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Lauren M @elenem.bsky.social · 6h

This is why the constant exhortations for the left to just be a bit nicer to the poor right wingers rings so hollow. Tory Whanau rightfully calls out some bullshit, Mike Hosking says she's being bitchy. These people are only happy when people are completely cowed

Tory Whanau @misswhanau.bsky.social · 10h

This is what happens when you don’t lead on ZB’s terms. Amazing how fragile some talkback hosts get when a woman does well. So emotional!

Nick Mills: Tory Whanau - What a ride; What a disappointment
ON AIR
WELLINGTON
Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 1:52pm
Well, one more day as Mayor for Tory Whanau - the
"accidental mayor," as many have called her - and just like that, her chapter in Wellington politics closes.
What a ride, and what a mess. And, let's be honest, what a disappointment.
From the very beginning, Tory framed her leadership through a lens of identity - "poor me, give me a break, I'm a woman, and I'm new.

Mike's Minute: Tory Whanau is the poster child for ineptitude
ON AIR MIKE HOSKING BREAKFAST OPINION
Mike Hosking, Thu, 9 Oct 2025, 10:33am
The Wellington mayor went out, not really in a blaze of glory yesterday, but more a fireball of misery and bitchiness.
Tory Whanau is probably the local body poster child for ineptitude. She's given her bye-bye speech.
She was a shambles. She may still be back, as she is standing in the Mãori ward.

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Hana Ayoob @hanaayoob.co.uk · 2h

THIS!

And your regular reminder that your ‘just a cold’ could be considerably worse for others.

Moths in a human suit (they/them) @lycomorpha.bsky.social · 3h

I know that, realistically, people are done masking here.

Not least cos the UK pretty much has a fucken moratorium on talking about COVID, masks, etc at the moment.

But if you can avoid spreading your seasonal germs of any kind, please do.

(Cos OMFGs I have enuf wrong with me already aarg 😭)

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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 4m

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 7h

Love a good gallery day 😎🤣👏 #nzpol #TangataTiriti #HakaMana #Aotearoa #NewZealand #ToitūTeTiriti

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Helen Salisbury @helensalisbury.bsky.social · 3h

How about approaching this from the other side- how do we incentivise employers to make the adjustments necessary to help people with disabilities into work. Rather than suggesting that if sick people just tried a bit harder they could not be sick, which is what this looks like

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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 12m

Variants on Hello that work:

* Salam
* Tere
* Hei
* Lakwe
* Namaste
* Akkam
* Vanakkam

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Chantzy @chantzy.bsky.social · 51m

💯 As a neurodivergent person, sensory friendly means not coughing maskless into my face. Ty for your attention to this matter

ThatIngrid @thatingrid.bsky.social · 2h

Very cool to see that Breast Screen Vic is offering a sensory friendly clinic for neurodivergent peeps but hey is it too much to ask for COVID-safe care?

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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 2h

This is who we should could would be, if we remembered to vote with our conscience. #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #ToitūTeTiriti #TangataTiriti #Aotearoa #NewZealand

Michael Bain @mikejbain.bsky.social · 6h

Here are 3 ideas to make Parliament reflect Aotearoa better:
1. Hang a copy of Te Tiriti in the debating chamber as a reminder of what is at our foundation.
2. Create space for haka to be performed in the debating chamber.
2. Allow haka from the public gallery with permission.
#nzpol

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Countess Olive in her Icarus arc @ol1-v3.bsky.social · 2d

two bits that really stood out

- how the replies to Jay show some of the more aggressive negative replies are still visible, while measured criticisms are hidden

I noticed that myself but didn't quite put my finger on how nefarious that is

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ClutchScience (Jen Phillips) @clutchscience.bsky.social · 46m

I’m trying to watch Djokovic objectively but it’s truly off-putting to see him push himself to this ghastly physical limit for what seems like a pretty trivial reason (in the context of his goaty career). It’s like watching someone on a hunger strike to protest the new Tron Movie or something 🎾

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RNZ News (Unofficial) @radionz.nzcow.com · 5h

📢 Recently, the party has gone through the death of Takutai Tarsh Kemp, the Tāmaki Makaurau by-election and allegations of problematic leadership made by Toitu te Tiriti.

Te Pāti Māori to 'steady the waka' in discipline, policy focused reset, co-leaders say

www.rnz.co.nz

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 7h

Truly don't know how I did that because it was a word analysis on Othello, and you actually have to do some legwork for that to know where all exactly the word you picked was used (and there weren't a ton of online study guides at that point to help)

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Jess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 8h

The highest scoring essay I ever did for AP Lit was written in 30 minutes over lunch, probably 10 of which was spent fighting with a possessed printer. Gotta hone those skills to work well under pressure 🙃🙃🙃

Dane 🔜 NYCC AA L-34 @monkeyminion.com · 10h

I wrote a 15 page report on heraldic symbolism in medieval armor and weapon design for my art history class the night before it was due (8am class). Made up 90% of it (only found one book for reference) and got an A. GenAI could fucking never.

wrote 20 pages on Faulkner's The Bear four hours before final papers were due on trucker pills and coffee and cigarettes and got an A, fuck you.
You people couldn't hang with real slackers.
finn
wokeupchic • 4d
It's fuck Al till your homework due in 25 minutes

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 7h

Tell the truth dirtbag #NZPol

Luxon

"We care about you, we love ya, but we don't want you showing up on our statistics."

