Posts by George Darroch
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I don’t try to teach them “just stop”, instead I try to teach them that girls and women are people, human beings that deserve respect, kindness, and to be treated with dignity. Girls and women aren’t objects for the male gaze, or toys for male pleasure.
And that women have empowerment and agency and sexuality, and that they can choose and enjoy. It's strongly inculcated ideas which repeated frequently enough can make a rape invisible, to a rapist, most a room of jurors, and on a bad day even the victim.
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Mind you I’ve never run the numbers because I rent, which makes the whole thing a bit academic |:
Yeah. I think I'll have to get a hut in the sticks before I can afford to contemplate this kind of exercise. However, being small it won't demand such a large system.
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I think PV seems like the better option, and that internationally prices of modules are crashing. However, the "New Zealand markup" will be steep, and the installation will be a large part (possibly the majority) of the cost. I have not idea what the actual economics in an Auckland real-world situation stack up to.
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When we increase the responsibilities of landlords this will become even more important. For example, we will require them to insulate their houses, and install and maintain long-life fire alarms. Houses lacking these also kill and injure people.
We've realised the connection between housing and people's health and wellbeing, and we are increasingly a nation of renters. I think we need a national register of rental properties and owners, and this is an excellent way to begin the conversation.
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Thanks Chelle. As a (relatively) healthy able-bodied person, this is encouraging to me. It's interesting how these same things can hold us back, no matter our physical condition. I have a small thing which can cause enough pain and discomfort to make me feel a loss of control over many other things.
Definitely endorse Hilary's comment about Vit-D. Because of high UV levels New Zealanders don't get as much sunlight as they might otherwise, and vitamin D 3 and other sun synthesised hormones are often highly lacking. The further south you are, the more likely this is. Attempting to get sunlight and adding with supplementation is important for anyone, but particularly anyone with an immune condition. Interesting research suggests that depression itself is immune-linked.
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Their obsession for the “right” results would also ignore the opportunity for upsets- of which there have been many.
One of the reasons football is so interesting is because it is the major sport in which the statistically weaker side is most likely to win. (Because of its low-scoring nature.)
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I prefer cycling. At least they cheat in private.
As a cycling fan I'd like the UCI to ban cheats for life, without exception. FIFA should ban diving with one game and then season suspensions for a first and then second offense.
The best thing to come out of the FIFA Men's World Cup is this article from FiveThirtyEight. Lionel Messi is actually impossible.
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Not digging that Reckoner remix, though I usually like the Leftside Wobble. Phil Selway's drums are Radiohead to me, and they're buried here.
James Blake looks like a lot of fun though. I'm often apprehensive about this style of music in the open air - unlike stadium rock/EDM it doesn't have noise to sustain it - but it seems to have turned out rather well.
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I'm really pleased at the way your show has evolved with changing circumstances. However, the site has the show's description as:
A media commentary show with Russell Brown and Toi Iti, who analyse the weekly news to determine a lack of balance, inaccuracies or lies plaguing the media world.
I'm sure you're much more than that. Congratulations again.
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This whole shirtgrabbing thing makes me wonder if refs don't give out penalties because they potentially reward so heavily. They need the equivalent of a free kick in rugby, a lighter penalty.