Alison Campbell
@acampbelteacher.bsky.social
Biology educator, science communicator (I'm retired but still doing both!), foodie, dog-lover, avid reader, & somewhat addicted to cycling for pleasure. Occasional blogger: https://blog.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog/
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent
Analysis: The government's ban on puberty blockers for gender-affirming care prioritises politics and ideology over decades of expert clinical guidance and patient safety evidence.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Puberty blockers: why politicians overriding doctors sets a dangerous precedent www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-...
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Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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November 21, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Relying on ChatGPT to teach you about a topic leaves you with shallower knowledge than Googling and reading about it, according to new research that compared what more than 10,000 people knew after using one method or the other.
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Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Former Finnish PM Sanna Marin put it bluntly: “To end the conflict, Russia must leave Ukrainian territory.”
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Just one point. Nothing more to discuss.
Can't help feeling we've been significantly short-changed.
Compromise COP30 climate deal doesn't mention fossil fuels www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Compromise COP30 climate deal doesn't mention fossil fuels www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
November 22, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Can't help feeling we've been significantly short-changed.
Compromise COP30 climate deal doesn't mention fossil fuels www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
Compromise COP30 climate deal doesn't mention fossil fuels www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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Great article. An important point is the blatant hypocrisy that the legislation only applies to trans kids. Cis kids can still be prescribed these medications for their medical needs. This makes a mockery of their narratives. This is blatant harmful bigotry to cause suffering. THAT'S ILLEGAL !
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Great article. An important point is the blatant hypocrisy that the legislation only applies to trans kids. Cis kids can still be prescribed these medications for their medical needs. This makes a mockery of their narratives. This is blatant harmful bigotry to cause suffering. THAT'S ILLEGAL !
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The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
The overwhelmingly positive experiences of trans youth on puberty blockers
A survey of trans youth highlights the enormous value of puberty blockers – and the strong need for continued access to them....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 22, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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😻😻😻PROFESSOR BISCUIT!😻😻😻
They're also responsible for one of the best emails I've ever received, when the college office sent out a plea for sightings of Professor Biscuit while conveniently forgetting to mention that he was a cat...(I won't comment on how often a similar email might have gone out about human Professors...)
November 21, 2025 at 5:32 PM
😻😻😻PROFESSOR BISCUIT!😻😻😻
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#NZ #Police corruption: Now a Senior Auckland detective is also under investigation over alleged objectionable material, after bestiality & child sex exploitation material was allegedly found on his work devices #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/senior-au...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/senior-au...
Senior Auckland detective under investigation over alleged objectionable material
The veteran is one of three staff under criminal investigation following police audit
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
#NZ #Police corruption: Now a Senior Auckland detective is also under investigation over alleged objectionable material, after bestiality & child sex exploitation material was allegedly found on his work devices #nzpol
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/senior-au...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/senior-au...
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Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said he and the US were working to carve out a “dignified and effective” path for peace. But Ukraine’s leader has warned the war-torn country faces a “very difficult choice”
Trump tells Zelensky to sign peace deal in days with stark deadline for Ukraine
www.independent.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said he and the US were working to carve out a “dignified and effective” path for peace. But Ukraine’s leader has warned the war-torn country faces a “very difficult choice”
I stepped out into the garden with the puppy and a balloon drifted over us, quite low, from beyond the trees. (Puppy wasn't bothered ar all.)
November 21, 2025 at 6:36 PM
I stepped out into the garden with the puppy and a balloon drifted over us, quite low, from beyond the trees. (Puppy wasn't bothered ar all.)
Does MAGA think they're "American numerals" or something?
We’re a little late to this, but we just saw MAGA melting down over a post claiming Mamdani is teaching “Arabic numerals” in public schools. We had to laugh do they not realize those are the numbers we use every single day? You really can’t make this stuff up.
November 21, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Does MAGA think they're "American numerals" or something?
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“BTW, corporate NZ has never given Ardern credit for the economic benefits that her style of leadership earned this country on the world stage. No flash marketing campaign could deliver anything like the positive brand recognition that NZ gained during her tenure.” #nzpol
On The Ferries Fiasco, Soft Power And Gaza
Good to hear someone calling “bullshit” on Winston Peters, and on his claims to have saved the taxpayer $2.3 billion on the Cook Strait ferries.
www.scoop.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 6:03 PM
“BTW, corporate NZ has never given Ardern credit for the economic benefits that her style of leadership earned this country on the world stage. No flash marketing campaign could deliver anything like the positive brand recognition that NZ gained during her tenure.” #nzpol
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Great little story 😊
Via a friend: the recipient of the first successful neonatal heart transplant celebrated his 40th birthday a few days ago, still with the same donor heart transplanted into him when he was just days old: news.llu.edu/patient-care...
40 years of life: the miracle of ‘Baby Moses’ and the heart that changed medicine | News
First and longest-living infant-to-infant heart transplant recipient celebrates 40th birthday at reunion event.
news.llu.edu
November 21, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Great little story 😊
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One of the things cis women have long fought for bodily autonomy with are cries such as "get your laws off my body" & "my body, my choice" ... trans folks are no different.
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Halt to puberty blockers curses 'young transgender women to stigma'
That's the reaction of a model who used puberty blockers as a teen to rules halting new prescriptions for young people.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 1:38 AM
One of the things cis women have long fought for bodily autonomy with are cries such as "get your laws off my body" & "my body, my choice" ... trans folks are no different.
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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I shouldn't have to spell it out, but if such forces feel like they can legislate against the bodily rights & autonomy of self for one group, they can do it for other groups whom they deem also aren't inhabiting their bodies 'correctly'.
