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Just out there trying live in this consumerist & materialist world: books simplicity, banter, walking, urban living - living with long covid
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My #MECFS scandal explainer video has just passed 200,000 views.
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
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Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
ME/CFS Scandal Follow up
The ME/CFS scandal goes much deeper than my 27-minute explainer video. That was just an introduction — how for decades patients were told…
medium.com
January 19, 2026 at 7:53 AM
My #MECFS scandal explainer video has just passed 200,000 views.
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
Given the level of interest, I’ve written a follow-up article covering key examples I didn’t include, as well as some developments since.
medium.com/@abrokenbatt...
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Not totally terrible, but a few missing points and several almighty clangers.
First up, for the love of Bod, can we stop talking about one half of the balance sheet and focus on the net position? NZ Govt has more financial assets than liabilities. How unusual is this? Let's have a look [🧵 1/n]
First up, for the love of Bod, can we stop talking about one half of the balance sheet and focus on the net position? NZ Govt has more financial assets than liabilities. How unusual is this? Let's have a look [🧵 1/n]
January 18, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Not totally terrible, but a few missing points and several almighty clangers.
First up, for the love of Bod, can we stop talking about one half of the balance sheet and focus on the net position? NZ Govt has more financial assets than liabilities. How unusual is this? Let's have a look [🧵 1/n]
First up, for the love of Bod, can we stop talking about one half of the balance sheet and focus on the net position? NZ Govt has more financial assets than liabilities. How unusual is this? Let's have a look [🧵 1/n]
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Anna Breman signed a letter declaring the Reserve Bank of New Zealand supports the independence of central banks. She doesn't require or have to seek "advice" from ministers to do this, as the RBNZ has statutory independence from the government, meaning it operates autonomously.
RBNZ governor should have sought advice before signing letter of support for US Fed boss Jerome Powell
Anna Breman should not have signed the letter of support without first getting advice, Minister of Finance says.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 19, 2026 at 3:58 AM
Anna Breman signed a letter declaring the Reserve Bank of New Zealand supports the independence of central banks. She doesn't require or have to seek "advice" from ministers to do this, as the RBNZ has statutory independence from the government, meaning it operates autonomously.
Beautiful sunny Summers day today …. Got up early as my want to volunteer at local parkrun - so 494 runners can run laps round each other 😎
January 17, 2026 at 5:17 AM
Beautiful sunny Summers day today …. Got up early as my want to volunteer at local parkrun - so 494 runners can run laps round each other 😎
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Additional reminder: Stop presuming all unhoused people have addiction or mental health issues. But if they do, they're not less deserving of assistance and basic human empathy because they're extra icky and inconvenient. Choose not to be that asshole. #nzpol
A reminder to #nzpol specifically but everyone generally;
"They" are people. Like all humans unhoused folk just want shelter, warmth, nourishment and connection.
"They" are not the problem... 1/2
www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/17/t...
"They" are people. Like all humans unhoused folk just want shelter, warmth, nourishment and connection.
"They" are not the problem... 1/2
www.1news.co.nz/2026/01/17/t...
January 17, 2026 at 2:20 AM
Additional reminder: Stop presuming all unhoused people have addiction or mental health issues. But if they do, they're not less deserving of assistance and basic human empathy because they're extra icky and inconvenient. Choose not to be that asshole. #nzpol
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I have a new hero.
January 13, 2026 at 1:36 AM
I have a new hero.
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"Medicine has transformed radically since Hippocrates. Yet, there remains reticence to embrace the ways in which viral infections fuel long-term neurological and systemic disorders that can radically transform someone’s health."
thesicktimes.org/2026/01/08/a...
thesicktimes.org/2026/01/08/a...
“A history of post-viral conditions,” an excerpt from Invisible Illness - The Sick Times
There is a long record of associating epidemic infections with chronic physical symptoms, although rarely are these histories put in dialogue with stories of hysteria.
thesicktimes.org
January 8, 2026 at 7:01 PM
"Medicine has transformed radically since Hippocrates. Yet, there remains reticence to embrace the ways in which viral infections fuel long-term neurological and systemic disorders that can radically transform someone’s health."
thesicktimes.org/2026/01/08/a...
thesicktimes.org/2026/01/08/a...
1st read for 2026 …… also why is it still famine or feast when it comes to library books 📚
January 11, 2026 at 4:08 AM
1st read for 2026 …… also why is it still famine or feast when it comes to library books 📚
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why don't new people fucking LISTEN when we tell them about the sun in aotearoa nz? we warn them then they act shocked that they have 2nd degree burns when they were "only outside for 2 hours" ok so like I said, burn time in Jan on a sunny day is 5 minutes. you think we bang on about it for fun??
January 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM
why don't new people fucking LISTEN when we tell them about the sun in aotearoa nz? we warn them then they act shocked that they have 2nd degree burns when they were "only outside for 2 hours" ok so like I said, burn time in Jan on a sunny day is 5 minutes. you think we bang on about it for fun??
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You know, when I woke up this morning and read the news, I thought "This is deeply fucked up, but I'm going to wait a minute and see what happens before I voice an incomplete opinion."
