I’ve moved to Mastodon. It’s great, and I particularly recommend being on a small instance like Cloud Island. Find me at @isaacfreeman@cloudisland.nz
Christchurch, New Zealand
Joined July 2008
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Isaac Freeman retweeted
Please don’t start talking about ‘online voting will fix it’ - it won’t. Maybe an actual Election Day, on the other hand…
Local Govt NZ execs echo Ardern in seeking review of voting process after 'disappointing" turnout nzherald.co.nz/nz/local-body…
Isaac Freeman retweeted
If you’re thinking you need to get off of Twitter
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Nobody has ever spoken to me (male) or even given me (Pākehā) so much as a funny look for wearing a mask in public. I (abled) just don’t seem to be getting the same reactions I (middle-aged, straight, cisgendered) hear other people reporting.
#Mask4YourMates
THESE MIST-COVERED MOUNTAINS ARE A HOME NOW FOR ME, BUT MY HOME IS THE LOWLANDS AND ALWAYS WILL BE. SOME DAY YOU’LL RETURN TO YOUR VALLEYS AND YOUR FARMS AND YOU’LL NO LONGER BURN TO BE BROTHERS IN ARMS.
A Very Christchurch Thing is happening in Christchurch. i.stuff.co.nz/national/30066…
Just misread a name in a tweet and immediately thought ‘Oh no, does this mean Terry Pratchett has just died?’ and now I am stuck trying to catalogue the many ways I feel sad.
Isaac Freeman retweeted
The media should be reporting greenhouse gas emissions numbers with at least as much frequency as stock indices
That last episode of For All Mankind had more unconvincing plot twists than I am willing to accept.
I’ve learned that the writers are good at doing unlikely things then gradually drip-feeding justification until you retroactively accept them, but they have a lot of work to do.
Something I’ve never got to grips with is what socialists mean by ‘materialism’. My impression is that it’s meant to imply being grounded in reality, but it seems in practice to be concerned with economics and class. 1/n
I recognise that Marx wasn’t silent on environmental sustainability, and that socialism is a lot more material than many other political philosophies. But is it just as material as people knew how to be in the nineteenth century, or is there more to it? 4/n