If they come for others, they will come for us.
If they come for others, they will come for us.
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 AM
I shouldn't have to spell it out, but if such forces feel like they can legislate against the bodily rights & autonomy of self for one group, they can do it for other groups whom they deem also aren't inhabiting their bodies 'correctly'.
If they come for others, they will come for us.
If they come for others, they will come for us.
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Though honestly regardless, even if this wasn't all part of the same damn system and structures and wouldn't effect us at all, just care for trans folks and empower them as fellow human beings, for crying out loud.
November 21, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Though honestly regardless, even if this wasn't all part of the same damn system and structures and wouldn't effect us at all, just care for trans folks and empower them as fellow human beings, for crying out loud.
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It's very suspicious that puberty blockers are OK for cis chn but not trans. What's difft? A woman in my old book grp had a daughter transitioning to a boy. She said she wasn't surprised as her daughter had always felt odd. It worries me how many issues this CoC chgd. Flip flops aren't helpful.
November 21, 2025 at 5:48 AM
It's very suspicious that puberty blockers are OK for cis chn but not trans. What's difft? A woman in my old book grp had a daughter transitioning to a boy. She said she wasn't surprised as her daughter had always felt odd. It worries me how many issues this CoC chgd. Flip flops aren't helpful.
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This. Targeting trans youth is a test of how far they can push. If the coalition is re-elected, expect more restrictions. Note which parties are speaking out now and making official statements - they’re the ones likely to resist further erosion, and should be voted for strongly when the times comes.
Important 🧵
Attempts to constrain gender affirming health care are an attack on bodily autonomy and a politicisation of access to health care. It signals a willingness to constrain and control people's choices that every single one of us ought to be resisting, as vigorously as we can.
Attempts to constrain gender affirming health care are an attack on bodily autonomy and a politicisation of access to health care. It signals a willingness to constrain and control people's choices that every single one of us ought to be resisting, as vigorously as we can.
One of the things cis women have long fought for bodily autonomy with are cries such as "get your laws off my body" & "my body, my choice" ... trans folks are no different.
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
This is why the ban on puberty blockers for trans folks is so incredibly stupid and ideological.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
November 21, 2025 at 6:11 PM
This. Targeting trans youth is a test of how far they can push. If the coalition is re-elected, expect more restrictions. Note which parties are speaking out now and making official statements - they’re the ones likely to resist further erosion, and should be voted for strongly when the times comes.
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You’re a pretty shitty lawyer, Mike.
Mike Johnson on Trump calling for Democrats to be executed: "Attorneys have to parse the language and determine all that."
November 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
You’re a pretty shitty lawyer, Mike.
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🦠 #NZ Measles – Two more cases, both in Nelson
- closely linked to an existing case in Nelson
- *new* locations in Nelson, Auckland and Waikato ⬇️
- full locations of interest, there are a lot: info.health.nz/conditions-t...
If you have symptoms, please contact Healthline Healthline on 0800 611 116
- closely linked to an existing case in Nelson
- *new* locations in Nelson, Auckland and Waikato ⬇️
- full locations of interest, there are a lot: info.health.nz/conditions-t...
If you have symptoms, please contact Healthline Healthline on 0800 611 116
November 21, 2025 at 4:17 AM
🦠 #NZ Measles – Two more cases, both in Nelson
- closely linked to an existing case in Nelson
- *new* locations in Nelson, Auckland and Waikato ⬇️
- full locations of interest, there are a lot: info.health.nz/conditions-t...
If you have symptoms, please contact Healthline Healthline on 0800 611 116
- closely linked to an existing case in Nelson
- *new* locations in Nelson, Auckland and Waikato ⬇️
- full locations of interest, there are a lot: info.health.nz/conditions-t...
If you have symptoms, please contact Healthline Healthline on 0800 611 116
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“National (& Bishop) has repackaged a reduced social housing budget & is now delivering fewer homes than it promised just months ago,” Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty…
“The Housing Investment Plan is nothing more than a rebrand – underfunded & underdelivering.”
#nzpol
“The Housing Investment Plan is nothing more than a rebrand – underfunded & underdelivering.”
#nzpol
Govt Failing On Social Housing Delivery
“National has repackaged a reduced social housing budget and is now delivering fewer homes than it promised just months ago,” Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty said.
www.scoop.co.nz
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 PM
“National (& Bishop) has repackaged a reduced social housing budget & is now delivering fewer homes than it promised just months ago,” Labour housing spokesperson Kieran McAnulty…
“The Housing Investment Plan is nothing more than a rebrand – underfunded & underdelivering.”
#nzpol
“The Housing Investment Plan is nothing more than a rebrand – underfunded & underdelivering.”
#nzpol
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Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
November 21, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Rewarding a dictator-aggressor always leads to another war. One that is usually even worse.
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Also, if companies are happy to lose workers over AI, then society Universal Basic Income needs to become a reality. There's a lot of unemployed people out there with no available positions going.
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Also, if companies are happy to lose workers over AI, then society Universal Basic Income needs to become a reality. There's a lot of unemployed people out there with no available positions going.
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Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
An Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees a staggering reduction in homelessness. The program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years, and at the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
Oregon pilot program giving cash to homeless youths sees staggering reduction in homelessness
The state program gave participants $1,000 cash payments each month for two years. At the end of the project's first phase, 91% of participants reported being in stable housing.
www.streetroots.org
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Time to move past the neverending trial stage. Yes, basic income reduces homelessness.
I turned the TV on for the puppy...
November 21, 2025 at 5:59 AM
I turned the TV on for the puppy...