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Manage My Health data breach – Expert Reaction
Manage My Health data breach - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
Hackers have reportedly threatened to release the health information of over 120,000 Kiwis unless a ransom is paid by 5 am tomorrow. Manage My Health, which holds health information on over 1.8 million...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
January 8, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Manage My Health data breach – Expert Reaction
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Here are the headline paragraphs. The Ministry emphatically did not recommend this ban, and in fact repeatedly pointed out the significant level of harm it was likely to cause. The consultation found overwhelming support for continued access. The only people who thought different were cabinet.
December 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Here are the headline paragraphs. The Ministry emphatically did not recommend this ban, and in fact repeatedly pointed out the significant level of harm it was likely to cause. The consultation found overwhelming support for continued access. The only people who thought different were cabinet.
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I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development – Expert Reaction
40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
A long-term US study shows water fluoridation at recommended levels doesn't reduce cognitive ability, with kids who drank such water doing slightly better in school tests. Whereas earlier studies looked...
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November 19, 2025 at 8:00 PM
40-year water fluoridation study finds no negative effect on brain development – Expert Reaction
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Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
Govt's climate strategy: Let it burn
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Comment: The Government has relentlessly pursued policies that boost climate pollution – even if they cost more or jeopardise NZ's reputation, Marc Daalder writes
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Potential community spread of measles in NZ – Expert Reaction
Potential community spread of measles in NZ - Expert Reaction - Science Media Centre
There is now a strong likelihood that measles is spreading through communities, according to Health New Zealand. Unlike other measles cases reported recently, two new cases in Manawatū and one in...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
October 22, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Potential community spread of measles in NZ – Expert Reaction
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We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Idle — The Wealth Race
Can your hard work beat The Rich? Play and find out!
therichdont.work
September 3, 2025 at 12:25 PM
We need to tax wealth not work.
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
Why? Because usually no matter how hard you work, the compound interest on huge wealth grows much faster than your wages + the rich use this passive income to buy all the assets.
Someone made a game to show this:
therichdont.work
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Unsurprisingly shocking news: the Advanced Technology Institute is being funded by mortgaging the future of other science funding.
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Further cuts fund new tech institute - Expert Reaction
Details of new changes to research funding under sweeping science sector reforms have been released today.
The briefing confirms that set up of the NZ Institute for Advanced Technology will be paid fo...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz
August 6, 2025 at 5:51 AM
Unsurprisingly shocking news: the Advanced Technology Institute is being funded by mortgaging the future of other science funding.
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
Had you wondered whether we're rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic, or playing musical chairs?
It's both.
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/08/06/f...
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“The harm that we did to families back then can’t be undone, but we can make sure we don’t repeat it again.”
No, moms aren't to blame for ADHD
Despite what one popular theory might make you believe.
www.motherjones.com
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
“The harm that we did to families back then can’t be undone, but we can make sure we don’t repeat it again.”
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The Ministry of Health is now posting on Bluesky. Follow us to be alerted to our consultations, news and announcements. We welcome your respectful and relevant comments and reserve the right to take action against posts that violate our community guidelines:
Social media community guidelines | Ministry of Health NZ
The Ministry engages with the community and provides important safety and public health information through accounts on Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.
www.health.govt.nz
May 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
The Ministry of Health is now posting on Bluesky. Follow us to be alerted to our consultations, news and announcements. We welcome your respectful and relevant comments and reserve the right to take action against posts that violate our community guidelines:
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Budget 2025 continues the government's shift of the science sector towards more "growth-promoting investments".
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/22/b...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/22/b...
Budget 2025: Science system funding - Expert Reaction
Amid this year's science sector reforms, the 2025 Budget includes money for the establishment of three new Public Research Organisations and a gene tech regulator.
Science, Innovation and Technology M...
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May 22, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Budget 2025 continues the government's shift of the science sector towards more "growth-promoting investments".
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/22/b...
www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2025/05/22/b...
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#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory
May 13, 2025 at 12:12 AM
#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory
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OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
May 12, 2025 at 3:20 PM
OK, this is wild.
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
In September 2023, geophysicists across the world started monitoring a very odd signal coming from the ground under them.
It was picked up in the Arctic. And Antarctica. It was detected everywhere, every 90 seconds, as regular as a metronome, for *nine days*.
What the HELL?
1/
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BREAKING
The Govt is rushing through a new law that legalises killing kiwi and other rare wildlife. It overturns a ruling by the high court.
We’re talking about the kiwi – our national icon – being sacrificed so a company can build a road faster. That’s just not who we are as a country.
#nzpol
The Govt is rushing through a new law that legalises killing kiwi and other rare wildlife. It overturns a ruling by the high court.
We’re talking about the kiwi – our national icon – being sacrificed so a company can build a road faster. That’s just not who we are as a country.
