Bart Janssen
@bjjanssen.bsky.social
Husband, Plant developmental biologist, property of one cat, WoW player, wine drinker
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@[email protected]
Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/y9reuqeb
ORCID 0000-0002-5871-2831
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BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
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Good 🧵 about the difference in the way National treats Act compared to how Labour treats its potential coalition partners.
#nzpol
#nzpol
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Good 🧵 about the difference in the way National treats Act compared to how Labour treats its potential coalition partners.
#nzpol
#nzpol
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I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
December 9, 2025 at 4:41 AM
I really think a lot of centre-left Labour-supporting people, if they truly want to change the government *and* get genuine progressive/left policies over the line, need to brush up on the history of the ACT Party
I'm quite serious
I'm quite serious
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ACT are far more extreme than National. They campaign for many things National would never implement (at least until the Luxon era). But National have always understood that having an ally to their [far] right normalises their ideology and gives them cover for more extreme policies
December 9, 2025 at 4:44 AM
ACT are far more extreme than National. They campaign for many things National would never implement (at least until the Luxon era). But National have always understood that having an ally to their [far] right normalises their ideology and gives them cover for more extreme policies
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You NEVER see National's leaders leaping to denounce ACT policies. They don't have to endorse them; they just brush off the question. Then when they get into power, they form a coalition and suddenly a whole bunch of stuff which didn't fit National's ~responsible manager~ brand gets done on day one
December 9, 2025 at 4:47 AM
You NEVER see National's leaders leaping to denounce ACT policies. They don't have to endorse them; they just brush off the question. Then when they get into power, they form a coalition and suddenly a whole bunch of stuff which didn't fit National's ~responsible manager~ brand gets done on day one
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If Labour truly - as I've been told and told and TOLD for at least a decade - wants to do what it takes to get into power and earn the political capital to reform our broken systems, literally the worst thing they can do is cut off the other left parties in order to paint themselves as Sensible
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
If Labour truly - as I've been told and told and TOLD for at least a decade - wants to do what it takes to get into power and earn the political capital to reform our broken systems, literally the worst thing they can do is cut off the other left parties in order to paint themselves as Sensible
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If the project is really to move politics left by presenting a moderate message to get people on board THEN do progressive things (something I have literally been told by multiple Labour strategists), why would you keep drawing angry lines through any idea even *slightly* more radical than your own?
December 9, 2025 at 4:55 AM
If the project is really to move politics left by presenting a moderate message to get people on board THEN do progressive things (something I have literally been told by multiple Labour strategists), why would you keep drawing angry lines through any idea even *slightly* more radical than your own?
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Kia Ora koutou -
Taking a chance that you’ll see this.
We’re doing our annual Xmas fundraiser and we need around $8000 so if you could pop $ in, + share, that would help greatly
Jackie x
givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-au...
Taking a chance that you’ll see this.
We’re doing our annual Xmas fundraiser and we need around $8000 so if you could pop $ in, + share, that would help greatly
Jackie x
givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-au...
The Aunties Christmas Appeal
Providing funds so that the Aunties whānau of women, and their kids and grandkids, have a great Xmas.
givealittle.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Kia Ora koutou -
Taking a chance that you’ll see this.
We’re doing our annual Xmas fundraiser and we need around $8000 so if you could pop $ in, + share, that would help greatly
Jackie x
givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-au...
Taking a chance that you’ll see this.
We’re doing our annual Xmas fundraiser and we need around $8000 so if you could pop $ in, + share, that would help greatly
Jackie x
givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-au...
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I get the frustration and fear, I really do. But I honestly think that promoting an alternative (eg Greens) is 100x more likely to shift votes & thinking & bring about change than sniping at Labour. We have so much work to do, the right are going a hundy, let's not do their work for them?
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 AM
I get the frustration and fear, I really do. But I honestly think that promoting an alternative (eg Greens) is 100x more likely to shift votes & thinking & bring about change than sniping at Labour. We have so much work to do, the right are going a hundy, let's not do their work for them?
