Jennifer Duval-Smith
@jduvalsmith.bsky.social
Art / nature / connection / sniping at the patriarchy / 🇳🇿 #kikorangi
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While the NZ assoc health minister, Casey Costello, hosted an Irish anti-trans activist to discuss ‘women’s rights’, at Parliament ($4,500 venue cost), the Human Rights Review Tribunal heard evidence of the ‘extreme’ & ‘vicious’ nature of trans-exclusionary sentiment
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
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Casey Costello meets with self-proclaimed ‘terf’ as landmark case reaches final chapter
While the associate health minister met with an anti-trans activist to discuss 'women's rights', around the corner, a court heard evidence of the 'extreme' and 'vicious' nature of trans-exclusionary s...
thespinoff.co.nz
November 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
While the NZ assoc health minister, Casey Costello, hosted an Irish anti-trans activist to discuss ‘women’s rights’, at Parliament ($4,500 venue cost), the Human Rights Review Tribunal heard evidence of the ‘extreme’ & ‘vicious’ nature of trans-exclusionary sentiment
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
thespinoff.co.nz/politics/06-...
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If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 PM
If you'd told me that a speaker at the Free Speech Union conference would call for banning non-Christian public expressions of faith to an applauding crowd, I would have said yes, obviously that is going to happen newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/10/t...
wonderful long read
Great piece from Peter Coviello about bad faith media and academia
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
lithub.com/maybe-dont-t...
Maybe Don’t Talk to the New York Times About Zohran Mamdani
It’s remarkable, the people you’ll hear from. Teach for even a little while at an expensive institution—the term they tend to prefer is “elite”—and odds are that eventually someone who was a studen…
lithub.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:57 AM
wonderful long read
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A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
James Watson, dead at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers
James Watson, the co-discoverer of the structure of DNA who died Thursday at 97, was a scientific legend and a pariah among his peers.
www.statnews.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:39 PM
A Sharon Begley byline, almost 5 years after her death.
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
Upon hearing the news James Watson had died, a STAT reporter said in our Slack, "I wish I could read what Sharon would have written."
Incredible news: Sharon in fact did pre-write a Watson obit. And it is masterful and excoriating.
🧪🧬🧫
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In the final part of this Who Benefits instalment, Act leader David Seymour intervenes – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
Who Benefits: Seymour directs officials to consult the free speech lobby
newsroom.co.nz
November 8, 2025 at 6:37 AM
In the final part of this Who Benefits instalment, Act leader David Seymour intervenes – but says he wasn’t working in concert with the Free Speech Union
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Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
November 7, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Turns out Tidal is only a few dollars more a month for a family plan than Spotify and they have a cool feature where they’re not running ads to recruit for the gestapo.
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In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
November 7, 2025 at 10:18 PM
In case anyone is wondering if Watson was really THAT bad, @lpachter.bsky.social compiled a list of quotes that are absolutely not for the faint of heart.
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
liorpachter.wordpress.com/2018/05/18/j...
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Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
November 6, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Did the New York Times ruin journalism?
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Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
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basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
basically every 2024 truism is dead. Trump did not build a lasting multiracial coalition or turn young men into committed Republicans. You don’t need to cave on trans rights to win. The pundits have nothing left to tell you.
The rewarewa is flowering, with its dramatic nectar filled spiky blooms. Knightia excelsa. One of just two native protaceae species in Aotearoa NZ I believe.
November 5, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The rewarewa is flowering, with its dramatic nectar filled spiky blooms. Knightia excelsa. One of just two native protaceae species in Aotearoa NZ I believe.
It's this time of year in Aotearoa New Zealand.
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It's this time of year in Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Heads up, I’m putting together a great lineup for a special concert on Sun Mar 8, 2026 at the Akld Town Hall to mark International Women’s Day. My band Moana & the Tribe 1/
It’s THE Festival
Te Ahurei Toi o Tāmaki Auckland Arts Festival celebrates the best of arts and culture, for the people of this diverse city, by artists doing incredible things from Aotearoa and around the world.
www.aaf.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Heads up, I’m putting together a great lineup for a special concert on Sun Mar 8, 2026 at the Akld Town Hall to mark International Women’s Day. My band Moana & the Tribe 1/
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It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
November 5, 2025 at 6:49 AM
It's brilliant and exciting to see Zohran Mamdani elected.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
More leaders like him please, and fewer like Cuomo, Schumer and the rest of the oligarch-pleasing, hope-destroying, election-losing, right-centrist political class.
