Kevin Weaver (he/him)
@kevinweav2003.bsky.social
Husband, dad to two great boys, socialist, maths, music, football, books, computing, skiing, kayaking, tai chi, cycling, sci-fi, ...
Thoughts and ramblings my own.
"To each according to his need, from each according to his ability"
Geraldine, New Zealand
Thoughts and ramblings my own.
"To each according to his need, from each according to his ability"
Geraldine, New Zealand
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Amy Edmondson found that the best hospital teams made MORE mistakes than average teams.
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
November 11, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Amy Edmondson found that the best hospital teams made MORE mistakes than average teams.
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
Except they didn't. They just felt safe enough to report them.
If your staff aren't flagging problems, it's not because everything's fine. It's because they don't feel safe speaking up.
#EduSky
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![Joyce Carol Oates quoting a tweet that says “wherever he [Elon Musk] goes, he wants to leave”:
"wherever he goes, he wants to leave"-- that's because when he gets there, he has brought his own self along; & whatever club he's invited to join has been devalued by the invitation.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:buy3qvqcj3o76leo6ap7pn2p/bafkreifilfbsxemfsambf4kqwolr24ld2ekqcrz4ybgv3bv7kzi5e6kppm@jpeg)
Opting out? Is that a euphemism for there being no jobs for them? #nzpol
Increasing numbers of job seekers opting out of joining the workforce has to be a real concern for politicians.
Growing labour market cracks to dominate next year’s election
newsroom.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Opting out? Is that a euphemism for there being no jobs for them? #nzpol
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Absolutely horror IPCA report on how the Police handled complaints against McSkimming.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
November 11, 2025 at 4:34 AM
Absolutely horror IPCA report on how the Police handled complaints against McSkimming.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
A woman, who said she had a sexual relationship with him when she was 21 and he was 40, made complaints about him and instead of taking it seriously they prosecuted her under the HDCA.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
November 10, 2025 at 6:08 AM
I watched a clip of Brian Tamaki speaking at the Free Speech Unin AGM, some of the audience appaulded when he called for banning the burka, banning halal, and banning foreign religions.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
At the Free Speech meeting. The meeting for people who support Free Speech.
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#nzpol Exactly. 🎯💯
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
The question of asset sales seens to arise three or four years after tax cuts.
2010: tax cuts
2014: partial asset sale of powercos & AirNZ
2024: tax cuts
2026/27: asset sales? (If Nats win next year)
The reason is blindingly obvious: tax cuts means less tax revenue.Nats have to make up shortfall.
2010: tax cuts
2014: partial asset sale of powercos & AirNZ
2024: tax cuts
2026/27: asset sales? (If Nats win next year)
The reason is blindingly obvious: tax cuts means less tax revenue.Nats have to make up shortfall.
November 10, 2025 at 8:18 AM
#nzpol Exactly. 🎯💯
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
Asset sales come up because National's ideologies are not affordable so they can't and won't keep to a budget.
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The 8 Dems who voted against ACA are embracing eugenics.
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
November 10, 2025 at 4:44 AM
The 8 Dems who voted against ACA are embracing eugenics.
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
This decision will disproportionately harm disabled people.
Many Disabled people have pre existing conditions & won’t be able to afford insurance.
Many live in legislated poverty.
Guess we aren’t dying fast enough for them
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Primary every Dem Senator that just caved to Trump.
November 10, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Primary every Dem Senator that just caved to Trump.
The North of England's beer jacket takes on a new meaning
November 10, 2025 at 5:57 AM
The North of England's beer jacket takes on a new meaning
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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No mention of Brownlee constantly failing to hold Winston Peters & David Seymour & Nicola Willis to account for their out of order answers & supplementary questions & their constant disorderly behaviour RIGHT AFTER BROWNLEE HAS THEM WARNED ABOUT IT!
