Andrew
@openpolicy.bsky.social
I think and know about open government and freedom of information. All posts in a personal capacity, RTs ≠ endorsement.
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· Oct 14
Netanyahu was never interested in a #ceasefire.
It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.
The west won’t act as he burns children alive.
It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
It was always about ethnic cleansing, colonialism and genocide.
The west won’t act as he burns children alive.
It is the biggest moral failure of our time, and the failure to stop it hasn’t even done what the Democrats hoped - secure re-election.
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Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Kinnock voice - "I’ll tell you what happens with impossible promises. You start with far-fetched resolutions....and you end up in the grotesque chaos of a Labour government, a *Labour* government, rejecting visas for homeless 8 yr olds trying to joing their parents"
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The version of the Gospels where the Samaritan crossed the road to kick the robbery victim in the head and go through his pockets for loose change was suppressed by the woke fathers of the early church.
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The version of the Gospels where the Samaritan crossed the road to kick the robbery victim in the head and go through his pockets for loose change was suppressed by the woke fathers of the early church.
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Switzerland is due to vote this Sunday on whether to introduce a wealth tax of 50% on inherited fortunes over 50 million Swiss francs ($62m USD) www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Swiss wealth tax proposal to test public appetite for redistribution
Switzerland will vote on a proposed wealth tax on Sunday that will be a litmus test of appetite for wealth redistribution in one of the world's richest countries.
www.reuters.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Switzerland is due to vote this Sunday on whether to introduce a wealth tax of 50% on inherited fortunes over 50 million Swiss francs ($62m USD) www.reuters.com/business/fin...
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@indexoncensorship.org are right to point out the potentially deadly impact, on certain groups, of being unable to communicate confidentially. But it's equally important to consider the *systemic* damage done by breaking encryption.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:43 AM
@indexoncensorship.org are right to point out the potentially deadly impact, on certain groups, of being unable to communicate confidentially. But it's equally important to consider the *systemic* damage done by breaking encryption.
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Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
The NGO’s chief says last month’s ceasefire ‘risks creating a dangerous illusion that life in Gaza is returning to normal’
Amnesty International has said Israel is “still committing genocide” against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, despite the ceasefire agreed last month.
The fragile, US-brokered truce between Israel and Hamas came into effect on 10 October, after two years of war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Israel still committing genocide in Gaza, Amnesty International says
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This is my favorite piece on the Zero Units, the Afghan locals who actually fought the war under the direction of the CIA.
The Evacuation of the CIA’s Afghan Proxies Has Opened One of the War’s Blackest Boxes
Afghan Zero Units hold clues to many of the war’s mysteries, including how the CIA engineered deadly night raids that contributed to the Taliban’s victory.
theintercept.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:16 AM
This is my favorite piece on the Zero Units, the Afghan locals who actually fought the war under the direction of the CIA.
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𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆?
Our investigation found EU funds going to Netaş – almost half-owned by China's ZTE, labelled high-risk by the EU itself – whose surveillance tech was used to prosecute peaceful protesters.
Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
Our investigation found EU funds going to Netaş – almost half-owned by China's ZTE, labelled high-risk by the EU itself – whose surveillance tech was used to prosecute peaceful protesters.
Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
November 28, 2025 at 7:46 AM
𝗜𝘀 𝗘𝗨 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝗳𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗿𝗲𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘆?
Our investigation found EU funds going to Netaş – almost half-owned by China's ZTE, labelled high-risk by the EU itself – whose surveillance tech was used to prosecute peaceful protesters.
Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
Our investigation found EU funds going to Netaş – almost half-owned by China's ZTE, labelled high-risk by the EU itself – whose surveillance tech was used to prosecute peaceful protesters.
Full story here: www.ftm.eu/articles/tur...
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UK Government spend data, transactions over £25,000:
● Cabinet Office, April 2010 - October 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.5 MB XLSX)
● Department for Education (DfE), April 2010 - September 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (52.6 MB zipped CSV)
#publicspending #opengov #opendata
● Cabinet Office, April 2010 - October 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.5 MB XLSX)
● Department for Education (DfE), April 2010 - September 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (52.6 MB zipped CSV)
#publicspending #opengov #opendata
November 28, 2025 at 6:24 AM
UK Government spend data, transactions over £25,000:
● Cabinet Office, April 2010 - October 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.5 MB XLSX)
● Department for Education (DfE), April 2010 - September 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (52.6 MB zipped CSV)
#publicspending #opengov #opendata
● Cabinet Office, April 2010 - October 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (3.5 MB XLSX)
● Department for Education (DfE), April 2010 - September 2025 drive.google.com/uc?export=do... (52.6 MB zipped CSV)
#publicspending #opengov #opendata
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On display from both politicians and ideologues hacking at the curriculum is a deep contempt for genuine engagement with systems of knowledge and critical thinking. It‘s one thing to not understand learning; it‘s another to forcibly cut children off from these opportunities.
