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David Hood

@thoughtfulnz.bsky.social

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I like collating data, and getting thoughts in the brain. I run https://thoughtfulnz.quarto.pub/nzcovidreport/ All for Public data, Aotearoa New Zealand, and informed communities. #openData #NewZealand #Aotearoa #rstats. He/him. He tangata tiriti ahau

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 8h

This is my favourite RPG. I spent many happy hours playing the embodiment of print.
That said, I think it works best when the players are prepared to engage in extreme character driven plot actions, with the GM improvising around that and the actions of the other antagonists.

Quinns @itsquinns.bsky.social · 11d

The new season of my actual play show where we play old rpgs from history BEGINS!

Here at the start of the season I mostly hold it together as the GM. Later, you can practically hear the steam coming out of my ears. Podcast links are in the video description!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTLB...

Play to Find Out, S3E1: Nobilis

YouTube video by Quinns Quest

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Angie Rasmussen @angierasmussen.bsky.social · 1d

The newsletter from agricultural producer news site WATT Poultry is now a primary source of my anxiety. H5N1 is exploding in North American poultry. Every day, a headline like this.

But no human cases. Either there aren't any or there's no testing. Given CDC's dismantling, I can guess.

Headline: "Avian flu invades flock of nearly 2 million Washington hens"

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 13h

The text from the posters is on the blog post (the first link in my post) in plain text in the What the posters say section

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 14h

talking with a colleague I was reminded of some accessibility infographics I saw about a decade ago, and was able to find them again. I think they are still pretty good accessibility.blog.gov.uk/2016/09/02/d...

A direct link to the English language pdf set is github.com/UKHomeOffice...

Dos and don'ts on designing for accessibility

Karwai Pun is an interaction designer currently working on Service Optimisation to make existing and new services better for our users. Karwai is part of an accessibility group at Home Office Digital,...

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 14h

Yes, what gets caught is things like churches offering cups of tea.

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 15h

This sentence is interesting “Discovery-led science and research will continue to be funded. This will sit outside the pillars and is essential for maintaining a vibrant, curiosity-driven science system.” — where is the funding for this coming from?!

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 16h

I am a dwarf and I'm reading a book
Ready, ready book, ready, ready book

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Robbie Nicol @robbienicol.bsky.social · 16h

Do I know any science teachers in Auckland who could help me film a video where I set methane bubbles on fire?

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 16h

They read too greedily and too deep

Malcolm RF 💚🇳🇿 @p-no-nwa.bsky.social · 18h

Boy I hope the Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival (DW&RF) has a funky little dwarf as their logo

Aaron Hawkins @ahawkins.bsky.social · 19h

Big weekend around here.

Lines Of Flight: Thursday - Sunday.
Dunedin Writers & Readers Festival: Friday - Sunday.
Also: The Rugby (Friday)

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 17h

Thanks everyone for helping spread the word. There were more than 100 attendees.

If you missed it, you can watch the recording of it here 👇

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 17h

This is the video thumbnail of the recording of an online training session where I am sitting at my computer demonstrating things on my computer. when doing conference talks, if they are being recorded I make a very conscious effort not to wander about too much and make life to difficult for filming

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 20h

I believe there is a typo on the MoH current cases page. 116 cases in past week is about 17 per day average not 0 & the Shiny and Github data sources, which only have cases to 10/10, do have cases within the last week (so it is not just a historical adjustment).

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Nick Brown @steamtraen.eu · 22h

Next time an institution tells you how seriously it takes research misconduct, ask them if it's *this* seriously. www.bmj.com/content/297/...

In 1916 the BMJ published an article about the work done by James Shearer, an American physician working in the British Army as a sergeant (because he had no British qualification). He had described a
"delineator" which was better than x rays for portraying gunshot wounds. This caused a sensation and a lot of interest — but on investigation the work was found to have been invented. The BMJ published a retraction, but Shearer was tried by court martial and sentenced to death by firing squad.

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Data Behind the Scenes Conference @databsconf.com · 1d

Highlighting #DataBS Conf talks:

Reuters graphics journalist Prasanta Kumar Dutta shares his experience building Covid trackers in the early days of the pandemic. You know, when data sources were perfectly clean and available and ready for analysis. Right? Right?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FI2d...

DataBS 2025 - 04 - Prasanta Kumar Dutta - From Chaos to Clarity: Data Journalism in the COVID era

YouTube video by Data Behind the Scenes

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 23h

...Which, in a politics as observed fashion, is a reason those in power in the US are demanding (and succeeding in demanding) modifying AI models to be less "woke". Reducing the chance of the technology doing a small bit of good as it energy intensively destroy's people development of reasoning.

Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 1d

AI to increase sceptics’ engagement with climate science www.nature.com/articles/s41...

"...artificial intelligence can alter the information diet sceptics consume and holds promise for advancing public understanding of science when responsibly deployed by well-intentioned actors."

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

I wasn't part of Soon Lee's group, but I had noticed an invitation in the early afternoon and made a contribution of 40 or so captures to that group then saw it had closed down this evening.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

Ah, he said, that explains it.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

The code is self-documenting

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

I did see a penguin costume in use in this post

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Michael Edison Hayden @michaelehayden.bsky.social · 1d

“They are highly organized … [they] have purchased their own animal costumes”

Andy ngo mad about muppets again — this time in Chicago

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

I'm Maker of sand views, with the whole data visualisations done via silicon.

David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

I recall that as a similar vibe to past elections. "Does not play well with others" goes for the supporters too.

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Prof. Michael Fuhrer @michaelsfuhrer.bsky.social · 8d

NB: Covid remains a big problem for infants who are born with almost* no adaptive immunity to it. (Here, showing covid still hospitalizes more infants than flu in the US. But note, RSV hospitalizes more than both combined!)

*infants CAN get some immunity from maternal vaccination--important!

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waltydunlop @waltydunlop.bsky.social · 2d

Job occupations, from an 1881 census. Every one of these sounds like something a sorely provoked Captain Haddock would should at someone in times of heavy stress.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

With 2 30 year old archaeology degrees, I could be the D'Artagnan to your 3 musketeers.

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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social · 1d

Tāmaki Makaurau Drift

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