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The Beatles even wrote a song moaning about it. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea seems almost unthinkable today, but that was the \u0026quot;swinging sixties\u0026quot;, a time of great optimism.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Elk","website":"https://elk.zone"},"account":{"id":"109264888868876453","username":"billbennett","acct":"billbennett","display_name":"Bill Bennett","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at \u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebillbennett.co.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mastodon.nz/@billbennett","uri":"https://mastodon.nz/users/billbennett","avatar":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/11d826b4bcee81b1.jpg","avatar_static":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/11d826b4bcee81b1.jpg","header":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/headers/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/b200dd9448e8d3f2.webp","header_static":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/headers/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/b200dd9448e8d3f2.webp","followers_count":1282,"following_count":444,"statuses_count":9558,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Micro.blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.micro.blog/mastodon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003ebillbennett.micro.blog/mastodo\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003en/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-04-18T23:15:10.711+00:00"},{"name":"Website","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebillbennett.co.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-01-18T06:34:52.663+00:00"},{"name":"Verified Journalist","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@billbennett@mastodon.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003everifiedjournalist.org/people/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e@billbennett@mastodon.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-03-27T22:50:17.740+00:00"},{"name":"SoundCloud page","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/spiteful-horses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003esoundcloud.com/spiteful-horses\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":["public"],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"116424710628921732","created_at":"2026-04-18T08:15:01.155Z","in_reply_to_id":"116424648600949195","in_reply_to_account_id":"116110532165457610","sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.nz/users/billbennett/statuses/116424710628921732","url":"https://mastodon.nz/@billbennett/116424710628921732","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":2,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ephemera.vital.org.nz/users/stephen\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003estephen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e I learned to touch type at the start of my career in 1980... my first editor sent me on a course. It\u0026#39;s become so ingrained that I can do it without thinking.... and find it second nature. I compose my thoughts through my fingers. Writing with a pen is so radically different, that it literally changes how I think. 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We kept them for years... and purchased loose fruit. 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I almost walked out of Noel Leeming because the sales clerk would not complete a sale until I handed over my phone number and email - in the end I just gave fake ones, but there have been occasions when (usually because I\u0026#39;m not properly paying attention) I have handed over the real ones.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Elk","website":"https://elk.zone"},"account":{"id":"109264888868876453","username":"billbennett","acct":"billbennett","display_name":"Bill Bennett","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at \u003ca 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class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://toot.cafe/@xurizaemon\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003exurizaemon\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"h-card\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https://ephemera.vital.org.nz/users/stephen\" class=\"u-url mention\"\u003e@\u003cspan\u003estephen\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e This is true, but some recent spam is highly targeted. Most of it is scattergun... 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Luxon is not liked by voters, but in general he is not loathed. That\u0026#39;s not necessarily the case for one or two of the alternatives.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Elk","website":"https://elk.zone"},"account":{"id":"109264888868876453","username":"billbennett","acct":"billbennett","display_name":"Bill Bennett","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at \u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebillbennett.co.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan 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Some of them are so surprisingly well targeted that I guess one or more customer database with my details has been compromised, for example the senders know my suburb and that I have recently reached retirement age... that\u0026#39;s quite specific.\u003c/p\u003e","reblog":null,"application":{"name":"Elk","website":"https://elk.zone"},"account":{"id":"109264888868876453","username":"billbennett","acct":"billbennett","display_name":"Bill Bennett","locked":false,"bot":false,"discoverable":true,"indexable":false,"group":false,"created_at":"2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z","note":"\u003cp\u003eI like to think that my 45 years of reporting on technology and business has left me sceptical rather than cynical but the behaviour of some tech companies is such that sometimes readers might be better served by the latter approach. \u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSee my New Zealand telecommunications and tech news website at \u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebillbennett.co.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/p\u003e","url":"https://mastodon.nz/@billbennett","uri":"https://mastodon.nz/users/billbennett","avatar":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/11d826b4bcee81b1.jpg","avatar_static":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/avatars/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/11d826b4bcee81b1.jpg","header":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/headers/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/b200dd9448e8d3f2.webp","header_static":"https://o.mastodon.nz/accounts/headers/109/264/888/868/876/453/original/b200dd9448e8d3f2.webp","followers_count":1282,"following_count":444,"statuses_count":9558,"last_status_at":"2026-04-19","hide_collections":false,"noindex":true,"emojis":[],"roles":[],"fields":[{"name":"Micro.blog","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.micro.blog/mastodon/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003ebillbennett.micro.blog/mastodo\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003en/\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-04-18T23:15:10.711+00:00"},{"name":"Website","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://billbennett.co.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ebillbennett.co.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-01-18T06:34:52.663+00:00"},{"name":"Verified Journalist","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://www.verifiedjournalist.org/people/@billbennett@mastodon.nz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://www.\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ellipsis\"\u003everifiedjournalist.org/people/\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e@billbennett@mastodon.nz\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":"2023-03-27T22:50:17.740+00:00"},{"name":"SoundCloud page","value":"\u003ca href=\"https://soundcloud.com/spiteful-horses\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener me\" translate=\"no\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003ehttps://\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003esoundcloud.com/spiteful-horses\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"invisible\"\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e","verified_at":null}]},"media_attachments":[],"mentions":[{"id":"116110532165457610","username":"stephen","url":"https://ephemera.vital.org.nz/users/stephen","acct":"stephen@ephemera.vital.org.nz"}],"tags":[],"emojis":[],"quote":null,"card":null,"poll":null,"quote_approval":{"automatic":["public"],"manual":[],"current_user":"denied"}},{"id":"116416942818321934","created_at":"2026-04-16T23:19:33.759Z","in_reply_to_id":null,"in_reply_to_account_id":null,"sensitive":false,"spoiler_text":"","visibility":"public","language":"en","uri":"https://mastodon.nz/users/billbennett/statuses/116416942818321934","url":"https://mastodon.nz/@billbennett/116416942818321934","replies_count":0,"reblogs_count":0,"favourites_count":0,"quotes_count":0,"edited_at":null,"content":"\u003cp\u003eThis morning I post an analysis alongside the weekly newsletter:\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChristchurch City Holdings reviewed its ownership of Enable Networks, raising the prospect of a partial or full sale of one of New Zealand\u0026#39;s four fibre wholesalers. 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