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This is fucking outrageous! Every day, there are more unhoused people just trying to survive. They don’t have emergency accommodation because YOU CUT OFF ACCESS! Stop cutting funding! Stop the cruelty! 🤬 #NZPol
Seriously? Do you think they cease to exist if we can’t see them?
Bunch of absolute fucking idiots. And cruel. #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Bunch of absolute fucking idiots. And cruel. #NZPol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Rough sleeping ban in central Auckland considered by government
Government ministers have confirmed they are considering measures to move homeless people out of Auckland's city centre - but the exact details remain unclear.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 AM
This is fucking outrageous! Every day, there are more unhoused people just trying to survive. They don’t have emergency accommodation because YOU CUT OFF ACCESS! Stop cutting funding! Stop the cruelty! 🤬 #NZPol
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The centre cannot hold.
November 5, 2025 at 5:29 AM
The centre cannot hold.
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#nzpol 20 Economists have penned an open letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance - asking for change. The contents and signatories to the letter are at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/open-lette...
Open Letter to Prime Minister and Minister of Finance
Our current economic approach is causing real harm. We need to change track
craigrenney.substack.com
October 4, 2025 at 10:16 PM
#nzpol 20 Economists have penned an open letter to the Prime Minister and Minister of Finance - asking for change. The contents and signatories to the letter are at: craigrenney.substack.com/p/open-lette...
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“When you cut nearly 400 jobs in MPI, it's going to make a big, big impact, & the Luxon Govt needs to just admit that it was wrong, step up & fund them properly, & just throw everything at it that they can to eliminate these hornets, before next summer." #nzpol
Conservationist Brad Windust slams Biosecurity NZ over hornet response
Former Far North beekeeper and pest trapper Brad Windust is sounding the alarm over a lack of urgency shown by authorities over eradicating the pest.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 2, 2025 at 7:44 AM
“When you cut nearly 400 jobs in MPI, it's going to make a big, big impact, & the Luxon Govt needs to just admit that it was wrong, step up & fund them properly, & just throw everything at it that they can to eliminate these hornets, before next summer." #nzpol
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#nzpol Unemployment reached a 9 year of 5.3%. The labour market took another turn for the worse - unemployment growing, underemployment growing, fewer hours being worked, and wages are not keeping up with inflation. This data is another sign the economy is not working. A thread
November 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
#nzpol Unemployment reached a 9 year of 5.3%. The labour market took another turn for the worse - unemployment growing, underemployment growing, fewer hours being worked, and wages are not keeping up with inflation. This data is another sign the economy is not working. A thread
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#nzpol On Morning Report today Ingrid said "Should we say green shoots?" in response to a tiny lift in MBIE job ads. Anything that shows a better labour market should be welcomed - but is that really what's going on? The honest answer is not really - job ads are down 30% in 2 years. A🧵
November 4, 2025 at 4:02 AM
#nzpol On Morning Report today Ingrid said "Should we say green shoots?" in response to a tiny lift in MBIE job ads. Anything that shows a better labour market should be welcomed - but is that really what's going on? The honest answer is not really - job ads are down 30% in 2 years. A🧵
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Poetry protest!! www.odt.co.nz/regions/cent...
Poets to host reading protest against open-cast mining
Six poets are protesting "ecological and aesthetic violence" proposed for Central Otago. Dunedin poet and barrister Richard Reeve said the readings...
www.odt.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Poetry protest!! www.odt.co.nz/regions/cent...
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I'm sorry, it's actually embarrassing that a senior minister of the Crown is resorting to op eds to get her point across without critique
If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way
If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way
Hi, my name is Erica Stanford, and instead of having the guts to got through the proper regulatory process and make my case to the sector, I'm going to use sneaky, undemocratic means to strike at the heart of what it means to be a learner in New Zilund, and then hide behind my media mates.
Erica Stanford: Why I'm removing Treaty rules for schools
OPINION: The move reverses a 2020 change.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I'm sorry, it's actually embarrassing that a senior minister of the Crown is resorting to op eds to get her point across without critique
If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way
If your policy is defensible, defend it under questioning by an actual journalist, without a paywall in the way