I think this might be a dodgy site - I ordered sleep patches and have no indication that they're being shipped. The website is all about 'proud NZers' but the phone number is international and there's nothing local that I can see. Anyone tried these?

Boosting this a bit (hard to do with my very curated list of interactions here!) along with an invitation to come to my book launch if you can - there's still space. It's free & there will be wine 😜. I'd appreciate it if you would share with your networks of anyone who might be interested!

Flu vax done - two shots of adrenaline today

I'm being interviewed on 9-Noon at 9.05am today!! Not nervous, no not at all ...

One of the hardest things to do in my job is recognising where patterns are so ingrained that they're barely visible. The cancer care pathway is one of those patterns. I can look at it & know that it's not universal, but hika mā it's hard to imagine alternatives that will show what works for Māori!

Journals that automatically assign new accounts when they request reviews are ASSHOLES. @elsevierconnect.bsky.social I'm looking at you today, but they all do it. How many different accounts do you think I need?? I'm this close 📏 to just refusing to do the review bc of the time wasting 🤬

"Fatigue is not mere tiredness; it is a heavy, systemic gravity that shortens patience & magnifies anxiety. There is an invisibility to this existence. Friends assume I am “fine” bc I look luminous, unaware of the 2hrs of rest needed before I can leave the house" www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

The World Indigenous Cancer Conference is only 3 weeks away 😱 We have over 700 delegates from around the globe coming to share whakaaro, pūrākau me rangahau. Tau kē!! www.heiahurumowai.org.nz/wicc2026

Omg - I was having a conv with a colleague, trying to get her to slow down & pay attention to her health. I said to prioritise things today & don't do anything that isn't time sensitive. Then I followed up with 'nobody's dying here'. Cue a long silence then mutual hysterical laughter 😂😂😭😭 #IYKYK

@foxylustygrover.bsky.social your namesake! I really think you two might be related 😂

Journals like this should be the backbone of our local publishing landscape! But they're resource intensive so we need a national strategy to support, resource & grow them. They're fit for our purpose as local researchers & knowledge consumers. #academia #research writers should look here first!

I need advice pls. The World Indig Cancer Conf is on 21 April & we don't know what the fuel crisis will mean for our 700+ delegates. Intel says ??rationing after Easter. We're prepping for a pivot to a hybrid event if nothing resolves & more flights get cancelled. Has anyone done this during Covid?

I just saw a trailer for Dutton Ranch - Beth and Rip's story is still happening! It's my slightly guilty pleasure and I can't wait 😱

This tool is fascinating to try! Like Deb says, provenance isn't certain so it's not something to cite definitively, but I was interested to see what the different approaches can do for our reserves. Speed limit reduction is more powerful than I expected

I've been 'reviewing' this doc for over half an hour but am still on the ToC pages 😂. Almost like I'm avoiding it ... The trouble is that it's cancer & whānau related & I know it'll be triggering😭

Amid all the bullshit around us & my out of control inbox, today I'm celebrating my 63rd birthday. I didn't expect to see this one! Coming up to 4 years since my colonoscopy so I'm at the far end of the survival bell curve! Highlight of my day was coffee with 2 of my kids & messages from the rest 🥰

This is appalling & so transparently a manufactured scandal. Regardless of politics, this is inflicting pain on a whole range of people including children. I'm sickened and so sad - as well as enraged at the reporters who are mindlessly or cruelly repeating spin

When the world is burning it's really hard to get enthused about room bookings, chatbots & who to copy into emails #staffmeeting #bored I need a better job.

Health NZ knew IT job cuts would risk patient care, hospital resilience, but they did it anyway bc Govt & Ministers Reti and Brown. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Post 3 good things, none of which are the cessation of a negative. 1. dog snuggles 2. reading in bed 3. crisp autumn nights

I'm finding hope in following Tania Waikato and (a bit weirdly) James Talarico in the US.

Reposting this because I'm a nuisance 😂. I'm really hoping some of you will come to celebrate with me - an event I wasn't expecting to be hosting!!

The latest iphone update 26.3.1 seems to have completely messed up my phone. It randomly loses access to my mobile provider and carplay, & pokemon keeps sending me to settings instead of opening. Anyone else? Google seems to think 26.3 has fixed these issues rather than creating them. 🤬

Look what arrived today! One for daughter who has 3 kitties, and one for daughter-in-law who has 2. They're both crafters, so I'm looking forward to sending these on! @kats-garden.nz

Why is video now the default training mode? I just did a mandatory training module in health & safety & they presented 90% of the info via videos, which take so much longer than just reading the very basic info (what colour vest does a floor warden wear FFS!!). It's left me with an angry brain itch

Final invitation for RSVPs please 😘💃🥂📖. Feel free to share. I just need numbers to ensure that we have enough nibbles and space. Reach out if you have particular needs I can accommodate.