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National have been going a hundy in the PR since Labour last oulled ahead, paying for soft focus magazine articles and positive press across a range of media.
ACT have been systematically targeting the Greens in a sustained fashion.
NACT have money and can buy fawning media attention.
ACT have been systematically targeting the Greens in a sustained fashion.
NACT have money and can buy fawning media attention.
December 8, 2025 at 7:41 AM
National have been going a hundy in the PR since Labour last oulled ahead, paying for soft focus magazine articles and positive press across a range of media.
ACT have been systematically targeting the Greens in a sustained fashion.
NACT have money and can buy fawning media attention.
ACT have been systematically targeting the Greens in a sustained fashion.
NACT have money and can buy fawning media attention.
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Remember when it was too much WFH that was the problem? This is just that again – finding something to point at and blame. The fact that the economy is full of seasonal businesses that make their money in summer is studiously ignored. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’ Simon Bridges also questions the long summer break
The summer shutdown is coming but should the Kiwi summer holiday still stay sacrosanct?
www.stuff.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Remember when it was too much WFH that was the problem? This is just that again – finding something to point at and blame. The fact that the economy is full of seasonal businesses that make their money in summer is studiously ignored. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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The ferry bullshit still grinds my gears. The coalition were stupid and driven by spite and just cost us money - BUT MORE IMPORTANT - every day those ferries are delayed, business and citizens pay in chocked transport.
No media had actually held their feet to the fire on this. Resignations are due.
No media had actually held their feet to the fire on this. Resignations are due.
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 AM
The ferry bullshit still grinds my gears. The coalition were stupid and driven by spite and just cost us money - BUT MORE IMPORTANT - every day those ferries are delayed, business and citizens pay in chocked transport.
No media had actually held their feet to the fire on this. Resignations are due.
No media had actually held their feet to the fire on this. Resignations are due.
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And the deputy PM from Snapchat?
If we are going to ban children from social media can we also ban the PM from TikTok?
December 8, 2025 at 2:30 AM
And the deputy PM from Snapchat?
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I hope everyone who pushed for this understands this is the end of online anonymity for all ages. It means age verification and Digital IDs for everyone. Does anyone trust social media companies to handle this information appropriately?
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
December 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I hope everyone who pushed for this understands this is the end of online anonymity for all ages. It means age verification and Digital IDs for everyone. Does anyone trust social media companies to handle this information appropriately?
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
www.myprivacy.blog/australias-d...
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The change we need is more fundamental than a mere change of government. The fact the the present government is able to govern so undemocratically demonstrates the weakness of a system based on norms and good faith - it has no answer to bad-faith actors. The status quo is not working for us. #nzpol
December 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The change we need is more fundamental than a mere change of government. The fact the the present government is able to govern so undemocratically demonstrates the weakness of a system based on norms and good faith - it has no answer to bad-faith actors. The status quo is not working for us. #nzpol
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No, Coster is absolutely part of the problem. He covered for McSkimming, allegedly pushed for the investigation to be done quickly so McSkimming could get the top job, and he somehow didn't notice his deputy accessing nearly THREE THOUSAND obscene images on his work device
December 7, 2025 at 3:53 AM
No, Coster is absolutely part of the problem. He covered for McSkimming, allegedly pushed for the investigation to be done quickly so McSkimming could get the top job, and he somehow didn't notice his deputy accessing nearly THREE THOUSAND obscene images on his work device
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A teacher from rural Kenya has captured the world’s attention for all the right reasons. Peter Tabichi, a science teacher who gives most of his salary to support students facing real hardship, has been named the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1 million prize.
December 6, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A teacher from rural Kenya has captured the world’s attention for all the right reasons. Peter Tabichi, a science teacher who gives most of his salary to support students facing real hardship, has been named the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1 million prize.
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Now this is an award recipient
A teacher from rural Kenya has captured the world’s attention for all the right reasons. Peter Tabichi, a science teacher who gives most of his salary to support students facing real hardship, has been named the world’s best teacher and awarded a $1 million prize.
