Fit for purpose

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Foreigner. Citizen. Educated. Ignorant. Expert. Fool. Aware. Bewildered. I muddle along, generally fit for purpose.

News headline: Trump administration admits Reflecting Pool was a ‘botched job’ all along
Photo: John Darby. Photograph of a Great Crested Grebe aka Pūteketeke in New Zealand. The bird is floating on water carrying two chicks on its back. The body of the bird has grey brown feathers. This colouring extends up the back of the long curved neck. The front of the neck, face, and tail are white. The throat and head have long dark feathers. The back of the head is bright orange. The beak is long and powerful. The chicks are downy with dark and white stripes.
Further complications arose from differing military requirements. France insisted on a carrier-capable, nuclear-armed aircraft for its armed forces, something Germany saw no need for. Proposals to develop two different aircraft variants within the programme failed to win joint approval.
Screenshot from a two month old post listing nine different diseases commonly found in raw milk.
A tweet from Viktor Orban. The first line reads “Too many people are voting.” The rest of the tweet implores patriots to get out and vote Fidesz to “protect the safety of Hungary”. Orban sees his doom approaching.
British judge wearing a hanging hat
A kea parrot flies in motion in Fiordland, New Zealand, showing off its vibrant plumage. Image credit: © Rafael Ben Ari | Dreamstime
A mince pie, drowned in tomato sauce, floating in yellowish thick puréed pea soup in a paper plate. Allegedly food.
New Zealand Harebell flower. A bell shaped flower with petals forming a five pointed star. The petals are a very faint delicate lilac with central white banding. In the background lichen grows on rock.
A tan and white cross bred dog paddles into a lake and dives coming up with about sized rock. After returning to shore it deposits the rock with others it has already recovered, shakes itself off and returns to the lake for another.
A male rifleman bird (Māori: tītipounamu). A small roundish bird about 50-60mm in length. Breast and belly are white. Head , back, and wings are yellowish green with a narrow white band on the short round tipped wings. There is a white eyebrow over the eyes. The straight beak is very narrow, sharply pointed and quite long, and is angled upwards.
Movie poster for Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Rings
A souvenir bottle opener using a kangaroo ball sack as the handle.
Mahmoud Khalil is a legal permanent resident whose wife, an American citizen, Is eight months pregnant. His arrest and detention by DHS and ICE, and cancellation of his green card without evidence of criminal activity is illegal. These actions by the Trump administration are inconsistent with the constitution and law and have been blocked by a judge. We condemn these illegal and unconstitutional actions, will be following this situation closely, and will hold the Trump administration to account.
A painting in browns, ochres and yellow of a middle aged Ukrainian male peasant with a tired and lined face.
An online shopping guide for a tray of 20 medium sized eggs costing NZ$16.49
I agree that describing Zelensky as a dictator is wrong, but the word is subjective, and it’s true that Ukraine has suspended its elections. IMO, newspapers should reserve these “without evidence” warnings for explicit factual errors.
Cover photo of second edition of The Death of Expertise by Tom Nichols (in paperback).
Characters from Jackal.
Star Trek’s Captain Kirk smashing clenched fist on control console (sciencing).
Album cover So, Peter Gabriel headshot.
Cartoon of Kamala Harris winding up a boxy Trump robot using a long crank handle as each stand at their debate podia.