David Hood
@thoughtfulnz.bsky.social
I like collating data,
and getting thoughts in the brain.
All for Public data, Aotearoa New Zealand, and informed communities. #openData #NewZealand #Aotearoa #rstats. He/him.
He tangata tiriti ahau
and getting thoughts in the brain.
All for Public data, Aotearoa New Zealand, and informed communities. #openData #NewZealand #Aotearoa #rstats. He/him.
He tangata tiriti ahau
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In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
Clinical Guidelines | Professional Association for Transgender Health Aotearoa Inc. (PATHA)
patha.nz
November 28, 2025 at 5:21 AM
In some good news, today PATHA has finally been able to release the 2025 Guidelines for Gender Affirming Care in Aotearoa New Zealand. You can read them here: patha.nz/resources-an...
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🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
November 26, 2025 at 11:42 AM
🚨 SynthNet is out 🚨
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
Researchers propose new constructs and measures faster than anyone can track. We (@anniria.bsky.social @ruben.the100.ci) built a search engine to check what already exists and help identify redundancies; indexing 74,000 scales from ~31,500 instruments in APA PsycTests. 🧵1/3
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Flying Saucer Digest, no. 130.
This alien spacecraft looks suspiciously like Parliament to me.
This alien spacecraft looks suspiciously like Parliament to me.
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Flying Saucer Digest, no. 130.
This alien spacecraft looks suspiciously like Parliament to me.
This alien spacecraft looks suspiciously like Parliament to me.
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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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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...
So, Christmas pork (ham) and chicken
(I checked the food price index for the trends, having seen some headline numbers about increases)
(I checked the food price index for the trends, having seen some headline numbers about increases)
November 28, 2025 at 3:51 AM
So, Christmas pork (ham) and chicken
(I checked the food price index for the trends, having seen some headline numbers about increases)
(I checked the food price index for the trends, having seen some headline numbers about increases)
There are a few times a year that essentially 10% of the population of Ōtepoti either want to leave or arrive in the city. It would be good for passenger rail to be a competitor to air at those times.
November 28, 2025 at 3:10 AM
There are a few times a year that essentially 10% of the population of Ōtepoti either want to leave or arrive in the city. It would be good for passenger rail to be a competitor to air at those times.
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If you’re a small NZ business and your business account on a social media platform like Facebook has been locked, NZ Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) has set up an email address for people to contact. Send details to [email protected]
www.privacy.org.nz/resources-an...
www.privacy.org.nz/resources-an...
Home | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment (MBIE) plays a central role in shaping and delivering a strong New Zealand economy.
mbie.govt.nz
November 28, 2025 at 12:48 AM
If you’re a small NZ business and your business account on a social media platform like Facebook has been locked, NZ Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment (MBIE) has set up an email address for people to contact. Send details to [email protected]
www.privacy.org.nz/resources-an...
www.privacy.org.nz/resources-an...
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Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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November 27, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Your universe is a photocopy of a photocopy of a…
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While covid per capita in wastewater did not get lower than the all time low (since covid spread nationwide) in mid-October, Christmas is looking a lot more like a 2024 prevalence than any earlier year.
November 28, 2025 at 12:43 AM
While covid per capita in wastewater did not get lower than the all time low (since covid spread nationwide) in mid-October, Christmas is looking a lot more like a 2024 prevalence than any earlier year.
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We used to spend time - real, substantive time - on "what does the data mean", "what are we trying to emphasise", "how is it going to be interpreted". But the slop is just... "dear sirmedem have gud ibfrograohic". It's *worse* than any of the bullshit we've ever had.
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 AM
We used to spend time - real, substantive time - on "what does the data mean", "what are we trying to emphasise", "how is it going to be interpreted". But the slop is just... "dear sirmedem have gud ibfrograohic". It's *worse* than any of the bullshit we've ever had.
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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/...
