Stuff reporters, you don’t need to use “characterises” and “suggests” framing here when the Greens advice is demonstrably true: Women are more likely to be engaged in part-time or casual employment - this means they will bear the brunt of the sick pay changes. It’s not a suggestion, it’s a fact.

I initially read this as “Bedroom Verdict”. The comments still made sense.

A cynic might say the government avoided this announcement until *after* the nationwide Women’s Day of Action last weekend for a reason. 🫠

Mood of the Boardroom: 86% say they would replace Nicola Willis with a self-driving Corolla

I’m taking my 13yo daughter to #Tool. She’s considering wearing her Taylor Swift t-shirt. I’m considering getting a matching TS t-shirt. 😂

I'm on the spectrum. I'm 76. RFK Jr can fuck off into the heart of the sun.

Autism does not need to be cured! It's the rest of society that needs to be more accommodating!! Neurodivergence and disabilities cause suffering only because we have so little understanding or support. Treating it as something "broken" or "wrong" only enforces that, please just help people instead.

Can’t wait to see where it goes from here with Machine Gun McKee. 🤪 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment

Israel is spitting at the world's face, shouting it loud that it will, illegally, attack the Global Sumud Flotilla. If Starmer, Macron, Carney and Albanese really wanted to end the genocide, they would send a naval vessel to protect the flotilla. lapresse.us/world/2025/0...

This autism press conference is an insult to science and medicine. It is a bunch of shameless male quacks shoveling bullshit at pregnant women, families and people with autism. This is a historic embarrassment for America and it is wildly dangerous.

Autistic and neurodivergent people deserve far better than a government looking to prevent their existence, let alone one that will invent fictitious ways to do so that puts everyone in danger

Effortlessly done in under 20 minutes: Zoe & Morgan✅ Lord of the Rings✅ Jon Stewart NZ endorsement✅ Whittaker’s✅ Hope & leadership✅ Nuanced answers to complex issues✅ Watching this and reflecting how much of an utter disaster this would have been with anyone officially representing New Zealand now.

Very poor attendance record. 0 STARS. “Minister marked absent, speech not turned in to teachers at conference” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Such a great interview youtu.be/xJg1McSvgo8?...

But but but. Schools and govts say it’s poor attendance causing those things. What do the scientists know?!?! 🤯

Kudos to the @nytimes.com for telling it like it is.

A new solar farm that will power 70,000 homes (& still be available for farming) has been approved for Central Otago! The Otago Daily Times headlines 'one business will close', FB comments 'it will cause bush fires'. We better hurry up & fucking rapture sometime in the next 24hrs

No, you don't have to give Secretary Brain-Worm and President Pussy-Grabber a damn thing for efficiently mashing up their eugenics-addled hatred for autistic people and their sadistic fetish for making pregnancy as excruciatingly painful and life-threatening as inhumanly possible.

Incredibly proud that @winterstellar.bsky.social has been able to assist the good people of Naseby in Central Otago becoming New Zealand's first International Dark Sky Community. Wonderful achievement darksky.org/news/naseby-...

Do you understand that a huge portion of the wellness podcaster and influencer community is now going to be paid to push folic acid as a treatment for autism despite no actual evidence for it. This is a windfall for the supplements industry. It's all a grift.

@yanisvaroufakis.bsky.social this is a fantastic conversation. In particular 32:30 to ~ 36:50. A discussion of the death of the liberal via the impact of social media on young people: youtu.be/PFRrTuVyhNg?...

Signs we won't recognise Palestine: - Seymour said he won't & Luxon said it'll be a Govt position not an agree-to-disagree one - If we were going to, we would have announced today with UK/Aus/Can - Aus PM reacted to US pushback today saying Aus policy not decided in Washington *or Wellington*

Many studies have shown that there is no relationship between MMR vaccine and the development of autism. Here are two of the best. This one followed every single child born in Denmark from 1991 through 1998 (n=537,303). There was no association.

📢 The Health Minister has criticised striking doctors but a cancer patient who previously had surgery delayed says they have her "full support".

People will tell you Myanmar and New Zealand have little in common but in fact they're two of just a few world nations that don't recognise the State of Palestine

We are a hateful nation.

That means focusing on things like increasing energy sovereignty (less oil!), more use of domestic materials, not throwing billions at tax dodging corporates, taxing rich folks who import tonnes of expensive stuff etc. (Ends)

Increase in productivity since 1979: 87% Increase in hourly pay since 1979: 32% Just so happens that ~25% of workers were unionized in 1979. Today? 10%. As unions declined, the super-rich have taken a larger share of wealth generated by labor. We must build back union power.

This hasn’t aged well in the last 13 months.

He waka eke noa e hoa. Together we are strong as academics and as citizens. The reason this political class is so scared of academics is because we teach students how to ask critical questions.

@mohanjdutt.bsky.social Ka Pai my colleague and friend Mohan here critically analysing the communication techniques of the far right as they attempt to silence him. #nzpol youtu.be/DhwwXjFf8y4?...

Why yes. It is raining. The horse has parked herself in the garage.

Good luck Kiwis going to be affected by the wind tonight - hope you all stay safe. www.zephyrapp.nz is a really good reference. www.windy.com?-41.361,173.... is also great

The Herald may have cut its science reporter, but thank god the speed bump beat is still fully staffed

#nzpol Big turnout for the Women’s Day of Action for pay equity. Billions of dollars have been stolen from low-paid female dominated workforces. This government can find huge tax cuts for tobacco companies, landlords, and big businesses - but not fair pay. That must change.

The right hand column is annual gdp growth per annum. The left is quarterly… I don’t think they know what they’re doing 💭🤨 #nzpol #ResignNicola #OneTermGovernment #Election2026

Brilliant

First Roger Douglas, now Ruth Richardson. We’re reaching the Liz Truss v Lettuce stage.

"I don't think there's a single New Zealander that could do a better job than Nicola Willis,". I really needed this laugh on a Friday… thanks Luxon!

The STAR attendance policy is discriminatory against disabled kids, paradoxically works against increasing attendance and has scant evidence showing it works. A classic Seymour product.

This is the last thing I’m going to say on the attendance policy atm. Maybe. #nzpol open.substack.com/pub/andrewdi...

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You're not *feeling* poorer. You ARE poorer.

Looks like every major NZ outlet is carrying the story about UN investigators declaring what's happening in Gaza a genocide -and headlining it as such - which is a significant shift in the media environment from even a few months ago.

In 2009 I ran the Kepler challenge in just under 8 hours. The next year our 1st kid was born. He suffered a brain injury during his birth. I haven’t really been able to properly train since then. He’s 15 and doing great. So I’m thinking of starting up. But I’m now 48, rather than 32. Sigh. IFYKYK.

"The minister has said donning an adult nappy and chaining yourself to a door was not the way to get an audience with her." So they should have done the usual thing of offering a big donation instead?

More very useful info.

Such a thrill to see Maiki Sherman flip straight into Te Reo questions when TPM refused to take questions in English on the bridge run in Patliament today. #nzpol

Yes they are.