A timely piece on Aotearoa's preparedness in the event of an oil supply crisis due to issues in the Strait of Hormuz from... 2024. newsroom.co.nz/2024/11/05/o...

Nice summary by David Murdoch COVID inquiry phase two: 4 main lessons to improve NZ’s future pandemic resilience theconversation.com/covid-inquir...

Science media centre has done a fabulous job of pulling together important commentary here

Excellent analysis from @marcdaalder.bsky.social on the Covid Inquiry. "If the health minister believes the pandemic response was so poor, it’s now his job to lay the groundwork to do better next time" newsroom.co.nz/2026/03/11/n...

I'd love to know how much perception of flicker varies in humans (as someone who can't watch DLP projectors and is driven mad by flickering LEDs on many things) theconversation.com/animals-perc...

Good primary care is worth investing in because it keeps us healthier and saves money. But only if we fund it to incentivise continuity of care and integrated family care. theconversation.com/we-studied-p...

We are stupid, boiling frogs www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The World Health Organisation is very important. Comments that the WHO threatens our sovereignty are poppycock nonsense www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/wh...

@jupli.com I think your Just Run app is fantastic!

Friday flora www.earth.com/news/new-fai...

The University of Auckland has a position available for a Clinical Infectious disease specialist #medsky #teaching #research www.linkedin.com/posts/warwic...

It's good to be reminded that most people are kind and caring. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Some potentially groundbreaking and life changing medicines and vaccines are on the horizon, including for major public health threats (Lassa fever, rabies) and respiratory disease (the most promising Tuberculosis vaccine in a century). 🧪

Are authors fairly judged by assessing the #journals in which their work is published? @bihutchins.bsky.social &co reveal that most influential papers are published in lower tier journals, and more authors would be better recognized with #ArticleLevelMetrics #ALMs @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4oV58Ed

#MachineLearning methods are used to predict #AntimicrobialResistance #AMR from genomic data. @lbarquist.bsky.social &co show that sampling biases driven by population structure severely undermine the accuracy of AMR prediction models even with large datasets @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4iZ0zXQ

Nature has an excellent feature on influenza out recently www.nature.com/collections/...

Heroine www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

BONKERS! The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment. Let that sink in. #NZPOL

This song only has one flaw from my perspective....it ends 😜 💜💜💜 open.spotify.com/track/7bJdjM...

#NZpol ⬇️

Democracy began with expectations, not elections. From its inception, even in Athenian times, leaders were meant to serve the people, protect the law, act with integrity, stay accountable, and safeguard the wellbeing of the whole community. That’s the base that everything “democratic” sits on.🧵1/4

Helen's new blog about the continuing degradation of science and quality that was once a hallmark of the CDC diplomaticimmunity.blog/cdc-autism-m...

This is a fabulous interview e-tangata.co.nz/korero/corin...

Yes, ChatGPT can help you write #rstats code, but so can this old Wiki I created with example code used for common data wrangling needs. Who knows, you might find some gems in there.🤷‍♀️ github.com/Cghlewis/dat...

We are interested in your views on measures to protect against influenza and similar respiratory disease.

Yet on several occasions my husband and I have reported scammers, given good evidence and they're still operating and Facebook finds no fault....

OK team of 5m, we've got 15 days to add $27k to Siouxsie's fundraiser to top $200k. If you can, please contribute to pay back some of the awesome mahi she did for us. If you can't, just encourage others to. She doesn't deserve to be out of pocket over the legal battles she has had to fight.

"Universities teach us to ask questions without tidy answers. They train us to look for truths we didn’t know existed and to challenge assumptions we didn’t realise we held. At their best, they remind us that intellect isn’t about having opinions, it’s about earning them."

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

We have low rates of smoking due to progressively implemented previous legislation no thanks to Costello but to Tariana Turia. Costello's contribution is a sad flatlining. At least the tobacco industry will be happy!

#nzpol #jobcuts #Neoliberalism #austerity #homelessness #poverty #NZGovtFail

For the #30DayMapChallenge day 7 Accessibility, in 2021 to help someone looking at health equity and the vaccine rollout, I worked out the road travel distance from every SA2 centre point to every hospital using purely open sources so that it could be freely used. #rstats code in alt text.

Long gestation for this paper but fabulous team to work with rdcu.be/eL4Vt There are good interventions when someone is at risk of cvd such as lipid lowering and blood pressure medication....1/2

Disgusted & sad at the framing by Luxon, of city centres & homeless people. It would be truly decent if it was win win framed -we're going to provide support for those who are homeless & we're "helping" tourism. But no it's; we won't be liked by people visiting so we need to shift them out of sight

I'm hoping that measles fizzles out but it's good to be on alert. Some more info from the fantastic Dr Howe www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/nz...

Enjoyed this. Very clever www.qtheatre.co.nz/shows/captai...

People's risk of heart attack or stroke skyrockets after a bout with the flu or COVID-19. www.upi.com/Health_News/...

Yep agree- batshit crazy....https://newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/winner-of-top-science-prize-blames-batshit-budget-for-brain-drain/

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1/2: NZ admin data allows for useful insights to be made but it is far from perfect. The decision to move to an admin data first census by 2028 is at best laughable. The data system readiness, data quality and embedded bias, & lack of representativeness to name but a few issues.

About measles, the risks and the best protection you can get by my fantastic colleagues theconversation.com/nz-may-be-on...

I am bamboozled by Simeon, Judith and Christopher's labeling of the strike as political/ politically motivated as if it's weird and problematic. Strikes are and have always been political. Either the national party is stupid or they think people are stupid. Either way, not a good look #nzpol

New Zealand is also under siege by the Atlas Network: #AtlasNetwork’s Advance intervened in the Voice referendum in #Australia & similar organisations spawned from the #US model are distorting #NZ’s #politics from within as well as from without. theaimn.com/new-zealand-...

Brilliant brief explainer on research into head injuries in sports youtube.com/watch?v=qNJz...

The choice to keep safe from disease www.facebook.com/share/v/17E7...

"The Impact of Cellphone Bans in Schools on Student Outcomes: Evidence from Florida" www.nber.org/papers/w34388

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This is gorgeous!

And will continue to exist long after I've vacated the premises..