Book Haven
@bookhavennz.bsky.social
Book Haven is an independent second-hand bookshop (with some new books) in Newtown, Te-Whanganui-A-Tara/Wellington. We co-share the space with the Freedom Shop, a local info-shop. If you're in town, drop by & browse https://bookhaven.co.nz
And the person behind Palantir is NZ resident Peter Thiel, given residence in 2011 due to his “exceptional circumstances” - after spending only a total of 12 days in the country. Here’s a recent Guardian article about Theil and Palantir and Trump and AI etc etc www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Peter Thiel’s Palantir poses a grave threat to Americans | Robert Reich
Working with the Trump administration, the data company could be used to target the president’s opponents
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
And the person behind Palantir is NZ resident Peter Thiel, given residence in 2011 due to his “exceptional circumstances” - after spending only a total of 12 days in the country. Here’s a recent Guardian article about Theil and Palantir and Trump and AI etc etc www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's always important to know our histories, but now with the rise of populist politics, we really do need school students to understand. In article below @vomalley.bsky.social quotes Jim Bolger 'You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your history'
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'You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your history' – Jim Bolger
Former Prime Minister Jim Bolger’s death last week sparked a wave of tributes from across the political spectrum, including warm words of remembrance from...
buttondown.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
It's always important to know our histories, but now with the rise of populist politics, we really do need school students to understand. In article below @vomalley.bsky.social quotes Jim Bolger 'You cannot know who you are as a society unless you know your history'
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
buttondown.com/unsettling/a...
I (and nor does the shop @bookhavennz.bsky.social ) have a copy of The Glass Hotel, I borrowed that one from the library. Emily St. John Mandel is very popular in our shop, she lingers for only a few days on the shelves before finding a new home.
September 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I (and nor does the shop @bookhavennz.bsky.social ) have a copy of The Glass Hotel, I borrowed that one from the library. Emily St. John Mandel is very popular in our shop, she lingers for only a few days on the shelves before finding a new home.
I binged a few months ago - exactly the same set. I do like her writing.
September 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
I binged a few months ago - exactly the same set. I do like her writing.
Everyone we talk with should also know that using X/twitter amplifies Musk's views. Our friends still on twitter need to get off!
September 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Everyone we talk with should also know that using X/twitter amplifies Musk's views. Our friends still on twitter need to get off!
“For the first time since the cold war, Europe, Asia and the Middle East are being transformed into potential nuclear battlegrounds, with the difference, now, that atomic bombs and missiles are viewed not as deterrents but as offensive, war-winning weapons”
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As the world hurtles ever closer to nuclear oblivion, where is the opposition? | Simon Tisdall
The puerile standoff between the US and Russia ought to alert a slumbering public to a risk that is in many ways greater than during the cold war, says Simon Tisdall, a Guardian foreign affairs commen...
www.theguardian.com
August 12, 2025 at 5:07 AM
“For the first time since the cold war, Europe, Asia and the Middle East are being transformed into potential nuclear battlegrounds, with the difference, now, that atomic bombs and missiles are viewed not as deterrents but as offensive, war-winning weapons”
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Link: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
At 3.30pm: Valerie Morse – author and peace activist will discusses 25ish years of Peace Action Wellington.
4.00pm: Sonya Smith – activist and spokesperson for Wairoa-based group Rocket Lab Monitor. #rocketlab
4.00pm: Sonya Smith – activist and spokesperson for Wairoa-based group Rocket Lab Monitor. #rocketlab
August 9, 2025 at 2:50 AM
At 3.30pm: Valerie Morse – author and peace activist will discusses 25ish years of Peace Action Wellington.
4.00pm: Sonya Smith – activist and spokesperson for Wairoa-based group Rocket Lab Monitor. #rocketlab
4.00pm: Sonya Smith – activist and spokesperson for Wairoa-based group Rocket Lab Monitor. #rocketlab