by Heather Hastie | Dec 12, 2019 | New Zealand, Tweets
After saying ‘I’m Back’ a few days ago, there was nothing more on the site to encourage you to believe me. I’ve been writing about the topics that got a mention in that post. But, short of posting boring videos of me tapping away, there’s...
by Heather Hastie | Dec 8, 2019 | Entertainment, Our Planet Series, Tweets
Though obviously not with the presence of The Terminator! There are, of course, a lot of other cool examples of the use of this phrase in popular culture, but Arnie’s my favourite. This post, mostly comprising of tweets, is to ease me gradually into the habit of...
by Heather Hastie | Nov 21, 2018 | Great Britain & Europe, International Politics, Tweets, US Politics
It’s been a while, so I thought I should at least attempt a Tweets Post. There are a couple of things to catch you up on in my personal life. Firstly, things are much better now I have a decent chair. However, the damage done while I was waiting for that to...
by Heather Hastie | Oct 29, 2018 | Human Rights, Terrorism, US Politics
Most days I see examples of the fact of the high level racism in the US*. In particular, there is plenty of exposure of the racism against African-, Hispanic-, Latino-, and Native-Americans on my TV screen. When it comes to the sites I look at on the internet, the...
by Heather Hastie | Sep 2, 2018 | Gun Control
Since the horrific killings of Eli Clayton (21) and Taylor Robertson (27) (pictured left) at a gamer tournament in Florida, the media is full of stories about the problem with video games. We’re being led to believe that it’s gamer culture that’s the...