THREAD. A collection of photographs of excellent sheep I have met on walks. You will find the captions to each photo in the alt text.

Happy Fenton Day to all who celebrate. Jesus Christ, fourteen years. youtu.be/3GRSbr0EYYU

Saline nasal sprays effectively reduce severity and duration of cold symptoms, and the need for antibiotics. 🤧

Rosalind Franklin Leaving her notes in a pile That she keeps by the door Who is it for? Awful James Watson Stealing the credit And snaffling all the awards Misogynist bore

A lot of chemists also offer the MMR vaccine and can check your records

Two doses of the MMR vaccine provide 99% of people with protection against measles. Check if you're fully immunised and if not, book with your usual health provider, or lots of pharmacies can do MMR vaccination. Or book online: bookmyvaccine.health.nz

The only safe place to use LLMs is in a field where you are already skilled enough to know you would never trust AI. So you might as well not. We’ve got to start insisting on this Catch 22 being understood in all workplaces: AI only replaces workers too incompetent to notice it doesn’t work.

“Why would children be interested in our ‘Bubble Gum Minty Mint Pops’, ‘Spongebob Squarepants Strawberry Breeze’ or ‘Triple Cola Fuzzy Bears’ flavours, which are all clearly aimed at adults?” From the new Private Eye, out now.

The best, worst and weirdest local elections hoardings of 2025, reviewed

Some amazing news amongst the gloom

Give us a word, you’re the dictionary man. Give us a word tonight.

"Pat, why do you carry that ridiculous 600mm lens on long hikes?" Buddy, I can see mountains reflected in the eyes of a trailside pika.

this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like

Anyone a fan of music from Ōtepoti Dunedin? youtu.be/u1FWgLLYBJM

What if vaccines were as easy as swallowing a pill?💊 Project lead Professor Sarah Hook and her all-wāhine team are reimagining how vaccines are designed and delivered. The project is one of 18 Otago initiatives that have been awarded a share of $15.3 million from the Health Research Council.🥳👏

The SPEAKER implies. The LISTENER infers. The DUDE abides.

Crying at this

Sharing PEACE & LOVE around the world today at 12:00 noon for Ringo's Birthday!!! ✌️❤️☮️💖 "It sort of goes out like the pebble in the ocean, you know? The ripples go out and out and out. ‘Peace and love.’ You can’t beat that.” -Ringo

Reporter hit by fish 🐟 m.youtube.com/shorts/lJaSl...

A system already exists to over-confidently state incorrect facts to women, thanks, we don’t need another one

Am I the only one who had never heard about lemon pigs? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemon_pig

Wonderful stuff

#NZ High rates of whooping cough (pertusssis) in Bay of Plenty, Lakes districts; one in ten patients ending up in hospital - Dr Danny de Lore: “children most at risk were those living in communities where the immunisation rates were low” - Vaccination details at the end of the article. Please do!

My friend is doing Sweat with Pride - raising money for rainbow youth. Please donate if you are able www.sweatwithpride.com/fundraisers/...

Opinion from Otago University: The legal status of corporations in NZ raises the possibility Act's controversial bill could open the door for companies to sue over lost profits.

Everything else up till now has been practice for making a submission against this dangerous dogshit of a bill. David seymour has tried this 3 times so far and he's thrown every dirty trick in the book to try and get it through this time

It’s been two months since I wrote about AI which, as someone who detests having to write about AI, feels like not much time at all. On fake books, cash traps and magic beans, and why I continue to hate every vapid tentacle AI thrusts in our direction. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle-co...

This is so powerful.

We are very spoiled with the amount of cafes here in Ōtepoti Dunedin. 😍 And this video only shows a small selection of the cafes here.

Flu Tracking NZ is looking for more participants (particularly younger people). They need more data to help better understand what is happening with Flu and COVID. It only takes a few minutes on Monday mornings. Please sign up below.

Energy-draining, IP-stealing, tacky rubbish

Thanks to the help of a recent Matariki Network of Universities travel award from Otago’s Internationalisation Committee, the University of Otago and Sweden's University of Uppsala have been brought closer together. 🤝🌏 Read more here: www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...

Death and the Maiden at Feastock 2025. Absolute Ōtepoti legends.

Feastock 2025. Kicking off with Ivy 🎸

In a tried & true playbook, when you can't make progress on the things that ACTUALLY matter (cost of living, health care, jobs), it's time to rile up the conspiracy nuts as a distraction. This is Anti-health, anti-science, & will most hurt the marginalised. www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...

Very sad news

❤️ rural pharmacy

David Seymour and his Regulatory Standards Bill. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #RegulatoryStandardsBill #cowboys #PublicInterest

WHAT A FANTASTIC INITIATIVE! Add your name to this Waitangi Tribunal claim against Seymour's shameful Regulatory Standards Bill. You don't need to be Māori. And it only takes a couple of minutes. Stand up, and have your say.

If you’re doing your RSB submission today, avoid Seymour’s form like the plague. It’s full of leading questions & is just utter crap. #nzpol

The brilliant Arena Williams, MP for Manurewa, describes the $$$ benefit that Winton will gain, much of it from rate/taxpayers. Us, in other words. The Hansard transcript is here too - it’s appalling stuff. Winton donated around $100k to the National Party, just as an aside. #nzpol

Word of the day is ‘quafftide’ (16th century): the season for drinking. Also a pithy way of declaring that it’s time to relax. Works for hydropots (water drinkers) just as well.

#NZ #Kikorangi 🇳🇿 🦠💉 Whooping cough epidemic: Mum urges people around babies to get vaccinated Her young daughter, ”needed two blood transfusions, suffered a collapsed lung and was in Starship for three weeks.” www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

How our lives, our planet and our mental health got trashed by something we scarcely understand: a doctrine that changed everything. Neoliberalism. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

So taking away free flu vaccines for Māori and Pacific people from 55 years and for children under 12 years. Disgraceful.

Yet another health initiative aimed at keeping Māori and Pasifika in good health appears to have hit the cutting room floor. Māori and Pasifika 55+ are no longer eligible for the free flu vaccine in 2024. We’re waiting for an answer on why.

1. This week’s column is about how the far right is successfully exploiting farmers’ protests across Europe and the US, to build its base. This is in no way to tar all the farmers' protests with this brush. But it’s an extremely dangerous moment. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 🧵