by Heather Hastie | Sep 30, 2017 | Tweets
The thing I’ve been keeping an eye on is the eruption of the volcano on Ambae Island in Vanuatu. (I’ve put in a few tweets about it below.) It was triggered by a 6.4 earthquake on 21 September. Initially 70% of the population was going to have to leave,...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 29, 2017 | Tweets
The homily in today’s tweets post was going to be about the fate of New Zealand political party, the Maori party, in our recent election. However, as usual I went on a bit, and the homily became a “proper” post. So there’s not much here today....
by Heather Hastie | Sep 28, 2017 | Tweets, US Politics
I can’t remember what I was going to write about in today’s tweets post. I knew at 2am, but went back to sleep for a while and I’ve forgotten. Further, if I’d gotten up to write it down, I might have noticed that I’d left the oven on!...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 27, 2017 | Human Rights, Tweets, Women
As you can see, there’s a new name in the title: Homily. I’m not sure how that’s going to work – I’m just trying it on for size at this stage. The content of the post won’t change. There’ll still be plenty of tweets on...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 26, 2017 | Tweets, US Politics
The CBS ’60 Minutes’ interview with Steve Bannon finally came to NZ on Sunday night. A few anti-Bannon tweets made it into the local Twittersphere as a result. As with the Evangelical nationalists, he’s another where it’s scary he’s so...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 25, 2017 | Freedom of Speech, Tweets
I’m having trouble getting back into the business of searching for tweets every day. I’ve become very slow at it after just a few days off. That was all it took to out of the habit – just like a diet. I forgot to put the last two onto social media as...
