As I may have said here before, I support dropping the 5% threshold for getting MPs in NZ MMP elections, or at least reducing it. I also agree with Lawrence Lessig that representative govt can't work - to the degree it works at all - if the wealthy can buy policy loyalty with limitless donations to political parties.
It's extremely disappointing that all the political parties I've investigated - including my preferred parties, #NZGreens, #TePātiMāori, and #TOP - all use US-owned proprietary software Nationbuilder. (I believe all the other political parties also use it) Politics in Aotearoa NZ needs to happen and be run here in NZ. What's the point if every single step of our political process here is framed and mediated by deeply untrustworthy US corporate interests? Kiss our sovereignty goodbye.
#Danone et #Lactalis, deux entreprises françaises, figurent dans le #Top 15 des entreprises de #viande et produits #laitiers les plus émettrices de méthane au monde.
Mais malgré l'annonce d'engagements au niveau mondial en ce sens, les #entreprises du secteur ne déclarent toujours pas leurs #émissions de #méthane sur l'ensemble de leur #chaîne d'approvisionnement.
Google reportedly invests in generative AI startup Runway at $1.5B valuation (17 day old article) (siliconangle.com)
I investigated Silsergipfeligate
So true!
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