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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 4d

Here's the promised write up. I welcome any thoughts or comments from #NZPOL and other bluesky users. Thanks to @memycoffeenbonsai.bsky.social for the specific prompt. And thanks to the many people here that I've interacted with since the great migration.
Let's get organised!

History / Background of TAP Community for Aotearoa Bluesky

IntroductionBluesky user The Broke Bonsai Bloke asked where Kiwis might go if Bluesky takes a nosedive. I offered up this site as one possibility. I had in mind people for whom our kaupapa resonates. ...

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Andrew @openpolicy.bsky.social · 1h

And in a parallel session, I’ll be talking about what is needed to make our right to information work to enable public participation in our democracies.

Open Gov Partnership @opengovpartnership.org · 1h

🌍 Last day of the 2025 OGP Global Summit — tune in live!

Don’t miss today’s sessions:
🛡️ High-Level Panel on Public Integrity
⚖️ High-Level Panel on Open Justice
🏆 Open Gov Challenge Awards Ceremony
🎉 Closing plenary

https://youtube.com/live/NbLnpY4HgqE?feature=share

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 2h

Funny how some orgs names seem a bit misleading... Curious that there seems to be some sort of pattern that I just cannot quite work out...

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mdphdintraining.bsky.social @mdphdintraining.bsky.social · 19h

How do you keep lab morale high when motivation dips and uncertainty looms?

This Nature Careers article couldn’t be more topical right now:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Worth a read for anyone navigating the ups and downs of research life right now 💭

#Academia #PhDLife #AcademicChatter

Rubbish years: how to boost lab group morale when world events crash in

Award-winning mentors share best practice to keep your team going amid political upheavals, economic downturns and other events.

www.nature.com

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Ni-cola Ga-stan @nicgaston.bsky.social · 1d

When the PM says ‘we don’t owe them a living’, we should be clear that this is not a metaphor.

A living is life. And I want to live in a society in which it is clear that this is the least we owe each other, and are owed. 💞

I’d like us to aim for lives lived in dignity and with joy, personally 🤷‍♀️

Russell Brown @publicaddress.bsky.social · 1d

Fucksake. It's quite clear now that they only looked at this benefit policy as political marketing and took no advice on who it would impact – which includes young people with serious health issues and disabilities. Just feckless and cynical. Shame on them. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Hundreds of teens with a health condition, disability may be cut from Jobseeker benefit

The government is ending Jobseeker payments to 18- and 19 year olds whose parents earn more than $65,000.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Craig Renney @clrenney.bsky.social · 1d

Overall, this cut signals how far we have fallen. Remember that we were supposed to have recovered by now and growth was supposed to have returned. It hasn’t, the policy mix of the government likely makes growth harder. Back on track? More like off the rails.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

Good read.
This is very much an aside, but a shout out to Andrew Riddell in the comments section. Some were asking about direct links to things referenced in the piece and comments. Responses include linkdin, other social media, etc. Andrew put in the URL. He's the MVP of the comments for that. 🏆

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

We'd love to have a huge turn out for Nic's talk. Please help spread the word. There are downloadable pdf adverts in the link below. They can be emailed or printed. If you work in a public space (e.g. Library) you could help by printing and posting one of the flyers. Ngā mihi nui!

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

Marketing by Mitch Hedberg (via AI)?

Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

Awesome!

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Mike Ananny @mikeananny.bsky.social · 1d

Dunno if it's helpful to anyone, but I offer this in the spirit of academics not talking enough about rejection & students sometimes not getting mentoring on the point.

A student (primary author) & I just had a paper rejected from a journal, & I wrote this reply to them sharing the news with me.

Abbreviated text of screenshot of email:

"When I get a decision like this---I've had plenty of rejections, btw, it's a common experience!---I like to:

give myself a few days to just sit with the answer;
go to the reviewer comments with fresh eyes and hopefully a constructive attitude;
read the reviewer comments and classify them into 3 types of feedback: big / structural things that might necessitate fundamentally re-thinking the paper; mezzo-level things that could be addressed within the scope / frame of the project; minutiae that are easy to do (e.g., points about language / grammar / adding citations)
for each of those, I think about:
what do I agree with and think was a reasonable reading of the paper;
what do I think is not reasonable / doesn't require further consideration / is something that the reviewers didn't get / is something that was particular to that journal;
what do I *want* to work on / make the paper into / where am I willing to invest energy
finally, with this distance and structured thinking, I think about other venues for the piece (where to submit it to next) and what kind of changes (if any!) are required before submitting to a different venue. While it's usually good to make some changes based on reviewers' feedback (they're smart people who gave this consideration and the comments are largely thoughtful), it could be that a different venue would be a better fit and not require (or even want) the changes suggested by reviewers for the journal that rejected the piece.

I'm happy to talk about this in our next scheduled meeting / before then / any time.

And just to reiterate: I truly hope that you don't take this news too hard. It's a very common part of this whole academia business, it's ideally how work gets better and makes stronger contributions, and it's zero reflection on your standing or future as a scholar.

All best,
-- M."

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Dr Karaitiana Taiuru MITP, MInstD @ktaiuru.bsky.social · 1d

Sovereign computers, software and servers for home and office. Come and join me for this live webinar with an Open Source expert, noon October 22, Nau mai, haere mai koutou!

sovereign-computers.eventbrite.co.nz

Sovereign computers, software and servers for home and office

I talk with Tangata Tiriti Rob Elshire about his journey over decades setting up sovereign computers and data storage facilities.

