Peter
🇬🇧 in NZ 🇳🇿. Random commentary on politics and econ. Mostly econ. Used to tweet about tech in the distant past.
- 20 episode seasons? That's not how things work anymore. There are hundreds of competing shows now. Trek is suffering from the Star Wars fan situation. Rose tinted view of the past. No old fan is going to ever think anything tops The Next Generation...ever...ever..🤦♂️ www.space.com/entertainmen...
- People knowing facts is not somrthing the current US administration wants. edition.cnn.com/2026/02/05/u...
- Paralyze the legal system. By the time it catches up people are deported....despicable. The rule of law and the Constitution is meaningless to these people. www.politico.com/news/2026/02...
- That we continue to use unemployment as a "buffer stock" is bordering on barbaric. Time to have a Job Guarantee and use that as the "buffer stock".
- Arrived *legally* to the US FIFTY years ago and an Army Veteran. Monsters. www.cbsnews.com/atlanta/news...
- Called it.... Here we go.... www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
- Wtf is wrong with these people. Pentagon warns Scouts: Ban girls or we will pull your funding : www.telegraph.co.uk/us/news/2026...
- Morally bankrupt.
- This "simple" grant of a petition for habeas corpus may be one of the defining moments of America in recent times. Must read. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- They are only pro gun rights for those on the side of tyranny and King Trump the 3rd. If they don't like your politics or that you possess some actual humanity and compassion then no...no gun rights for you. They have a strange view on rights.