Alison Campbell
@acampbelteacher.bsky.social
Biology educator, science communicator (I'm retired but still doing both!), foodie, dog-lover, avid reader, & somewhat addicted to cycling for pleasure. Occasional blogger: https://blog.waikato.ac.nz/bioblog/
A: not much, to this pair of ghouls; even less, if kids are involved.
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December 7, 2025 at 8:49 AM
A: not much, to this pair of ghouls; even less, if kids are involved.
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NZ Govt biggest health cuts are from the emergency management team, going from 11 roles to just two, and from Mãori Public Health, which could drop from six staff ..to two. Another attack on Mãori
And -emergency management? #deaths will result. #privatisation of #health
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And -emergency management? #deaths will result. #privatisation of #health
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Public Health Agency faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
The staff cuts will see reductions to emergency management, pandemic preparedness and Māori health.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 7, 2025 at 1:30 AM
NZ Govt biggest health cuts are from the emergency management team, going from 11 roles to just two, and from Mãori Public Health, which could drop from six staff ..to two. Another attack on Mãori
And -emergency management? #deaths will result. #privatisation of #health
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
And -emergency management? #deaths will result. #privatisation of #health
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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🦠 #NZ Measles
- Many new locations of interest
- Close contacts
Auckland: G.A.Y. Club, Eagle Bar, Karagahape Road
Nelson: BP Connect Richmond
Otago: Emergency Dept, Dunedin Hospital
Hikari Teppanyaki & OPSM, Frankton
Ballarat, Chemist Warehouse, Carters, Queenstown
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- Many new locations of interest
- Close contacts
Auckland: G.A.Y. Club, Eagle Bar, Karagahape Road
Nelson: BP Connect Richmond
Otago: Emergency Dept, Dunedin Hospital
Hikari Teppanyaki & OPSM, Frankton
Ballarat, Chemist Warehouse, Carters, Queenstown
info.health.nz/health-topic...
info.health.nz
December 7, 2025 at 12:58 AM
🦠 #NZ Measles
- Many new locations of interest
- Close contacts
Auckland: G.A.Y. Club, Eagle Bar, Karagahape Road
Nelson: BP Connect Richmond
Otago: Emergency Dept, Dunedin Hospital
Hikari Teppanyaki & OPSM, Frankton
Ballarat, Chemist Warehouse, Carters, Queenstown
info.health.nz/health-topic...
- Many new locations of interest
- Close contacts
Auckland: G.A.Y. Club, Eagle Bar, Karagahape Road
Nelson: BP Connect Richmond
Otago: Emergency Dept, Dunedin Hospital
Hikari Teppanyaki & OPSM, Frankton
Ballarat, Chemist Warehouse, Carters, Queenstown
info.health.nz/health-topic...
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#BHN These f**kwits promised Dunedin a full hospital before the election, then broke that promise by downsizing the build…and now they have the cheek to have this billboard in Otepoti #nzpol #nzpolitics
December 7, 2025 at 1:03 AM
#BHN These f**kwits promised Dunedin a full hospital before the election, then broke that promise by downsizing the build…and now they have the cheek to have this billboard in Otepoti #nzpol #nzpolitics
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Mamdani: Oftentimes when we win elections, we tell people to go home and just trust us. But the message really has to be that we want you to come along with us… That’s something we’ve been looking to share with New Yorkers: We want to not only win with New Yorkers, but also govern with New Yorkers.
December 6, 2025 at 11:15 PM
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Oh Ya this is worth a repost.
Everyone responsible for this crime against humanity must be prosecuted.
Thou Shalt Not Give Yourself A Peace Prize Whilst Committing Crimes Against Humanity
This is evil.
www.thegodpodcast.com
December 7, 2025 at 12:41 AM
Oh Ya this is worth a repost.
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Other nations’ regulatory and advisory bodies should be reassuring their citizens that their decisions stand separate from what is happening in the USA.
