mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-06He/Him, Webdev from Ōtautahi, Aotearoa (Christchurch, New Zealand). Interested in #SocialIssues, #BoardGaming and #TabletopRoleplaying.
"Why would you choose to generate zero cash flow rather than generate some cash flow?
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It all boils down to the fact that commercial property is valued by the rent it earns. A shop that is leased at $100,000 per year might be worth $1.5 million. But if that tenant leaves and the owner has to lower the rent to $70,000 per year, the building is now worth $1.05m."
#NZPol #NZBusiness #NZProperty #CommercialProperty #Capitalism
"Despite 2026 only being the second election cycle for the fund, it has already received international recognition. It’s currently on the shortlist – whittled down from 615 nominations across 94 countries – for the Zero Project Awards 2027, which recognises projects that address the needs and rights of people with disabilities from across the world."
#NZPol #Aotearoa #EqualAccess #DisabilityInPolitics #Representation
https://thespinoff.co.nz/partner/22-09-2026/levelling-the-field-the-fund-helping-disabled-people-compete-in-this-years-election
"In suggesting a political element, Russell wasn’t pulling the wool. Knitting happens to have a long and storied place in political protest in New Zealand and around the world.
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During the French Revolution, women known as tricoteuses famously knitted while watching public executions. During World War I, Belgian women reportedly used knitting to record the movements of German troops and artillery."
"“The exhibition will feature a portrait gallery of local Cantabrian women with information about the jobs they were doing, from nurses, doctors, teachers, milliners, inventors, magicians assistants, librarians, shopkeepers, journalists, artists, photographers, and even politicians,” Local History Librarian Alison Rodgers said. "
This has been bouncing around in my head for a while.
"In almost-forgotten history... One of the elder races forged a weapon capable of defeating this evil, pouring so much of their inherent power into it that their own kind subsequently declined and vanished.
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Wisely, dwarven elders have recognised that having such a weapon loose in the world, let alone in command of their king and people, is a bad thing except in extremely dire circumstances."
"When an event opens with a welcome to 'all the history and heritage buffs', I know I am right where I should be.
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A panel of readers brought to life 150 years' worth of letters from the Papers Past, opens a new window archives, giving glimpses into the writers' different personalities and highlighting humour and subtlety it would be easy to miss on the written page. "
#NZHistory #PapersPast #Library #Libraries
https://my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/word-2026-letters-out-loud/
"Christchurch’s Orana Wildlife Park says it needs to raise $4.1 million this financial year or its cash reserves will run dry by next March."
https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/361078735/orana-park-dire-financial-strife-beloved-zoo-has-plan
"As Orana's CEO, Rachel Haydon says, "You can't mothball a giraffe", so while we activate our recovery plan we urgently need help from our community to 'bridge the gap' in our funding requirements."
#Aotearoa #Ōtautahi #OranaPark #GiveALittle #Fundraising
https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/orana-wildlife-park-recovery-plan
"Many of these conversations are an infuriating reminder that women’s health has been pushed to the sidelines for too long, and that women have often been ignored, misunderstood and misinformed about their bodies. ... 64% of women don’t recognise their menopausal symptoms when they begin, and 10% of menopausal women leave or are pushed out of work due to their symptoms becoming too difficult to manage."
"Created in collaboration with Envirohub the map breaks down locations into four categories; production and growing, community access and distribution, education and advocacy and business and associations. "
In the past couple of weeks our household has lost a(nother) kitten to traffic, and I have lost a(nother) younger friend to #FuckCancer.
