Matt Smith
@smithmatt.bsky.social
Comics enthusiast, policy wonk at He Pou a Rangi - the NZ Climate Commission, focusing on the NZETS and targets. Cat/dog person, PC Gamer, avid devourer of politics and legal ephemera. Opinions my own, not my employer. Pōneke. He/him. PFP @exocomics
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With the single exception of the demographic group "white teenage girls", higher levels of social media use are associated with higher self-esteem and greater self-confidence in teens of every single racial and gender category.
December 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
With the single exception of the demographic group "white teenage girls", higher levels of social media use are associated with higher self-esteem and greater self-confidence in teens of every single racial and gender category.
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Me so old, I remember sitting in Nandor Tanczos' Parliamentary office discussing the saliva tests available at the time and their false positive rates. From memory, a shittonne of these saliva tests were made by a fundamentalist Corporate Christian backing.
December 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Me so old, I remember sitting in Nandor Tanczos' Parliamentary office discussing the saliva tests available at the time and their false positive rates. From memory, a shittonne of these saliva tests were made by a fundamentalist Corporate Christian backing.
One of my lecturers used to say “the lawyer that represents themselves has a fool for a client”
December 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
One of my lecturers used to say “the lawyer that represents themselves has a fool for a client”
Posting about food isn’t ignoring suffering, and it doesn’t help anyone to wallow exclusively in the world’s miseries. We need to have and celebrate joy to keep up the energy to fight for something better.
December 6, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Posting about food isn’t ignoring suffering, and it doesn’t help anyone to wallow exclusively in the world’s miseries. We need to have and celebrate joy to keep up the energy to fight for something better.