Paul Aterman
@paulaterman.bsky.social
30+ years in the administrative tribunal world, still pushing for access to justice, user-centred legal design and plain language
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Repealing the Plain Language Act is a shallow virtue signalling piece of political theatre.
It saves the government nothing, but the cost to the public is more erasure of
clarity, access & fairness
This isn’t cutting red tape — it’s cutting people out
#nzpol #PlainLanguage #DemocracyMatters
It saves the government nothing, but the cost to the public is more erasure of
clarity, access & fairness
This isn’t cutting red tape — it’s cutting people out
#nzpol #PlainLanguage #DemocracyMatters
April 17, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Repealing the Plain Language Act is a shallow virtue signalling piece of political theatre.
It saves the government nothing, but the cost to the public is more erasure of
clarity, access & fairness
This isn’t cutting red tape — it’s cutting people out
#nzpol #PlainLanguage #DemocracyMatters
It saves the government nothing, but the cost to the public is more erasure of
clarity, access & fairness
This isn’t cutting red tape — it’s cutting people out
#nzpol #PlainLanguage #DemocracyMatters
This is a great article about how to dislodge public service inertia and pivot to real service to citizens. Making this change is more important than ever in these times-lessons for administrative tribunals…and any public sector organization.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Permitting Reform in Pennsylvania
Some good news on the nuts and bolts of making government work better
open.substack.com
March 6, 2025 at 2:29 PM
This is a great article about how to dislodge public service inertia and pivot to real service to citizens. Making this change is more important than ever in these times-lessons for administrative tribunals…and any public sector organization.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
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This is a ticking timebomb in Ontario. Measles vaccination rate must be above ~95% to prevent serious outbreaks. As predicted, the RFK effect is making its way north.
March 3, 2025 at 1:22 PM
This is a ticking timebomb in Ontario. Measles vaccination rate must be above ~95% to prevent serious outbreaks. As predicted, the RFK effect is making its way north.
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Dr Suess had it right back in 1941
March 3, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Dr Suess had it right back in 1941
No phone, no watch, no problem: should we all be more like Severance’s Christopher Walken?
January 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
No phone, no watch, no problem: should we all be more like Severance’s Christopher Walken?
Lazyrecords.app - amazing algorithm-free music, break away from the enshitification of Spotify et al. and help create a better cyber world
lazyrecords
Algorithm-free music discovery tool for DJs and music-lovers
Lazyrecords.app
January 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Lazyrecords.app - amazing algorithm-free music, break away from the enshitification of Spotify et al. and help create a better cyber world
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Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
December 2, 2024 at 7:26 PM
Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes
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Monday mood:
I will light the way or burn it all down. Your choice
I will light the way or burn it all down. Your choice
December 11, 2023 at 8:13 AM
Monday mood:
I will light the way or burn it all down. Your choice
I will light the way or burn it all down. Your choice
Which no doubt, when graphed, is a hockey stick curve as more misinformation accumulates
"Brandolini's law, also known as the bullshit asymmetry principle, is an internet adage coined in 2013 by Alberto Brandolini, an Italian programmer, that emphasizes the effort of debunking misinformation, in comparison to the relative ease of creating it in the first place."
November 20, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Which no doubt, when graphed, is a hockey stick curve as more misinformation accumulates
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Hang on did The Onion buy Reuters as well?!
November 16, 2024 at 11:22 AM
Hang on did The Onion buy Reuters as well?!