Sarah
@sarahnz.bsky.social
Post grad student, (former but no doubt I'll be back) teacher, parent
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Found! A novel that actually references COVID and the start of the pandemic, instead of ignoring it.
It's painful in light of @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social & #COVIDisAirborne fustercluck, but refreshing nonetheless.
The Locked Room
By @ellygriffiths.bsky.social
It's painful in light of @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social & #COVIDisAirborne fustercluck, but refreshing nonetheless.
The Locked Room
By @ellygriffiths.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Found! A novel that actually references COVID and the start of the pandemic, instead of ignoring it.
It's painful in light of @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social & #COVIDisAirborne fustercluck, but refreshing nonetheless.
The Locked Room
By @ellygriffiths.bsky.social
It's painful in light of @ukcovid-19inquiry.bsky.social & #COVIDisAirborne fustercluck, but refreshing nonetheless.
The Locked Room
By @ellygriffiths.bsky.social
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“Long COVID is real. It's wrecking lives.”
Continue to share your stories of how Long COVID wrecked your life to keep COVID in the forefront of people’s minds and hopefully stop others from suffering the same fate.
My story: www.sueponcin.com
Continue to share your stories of how Long COVID wrecked your life to keep COVID in the forefront of people’s minds and hopefully stop others from suffering the same fate.
My story: www.sueponcin.com
“I haven’t thought about COVID in a long time.”
For a lot of people, that’s the whole story: if they bounced back, it feels like the crisis is over. But for those living with Long COVID, life never went back to normal, and that gap between realities is its own kind of wound.
For a lot of people, that’s the whole story: if they bounced back, it feels like the crisis is over. But for those living with Long COVID, life never went back to normal, and that gap between realities is its own kind of wound.
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Text:
whn.global (top left) • whn.global/long-covid-my-brother-in-law (top right)
For people living with Long COVID, that gap is brutal. They’re “watching people [they] love act like none of it matters, while [their] life is barely functioning.”
Brasure links this to “identity-protective cognition”: we believe what keeps us in good standing with our community. Doctors and friends “folded” not because they don’t care, but because they’re tired, want normal, and are protecting their place in the tribe.
But, as he writes, “reality doesn’t care about tribes.”
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December 5, 2025 at 12:41 AM
“Long COVID is real. It's wrecking lives.”
Continue to share your stories of how Long COVID wrecked your life to keep COVID in the forefront of people’s minds and hopefully stop others from suffering the same fate.
My story: www.sueponcin.com
Continue to share your stories of how Long COVID wrecked your life to keep COVID in the forefront of people’s minds and hopefully stop others from suffering the same fate.
My story: www.sueponcin.com
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Actually, let’s make this interesting!
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:48 AM
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Actually, let’s make this interesting!
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
December 2, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Actually, let’s make this interesting!
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
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My friend Tim has put a massive solar installation on his Ōtepoti Dunedin student flats, it's producing more electricity than the tenants use.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
December 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
My friend Tim has put a massive solar installation on his Ōtepoti Dunedin student flats, it's producing more electricity than the tenants use.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
They're going to offer FREE electricity to the students. LEGENDS
This isn't hard.
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so i'm still needing help with this if anyone can chip in or repost please? i still need the full NZ$100 but any amount is a big help, even just $2 for bank/paypal fees and such!
NZ bank: rebecca swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
NZ bank: rebecca swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
i know it’s so rough out there for a lot of folks rn so i’m probs not gonna push this one quite as hard but i could really really use about $100 extra for groceries this week if anyone can chip in please. anything you can afford is perfect!
Rebecca Swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
Rebecca Swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
December 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
so i'm still needing help with this if anyone can chip in or repost please? i still need the full NZ$100 but any amount is a big help, even just $2 for bank/paypal fees and such!
NZ bank: rebecca swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
NZ bank: rebecca swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
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Also, that headline 🙄
There, I fixed it.
There, I fixed it.
December 1, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Also, that headline 🙄
There, I fixed it.
There, I fixed it.
