Dr Bex
@drbex.bsky.social
She/her. Pākehā. Community Psychology. Food insecurity. Mum of 4. Aotearoa.
Merry Christmas 🎉🌸😁
We have a house full of family, have just finished a marvellous Christmas breakfast, the mimosas were a hit, hope you are all having a lovely Christmas morning too 💕🍹
We have a house full of family, have just finished a marvellous Christmas breakfast, the mimosas were a hit, hope you are all having a lovely Christmas morning too 💕🍹
December 24, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Merry Christmas 🎉🌸😁
We have a house full of family, have just finished a marvellous Christmas breakfast, the mimosas were a hit, hope you are all having a lovely Christmas morning too 💕🍹
We have a house full of family, have just finished a marvellous Christmas breakfast, the mimosas were a hit, hope you are all having a lovely Christmas morning too 💕🍹
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personally think any ai use at any stage in the creation process should be criticized so companies don't get comfortable with even the smallest amount of it in their works
December 21, 2025 at 1:46 AM
personally think any ai use at any stage in the creation process should be criticized so companies don't get comfortable with even the smallest amount of it in their works
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🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
Death rates rise when NHS cuts back on nursing
Using lower-paid workers to plug the gaps left by a failure to hire registered nurses damages safety, new research has shown
www.thetimes.com
December 21, 2025 at 8:41 AM
🚨 EXCLUSIVE: English hospitals that cut registered nurses saw more deaths while those hiring nurses saw more patients survive. Even when hospitals tried to fill gaps with non-nurses, deaths still went up. Major new study exposes dangerous NHS variation:
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
www.thetimes.com/article/7eed...
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The Sikh religion and wider culture will unambiguously:
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
December 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
The Sikh religion and wider culture will unambiguously:
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
- feed you when you are hungry
- give you clothes/blankets when you are cold
- shelter you when you are homeless
- organise a doctor when you are sick
Their selfless generosity is legion.
Brian Tamaki is really out-of-line and dangerous.
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Two cruisers made it down 9th Avenue to 46th St. in the bike lane in moments, then stuck in traffic on 46th St. Imagine if there was a bike lane on 46th they could use.
Bike lanes speed emergency response
Bike lanes speed emergency response
December 20, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Two cruisers made it down 9th Avenue to 46th St. in the bike lane in moments, then stuck in traffic on 46th St. Imagine if there was a bike lane on 46th they could use.
Bike lanes speed emergency response
Bike lanes speed emergency response
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I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
Academia is busy making itself a house of cards. At some point, the Vice Chancellors and Divisional heads and International Rankings and PRRF rounds will have to reckon with the commodification of tertiary education and the undermining of academic research:
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Academia is busy making itself a house of cards. At some point, the Vice Chancellors and Divisional heads and International Rankings and PRRF rounds will have to reckon with the commodification of tertiary education and the undermining of academic research:
Disabled h/holds experience higher levels of material hardship because income support and assistance fail to cover the additional costs of disability.
My latest Substack makes it clear that change is entirely possible, eminently doable, and well past due:
drbex.substack.com/p/disability...
My latest Substack makes it clear that change is entirely possible, eminently doable, and well past due:
drbex.substack.com/p/disability...
Disability, Material Hardship, and Data
New research shows clear links and a raft of possibilities for change
drbex.substack.com
December 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Disabled h/holds experience higher levels of material hardship because income support and assistance fail to cover the additional costs of disability.
My latest Substack makes it clear that change is entirely possible, eminently doable, and well past due:
drbex.substack.com/p/disability...
My latest Substack makes it clear that change is entirely possible, eminently doable, and well past due:
drbex.substack.com/p/disability...
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Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
AI Is Inventing Academic Papers That Don't Exist -- And They're Being Cited in Real Journals
Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.
www.rollingstone.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Do not cite an academic paper unless you’ve read it
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Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
The Side Eye: The Table
Why is New Zealand's wealth hoarded at one end of the nation's dinner table? Toby Morris of @TheSpinoffTV explains
interactives.stuff.co.nz
December 20, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Luxon has a plan. It looks like this. 6 plates for him, 1 plate between 5 at the other end of the divide he’s widened. I don’t misunderstand him. I see him. #nzpol #hoarder interactives.stuff.co.nz/the-side-eye...
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Me: spends the last 9 years trying to explain some wheelchair users can walk and it doesn’t mean they’re faking
WSJ: you know who’s had it too good for too long? People with invisible disabilities. Let’s stir up the ableists and cause problems for everyone in the airport!
WSJ: you know who’s had it too good for too long? People with invisible disabilities. Let’s stir up the ableists and cause problems for everyone in the airport!
December 19, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Me: spends the last 9 years trying to explain some wheelchair users can walk and it doesn’t mean they’re faking
WSJ: you know who’s had it too good for too long? People with invisible disabilities. Let’s stir up the ableists and cause problems for everyone in the airport!
WSJ: you know who’s had it too good for too long? People with invisible disabilities. Let’s stir up the ableists and cause problems for everyone in the airport!
That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
Hospitals asked to save $510 millions despite $538 million going unspent
The "underspend" was due in part to unfilled vacancies and the fact Health NZ has yet to settle collective contract disputes.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 19, 2025 at 7:13 AM
That's a BILLION DOLLARS this government is underspending in health. A BILLION DOLLARS taken out of healthcare!
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
They have the money, they just don't want to spend it. Not on on hospitals or doctors or nurses or admin staff or regional health care, or anyone of a myriad of needed items.
#nzpol
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YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines. on.wsj.com/3N6apva
They Get Wheeled on Flights and Miraculously Walk Off. Praise ‘Jetway Jesus.’