#UselessSackOfSkin
#WorstSpeakerEver
#nzpol
#UselessSackOfSkin
#WorstSpeakerEver
#nzpol
Gerry Brownlee's challenging job
YouTube video by Q+A with Jack Tame
youtu.be
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
No mention of Brownlee constantly failing to hold Winston Peters & David Seymour & Nicola Willis to account for their out of order answers & supplementary questions & their constant disorderly behaviour RIGHT AFTER BROWNLEE HAS THEM WARNED ABOUT IT!
#UselessSackOfSkin
#WorstSpeakerEver
#nzpol
#UselessSackOfSkin
#WorstSpeakerEver
#nzpol
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Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby
In the final part of this instalment in our lobbying series, Act leader David Seymour makes an intervention – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
#nzpol
In the final part of this instalment in our lobbying series, Act leader David Seymour makes an intervention – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
#nzpol
Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby
In the final part of this Who Benefits instalment, Act leader David Seymour intervenes – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby
In the final part of this instalment in our lobbying series, Act leader David Seymour makes an intervention – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
#nzpol
In the final part of this instalment in our lobbying series, Act leader David Seymour makes an intervention – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
#nzpol
The thing she runs she only gives 7/10 for performance? What does she think she's not doing well then? Not enough Atlas Network policy enacted? #nzpol
Education Minister Erica Stanford marks ministry 7/10, doubling previous rating
Education Minister Erica Stanford marks ministry 7/10, doubling previous rating
Erica Stanford rated the ministry 7/10 for its oversight of the education system, up from 3/10 the previous year.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 AM
The thing she runs she only gives 7/10 for performance? What does she think she's not doing well then? Not enough Atlas Network policy enacted? #nzpol
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Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer https://theonion.com/zohran-mamdani-refuses-to-share-plan-for-making-rich-richer/
November 5, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Zohran Mamdani Refuses To Share Plan For Making Rich Richer https://theonion.com/zohran-mamdani-refuses-to-share-plan-for-making-rich-richer/
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How Atlas Network amassed a global network of free market think tanks and reached into Australia and New Zealand
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
Growing questions in NZ about organisation called Atlas Network
In New Zealand, there is now a conversation about an organisation called Atlas Network and whether or not it has influenced the right-bloc government's agenda.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 AM
How Atlas Network amassed a global network of free market think tanks and reached into Australia and New Zealand
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I understand why we shut down American airspace for a few days after 9-11 to avoid a repeat attack but imagine shutting down American airspace to avoid releasing the Epstein files.
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Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
November 7, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Socialism is what they called public power.
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
Socialism is what they called social security.
Socialism is what they called the growth of free and independent labor organizations.
Socialism is their name for almost anything that helps all the people.
—Harry Truman, 1952
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Karma?
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Oh no the rich are going to leave and take their Energy Companies, Water Companies, Supermarkets, Landlord Empires and mansions with them.
Yeah lets see them try.
Yeah lets see them try.
November 7, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Oh no the rich are going to leave and take their Energy Companies, Water Companies, Supermarkets, Landlord Empires and mansions with them.
Yeah lets see them try.
Yeah lets see them try.
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ChatGPT is doing everything 80s parents thought heavy metal and D&D did and I wish this was hyperbole
Panera’s moderately caffeinated lemonade was loosely associated with 2 deaths before it was taken off market.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
This article alone has 4 examples of ChatGPT encouraging young people to commit suicide, and OpenAI’s own public stats estimate over a million users discuss suicide with ChatGPT each week.
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
November 8, 2025 at 1:44 AM
ChatGPT is doing everything 80s parents thought heavy metal and D&D did and I wish this was hyperbole
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Celebrating tonight’s results by going out and getting really vaxxed
November 5, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Celebrating tonight’s results by going out and getting really vaxxed
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Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
November 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Hi, I’m God.
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God
Jesus and I agree that starving the poor so you can build yourself golden bathrooms and golden ballrooms is evil. Anyone who does that shall burn for eternity. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Thanks,
God