Andrew Dickson
@andrewdickson13.bsky.social
These days mainly I do DIY and chase dogs. I also run a tiny gym with the best view in Aotearoa. Also an academic. Father to a disabled kid so I do the advocacy thing as well. Psychoanalysis; Lacan; MMT.
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Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
Indeed. “It's just that in this particular case, he didn't judge the safety of that event adequately." I’ve yet to see a single case where Seymour judged safety adequately.
"completely misinformed attempt at political pointscoring" said the politician, at the media event he held in front of sick students, about the other politician, for calling him out for his own attempt at a stupid political stunt?
Went from about sick students to about Seymour real quick...
#nzpol
Went from about sick students to about Seymour real quick...
#nzpol
Labour say David Seymour's media event where people getting measles test showed poor judgement
Some people being tested onsite were understood to be considered close contacts and were in quarantine.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Indeed. “It's just that in this particular case, he didn't judge the safety of that event adequately." I’ve yet to see a single case where Seymour judged safety adequately.
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"didn't our generation have measles parties? NO. THAT WAS CHICKEN POX AND THAT WAS DUMB TOO! BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A MURDEROUS EVIL PIECE OF SHIT TO THROW A MEASLES PARTY BECUASE PEOPLE LITERALLY DIE. Why are people so horny for infectious disease? Vaccination and isolation saves lives!
November 2, 2025 at 6:45 AM
"didn't our generation have measles parties? NO. THAT WAS CHICKEN POX AND THAT WAS DUMB TOO! BUT YOU WOULD HAVE TO BE A MURDEROUS EVIL PIECE OF SHIT TO THROW A MEASLES PARTY BECUASE PEOPLE LITERALLY DIE. Why are people so horny for infectious disease? Vaccination and isolation saves lives!
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Wow! This is exciting for people with long COVID in the USA.
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Wow! This is exciting for people with long COVID in the USA.
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It’s so good to see the support for Dr Siouxsie grow. Employers and other rich miscreants count on people not being able to afford to challenge them.
If you can please support the Dr that took a stand.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
If you can please support the Dr that took a stand.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Support Dr Siouxsie to recover some of the money she spent fighting her legal case to protect employees experiencing online abuse
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November 1, 2025 at 6:08 AM
It’s so good to see the support for Dr Siouxsie grow. Employers and other rich miscreants count on people not being able to afford to challenge them.
If you can please support the Dr that took a stand.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
If you can please support the Dr that took a stand.
www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...
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Every policy of this government shows us their worldview: other people, including children, have no value but economic value. Drive everywhere. Eat slop. Pay more for everything. Learn the right words, not how to think. Don't worry about your health or your neighbours, that doesn't generate revenue
National so far this term:
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
November 1, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Every policy of this government shows us their worldview: other people, including children, have no value but economic value. Drive everywhere. Eat slop. Pay more for everything. Learn the right words, not how to think. Don't worry about your health or your neighbours, that doesn't generate revenue
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This govt has seen that nobody (not schools, not opposition parties, not enough parents or teachers) have put up strong/effective pushback about sending sick kids to school with Covid, influenza, RSV circulating.
That widespread complacency has led New Zealand directly to this measles situation.
That widespread complacency has led New Zealand directly to this measles situation.
November 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
This govt has seen that nobody (not schools, not opposition parties, not enough parents or teachers) have put up strong/effective pushback about sending sick kids to school with Covid, influenza, RSV circulating.
That widespread complacency has led New Zealand directly to this measles situation.
That widespread complacency has led New Zealand directly to this measles situation.
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We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
October 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
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god, the fact the government response to a measles outbreak is "our priority is keeping kids in school" is so bleak
November 1, 2025 at 1:55 AM
god, the fact the government response to a measles outbreak is "our priority is keeping kids in school" is so bleak
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National so far this term:
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 AM
National so far this term:
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
Getting to your meeting 30 seconds quicker is a higher priority than protecting kids from cars on their way to school
Keeping school attendance up is a higher priority than protecting kids from measles
Saving a few bucks is a higher priority than a decent lunch
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Now we know how National would have handled the Covid pandemic. The 20,000 we saved would be dead.
November 1, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Now we know how National would have handled the Covid pandemic. The 20,000 we saved would be dead.
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This is what I expected from the government, but it's incredibly disappointing that Autism New Zealand should go along with it. We need to make "regular" schools cater to neurodivergent students — which will benefit everyone! — not segregate difference.
Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism
The government has announced the Autism NZ Education Hub will start in Term 3 for neurodivergent secondary students who are struggling with traditional schooling.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 AM
This is what I expected from the government, but it's incredibly disappointing that Autism New Zealand should go along with it. We need to make "regular" schools cater to neurodivergent students — which will benefit everyone! — not segregate difference.
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Yeah that's a solid "nah" from me too. Fund schools better. Fund more teacher aides. Give EVERY kid an education plan which supports them to learn and thrive! This is an excuse to keep underfunding the public education system by segregating autistic kids and it sucks.
This is what I expected from the government, but it's incredibly disappointing that Autism New Zealand should go along with it. We need to make "regular" schools cater to neurodivergent students — which will benefit everyone! — not segregate difference.