#nzpol
Luxon Government to pass law tonight that legalises killing Kiwi - Greenpeace Aotearoa
The Luxon Government has just introduced a bill into the House that would make it legal to kill protected wildlife. Greenpeace understands the Bill is being rushed through all stages…
www.greenpeace.org
May 6, 2025 at 6:21 PM
BREAKING
The Govt is rushing through a new law that legalises killing kiwi and other rare wildlife. It overturns a ruling by the high court.
We’re talking about the kiwi – our national icon – being sacrificed so a company can build a road faster. That’s just not who we are as a country.
#nzpol
The Govt is rushing through a new law that legalises killing kiwi and other rare wildlife. It overturns a ruling by the high court.
We’re talking about the kiwi – our national icon – being sacrificed so a company can build a road faster. That’s just not who we are as a country.
#nzpol
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Golly gosh. Several important bills are today being passed through all stages under urgency and without select committee scrutiny/public submissions -- and bills with constitutionally objectional features, such as retrospective effect and nullification of existing court proceedings etc. #wildwest
May 6, 2025 at 4:07 AM
Golly gosh. Several important bills are today being passed through all stages under urgency and without select committee scrutiny/public submissions -- and bills with constitutionally objectional features, such as retrospective effect and nullification of existing court proceedings etc. #wildwest
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A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz
May 1, 2025 at 2:52 AM
A milestone: #kakapo mating calls have been heard on the North Island of NZ for the first time in over a century. At least 2 of the 3 #kakapo males at the fenced sanctuary of Maungatautari have "boomed" this summer. #conservation www.doc.govt.nz/news/media-r... Video: www.scienceagency.co.nz
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The White House has turned covid.gov into a conspiracy theory page.
Lab Leak: The True Origins of Covid-19
THE ORIGIN “The Proximal Origin of SARS-CoV-2” publication — which was used repeatedly by public health officials and the media to discredit the lab leak
covid.gov
April 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The White House has turned covid.gov into a conspiracy theory page.
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In case you missed it (and honestly, lucky you), RFK Jr. just held a BONKERS press conference on CDC’s latest MMWR on autism. Below, we tell you what CDC's report actually said 🧵
Prevalence and Early Identification of Autism Spectrum ...
This report describes autism spectrum disorder prevalence and early identifications patterns among children aged 4 and 8 years old.
www.cdc.gov
April 16, 2025 at 7:19 PM
In case you missed it (and honestly, lucky you), RFK Jr. just held a BONKERS press conference on CDC’s latest MMWR on autism. Below, we tell you what CDC's report actually said 🧵
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Wrote a thing at how the Bukele/Trump meeting, full of absolute nonsense and bullshit in support of out-and-out fascism and despotism, is yet another dark day in America. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...
Trump & Bukele Plot US Citizen Detention In Salvadoran Torture Camps, While Defying Supreme Court Via Gibberish Responses To Reporters
In a stunning White House appearance that should alarm anyone who cares about constitutional rights, democracy, the rule of law or anything of the sort, Donald Trump and Salvadoran dictator Nayib B…
www.techdirt.com
April 14, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wrote a thing at how the Bukele/Trump meeting, full of absolute nonsense and bullshit in support of out-and-out fascism and despotism, is yet another dark day in America. www.techdirt.com/2025/04/14/t...
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Right, rant incoming on that Treasury fiscal policy paper. I'll start with the first paragraph of the cutesy summary version. Apparently, we have a 'public purse' that pays for services. Let's unpack that a bit - where is this public purse and how much is in it? [🧵 1/n]
April 11, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Right, rant incoming on that Treasury fiscal policy paper. I'll start with the first paragraph of the cutesy summary version. Apparently, we have a 'public purse' that pays for services. Let's unpack that a bit - where is this public purse and how much is in it? [🧵 1/n]
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This compelling thread by @coleytangerina.bsky.social, and her post in LinkedIn inspired me to release this short report.
The targeting of MP Tamatha Paul: Rapid assessment of hate, and harms www.linkedin.com/pulse/target... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/t... (WordPress)
The targeting of MP Tamatha Paul: Rapid assessment of hate, and harms www.linkedin.com/pulse/target... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/t... (WordPress)
April 8, 2025 at 11:39 AM
This compelling thread by @coleytangerina.bsky.social, and her post in LinkedIn inspired me to release this short report.
The targeting of MP Tamatha Paul: Rapid assessment of hate, and harms www.linkedin.com/pulse/target... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/t... (WordPress)
The targeting of MP Tamatha Paul: Rapid assessment of hate, and harms www.linkedin.com/pulse/target... (LinkedIn)
sanjanah.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/t... (WordPress)
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🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants.
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
Did You Work on a Terminated NIH Grant? ProPublica Wants to Hear From You.
The National Institutes of Health is canceling grants that are seen as conflicting with the Trump administration’s priorities. We want to hear from researchers who have been affected.
www.propublica.org
April 3, 2025 at 3:00 AM
🧪 #ScienceSky and #AcademicSky: We’re trying to learn more about the real-life scope and impact of the Trump administration terminating NIH grants.
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
Here's how you can help our reporting 👇