Day 1 of my 7 day chemo break & I have unrealistic expectations about not feeling exhausted, having a horrible taste in my mouth, skin peeling & sore mouth. I should start feeling better by tomorrow night 🤞🤞. One more round before effectiveness/progress CT scan. This sucks.

So proud to be a part of this partnership - we're now seeing our first recipients graduate www.cancer.org.nz/about-us/can...

OMFG I wish our media would stop making headlines about what the orange fuckwit is saying 🙄 - his bravado is not news. How about some balanced repor... why am I wasting my keystrokes. I'm off to find what Aaron Parnas and Max Foster are saying. Any other recs?

Finally watching the Jack Tame/Gary Stevenson interview - Jack is stuck and unable to follow the argument so reduces the discussion to a personal attack. Fuck, it's embarrassing to watch him

NZ needs to do so as well. Leave Five Eyes. Kick the FBI out of Wellington. Refuse to give them access to our biometric data. We should not be allies with countries that murder people.

Reposting with the tentative launch details Thursday 9th April The Women’s Bookshop 105 Ponsonby Rd, Ponsonby, Tāmaki Probably 7pm. I think there’ll be a proper invitation with an RSVP coming out in the next week or so - please send your email address if you want one.

I'm nervously working on sending a 'save the date' email for my book launch. If you're one of my pocket friends (or would like to be) could you please drop your email into my DMs? Any emails from my account will be BCCs. Pls also share with any other lovely folk who might be interested.

Lunchtime break - Parker and I watching a clip from The Dog House 🥰 He loves watching TV!

Today's lesson: I'm asked to assess & test a set of e-modules & I realise what skill looks like. It's not this! A mishmash of concepts & unscaffolded content that manages to come over as too advanced & insultingly basic. How to frame my feedback? I want them to bin it or burn it - either will do.

For anyone in Tāmaki, here's a 'save the date' for you ... my book launch is going to be Thursday 9th April at the Women's Bookshop. I'll send a proper invitation out, and post one here as well in case any of you can make it 😘😱😁

We binge watched Total Control over the last week, finishing last night. It's a powerful watch & I'm so enraged at knowing the same racist, sexist & privileged smugness & power games are prominent here. Highly recommend if you missed it (as I did) - 3 series on Netflix 2021-2024 IIRC

I can honestly say that having my work closely edited is right up there with dental work. My hat is well and truly off to all authors of the literary type. Academia is weirdly much more forgiving of individual styles.

Last week I decided I could be 'normal' so I agreed to 3 evening events on Wed, Thurs & Sat. On Friday I was up for a lot of the night with gastric upset. When will I fully internalise that I can't do that stuff anymore?? I'm shattered & my eyes feel like squishies. My to do list isn't getting done.

Apparently the difference between loving my job and wanting to burn it all down is one meeting 🙄. I want to do supervision, mentoring, data analysis & writing - everything from ethics to final reports. Sigh. Since I don't have that luxury, I guess it's

In a hui right now, fully into the kaupapa with whānau Māori discussing our tauiwi management refusing a budget request & the owg who declined it LITERALLY prances into the middle of the fucking room, interrupting us & centering himself to say welcome back & thanks for our mahi. RAGING 🤬🤬🤬

we need to talk about that Ring Super Bowl ad

Writing to the American Idiot soundtrack today - all those clips gave such great flashbacks to their Aotearoa concerts! 💃🕺

OMFG the sheer relief of completing a really, really difficult task. Should have been 2 days of work but took well over a week & I had to step away multiple times. Surely this means I should be able to stop work for the day??

I just started & deleted a research survey from @sussex.ac.uk I was asked to assess the 'novelty' of an ordinary Indigenous qual paper that focused on health professional views. It screamed reductionist colonialism. No qual component to explain the issues with the questions. WTAF???

Opening my email this morning to see how many twits have worked over the long weekend. It's a lot!! Take time off, people.

Watching most of my favourite Māori MPs/candidates jump to the Greens 🥹. I'm so sad that it's come to this, but my vote will be following them.

This table got my attention so I've asked Neal for his source. In the meantime I searched for more info & ended up with a 🧵 One of the main companies collecting and collating global data is Numbeo. Their data about health care systems evaluates the following aspects of health care:

On February 3, 1931, a 7.8 magnitude earthquake struck Hawke’s Bay, causing a mass loss of life & leaving thousands injured. The earthquake struck at 10.47am, leading to the loss of 256 lives - 161 in Napier, 93 in Hastings & two in Wairoa. We remember this event 95 years ago today.

Heck it's hot and humid in Āhuriri! I don't think it got below 24deg overnight, and I already have fans going everywhere today. Tempting to move a mattress to the lounge floor tonight to sleep under the heat pump.