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 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 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 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 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...
