David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️
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Neurodivergent freelance bioinformatician, cuddler of data, and theoretical geneticist, with a love for Free Software and the hacking thereof. Rangitāne o Wairau. He/they.
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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️
@gringene.org
· Nov 7
If you're considering following me, bear in mind that I'm a social butterfly, both in research (as a bioinformatician), and on social media. If there's news I want to spread, I'll repost a woman's report of it (if possible). "Like" means I like something, and have read it.
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Tiriti-based teaching changed my children’s schooling for the better. Now legislation narrows focus to just academic achievement.
Why this matters & how schools are responding: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Why this matters & how schools are responding: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Giving effect to Te Tiriti in education
Reflecting on the past 20 years - and the changes the 2020 legislation made
open.substack.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Tiriti-based teaching changed my children’s schooling for the better. Now legislation narrows focus to just academic achievement.
Why this matters & how schools are responding: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
Why this matters & how schools are responding: open.substack.com/pub/drbex/p/...
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All mouth abd no trousers about the important stuff but happy to deliver on bigotry and hate. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
NZ First tosses Labour's scheme to repeal Regulatory Standards Act in the scrap heap
Winston Peters says he does want to repeal the controversial law, but he won’t be supporting Labour’s bill to scrap it.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 1:09 AM
All mouth abd no trousers about the important stuff but happy to deliver on bigotry and hate. #nzpol www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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It is absolutely critical to democracy that communities directly own their water infrastructure but also unimportant that those same communities get to decide how they look after our environment?
If cognitive dissonance could be harnessed for fuel then we could all live happily ever after
If cognitive dissonance could be harnessed for fuel then we could all live happily ever after
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 AM
It is absolutely critical to democracy that communities directly own their water infrastructure but also unimportant that those same communities get to decide how they look after our environment?
If cognitive dissonance could be harnessed for fuel then we could all live happily ever after
If cognitive dissonance could be harnessed for fuel then we could all live happily ever after
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“Little rewarded the conservative councillors who ran a self-described “campaign of disruption” throughout his predecessor Tory Whanau’s mayoralty by giving them control of four of the most powerful committees.”
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
Andrew Little buddies up to the right
In his first council meeting as Wellington mayor, Andrew Little opened a political rift between Labour and the Greens.
thespinoff.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 7:19 AM
“Little rewarded the conservative councillors who ran a self-described “campaign of disruption” throughout his predecessor Tory Whanau’s mayoralty by giving them control of four of the most powerful committees.”
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
Labour: Women are worth it, except when it’s not politically convenient. Then hell no.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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It feels like cancelling the regional councils at the same time as completely altering the RMA is a very shifty way to disguise which part made everything go fucking wrong #NZPol
November 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
It feels like cancelling the regional councils at the same time as completely altering the RMA is a very shifty way to disguise which part made everything go fucking wrong #NZPol
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Shame Jones 😒😒😒
November 24, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Shame Jones 😒😒😒
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Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
How the oil and gas industry helped rewrite New Zealand’s drilling rules
A paper trail shows just how far ministers went to accommodate the oil and gas industry's wishlist.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Fossil fuel companies were given confidential drafts of legislation during their (successful) two-year campaign to weaken oil and gas regulation and overturn the offshore exploration ban - new reporting from me via the OIA
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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Walking home I just had someone lean out a car window and not cat-call me, but rather mapgpie caw-caw me. Weird weird behaviour.
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Walking home I just had someone lean out a car window and not cat-call me, but rather mapgpie caw-caw me. Weird weird behaviour.
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Great opportunity!
Check out this #Root methods course organised at Aarhus University in May 2026! Register using the link below.
phd.tech.au.dk/for-phd-stud...
phd.tech.au.dk/for-phd-stud...
November 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Great opportunity!
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I found a DIFINITIVE trigger for my death spirals #LongCovid #ME #Fibro #Immunity - whatever degrading word they use on women these days.
FOOD.
It's in the food.
OMG! I bought a can of Cream of Mushroom soup. Also certain brands of Ramen. Not the spice packets, the NOODLES.
FOOD.
It's in the food.
OMG! I bought a can of Cream of Mushroom soup. Also certain brands of Ramen. Not the spice packets, the NOODLES.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I found a DIFINITIVE trigger for my death spirals #LongCovid #ME #Fibro #Immunity - whatever degrading word they use on women these days.
FOOD.
It's in the food.
OMG! I bought a can of Cream of Mushroom soup. Also certain brands of Ramen. Not the spice packets, the NOODLES.
FOOD.
It's in the food.
OMG! I bought a can of Cream of Mushroom soup. Also certain brands of Ramen. Not the spice packets, the NOODLES.
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Nothing today either.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
Labour is now the only Opposition party who has not put out an official press release denouncing the NZ government’s restrictions to healthcare access for trans youth and affirming their strong support for the trans, takatāpui and rainbow communities.
November 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Nothing today either.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
If you are an ally/voter/concerned about further restrictions to healthcare that this move is a trial balloon for, and you’re wondering how long is too long to wait to speak up, imo any official response now is inauthentic - and inspires zero confidence for support in future.
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In yet more meatsack shenanigans, I am currently experiencing a set of symptoms for which "sleeping in compression socks" is the best treatment available to me. Guess what also pisses off my mast cells
November 25, 2025 at 3:13 AM
In yet more meatsack shenanigans, I am currently experiencing a set of symptoms for which "sleeping in compression socks" is the best treatment available to me. Guess what also pisses off my mast cells
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This should go here—I blame my mitochondria:
bsky.app/profile/rose...
bsky.app/profile/rose...
…to weighting seems to be the default scheme for literature reviewing in environmental toxicology, but in medical / therapeutic syntheses one normally does weight studies by reliability.