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Not only is science education going to suffer from the manufactured crisis in maths education, the science curriculum itself has also been under attack to remove components of critical thinking and epistemological foundations.
theconversation.com/nzs-draft-sc...
theconversation.com/nzs-draft-sc...
NZ’s draft science curriculum favours rote learning over critical thinking
Critical thinking is an essential skill students should be encouraged to develop as part of their science learning. NZ’s draft science curriculum fails the test.
theconversation.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
On display from both politicians and ideologues hacking at the curriculum is a deep contempt for genuine engagement with systems of knowledge and critical thinking. It‘s one thing to not understand learning; it‘s another to forcibly cut children off from these opportunities.
bsky.app/profile/maet...
bsky.app/profile/maet...
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People complain about academic writing being opaque and verbose but the wanton anti-intellectualism in govt sources misquoting a literature review, ripping it wildly out of context, and using it as an example of wokeness gone too far is not something that can be solved by improved communication.
November 28, 2025 at 5:22 AM
People complain about academic writing being opaque and verbose but the wanton anti-intellectualism in govt sources misquoting a literature review, ripping it wildly out of context, and using it as an example of wokeness gone too far is not something that can be solved by improved communication.
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Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Passenger train to link Christchurch to South | Star News
Long-distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island, with a service set to consistently reconnect Christchurch, Dunedin and Invercargill...
www.odt.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:35 AM
Great news, but a shame it's at tourist prices. Hopefully over time the price reduces to something that makes more economical than driving or taking a bus
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
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📣 Working from home results in lower performance ratings📣
Managers give lower performance ratings to teleworkers than to office workers, even when holding performance constant.
Female teleworkers face an even greater disadvantage.
Managers give lower performance ratings to teleworkers than to office workers, even when holding performance constant.
Female teleworkers face an even greater disadvantage.
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
📣 Working from home results in lower performance ratings📣
Managers give lower performance ratings to teleworkers than to office workers, even when holding performance constant.
Female teleworkers face an even greater disadvantage.
Managers give lower performance ratings to teleworkers than to office workers, even when holding performance constant.
Female teleworkers face an even greater disadvantage.
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Source: Ju Won Park (2025, in press). Out of sight, out of mind?: telework and gender inequality in performance appraisals. Public Management Review.
@pmreview.bsky.social
@pmreview.bsky.social
Out of sight, out of mind?: telework and gender inequality in performance appraisals
Do public managers favor office workers over teleworkers? This study examines managers’ cognitive biases in employee performance appraisals, focusing on proximity and gender bias. A survey experime...
www.tandfonline.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Source: Ju Won Park (2025, in press). Out of sight, out of mind?: telework and gender inequality in performance appraisals. Public Management Review.
@pmreview.bsky.social
@pmreview.bsky.social
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Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Small changes to ‘for you’ feed on X can rapidly increase political polarisation
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Study finds that a week of political content can bring about a shift in views that previously would have taken three years
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
"In July, Attorney-General Judith Collins found the bill to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act, and indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by the rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election."
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments - https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/580237/justice-committee-recommends-passing-electoral-amendment-bill-with-some-amendments - Details and more news at: https://nzccl.org.nz/news
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:58 AM
"In July, Attorney-General Judith Collins found the bill to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act, and indicated 100,000 or more people could be directly or indirectly disenfranchised by the rules banning enrolment in the final 13 days before an election."
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How police discovered 30,000 'falsely or erroneously' recorded breath tests
How police discovered 30,000 'falsely or erroneously' recorded breath tests
One officer falsely recorded 11 breath tests over a period of 5 minutes, over 3km, leading police to discover 30,000 falsified tests.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 AM
How police discovered 30,000 'falsely or erroneously' recorded breath tests
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I'm an arrestee from yesterday and once again met the most kind, gentle and thoughtful people sitting with placards, making the absurdity of arrests so blatant.