Now I'm thinking tomorrow may be even more fucked up.
Now I'm thinking tomorrow may be even more fucked up.
President Trump said on Saturday that Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as Venezuela’s interim president and would act as a partner in letting the U.S. run the country. Less than two hours later, Rodríguez made clear she viewed the U.S. as an illegal invader that must be rejected.
Venezuela’s Interim Leader Defies Trump and Calls Maduro the ‘Only President’
President Trump said that Venezuela’s new leader, Delcy Rodríguez, would help the United States run Venezuela. She quickly said the opposite.
nyti.ms
January 4, 2026 at 12:54 AM
You know, when I woke up this morning and read the news, I thought "This is deeply fucked up, but I'm going to wait a minute and see what happens before I voice an incomplete opinion."
Now I'm thinking tomorrow may be even more fucked up.
Now I'm thinking tomorrow may be even more fucked up.
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The year is 1983. The US invaded Grenada. Unfortunately they have a long history of illegal military operations & adventurism by covert & overt means. It was illegal then as is the Venezuela thing now.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
United States invasion of Grenada - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 3, 2026 at 11:01 PM
The year is 1983. The US invaded Grenada. Unfortunately they have a long history of illegal military operations & adventurism by covert & overt means. It was illegal then as is the Venezuela thing now.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
Just one book ……🤔🤓
Ok, everyone, what book is sacred enough to you to get sworn in on?
Strange takes on Mayor Zamdani swearing his oath on the Qu’ran. It has nothing to do with church & state. The point of the oath is for the person swearing in to do so upon some text that is sacred TO THEM. Some Presidents swore in w/o any book. John Quincy Adams was sworn on a law book. His choice.
January 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Just one book ……🤔🤓
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Just saw someone call AI the most important technology of the last 20 years, and man, we cured AIDS. We cured Sickle Cell. Those are technological miracles. The fucking economy killing lying machine that happily makes CSAM doesn't even crack the top 1000.
January 2, 2026 at 1:56 AM
Just saw someone call AI the most important technology of the last 20 years, and man, we cured AIDS. We cured Sickle Cell. Those are technological miracles. The fucking economy killing lying machine that happily makes CSAM doesn't even crack the top 1000.
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Milei's government recently passed a reform package that placed mew limits on the right to strike and collective bargaining, removed protections from unjust dismissals while ransferring the cost of dismissal compensation from employers to the state, and degregulated holidays and working hours
December 31, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Milei's government recently passed a reform package that placed mew limits on the right to strike and collective bargaining, removed protections from unjust dismissals while ransferring the cost of dismissal compensation from employers to the state, and degregulated holidays and working hours
Before we all go getting tempted into New year resolutions, can i suggest we not ..... that's a big yeah nah from me
Here's a thoughtful read if inclined - post.substack.com/p/against-re...
Here's a thoughtful read if inclined - post.substack.com/p/against-re...
January 1, 2026 at 12:41 AM
Before we all go getting tempted into New year resolutions, can i suggest we not ..... that's a big yeah nah from me
Here's a thoughtful read if inclined - post.substack.com/p/against-re...
Here's a thoughtful read if inclined - post.substack.com/p/against-re...
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In a move calculated to increase the already immense suffering in Gaza, Israel has now banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and multiple other respected international aid organizations from working in Gaza.
December 31, 2025 at 6:01 AM
In a move calculated to increase the already immense suffering in Gaza, Israel has now banned Doctors Without Borders (MSF) and multiple other respected international aid organizations from working in Gaza.
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Paraphrasing Minister McClay:
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister
New Zealand could continue to see improvements for the dairy industry under its Free Trade Agreement with India, the trade minister says.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 26, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Paraphrasing Minister McClay:
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
"India free trade agreement excludes dairy, but that could change - minister"
Yes,and I could become a ballet dancer for the Bolshoi Ballet. But somehow,I don't like my odds...🙄
#MinisterialBullshit
www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...
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Attention NZME "journalists".
December 26, 2025 at 3:46 AM
Attention NZME "journalists".
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This Pope slaps
“Pope Leo said in a Christmas Eve sermon on Wednesday that the story of Jesus being born in a stable because there was no room at an inn should remind Christians that refusing to help the poor & strangers today is tantamount to rejecting God himself.”
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Obvious to any REAL Christian. #MerryChristmas
Pope Leo, on Christmas Eve, says denying help to poor is rejecting God
Leo has made care for immigrants and the poor key themes of his early papacy.
www.reuters.com
December 25, 2025 at 4:26 AM
This Pope slaps
Meri Kirihimete🌲
December 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Meri Kirihimete🌲
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Jason Walls’ ignorance on One News of the history of AoNZ-India trade history and negotiations is breathtaking for someone claiming to be a ‘business reporter’. He’s desperate to paint this as solely attributable to Luxon and the Nats (sporting a blue tie as he does so) #nzpol
December 22, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Jason Walls’ ignorance on One News of the history of AoNZ-India trade history and negotiations is breathtaking for someone claiming to be a ‘business reporter’. He’s desperate to paint this as solely attributable to Luxon and the Nats (sporting a blue tie as he does so) #nzpol