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Matthew Littlewood
@matthewdunedin84.bsky.social
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Reporter, wanderer and cricket/music/cinema obsessive. Here because everyone else seems to be!
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 6h
No, I’m looking to upgrade!
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 10h
There’s gotta be a new vinyl player with my name on it!
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 1d
Baldwin’s monologue from 11.20 of this clip is remarkable in its passion but also its savage clarity. What a man.
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 1d
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzH5... I still think James Baldwin’s performance, and Cavett’s deliberate silence, is still one of the best things on YouTube. God, Baldwin was an astonishing thinker and Cavett was a remarkably patient host.
James Baldwin and Paul Weiss's HEATED Debate On Discrimination in America | The Dick Cavett Show
YouTube video by The Dick Cavett Show
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 1d
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... Treasury repeatedly criticised Waikato Medical School proposal, but those complaints fell on deaf ears. @publicaddress.bsky.social
Treasury warnings over medical school ignored
The government ignored repeated warnings from Treasury not to approve the new Waikato Medical School amid concerns about cost overruns. The...
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 1d
A fantastic “personal history” of hiphop, written by someone who has been close to it. I prefer the early chapters because he’s such a close listener. The chapters about the Roots are less compelling, but if you’re a fan of any kind of rap music, you need this. He’s one of the good guys.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 5d
to avoid confusion I have made a little table of Mitford siblings
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Dan @danxduran.bsky.social · 2d
If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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🎬 ScreenMedia 🎞 @screenmedia.bsky.social · 5d
John Huston’s directorial debut in the 🇺🇸American film noir “THE MALTESE FALCON” starring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Gladys George and Peter Lorre premiered #OnThisDay in 1941 at The Strand Theatre, New York City

🎬 Warner Bros.
🎞 #FilmNoir
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 4d
If, say, 15 years ago, you had told me that Otago would hold the Ranfurly Shield, be top of the NPC table and beat Auckland by 35 points, I’d have told you that you were certifiable. And yet here we are! 😀 #NPC
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Craig M. Ranapia @craigmranapia.bsky.social · 4d
It's not inappropriate that the monstrously gentility of Hyacinth Bucket is the first thing that comes to mind when people eulogize Patricia Routledge (RIP) but its her turns in Alan Bennett's unforgiving monologues that stick in mind and break my beart.

www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Dame Patricia Routledge obituary
Formidable and versatile actor best known for her comic turn as the snobbish Hyacinth Bucket in the BBC sitcom Keeping Up Appearances
www.theguardian.com
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 4d
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin... I take a look at the beleaguered Dunedin ED and see whether there are any solutions…
Staffing, resource issues plague ED
If the ED is the canary in the Dunedin Hospital coalmine, then there is cause to worry about the bird’s health. Matthew Littlewood looks into the...
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Keith Ng @keithng.bsky.social · 5d
Are TRANSformers biological men? Bro they're not even cis-robots, they only became cars once they moved to Earth to conform to our gender norms (the two genders being cars and small electronic appliances)
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Gareth Watkins @garethwatkins.bsky.social · 6d
This is proof that conservative parents don't spend actual time with their kids (well, we know Graham doesn't). If they did, they'd know that there have been queer characters on Netflix (and Disney, Nickelodeon etc.) for decades. Like, they're only just discovering Dead End Paranormal Park.
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 5d
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An Autocracy of Dunces
How stone-faced generals, Wall Street pushback, and a government shutdown may save America’s quickly declining democracy
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 5d
Speaking of HNZ targets….
www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...
Cancer treatment targets ‘meaningless’
A University of Otago oncology professor says the government cancer treatment targets have become "meaningless" and need to be rewritten. Prof...
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Lyndon Hood @lyndonhood.bsky.social · 6d
Seymour's response seems to be that if we passed his regulatory standards bill it would be harder for <the government he is deputy PM in> to get away with this sort of thing
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henry cooke @henrycooke.bsky.social · 6d
Officials drafting Government policy say more than half of the time they are being "constrained" from following a normal policy process.

New story from me in The Post:

www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Most Government policies skip normal process
Officials are increasingly complaining about constraints when preparing new laws or policies, with time pressures the most common issue.
www.thepost.co.nz
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Veronika Meduna @veronikameduna.bsky.social · 6d
My story in this week's Listener tracks impacts of the Trump administration's cuts on research in Aotearoa, from vaccine studies to climate change. More great stuff in the magazine, also online (albeit paywalled). Free to read on Libby if you have a library card!
www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Slash & burn: How Trump’s health and science cuts are hitting home in NZ
US govt research cuts cast a global shadow, threatening serious consequences for us all.
www.nzherald.co.nz
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chris-ture from the black lagoon @thecorlew.bsky.social · 6d
RIP Jane Goodall, you were cool as hell for lots of things, but especially for liking this
that The Far Side comic with two gorillas in a tree, one grooming the other, saying "Well, well—another blonde hair...Conducting a little more 'research' with that Jane Goodall tramp?"
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 7d
www.stuff.co.nz/entertainmen... RIP Nigel Latta. I interviewed him a decade ago and he was loads of fun and very thoughtful.
Stuff
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CuriousCat @felissapien.bsky.social · 8d
Concerns are being raised about privatisation after Health Minister Simeon Brown met representatives of a controversial multinational company that runs prisons and hospitals.

“The Minister must immediately & fully disclose the nature, purpose, & content of his discussions with Serco.”

#nzpol
Screenshot of an article from the ODT NZ by Matthew Littlewood titled, ‘Frankly Astonished’: Concerns raised over Health Minister’s meeting. Paywalled - accessible article in the comments.
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Lew @lewsos.bsky.social · 8d
Really crystal clear opportunity for Democrats to stand tall and say "the President hates trans people more than he loves America and he is willing to hold the entire country hostage to prove it"
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PinkNews @pinknews.bsky.social · 9d
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless Democrats agree to ban all trans health care
https://www.thepinknews.com/2025/09/29/trans-care-ban-government-shutdown/?utm_content=1759153201&utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky
Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned
The US government's looming shutdown hinges on anti-trans measures after Donald Trump refused to speak to Democrats unless they were passed.
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Chris Slane @slanecartoon.bsky.social · 9d
Every new funding announcement is no new funding #nzpol www.nzherald.co.nz/the-listener...
Chris Slane’s political cartoon of the week
Chris Slane’s take on current events.
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 10d
One of those records where it tries to follow a streamlined classic by overstuffing with ideas and sounds, yet it’s fascinating all the same. You can hear the band coming apart at the seams.
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WHAT A FUCKING RECORD @whatafuckingrecord.bsky.social · 10d
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FLEETWOOD MAC TUSK WHICH I GOT FOR A FIVER A FEW YEARS AGO WHICH IS BEYOND IMAGINABLE THESE DAYS
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Mike Sacks @mikesacks.bsky.social · 10d
Justice Anthony Kennedy tells @npr.org's @ninatotenberg.bsky.social "very worried" about our country, and that "Democracy is not guaranteed to survive."

Kennedy wrote Citizens United and was the fifth vote in the rest of the Roberts Court's anti-democratic decisions.

www.npr.org/2025/09/27/n...
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Matthew Littlewood @matthewdunedin84.bsky.social · 11d
youtu.be/KGrdWwYE77c Happy 80th Birthday, Bryan Ferry!
Roxy Music - Both Ends Burning
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