1. A beautiful big black hole
The New Daily has the short story – Scientists share first ever image of black hole , a more complicated explanation at Astronomy , and a really informative one at the BBC. Continue reading Weekly salon 16/4: general edition →
1. Jacinda Adern stars as PM
And just a top human being.
Jacinda Adern wears a headscarf in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks Photograph: Kirk Hargreaves/Christchurch City Council
Ambigulous drew our attention to the New York Times editorial America Deserves a Leader as Good as Jacinda Ardern largely repeated in the NZ Herald . Continue reading Weekly salon 23/3 →
1. Unforgivable atrocities
Words fail me, so I’ll borrow some from Ambigulous on the last Salon thread :
Horrific, murderous attack(s) in Christchurch; to add to the horror, apparently live streamed by a gunman. An Aussie in custody. And three other people? A long “manifesto” written by one of the murderers.
Police armed all over Aotearoa , Land of the Long White Cloud.
Cry, the beloved country.
Continue reading Weekly salon16/3 →
Climate change, sustainability, plus sundry other stuff