I was sitting close to Adam, who continued pretending he was pro genocide, asking why he wasn't arrested: www.instagram.com/p/DPL2G9iCNth/
I was sitting close to Adam, who continued pretending he was pro genocide, asking why he wasn't arrested: www.instagram.com/p/DPL2G9iCNth/
November 27, 2025 at 7:32 AM
I'm an arrestee from yesterday and once again met the most kind, gentle and thoughtful people sitting with placards, making the absurdity of arrests so blatant.
I was sitting close to Adam, who continued pretending he was pro genocide, asking why he wasn't arrested: www.instagram.com/p/DPL2G9iCNth/
I was sitting close to Adam, who continued pretending he was pro genocide, asking why he wasn't arrested: www.instagram.com/p/DPL2G9iCNth/
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This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
CIA statement about the Afghan man identified as the gunman who shot two National Guardsmen in Washington
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This statement is way outside of CIA’s lane and erosive of the ethical norm that intelligence should be non-partisan. If that norm vanishes, intelligence loses a very large portion of its value.
New Zealand to continue staffing the US-Israel genocide continuation centre.
A new release is available from Hon Judith Collins KC.
NZDF liaison officer deployment to Israel extended
The deployment of a New Zealand Defence Force liaison officer to Israel has been extended, Defence Minister Judith Collins says.
www.beehive.govt.nz
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 AM
New Zealand to continue staffing the US-Israel genocide continuation centre.
People trained by the CIA to operate in death squads coming back to bite US people (especially in the armed forces) is something nobody could ever have predicted based on previous experience. Oh, wait.
The DC shooter was a member of a CIA-trained and -supported unit that Human Rights Watch said was a "death squad"
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/27/u...
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 AM
People trained by the CIA to operate in death squads coming back to bite US people (especially in the armed forces) is something nobody could ever have predicted based on previous experience. Oh, wait.
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18. I noted earlier that the only thing that really threatens Wikipedia is LLMs - the seductive lure of easily generatable rubbish is just too attractive for many people. A small step towards sanity today with a (minimal) new guideline, hurrah. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Wikipedia:Writing articles with large language models - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 24, 2025 at 11:28 PM
18. I noted earlier that the only thing that really threatens Wikipedia is LLMs - the seductive lure of easily generatable rubbish is just too attractive for many people. A small step towards sanity today with a (minimal) new guideline, hurrah. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...
Why this service isn't being provided by KiwiRail instead of some private company is beyond me.
Well, not really, given the current government, but still...
Well, not really, given the current government, but still...
After decades of abandoned business cases, but much yearning, long distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island.
The Mainlander passenger train returns in January
After decades of abandoned business cases, but much yearning, long distance passenger rail is returning to the South Island.
dlvr.it
November 28, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Why this service isn't being provided by KiwiRail instead of some private company is beyond me.
Well, not really, given the current government, but still...
Well, not really, given the current government, but still...
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We've just published the programme for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, and registrations are open 👀
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026
The Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 explores cutting-edge knowledge of complex systems & complexity & how this knowledge is used to drive system change.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
November 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
We've just published the programme for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026, and registrations are open 👀
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
#cccss26 #complexsystems
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/conferences/...
Just finished providing feedback to the Public Service Commission on draft Open Government commitments. One of them is on conflicts of interests for senior officials. It proposes learning from Australia, amongst others. Let's hope the lessons from this scandal are shared with the public and PSC.
This spook scandal cries out for investigation. ANAO, IGIS & PJCIS should all be on the case, but there should be public scrutiny, not the usual behind closed doors cover-up. High time too for senior bureaucrats publicly disclosed their interests. #auspol
Spy agency awards $200m in deals to firms run by workers and spouses
The news follows revelations that the Australian Signals Directorate head was investigated over contracts given to a company where her husband worked.
www.afr.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Just finished providing feedback to the Public Service Commission on draft Open Government commitments. One of them is on conflicts of interests for senior officials. It proposes learning from Australia, amongst others. Let's hope the lessons from this scandal are shared with the public and PSC.
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Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
November 27, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Scoop: The most popular apps in Australia right now are social media platforms not included in the teen ban (so far).
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
This comes as teens make videos recommending that they all migrate to these alternative platforms to get around the ban — something experts warned about.
www.crikey.com.au/20...