Dr Dan the bandage man
@docdanz.bsky.social
General practice, Trailrunning, Gardening, History, Family and Faith.
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Chart from the UK Financial Times comparing countries level of lock down stringency. New Zealand in grey is considerably lower for most of that time.
April 10, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Chart from the UK Financial Times comparing countries level of lock down stringency. New Zealand in grey is considerably lower for most of that time.
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I'll just note this inquiry has noted that with 20/20 hindsight the UK should have acted... pretty much exactly as New Zealand did.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
I'll just note this inquiry has noted that with 20/20 hindsight the UK should have acted... pretty much exactly as New Zealand did.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
Which a good portion of NZ's media and political class have spent 5 revisionist years trying to paint as an overreaction. Overwhelmingly, it wasn't.
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BREAKING: The UN climate talks COP30 have been evacuated due to a fire breaking out inside the venue in Belém, Brazil.
November 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
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Today’s road trip. Got through to Dunedin before they started closing roads.
October 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Today’s road trip. Got through to Dunedin before they started closing roads.
Ballroom? But that’s why I manspread!
October 24, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Ballroom? But that’s why I manspread!
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Damn, I read Judith's letter! I'll leave the politics to others, but, lord, the Govt spending stuff is REALLY BAD! I'll try and keep this short.
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
October 19, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Damn, I read Judith's letter! I'll leave the politics to others, but, lord, the Govt spending stuff is REALLY BAD! I'll try and keep this short.
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
First up, this bare-faced lie. The countries in the pink circle have a similar-sized economy to NZ. Govt spending is a lot higher in all but one . [🧵 1/n]
The Antichrist says what?
Exclusive: Tech billionaire Peter Thiel warned that Swedish activist Greta Thunberg and critics of AI are “legionnaires of the Antichrist” in private lectures that connected government oversight of Silicon Valley to an apocalyptic future.
Inside billionaire Peter Thiel’s private lectures: Warnings of ‘the Antichrist’ and U.S. destruction
In leaked recordings of private lectures by tech billionaire Peter Thiel he argued that “the Antichrist” is likely to take the form of a critic of technology.
wapo.st
October 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
The Antichrist says what?
Wellington gets Angry.
Andrew Little has been elected as the new mayor of Wellington.
October 11, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Wellington gets Angry.
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The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
The Government of New Zealand has made a new tourism ad and it's surprsingly honest and informative!
Describe your Bluesky account with a single image.
October 9, 2025 at 2:54 AM
Describe your Bluesky account with a single image.
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“Willing to consider viewpoints even if they don’t conform to the norm” is open-mindedness. “Compelled to take a contrary viewpoint without respect to merit” is a personality disorder.
October 6, 2025 at 3:51 PM
“Willing to consider viewpoints even if they don’t conform to the norm” is open-mindedness. “Compelled to take a contrary viewpoint without respect to merit” is a personality disorder.
The politics of envy, you say? Yet I only see the politics of cruelty playing out - at home and abroad.
October 6, 2025 at 5:20 AM
The politics of envy, you say? Yet I only see the politics of cruelty playing out - at home and abroad.
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In 1985, when the US was at the height of its power, we told them "No, we will forge our own future, no to nuclear weapons and the ships that carry them".
40 years later, when the USA's reputation is in tatters, with their power and trustworthiness in free fall, we are bending over for them.
40 years later, when the USA's reputation is in tatters, with their power and trustworthiness in free fall, we are bending over for them.
#nzpol
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Government unveils strategy for the defence industry www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
What. The. Actual. Fuck.
Government unveils strategy for the defence industry www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government unveils strategy for the defence industry
The plan will lift New Zealand's defence spending to more than 2 percent in the next eight years with the Defence Minister seeking to have New Zealand develop weapons for export.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 3, 2025 at 10:25 AM
In 1985, when the US was at the height of its power, we told them "No, we will forge our own future, no to nuclear weapons and the ships that carry them".
40 years later, when the USA's reputation is in tatters, with their power and trustworthiness in free fall, we are bending over for them.
40 years later, when the USA's reputation is in tatters, with their power and trustworthiness in free fall, we are bending over for them.
Was watching the final episode of The Crown tonight. Started googling Archbishop of Canterbury. Working my way through the recent holders of the title. Came to Sarah Mullally, announced on… what… today? Literally an hour ago. Mind blown. 🤯
October 3, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Was watching the final episode of The Crown tonight. Started googling Archbishop of Canterbury. Working my way through the recent holders of the title. Came to Sarah Mullally, announced on… what… today? Literally an hour ago. Mind blown. 🤯
Now just sitting here waiting to be invaded for defiling their god.
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Zealand law enforcement agencies told The Associated Press.
FBI boss Kash Patel gave New Zealand officials 3D-printed guns illegal to possess under local laws | CNN
On a visit to New Zealand, FBI Director Kash Patel gave the country’s police and spy bosses gifts of inoperable pistols that were illegal to possess under local gun laws and had to be destroyed, New Z...
www.cnn.com
September 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Now just sitting here waiting to be invaded for defiling their god.
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)
September 30, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Who’s your favourite Jedi? (Wrong answers only)
Age yourself with a film you saw as a kid.
September 29, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Age yourself with a film you saw as a kid.
“Medicine is Hamas”
Doctors Without Borders has suspended its medical activities in Gaza City. Their facilities are surrounded by tanks and under aerial bombardment. They urgently call for immediate protection.
September 27, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“Medicine is Hamas”
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We went from Ardern's govt changing gun laws in a week flat in response to an attack on our Muslim whānau to Luxon's govt refusing to acknowledge the Palestinian state during its genocide.
What a spineless mob.
What a spineless mob.
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 AM
We went from Ardern's govt changing gun laws in a week flat in response to an attack on our Muslim whānau to Luxon's govt refusing to acknowledge the Palestinian state during its genocide.
What a spineless mob.
What a spineless mob.
…revealing that he has long fallen for political manipulation from Israel.
BREAKING: Winston Peters says is NZ is "not ready" to recognise Palestinian statehood.
"We do not think the time is now."
He says recognition at this time would be "open for political manipulation by both Hamas and Israel".
"We do not think the time is now."
He says recognition at this time would be "open for political manipulation by both Hamas and Israel".
September 26, 2025 at 11:50 PM
…revealing that he has long fallen for political manipulation from Israel.
Last night I dreamt that it was post election day 2026 and this current lily-livered, inhumane, money-loving, spineless and amoral government was a thing of the past. Needless to say, I woke up slightly happier.
September 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Last night I dreamt that it was post election day 2026 and this current lily-livered, inhumane, money-loving, spineless and amoral government was a thing of the past. Needless to say, I woke up slightly happier.
“Indulge in Chelsea’s new recipe: Word Salad.”
Chelsea Winter has plans for you, for the low low "sacred contribution" of $10,000 for three days at her wellness retreat "Nourish and Bloom"
(I love/hate reading this sort of bullshit woo, for the same reason I loved hatewatching the Goop series on Netflix)
(I love/hate reading this sort of bullshit woo, for the same reason I loved hatewatching the Goop series on Netflix)
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
“Indulge in Chelsea’s new recipe: Word Salad.”
Subtly downgrade a band
Coolplay
Coolplay
Subtly downgrade a band
They Might be Average Sized People
They Might be Average Sized People
Subtly downgrade a band
Pint Ford
Pint Ford
September 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Subtly downgrade a band
Coolplay
Coolplay