Paula Browning
@paula-jb.bsky.social
All things creative and almost anything sports.
There is no such thing as a good Ticketmaster experience….waiting & waiting….
December 8, 2025 at 9:11 PM
There is no such thing as a good Ticketmaster experience….waiting & waiting….
Imagine the difference that could have made to child poverty. Thrown away on one idiots obsession.
Mark Zuckerberg’s gamble on the "Metaverse" has lost his company more than $77 billion.
December 6, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Imagine the difference that could have made to child poverty. Thrown away on one idiots obsession.
This is madness. Creative skills are needed across all jobs & the economy. That’s where the innovation & productivity NZ so badly needs could come from.
Opinion from Auckland University: The Govt’s boldest tertiary policy shift in years barely mentions the arts, humanities and social sciences. That’s a problem.
New tertiary plan blind to some of our most valuable assets
newsroom.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 6:16 AM
This is madness. Creative skills are needed across all jobs & the economy. That’s where the innovation & productivity NZ so badly needs could come from.
Just had my first phone call from an AI Agent #DoNotLike
December 3, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Just had my first phone call from an AI Agent #DoNotLike
Joining in the National anthem at a primary school where te reo, sign language and English are all used is a heart warming way to start a Thursday ❤️🖤
December 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Joining in the National anthem at a primary school where te reo, sign language and English are all used is a heart warming way to start a Thursday ❤️🖤
Wrong heading. Should be - Massive US tech companies steal from NZ authors & only compensate a few.
NZ authors among global payout out after AI chatbot trained on pirated books
NZ authors among global payout out after AI chatbot trained on pirated books
Award-winning author Catherine Chidgey's books have been caught up in a class action in the US which saw Anthropic AI agree to pay up to $2.6 billion.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Wrong heading. Should be - Massive US tech companies steal from NZ authors & only compensate a few.
Very kind of the owner of a commercial building across the road to book a water-blaster at 7am on a Sunday. Downsides of mixed use living
November 29, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Very kind of the owner of a commercial building across the road to book a water-blaster at 7am on a Sunday. Downsides of mixed use living
Reposted by Paula Browning
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
November 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do these corporations have in common?
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
Netflix
Ford
Tesla
T-Mobile
Duke Energy
DISH Network
Metlife
Dominion Energy
United States Steel
In recent years, they all paid their execs more than they paid in taxes.
This is what a corporate-rigged system looks like.
This should worry all of us. #FactsMatter
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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on.ft.com/4ahkNKa
November 28, 2025 at 2:26 AM
This should worry all of us. #FactsMatter
Thank goodness for #LocalMedia & journalists like Kirsty
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Thank goodness for #LocalMedia & journalists like Kirsty
AI as ancestral intelligence is way more valuable than that artificial intelligence. Grounded in human experience and storytelling, it will take humanity further for all. #LoveLocal #GoGlobal #NZCreativityCounts
November 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
AI as ancestral intelligence is way more valuable than that artificial intelligence. Grounded in human experience and storytelling, it will take humanity further for all. #LoveLocal #GoGlobal #NZCreativityCounts
You know the world’s on fire when….this headline could be about a long list of countries (not just Australia, which it is actually referring to)
Who will the Coalition target next over the cost of living? | Fiona Katauskas
Who will the Coalition target next over the cost of living? | Fiona Katauskas
You’ll never guess Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:55 PM
You know the world’s on fire when….this headline could be about a long list of countries (not just Australia, which it is actually referring to)
Brilliant!
November 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Brilliant!
One day we’ll start talking about diversification of our trade portfolio to include digital trade & markets other than the ones we’ve rely on too heavily for years 🙄
📢 The Trade Minister expected beef exports would return to the volume from before the tariffs were introduced.
US drops tariffs on $2 billion of NZ exports - McClay
www.1news.co.nz
November 16, 2025 at 12:12 AM
One day we’ll start talking about diversification of our trade portfolio to include digital trade & markets other than the ones we’ve rely on too heavily for years 🙄
One person should not be earning $1t while children are going hungry. Something is wrong with the world.
November 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
One person should not be earning $1t while children are going hungry. Something is wrong with the world.
Someone tell Shane Jones #FastTrack
Since the mid 1990s, Norway has imposed a 56 per cent "special tax" for oil and gas companies, alongside a 22 per cent corporate tax rate.
Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
Australia could learn a lesson from this and make companies pay their fair share for our natural resources.
@richarddenniss.bsky.social #auspol
November 5, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Someone tell Shane Jones #FastTrack
This is totally obscene.
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Top 10 US billionaires’ collective wealth grew by $698bn in past year – report
Oxfam warns Trump policies risk driving inequality to new heights – but Democrats have also exacerbated wealth gap
The collective wealth of the top 10 US billionaires has soared by $698bn in the past year, according to a new report from Oxfam America published on Monday on the growing wealth divide.
The report warns that Trump administration policies risk driving US inequality to new heights, but points out that both Republican and Democratic administrations have exacerbated the US’s growing wealth gap. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:44 AM
This is totally obscene.
The support for @siouxsiew.bsky.social Pledge Me request in the past few days has been simply wonderful 🩷 So good to hear the initial target has been reached.
a pink heart with a star in the middle is surrounded by glitter
ALT: a pink heart with a star in the middle is surrounded by glitter
media.tenor.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The support for @siouxsiew.bsky.social Pledge Me request in the past few days has been simply wonderful 🩷 So good to hear the initial target has been reached.
If this game is meant to be an exhibition/ marketing opportunity for rugby & the AB brand it’s doomed to fail. Too slow & messy.
November 1, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If this game is meant to be an exhibition/ marketing opportunity for rugby & the AB brand it’s doomed to fail. Too slow & messy.
Reposted by Paula Browning
Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Support Dr Siouxsie After She Supported Us! | PledgeMe
Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
www.pledgeme.co.nz
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
Wow! Silver Ferns are on fire 🔥
October 29, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Wow! Silver Ferns are on fire 🔥
This is why we need to sustain our creative sector - telling our own stories, our way, with our people. Congratulations to everyone involved with Pike River.
#NZCreativityCounts
#NZCreativityCounts
REVIEW: Pike River is a damn near-perfect film. It can’t present every point of view and some people will criticise it for that. But it succeeds thunderously well at bringing to life the story it sets out to tell.
Pike River is a moving, human tribute. Go see it
REVIEW: Pike River is a damn near-perfect film. It can’t present every point of view and some people will criticise it for that. But it succeeds thunderously well at bringing to life the story it sets out to tell.
dlvr.it
October 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
This is why we need to sustain our creative sector - telling our own stories, our way, with our people. Congratulations to everyone involved with Pike River.
#NZCreativityCounts
#NZCreativityCounts
You can tell how open a business is to hearing from its customers (for both good & bad reasons) by how easy they make it to get in touch with them. Complete fail One NZ 🤬
October 18, 2025 at 5:17 AM
You can tell how open a business is to hearing from its customers (for both good & bad reasons) by how easy they make it to get in touch with them. Complete fail One NZ 🤬
Australia has awards for politicians doing positive things - who knew! If we had the equivalent in NZ who would our local government & central government winners be?
October 16, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Australia has awards for politicians doing positive things - who knew! If we had the equivalent in NZ who would our local government & central government winners be?
Lots of obvious responses to this worthless waste of our world’s resources….but interesting that a Big Tech company can suddenly do age verification?? They’ve been arguing against it for years!
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
buff.ly
October 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Lots of obvious responses to this worthless waste of our world’s resources….but interesting that a Big Tech company can suddenly do age verification?? They’ve been arguing against it for years!