Virginia Cattell

@virgcatt

Lover of puzzles and hot takes. She/Her. Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland 🇳🇿

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· 25d

Pleased with that one! #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· 26d

WTF. This isn't Facebook

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· 26d

I don't think that was quite the angle

Clacton gets Count Binface; we get Paul Henry.
The satirical space alien from the planet Sigma IX, who's running in
a by-election in the UK, is hilarious. The breakfast sofa presenter is...
Well, to a man - and boy, are they all men - they tell me to give Hooray Henry a chance. He's funny, I'm told, he's fun. Politics is boring.
The response has been a collective media swoon that perfectly illustrates the meta-tragedy of modern political report-ing. There hasn't been such interest in an unranked ACT party placeholder since Tim Jago's name suppression lifted.

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· 26d

Andrea Vance on Paul Henry's candidacy in the Sunday Star-Times. No notes from me. #NZpol

This is the generation of ageing elites who spend their golden years complaining about a broken world they actively helped construct, while simultaneously insisting that only they possess the unique wisdom required to fix it.

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· 28d

Don't do this in a waiting room. You're likely to ignore a letter that should've been reused 😑 #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· 29d

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 14

Closed the paper having completed the hard Sudoku (always a challenge to me) exclaiming to R that I did it "against all odds" and at the same time revealed this headline on the Viva magazine cover #coincidence #WQuers 😀

AGAINST THE ODDS
How Nancye Pirini made it from school dropout to top chef

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 14

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 13

So close 😭 #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 11

Bit perturbed to read this in the Sunday Star-Times... I do it every week and don't think I noticed 😱

Apology to quiz fans
While writing about accountability, apologies to fans of our weekly puzzles.
We stuffed up. Last week we accidentally re-published a general knowledge crossword from a month earlier. We'll do our very best not to let it happen again. The good news, hopefully, is that the weekly Brainwaves will help us all do a bit better each week when doing the quiz.

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 11

This calls for Secret Santa socks!

Socks handknitted for me in rainbow yarn

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 11

So close! #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 11

I enjoyed this so much the other day that I screenshot it

Steve Hofstetter
Belgium may have beaten the hell out of the
US in the World Cup, but when this is all over the Belgians have to use their longer paid vacations to take their higher standard of living back to their much safer country where they'll have to spend their much longer life expectancies thinking about it.

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 11

Never mind forking out on a lawnmower. He needs to bite the bullet and accept he needs the next size up and buy all new suits (and have the trou taken up)

Luxon and Modi. Luxon's suit is barely able to button

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 10

Likewise Jim

Happiness and wellbeing
We're again hearing the old chestnut that you can't tax your way to prosperity. Maybe. But you can tax your way to happiness and wellbeing. The Scandinavian countries have been proving this for many years.
The Green Party proposal of a 2.5% annual tax on net wealth over $10 million is a tiny start, but a wealth tax needs to be progressive, reaching 50% annual tax on net wealth over $100m.
Such people must be persuaded to
redistribute their pile or sell up. Nobody needs such a greedy share of our national wealth, and nobody could ever claim to have earned such extraordinary wealth by fair labour. The Government needs more revenue to build more hospitals.
Jim Carlyle, Te Atatu.

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 10

Go Susan #nzpol

No fact-free lunches
I would have expected Jonathan Ayling to seek facts before forming opinions.
His assertion that the strongest societies are not those where the Government does most is simply false.
All five Nordic countries are consistently in the top 10 in the world on the happiness scale, based on data from 140 countries.
Finland has been number one for seven years. All are among the highest taxed globally and all provide child benefits, parental leave, health services, hospitals and care for the sick and elderly, paid for by the Government.
Their emphasis is on the wellbeing of the entire population, with high levels of social support and generosity.
This evidence indicates that strong societies come from making sure everyone's needs are met, not just those who have the nous and the money, with others ending up homeless and hungry. Those are the facts, Mr Ayling.
Susan Grimsdell, Auckland Central.

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 10

Worked hard for that one #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 9

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 7

💀 #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 7

Dang #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 6

#WQuers surprised I managed that one in 2!

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 4

Wearing their mittes 😀

Photo of bishops in the Sunday Star-Times with this caption:
Newly consecrated Bishops, from left, Pascal Schreiber, Michael Goldade, Michel Poinsinet de Sivry and MarcHanappier, wearing their mittes and holding their pastoral staffs, pray at the end of their consecration ceremony in a tent set up outside the Society of St Pius X seminary in Econe, Switzerland.
AP

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 4

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 3

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 2

Late night, missed a letter #WQuers

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jul 1

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jun 30

Thanks for all who supported me in #SweatWithPride & by extension our Rainbow organisations in AoNZ. Although not a podium finish, it was my best effort in 6 yrs. Yesterday I also finished working for Burnett Foundation Aotearoa (formerly NZ AIDS Foundation) after 20 years. But feeling fit! 💜💙💚🩵💛🧡❤️

Leaderboard for individuals showing me at 4th place with $5213

4,091
SWEATY BETTYS
$605,279
RAISED SO FAR
1786,241
MINUTES SWEATED

Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jun 30

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Virginia Cattell@virgcatt· Jun 28

On the fridge today. Happy Monday everyone