on the destruction of New Zealand Science open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...

If we professors were millionaires, we wouldn't need to get paid at all. I see where this is going... 😖

"Transition Research Fund": Transitioning New Zealand's research from world-leading to backwater. #MBIE #NZScience #NZPol

MBIE has released the details on the New Zealand's "Transition Research Fund". It transitions research the way a hospice transitions patients. scienceskillsandinnovation.cmail20.com/t/r-l-tujiik...

We are hiring! Two Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (research+teaching) positions in the School of Maths & Stats, University of Canterbury ▶️One in Statistics, closes 15 July jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a... ▶️One in Applied Maths, closes 21 July jobs.canterbury.ac.nz/jobdetails/a... Please share!

Mario Lemieux.

If you haven't deleted your X account yet, why?

That 2nd chart Yeah I'm looking at you NZ Labour & Labour voters too! What a pack of miserable cunts we are not valuing education.

All I have to say is 3 more years of this will be the end of Aotearoa New Zealand as we've known it. That is all. #nzpol

The Green Party says Budget 2026 leaves New Zealanders fending for themselves with no vision or plan for the country. Everyday, New Zealanders feel the reality that Luxon’s Government has no hope, no plan, no ambition and no vision for our country. Today’s Budget is yet more proof ‼️

President of MIT not mincing words today in @statnews.com www.statnews.com/2026/05/27/s...

One evening in 1995 I sang the Canadian national anthem standing next to Michael Moore while being filmed for his TV show. The clip never aired.

Does the war on universities start to make more sense now folks? 😬 The public university is the opposite of an ivory tower, in principle: the whole reason we have public education is intergenerational equity. Can we start saying that all together, a little more loudly please? 🙏

Government MPs acquired 25 extra investment properties after passing pro-landlord reforms

A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts. So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world. What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.

Today we honor the brave men who gave their lives fighting against everything Donald Trump stands for and believes in.

In honor of the true heroes on this Memorial Day, I fixed it. #DonaldTrump #MemorialDay

We are calling for an Ombudsman inquiry & a Solicitor-General review into revelations that the Prime Minister’s Office has hidden significant lobbying by Fonterra & Z Energy that lead to the Government’s move to block Mike Smith’s climate case. www.1news.co.nz/2026/05/24/a... #nzpol #climate

New York: We think everyone should have access to food so we’re doing something about it New Zealand: We despise anyone who isn’t wealthy, so we’re keeping our power and food oligarchies, enriching landlords and passing weekly legislation that makes the lives of vulnerable communities harder #nzpol

Updated trends in the global prevalence and burden of mental disorders, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

***Call to action*** NZ First’s transphobic bill is lawfare against trans, non-binary, and intersex people. What can we do about it? Well, we can make sure the select committee receives as many submissions as possible against the bill. To that end I will offer my time to anyone who wants help 1/4

yes. correct.

STAT investigates the epidemic killing 178,000 Americans a year: excessive alcohol use www.statnews.com/2026/05/14/d...

Labour really should go hard on "Luxon is Trump's lapdog." It worked to win elections for bland center-left parties in Australia and Canada, and it would work here too. Really don't know why they're silent on this

"One study found that increasing the number of people who receive SNAP benefits by 5 percent could have prevented nearly 32,000 suicides over 15 years. And a $1 increase in minimum wage has been linked to roughly 8,000 fewer suicide deaths over a decade."

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

I find myself reflecting on just how utterly bulletproof the current government is to equitable outcomes for every member of society and how cruelly cynical their governance has been. Case in point: that 5% across-the-board slashing of the public service. What are the less-visible impacts of that?

All you kids in year 13 who will be 18 before the election, please register to vote. #nzpol

How a coordinated far-right network — The Platform, NZ First, ACT, Free Speech Union — took down NZ's only media regulator with statutory teeth. An excellent article by Mohan Dutta, who is frequently attacked by the alt right in NZ: culture-centered.blogspot.com/2026/05/how-... #nzpol #auspol

Yup. Your job as regular person is not to parse whether particular policies are 'realistic' or 'possible.' You are supposed to actually demand what you need to live a dignified life.

This follows from a categorization error that the Confederacy lost the Great Rebellion now d/b/a the Civil War. While the Army of Northern Virginia surrendered at Appamattox & of Tennessee at Greensboro, the Confederacy won the post-war peace & its politics have dominated the US ever since. 1/

Whānau, I’m presenting on privacy, disinformation & the safety of women in public life, exploring how this shapes democratic participation and discuss solutions to ensure we empower and protect our next gen of leaders in the long run. Register at events.teams.microsoft.com/event/8b883d... #nzpol

winston peters told reporters that new zealander everlee wihongi has been in ICE prison for nearly a month because she didn't declare something on a form. the thing is - there *is no form*. please RT: www.webworm.co/winstonpeters/

pretty crazy that Palantir has managed to get an operative placed directly into the National Party as a puppet candidate and theres isnt immediately a huge scandal about corporate and foreign interference by OVERTLY FASCIST groups against our democratic institutions

We cannot have sustainable energy because it threatens the oil industry. We cannot have healthcare because it threatens insurance. We cannot have peace because it threatens the weapons industry. Capitalism built a system where doing the right thing is treated like bad business.

A interesting read for #nzpol New Zealand had the developed world’s largest rise in inequality in the two decades from 1985. NZ has broken its (age okd abd implied) promise. You don’t get a fair go any more. If you want one, you have to leave www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

A vast new online resource: The Velvet Underground Myth Archive: A free, publicly accessible database of hundreds of rare press clippings documenting the rise of The Velvet Underground, methodically organised month by month. Enjoy thevelvetundergroundmyth.com #thevelvetunderground

Between 2015 and 2025, academic freedom declined in 50 countries, whereas only 9 countries experienced improvements. In the period 2015–2025, several countries have experienced substantial and significant declines in all dimensions of academic freedom.

Cannabis is legal in NZ only if you are wealthy.

The National Government have made it harder for you to vote. It's important you make sure you are enrolled as you won't be able to enrol in the two weeks before election day anymore. The best time to enrol is right now - so head to vote.nz online, call 0800 36 76 56 or free text 3676. Pass it on 😉

Miniature hot dogs.

Alcohol harm costs the NZ taxpayer roughly $7 for every $1 collected in alcohol taxes. So why are we weakening, rather than strengthening, our alcohol regulations? Andrew Galloway of Alcohol Healthwatch talks about the proposed alcohol policy changes. #nzpol www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIDo...

Wishing you and yours a very merry Confederate Surrender Day.

just kinda realizing trump declared a ceasefire the same way michael scott declared bankruptcy

Dr @garypayinda.bsky.social is back tomorrow morning with #thefrontline at 8am What drug kills 900 NZers a year, but may actually get easier to sell in NZ next year? #nzpol #nzpolitics youtube.com/live/XIDoRF9...

Have your say on the future of mental health and wellbeing in Aotearoa. Public consultation is now open on the draft Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy 🗓️ Open 8 April – 18 May 2026 Help spread the word. Find out more (link in comments).

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Look who was the previous owner of the record I bought today, @publicaddress.bsky.social