I don't think I have it in me to be like that to family.

"Yes, dad, you can have multiple email addresses..."

"For, in the final analysis, our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this small planet. We all breathe the same air. We all cherish our children's future. And we are all mortal."

John F. Kennedy, Commencement Address at American University, 10 June 1963

www.jfklibrary.org/archives/oth...

So this is part of a programme of work that began in December 2024 and planned for nearly 100 days without services until the end of January next year. The article below from a year ago outlined the schedule. But still, what a shit show.

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland-...

It's very likely we already have Tempora-style mass data collection in place given the narrow chokepoints our submarine cables have on communications. But watch out for efforts against encryption such as chat control, digital IDs and outlawing VPNs beyond age-gating social media in 2026.

#nzpol