School librarian, mum, book lover, Hurricanes supporter, cupcake creator, IT fan
Wellington, New Zealand
Joined May 2012
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Clare Forrest retweeted
Winston pretending to care about Michael Laws disgusting language. He put Michael Laws at 6 on the list BECAUSE he’s inappropriate, he’s made a career of saying offensive things. Much like Shane Jones and Winston himself. Don’t insult New Zealand’s intelligence.
Clare Forrest retweeted
Since Ronald Lauder, the sole heir to the Esteé Lauder Companies, stated last month, "I am still a Zionist today, I still love Israel, I will do everything I can to help it succeed," here is a list of all the brands owned by the genocide-enabling cosmetics company. 1/
Clare Forrest retweeted
“The fourteen-year-old in my life says every single member of her class is using ChatGPT to write essays. We’ve put young people, who are not known for their impulse control, in a situation that makes them vulnerable to their own desire to cut corners.
“We’re told it’s more efficient, but do we dream of a more efficient future for our children? A good teacher is not teaching your child about Henry VIII; they’re teaching your child how to read a face, how to shape an argument, how to command an audience, how to tell jokes, how to transmit knowledge.
“A teacher can teach your child to be human. A computer can only teach your child to be a computer.” — Fantasy novelist Katherine Rundell
Clare Forrest retweeted
im four beers deep and i need everyone to understand that wikipedia is the last good thing. millions of strangers agreed to write down everything for free and then argue about citations forever. no ads. no paywall. this should not exist and it does and i'm crying about it
Clare Forrest retweeted
The Greens want to ban bottom trawling, set up a drinking water regulator, phase out nitrogen fertiliser, protect at least 30% of our moana, review the fishing quota system, and strengthen laws around discharging waste into our waterways.
Clare Forrest retweeted
The Frontline with Dr @GaryPayinda at 8pm tonight.
Researcher Edward Miller and colleagues have just released their analysis of privatisation in the New Zealand public healthcare sector #nzpol #nzpolitics
youtube.com/live/lT0OR4DrTHg
Clare Forrest retweeted
80 cents of every new dollar in public health funding over the last two years was captured by private providers. Public funding is building private capacity. Wonderfully captured by here by @Slanecartoons, bravo. Check out our new report at publicfuturesaotearoa.nz
Clare Forrest retweeted
I believe this will be considered one of the most important videos in US history from this time.
Clare Forrest retweeted
waiting to vote and there are people coming up and asking us in line if they can enrol here ☠️
Clare Forrest retweeted
Louder Than Hunger: The Graphic Novel mrschureads.blogspot.com/202…
Clare Forrest retweeted
National @AlbumDayUK is here!
Order your copy at participating indie record stores: BBragg.lnk.to/taxman26
Clare Forrest retweeted
ACT’s appalling fiscal plans and the double standards against Labour
ACT have released their Libertarian Agenda to mutilate the State and it’s off the charts bat shit crazy.
Deep cuts to government services.
Reduced disability support.
Ending annual government KiwiSaver contributions.
KiwiSaver tax changes disproportionately benefit wealthier savers.
Raising the superannuation age to 67.
Cuts to environmental programmes.
Reduced foreign aid.
It’s all the worst parts of the Milton Friedman Apocalypse minus the plagues.
The political project of ACT, The Taxpayers’ Union, NZ Initiative and The Atlas Network is to underfund public services so much so that they can suggest privatisation as the solution.
#nzpol
LINK BELOW ⬇️⬇️
Clare Forrest retweeted
Labour calls for investigation into $40m school science kit contract.
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Clare Forrest retweeted
NAOMI KLIEIN to SAM ALTMAN:
"...you ingested the entire written output of human civilization without consent, without compensation and without credit to build a system whose primary commercial application is eliminating the jobs of the people whose work you consumed.
You are not 'liberating human creativity' -- you are strip-mining it and selling it back at a markup while calling the theft 'training data'."
Clare Forrest retweeted
Labour got so much grief from the right and media for benefit numbers being high when they were in government. They’ve gone up by 51,000 since then.
That’s basically the population of Whanganui or Invercargill on the benefit since the last election.
Clare Forrest retweeted
This is well worth a moment of your time today. Katherine Rundell is a bestselling writer and a Fellow of St Catherine's College, Oxford.
It’s interesting that she condemns the theft of her work and so many others, then you hear the AI companies condemn China for stealing the training that they stole with impunity from everyone else.
Thanks to @NewStatesman for the clip
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Clare Forrest retweeted
Hey Whangārei:
Your National Party candidate is Lloyd Budd, a Real Estate Agent.
Your Labour Party candidate is Gary Payinda, a Doctor in the hospital Emergency Department.
Which one do you think will look after your life best?
Careful who you vote for.
