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They will not go quietly. They would rather the world burn than to be held to account.

Must-read thread. Now go and vote. #nzpol

Two ticks for Green today. Felt good. Deep breaths …

Are you getting chummy with your new AI friend? Finally, you’ve found someone who understands? Here’s why that’s not good. www.nybooks.com/articles/202...

Hot takes on KM debate # 2 #nzpol Tova on point Qiuelae on script, not giving ground but also not making waves Rawiri clear, human centred. Loved the dig at Winston David’s still an empty suit at debate club. Such a punchable face Chlöe is a happy warrior tonight Winston is bored and cranky

Like the American Republicans who were devoured by MAGA, it will never occur to fascism-curious National that not going into coalition with actual fascists is an option. #nzpol

Realpolitik Winston is dumber Kissinger. #nzpol NZ “can continue to tacitly normalise the destruction of international law … or it can .. realign its foreign policy to deepen cooperation with other small …powers that, like New Zealand, depend on a functioning international rules-based order.”

Brilliant from start to finish. In a small country/ economy, fiscal, monetary, and social policies can readily be interlaced to protect against income inequality, global supply shocks and mass unemployment. Instead, we seem intent on chasing end stage capitalism to the bottom.

The mother lode!

Phys/Med Nobel goes to discoveries concerning channelrhodopsin and optogenetics - read more from the Nature archive www.nature.com/articles/497... www.nature.com/articles/465...

To be fair, she is a subject matter expert. #nzpol

A bit rich, coming from a paper that Kiwi-washes the dystopian fever dreams American oligarchs by platforming TPU, Curia, Atlas … #astroturf #nzpol

Winston coyly denying AI use & comparing it to the advent of “saddles” in terms of risk should terrify you. He most certainly has used AI (probably obliviously) and so overvalues his own cunning that he is the ideal vector for mass disinformation. #nzpol

My hot takes on the Kingmakers debate. Qiuelae held her own, but faded down the stretch. Rawiri spoke truth to power (when allowed to speak). David still auditioning for the debate team. Chlöe knows her brief, always. Winston’s shtick is tiresome. #nzpol

It’s deliberate mismanagement. When everything devolves into the commodity form, the latent capacity of those raw materials is sold off and the “excess” labour is stripped of its humanity. #nzpol

Lacanian analytic/economic theory really should be a thing. This thread is so much more coherent than the endless, tiresome variations on “vibes” narratives that pass as media analysis (looking at you, Stuff 👀). Thank you! #nzpol

Budgets are moral documents, first and foremost. “… a fully rounded picture would include some sort of measure of the true liabilities of not investing in public health services, social housing and the health and wellbeing of our poorest, youngest and most vulnerable.”

Interesting when 1) a 5-HT2A agonist sharpened neural tuning/precision of working memory representations (www.jneurosci.org/content/22/7...) and 2) working memory capacity (rather than precision) tends to be more readily impaired by 5-HTA psychedelics compared to NMDA dissociatives.

Together, *might* suggest dissociable effects of psychedelics and dissociatives on WM capacity vs. precision: capacity less impaired by dissociatives, precision less impaired or even enhanced by psychedelics.

How the New Zealand economy actually works. As in not like a household budget. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/everything... #nzpol #NewZealand #MMT

Cry me a river, Damien. #nzpol

Just leaving this as a marker of a certain moment in the “before” time.

When play is replaced by compliance, we are lost. Winnicott: ‘It is creative apperception more than anything else that makes the individual feel that life is worth living.’ He contrasts this with compliance, a relationship to external reality that ‘carries with it a sense of futility’.

Ever wonder what "information" really means? Here's our new paper, led by @frosas.bsky.social, that lays out the multiple ways the term is used in natural science. rdcu.be/fCDGv

Last night, the New Zealand Government passed into law the Climate Change Response (Tort Liability) Amendment Bill. We've been opposing that law change, alongside Mike Smith, and many others for the last few months (in fact, 93% of public submissions opposed it). #nzpol #climate #ClimateLitigation

Unless the Post editors are willing to spend 10x the ink on how the Coalition restricting voter access erodes the foundation of democracy itself, this is nothing more than racism in respectable clothing. #nzpol

Alas, the Penk Pity Party cannot end until Damien has sounded a final howl of white male fragility. Stuff will now return you to your regularly scheduled neoliberal stenographers. #nzpol

I’m seeing a lot of hot takes on how National’s emergency caucus will play out tomorrow. I’m here to reassure you that when the dust settles, Winston will still be in charge. #nzpol

Just gonna leave this here in case any actual journalists are keen to ask PM Bishop a follow up question. #nzpol

I’m curious, Damien, is it as painful as watching a woman die freezing under a bridge because of his policies? #nzpol

A new analysis in Science of more than 116,000 bird songs has revealed that the astonishing variety of passerine birdsong is built from just eight basic acoustic motifs, like trills, whistles, and harmonic notes. https://scim.ag/4ft2KBF

Why Do We Tell Ourselves Scary Stories About AI? - nautil.us/why-do-we-te...