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Dr Lena M Blott @lenamblott.bsky.social · 23h

I'm a linguist. Can I just say: prescriptivism is yuck.

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Olivia Guest · Ολίβια Γκεστ @olivia.science · 23h

correcting people's english is anti-english language, which thrives on random stuff here and there, yup! this is why UK english especially has no governing body... we're vibing, join us!

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Lauren "Hope is Praxis" Lastname @verbingnouns.bsky.social · May 19

No, it's correct English too, Iris.

This is a dated and pedantic rule that should only be considered when arguing with a paid copy editor over house style, if then.

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Göktuğ Kayaalp @igoktugk.bsky.social · 41m

Goddamn.. The problem isn’t why what word is used, it is that (1) gratuitously schooling ppl about their language is wrong and (2) this whole bs subthread if nitpicking abt Iris‘ incidental language use is wrong, both bc: it’s a frequent, discriminatory, misogynistic distraction

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Cassie @cassiemph.bsky.social · 4h

“New Zealand’s only publicly funded long Covid clinic closed in 2023. The five-month pilot clinic in Christchurch didn’t secure funding to stay open.

The Ministry of Health is no longer undertaking any policy or evidence work on long Covid.”

We should be outraged by this.

Living Safely With Covid @covidsafenz.bsky.social · 5h

#LongCovid “No one is immune to this”

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of formerly healthy young Kiwis suffering with long Covid

The pandemic never ended, and we're all living proof of that.

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/o...

Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid

A group of young Kiwis prove what international studies show: that long Covid has a particularly debilitating effect on young people. But how much medical support is there for them?

www.1news.co.nz

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 4h

What I want to know is what sanctions this Government is going to impose on the parliamentary whips who are taking public money (an extra $19-61K) but not doing their jobs. Smells an awful lot like lazy backroom bureaucracy to me... #nzpol

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sprung, springing @aimeew.bsky.social · 4h

_some_ social injustices but still: good.

The Associated Press @apnews.com · 20h

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer. In his first teaching document Thursday, Leo confirms that he is in perfect lockstep with Pope Francis on matters of social injustice.

Pope Leo blasts economy that marginalizes poor while wealthy live in bubble of luxury

Pope Leo XIV has blasted how wealthy people live in a “bubble of comfort and luxury” while the poor suffer.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

It’s a material reality that right now the AI tech bubble is holding up the empire. It increasingly powers all commerce, and is central to the most invasive surveillance apparatus the world has ever seen. Predictive analytics trained on our data have allowed billionaires to track us like wildlife.

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Jessica Kant @jessdkant.bsky.social · 4h

One curious thing on this site about speaking out against the encroachment of LLMs is that inevitably you get accused of being anti-tech. I don’t hate technology. I’ve used machine learning in my own code before. But I also recognize that oligarchs are so hellbent on pushing this tech for a reason.

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Andrew Iwaniuk @evoneuro.bsky.social · 18h

As I tell my students, if you arrived at a simple answer in biology you have done one of two things: arrived at the wrong answer or asked the wrong question

Claus Wilke @clauswilke.com · 2d

Biology is much more complicated than most non-biologists can imagine. And AI is not going to change this anytime soon.
blog.genesmindsmachines.com/p/we-still-c...

We still can’t predict much of anything in biology

Biology is hard. Yes, even for AI.

blog.genesmindsmachines.com

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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social · 4h

Portland’s protest frogs multiplied.

The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social · 4h

there are SO many more inflatable costumes tonight. clearly we have settled on a motif

Wide shot of many people in inflatable costumes

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The Oregonian @oregonian.com · 5h

Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.

Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...

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David Clegg @delphijunkie.bsky.social · 6h

Imagine that. This story dropping on the same day as the one about the person charged for making death threats against a former Green Party as a result of Peters' co-ordinated campaign against them. 🤔 #nzpol

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 6h

Just when it was starting to drop from the endless headlines.. #nzpol

www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Winston Peters’ partner injured by glass from window smashed in alleged attack

Peters said his partner Jan Trotman found some glass on Friday morning.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 4h

UPDATE - a followup email said the emissions projections will be released at 10am not 5pm.

Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 8h

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

Email from the Ministry for the Environment:

Tēnā koe,
On Sunday at 12.00pm (12th October) the Government will make an announcement about New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

The Ministry for the Environment will also release the 2025 emissions projections at 5.00pm on Sunday.

Ngā mihi
Ministry for the Environment

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 4h

Dogs name toys while elephants name each other. Animal language is more complex than we imagine | Helen Pilcher

If we really want to grasp what animals are ‘saying’, we need to understand their communication on their terms, not ours, says science writer Helen Pilcher

www.theguardian.com

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 8h

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 4h

🐓 guy interview

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 7h

www.wweek.com/culture/2025...

Can you put into words what that purpose is? You and the frog have really become icons of this protest.

There’s been a nice overall whimsy that has shown up. The frog is amazing. We had a bunch of other inflatable people here last night, too. I saw people playing Twister the other day.

What they rely on is fear. So by coming out in an absurdist manner, it speaks to them, to some extent, that we’re actually not that afraid.

It also dismantles their narrative a little bit. When they try to describe this situation as “war-torn,” it becomes much harder to take them seriously when they have to post a video saying [U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security] Kristi Noem is up on the balcony staring over the Antifa Army and it’s, like, eight journalists and five protesters and one of them is in a chicken suit.

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Rob🎸 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 9h

'It was retired in August to make way for the port infrastructure needed for the arrival of two new rail enabled ferries which are due to be delivered in 2029.'

Bullshit, we've not even signed a contract yet, it was *no earlier than*

#nzpol

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Aratere set to end its days at recycling shipyard in India, Interislander says

After 26 years of service and 5 million passengers transported, the Interislander is being shipped off.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 5h

Parliamentary Whips (whose one job is making sure this kind of screw up never happens) are paid an extra $25-$61K above an MPs base salary.

So much for fiscal discipline and value for taxpayer dollars, I guess... #nzpol

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 5h

What's Seymour going to do about government truancy !

#nzpol

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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 4h

Hell, since Parliament changed the rules to allow proxy votes its not as if Whips are required any longer to scour the bars, brothels and hospitals of the Wellington region for more or less warm bodies to make up the numbers on particularly close and contentious votes. #nzpol

Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 5h

Parliamentary Whips (whose one job is making sure this kind of screw up never happens) are paid an extra $25-$61K above an MPs base salary.

So much for fiscal discipline and value for taxpayer dollars, I guess... #nzpol

Watershitdown @watershitdown.bsky.social · 5h

What's Seymour going to do about government truancy !

#nzpol

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The Onion @theonion.com · 14h

Legal Ruling Forces God To Add Cancer Warning To Earth https://theonion.com/legal-ruling-forces-god-to-add-cancer-warning-to-earth/

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Sassy Little Hobbit @sassypolitico.bsky.social · 1d

Say what you will about New Zealand and there’s certainly a lot to say but at least our govt doesn’t randomly run out of money and shutdown and stop functioning. The United States Congress is somehow more incompetent than Nicola Willis. Can you imagine.

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 16h

PEOPLE. THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT. MY GOD THERE ARE LUNATICS STANDING FOR SEATS

RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 16h

Only one in five Aucklanders have voted in local elections

With two days remaining until polls close, only 21.9 percent of eligible voters had returned their papers.

www.rnz.co.nz

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