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Emerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 4h

Prof Ponting: It is essential that each country has a national ME/CFS strategy due to three factors:
1. High prevalence
2. Large social and economic burden
3. Future proofing. High probability of another pandemic in the next 25 years leading to further post infectious diseases.

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Emerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 5h

Welcome to Emerge Australia’s #mecfs and #longCOVID Action Forum event in Parliament House, Canberra, today. Our event, “From stigma to science: educating for change” is live streamed. You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

We will be live posting on this thread. 🧵

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 6h

Very proud of Greenpeace and many others that we stopped the Govt's proposal to increase maximum residue limit for glyphosate (RoundUp) 100 fold. The limit for wheat, barley and oats will remain at 0.1 mg/kg. But they must restart testing for it in our food. www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...

Greenpeace welcomes glyphosate ruling, urges NZ Food Safety to restart food safety testing - Greenpeace Aotearoa

Greenpeace welcomes a decision by New Zealand Food Safety to maintain maximum glyphosate residue levels on wheat, oats and barley at their current level of 0.1mg/kg, but now calls on…

www.greenpeace.org

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Emerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 8h

There is still time to join online for our #MECFS & #LongCOVID Action Forum - From Stigma to Science: Educating for Change - This event calls for action, investment and policy reform.

🗓️ 1pm – 3pm AEDT, 30 Oct - We will be live posting on Bluesy
🌐 Zoom zurl.co/jgCuH

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The Beths @thebeths.bsky.social · 12h

Aotearoa! Finally! We can’t wait to see you all and play you these new songs (and some old songs). Tell your cousins xo

Sign up to our Laylo to be notified when presale tickets go live: laylo.com/thebethsnz/a...

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Bateman Horne Center @batemanhornecenter.bsky.social · 14h

It’s POTS Awareness Month!
#OrthostaticIntolerance (OI) includes #POTS, orthostatic hypotension & more. Our OI Overview covers evaluation (Passive Standing Test, EKG), lifestyle approaches, meds, and further resources.
🔗 https://bit.ly/4pCeOoA
#POTSAwarenessMonth #Dysautonomia #MERC

Orthostatic Intolerance Overview with resources for individuals, caregivers, and healthcare providers. Download at BatemanHorneCenter.org.

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Ms Hooper @mshooper.bsky.social · 13h

🧵- Atlas influence on rushed Education -curriculum changes

Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 1d

This is important reading for #Auspol
30th Oct @jasonclaremp.bsky.social Education Minister is on an Atlas Network partner panel with Stanford from #NZpol and UK Tory self-styled Edu expert. CIS has been fighting for charter schools/academies. www.cis.org.au/event/reform...

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Dr Elisa Perego @elisaperego78.bsky.social · 12h

"Long COVID is a new complex chronic condition caused by SARS-CoV-2. Born in 2020 from the lived experience of patients, the term broke the early myth that COVID-19 was either a brief mild illness or a rapidly fatal disease."

longcovidriseup.eu/lc-declarati...

Long COVID declaration | Long Covid Rise Up

longcovidriseup.eu

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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 1d

If any teachers would like to share their thoughts on the draft social sciences curriculum through my newsletter send me a DM.

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AnnieBannie (She/Her🧶📚🌈) @madhmstr.bsky.social · 1d

AoNZ - do you use your local public library?
Let Public Libraries NZ know!

www.surveymonkey.com/r/9YRW5C7

2025 Library Community Impact Survey

Take this survey powered by surveymonkey.com. Create your own surveys for free.

www.surveymonkey.com

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you so much Rachel Fairbank @sweetsciencewriter.bsky.social for this important piece on the evidence behind metformin for preventing Long Covid. Really hope it helps improve access to this med.

It's ME(Jaime) @exceedhergrasp1.bsky.social · 1d

Great work from Rachel Fairbank on the winding story of metformin for #LongCOVID at @thesicktimes.org.

Quotes from @jencurtinmd.bsky.social, Rachel Hall Clifford, @chromatowski.bsky.social, Carolyn Bramante, Ed Mills, Melissa Mazur & myself.

thesicktimes.org/2025/10/28/m...

#MedSky

Metformin has been shown to reduce the risk of Long COVID. Why isn’t it more widely used? - The Sick Times

Recent studies add evidence to a prior phase 3 clinical trial, suggesting that taking the diabetes drug during acute COVID-19 reduces the risk of long-term symptoms.

thesicktimes.org

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 1d

Sunrise, Wednesday, 29 October from Makorori Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

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Chantalle Smith @chaneyz85.bsky.social · 2d

There is so much I could say about how bad it is that these changes have been made…

And all of it makes me so angry.

