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...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 24, 2017 | Tweets
Well, the election results are in, and the Twitterverse is full of tweets in relation to it in New Zealand. Every trending topic is about the election except one (which is about a boxing match). (As an aside, what do you think of boxing? Is it a sport? I don’t...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 23, 2017 | NZ Politics, Tweets
I’ve been back home for three days now but I’ve been feeling ghastly and wasn’t really up to tweets. I probably could’ve done it, but that would have meant a delay in my recovery and I had to be well again by today. Why? It’s election day...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 17, 2017 | Tweets
This will be my last post of tweets for a few days. I’m going to be doing stuff in the real world that means I won’t have time. My apologies in advance. The All Blacks won again last night, so New Zealand is happy! I was full of concern at the start of the...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 16, 2017 | International Politics, Tweets
With the way the world and social media work today, there are all sorts of major events dominating the tweets. Hundreds of thousands of people in the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico are still suffering the effects of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. The devastation left in...
