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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 13h

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 · 18h

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

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2025 Library Community Impact Survey

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

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C.H. Romatowski @chromatowski.bsky.social · 23h

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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

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Kate Evans @kategevans.bsky.social · 1d

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...

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nzjanette @nzjanette.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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.

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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...

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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 · 2d

#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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Long Covid Advocacy @longcovidadvoc.com · 3d

🗞️Extract from Washington Post interview with @philippullman.bsky.social

🖋️It's still concerning the impact #LongCovid is having on writers.

🔥PEM, fatigue, pain & cognitive dysfunction are brutal companions for this vital profession.

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www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/1...

Cover of the book The Rose Field, The Book of Dust, Volume Three by Philip Pullman. The cover art shows a camel and rider silhouetted against a dramatic, cloudy, orange and yellow desert sky. In the lower right corner, there is a quote from the author that reads: "Was this one more of a struggle than previous books? Yes, for several reasons, not the least because it's longer. I didn't want it to be long - I wanted it to be a nice little short book - but somehow it grew and grew and grew. Another reason is, of course, I've got to tie up all the different threads, to get them all knotted together. And the third reason is simply that I'm older. I've always written by hand, three pages a day - about a thousand words every day, but this book was more difficult because covid came along, and it's left its mark on me. I'm tired all the time. My hands hurt. In fact, my wrists hurt so much I can't hold the pen very easily anymore. So I couldn't write this one by hand as I had for the

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 3d

Thinking about what the systematic dismantling and erosion of social welfare, education, healthcare, human rights, and targeting of vulnerable communities alongside deliberate weakening of media and undermining of democratic process means for the next election in NZ and concluding: nothing good.

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 3d

Education is “a powerful site of social control . . . if you control the curriculum, you can erase histories and languages. Education is not and has never been a neutral space, it either strengthens the status quo or challenges it.” - Tina Ngata

A clarion alarm for all wary of this govt’s actions👇

E-Tangata @etangata.bsky.social · 3d

“If a ‘knowledge-rich’ curriculum isn’t grounded in te ao Māori and the very people and things that make Aotearoa unique, who is determining the knowledge and where does it come from?” — Jessie Moss on the ideology behind education reform.

The imported ideology behind education reform | E-Tangata

e-tangata.co.nz

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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 4d

COVID-19 Brought About a Large Rise in POTS Cases

The study found COVID caused a surge in POTS, confirming a strong infection link.

Cases rose from 4.21 per month (Jan 2018–Mar 2020) to 22.66 per month (Mar 2020–Jun 2024) — a more than 5-fold increase in this once-rare condition.

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COVID-19 Brought About a Large Rise in POTS Cases

Tyrel Linkhorn
Oct 24, 2025 2:02 PM

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Violet Blue® @violetblue.bsky.social · 4d

I thought everyone could use some good news!

My conservation friends' nesting box survived Wellington's wild storm perfectly and a Ruru (tiny owl) sheltered in it. Then one started making a nest! There's a camera inside now, too. The feeds aren't public but here's how they're doing.

Black and white still image in negative from being in night mode of a forest and long white box on a tree. Two small owls perch nearby looking at the box.

Black and white still image in negative from being in night mode of a forest and long white box on a tree. A small owl far in the background watches.

Black and white still image in negative from being in night mode of a forest and long white box on a tree. A small owl is peering out from inside the nesting box. She is home now.

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Robyn Hunt @accease.bsky.social · 4d

If you have an accessible #arts event in Aotearoa list it here to reach the #disabled audience. And #disabled people check out the events listed. #accessibility artsaccess.org.nz/events

Events

Events...

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Fiona C @drfionac.bsky.social · 6d

This! A wonderful explanation of how people with MECFS experience our symptoms. (And why when you see us we might LOOK fine or as though shopping or getting out is no problem..)

keri @keristars.bsky.social · 6d

Something I think people really don't understand about ME/CFS vs other fatigue illnesses is how the fatigue symptoms can be delayed for us, and how they accrete, like katamari damarcy.

We do feel exhaustion upon exertion, often much faster or with less effort than others expect. This is true!

1/x

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Peace Action Wellington @peacewellington.bsky.social · 4d

Breaking news: Space Minister Judith Collins admits she knew that we could be abetting Israel's genocide with Rocket Lab launch of Black Sky satellite. #KeepSpaceForPeace #ArmsTradeDeathTrade www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/24/m...

Minister warned about possible Israeli use of NZ-launched satellites

Space Minister Judith Collins said this week the decision to go ahead with BlackSky satellite launches was the right one.

www.1news.co.nz

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