Cassie
@cassiemph.bsky.social
Health researcher interested in public health, trans healthcare, medical education #TransHealth (they/them) tangata tiriti/white immigrant living in Aotearoa New Zealand
😷🥄 was MyMiniRants on Twitter
😷🥄 was MyMiniRants on Twitter
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Fantail posting? We just went back to the park for a wee walk around (still 6 pūtangitangi chicks!) and we found the fantail/pīwakawaka family very active too. Look how big these chicks are getting now!! There must be just two. Two very well fed. Watch to the end for a real treat #nzbirds
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Fantail posting? We just went back to the park for a wee walk around (still 6 pūtangitangi chicks!) and we found the fantail/pīwakawaka family very active too. Look how big these chicks are getting now!! There must be just two. Two very well fed. Watch to the end for a real treat #nzbirds
These folks will be repping at the Otago Farmers Market on the 15 Nov 8am til noon!
“INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER
Come and meet local writers to find out more, sign petitions and take other
actions to support imprisoned and tortured writers worldwide!”
“INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER
Come and meet local writers to find out more, sign petitions and take other
actions to support imprisoned and tortured writers worldwide!”
November 11, 2025 at 6:56 AM
These folks will be repping at the Otago Farmers Market on the 15 Nov 8am til noon!
“INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER
Come and meet local writers to find out more, sign petitions and take other
actions to support imprisoned and tortured writers worldwide!”
“INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER
Come and meet local writers to find out more, sign petitions and take other
actions to support imprisoned and tortured writers worldwide!”
Possibly a great example of how the proxies everyone uses in our discussions of health and bodies obscures the findings: is it “women” as in a social category or determinant? Or is it a molecular pathway related to testosterone levels? Or a combination?
Hashtag rhetorical
Hashtag rhetorical
Women are 3x times more likely to develop long COVID.
Researchers found gut leakiness, inflammation, anemia, and hormone imbalances in women with long COVID (including lower testosterone and cortisol). These factors may help explain why long COVID affects women more.
Source: archive.li/pUBSE
Researchers found gut leakiness, inflammation, anemia, and hormone imbalances in women with long COVID (including lower testosterone and cortisol). These factors may help explain why long COVID affects women more.
Source: archive.li/pUBSE
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Possibly a great example of how the proxies everyone uses in our discussions of health and bodies obscures the findings: is it “women” as in a social category or determinant? Or is it a molecular pathway related to testosterone levels? Or a combination?
Hashtag rhetorical
Hashtag rhetorical
I constantly struggle to balance the responsibility I hold to research participants to protect them from harm and the fact that the social contract is currently to ignore Covid and other airborne viral infections.
How do I protect people from something they don’t care about? Can I?
How do I protect people from something they don’t care about? Can I?
Article summarises Dr. Kosuke Kawai et al from Uni of California research on viruses including influenza (flu) + COVID19 increasing risk of suffering a Heart Attack or Stroke or other chronic diseases. Getting vaccinated against viruses helps with cardiovascular health!
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding
Several new studies show that viral and bacterial infections like COVID-19 are potent drivers of “non-communicable” and especially cardiovascular diseases. This finding underscores why vaccination is ...
www.wsws.org
November 10, 2025 at 6:14 PM
I constantly struggle to balance the responsibility I hold to research participants to protect them from harm and the fact that the social contract is currently to ignore Covid and other airborne viral infections.
How do I protect people from something they don’t care about? Can I?
How do I protect people from something they don’t care about? Can I?
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Article summarises Dr. Kosuke Kawai et al from Uni of California research on viruses including influenza (flu) + COVID19 increasing risk of suffering a Heart Attack or Stroke or other chronic diseases. Getting vaccinated against viruses helps with cardiovascular health!
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Vaccines, infections and chronic diseases: A new understanding
Several new studies show that viral and bacterial infections like COVID-19 are potent drivers of “non-communicable” and especially cardiovascular diseases. This finding underscores why vaccination is ...
www.wsws.org
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Article summarises Dr. Kosuke Kawai et al from Uni of California research on viruses including influenza (flu) + COVID19 increasing risk of suffering a Heart Attack or Stroke or other chronic diseases. Getting vaccinated against viruses helps with cardiovascular health!