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In March this year I emailed Peggy Burrows to voice my support for her public stance re the school lunch disgrace. I noted the courage it takes as a Principal to speak up.
Her lovely reply made me tear up. She takes her role as a strong advocate for her students and their whānau deeply seriously.
Her lovely reply made me tear up. She takes her role as a strong advocate for her students and their whānau deeply seriously.
Seymour labels principal at centre of mouldy school lunches a media 'frequent flyer'
The principal has hit back saying the food is delivered daily and leftovers removed.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
In March this year I emailed Peggy Burrows to voice my support for her public stance re the school lunch disgrace. I noted the courage it takes as a Principal to speak up.
Her lovely reply made me tear up. She takes her role as a strong advocate for her students and their whānau deeply seriously.
Her lovely reply made me tear up. She takes her role as a strong advocate for her students and their whānau deeply seriously.
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A grim anniversary today - six years since the first identified Covid case.
In Aotearoa, we were lucky to have leadership that listened to the science in the early phases of the pandemic, saving thousands of lives.
However, subsequently we have not applied the science that
In Aotearoa, we were lucky to have leadership that listened to the science in the early phases of the pandemic, saving thousands of lives.
However, subsequently we have not applied the science that
December 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
A grim anniversary today - six years since the first identified Covid case.
In Aotearoa, we were lucky to have leadership that listened to the science in the early phases of the pandemic, saving thousands of lives.
However, subsequently we have not applied the science that
In Aotearoa, we were lucky to have leadership that listened to the science in the early phases of the pandemic, saving thousands of lives.
However, subsequently we have not applied the science that
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/a-...
A Call for Safe Air and Masking in Healthcare Settings
We, the undersigned clinicians, scientists, and health professionals, call for the urgent reinstatement of basic airborne-infection-control measures—clean indoor air and appropriate airborne respirato...
our.actionstation.org.nz
December 2, 2025 at 2:23 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/a-...
Sitting in the waiting room as my teen awaits surgery, listening to the receptionist complaining how sick they are feeling (throat, chesty). Not a mask in sight on staff. What could possibly go wrong?!😔
December 2, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Sitting in the waiting room as my teen awaits surgery, listening to the receptionist complaining how sick they are feeling (throat, chesty). Not a mask in sight on staff. What could possibly go wrong?!😔
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6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
6 years today the first COVID case was identified in a man in Wuhan marking the beginning of a global pandemic that changed the world. We are way less prepared today to face another pandemic than we were back then. This fact makes me sad.
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i know it’s so rough out there for a lot of folks rn so i’m probs not gonna push this one quite as hard but i could really really use about $100 extra for groceries this week if anyone can chip in please. anything you can afford is perfect!
Rebecca Swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
Rebecca Swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
December 1, 2025 at 1:14 AM
i know it’s so rough out there for a lot of folks rn so i’m probs not gonna push this one quite as hard but i could really really use about $100 extra for groceries this week if anyone can chip in please. anything you can afford is perfect!
Rebecca Swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
Rebecca Swift 15-3976-0225299-01
paypal.me/gamerswift13
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I’m just finishing off the third in the Violet and the Velvets series and it has inadvertently become an anti-AI manifesto that I hope will sow some seeds of distrust in children who are future adults (and encourage them to call shit out).
November 30, 2025 at 6:13 AM
I’m just finishing off the third in the Violet and the Velvets series and it has inadvertently become an anti-AI manifesto that I hope will sow some seeds of distrust in children who are future adults (and encourage them to call shit out).
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By Zdenek Vrozina:
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
November 29, 2025 at 4:56 AM
By Zdenek Vrozina:
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
"A new preprint study shatters the idea that pediatric long COVID is just a mild or different version of the adult form.
It shows that children share the same core immune patterns - and, strikingly, some resemble those seen in chronic infections like HIV"
This is a powerful read if you want to know how to talk to a person with LC about how they are doing, in a truly genuine way.
"The problem with Long COVID is that most of society would rather not see it. We want to believe the pandemic was just a bad dream we awoke from years ago. (When I hear someone say during COVID, in the past tense, I want to flip a table.)"
