Graeme Edgeler
@graemeedgeler.bsky.social
Check on the Executive
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The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review...
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 PM
The stuff you find when you actually read the RCTs in a systematic review...
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
This paper is one of the foundational studies on vitamin D to prevent respiratory infections in kids. Cited 1,400 times as per Google Scholar.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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This week I am writing about obeying illegal military orders.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
November 25, 2025 at 8:15 AM
This week I am writing about obeying illegal military orders.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
Happy to hear any informed views and of any interesting/useful information, on or off record.
DMs open.
If anyone is concerned about the renaming of Rongotai, while you can't change it for the next election (or probably the one after that), you do have the power to elect a local MP willing to read the 1½ pages of public comment and represent your opposition for the next time it comes up.
I fucking HATE "Wellington Bays"
Bring back Rongotai.
Bring back Rongotai.
November 23, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If anyone is concerned about the renaming of Rongotai, while you can't change it for the next election (or probably the one after that), you do have the power to elect a local MP willing to read the 1½ pages of public comment and represent your opposition for the next time it comes up.
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If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
November 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you have been sharing that Malwarebytes article on the Gmail thing, you should note the giant correction up top.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
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This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 7:57 AM
This government has not taken a single meaningful step to tackle the causes of the horrendous inefficiencies in the criminal justice system, instead rushing to dismantle trial by jury.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
Legal professionals have offered numerous alternatives to address the backlog.
Ministers are not listening.
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Parliamentary sovereignty is one of the most deceptively difficult things to write about accurately, concisely and accessibly.
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Parliamentary sovereignty
A short research briefing on the principle of parliamentary sovereignty, its origins and contemporary application.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Parliamentary sovereignty is one of the most deceptively difficult things to write about accurately, concisely and accessibly.
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
Credit to David Torrance & @paolosandro.bsky.social for showing the deceptively difficult is not the infuriatingly impossible.
commonslibrary.parliament.uk/research-bri...
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The screengrab below is nuts. "This officer was so indiscriminate about shooting protesters that plaintiff, as a matter of law, cannot demonstrate he was targeted in retaliation for his First Amendment activity."
DO WE NOT SEE THE PROBLEM HERE
DO WE NOT SEE THE PROBLEM HERE
6th Cir. holds that because police officer also shot pepper balls at George Floyd protesters who weren't filming police, plaintiff (causing permanent vision loss) cannot show the officer shot him in retaliation for filming.
QI for officer.
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/11...
QI for officer.
ecf.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/25/11...
November 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
The screengrab below is nuts. "This officer was so indiscriminate about shooting protesters that plaintiff, as a matter of law, cannot demonstrate he was targeted in retaliation for his First Amendment activity."
DO WE NOT SEE THE PROBLEM HERE
DO WE NOT SEE THE PROBLEM HERE
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I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
I urge members of the legal profession to realize that prosecuting individuals who seek to overturn the constitutional order is not "retaliation" in any normatively significant sense.
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By now in the semester, the students in my sentencing and punishment seminar are pretty used to grim stuff—not to mention self-selection into electives means most had a lot of background awareness coming in.
But this pic—of group “therapy” at San Quentin—still produced a class-wide gasp of horror.
But this pic—of group “therapy” at San Quentin—still produced a class-wide gasp of horror.
November 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
By now in the semester, the students in my sentencing and punishment seminar are pretty used to grim stuff—not to mention self-selection into electives means most had a lot of background awareness coming in.
But this pic—of group “therapy” at San Quentin—still produced a class-wide gasp of horror.
But this pic—of group “therapy” at San Quentin—still produced a class-wide gasp of horror.
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When Owen writes "most interesting" you should read that as "most insane thing that could possibly be true given these absolute idiots."
Everyone's missing potentially the most interesting thing about this order, which is the judge's finding that Halligan may have returned an indictment that was never presented to the jury
November 17, 2025 at 6:33 PM
When Owen writes "most interesting" you should read that as "most insane thing that could possibly be true given these absolute idiots."
There are definitely movies I have seen because I saw random shorts (usually YouTube, rather than TikTok).
Have mostly liked the movies.
Have mostly liked the movies.
I didn’t like the show Euphoria very much when it was on HBO, but apparently I like it when it’s chopped up into niblets on TikTok? I don’t know what this says about the show, but it doesn’t speak well of me
November 17, 2025 at 4:38 AM
There are definitely movies I have seen because I saw random shorts (usually YouTube, rather than TikTok).
Have mostly liked the movies.
Have mostly liked the movies.
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Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
November 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Oh wow @reuters.com got the photo here:
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Yeah, this.
Two things can be true:
1. Maxwell def should not get special treatment.
2. The treatment Maxwell is getting likely barely qualifies as “acceptable” in many European prisons.
But no one really wants to hear “the path to fairness is to treat everyone humanely!”
Two things can be true:
1. Maxwell def should not get special treatment.
2. The treatment Maxwell is getting likely barely qualifies as “acceptable” in many European prisons.
But no one really wants to hear “the path to fairness is to treat everyone humanely!”
I think it is definitely a story that Maxwell is getting preferential treatment behind bars, but good luck writing that story without encouraging the dehumanization of incarcerated people.
November 14, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Yeah, this.
Two things can be true:
1. Maxwell def should not get special treatment.
2. The treatment Maxwell is getting likely barely qualifies as “acceptable” in many European prisons.
But no one really wants to hear “the path to fairness is to treat everyone humanely!”
