*BREAKING: PLEASE REPOST* The Media Council has upheld complaints against RNZ, finding that the article about Alex lacked balance and failed to present alternative perspectives, particularly once information about Alex's own voice became publicly available. www.mediacouncil.org.nz/rulings/park...

BREAKING New Zealand’s largest ever study into drinking water nitrate has confirmed serious contamination levels of rural peoples’ drinking water. #TooManyCows #nzpol

Concerns are being raised about privatisation after Health Minister Simeon Brown met representatives of a controversial multinational company that runs prisons and hospitals. “The Minister must immediately & fully disclose the nature, purpose, & content of his discussions with Serco.” #nzpol

Reminder: National has always taken the side of Apartheid regimes.

Check it out @chrishipkins.bsky.social people really hate it when supposedly centre-left leaders do right wing shit for that sweet sweet racist vote, just something to keep in mind. #nzpol

Like Trump, Luxon is trying to gerrymander the system by excluding the votes of 100,000s of NZers. He claimed it was to speed up the vote count, but the Electoral Commission says it will not. So now he is insulting the Electoral Commission. Yes, again, just like Trump. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

@thepost-nz.bsky.social editorial: Say no to less democracy “With democracy increasingly under threat worldwide, there is no tangible reason to make voting harder in New Zealand. But that is exactly what the Government has proposed.” #nzpol www.thepost.co.nz/a/nz-news/36...

It is a decades old long term problem & both Labour & National led governments have repeatedly chosen to delay or just ignored repeated working group reports. #nzpol

What a weird-ass Rapture. Only the Constitution disappeared.

For years we have been unsuccessful in obtaining funding for a women's health module as part of the Christchurch Health and Development Study. This is one of the main reasons why:

Most importantly...

I don't know whether this has been discussed by anyone yet, but the meta-analysis that claims to find a relationship between acetaminophen and autism: ehjournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... Here's how it reported the results for the largest study. This study carries massive weight...

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

The NZ govt are putting huge funding into AI not because AI will be good for the country and its public institutions but because it presents itself as another way to ‘legitimately‘ move public money to the private sector.

In honor of Jimmy Kimmel get suspended in part for saying "And by ‘statistical fact’, [Vance] means ‘complete bullshit’,” in response to Vance's false claim that most political violence is from the left, here's the DOJ report showing the opposite, that the DOJ conveniently just memory-holed:

Just so I'm clear: TV host says we should kill every homeless person? No big deal TV host says the right must "go to war" with the left? Pfft. TV host says the government is cracking down on critics? Well, the government cracks down on him for the criticism. Free speech, everyone.

The Free Speech President has now pulled two of the three major late night hosts off the air through threats and intimidation because of their jokes. Obviously I’m behind Jimmy Kimmel 100% in the face of this fascist garbage. Speech against this admin isn’t just being chilled, they’re freezing it.

“It's about profit over public health” Andrew Galloway @ AWH.org.nz is spot on. Seymour is too cozy with #Industry: • ignores decades of evidence of alcohol, smoking & gambling harm • seeks industry input on issues effecting their sales • pushes for that change www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

OPINION: It was extremely disappointing to see the announcement last month from Associate Justice Minister Nicole McKee on proposed changes on licensing in the Sale and Supply of Alcohol Act 2012.⬇️

When the Covid-19 pandemic hit the world, a group of scientists and researchers in Aotearoa New Zealand dropped everything they were doing and rolled up their sleeves to help the response. This response ultimately saved around 20,000 lives 🧪 🧵

Boosting for visibility. Rose is a close colleague of mine and one of the finest public health researchers in Aotearoa.

Major report that tied moderate drinking to disease won’t be released, researchers say www.statnews.com/2025/09/04/f...

Massachusetts, still the best state. Yeah, that's the one I'm from. ❤️

This is an important consideration for those of us here in Aotearoa...

A Gary for All Seasons

The first large-scale Nazi book burning was on 6 May 1933, when Magnus Hirschfeld's Institut für Sexualwissenschaft in Berlin was attacked by Nazi students. It would take decades for science to recover the knowledge about trans-affirming healthcare that was destroyed that day.

One of Adam Smith’s criticisms of East India Company was it had captured state power in Bengal (and huge influence in London) which created fundamental conflicts of interest between the job of Govt to look out for general welfare and the Company’s focus on profits. So too with Fonterra and NZ

As was pointed out some time ago and remains true, 'This isn't a govt. It's a collection of semi-autonomous industry-appointed action groups fronted by a tootpaste salesman.' Sharpen your (metaphorical) pitchforks. #nzpol

Respect, kindness, and clear information can make all the difference. New Otago research shares wāhine Māori experiences of sexual and reproductive healthcare and how services can better uphold mana motuhake (autonomy). Read more about the study here⬇️

This part right here, fam.

Today, if you're shocked by Stanford's racist removal of Māori from school books, go and watch this documentary. It's not ancient history, this is 1970's Pukekohe. Māori women having their heads stomped in for daring to try and shop at a whites only shop. Tvnz+

New article led by Tara McAllister & co-authored by Lelani Walker, @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social, myself, Bradley Moggridge, Serena Naepi, Brittany Kamai and @napaaqtuk.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...

An epic analysis of 5,000 years of civilisation argues that a global collapse is coming unless inequality is vanquished

As a kid, they made me say the words "with liberty and justice for all" every day at 8AM. Now I'm "woke" and "unAmerican" because I want liberty and justice for all.

As we talk about the cheerful insanity of Australia's Social Media Ban again this morning, here's your periodical reminder that the book it's inspired by - The Anxious Generation - is hogwash. Not just me saying it, but this little journal you might have heard of: Nature. www.nature.com/artic...

It’s voter suppression, plain and simple. Banning enrolment 13 days before the election will hit young Māori the hardest, 48% of 18–19 y/o Māori voters enrolled during that window in 2023. They know what they’re doing. Help us end this tyranny #EnrolToVote #NZPol #OneTermGovt

4/4 Read the full release here: union.org.nz/government-e...

So, we have officially arrived at the eugenics phase of the timeline.

I'm a bit older than this, but Ozzy was huge in my hometown in MA, and I am glad my parents were more sensible than many parents around the same time.

Great article by Guyon Espiner @ RNZ showing V concerning association between tobacco industry and: ▶️ NZ First leaders ▶️ NZ First party ▶️ legislation led by NZ First that supports tobacco products & profits. www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-dept...

An incomparable legend.

It’s time to shut the alcohol industry out of health policy in Aotearoa

Talk about The Wire, Sopranos, Game of Thrones all you want, but the greatest US television program ever made is Sesame Street. It's not even close. 50+ years of treating kids across class, ethnicity, religion not as mini-consumers...but as citizens with a stake in this world.

Teens who drink alcohol with parental permission are more likely to drink more and face alcohol-related risks as young adults, regardless of the age they start, according to a study that tracked several hundred kids from age 11.

And here we are: GPs and nurse practitioners will be able to prescribe ADHD meds from February next year, clinical framework currently in development. A word for Chloe Swarbrick, who pushed this along for a long time. www.beehive.govt.nz/release/chan...

🆕 Absolute Risk Prediction for #Cannabis Use Disorder in Adolescence and Early Adulthood Using Bayesian Machine Learning Tingfang Wang, @joeboden66.bsky.social, Swati Biswas, Pankaj K. Choudhary doi.org/10.1111/dar....