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Escargone 🐌
Thieves have stolen €90,000 worth of fine French snails destined for some of the country’s most prestigious restaurants
Thieves take €90,000 of snails meant for Michelin-starred restaurants
French police are on the trail of ‘experienced’ criminals who stole a whole year’s worth of produce from Jean-Mathieu Dauvergne’s L’Escargot des Grands Crus
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Escargone 🐌
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November 27, 2025 at 3:15 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 28: Black.
International test match locations and results for the Black Ferns in 2025. Done in #rstats, the Pacific centred world2 map from the maps package, and ggrepel for the labels.
International test match locations and results for the Black Ferns in 2025. Done in #rstats, the Pacific centred world2 map from the maps package, and ggrepel for the labels.
November 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 28: Black.
International test match locations and results for the Black Ferns in 2025. Done in #rstats, the Pacific centred world2 map from the maps package, and ggrepel for the labels.
International test match locations and results for the Black Ferns in 2025. Done in #rstats, the Pacific centred world2 map from the maps package, and ggrepel for the labels.
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I'm sure this is fine... 👀👀😂
November 27, 2025 at 6:48 AM
I'm sure this is fine... 👀👀😂
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Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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November 27, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Statement from Te Ohu Rata o Aotearoa (Māori Medical Practitioners Association) expressing its condemnation of the banning of puberty blockers by the NZ government.
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Deloitte also fucked up the same way in Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
November 23, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Deloitte also fucked up the same way in Australia www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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An amazing NZ story of a consumer taking a int'l jeweler to a dispute tribunal after they claimed the "lifetime" guarantee on a wedding ring ought to be for 12 years, since the average NZ marriage lasts 14yrs with 2yrs of separation.
(This is not the wildest detail.)
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
(This is not the wildest detail.)
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
From the newzealand community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the newzealand community
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November 27, 2025 at 4:56 AM
An amazing NZ story of a consumer taking a int'l jeweler to a dispute tribunal after they claimed the "lifetime" guarantee on a wedding ring ought to be for 12 years, since the average NZ marriage lasts 14yrs with 2yrs of separation.
(This is not the wildest detail.)
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
(This is not the wildest detail.)
www.reddit.com/r/newzealand...
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We're excited to share that University of Otago Wikimedian in Residence, Dr Tamsin Braisher (@thneed.bsky.social), will be continuing her placement in 2026! 🎓
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
Otago University’s Wikipedian in Residence sets sights on 2026
Official website of the non-profit charitable New Zealand affiliate of the Wikimedia Foundation.
www.wikimedia.nz
November 26, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We're excited to share that University of Otago Wikimedian in Residence, Dr Tamsin Braisher (@thneed.bsky.social), will be continuing her placement in 2026! 🎓
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
Since mid-2025, Tamsin has been building a bridge between university staff, students, and researchers, and the world of Wikipedia ⬇️
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The previously unknown gold, well mapped by prospectors who knew about it in the late 19th century:
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
The previously unknown gold, well mapped by prospectors who knew about it in the late 19th century:
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Live data from Transpower, as of today.
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Live data from Transpower, as of today.
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My favorite (sorry—favourite) #NewZealand bike shop, Bicycle Junction in Wellington, will be closed on Friday for #SlackFriday. I salute them!
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
#slackfriday
In recent years, we’ve seen the celebration of consumerism grow in the form of Black Friday. It has only crept into popular culture here in New Zealand over the past several years. In the US, Black Fr...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My favorite (sorry—favourite) #NewZealand bike shop, Bicycle Junction in Wellington, will be closed on Friday for #SlackFriday. I salute them!
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
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sigh just had claude use grokipedia as a source. poisoning the well is working
November 26, 2025 at 11:21 AM
sigh just had claude use grokipedia as a source. poisoning the well is working
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There's only a couple of days left to submit on the inclusion of 19 reef species (and marlin) in commercially landed and sold catch. Here's my submission:
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 PM
There's only a couple of days left to submit on the inclusion of 19 reef species (and marlin) in commercially landed and sold catch. Here's my submission: