@khille.bsky.social
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As Aotearoa New Zealand gears up for its second COVID inquiry, it’s crucial everyone watches this clip. Yes, it was tough having closed borders & strict lockdowns, but I’m not sure if people fully understand the scale of devastation we avoided by acting as we did. Listen to this doctor explain.
Prof Kevin Fong giving the most devastating and moving testimony to the Covid Inquiry of visiting hospital intensive care units at the height of the second wave in late Dec 2020.
The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.
youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
The unimaginable scale of death, the trauma, the loss of hope. Please watch this 2min clip.
youtu.be/FPCztlID3Q0
Professor Kevin Fong testifying at the Covid Inquiry Module 3, Sept 2024
YouTube video by Christina Pagel
youtu.be
September 26, 2024 at 10:23 PM
As Aotearoa New Zealand gears up for its second COVID inquiry, it’s crucial everyone watches this clip. Yes, it was tough having closed borders & strict lockdowns, but I’m not sure if people fully understand the scale of devastation we avoided by acting as we did. Listen to this doctor explain.
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Paywall now lifted: Diplomats representing New Zealand at negotiations for a Pandemic Treaty have been told by the Government to focus on making sure New Zealand can opt out of international health rules rather than stopping future pandemics. newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/16/h...
Health negotiators told to put sovereignty ahead of stopping pandemics
Diplomats have been tasked with ensuring New Zealand can opt out of health rules rather than focusing on strong new pandemic prevention measures.
newsroom.co.nz
May 17, 2024 at 12:38 AM
Paywall now lifted: Diplomats representing New Zealand at negotiations for a Pandemic Treaty have been told by the Government to focus on making sure New Zealand can opt out of international health rules rather than stopping future pandemics. newsroom.co.nz/2024/05/16/h...
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New Zealand is high risk from disinfo campaigns like the one coming at us.
Community organising, strong social norms around truth, and assertive calling out of bullshit are important tools we should also use.
Community organising, strong social norms around truth, and assertive calling out of bullshit are important tools we should also use.
Luxon has ruled out supporting Act's treaty bill beyond select committee.
Seymour is banking on changing public opinion between now and then because he knows Luxon will happily flip flop if it looks popular. He'll go hard on this; so will the Atlas mob and other racist astroturfs.
Don't let up.
Seymour is banking on changing public opinion between now and then because he knows Luxon will happily flip flop if it looks popular. He'll go hard on this; so will the Atlas mob and other racist astroturfs.
Don't let up.
February 7, 2024 at 5:49 AM
New Zealand is high risk from disinfo campaigns like the one coming at us.
Community organising, strong social norms around truth, and assertive calling out of bullshit are important tools we should also use.
Community organising, strong social norms around truth, and assertive calling out of bullshit are important tools we should also use.
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No word of a lie from Willie Jackson here. Seymour's position IS inconsistent with 40 years of bipartisan consensus. It IS an attack on the independent judiciary. It IS a position Jim Bolger & Doug Graham would be ashamed of. It IS a sop to a small far right fringe.
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politic...
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politic...
January 23, 2024 at 1:53 AM
No word of a lie from Willie Jackson here. Seymour's position IS inconsistent with 40 years of bipartisan consensus. It IS an attack on the independent judiciary. It IS a position Jim Bolger & Doug Graham would be ashamed of. It IS a sop to a small far right fringe.
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politic...
www.newshub.co.nz/home/politic...
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Read this thread about how micro targeting of political comms is ready to go in Aotearoa
Then look at the proposed Treaty principles changes
Then watch the documentary about the Voice referendum again
We’re heading for a messy, messy fight
Then look at the proposed Treaty principles changes
Then watch the documentary about the Voice referendum again
We’re heading for a messy, messy fight
New Zealanders are looking at hoovering of data through widely used, undisclosed ad tech, available commercially, & already used in unprecedented manner to target pol. campaigns in 2023 general election. All this will evolve at pace. The key question is: Are country's institutions fit for purpose?
January 18, 2024 at 9:01 PM
Read this thread about how micro targeting of political comms is ready to go in Aotearoa
Then look at the proposed Treaty principles changes
Then watch the documentary about the Voice referendum again
We’re heading for a messy, messy fight
Then look at the proposed Treaty principles changes
Then watch the documentary about the Voice referendum again
We’re heading for a messy, messy fight
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I wrote about the conspiracy theories driving opposition to urbanism, and how being able to bike to work isn't actually a sign of creeping global communism
Fear of a 15 minute city
Climate sceptism, anti-communism and opposition to the UN are fuelling conspiracy theories about the 'real' purpose of more sustainable cities.
thespinoff.co.nz
January 17, 2024 at 9:50 PM
I wrote about the conspiracy theories driving opposition to urbanism, and how being able to bike to work isn't actually a sign of creeping global communism
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"The lack of climate change and the ongoing disinformation that catalyses it, has never been about the lack of science or solutions: it has always been and remains a lack of political will."
i.stuff.co.nz/environment/...
i.stuff.co.nz/environment/...
Scientists explain why the record-shattering 2023 heat has them on edge. Warming may be worsening
The latest calculations from several science agencies showing Earth obliterated global heat records last year may seem scary. But scientists worry that what's behind those numbers could be even worse.
i.stuff.co.nz
January 13, 2024 at 6:15 AM
"The lack of climate change and the ongoing disinformation that catalyses it, has never been about the lack of science or solutions: it has always been and remains a lack of political will."
i.stuff.co.nz/environment/...
i.stuff.co.nz/environment/...
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We've set up an account here. We need time to get acquainted with this platform and wait for a scheduling toolsto post regularly.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
January 12, 2024 at 7:49 AM
We've set up an account here. We need time to get acquainted with this platform and wait for a scheduling toolsto post regularly.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
Our mission is to preserve the site and commemorate victims of the German Nazi concentration & extermination camp #Auschwitz.
Support our mission & amplify our voice.
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Awesome use of te reo at Eden Park
Hopu = caught
Hope this causes all ACT supporters to shit themselves and then lose their car keys
Hopu = caught
Hope this causes all ACT supporters to shit themselves and then lose their car keys
January 12, 2024 at 8:30 AM
Awesome use of te reo at Eden Park
Hopu = caught
Hope this causes all ACT supporters to shit themselves and then lose their car keys
Hopu = caught
Hope this causes all ACT supporters to shit themselves and then lose their car keys
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2023 marks the first time on record that every day within a year has exceeded 1°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial level.
The first days above 1ºC were way back in the early 1990s. First days above 1.5ºC were back in the strong El Niño events of 2016 and 2020.
January 11, 2024 at 3:03 PM
2023 marks the first time on record that every day within a year has exceeded 1°C above the 1850-1900 pre-industrial level.
The first days above 1ºC were way back in the early 1990s. First days above 1.5ºC were back in the strong El Niño events of 2016 and 2020.
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Yay, it's even worse than we thought
‘Cooking with gas’: Forecasters surprised to find NZ in another marine heatwave
On a day tipped to bring scorching temperatures, our seas are also running unusually warm.
www.nzherald.co.nz
January 11, 2024 at 2:01 AM
Yay, it's even worse than we thought
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Beautiful, as always, and sad writing by John Campbell
"it suggests that when Christopher Luxon says "all", he’s operating from a position of blinkered privilege, or he’s looking the other way"
www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/30/j...
"it suggests that when Christopher Luxon says "all", he’s operating from a position of blinkered privilege, or he’s looking the other way"
www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/30/j...
December 30, 2023 at 7:33 AM
Beautiful, as always, and sad writing by John Campbell
"it suggests that when Christopher Luxon says "all", he’s operating from a position of blinkered privilege, or he’s looking the other way"
www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/30/j...
"it suggests that when Christopher Luxon says "all", he’s operating from a position of blinkered privilege, or he’s looking the other way"
www.1news.co.nz/2023/12/30/j...
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Everyone interested in the future of New Zealand politics should watch the linked doco about how the same forces that destroyed the Indigenous Voice in Australia are gearing up for an attack on the Treaty of Waitangi #nzpol badnewsletter.substack.com/p/a-simple-n...
A Simple Nullity
How lobbyist and influence groups are preparing for an all-out assault on Te Tiriti o Waitangi
badnewsletter.substack.com
December 22, 2023 at 7:43 AM
Everyone interested in the future of New Zealand politics should watch the linked doco about how the same forces that destroyed the Indigenous Voice in Australia are gearing up for an attack on the Treaty of Waitangi #nzpol badnewsletter.substack.com/p/a-simple-n...
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"The trouble is that when you go campaigning down the rabbit hole, there’s no escaping the Wonderland." 1-2 years ago it would have been unthinkable to consider NZ's Deputy PM, & Foreign Minister in this light. And yet, there we are. Truth decay's incarnation. | Winston Peters’ rabbit hole problem.
Winston Peters’ rabbit hole problem
Conspiracy groups in NZ and around the world are demanding attention from someone they thought was on their side.
thespinoff.co.nz
December 10, 2023 at 10:13 PM
"The trouble is that when you go campaigning down the rabbit hole, there’s no escaping the Wonderland." 1-2 years ago it would have been unthinkable to consider NZ's Deputy PM, & Foreign Minister in this light. And yet, there we are. Truth decay's incarnation. | Winston Peters’ rabbit hole problem.
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Also this shit. That is NOT expensive. It is braindead simple to point out that spend is likely to save a far greater cost to the health system without that spend. It is fiscally irresponsible to consider removing it.
December 9, 2023 at 9:00 PM
Also this shit. That is NOT expensive. It is braindead simple to point out that spend is likely to save a far greater cost to the health system without that spend. It is fiscally irresponsible to consider removing it.
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4 slides from presentation to this year's Otago Foreign Policy School help frame key developments in New Zealand this week, marked by sustained targeting of institutions, journalists, & media, accelerated truth decay, populist rhetoric, & dangerous speech. Awfully familiar terrain for some of us.
November 29, 2023 at 9:05 AM
4 slides from presentation to this year's Otago Foreign Policy School help frame key developments in New Zealand this week, marked by sustained targeting of institutions, journalists, & media, accelerated truth decay, populist rhetoric, & dangerous speech. Awfully familiar terrain for some of us.