That would be an argument in support ownership if the council’s holding gave it some control, but it doesn’t. The majority shareholder does run it for their own benefit right now.

… looking forward to an edit function… … and that’s what I think is the driver more than anyone rating themselves as a visionary.

Don’t know whether I’m being more or less cynical here but no one ever got fired for repeating their bosses’ language back to them 🫤

Always been reasonably common with agencies that have more of an offshore focus.

The profile above was running the 'you've been picked to receive a big cheque from a random programme you've never heard of' version.

That's a pretty niche scam.

…and Meta’s, without asking, changed the chat with a profile I’ve reported to end-to-end encryption so they won’t be able to investigate the report properly.

Nahh, just penny pinching. There’s no cost to Meta from people losing money to scammers.

Thought I'd heard that name before. He seems to have a few umm... fringe views. www.bsa.govt.nz/decisions/al...

Here: webworm.co/p/jasonparginopen.spotify.com/episode/4sX4...

A World Full of Potential Cult Leaders

Episode · Webworm with David Farrier · A conversation with someone I find endlessly fascinating to talk to — one of my favourite authors, Jason Pargin. He’s perhaps most well known for writing John Di...