Government announces new charter school for secondary students with autism
The government has announced the Autism NZ Education Hub will start in Term 3 for neurodivergent secondary students who are struggling with traditional schooling.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 31, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Yeah that's a solid "nah" from me too. Fund schools better. Fund more teacher aides. Give EVERY kid an education plan which supports them to learn and thrive! This is an excuse to keep underfunding the public education system by segregating autistic kids and it sucks.
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will be on Kathryn Ryan's show on RNZ in 20 min or so about this. anybody know if I'm allowed to say "batshit" on the radio?
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
I appear to have spoken to a reporter who took seriously the gravity of NZ's science crisis
does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...
does anybody have a newsroom pro subscription so that I can learn what other choice phrases I used on the record?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/29/w...
Winner of top science prize blames ‘batshit’ Budget for brain drain
Dr Samuel Mehr says the Government values science, but their ‘idiotic’ approach to funding it will cost them their best and brightest.
newsroom.co.nz
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 PM
will be on Kathryn Ryan's show on RNZ in 20 min or so about this. anybody know if I'm allowed to say "batshit" on the radio?
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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Let's celebrate the update (finally) of Stats NZ Household Living Costs Price Index - a better measure of the cost of living than CPI.
First thing to notice is that a big chunk of the increase in our cost of living was thanks to RBNZ hiking interest rates to tackle the cost of living! [🧵 1/n]
First thing to notice is that a big chunk of the increase in our cost of living was thanks to RBNZ hiking interest rates to tackle the cost of living! [🧵 1/n]
October 29, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Let's celebrate the update (finally) of Stats NZ Household Living Costs Price Index - a better measure of the cost of living than CPI.
First thing to notice is that a big chunk of the increase in our cost of living was thanks to RBNZ hiking interest rates to tackle the cost of living! [🧵 1/n]
First thing to notice is that a big chunk of the increase in our cost of living was thanks to RBNZ hiking interest rates to tackle the cost of living! [🧵 1/n]
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I don't understand no. 3, and with no. 4 I think someone should tell them that tax *is* actually levied on gains from savings and most other kinds of investment, including KiwiSaver. I feel like they need to know this to save further embarrassment.
October 28, 2025 at 4:48 AM
I don't understand no. 3, and with no. 4 I think someone should tell them that tax *is* actually levied on gains from savings and most other kinds of investment, including KiwiSaver. I feel like they need to know this to save further embarrassment.
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Bit of a panicky afternoon for the National Party.
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Bit of a panicky afternoon for the National Party.
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Hospitals, clinics not equipped for measles outbreak - general practitioner
Hospitals, clinics not equipped for measles outbreak - general practitioner
Immunisation Advisory Centre senior adviser Mamaeroa David warns waiting times at hospitals are 3-4 weeks.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 25, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Hospitals, clinics not equipped for measles outbreak - general practitioner
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Susan Edmunds is possibly one of the laziest correspondents around. Under a clickbait "What should you do with $10K?" we quickly realise her "experts"including travel bosses who tell you to spend it on travel & bitcoin traders who tell you to buy bitcoin. Waste of space. #Kiwi #newzealand
October 24, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Susan Edmunds is possibly one of the laziest correspondents around. Under a clickbait "What should you do with $10K?" we quickly realise her "experts"including travel bosses who tell you to spend it on travel & bitcoin traders who tell you to buy bitcoin. Waste of space. #Kiwi #newzealand
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Jobs update. Still sliding sideways in the winter winds. We should see the usual seasonal surge in the next couple of months. What should we look for? (🧵 1/n)
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Jobs update. Still sliding sideways in the winter winds. We should see the usual seasonal surge in the next couple of months. What should we look for? (🧵 1/n)
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Worth a look at actual weekly earnings. Note that lower quartile earnings have been well below inflation for months. This is the plan: run unemployment high, subjugate workers, go bene-bashing in the media, force people into shit, precarious jobs working for your donors. (Ends)
October 23, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Worth a look at actual weekly earnings. Note that lower quartile earnings have been well below inflation for months. This is the plan: run unemployment high, subjugate workers, go bene-bashing in the media, force people into shit, precarious jobs working for your donors. (Ends)
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NZ is in the middle of an extreme weather event.
Climate change makes these winds, storms, fires and floods more frequent and intense.
Right now, the Luxon Govt is actively undermining global efforts to reduce climate pollution.
Hold them accountable.
Climate change makes these winds, storms, fires and floods more frequent and intense.
Right now, the Luxon Govt is actively undermining global efforts to reduce climate pollution.
Hold them accountable.
October 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
NZ is in the middle of an extreme weather event.
Climate change makes these winds, storms, fires and floods more frequent and intense.
Right now, the Luxon Govt is actively undermining global efforts to reduce climate pollution.
Hold them accountable.
Climate change makes these winds, storms, fires and floods more frequent and intense.
Right now, the Luxon Govt is actively undermining global efforts to reduce climate pollution.
Hold them accountable.
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I just don't think the government really grasp how much support the public have for the teachers
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October 20, 2025 at 7:29 PM
I just don't think the government really grasp how much support the public have for the teachers
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