Sovereign-Computers.eventbrite.co.nz

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

#NZPOL
Important issues here too.

NativeBio Data Consortium @nativebio.bsky.social · 1d

First Public News that we are aware of regarding the Assembly of First Nation's decision to challenge the whole country of Canada and their questionable actions around Precision Medicine. genomecanada.ca/afn-resoluti...

AFN resolution on genomic data sovereignty - GenomeCanada

Genome Canada welcomes the opportunity to strengthen dialogue and coordination with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) and other Indigenous leaders following the adoption of Resolution #11 at the AFN...

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A/Prof Narrelle Morris @narrellemorris.bsky.social · 7d

This is one of the lesser known (but tragic) consequences of Gen AI. It’s not just about theft of IP, which is usually mentioned, it’s about damage to the information infrastructure of underfunded archives, libraries and museums etc. with long term consequences for them and for researchers.

Daryl Green @ilikeoldbooks.bsky.social · 7d

by the way, all those benign AI bots crawling the internet for for-profit LLMs, yeah it turns out when 9,000 hit your archive catalogue or image database all at once they break the system. This is an emerging sector issue.

The last weeks have literally seen humans labouring to feed the machines...

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Sarah-Maria Schober @smschober.bsky.social · 1d

Want to work on the history of hair? I am looking for a doc and postdoc to join my project team researching #earlymodern hair, race, trade and multispecies history at the University of Lucerne.

Do apply and spread the word!

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

www.unilu.ch/en/universit...

PhD position in History (100%, 4 years) - Vacancies - University of Lucerne

Assistant or doctoral positions, employment or internship: Looking for a job at the University of Lucerne? Find our listed open positions and apprenticeships here.

www.unilu.ch

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Peter Sime @petesi.me · 1d

The University of Otago just made everyone's degree gained up to 2025 more valuable. #nzpol

A newspaper report from the ODT that says the University of Otago plans to accept AI use in student work from next year.

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Mark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 3d

New analysis by The Australia Institute finds the Australian National University has a $90 million surplus, not a $142 million deficit!

The ANU’s hidden $90m budget surplus

New analysis by The Australia Institute reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

australiainstitute.org.au

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 1d

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 1d

These talks are next week. It would be good to see you all there bsky.app/profile/nicr...

Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 8d

A few days later, on Thurs 16th Oct 4-5pm NZ time I'll be giving an online talk with the NZ Science Learning Hub. You can register for the talk here (www.sciencelearn.org.nz/events/slh-m...) 2/2

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Dr Lucy Tel-Bar @lucytelbar.bsky.social · 1d

I don't even know where to start with the layers of privileged bubble horseshit in this piece, but maybe with: People generally aren't moving to Australia because they can't "build wealth" here. They're moving because they can't get a job, afford rent, or eat here.

www.stuff.co.nz/money/360845...

Droves have headed to Australia for a better life. Here’s why the dream doesn’t always match reality

Moving to Australia doesn’t guarantee the financial security you crave. Your money habits matter more than your postcode, writes Katie Wesney.

www.stuff.co.nz

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Amy K @amyklassen.bsky.social · 2d

It's true! When I studied economics, I was stunned by the ROI of social programs. Every dollar spent on childcare returns about $2.80 to the economy, and healthcare delivers even greater returns with broader social impact.

A universal basic income is simply smart fiscal policy. Why the reluctance?

Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 2d

For every €1 provided through a Basic Income For Artists pilot program in Ireland, the government got €1.46 back. So it’s being made permanent.

Over and over we see it. It saves public money to provide public housing. And it makes public money to provide basic income.

We can’t afford to NOT do it.

Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 2d

Damn. This is amazing. £325 per week, paid monthly, for 3 years - and the result was a profit for the Irish economy:
www.citizensinformation.ie/en/employmen...

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Thomas Lumley @tslumley.bsky.social · 1d

The standard in law (which lawyers are actually being sanctioned for violating) is that including a citation is an explicit claim that you, *personally*, have checked the citation, it says what you are claiming, and it hasn't been overridden by later decisions.

Olivier Simard-Casanova @o.simardcasanova.net · 1d

It's not the first time that I'm seeing this

I'm afraid that hallucinated citations is an issue that scientists and experts will have to deal with from now on

Ulrike Franke @rikefranke.bsky.social · 1d

And here we go. I never wrote this article, and yet it is cited here.

www.liberalbriefs.com/geopolitics/...

And of course, it sounds so plausible, I seriously checked whether I had forgotten it, or the footnote was slightly wrong.

#AIisnotresearch

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 2d

RNZ used to have Kim Hill. Just saying.

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BK. Titanji @boghuma.bsky.social · 2d

I hard co-sign this one.

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 2d

Prompted by posts on business exploitation today, here is a video about postgraduate stipends from a few years go. Things have not improved...

#NZPOL

Joseph Chen - Postgrad Stipend Submission Video

YouTube video by New Zealand Union of Students' Associations

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Te Ara Paerangi Com - Research Advocacy Capability @te-ara-paerangi.community · 2d

A wee bit late on this post. Te Ara Paerangi Community is a project of GFANZ. The Palmy Bioinfo Meeting is part of the GFANZ story as well.

Being kind and looking after one another - next thing you know good things happen. Sometimes for years.

10 Years of the Palmy Bioinfo Meeting - Genomics for Aotearoa New Zealand

The Palmerston North Bioinformatics Meeting celebrated its 10 anniversary with a pot luck dinner in September. The meeting is not affiliated with any university or public research organisation. It is ...

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