Really glad to see the article was about defence spending not territorial annexation like Greenland.

Realistically the real problem is likely to be nothing like this, it’s more likely to be more subtle pressure on sovereignty issues (particularly civil rights and surveillance, possibly nuclear weapons) at the behest of Thiel et al.

Historically, once a faction of powerful country has strong vested private economic interests in a weaker one, if those private companies get the ear of their monarch or govt, they amp for their interests to be protected.

In extreme cases that’s how the US got Hawai’i and the British got the Raj. In less extreme cases, it can play out in things like Musk’s various interventions into South African politics.

This. It’s actually happening a bit these days, eg the Ganges in India has personhood, the Atrato river in Colombia, this cloud forest in Equador…

I thought it was a fun idea. People would get the point if the whole thing was coloured and the lines between zones were horizontal, but land area for that would be harder to calculate.

It has nothing to do with population density as far as I can see.

It’s a stacked column that OP has put in the shape of NZ using land area as a percentage of column.

Regional wealth distribution maps look very different.

That unlabeled middle part must be the top 10% (minus Northland which represents the top 1%).

Thanks. Those things would help, though I suspect the age distribution of bad drivers is probably a reverse bell curve.

This is really not good for the kids who are in that situation. It should be fully subsidised.

It mentions it.

have heard of people at school who have ended up using flea treatment as a course of action. Or even little girls, I know one of my son’s friends had to have her hair shaved…

Perhaps I am misunderstanding your point, but if someone crashes into me at high speed and maims me, I don’t think knowing it was their “personal responsibility” would make me feel any better about it.

I’d like all three.

What are your ideas for how to get better drivers, out of interest?

I love oxford comma propaganda. This one’s a beaut.

Beautiful. Thanks for posting. I love sights like this.

Maybe. I think it may be an example of the perfect is (fiscally) the enemy of the “she’ll be right”.

Thanks, I love that!!

“Replacing signs because of behaviour like this is not a good use of taxpayers’ money.”

Maybe it’s because I’m a relic of a more casual era, and went to a uni that constantly had a Pus Formation kiosk, but I don’t get why they keep throwing entire signs away. Just patch the vandal’s work until you catch the vandal.

Wtf, is all I can say.

If you have 1h47 to spare, the old documentary Someone Else’s Country is quite good.

Ha ha ha I love it. Poor Volcano lady missing out.

Community bookshelves are awesome. I love the ones that look like houses for elves.

Lots of different winds. Neat photo!

Indoor space is on my lotto list too! I like your ideas! 😄

Just went out and killed a bunch of aphids. I normally don’t kill insects but those guys are like humans and will actually kill the whole plant if left to their own devices.