Joanna Kidman

Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.

So... will there be a challenge to the Labour Party leadership or not? With all these damn redundancies, most of my sources have left the building, and the stalwarts of the Wellington rumour mill are as confused as a bunch of headless chooks. They may as well be speaking Klingon.

Well said.

Crikey. Gobsmacked.

Thank you for pointing that out. You're quite right and I have deleted.

yes, fair comment. I will delete

It was a huge honour to speak with Avery on this podcast a while back. I’m looking forward to listening to this final episode. A huge loss to see the Unsettling Extremism podcast and He Whenua Taurikura close. Mauri ora @averysmith.bsky.social @joannakidman.bsky.social

As He Whenua Taurikura closes its doors, this final episode distils years of research into a narrative about what extremism really threatens: not just physical safety, but the fundamental human need to belong and our ideas of peace. open.spotify.com/episode/3umc...

#populism #GRT #islamophobia

67,906 days (or 2,231 months) later... and sovereignty still not ceded.

Never ceded.

... Umm, hello? Mr Luxon?...This is Venezuela calling.
... ?

Yeah gidday, we can't take your call right now. Please leave your message after the beep.

... Okaay, it's just that the Rules-Based International Order has broken down and...

[BEEEEP]

Interesting!

Over-hearing Avis rental car staff at Christchurch airport yesterday charging a price-gouging $4000 for one car for one week to an overseas tourist. Attempting to get us to sign a rental car agreement without providing the actual agreement. Cowboys!

Cadence is a hugely talented young poet. A really extraordinary new voice.

Ray Chung on the other hand... well, family right?

Can't live with 'em ... can't push them down the stairs.

Say what now?!

www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...

So, a slow week then? 😜

Which mandate matters most? | E-Tangata “Māori institutions can’t rely on formal mandates alone. If we want legitimacy that endures, we need to design institutions that reflect our own power dynamics.” — Sacha McMeeking.

"When decisions become contentious, the backstops to resolve conflict tend to be drawn from western practices, and include things like a reliance on centralised authority, closed-door meetings, and formal votes": Sasha McMeeking

e-tangata.co.nz/comment-and-...

Protect Te Tiriti in Education Aotearoa should be a place where everyone, regardless of their background, is respected and part of a vibrant connected community. Where everyone feels a sense of belonging and knows their children wi...

I've signed our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/pr...

Dear old Paulo F. He knew a thing or two.

Nice!

"Knowledge is a gift bestowed by those who consider themselves knowledgeable upon those whom they consider to know nothing."
Freire calls this the 'banking system of education'
This is what Stanford/Seymour are doing to our children

“One cannot expect positive results from an educational or political action program which fails to respect the particular view of the world held by the people. Such a program constitutes cultural invasion, good intentions notwithstanding.”

― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

“If the structure does not permit dialogue the structure must be changed”
― Paulo Freire

“Liberating education consists in acts of cognition, not transferals of information.”
― Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed

(It's a Freirean kind of day)

Always, e hoa!

At a time when academics are under sustained right-wing attack, Dr Siouxsie Wiles stood up to the neoliberal regime of university management and won, but it came at a cost. If you can, please consider supporting Siouxsie, one of the most courageous scholars I know.
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Picking a fight with teachers? Good luck with that.

Can any public servants help please (if there are any left): Te Puni Kokiri used to administer Te Pūtake o te Riri fund but its disappeared off the TPK website. Am I right in assuming this funding has been cut? Is there any govt funding for Rā Maumahara now or do iwi carry this entirely on their own

Unlike Judith Collins... oh wait... newsroom.co.nz/2020/10/07/i...

Yes.

Yes, it's that (former) alignment with Act and the Business Round Table that opens up an (admittedly) small window into the sorts of discussions that are (hopefully) taking place in those windowless political backrooms