Today marks 53 years, over half a century, since we passed the Equal Pay Act in New Zealand... but the Luxon Government has taken us backwards. #nzpol

So in my wisdom I got two meningococcal vaccines and a dentist checkup on the same day. Thanks past me.

“All my friends murdered and raped, sometimes they hung out at my house. Get over yourself.”

Man, these “critics” are laughable. Me: I deliver a $12B plan, then step aside to empower others to lead. Them: CRY BABY! VICTIM! DOWNFALL! Babe, you wish. I’ll be back stronger and unstoppable. Meanwhile, you’re over there hiding behind a half-baked blog, looking like the troglodyte you are.

Arnold Schwarzenegger went on Bill Maher and said that Lincoln gave "the blacks" the right to vote. "Lincoln made sure that the blacks got the right to vote. The Republican Party made sure that the blacks become citizens of the United States." Not enough people know Lincoln was fucking racist.

It's why conservatives turned "woke" into something derogatory to be mocked. Because one of the most dangerous things to a conservative is a woke white person.

Not for nothing anytime anyone mentions Listeria, Def Leppards' Hysteria goes off in my head - except it's Lysteriah. *Yes I am aware of my eternal geekdom

I used to live in Shepshed. When we arrived the BNP was still in local council, so am I surprised that Reform has such a stranglehold on Leicestershire - no not at all. Especially given how blue the county was and with FPP it was all a bit depressing. But go hard Loughborough - lead the way ✊

Enough. Awesome to see this billboard up in Vancouver. Was really incredible to work with the people at @visionzerovancouver.ca to bring this to life.

David Seymour hired a listeria, horse meat, scandal ridden British multinational to take out hundreds of Kiwi jobs delivering school lunches. Worse, he's given tamariki nutrition-less slop & transferred millions of costs onto schools while claiming "it's cheaper". Latest appears to be a screw #nzpol

I thought I would share news of this R package, and also reminisce that looking at the colour squares in it, around 15 years ago I wrote a script for what post-it notes were needed to reconstruct artworks based on reasonable hue differentiation

“Bish,” I said, “Bish, we need to act fast! We – are you in my office?” “Yeah,” he said. “You’re sitting in my chair.” “Yeah.” #nzpol

F is playing two gig for the Wellington Jazz Festival today. The first is 40s/50s Bebop and Hardbop with the LVR Quintet. Thistle Inn, 12:30pm, no cover charge.

Great to see The Post finally celebrating Wellington’s progress. It’s amazing what a difference a week makes! 😂

Honestly. How utterly fucked is this shitty, "under the cover of darkness" #CoC ??

Watching the NPC Semi-final Otago v BoP in Ōtepoti and I feel the urge to watch Scarfies for some reason 😁

Apparently it's been a long wiki. Slàinte mhath e te whānau.

WT genuine fck?

Politics health 16 Oct 2025 Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike 5:37 pm on 16 October 2025 Ruth Hill, Reporter [email protected] #NZPol

via https://queenoliviastredfern.tumblr.com/post/796531128389517312

15 US states and territories have formed a new Public Health Alliance, which will counter the absence of federal leadership by tracking outbreaks, issuing guidance, buying vaccines and more. Members of the new alliance include CA, CO, CT, DE, GU, HI, IL, MD, MA, NJ, NY, NC, OR, RI, WA.

AoNZ public science friends, I saw yet another piece on what the future public science system needs to look like. What is desperately needed is a road map / plan on what actions are necessary to get there. That's in the realm of the social sciences. We all need one another. We need to organise.

👀 Wow. This is very worrying. Formal legality aside (outgoing Crs and governing body etc formally stay in office until incoming Crs are declared elected but questions about extraordinary meeting etc), this is almost certainly undemocratic and unconstitutional. www.nzherald.co.nz/northern-adv...

