A move to reuse 'one use' medical products is being largely obstructed by Pharmac.


https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/06/25/seymou...s-medsalv/

Samsung Galaxy A25.
On  prepay and don’t use data. Connect through the internet. Thursday evening was browsing Facebook when a pop up came on and said I had 964 viruses. That was the start of a continuous bombardment of ads for all sorts of crap.  I go into the close apps and nothing there.
Shut it down and charged it to 100 %. Turned it on and within a couple of minutes it started with the crap. Unable to use anything on the phone. Left it for about 3 hrs and went back to it. It was hot and the battery was down to 25%. Searched the problem and all I get is how to close apps.
Any ideas from the gurus here would be welcome.

Erin Patterson is accused of deliberately serving death cap mushrooms to murder three of her estranged husband's elderly relatives, which she denies saying it was a tragic accident.


https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/565141/...rder-trial

and how it might happen? This Guardian article looks at a subreddit which discusses just that...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...lypse-news

I love this page that has been put together by the KDE community.
Ive already seen a number of people jump ship to linux in recent months, win11 definitely has some impact on this.
I also see plasma 6.4 has been released which has many new features and extra refinements made.

https://kde.org/for/w10-exiles/

https://endof10.org/

https://www.reddit.com/r/rugbyunion/comm...tain_amid/



imagine how many old ladys could have had their hips/knees fixed for 8 million

Oops - switcheroo!


Well - of course it will. That, I suspect is the idea behind this. 

The long term aim of Neo Liberals does appear to be showing a tendency to want a move to a type of feudalism so obviously they'll hit hardest at those most vulnerable first.

If there's a more despicable type of politician - apart of course,from actual fascsists, hardline Stalin type Communists & the like, then I've not come across them.

https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/05/23/provid...n-hardest/

He really is quite repulsive

And narrow minded & I suspect very immature as well. How many well balanced people tend to burn a book, simply due to it having been written by a former PM who also happens to be a woman - possible the real problem these idiots have..well, one of them.


https://thespinoff.co.nz/atea/25-06-2025...ree-speech

Al Green Introduces Article Of Impeachment For Trump'
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https://v.redd.it/g311pck64w8f1

Rob Moodie, for those of us old enough to remember was a nationally important figure in the Police who made quite an impact over the years in various ways. While I remember his penchant for what I assumed was cross dressing in gender diverse ways I wasn't aware of his feelings in regard to that choice, and even more interesting, the reasons or reason for that choice. Until I read this piece from Newsroom, by the man himself.

Once again I use one of my favourite phrases with pleasure - I learn something new every day.

Worth the quick read this is, and if you aren't surprised by the last bit, well...

https://newsroom.co.nz/author/robmoodie/