Posts by Rob Stowell
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Hard News: Cannabis research: there's a…, in reply to Joe Boden,
Thanks Russell and Joe :)
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Hard News: Cannabis research: there's a…,
Joe - I saw a (UK) doco a while back that talked about a genetic marker for risk of bipolar disorder triggered by adolescent use of cannabis, and quoted the Dunedin study. Is this still a solid finding? I seem to remember the front-person saying it was about 15% of the population.
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Radiation: Views of the Week June 13,
High School Mums was blimin lovely, I thought. Sensitive, moving, thoughtful - and just full of decency and aroha.
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Hard News: Psychedelic science:…,
Get them back next year! Things moving it seems, and good to know NZ is involved.
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Hard News: The last – and best – parts…,
I can not just vote for this - but would like to help campaign for it, too. Must get in touch with some of the locals.
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Hard News: ICYMI: Links and things I've…,
the transcript of the Splore Listening Lounge discussion about how we can all move past our differences, get together and save the world. That post needs more love.
tautoko - it's terrific. I've been back twice to read and ponder :)
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Beautiful pics. and
Stephen - wow. the 'globes' are great. -
Hard News: Together Alone, in reply to steven crawford,
I eill keep bukh engine for you sure.
Nothing like a good bukh in a crisis :) I look after (not very well :( ) a bukh 10 that just keeps forgiving me for stuffing up, and runs, a little smokily, but so solid, all day. I'm not a fan of engines, but 40 years of service and still starts like a champ after 6 months.
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Hard News: Poll Pot and the partisans,
Mistakes to learn from? The Canadian experience.
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Hard News: Poll Pot and the partisans,
the flag referendum was an awkward (stupid?) 2-way split - people who wanted vs didn't want change (most people I know were open to change) and people who like/preferred the lockwood thing vs people who thought it was ghastly.
the reeferndum risks something a bit similar, with those resistant to any change being augmented by those who are unfamiliar with/put off by the detailed option for change, and those swayed by negative advertising, 'celebrity' naysayers, and negative 'news' reports.
any idea what the rules around advertising for this are? so far the antis have already spent a bit. (and the seemingly massive 'drug driving' campaign also may have been influential.) can they spend overseas money? eg US$? if so, might someone like the (rightly reviled) Peter Theil come in with millions for the pro-change side?
reasonable argument is great, but this is a 'hearts and minds' issue, and most people are likely to vote on not much more than 'how they feel about it'. .