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 12h

#nzpol

GOOD NEWS ALERT 🚨

Today the government relented to pressure from the @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social and retained the requirement for contracted workers to be paid at least the Living Wage rate in Government Contracts. Around 5,000 workers will likely benefit from this decision

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chadzia dax 🔞😷🖖🏻 @m00psy.bsky.social · 7h

yet another reason i avoid shared air without an N95.

vaping is the best way i currently have to take in THC and other cannabinoids in a way that actually feels effective.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 7h

How vaping primes the lungs for COVID-19 damage

COVID-19 not only infects the airways but also damages blood vessels. Both COVID and vaping trigger inflammation—vaping irritates blood vessel linings while COVID floods lungs with inflammatory molecules, creating a “perfect storm.”

archive.md/Y1Jx3

How vaping primes the lungs for COVID-19 damage

Published: October 9, 2025 3.28am AEDT

Author Keith Rochfort
Assistant Professor, School of Biotechnology, Life Sciences Institute, Dublin City University

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Megs @t3ddybear.bsky.social · 8h

He was the disrespectful one today. Such a racist government.

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Lauren Queiss @lqueiss.bsky.social · 16h

I’m excited to take part in the very first Women in Electron Microscopy (WEM) Conference hosted by @fz-juelich.de for breaking barriers and building networks!

#womeninSTEM #ElectronMicroscopy

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Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social · 10h

Through pure people power - with workers, faith, and community uniting - the Govt has decided to keep the Living Wage in its procurement guidelines for contracted cleaners, catering workers, and security guards.

Special mention to the many workers who stood up and organised for this win. #NZpol

LIVING WAGE SAVED
For workers employed by contractors in the core public service

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 8h

A welcome back down from the coalition.
#nzpol

Living Wage Movement Aotearoa New Zealand @livingwageaotearoa.bsky.social · 10h

Through pure people power - with workers, faith, and community uniting - the Govt has decided to keep the Living Wage in its procurement guidelines for contracted cleaners, catering workers, and security guards.

Special mention to the many workers who stood up and organised for this win. #NZpol

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David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 6h

"the custom barcoded primer strategy offers a promising solution for influenza A.... 2.3X faster than the Native Barcoding Kit and only 15 minutes longer than the Rapid kit, it strikes an ideal balance between the speed of the Rapid kit and the high-quality results of the Native kit."

Comparison of time and cost of library preparation for Native, Rapid, and PCR sequencing runs on MinION flow cell. Library preparation time presented excludes RT-PCR amplification and amplicon purification. The cost presented excludes nucleic acid extraction, RT-PCR amplification, and flow cell. The current cost of R10.4.1 MinION flow cell ranges between $450 and $700 per flow cell depending on the purchased batch size, while the Flongle flow cell costs $810 per batch of 12 flow cells.

David Eccles 🌻🇵🇸7x🩹🛡️ @gringene.org · 6h

"despite using Opti primers with an overhanging tail longer than the recommended length to account for potential truncation of sequencing reads due to transposase activity in the Rapid run... this was still insufficient to fully sequence the entire influenza genome"

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2covet @2covet.bsky.social · 8h

#nzpol Of course there would be a haka. It's totally appropriate and normal for there to be a haka after a maiden speech.

Gerry needs to chillax because his blatant racism is showing. 🧐

Idiot/Savant @norightturnnz.bsky.social · 9h

Brownlee really has a problem with haka, doesn't he? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Watch: Haka breaks out after Te Pāti Māori MP Oriini Kaipara's maiden speech, Parliament suspended

Speaker Gerry Brownlee declared the House suspended after a haka broke out in the public gallery following the Te Pāti Māori MP's speech.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Michelle Wille @duckswabber.bsky.social · 13h

Optimized high-throughput whole-genome sequencing (Nanopore) workflow for surveillance of influenza A virus
👉 genomemedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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Nine @ninethprime.bsky.social · 7h

while fantastic news, and please get your booster if you can, even less severe illnesses can cause long covid and other (potentially fatal) complications. your best defense is a multilayered one, which includes a well fitting respirator in at least public indoor spaces.

Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 11h

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds

Veterans who got both 2024–25 COVID booster and flu shot saw 29% fewer ER visits, 39% fewer hospitalisations, and 64% lower deaths over 6 months, vs. those who got only the flu vaccine.

archive.md/UFmPF

Updated COVID shot led to less severe illness, fewer hospitalizations last year, US study finds

By Nancy Lapid

October 9, 2025 9:30 AM GMT+11 Updated 2 hours ago

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