The Daily Blog Open Mic – 13th July 2023

Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.

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Announce protest actions, general chit chat or give your opinion on issues we haven’t covered for the day.

The Editor doesn’t moderate this blog,  3 volunteers do, they are very lenient to provide you a free speech space but if it’s just deranged abuse or putting words in bloggers mouths to have a pointless argument, we don’t bother publishing.

EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist language, homophobic language, racist language, anti-muslim hate, transphobic language, Chemtrails, 9/11 truthers, Qanon lunacy, climate deniers, anti-fluoride fanatics, anti-vaxxer lunatics, 5G conspiracy theories, the virus is a bioweapon, some weird bullshit about the UN taking over the world  and ANYONE that links to fucking infowar.

 

6 COMMENTS

  1. Newspeak

    https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/newspeak

    Why are Stuff.co afraid to use the word “Lockout”

    Shades of George Orwell.

    In his novel 1984, George Orwell ‘Newspeak’ is used to twist all meaning out of words. 

    In 2023

    War is no longer war but a Special Military Operation

    A lockout is no longer a lockout but an Indefinite Suspension.

    Orwell would have been proud. Not!

    https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300927557/third-of-auckland-bus-services-suspended-indefinitely-as-driver-union-talks-break-down

    …bus services will be “suspended indefinitely” from Friday morning after a break down in negotiations between NZ Bus and its drivers.
    Auckland Transport said it had been advised that NZ Bus was suspending all bus trips it operates after it failed to reach a collective agreement with drivers…

    • Sue the bus firm – b….s. They have a contract to provide services don’t they. They have to manage their business and provide this. My understanding is that they are not entitled to play God. Time for Auckland Council to cancel the contract and do something further for people needing transport,

  2. https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/493684/deep-sea-mining-threatens-tuna-fisheries-study
    The seafood groups – including the Global Tuna Alliance, whose industry partners account to roughly a third of the global tuna trade – said deep-sea mining “poses a threat to the ocean and its inhabiting life”.
    The announcement comes as the International Seabed Authority (ISA), the UN agency that is responsible for regulating the world’s ocean floor, meets in Jamaica, where member countries are expected to advance negotiations for mining regulations.

    The letter, that included six other organisations, said they “strongly recommend a pause on deep-sea mining until there is a clear understanding of the impacts the industry may have on the marine environment, its living resources, and those dependent on them”.
    “We see it as mandatory that strong, scientifically-grounded regulations are in place before any exploitation contracts are granted by the International Seabed Authority.”

    The study published in Nature npj Ocean Sustainability said tuna fisheries and deep-sea mining could increasingly overlap as more tuna moves into the Clarion-Clipperton Zone of the Pacific Ocean – a high interest area for deep-sea mining companies.

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