Travelers bemoan a rise of able-bodied passengers who game the system to skip the lines.
on.wsj.com
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
YOU DUMB FUCKS. THIS IS ME.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
I have a scooter. I can walk. I can't, however, walk through 80 miles of airport. I can walk onto an airplane or through hallways. I can't walk the .5 mile to the convention center.
People, get smarter, it's embarrassing at this point.
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The Ministry of Health have finally published their consultation report, the regulatory impact statement, and a bunch of documentation about the puberty blocker ban. Read the RIS - it’s unbelievably damning. www.health.govt.nz/information-...
Cabinet Material and associated documents: Prescribing gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues for gender incongruence or gender dysphoria (puberty blockers) | Ministry of Health NZ
This Cabinet material outlines the policy considerations, clinical advice, and consultation undertaken to inform decisions on the prescribing of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) analogues in youn...
www.health.govt.nz
December 18, 2025 at 7:25 AM
The Ministry of Health have finally published their consultation report, the regulatory impact statement, and a bunch of documentation about the puberty blocker ban. Read the RIS - it’s unbelievably damning. www.health.govt.nz/information-...
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The Government has just rushed through its voter suppression law. The Electoral Amendment Bill will disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters—it has no place in a healthy democracy.
#nzpol
#nzpol
Voter suppression law must be reversed - NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is condemning the National-led Government’s Electoral Amendment Bill, rushed through Parliament this week, which will disenfranchise tens of thousands of New Zealanders.
union.org.nz
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The Government has just rushed through its voter suppression law. The Electoral Amendment Bill will disenfranchise tens of thousands of voters—it has no place in a healthy democracy.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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Government told to stop work on puberty blockers. Minister’s decisions were based on politics rather than medical advice.
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz
December 16, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Government told to stop work on puberty blockers. Minister’s decisions were based on politics rather than medical advice.
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
www.courtsofnz.govt.nz/assets/cases...
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This should be a much, much bigger story. Commitments of tens of billions of dollars are being made to dubious projects without us being allowed to know anything about how decisions are being made. It's literally the future of the nation.
The RoNS: “the most complex & expensive infrastructure programme in NZ’s recent history.”
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
A $56B programme… with a $49B shortfall. And all signs point to low-to-no-value for public money.
Given the huge public interest, why are the details being kept from the public, asks @connorsharp.bsky.social?
What's in the RoNS files? - Greater Auckland
Earlier this week, Te Waihanga, The Infrastructure Commission, called for Over the last couple of months, I’ve been trying to obtain information on the advice given to decision-makers about the RoNS. ...
www.greaterauckland.org.nz
December 16, 2025 at 9:01 PM
This should be a much, much bigger story. Commitments of tens of billions of dollars are being made to dubious projects without us being allowed to know anything about how decisions are being made. It's literally the future of the nation.
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It was infuriating to hear on RNZ at 9.30 that contractors ( Datacom) had been engaged this year to fill Health NZ help desk roles that were previously done by Health NZ employees, who had been cut by the NACT1 govt earlier this year. (1/2) #nzpol
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news...
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news...
Consultants hired to run Te Whatu Ora IT service desk after layoffs
Te Whatu Ora has hired consultants to run its IT service desk after a restructure early this year which, critics say, gutted its IT department
www.nzdoctor.co.nz
December 16, 2025 at 11:01 PM
It was infuriating to hear on RNZ at 9.30 that contractors ( Datacom) had been engaged this year to fill Health NZ help desk roles that were previously done by Health NZ employees, who had been cut by the NACT1 govt earlier this year. (1/2) #nzpol
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news...
www.nzdoctor.co.nz/article/news...
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How much did NZ Govt's Performative Road Cone Hotline cost? Article suggest $150,000 but it was probably more as staff seconded to service stopped from doing more useful work! Typical wasteful action by Minister Van Velden
#NZpol
#NZpol
More stupid theatre being quietly closed down amid the Christmas rush. The road cone hotline is to end, having achieved basically nothing. What was the cost per cone removed? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The Government's 'Road Cone Hotline' to close
The Government will close its “Road Cone Hotline” at the end of this week, after just six months in operation.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 12:53 AM
How much did NZ Govt's Performative Road Cone Hotline cost? Article suggest $150,000 but it was probably more as staff seconded to service stopped from doing more useful work! Typical wasteful action by Minister Van Velden
#NZpol
#NZpol
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This could have funded Flu Tracking for years.
December 17, 2025 at 12:50 AM
This could have funded Flu Tracking for years.
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People would have removed cones and put them on landmarks for free if the Govt had asked.
Kiwi ingenuity is dead.
Kiwi ingenuity is dead.
"In October, Stuff revealed the hotline only led to about 200 cones being removed - despite receiving upwards of 800 complaints ... In total Work Safe spent about
$150,000 on its Road Cone Hotline"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
$150,000 on its Road Cone Hotline"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The Government's 'Road Cone Hotline' to close
The Government will close its “Road Cone Hotline” at the end of this week, after just six months in operation.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 2:07 AM
People would have removed cones and put them on landmarks for free if the Govt had asked.
Kiwi ingenuity is dead.
Kiwi ingenuity is dead.
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$750 per road cone removed. The Taxpayer's Onion should be all over this colossal waste.
"In October, Stuff revealed the hotline only led to about 200 cones being removed - despite receiving upwards of 800 complaints ... In total Work Safe spent about
$150,000 on its Road Cone Hotline"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
$150,000 on its Road Cone Hotline"
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
The Government's 'Road Cone Hotline' to close
The Government will close its “Road Cone Hotline” at the end of this week, after just six months in operation.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
$750 per road cone removed. The Taxpayer's Onion should be all over this colossal waste.