The Daily Blog Open Mic – 12th April 2025
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.
All in all, TDB gives punters a very, very, very wide space to comment in but we won’t bother with out right lies or gleeful malice. We leave that to the Herald comment section.
EDITORS NOTE: – By the way, here’s a list of shit that will get your comment dumped. Sexist abuse, homophobic abuse, racist abuse, anti-muslim abuse, transphobic abuse, 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.
Now you have given a thump to Trump, go hug a tree, but don’t pine, look for the one that will stand tall and staunch and right for us, a tree for all seasons and reasons.
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/AK2504/S00299/are-we-planting-the-forests-we-need.htm
New Zealand needs to take a long, hard look at its approach to forestry and ask whether we are establishing the forests we want in the long run, says the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment in his new report, ‘Alt-F Reset: Examining the drivers of forestry in New Zealand’.
In the report, the Commissioner, Simon Upton, points out that the future shape of our forests will reflect today’s policies, just as past policies created the forests we see in New Zealand today.
“We may live to regret our current approach as it is driving a wave of land use change with significant environmental, economic and social risks,” he warns.
The Commissioner clarifies that his concern is not with forests planted for timber production.
“In places where they can be safely harvested, production forests are the backbone of an important industry. Because the people who plant them intend to harvest them, they have every incentive to look after them.
“But new permanent forests being planted as carbon offsets through the New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme (NZ ETS) carry long-term risks for future generations.”
These carbon forests, mostly made up of radiata pine, are effectively locking up huge areas of New Zealand’s landscapes forever. Yet the Crown could face implicit carbon liabilities if those forests are damaged by pests, disease, fire or extreme weather events in the future…
In news on same day:
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedetail/557935/new-zealand-s-estuaries-in-hot-water
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/557934/the-multibillion-dollar-boost-for-new-zealand-s-military-what-you-need-to-know
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/557920/nz-stocks-fall-again-as-market-volatility-continues
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https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/557939/auckland-passenger-trains-shut-down-for-most-of-april
Those links above have a connection. And they reflect an intellect and vitality that is as dull as the new uniforms of Air NZ which reflect the everyday garb of Kiwis, becoming closer to the sameness Mao’s uniform.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/style/first-look-at-air-new-zealand-s-new-uniform
Other uniforms, fashions –
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mao_suit
2012 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/new-zealands-dark-obsession/XCA7KDI4I275AGTDGKGLAYYE4Q/
2020 https://www.mindlessmag.com/post/the-psychology-behind-an-all-black-wardrobe
2024 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/viva/fashion/from-the-archives-black-heroes-new-zealand-sport-the-story-behind-our-devotion-to-the-colour/4XI52RXJHFDT5MNN5JWDFAJ6VY/
This open mic format is a clever way to capture the unfiltered pulse of the readership. It’s often in these open spaces that the most overlooked or underrepresented issues come to light—exactly the kind of discourse we need more of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxo2xIBe_0Y
Scientists: Dire wolf brought back from extinction after 13,000 years
Mucking round with genes and bringing species back. How practical, what about bringing back some of those people killed in WW1 and WW2 if we can get the right ingredients. Their relations are missing them. Children may build sand castles, clever adults muck around in science labs. No-one knows when to leave enough alone.