I’m looking at an e-bike. I’m really not comfortable going high speeds on scooters. Bikes are much more comfortable at speed due to the lower centre of gravity. Plus it gives me the option of carrying cargo, making it a full car “replacement” (not that I have one to begin with).

What are folks in places like Gisborne supposed to do when the infrastructure for digital payments goes out in another flood?

Couldn’t have written it better myself.

I’ll say while I think comments about public figures should be allowed, and I might have some unkind words for certain figures in in-person conversation, I’d rather people talk about the impacts of policy or statements rather than assign people monikers.

Like I might agree that such and such politician is a wanker, but I’d rather see comments like “that policy will have X negative effect” or “what he said is out of touch because Y”; even if I would agree with “they’re a huge dickhead”.

The approach you’ve described sounds extremely vulnerable to sealioning.

The moment that this becomes a place where we spoon-feed an education to bad-faith actors, I’m out, and I imagine a lot of others will be too.

Don’t be so concerned about losing bigots that you lose the people impacted by their rhetoric.