Two things can be true:
1. Maxwell def should not get special treatment.
2. The treatment Maxwell is getting likely barely qualifies as “acceptable” in many European prisons.
But no one really wants to hear “the path to fairness is to treat everyone humanely!”
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not to absolve them of their other work, but every so often the Bee posts a banger
November 14, 2025 at 7:39 PM
not to absolve them of their other work, but every so often the Bee posts a banger
Declaring on a news media website that someone currently before a court facing criminal charges that could be the subject of a jury trial are not innocent is generally not advised.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
Perspective with Heather du Plessis-Allan: The woman in the Jevon McSkimming saga wasn't innocent here
So it turns out the woman with whom Jevon McSkimming had an affair, whose warnings police ignored and who police charged instead of investigating McSkimmin
www.newstalkzb.co.nz
November 14, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Declaring on a news media website that someone currently before a court facing criminal charges that could be the subject of a jury trial are not innocent is generally not advised.
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heath...
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If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Texas A&M adopts policy requiring professors to get OK from school president to discuss certain race and gender issues.
November 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
If you have tenure at Texas A&M and aren't maliciously emailing the president a dozen times every day to ask if you can say this or you can say that, then what's the point in having tenure?
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Also worth noting: we appointed a bunch of these people to trusted positions when they were clearly fleeing the consequences of their own ethical lapses at police (after McSkimmings' suspension). Did no-one ask them why they were leaving? Did no-one ask the police? Or the IPCA?
November 13, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Also worth noting: we appointed a bunch of these people to trusted positions when they were clearly fleeing the consequences of their own ethical lapses at police (after McSkimmings' suspension). Did no-one ask them why they were leaving? Did no-one ask the police? Or the IPCA?
So the issue by which I am most exercised now isn't McSkimming, but everyone else. One appointment can fall through the cracks. But all of these statutory appointments overseen by the Public Service Commission, first as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, but then appointments at Social Investment
Further fallout in wake of damning IPCA McSkimming report
McSkimming scandal fallout: Aviation boss ‘on leave’ following bombshell report
Former Police Deputy Commissioner Chris de Wattignar was criticised for his handling of concerns about his colleague. Now he’s on leave from another government agency.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 13, 2025 at 9:56 AM
So the issue by which I am most exercised now isn't McSkimming, but everyone else. One appointment can fall through the cracks. But all of these statutory appointments overseen by the Public Service Commission, first as Commissioner or Deputy Commissioner, but then appointments at Social Investment
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"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
The account owner of @sarahkendzior.bsky.social was suspended for 72 hours for expressing a desire to shoot the author of an article. The post, made 11/10, stated: "I want to shoot the author of this article just to watch him die." 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:40 PM
"bluesky will suspend you for anything vaguely resembling a death threat" is maybe the single most consistent moderation policy they have I don't know why anyone is surprised by this one
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
yes, even if it's a reference to song lyrics
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Llandudno Remembrance Parade 2025 witnessed an act so audacious that Bond would have been impressed. This individual waltzed in, mingled with the Chain Gang et al and laid a wreath. The catcher? No one knows who the feck he is. Whoever he is he Walted big and hard. I'm not even angry, I'm impressed.
November 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Llandudno Remembrance Parade 2025 witnessed an act so audacious that Bond would have been impressed. This individual waltzed in, mingled with the Chain Gang et al and laid a wreath. The catcher? No one knows who the feck he is. Whoever he is he Walted big and hard. I'm not even angry, I'm impressed.
In which a then 46-year old Winston Peters acquires the moniker "young" :-)
I'll take it!
I'll take it!
Juggernaut 2: The inside story of the Mother of All Budgets
Juggernaut 2: The inside story of the Mother of All Budgets
Ruth Richardson tells the story of the Mother of All Budgets – what she was hoping to achieve, and how it got that indelible name....
thespinoff.co.nz
November 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
In which a then 46-year old Winston Peters acquires the moniker "young" :-)
I'll take it!
I'll take it!
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Anne Twomey is turning into a YouTube machine with her series on the dismissal of the Whitlam government—and now she's promising "a special video in a unique location" for the 50th anniversary on Tuesday. Constitutional and political history fans lesssgoooooo
Constitutional Clarion
This channel is about constitutional matters - largely Australian, but sometimes broader international constitutional issues. It is conducted by Anne Twomey, who is a Professor Emerita of the Univers...
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November 9, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Anne Twomey is turning into a YouTube machine with her series on the dismissal of the Whitlam government—and now she's promising "a special video in a unique location" for the 50th anniversary on Tuesday. Constitutional and political history fans lesssgoooooo
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the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
Underrated aspect of killing the filibuster is making pundit hacks at Cook Political p-p-p-piss their pants
November 8, 2025 at 10:13 PM
the thing about this is that a) small states do not have any interests that are inherent to their size (no less than james madison understood this) b) the senate is organized along party lines which makes the small/big distinction almost irrelevant and c) the filibuster has never been used this way
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In the scheme of things 9 million dollars isn't a lot. Bit sure as shit ain't nothing. Its 9 million dollars somehow spent on getting Michelin to review some restaurants. How does that even work. It cost the crown 9 million dollars to get some restaurants reviewed. wtf. Honestly, how is that 9M.
November 7, 2025 at 8:17 PM
In the scheme of things 9 million dollars isn't a lot. Bit sure as shit ain't nothing. Its 9 million dollars somehow spent on getting Michelin to review some restaurants. How does that even work. It cost the crown 9 million dollars to get some restaurants reviewed. wtf. Honestly, how is that 9M.