Kyle Matthews
@kylermatthews.bsky.social
Research fellow at He Whenua Taurikura. Research violent extremism, state security, the Atlas network, free speech/hate speech, and radical social movements across the political spectrum. He/him. https://people.wgtn.ac.nz/kyle.matthews
It didn't help that the video I saw was NZ Herald Premium with the headline 'won't commit...'. There's a messaging issue there if your message is behind a paywall and that's the headline (also, media).
November 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It didn't help that the video I saw was NZ Herald Premium with the headline 'won't commit...'. There's a messaging issue there if your message is behind a paywall and that's the headline (also, media).
The same thing is happening in New Zealand. Entire government research funds are having social sciences and the humanities removed as options.
November 28, 2025 at 3:44 AM
The same thing is happening in New Zealand. Entire government research funds are having social sciences and the humanities removed as options.
it's like they didn't read it until it passed. None of this "none of this we don't like this law but we agreed as part of a coalition agreement" nonsense. Flat out this is great and then two days later "gone by lunch time". Great governance!
November 21, 2025 at 3:08 AM
it's like they didn't read it until it passed. None of this "none of this we don't like this law but we agreed as part of a coalition agreement" nonsense. Flat out this is great and then two days later "gone by lunch time". Great governance!
Yes that. But also - this company is knowingly distributing products to children which contain asbestos. That seems to be worthy of whackage with a big stick.
November 18, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Yes that. But also - this company is knowingly distributing products to children which contain asbestos. That seems to be worthy of whackage with a big stick.
There’s lots of interesting models to limit or turn around our growth focus. doughnut economics is one.
November 17, 2025 at 3:51 AM
There’s lots of interesting models to limit or turn around our growth focus. doughnut economics is one.
Every second awful TERF the FSU brings here has a maths PhD: James Lindsay, Helen Joyce. It’s clearly a factor radicalising people to extremism.
November 12, 2025 at 3:24 AM
Every second awful TERF the FSU brings here has a maths PhD: James Lindsay, Helen Joyce. It’s clearly a factor radicalising people to extremism.
I research violent extremism and the answer in that field is commonly “it is complex” but the evidence there is pretty clear: restricting access to high powered firearms reduces deaths. See, for eg, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Armed to Kill: A Cross-Sectional Analysis Examining the Links between Firearms Availability, Gun Control, and Terrorism Using the Global Terrorism Database and the Small Arms Survey
According to the Global Terrorism Database, the use of firearms in terrorist attacks has been on the rise, and firearms-based attacks are the most lethal. In the aftermath of mass-casualty attacks ...
www.tandfonline.com
November 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
I research violent extremism and the answer in that field is commonly “it is complex” but the evidence there is pretty clear: restricting access to high powered firearms reduces deaths. See, for eg, www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Yes, but police is a hierarchical organisation so following orders is common - im not sure this is a spread, rather it’s the default. As this shows that’s often not good. Other police elsewhere resisted which has helped bring this to light.
November 12, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Yes, but police is a hierarchical organisation so following orders is common - im not sure this is a spread, rather it’s the default. As this shows that’s often not good. Other police elsewhere resisted which has helped bring this to light.