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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 8h

The other plausible mechanism would be inhibited/altered immune response that seems to be (weakly?) associated with Covid But good luck getting compelling data to show such a relationship

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 8h

That kind of connection will only really become possible to see after a lot of data is collected over a long timeframe So my guess is IF there is a relationship then we'll have to wait for several years to get good data and it would need really good records But it's plausible

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 10h

I don't think any of it is simple

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11h

Gosh it's almost as if something terrible happened in 2020 to overload ED and we are only just recovering

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11h

Such a big scary number - right But wait over 25 years? Folks take out mortgages over 30 years to get shelter and power and water that are MUCH larger - and that's without the low interest rates that councils get However, 3-Waters would have been cheaper with even lower govt interest rates

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 12h

Sigh my editor will be beaten Not sure how ...

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 13h

Not sure the author of that bit typed with their head so far up their arse

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 15h

Graph of ED wait times (benchmark is six hours) posted by Simeon Brown last night versus a graph of the same data on the Health NZ website. Managing to abuse both X and Y axes in the same graph is almost impressive.

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 14h

Where do the 89% and 68% numbers come from?

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

Just wait until the Ukrainians hit the right server farm

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Ganesh Rajaram Ahirao @ganeshahirao.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

#nzpol To anybody who may want to hear: The easiest way to get someone "off the JS benefit and into work" is to offer ... a good job with a liveable wage in a safe environment where they are valued and can aspire to a life of contribution and service. Is not rocket science. End of. 🙏.

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I huge amount of the problems with AI can be dealt with by simply applying laws and regulations we already have eg environmental harms from data centres

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

I think AI needs regulation BUT That regulation has to focus on outcomes not technology Both because regulating the tech - prevents any good use And because tech will change too fast for regulations - making the legislation outdated www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

rnz.co.nz

'We don't work for AI': Greens vow to regulate artificial intelligence

The Green Party says it will regulate artificial intelligence (AI) so its benefits are shared with New Zealanders, not just the technology companies that operate them, if elected.

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

But we don't want bloated cars/utes so why would we make space for them Seriously shifting the window of what is a reasonably sized car only benefits the manufacturers and the oil companies

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

But ACT got its Ministry of Regulation and it was ACT that wanted a smaller state sector and massive reduction of government spending That the "principles" bill didn't pass was irrelevant to the social damage it caused which was always the aim

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

And yet ACT and NZF dictated coalition policy for the last three years

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Kylie @styla73.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

THIS IS MY WHY

Mike Hosking says "I will leave the country of a left wing government is elected."

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

As if I needed another compelling reason to vote left

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

But what if you want to drive up mountains and ford raging rivers while towing a caravan, a boat and jetskis?????? NZ car ads are so stupid

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Neal Curtis @nihilcurtis.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The goal of neoliberalism was never to "roll back the state" but to degrade society in order to produce corporate dependency. This is done by ensuring all state functions are placed in private hands, becoming another vehicle for wealth extraction beyond democratic accountability.

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Dylan Reeve @dylanreeve.com · 11/10/2026

Counterpoint: All potential NZ government parties can in fact afford whatever they want to prioritise. They have massive capacity for investment and the financial position of the country, despite what the current Government likes to cry, is totally fine. Spend money to make NZ better!

Election 2026: Labour says it can fund pay equity and public services. Its fiscal plan suggests it will have to pick one – Thomas Coughlan

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

I hope you wasted a lot of his time My policy is to let The Green door knockers go as quick as possible and then take up as much time as I can from the others

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Musical Chairs @musicalchairs.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sorry, I'll explain. We currently react to inflation by reducing the disposable income of spenders so that demand falls and unemployment goes up. We use a bufferstock of unemployed people to keep workers desperate, so wages are suppressed and we don't get a feedback loop (wage 🔄 prices) [🧵 1/n]

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

This government fucking hates scientists.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 09/10/2026

Whānau, yesterday I wrote letting you know that we sent our campaign asks to the political parties and news media. As promised, today we are publicly launching the campaign: Research Is Work! Please help spread the word by hitting the share button and sending it to your socials. #NZPOL 🇳🇿

te-ara-paerangi.community

Research Is Work Campaign Launch

Research Is WorkThe world is a complex place with far too many problems and questions for any individual. That is why universities and research institutions exist, to employ specialists to contribute ...

