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BREAKING: Police in Guinea-Bissau say they raided the offices of Bandim, the Danish research project, and seized hepatitis B vaccines at the center of global controversy www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

A study towards the start of the pandemic demonstrated that about 1 of 3 people with long-term symptoms after confirmed SARS-CoV-2 had asymptomatic COVID-19. Developing Long COVID after SARS-CoV-2 doesn't only happen after severe cases of COVID!

Incredible new paper from PLRC member @chloedecanson.bsky.social: "I present a case study, that of myalgic encephalomyelitis... the medical aspects of the illness are on the whole better understood by sick people than by their doctors."

#TaurangaCityCouncil can remove all of #ManuCaddie's signs it wants from it's streets. But it can't get them off the internet. Shall we help a fulla out? Repost! Please. #nzpol #DavidSeymourisDangerous #DitchTheACTParty2026 #DitchThePricksIn26

"Who cares what they think" was Paul Henry's response when asked about the Mental Health Foundation criticism of his party policy. He's such an utter cunt #nzpol

Am I the only one wondering if Russian bot farms getting taken out by Ukraine will hinder Nat/ACT/NZfirsts online electioning??? #nzpol #nzelection

my hero hayden (all his webworm pieces here fyi: www.webworm.co/hayden/)

I'm a big believer in finding moments of joy in the now, and I have a lot to be thankful for. But ME/CFS is such a devastating disorder—not just for us sufferers, but also for our caregivers. And without more funding to find biomarkers, official treatments and a cure, our lives are pretty grim.

#Australia splits with US to back UN resolution demanding end to #Israel occupation of Palestinian territories -come on #NZ -oh, that’s right 😡 #AtlasNetwork #Zionist #NZGovt #nzpol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Friday: GeoNet's quake and tsunami monitoring centre went dark for eight hours, reportedly a first. Not enough staff. The PSA says cuts took $4m and a quarter of its staff. NEMA warned of the risk in 2024. Mark Mitchell (emergencies): not my portfolio. Penny Simmonds (science): silent. #nzpol

Oh dear, this is awful. A heady mix of ill-informed and untrue. Let's have a quick run through the lowlights... First, when we do get some articles about the rest of the balance sheet, Brucey? Govt's *positive* net financial worth? Business debt? Household debt? No? Why? [🧵1/n]

It is very rare to see any discussion about the actual country's balance sheet in the news - but we have hundreds of thousands of pages focused on that little red stub on the left of the chart. Funny that. [Ends]

New working paper: the Norwegian wealth tax was a huge success. The "exodus" of wealthy people never happened (less than 100 individuals left). Tax revenue increased by 71.5%. No changes in business activity or investment. www.nber.org/papers/w35854

Greens are purposefully suppressed in the media, and when they are mentioned its usually a smear campaign against them. The media is complicit in making sure they don't get votes

"This is the opposite of how science ought to work." George Monbiot on those pushing "false and dangerous" cures for #MECFS, "entrenched" in their beliefs and doubling down rather than admit the "great harm" to the lives of thousands of people.

For our friends in Aotearoa-New Zealand as they head to an election on Sat 7 Nov 🇳🇿 👉 Make sure you’re enrolled to vote: https:/:vote.nz 🚨 Enrolments close October 25!

As many of you already know, @georgemonbiot.bsky.social has published another hard-hitting article on ME in the Guardian today. Great to see such coverage, especially as the Guardian published some rubbish by others before www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... #MEcfs #PwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis

What can Lilo & Stitch (2002) tell us about autism? www.youtube.com/watch?v=tivA... #autism #LiloandStitch #neurodivergence

The wonderful @lolagerms.bsky.social breaks down the immunity debt myth in this short YouTube vid: youtube.com/shorts/NXTU9... #ImmunityDebt #lockdowns #health #RSV #Influenza #Covid19 #SARSCoV2

Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Chlöe Swarbrick gives an almighty summation of the current governing coalition’s record. Her speech, given as parliament closes for the election, also outlines why the @greens.org.nz need to lead the next government… the video is well worth your time. #nzpol

New Zealanders know our infrastructure is falling apart and they know that the super wealthy are not paying their fair share. They want a country that works for all of us, which is why they want a wealth tax.

The dumbass Govt has finally conceded it can't build an LNG import terminal and its dreams of a revival of fossil gas are dead. NZ wasted 3 years while this Govt delayed the transition off fossil gas, while telling the country a dangerous fossil gas fairy tale. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto...

📢 Our paper is published in Oxford Open Immunology: The ERASE_LC trial evaluated whether a 5-day course of intravenous remdesivir is feasible, safe, and acceptable for people living with Long COVID. This is the first study to specifically examine remdesivir as a treatment for LC.

Good to see the Greens are committing to reversing the tax cuts for landlords!!! #nzpol

Based. As. Fuck. For an artist who had their work be changed by someone else and still want that change to exist shows how important art is in modern society. It's not just pictures and noise, it's a message. Ed Sheeran thinks art isn't that. #nzpol www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

If I was the opposition, one of the most tangible policy statements I would be releasing RIGHT NOW is to UNEQUIVOCALLY state that all legislation UNDEMOCRATICALY RUSHED through under urgency will be repealed ASAP! @chrishipkins.bsky.social @maramadavidson.bsky.social 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾 #nzpol

I wrote this quickly at a bus stop and didn't realize it would go viral, or else I would have worded it better. But the point is that the media is too credulous about AI killing everyone in 10 years (how?) when climate change is killing people now and will only get worse (we know exactly how).

Yes I'm still struggling to pay my bills because I'm on 35% of minimum wage. If anyone wants to help my Kofi is in bio

Hmm... building an ever larger treasure trove of shares, equity, bonds, etc. Is 'forced investment / saving' the answer to our problems? Let's have a look. First, the whole 'investing in NZ' thing is rather misleading - the big gains come from investing in *offshore* shares. [🧵 1/n]

The UK is voting on the Assisted Dying bill today. Most disability organizations oppose it. Safeguards have already been removed or rejected. Please listen to disabled Canadians. What was meant to be dignified quickly became coercive eugenics aimed at the most vulnerable.

How many politicians would be this good natured about destroyed hoardings? #GreenPartyAotearoa's #TamathaPaul takes it on the chin. If you see one, take a photo with your head in the hole & upload it here or Tamatha's socials or TikkiTokki or whatever. This Chicka's got Class. #nzpol

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If you were wondering why people are being left to die in toilets in our hospitals currently, a quick glance at this graph of health workforce numbers under the last two governments tells you which one stopped hiring nurses and has been lying about it. #nzpol

one of the most ridiculous recurring beats in NZ history is British settlers saying "this is a perfect spot for a city, why isn't there one here?" and the local Māori saying "it floods dude", to which the settlers reply "nah" and build right on the floodplain

Um… 😶

I mean it breaches basic human rights so why would the government be worried about it also breaching Te Tiriti #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu...

This is what living next door to a 30 megawatt data center sounds like.

Absolutely NO LIES TOLD...

I knew this would be bad, but it's awful. Malpractice even. I'll limit my criticism to 9 posts. The Herald have added together the gross debt of NZ public & private sectors and called this debt 'we collectively owe the world'. Pure unadulterated nonsense. Literally untrue. [🧵1/n]