😂😂😂
Bravo!
😂😂😂
Bravo!
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
This should go here—I blame my mitochondria:
bsky.app/profile/rose...
bsky.app/profile/rose...
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Snorts:
The way to reach such a finding, it seems, is to give as much weight to under-powered conclusion-driven studies with shonky methodologies, and to gold-standard studies with huge samples and methodologies not determined by the intended results.
This commendably non-elitist approach…
1/
The way to reach such a finding, it seems, is to give as much weight to under-powered conclusion-driven studies with shonky methodologies, and to gold-standard studies with huge samples and methodologies not determined by the intended results.
This commendably non-elitist approach…
1/
@deevybee.bsky.social @rosewind.bsky.social I finally finished writing a thing.
forbetterscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
forbetterscience.com/2025/11/25/a...
A bit of Frye and Rossignol
“Trapped inside every autist, a normal child with normal cognition is struggling to get out – only needing the right drug or therapy to be released”, – Smut Clyde
forbetterscience.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Snorts:
The way to reach such a finding, it seems, is to give as much weight to under-powered conclusion-driven studies with shonky methodologies, and to gold-standard studies with huge samples and methodologies not determined by the intended results.
This commendably non-elitist approach…
1/
The way to reach such a finding, it seems, is to give as much weight to under-powered conclusion-driven studies with shonky methodologies, and to gold-standard studies with huge samples and methodologies not determined by the intended results.
This commendably non-elitist approach…
1/
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Nearly 40% of Tairāwhiti schools have pushed back against a Government law change that means school boards are no longer legally required to “give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
Tairāwhiti schools pledge to uphold Te Tiriti despite law change
Nearly 40% of Tairāwhiti schools have pushed back against a Government law change that means school boards are no longer legally required to “give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
www.teaonews.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Nearly 40% of Tairāwhiti schools have pushed back against a Government law change that means school boards are no longer legally required to “give effect to Te Tiriti o Waitangi”.
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Local government itself knows it needs reform - it’s been bandied about for most of my lifetime. But given this government’s record on environment, constitution, te tiriti, democracy, public transport, fiscal discipline and localism - the signs are not good.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
'Serious shake-up' of local government imminent
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon told National party members there would be a "very serious shake-up coming" to local government.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 24, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Local government itself knows it needs reform - it’s been bandied about for most of my lifetime. But given this government’s record on environment, constitution, te tiriti, democracy, public transport, fiscal discipline and localism - the signs are not good.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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a government saying that it doesn't think people in prisons should be allowed to vote while also knowing for a fact that māori and pasifika people make up an outsized portion of the aotearoa new zealand prison population sure does have a certain kind of ring to it
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 AM
a government saying that it doesn't think people in prisons should be allowed to vote while also knowing for a fact that māori and pasifika people make up an outsized portion of the aotearoa new zealand prison population sure does have a certain kind of ring to it
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And here we go again! Nicola Willis’s pre-Christmas Grinch show.
Put your wallets away for Black Friday NZ’ers, winter is coming (again).
Those blimmin tax cuts, ferries, landlords, tobacco companies, Govt Board fee increases, Gumboot gifts, … so darn expensive.
#nzpol
Put your wallets away for Black Friday NZ’ers, winter is coming (again).
Those blimmin tax cuts, ferries, landlords, tobacco companies, Govt Board fee increases, Gumboot gifts, … so darn expensive.
#nzpol
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
And here we go again! Nicola Willis’s pre-Christmas Grinch show.
Put your wallets away for Black Friday NZ’ers, winter is coming (again).
Those blimmin tax cuts, ferries, landlords, tobacco companies, Govt Board fee increases, Gumboot gifts, … so darn expensive.
#nzpol
Put your wallets away for Black Friday NZ’ers, winter is coming (again).
Those blimmin tax cuts, ferries, landlords, tobacco companies, Govt Board fee increases, Gumboot gifts, … so darn expensive.
#nzpol
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Emmerson cartoon: Luxon & Willis as Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV. She is saying “Let them eat tax break.”
via https://queenoliviaiii.tumblr.com/post/797236434958417920
via https://queenoliviaiii.tumblr.com/post/797236434958417920
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Emmerson cartoon: Luxon & Willis as Marie Antoinette and Louis XIV. She is saying “Let them eat tax break.”
via https://queenoliviaiii.tumblr.com/post/797236434958417920
via https://queenoliviaiii.tumblr.com/post/797236434958417920
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November 25, 2025 at 3:15 AM
😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
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Govt plans to:
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck you
4. Fuck them
5. Fuck local govt
6. Fuck some things
7. Fuck some more things
8. Fuck what's left
9. Fuck Wellington
10. Fuck the rest
11. Sell fucking everything
Repeat twice
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck you
4. Fuck them
5. Fuck local govt
6. Fuck some things
7. Fuck some more things
8. Fuck what's left
9. Fuck Wellington
10. Fuck the rest
11. Sell fucking everything
Repeat twice
November 25, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Govt plans to:
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck you
4. Fuck them
5. Fuck local govt
6. Fuck some things
7. Fuck some more things
8. Fuck what's left
9. Fuck Wellington
10. Fuck the rest
11. Sell fucking everything
Repeat twice
1. Fuck this
2. Fuck that
3. Fuck you
4. Fuck them
5. Fuck local govt
6. Fuck some things
7. Fuck some more things
8. Fuck what's left
9. Fuck Wellington
10. Fuck the rest
11. Sell fucking everything
Repeat twice
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Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Google at its peak was basically the best information retrieval system in human history and they and every competitor decided going from there to “you didn’t want answers you wanted half-assed auto-complete 80%-wrong hallucinations” in a few years was the right idea