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Just some of the names our Family History librarians have dug up over the years:
- Christmas Tantrum
- Rose Bush
- Rhoda Pidgeon
- Hazel Nutt
- Raspberry Sucker
And more! Read our blog post from a few year's back for more: my.christchurchcitylibraries.com/blogs/post/f... ^MT

My male, Pākehā, face correlates to historical corpuses of images of people successful in being hired as managers (noting not the same thing as being a successful manager).
For the underlying stupid causative implication, the phrenology (actually demographics) of the hiring panel likely matters more

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David became a freelance bioinformatician due to the situation he describes 👇.

Freelance workers are typically looking for the next contract. That's how it is. Maybe we could boost this signal so that people who appreciate David's experience and principles can find him?

Actually yeah, let's "move on" the people responsible for the rise in "rough sleepers".

You'll find them in their fancy apartments, receiving accommodation entitlements, and frolicking through the beehive.

Police officers ordered to complete mandatory online alcohol breath testing training It follows revelations more than 100 police staff were under investigation for falsifying 30,000 tests.

Questions I'd like answered that I haven't seen in coverage of this:
- What can you tell us about this "algorithm" that Police built?
- What is it, how accurate is it, and how was it validated?
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The brilliant performative politics of NZ First’s fake members’ bills NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.

NZ First MPs keep proposing laws they have no intention of passing, and the media falls for it every time.

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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

Why nearly 90,000 Kiwis aren’t working A growing number of Kiwis are on welfare because of mental health issues, marking a major shift for a system once designed for and focused on physical illness and unemployment.

"Almost 90,000 ... rely on a benefit because of psychiatric conditions ... a striking shift for a system designed and once dominated by physical illness and injury.

... many of those affected are young and face an uphill battle to find lasting employment."

#NZPol

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People Watching: Waka Ama at Māngere Bridge Boating Club - Māngere Bridge to French Bay Regatta, on a Saturday morning

Having a mayor? Why we need our local leaders to take a stand It’s done and dusted.

People with a track record of behaving badly need to pay a career penalty. So long as people with track records get roles just to keep the peace, it will encourage them to wield the threat of chaos.

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A child afflicted with the pox of hundreds of ranting red-faced David Seymours on their skin Title card: The other infectious disease ripping through schools. We have removed requirements for curriculums toreflect local tikanga māori, matauranga māori, and te ao māori. Teachers need to stop politicizing strikes and go back to being underpaid and overworked! We've removed te reo from kids books. They're tough enough for me to read as is! Serving kids fresh food from local providers is woke! I don't know how teacher only days work, and I refuse to learn! Kids are being dragged out of math kicking and screaming and forced to learn māori!!! Teachers are incorporating te reo into math! That's one step tahi, rua, too far. We need to prosecute parents for truancy! I'm serving kids food that's eiter moldy or will burn them. Kids learning the negative and long lasting effects of colonization will leave them too informed as future voters! Panos 25' @yee hawtheboys

The other infectious disease ripping through schools in Aotearoa. #nzpol

@yeehawtheboys.bsky.social Always on the money

Alright, first new article in a while, and it's my fiftieth! This one's about the important but subtle difference between social skills and social traits:

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Foreshore and seabed: ‘Exhausted’ Sth Isl group sent back to court after customary rights win The Government says MACA changes were not a decision made lightly.

If this were a bunch of Pakeha farmers having to go back to court to relitigate an award of water rights because the government had changed allocation rules the media, business and legal establishments would be united in decrying it as the death of the rule of law.

So, You Want To Test A Nuclear Weapon? - Funranium Labs I dedicate the following rant to my Lovely Assistant, who can probably recite this by heart now, and Meredith Yayanos who hit boggleface about halfway through an in person version and asked “PLEASE, W...

I have just been sending this to people. You know, from the last time he pulled this shit www.funraniumlabs.com/2017/03/want...

Every policy of this government shows us their worldview: other people, including children, have no value but economic value. Drive everywhere. Eat slop. Pay more for everything. Learn the right words, not how to think. Don't worry about your health or your neighbours, that doesn't generate revenue

Siouxsie Wiles: Why I’m crowdfunding despite winning my legal battle 'Between the ERA and the Employment Court, my husband and I have spent over $632,000.'

Morning peeps! I’ve written a piece for @thespinoff.bsky.social on why I ended up taking legal action against my employer and a little bit about how it played out. The whole story needs a book to tell but this is a good start 😂 thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1... thespinoff.co.nz/society/01-1...

Yeah that's a solid "nah" from me too. Fund schools better. Fund more teacher aides. Give EVERY kid an education plan which supports them to learn and thrive! This is an excuse to keep underfunding the public education system by segregating autistic kids and it sucks.

Somehow, we have arrived at a place in time in AoNZ where there is an attempt at a corporate hostile takeover of a fucking public school.

Exciting day today. Not only is it Halloween, but my crowdfunding campaign is also live! Please support me by making a pledge and/or sharing on all your socials and with your friends, family, and colleagues. Thanks to everyone offering rewards. You rock! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

As an example of how AI tools have racism inherently built into them, here is a Grammarly suggestion to not have Te Reo Māori first, but to prioritise Reo Pākehā. Needless to say, I find this disappointing and also alarming. #AIisracistAF

This took a couple of minutes to fill out and would mean so much to our precious libraries

We have *got* to vote this government out before they cause *even more* harm to our tamariki.
#nzpol

People Watching: Royal New Zealand Ballet, St James Theatre, Wellington, as they prepare for their new production of The Nutcracker

And by Crom have people managed to do "memorable things" in a lot of different fields. I have a broad enough science education to be able to understand in detail how things go wrong which makes them extra memorable. Safety is an interdisciplinary field.

Because we all need some happy news. & a puppy.

"I didn’t expect in any way for the Old Millennial Internet Spirit to ... activate.

People started saying “Well, I can drive her to x if you can get her to y and cover expenses...” and a chain started forming that could almost work to get her here."

Unions are made of workers The government’s disdain for unions and love for teachers, doctors and nurses is slightly confusing given unions are made up of teachers, doctors and nurses.

"The government’s love for teachers, doctors and nurses and disdain for the unions is slightly head-scratching given the unions are almost entirely made of teachers, doctors, and nurses."

#LabourDay #Aotearoa #Unions #Workers #NZPol

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honestly it's kind of fucked up that it's easier to convert existing developers to girls than to get girls hired in the first place.

This is going right in my spring syllabus

Rules of the game Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is attempting to run the nation using the wrong operating system. If he fails, it will be for structural reasons, not moral ones. The CEO’s structural mandate is efficiency: decisions are fast, metrics are quantitative, and accountability is limited to shareholders. Democracy, on the other hand, is structurally designed to be inefficient and slow. With the latter, a prime minister’s primary job is not to eliminate resistance, by “firing the electorate”, but to persuade, negotiate, and incorporate the disapproval of the populace. So, what we’re actually seeing is a fairly predictable outcome: the political system proceeds with its own dynastic cycle, looking to replace a leader who fundamentally misunderstands the structural rules of the game. Nina Price, Raumati Beach

A very fine Letter to the Editor at The Post #NZPol