The govt is deliberately doing this to drive down the fiscal costs of being accountable for past actions. Yet there is plenty of $$ for wealthy labdlords, tobacco and oil industries, and for tax breaks. Shameful behaviour by this govt who clearly don't care about our most vulnerable citizens.

real change never comes from centrist parties, by definition somewhere between there and — often in a nice way — lunatic edge there's a coalescing of understanding i should be demographically GREEN but i'm TPM @tepaatimaori.bsky.nz 'cos they're more like my balance of water and fire #nzpol

I love when Emily & others collate actions that you take immediately. I’d include subscribing, if you can, to hers & others like Dr Bex that write about the world as it is as well as what you can do about changing it. #nzpol Five actions you can take right now to make a difference - Emily Writes

These are up all over my city tonight <3

Husband told me he had to stop a class entirely and tell off a group of year nines (!) for making a watermelon joke (!) about a Black British expert in the documentary they were watching Like: - these are 13yos in NZ, they have no context for this sort of "joke" - where are they getting this shit

Getting my Te Tiriti education from the champs, and trying my best to contribute my skills as I can

Looks like Academia in Aotearoa isn’t as robustly independent as one might have hoped…🤬🤨 #Wtaf #nzpol #TangataTiriti #OneTermGovernment #AcademicIndependence #Aotearoa #NewZealand

this appears to be a power grab from actual scientists: funding decisions regarding Marsdens will soon be made by an 8-member panel with "a mix of academic, government and industry expertise" rather than the Marsden Fund Council which has (checks notes) 7 professors and 1 distinguished professor

One of the things that was special about the Marsden Fund is that the decision-making process was tweaked over the years rather than reinvented over and over again like other funds. That allowed for decades of learning that I hope will not be lost in this latest restructure.

200+ people have gathered outside Resene's head office in Lower Hutt as the company's workers protest for a living wage. #nzpol Resene sees itself as a leader in the market but whines, when asked to pay a Living Wage, that it pays the same low wages everyone else in the sector pays. Leadership MIA.

In the 'very unsurprising' category today... Major study finds tooth decay in Queensland children has declined since water fluoridation expanded. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Updated with new expert comments overnight:

“Public health isn’t a luxury — it’s a core function of government,” said former Health and Human Services secretary Xavier Becerra. “This hollowing out of expertise could leave us dangerously exposed.” From our August story:

🚨Extensively drug-resistant Neisseria gonorrhoeae strains are are emerging in Europe Researcher from @rki.de describe cases of local transmission in Germany with isolates exhibiting high-level azithromycin and cefixime resistance #AMR #AntibioticResistance #STISky #PublicHealth #IDSKy #MedSky #STI

WHO launches its latest public health intelligence system featuring: ✅ Improved performance ✅ New data sources ✅ AI integration ✅ Simpler, multilingual interface ...and much more. The EIOS system helps countries detect and respond to potential threats daily 👉 bit.ly/476kr5S

Remember when National was going through endless leadership ructions?It got so bad journalist Andrea Vance wrote a political exposé, "Blue Blood". Then-Labour leader, Jacinda Ardern refused to comment on the turmoil,steadfastly insisting to the media it was an internal matter for National MPs...(1)

I sometimes wonder if peer reviewers cannot get past their own cognitive dissonance, especially when reading new research/findings/data. Makes me wonder how much great research has been lost simply because of that fact alone.

BREAKING: The mitochondria have released a statement they are ending their long running symbiotic relationship with humans, citing "increasingly poor use of the energy we provide".

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on. These philistines need to hear from you all. Thank you petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Just so everyone is clear, the main issue in the Supreme Court voting rights case tomorrow is whether it's racist against white people to enforce the Voting Rights Act. I'm dead serious. We live in incredibly stupid times.

Oh this is sad news. His posters were iconic.

The Portland ICE protest camp literally has a rack full of inflatable costumes for demonstrators who want to try one on...

A new agreement is paving more pathways for Fijian tauira to study at Otago 🇫🇯✈️ The recently signed Memorandum of Understanding between the University and Fiji's Tertiary Scholarships and Loans Services directly supports Fijian students in a variety of academic programmes. Read more here 👇

What I'd just say to you is, ok #StraightUpMcAnulty caught Tama out lying in parliament today but personally I'm honoured. After all, imitation is the highest form of flattery. #LyinLuxon #WorstPMEver #WorstGovEver #CoalitionOfCorruption #NZpol

Re-upping this thread in light of @ben.gracewood.nz uncovering that there is no record of David Seymour ever being told (as he had claimed) that alcohol warning labels hamper craft brewers ... a non-issue that would require us to break from our international agreements to fix ...