Literally did a presentation on this re. the planned 'restoration' of 13 Garrett Street. How is anyone supposed to get their start in the arts if there's nowhere anyone can afford to live, and no freely accessible spaces for people to make stuff? etc. etc.

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it seems to shock the New Zealand government that Peter Jackson, Taika Waititi, and the Conchords etc all emerged from the same city in the same span, which coincidentally is when Wellington rent was dirt-cheap and there were heaps of empty industrial buildings around

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If the government had spent the last 3 years promoting EVs rather than utes, this wouldn't matter so much. Hopefully the next govt will correct that. www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

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New: an AI company now lets cops identify specific houses, using data from Zillow and Airbnb, based on a single photo. It's part of Raven, previously called Geospy. Company previously demoed its tools to catch people vandalizing Flock cameras or protesters www.404media.co/ai-company-l...

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Big investments coming in AI data centres will divert investment from other construction, costing jobs and threatening incomes. Here's why a universal basic income is one answer.

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