Especially since the statement was sent out on the anniversary of the signing of He Whakaputanga

Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 2d

Don't see the new Aotearoa NZ histories curriculum online yet. But Act are already crowing about having gutted it.

community.scoop.co.nz/2025/10/new-...

Community Scoop » New Curriculum Takes Politics Out Of History

community.scoop.co.nz

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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 2d

It's that time of year again. If you value the work we do @nzgeo.bsky.social, please renew your subscription! It's really very affordable, and we need you to keep the mag alive and thriving (and me in a job.) I promise we'll make it worth your while. www.nzgeo.com/newsletter/w...

We Still Need Your Help October 28 2025

nzgeo.com We still need your help Free newsletter OCTOBER 28, 2025 By James Frankham Publisher The NZGeo extended family—staff, contractors, contributors... legends the lot of them. SUSTAINABLE PUBLIS...

www.nzgeo.com

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 2d

This is an excellent article about the (often horrendous) potential impacts of a measles infection.
It also includes words of wisdom and kindness from Eddie, son of Emily, who has type one diabetes and knows from needles and dealing with things you don’t like.

jo @moerakijo.bsky.social · 2d

Answering all your questions about Measles
The latest Emily Writes newsletter

Answering all your questions about the measles outbreak

TheAs you may be aware, Aotearoa is facing a measles outbreak. We haven't had one since 2019. Since then, a cottage industry of cookers has emerged, and there's big money to be made in vaccine misinfo...

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora @healthnz.govt.nz · 2d

Measles update. Confirming one new case in Wellington. Total known - 11 cases nationwide. Locations of interest: spr.ly/6332978swV. Symptomatic? Stay home & call Healthline - 0800 611 116.

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jo @moerakijo.bsky.social · 2d

Answering all your questions about Measles
The latest Emily Writes newsletter

Answering all your questions about the measles outbreak

TheAs you may be aware, Aotearoa is facing a measles outbreak. We haven't had one since 2019. Since then, a cottage industry of cookers has emerged, and there's big money to be made in vaccine misinfo...

www.emilywrites.co.nz

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Disabled Persons Assembly NZ @dpanz.bsky.social · 2d

Last Thursday, one of the biggest strikes in the country took place. Learning support staff and teacher aides were joined by nurses, social workers, firefighters and doctors.

'More fair pay for our cares': The mega strike in photos

Learning support staff and teacher aides were joined by nurses, social workers, firefighters and doctors.

thedlist.co.nz

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Long COVID Physio @longcovidphysio.bsky.social · 2d

Thank you for highlighting our education video series on #LongCovid

Currently available in Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Bangla, Brazilian Portuguese, French, German, Italian, Mandarin (Simplified Chinese), and Spanish.

longcovid.physio/long-covid-v...

Long COVID Video Series — Long COVID Physio

Long COVID Physio has partnered with FisioCamera to deliver a series of educational videos about Long COVID.

longcovid.physio

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Long COVID Justice @longcovidjustice.org · 2d

Does your doctor need more info on Long COVID?

Our new webpage features resources made FOR doctors, BY doctors!

longcovidjustice.org/providers

Resources for healthcare providers & researchers - Long COVID Justice

Resources and clinical guidance to share with your providers – or if you’re a provider, share with your colleagues. For doctors & healthcare providers Overview Still Masked, Still Right: A Data-Driven...

longcovidjustice.org

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Assiduously Julie @awaterevalley.bsky.social · 2d

On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira | Carwyn Jones
thespinoff.co.nz/atea/28-10-2...

On this day in 1835: He Whakaputanga and the vision of a whenua rangatira

Its vision of collective Māori authority still challenges how Aotearoa understands sovereignty today.

thespinoff.co.nz

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 2d

We’re spending all our money on roads that suck

At this point, the New Zealand government is basically just a road-building authority with bits tacked on. And not even a very good one....

thespinoff.co.nz

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Grant Jacobs BioinfoTools/NotJustDNA 🔬🧬🖥️✍️📚 @notjustdna.bsky.social · 3d

#NZ #Wellington Measles

"We are advising all Year 11 students and specific Year 11 staff to please stay home and wait for the public health team to make contact with you."

- Both Wellington College and Wellington Girl’s College
- More in the article ⬇️

www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/27/m...

Two measles cases at Wellington colleges prompts stay home order

The cases were confirmed over the long weekend.

www.1news.co.nz

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The Spinoff @thespinoff.bsky.social · 3d

Unions are made of workers

The government’s disdain for unions and love for teachers, doctors and nurses is slightly confusing given unions are made up of teachers, doctors and nurses....

thespinoff.co.nz

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