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

"you're essentially saying 'you need to stop catching those fish'." Yup that's exactly what we're saying It is no longer acceptable to strip the oceans of sea life And yes I will eat less fish

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

From the vox pops I heard it's not just ignorance but a genuine desire to be nasty towards those who can't find work Sigh - I really want to hope that New Zealand is better than that but sometimes it does get hard to believe You're right they are targeting a group they know will vote for that

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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Greens announce passenger rail: Auckland–Wellington, Christchurch–Dunedin, Te Huia to Tauranga. Luxon: rail must be "commercially viable." Motorways aren't commercially viable. We fund them anyway. "Viability" is the test Luxon applies to things he doesn't want built. #nzpol

rnz.co.nz

Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities

The Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected.

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So here's the quiestion From 10000 tests we can expect maybe 30-40 positives This isn't about drugs or beneficiaries This is about a drug testing company getting a sweet deal from the National party

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Andrew Dickson @andrewdickson13.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Louise Upston wants 10,000 unemployed New Zealanders to piss in a cup. It'll cost $1.5 million. Naturally, I turned to Freud and Lacan to understand why National is so damn interested, again, in other people's urine. Thread time!🧵 #nzpol

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

So assuming the frequency of positives remains the same Then from the 10000 random tests we can expect 30-40 positives So the question I have is - which company will do the tests and how much did they donate to National? This isn't about drugs or beneficiaries - it's corruption

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 08/10/2026

5 years ago, I wrote this op-ed. The Labour party had the power necessary to end austerity on their own. No need to convince any other party to support them. They continued with austerity and the damage it causes to the public research system. They've told us they will keep doing it. #NZPOL

stuff.co.nz

End the age of austerity in science funding

OPINION: Covid-19 has resulted in redundancies among scientists, at a time when we need them most.

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

A word at the end of the day about people saying "I'm okay with drug testing if all MPs have to do it". No. That is *not* where we want to go. Part of the danger of National's stunt policy is that it sets us off down a slippery slope where the privacy and human rights of *everyone* are infringed.

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

... to regulate & optimize photosynthesis in stolen chloroplasts. So when you see what look like leaves (parapodia) on the back of this leaf-sheep sea slug (Costasiella kuroshimae), know they're a finely-tuned organ for controlling & optimizing photosynthesis. And also cute as hell. 😀

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Elysia crispata are also called "lettuce sea slugs". They utilize 'kleptoplasty', stealing chloroplasts from macroalgae. But the name 'crispata' means "frilled", referring to how it looks like a 1970's tuxedo shirt. Here the fun bit: it's an animal that evolved LEAVES. Let's talk about it!

From a sea slug forum, an Elysia crispata showing purple and orange fringed animal with dark black and white spots on the body. it's on a bit of coral with some algae lawn beneath it.

"Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Mar 26). Comment on Two Elysia crispata from Saba, Windward Islands by Eric Kaye. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23397"

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Mountain Tui @mountaintui.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Nearly 15% of working population on jobseekers, 80,000 above National's target as Coalition's job cuts, record biz failures & cost of living results in 220,000 Kiwis on jobseekers while ~160,000 so far leave permanently. Their answer: cut benefits, cut youth off benefits & drive more into poverty

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

And you're right this is a power play But I really don't understand which demographic they believe will change their vote for this I doubt that there is anyone who does not know someone affected by the job losses

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

They are punishing people for being unemployed As if being unemployed is some kind of moral failure on the victims part I think it says a lot about the people proposing this

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I'm pretty sure that's the purpose of the cameras in the supermarket

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Of course they are not going to reverse the policies of their future coalition partner

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Tony from Welly @tonywelly.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

After the release of the Sir Nicky Hager's Dirty Works book I see the TPU have been extremely quiet during the National electioneering. Good Fuck off and fuck off some more, you freeloaders. #nzpol

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

There's nothing free about the load they place on society

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Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

If you really want to get "more people off welfare and into work", consider not tanking the economy. That typically works better than performative cruelty.

The party also promised:
to provide "intensive, work-focused support" for 30,000 jobseekers who have been on Jobseeker for more than a year, with more funding for employment programmes that support young people into work.
lowering the rate of payment for those who had been on the benefit for two of the previous three years, from 1 April 2028. There would be a smaller reduction for households with dependent children.
those who repeatedly leave employment without good and sufficient reason would face a 26-week non-entitlement period, up from 13 weeks.
from 1 April 2028, the minimum residence period to qualify for main benefits will increase from two years to five years.
Upston said the party was focused on "getting more people off welfare and into work".

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Bart Janssen @bjjanssen.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Punching down as hard as they can Imagine what kind of person you have to be to think this is a good thing to do to other humans

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Roland Pease @peaseroland.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Very useful backgrounder on the Russian plague case.

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