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How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers For decades, schools have taught children the strategies of struggling readers, using a theory about reading that cognitive scientists have repeatedly debunked. And many teachers and parents don't kno...

how did i go so long not knowing we were literally teaching people to read wrong. i knew something wasn't right but jesus christ www.apmreports.org/episode/2019...

FFS small towns often have relatively heavier traffic because they're service hubs for a wide area. I once moved from a big city to a town with a population a bit over 3k and the open air pedestrian mall was busier than Cuba St much of the time. Hell, check our Greytown or Martinborough any weekend!

Also houses haven't cost 3k/m2 for years and anyone telling you so has either not built a house or has built the biggest and worst house imaginable. Unless you love a 400m2 void full of 7°C rooms you don't go into I guess

If anyone is upset about their rates going towards the upgrade, pretend my rates are covering your contribution while your rates double cover the botanical garden and khandallah pool upgrades.

Apparently controversial but I think the proposal for fencing Wellington is good actually - I've been aware since I was a kid that a trip the wrong direction rollerblading around there could mean cracking my skull open on the rocks. I would like fences please.

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So let me get this straight. We invite the FBI boss to Wellington to open an office. He then says he'll use it to spy on our top export buyer, China, who is then as pissed as. Then Trump HIKES our tariff to 15% from 10%, making us less competitive vs Australia's beef/wine exports to US - still 10%.🤷‍♂️

About 1000 for the board seats though

Sign the Petition Politicians must have skin in the game

While we're feeling nerd spicy how about this neat little petition about making sure the people making the decisions about how our healthcare system works are actually invested in it the same as the rest of us without their wealth xx www.change.org/p/politician...

Grosssss (not you Dylan)

Looking good InternetNZ whānau 🙌

I'm on the InternetNZ AGM and I just want to say i am so impressed by the professionalism of everyone involved given this unprecedented membership surge. Get on and vote NO folks!

Oh my gosh thank you sorry I'm so tired I can't believe I didn't think of that

Does anyone know where to find details of the civil defence alert that just happened? I dismissed it super quick because I had a baby dropping off to sleep and I didn't know how else to make the noise stop!

Meth consumption still high, no evidence of related spike in crime But police data is yet to show evidence of any related significant spike in crime.

Why do none of the many articles on the spike in meth use connect it to David Seymour removing protections on pseudoephedrine - making it far far easier to get the materials to make meth? Like, this is a clear and expected and devastating consequence, not some blip. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

RNZ article with a graph showing that meth use per month doubles from July 2024.

Article from April 2024 anticipating pseudoephedrine based cold and flu medicines would be available soon with pharmaceutical suppliers indicating that they will be ae to supply the first products in June 2024.

Snippet saying "pseudoephedrine can be extracted from medications and used to make methamphetamine, also known as P."

This lines up perfectly how is this not being written about??

Meth consumption still high, no evidence of related spike in crime But police data is yet to show evidence of any related significant spike in crime.

Why do none of the many articles on the spike in meth use connect it to David Seymour removing protections on pseudoephedrine - making it far far easier to get the materials to make meth? Like, this is a clear and expected and devastating consequence, not some blip. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

What led to the X for Cunliffe-Steel here? Was it him declining to answer Retain or Remove?

Everything I've seen from him seems legit and he has posted good answers in the q+a threads.

Also to be clear I don't know anything about the candidate so don't take this as advocacy for him - I need to do more research myself - I'm just responding regarding the substantive beliefs

It's a tech conversation but not necessarily a techbro thing. Copyright law is largely a panacea for large corporates, not individual creatives and it's unfortunate that in opposing AI vacuuming up IP that copyright law is seen comparatively favourably. Creative commons and open source is better.

The average person over 100k pays about a dollar more a week but it funds dental care! So yeah, $50 a year and you get dental care. It's a fantastic freaking budget

A cartoon. Title: “The Head of the Privileges Committee and The ‘C’ Word” Image shows a woman (MP Judith Collins), dressed as Captain Cook, with one hand on a book, “The Coloniser’s Handbook”, and the other pointing off to the right, and she’s shouting, “Culture Wars! CHARGE!”. In the background is a scene of early Wellington, with the Beehive up on the hill.

The Head of the Privileges Committee and (drumroll) The ‘C’ Word.
My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol

#nzpol At 5pm yesterday, the Treasury informed the New Zealand Council of Trade Unions Te Kauae Kaimahi (NZCTU) it has been barred from attending the Budget lock-up on 22 May. This is the first time the CTU has been prevented from attending a Budget lock-up in living memory

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All of Govt's 2024 coal earnings spent treating damages at a single mine The Stockton mine is hoping for a fast-tracked 25-year extension, as historic damages are costing the Crown more than it earns from all coal mine royalties

'In the 2023/24 financial year, the Government collected $3.7m in revenue from the coal industry'

We take just 2% commission on coal/mineral mining, its not a good deal for #newzealand because it costs us more to clean up

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Chlöe Swarbrick on the recent Benjamin and Tamantha media storm, her perspective of what we should really be paying attention to.
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Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says A history of negative experiences of policing will affect how some communities view the police – and it's crucial that the opinions of these communities are heard....

Is Tamatha Paul in ‘la-la land’? Here’s what the evidence says

Toronto shopping street

Half of business owners on this Toronto street estimated that more than 25% of their customers arrived by car.

In fact, it was 4%.

And the % of customers who who walked or cycled? 72%.

Retailers routinely overestimate the # of “car customers.” Via @carltonreid.com www.forbes.com/sites/carlto...

To my friends here in Aotearoa please note that submissions on this important legislation close at the end of the month.

I for one am keen to maintain strict gun laws that put safety at the centre.