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
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Did you hear that the number of autocracies has risen from 88 to 91 in one year, and fewer than 12% of people worldwide now live in liberal democracies
Autocracies outnumber democracies for the first time in 20 years: V-Dem
The 2025 V-Dem report finds that 45 countries are affected by autocratization and 19 are in episodes of democratization.
www.democracywithoutborders.org
November 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
Did you hear that the number of autocracies has risen from 88 to 91 in one year, and fewer than 12% of people worldwide now live in liberal democracies
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I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
November 10, 2025 at 3:16 AM
I just want everyone to have the experience of living in dignity with access to sufficient food, safe housing, needed medical care, high quality education, and time to engage with what sparks their curiosity and spirit
this should not be controversial 🫠
this should not be controversial 🫠
This is close to making the 3000 mark!
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/de...
Demand Accountability for Disinformation in Public Discourse
Peters’ recent comments misrepresented the facts surrounding athletes Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-ting and the broader debate on gender and sports. His assertions, based on misleading information and lack...
our.actionstation.org.nz
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
This is close to making the 3000 mark!
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Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 AM
Ōtepoti: Palestine solidarity
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
Rally for Palestine
Saturday 15th November
2-4pm
Upper Octagon
image: same info, illustrated with Palestinian flag at the bottom & a background photo of a person holding up a sign "Stop the genocide", amongst a crowd of people
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Kikorangi bluesky: have experience with hot water heat pump? I'm exploring shifting off of gas & one option presented by plumber is Rinnai HydraHeat
I'm curious how you find it, compared to traditional hot water cylinder
bonus if you're in Ōtepoti
I'm curious how you find it, compared to traditional hot water cylinder
bonus if you're in Ōtepoti
November 10, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Kikorangi bluesky: have experience with hot water heat pump? I'm exploring shifting off of gas & one option presented by plumber is Rinnai HydraHeat
I'm curious how you find it, compared to traditional hot water cylinder
bonus if you're in Ōtepoti
I'm curious how you find it, compared to traditional hot water cylinder
bonus if you're in Ōtepoti
Me, emailing with the third party travel agents about work travel for the uni.
November 10, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Me, emailing with the third party travel agents about work travel for the uni.
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Always relevant!
November 10, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Always relevant!
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the inverse i’ll get is people asking me, masked, if i’m sick, to which ive got a few replies:
> “nah i just mask in all public indoor spaces”
> “not yet and i’d like to keep it that way”
and my fave for if i’m feeling mysterious and or snarky:
> “yes but not in the way you think”
> “nah i just mask in all public indoor spaces”
> “not yet and i’d like to keep it that way”
and my fave for if i’m feeling mysterious and or snarky:
> “yes but not in the way you think”
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 6:45 PM
the inverse i’ll get is people asking me, masked, if i’m sick, to which ive got a few replies:
> “nah i just mask in all public indoor spaces”
> “not yet and i’d like to keep it that way”
and my fave for if i’m feeling mysterious and or snarky:
> “yes but not in the way you think”
> “nah i just mask in all public indoor spaces”
> “not yet and i’d like to keep it that way”
and my fave for if i’m feeling mysterious and or snarky:
> “yes but not in the way you think”
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Share this to scare Brian Tamaki
November 8, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Share this to scare Brian Tamaki
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Merge NZ are hosting NZSL Club here in Ōtepoti - great opportunity to use and practice NZSL
Dates: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
18 November, 2 & 16 December
Address: St David Complex Seminar (Room C G.03)
Everyone welcome - Deaf and hearing alike.
image is poster, full info in alt text
Dates: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
18 November, 2 & 16 December
Address: St David Complex Seminar (Room C G.03)
Everyone welcome - Deaf and hearing alike.
image is poster, full info in alt text
November 8, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Merge NZ are hosting NZSL Club here in Ōtepoti - great opportunity to use and practice NZSL
Dates: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
18 November, 2 & 16 December
Address: St David Complex Seminar (Room C G.03)
Everyone welcome - Deaf and hearing alike.
image is poster, full info in alt text
Dates: Tuesday, 6:30pm - 8:00pm
18 November, 2 & 16 December
Address: St David Complex Seminar (Room C G.03)
Everyone welcome - Deaf and hearing alike.
image is poster, full info in alt text
Fascinating.
