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FionaA

@falp.bsky.social
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Palmy. Trans rights are human rights. Toitū te tiriti.

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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To every Australian banging on this morning on talkback radio about wanting ZERO migration, I concede. You can have it. As long as you are ok with the high chance of ZERO emergency medical care when you’re sick. ZERO aged care when you’re old. ZERO fresh food when you’re hungry.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Wtf??
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
They are good knives!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Excellent mockumentary.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Omg
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This tiny fix solves a problem you never realized you had, and once you see it, it makes perfect sense.
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Leah McElrath @leahmcelrath.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Interesting and accessible counterpoint to the latest concern hype about AI by @leninology.bsky.social (And it has a good explanation of the functioning and limits of LLMs, for those curious.)
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Kill all humans | Richard Seymour
It seems a strange publicity gambit, to say our product could wipe out humanity. In the lingo of our evolving tech empire, though, this is e
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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Numerous “good” tipping point are happening — and could help propel us into a better world. But we have to make wise choices. www.euronews.com/2026/09/12/r...
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The 5 positive tipping points that could ‘rapidly’ heal the world
“For too long a sense has prevailed that solutions to the climate and nature are out of reach. This new research explodes that myth once and for all.”
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
In 2022 my country entered a new era of cruelty. It will take more than one election to get the old, tolerant Sweden back, writes Swedish journalist Martin Gelin
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
sounds familiar. How Sweden lost its soul – and stopped being Sweden | Martin Gelin
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Good point!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Can you say “character X was reading HP”?
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Jeff Asher @jeffasher.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is so incredibly addictive anyhumanever.com
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Any Human Ever
One life, drawn at random from all who have ever lived.
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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 28/08/2026
I am currently recruiting for a 2-year postdoc/research fellow role at the University of Auckland here in New Zealand, focusing on auditory perception, hearing, and music in older adults, including people with Alzheimer's disease or other dementias ~NZ$100k/yr, flexible start date, please apply!
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Postdoc in The Music Lab // Expression of interest
Note. The below text is a general overview of the sorts of postdocs we often recruit. We are currently recruiting candidates for a 2-year position focusing on auditory perception in aging populations,...
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Looks like something my cat might sick up.
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Nyika @puzzledbyadream.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Just to say, if you are a neurodivergent ECR or grad student in AoNZ and fancy collaborating on a social sciences paper about neurodivergence and time in the university, there’s still time to get involved. Long shot, I appreciate, going to tag this with #NZPol so some people see it.
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Robot Muldoom @robot-muldoom.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Since the coalition was elected, landlords have received benefits equivalent to more than 25 years of Treaty settlement redress. #nzpol
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Landlord tax break cost rose by $800m to $2.9b
National’s pre-election fiscal and tax plans costed the policy at $2.1b.
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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Christopher Luxon is forever talking about the colossal economic train wreck the last government left and this gets repeated as certain fact. But what are the actual numbers? www.davidslack.net/borrow-story/
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Trainwreck debt quiz
Christopher Luxon is forever talking about the colossal economic train wreck the last government left and this gets repeated as certain fact. But what are the actual numbers?
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Heads of broccoli I mean!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I will send him the 4 heads I have in the fridge and the 2 bags of frozen florets.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
And TOO much broccoli!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Katriona's book, "Poor", is also a good read. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Can anyone be too poor to buy a toothbrush? Yes – I know, because that was me | Katriona O'Sullivan
LBC’s Nick Ferrari can’t see what is stopping people buying a cheap toothbrush, but the grinding reality of living in poverty creates its own priorities, says psychologist, author and professor Dr Kat...
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
But you get out first in Palmy!
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Elizabeth Spiers @espiers.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
This is one of my biggest frustrations, especially when talking about technofascists. They really do want a feudal society! It’s not a metaphor!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
His “business” is in a sorry state!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
always suspected preferred prime minister poll is really about name recognition.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Yes the best!!!
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Simon Wilson @simonbwilson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
In January I gave a talk at the Ōtaki Summer Camp, an annual gathering for young progressives. The organisers suggested the topic: the worst government of my lifetime. I had to think about that. Is it? Why? Here's the talk, at my Substack, Hopetown simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/everything...
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Everything everywhere all at once
How to deal with the worst government in my lifetime
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Herb Alpert! Fabulous.
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Richard Hills @richardhills.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Great to see that National support 30 weeks Paid Parental Leave. Especially after they voted against the introduction of PPL. Blocked the extension to 26 weeks for several years. Canceled 33 pay equity claims. And just this year, cut Best Start payments for the majority of new parents.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
FEWER!!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I mean this could include multitudes.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Stop it!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
And story behind you and Harry and the bearded guy?
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Mind you it is pouring down at the moment so I may be in for a surprise tomorrow!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Some small areas of palmy prone to flooding. Have been here nearly 40 years in various locations and never had an issue.
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TK (Takashi DY) Kozai @bioniclab.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
🧬In 2001, a member of the National Academy of Sciences told my 400-person lecture to watch Jennifer Doudna, because she'd probably win a Nobel. What he didn't say: taxpayers were already paying for the work that would get her there. 🧵
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Dr Hu @huhana.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
So angry tonight, had media korero but sharing here why Wakari ward needs to be shut. open.substack.com/pub/huhanahi...
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Wakari Was Not an Isolated Failure, It is the Warning We Can No Longer Ignore
Dr Huhana Hickey
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Peter Dearden @peterkdearden.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
on the destruction of New Zealand Science open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
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on the destruction of New Zealand Science
and earthquakes
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Or as an old postcard used to say “land of the wrong white crowd”.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Per year but yes miserly.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Another good one is Slide and Seek.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Such a great idea for apartment dwellers/ renters.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Yes please!!!
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's hard to convey just how monstrous the privatisation of children's care homes has become. Highly vulnerable children have been turned into cash machines, with devastating impacts on their wellbeing. Please sit down before reading this week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Horrific, unregulated, and very profitable. The companies making cash from England’s children in care | George Monbiot
Councils are sending vulnerable kids to homes ran by money-grabbing cowboys and private-equity vultures, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 05/06/2026
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available. We illustrated their findings.
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The Horrors That Could Lie Ahead if Vaccines Vanish
Researchers at Stanford University modeled how many people could die or be disabled in 25 years if vaccines for polio, measles, rubella or diphtheria were no longer available.
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Many years ago I contemplated writing a novel about Mary. She is mentioned about 18 times in P&P and I thought there was a way of telling a different story for her. Then in 2005 Colleen McCullough wrote The Independence of Miss Mary Bennett! Gazumped!
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/e-...
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I keep having to go back to week 1 :-(
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FionaA @falp.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
Stop in Myrdal and take Flam train down to fjord.
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