign. Following the links there, I arrived at a Virtual International Authority File but the data there seem to relate to my Wikipedia […]
New Zealand Chinese Language Week: a podcast entry
As we come to the conclusion of New Zealand Chinese Language Week, a review about how inappropriate it was by being the very opposite of inclusive, for those who’d prefer to sit back and listen rather than read one of my blog posts. You’ll likely catch me on RNZ’s The Detail on Friday, […]
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Far more important news
Among all the royal hoop-la, it’s nice to come across this vital 2014 article while on Mastodon. To the scientists who analysed 1,893 poos, and other waste, thank you for your mahi. All right, a couple of remarks about the royal coverage. First, I’ve heard from a legitimate news source, words to […]
A tribute to Boris Johnson
What a perfect tribute to Boris Johnson. (Note: coarse language.) I guess he wasn’t the last UK PM after all. Boris Johnson: A tribute. pic.twitter.com/tvuaXdTbwd —Jonathan Pie (@JonathanPieNews) September 6, 2022 On a happier note, Liz Trussell, who has the Twitter handle of liztruss, has been replying to messages tagging her, including from the […]
On the mayoral races in Wellington and Toronto: Tory for us, not for them
Almost makes you want to run for mayor again. I had a look at my 2013 manifesto during the weekend and it wasn’t half bad. And, with respect to our candidates in Wellington, each of whom I know socially (and politics aside, actually like), it goes into more detail, and is arguably more visionary, than […]
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