Einstein was a socialist who was a vocal critic on inequality in society.
Why Socialism? - Monthly Review
� Albert Einstein is the world-famous physicist. This article was originally published in the first issue of Monthly Review (May 1949). It was subsequently published in May 1998 to commemorate... READ...
monthlyreview.org
November 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Fascinating.
This is silly. I’m gonna be 40 soon and I do every thing on this list.
Well I guess I've been a Zoomer for the last half-century. These articles frame Gen Z traits (not talking on speakerphone, not making unexpected visits, not commenting on someone's appearance) as stemming from young people's heightened social anxiety, but to me it's just called being considerate.
11 Habits Gen Z Thinks Are Polite But Older Generations Find Annoying
With new generations come inevitable shifts in etiquette.
www.yourtango.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
This is silly. I’m gonna be 40 soon and I do every thing on this list.
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I don’t have any special medical excuses to offer, I have no health problems and I’d probably recover in a reasonable amount of time if I caught whatever virus is going around, I just really value not being sick
November 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
I don’t have any special medical excuses to offer, I have no health problems and I’d probably recover in a reasonable amount of time if I caught whatever virus is going around, I just really value not being sick
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Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
November 8, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sometimes when people ask me why I’m wearing a mask I say I’m traveling or have some important thing soon and can’t afford to get sick and miss it and that’s pretty much always true but I think it would be nice if it were more normalized to just say “I don’t want to get sick” and leave it at that
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💻Online hui about #measles for Deaf and disabled people, their whānau, carers, support services, about the measles outbreak. Link to event details: facebook.com/share/1CJX5y15DT/
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
November 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
💻Online hui about #measles for Deaf and disabled people, their whānau, carers, support services, about the measles outbreak. Link to event details: facebook.com/share/1CJX5y15DT/
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
NZSL interpreters will be provided. 👍 Info on measles in alternate formats/NZSL: info.health.nz/measles.
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'Unlearn the language of “good,” “innocent,” or “wrongfully.” This is not just a rhetorical shift, but a shift in values. Let go of any preconceived notions you had about “criminals.”' -- @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/whe...
truthout.org/articles/whe...
When Everything Is Criminalized, We Must Unlearn the Language of “Innocence”
No one should be caged, tortured, detained, or deported by the state — all carceral violence is done wrongfully.
truthout.org
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
'Unlearn the language of “good,” “innocent,” or “wrongfully.” This is not just a rhetorical shift, but a shift in values. Let go of any preconceived notions you had about “criminals.”' -- @mskellymhayes.bsky.social
truthout.org/articles/whe...
truthout.org/articles/whe...
Now I’ll be able to see all the shit y’all are talking.
Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
Here's how to turn it off.
First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner
November 8, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Now I’ll be able to see all the shit y’all are talking.
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The need for alternative and local educational infrastructure that re-emphasises democratic processes of knowledge production looms large.
We wrote this paper a while ago and since then OpenAI has claimed plans to be "core infrastructure" of education, Google has rammed Gemini into schools via its education platforms, and AWS showed it underpins most edtech platforms... 1/
New paper just out on how changing sociotechnical systems of knowledge production and access - platforms, the cloud, AI - pose profound challenges to educational practice and research doi.org/10.1080/0305...
November 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
The need for alternative and local educational infrastructure that re-emphasises democratic processes of knowledge production looms large.
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People should do check in's with themselves about what things they are not saying or doing because they are afraid of conservative backlash, including threats and bombardment
You need to pay attention to how you are being worked on and how fear is being used to govern you
You need to pay attention to how you are being worked on and how fear is being used to govern you
In the years after the Me Too movement, it seemed like there was finally an open forum to have urgent discussions on the prevalence of sexual violence on university campuses. But that momentum has faded with the pandemic, austerity, and rising conservatism.
What Happened to the Campus Me Too Movement? | The Local
Without enough brothers to fill their houses, some fraternities have begun renting rooms to non-students desperate for cheap rent. The results have been messy.
thelocal.to
November 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
People should do check in's with themselves about what things they are not saying or doing because they are afraid of conservative backlash, including threats and bombardment
You need to pay attention to how you are being worked on and how fear is being used to govern you
You need to pay attention to how you are being worked on and how fear is being used to govern you