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Other nations’ regulatory and advisory bodies should be reassuring their citizens that their decisions stand separate from what is happening in the USA.
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Also more reminders why I’d really like to see other nations’ regulatory and advisory bodies state clearly that at this time they do not use advice from, or current regulations in, the USA in their decisions.
The USA’s system has been taken over by pseudo-science players, and unsound decisions.
The USA’s system has been taken over by pseudo-science players, and unsound decisions.
So, so wrong. More kids will develop liver disease because of this.
US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
December 5, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Also more reminders why I’d really like to see other nations’ regulatory and advisory bodies state clearly that at this time they do not use advice from, or current regulations in, the USA in their decisions.
The USA’s system has been taken over by pseudo-science players, and unsound decisions.
The USA’s system has been taken over by pseudo-science players, and unsound decisions.
So, so wrong. More kids will develop liver disease because of this.
US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
December 5, 2025 at 7:34 PM
So, so wrong. More kids will develop liver disease because of this.
US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
US advisers scrap decades-long hepatitis B vaccine recommendation for most children www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...
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#ACIP invites anti-vaccine lawyer Aaron Siri to present on the schedule, since apparently they could not find any vaccine experts to do that.
Apparently they invited Drs. Offit and Hotez who refused, maybe because Malone called them "industry experts."
Apparently they invited Drs. Offit and Hotez who refused, maybe because Malone called them "industry experts."
December 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
#ACIP invites anti-vaccine lawyer Aaron Siri to present on the schedule, since apparently they could not find any vaccine experts to do that.
Apparently they invited Drs. Offit and Hotez who refused, maybe because Malone called them "industry experts."
Apparently they invited Drs. Offit and Hotez who refused, maybe because Malone called them "industry experts."
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Something for NZ's Geothermal power plants?
The WSJ reports on the historic news yesterday that Eavor has begun operations of the first commercial-scale multilateral closed loop geotherm power project in the world! It's not every day that a new power tech has its "world's first" moment. Don't miss this www.wsj.com/articles/a-g... 🔌💡
Exclusive | A Geothermal Company Wants to Use New Technology to Heat an Old German Town
A project in Bavaria is harnessing high temperatures from deep beneath the earth to provide a community with warmth in the winter and to power the local grid in the summer.
www.wsj.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Something for NZ's Geothermal power plants?
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“Some have raised concerns”?!
C*nts have raised the “idea” of enforced government exploitation of all kiwi taxpaying citizens & packages it up as a “concern” to give humans a summer, because their passive income dips by 0.0002% over that period. Step right up & fuck right off.
#nzpol
C*nts have raised the “idea” of enforced government exploitation of all kiwi taxpaying citizens & packages it up as a “concern” to give humans a summer, because their passive income dips by 0.0002% over that period. Step right up & fuck right off.
#nzpol
December 4, 2025 at 8:25 PM
“Some have raised concerns”?!
C*nts have raised the “idea” of enforced government exploitation of all kiwi taxpaying citizens & packages it up as a “concern” to give humans a summer, because their passive income dips by 0.0002% over that period. Step right up & fuck right off.
#nzpol
C*nts have raised the “idea” of enforced government exploitation of all kiwi taxpaying citizens & packages it up as a “concern” to give humans a summer, because their passive income dips by 0.0002% over that period. Step right up & fuck right off.
#nzpol
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:53 AM
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Tech bros are going to do the let’s flood the middle of Australia thing aren’t they?
Sydney Water has estimated up to 250 megalitres a day will be needed to service datacentres planned by 2035, more than Canberra's entire drinking water.
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Second feature with @petrastock.bsky.social
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Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Tech bros are going to do the let’s flood the middle of Australia thing aren’t they?
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Chippy doing his very best to lose an election against the most incompetent government we've seen for decades.🤦♂️ #nzpol
Lab: fuck you, trans people, we want power.