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.md/7Rer1
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.md/7Rer1
November 29, 2025 at 6:03 AM
This is a powerful read if you want to know how to talk to a person with LC about how they are doing, in a truly genuine way.
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"The problem with Long COVID is that most of society would rather not see it. We want to believe the pandemic was just a bad dream we awoke from years ago. (When I hear someone say during COVID, in the past tense, I want to flip a table.)"
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.md/7Rer1
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.md/7Rer1
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 AM
"The problem with Long COVID is that most of society would rather not see it. We want to believe the pandemic was just a bad dream we awoke from years ago. (When I hear someone say during COVID, in the past tense, I want to flip a table.)"
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.md/7Rer1
#LongCOVID
Source: archive.md/7Rer1
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
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I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
November 28, 2025 at 3:07 PM
I don’t know if anyone else notices or cares, but when I see a presentation in which the speaker uses obviously generated-AI images to illustrate their slides, it makes me immediately less confident in whatever other content they’re presenting.
Love a good maths question!
Question four. Percentages.
Andrew is a math teacher. Erica offers him a 2.5% pay rise. Inflation is around 3%.
Thinking about the percentages above, is the pay rise really a pay cut?
YES. NO
Circle your answer.
Andrew is a math teacher. Erica offers him a 2.5% pay rise. Inflation is around 3%.
Thinking about the percentages above, is the pay rise really a pay cut?
YES. NO
Circle your answer.
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Love a good maths question!
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Question four. Percentages.
Andrew is a math teacher. Erica offers him a 2.5% pay rise. Inflation is around 3%.
Thinking about the percentages above, is the pay rise really a pay cut?
YES. NO
Circle your answer.
Andrew is a math teacher. Erica offers him a 2.5% pay rise. Inflation is around 3%.
Thinking about the percentages above, is the pay rise really a pay cut?
YES. NO
Circle your answer.
November 28, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Question four. Percentages.
Andrew is a math teacher. Erica offers him a 2.5% pay rise. Inflation is around 3%.
Thinking about the percentages above, is the pay rise really a pay cut?
YES. NO
Circle your answer.
Andrew is a math teacher. Erica offers him a 2.5% pay rise. Inflation is around 3%.
Thinking about the percentages above, is the pay rise really a pay cut?
YES. NO
Circle your answer.
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In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
OpenAI says teen's 'misuse' of ChatGPT is to blame for his suicide, because he broke the TOU: 'Users must comply with OpenAI's Usage Policies, which prohibit the use of ChatGPT for suicide or self-har...
The lawyer presenting Adam Raine's family calls the response "disturbing" and I have to agree.
www.pcgamer.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
In case you needed one more reason not to use AI …
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
The CEO of ChatGPT is blaming a teen’s suicide on his failure to follow the terms of service:
Adam Raine, 16, told ChatGPT he was suicidal and the AI bot told him his feelings were valid and even provided suggestions and detailed instructions.
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"We were missing 12 whole nurses [over the day] and we only have 13 nurses on the morning shift altogether, so we were half staffed. It was absolutely nuts."
Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.
Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.
Nurses sick of being used as 'chess pieces' by Health NZ, in second week of work-to-rule strike
Nurses sick of being used as 'chess pieces' by Health NZ, in second week of work-to-rule strike
Nurses nationwide are refusing to work extra shifts or fill roster gaps, forcing hospital managers to cancel planned care and reduce ward beds.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 AM
"We were missing 12 whole nurses [over the day] and we only have 13 nurses on the morning shift altogether, so we were half staffed. It was absolutely nuts."
Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.
Remember there is no nursing shortage according then Minister Reti or TWO Commissioner Lester Levy.
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I mean, why do we even have media if they aren't running stories like this? Everyone who's had to wait in any way for health this year deserves to know!
November 27, 2025 at 5:38 AM
I mean, why do we even have media if they aren't running stories like this? Everyone who's had to wait in any way for health this year deserves to know!