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

Straight-up barefaced bullshit from the police here. There is no way a 50% increase in cannabis possession charges in the last two years simply reflects a commensurate increase in use. Apart from anything else, cannabis is not part of national wastewater sampling. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/cannabis-...

*This* is how you regulate social media (not age restrictions).

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico jury finds Meta's platforms are harmful to children's mental health and imposes $375 million penalty.

Hey, so, shitty news. I have just had my contract terminated because of lack of available work. This is super a bummer, as I cannot afford to, y'know, live now. Any leads on work-from-home transcription work much appreciated.

My assistant is ready to help.

"My name may be forgotten when it comes, but the time will arrive when great outbreaks of cholera will be things of the past. And it is the knowledge of the way in which the disease is propagated which will cause them to disappear" Happy birthday to John Snow! His name & his work is not forgotten.

My friend Rob and I conceived of and carried out a pay phone prank at Boston University when we were freshmen there in 1985. This is somewhat close to our original idea. 😁

As an IR professor, it's depressing that this is outperforming all others as the best theory of US foreign policy

My wife spins her own wool and knits things. Here I am modelling a hat she just made... can you guess who I look like?

1908: the Lancet, one of the most respected scientific journals, calls for 18 age limit on reading in bed amidst a moral panic surrounding children becoming "addicted" to novels, which were "designed to keep kids hooked" and destroy their attention/mental health

#nzpol Child poverty data from Stats NZ out today. All political parties except Act agreed to the Child Poverty Reduction Act 2018, creating legally mandated targets for child poverty reduction. Right now, we are missing even the looser targets the government has set. A 🧵

Results of my OIA to NZ Police about roadside drug testing results for Dec/Jan: - 192 tests were carried out - 187 of those were negative, 3 were positive - 2 second screens carried out, both positive - 4 infringements issued. Only 1 infringement was for a positive lab test. The rest? See below

1. Kevin Gross and I have a new paper out today PLOS Biology. We used economic models based around screening games and the market for unpaid labor to highlight a meltdown cycle threatening peer review.

Evidence from international and local research shows health-based approaches to drug policy achieve better outcomes than punitive models and do not increase overall drug use when properly implemented. Watch Dr Rose Crossin on @nzherald.bsky.social LIVE www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/should-re...

PSA: GO REGISTER TO VOTE / CHECK YOUR REGISTRATION DETAILS! National don't want you to vote (unless you're voting for them) and are making it as hard as possible for people to vote. Don't let them suppress your vote! Don't let them stop you from voting! #nzpol

Use it, or lose it.

💔 RIP Bud

disturbingly plausible

As the Aotearoa/NZ research system shifts around us, it's important to hear from the voices within, especially those who are the future of the system! It has been an absolute privilege for the New Zealand Science Review to work with early career researchers (ECRs) to get their experiences on record

#auspol #ukpol #cdnpol #nzpol

We need our own version of this ad. #nzpol

People have died because we continue to label these climate change events as just some “unseasonal weather” The current government has wound back it’s policy commitments to addressing climate change. More people will die due to their incompetence.

Lil' comic about hope and longing 💗

Hey the voter suppression laws mean you can only vote up to twelve days before November 7 and have to be registered thirteen days before that. Twelve days before Nov 7 is 26 October. THAT IS LABOUR DAY. THE ELECTION VOTING STARTS ON LABOUR DAY.

Reminder: regime voter suppression means you need to enrol early. vote.nz/enrolling/en...

there has never been a more fully globalist movement than the modern far right. a relatively small conspiracy in favor of racists, pedos, and criminals all over the world

There are no words. Fly high Bobby, and thank you.

They won't have the numbers to occupy the nation and force everyone to comply, and that's why they're engaged in such an aggressive show of force. They're hoping we all get cowed into submission and do their work of suppression ourselves. Once again, no. The mantra remains "fuck you, make me."

No data? I've written multiple academic papers presenting said data. Not to mention many other researchers working in the same area.

Every famous NZ police story is about how they bungled an investigation and/or planted evidence to convict the person they decided "done it". Every NZ "commissioner" seems to have committed at least some variety of sex crime in the 90s. They'll LOVE making a gestapo.

New Study finds a significant reduction in suicidality after trans people receive gender-affirming hormone therapy. “Hormone therapy was associated with clinically meaningful reductions in suicidality over time…” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Every day, thousands of women and children are victimized by people on X using the Grok chatbot to generate scantily clad and naked photos of them. It’s time for governments to take action. Elon Musk’s X should have been banned long ago. They don’t have an excuse to delay any longer.

Ask your employer tomorrow why they operate an official account on the Twitter/X web service that built a child sexual assault materials generation machine & why they tacitly approve of pedophilia. Have your fellow employees ask the same question.

Nyika is one of many who we (that's we as in the country) are not paying properly while they do research for us (the country). It is nothing less than exploitation by the crown. In 2026, this is my number 1 issue in the public research system to work on. Amplify if you will join in this mahi. #NZPOL

"The war on drugs", being lost since 1980 #kikorangi

One of the funniest things ever. RIP Rob and Michelle Reiner.

This is organized fraud, it's not accidental. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

A bit on the nose, I think. 😆

This is a must-read article by @gregsargent.bsky.social, from start to finish. Greg starts by showing how ethnicity-based immigration laws excluded people like Miller’s Jewish ancestors, and how he nevertheless celebrates those restrictions (which came in 1924). newrepublic.com/article/2041...

Rob Reiner either made your favorite movie, or made somebody you know’s favorite movie. If you’re a Californian, he’s also part of the reason you or your friends can get married. He has changed more lives for the better than this asshole commenting on him ever did.

'Medical Cannabis and Opioid Receipt Among Adults With Chronic Pain' Another study showing decreased #opioid use with medical #cannabis This is harm reduction at its best. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

OPINION: 8 reasons the government should not introduce oral nicotine pouches to NZ ⬇️

It's happening! Canada launched two programs to recruit international researchers. Canada Impact+ Research Chairs (1 million/yr for 8 yrs +) Canada Impact+ Emerging Leaders. I will do my best to facilitate the process for those interested. Hit me up. www.canada.ca/en/impact-pl...

New from us at the Christchurch Health and Development Study: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...