Peter Dunne: Despite official denials from both parties, some form of contact seems to have been resumed between the two former partners
December 4, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Chippy doing his very best to lose an election against the most incompetent government we've seen for decades.🤦♂️ #nzpol
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It's very obvious that Hipkins would rather work with raging bigot Peters than with Swarbrick and Davidson. He seems to have a real problem with progressive women (contrast his instant over-the-top condemnation of Tamatha Paul with his silence whenever Peters says something awful)
December 4, 2025 at 9:41 PM
It's very obvious that Hipkins would rather work with raging bigot Peters than with Swarbrick and Davidson. He seems to have a real problem with progressive women (contrast his instant over-the-top condemnation of Tamatha Paul with his silence whenever Peters says something awful)
Couldn't possibly happen in AoNZ... </sarc>
The Executive Order No One Is Talking About
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The Executive Order No One Is Talking About
Trump’s official language declaration echoes nativist tropes
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December 5, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Couldn't possibly happen in AoNZ... </sarc>
How beautiful 😍 🤩
December 5, 2025 at 5:03 AM
How beautiful 😍 🤩
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This is gold - Ed Zitron sums up everything that’s wrong with AI and the tech industry in a handful of paragraphs. Essential reading
This is the conclusion, which I'm pulling out from behind the paywall because it'll probably be a free newsletter or podcast one day. I think the AI era is a reckoning for the tech industry, one where consumers finally realize they're being abused.
December 5, 2025 at 4:15 AM
This is gold - Ed Zitron sums up everything that’s wrong with AI and the tech industry in a handful of paragraphs. Essential reading
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Today's #ArtAdventCalendar is my favorite photo that I took this year. ❤️ #birds
December 5, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Today's #ArtAdventCalendar is my favorite photo that I took this year. ❤️ #birds
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NEW: President Putin reiterated his commitment to his original war aims from 2021 and 2022 and unwillingness to compromise – likely as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to shape the international information space during the ongoing. (1/6)
December 5, 2025 at 2:26 AM
NEW: President Putin reiterated his commitment to his original war aims from 2021 and 2022 and unwillingness to compromise – likely as part of the Kremlin’s efforts to shape the international information space during the ongoing. (1/6)
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Five sophisticated drones flew in the route of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy’s flight path as he arrived in Ireland; had he not arrived slightly early, they would have passed close.
EU and Irish officials are treating it as a Russian hybrid attack
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
EU and Irish officials are treating it as a Russian hybrid attack
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
Drones spotted near Zelenskiy’s flight path to Dublin, triggering major security alert
Irish navy ship spotted five drones operating near route of the Ukrainian president’s aircraft by Howth coast
www.irishtimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Five sophisticated drones flew in the route of Ukrainian President Zelenskiy’s flight path as he arrived in Ireland; had he not arrived slightly early, they would have passed close.
EU and Irish officials are treating it as a Russian hybrid attack
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
EU and Irish officials are treating it as a Russian hybrid attack
www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2025...
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🦠What happens when you say you will only protect babies of infected moms, but you are bad at detecting infected moms❓
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
December 4, 2025 at 11:54 PM
🦠What happens when you say you will only protect babies of infected moms, but you are bad at detecting infected moms❓
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
🚫You miss a lot of babies who needed protection.
This is exactly why in 1991 we went from only vaccinating babies of Hepatitis B positive moms to vaccinating all babies.
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Laura Loomer, Matt Gaetz and Mike Lindell TV are now among the Pentagon “press.” It's not impressive to answer fake questions from fake reporters. It's propaganda.
December 5, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Laura Loomer, Matt Gaetz and Mike Lindell TV are now among the Pentagon “press.” It's not impressive to answer fake questions from fake reporters. It's propaganda.
Why the govt's rates cap probably won't offer all that much relief.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Why the rates cap won’t stem the flow of costs
While touted as a check on council spending, a glaring exemption to the proposed cap on council rates means ratepayers’ bills may keep rising fast.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Why the govt's rates cap probably won't offer all that much relief.
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...