Matisyahu's Blog

Working through getting ACC sorted out – long story short, on my time off injured my work was still paying me and I assumed that what was happening was that ACC was paying my employer and then my employer was paying me (I have never been on ACC before so this was the first time I have ever encountered it). Well, I find out that wasn’t the case so I’ve been having to sort out why ACC hadn’t paid out and then getting things sorted out with my employer. It would be nice if there was some sort of explaination regarding the process because I assumed, as noted, that the claim would be processed, ACC would pay my employer then my employer would top it up then pay me.

Went for a walk tonight, it was great to get out of the house and have some fresh air. I’m going to make the most of it because winter will come in around June and that is when things will get a bit nasty in terms of the weather. I’ll still go for a walk each night but I’ll have to hear a rain coat but for me any calories burnt is an icing on the cake where as the main purpose is to at least move at some point during the day since my work is sitting at a desk all day.

I was reading on Reddit an interesting post about how to do outreach to guys who have been turned off by because not just the media but the way in which some people conduct themselves online. I’ll talk about it more in depth tomorrow or maybe Sunday since it is something I want to explore. The thing is, if we want to push back against the rise of the far right/reactionary right we need to do more than just making a lot of noise with little or no outreach. Are there people who are too far gone? sure there are and ultimately those people will need to have an ‘a-ah’ moment when they realise their position is no longer tenable but I’d argue there are many people out there who are reachable, who are looking for a positive vision of the future without the empty virtue signalling or performative politics that is so prevalent these days.