December 7, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Now this is an award recipient
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Look. What I say to you is this.
Raise a glass this Christmas to all those who we've:
Made jobless
Given pay cuts to
Booted from emergency housing
Denied medical care to
Stripped benefits from
Vilified and scapegoated
Driven offshore
For they have made me and my mates happier and richer
#nzpol
Raise a glass this Christmas to all those who we've:
Made jobless
Given pay cuts to
Booted from emergency housing
Denied medical care to
Stripped benefits from
Vilified and scapegoated
Driven offshore
For they have made me and my mates happier and richer
#nzpol
December 6, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Look. What I say to you is this.
Raise a glass this Christmas to all those who we've:
Made jobless
Given pay cuts to
Booted from emergency housing
Denied medical care to
Stripped benefits from
Vilified and scapegoated
Driven offshore
For they have made me and my mates happier and richer
#nzpol
Raise a glass this Christmas to all those who we've:
Made jobless
Given pay cuts to
Booted from emergency housing
Denied medical care to
Stripped benefits from
Vilified and scapegoated
Driven offshore
For they have made me and my mates happier and richer
#nzpol
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September 14, 2025 at 12:35 PM
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A light-induced apical auxin signalling minimum marks the site of organogenesis and de novo meristem formation in Marchantia sporelings (now peer-reviewed): authors.elsevier.com/a/1mDc83QW8S...
authors.elsevier.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
A light-induced apical auxin signalling minimum marks the site of organogenesis and de novo meristem formation in Marchantia sporelings (now peer-reviewed): authors.elsevier.com/a/1mDc83QW8S...
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Exactly, maybe this was true in the past but Hipkins has made far too many captain's calls for it to be accurate anymore. He's been so bad with them that some parts of Lab want to ban them. That's probably why Parker and Robertson left. Maybe it'll be true again if he goes, but until then I doubt it
Nay nay captain - Labour to vote on banning captain's calls
Labour members will vote on banning captain's calls this weekend.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Exactly, maybe this was true in the past but Hipkins has made far too many captain's calls for it to be accurate anymore. He's been so bad with them that some parts of Lab want to ban them. That's probably why Parker and Robertson left. Maybe it'll be true again if he goes, but until then I doubt it
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Specifically, he claims to be "restoring accountability", while actually removing independent oversight in favour of a powerless committee he appoints himself.
National-led government strips power from Māori, lies about it.
Law change advances to strip powers from Māori health boards
The Government's health reforms will remove independent monitoring of Māori health and centralise the functions of local Māori health boards.
newsroom.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Specifically, he claims to be "restoring accountability", while actually removing independent oversight in favour of a powerless committee he appoints himself.
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#NZpol
The sheer lack of vision promulgated by this lot is sometimes beyond even my increasingly cynical view of this lot - and it's pretty damn cynical, I assure you.
Are they merely blind or deliberately gouging their eyes out because they're that captured by this cult mentality? The latter IMO.
The sheer lack of vision promulgated by this lot is sometimes beyond even my increasingly cynical view of this lot - and it's pretty damn cynical, I assure you.
Are they merely blind or deliberately gouging their eyes out because they're that captured by this cult mentality? The latter IMO.
December 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
#NZpol
The sheer lack of vision promulgated by this lot is sometimes beyond even my increasingly cynical view of this lot - and it's pretty damn cynical, I assure you.
Are they merely blind or deliberately gouging their eyes out because they're that captured by this cult mentality? The latter IMO.
The sheer lack of vision promulgated by this lot is sometimes beyond even my increasingly cynical view of this lot - and it's pretty damn cynical, I assure you.
Are they merely blind or deliberately gouging their eyes out because they're that captured by this cult mentality? The latter IMO.
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The whole “this thing you want to replace fossil fuels with is not 100% perfect therefore is not a suitable replacement for fossil fuels” discourse is migraine inducing.
December 5, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The whole “this thing you want to replace fossil fuels with is not 100% perfect therefore is not a suitable replacement for fossil fuels” discourse is migraine inducing.