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Paul Aterman

@paulaterman.bsky.social

30+ years in the administrative tribunal world, still pushing for access to justice, user-centred legal design and plain language

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Repealing the Plain Language Act is a shallow virtue signalling piece of political theatre.
It saves the government nothing, but the cost to the public is more erasure of

clarity, access & fairness

This isn’t cutting red tape β€” it’s cutting people out
#nzpol #PlainLanguage #DemocracyMatters

17.04.2025 23:15 β€” πŸ‘ 13    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Permitting Reform in Pennsylvania Some good news on the nuts and bolts of making government work better

This is a great article about how to dislodge public service inertia and pivot to real service to citizens. Making this change is more important than ever in these times-lessons for administrative tribunals…and any public sector organization.

open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

06.03.2025 14:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This is a ticking timebomb in Ontario. Measles vaccination rate must be above ~95% to prevent serious outbreaks. As predicted, the RFK effect is making its way north.

03.03.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 135    πŸ” 65    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 8
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Dr Suess had it right back in 1941

03.03.2025 14:52 β€” πŸ‘ 183    πŸ” 68    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 4

No phone, no watch, no problem: should we all be more like Severance’s Christopher Walken?

28.01.2025 17:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lazyrecords Algorithm-free music discovery tool for DJs and music-lovers

Lazyrecords.app - amazing algorithm-free music, break away from the enshitification of Spotify et al. and help create a better cyber world

09.01.2025 00:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Roses are redde
Noble are the manatees
Yf we wante a bettir future
Teach artes & humanityes

02.12.2024 19:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1979    πŸ” 655    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 20
Medieval manuscript image of a woman in a wimple, with rouged cheeks, holding a large candle in each hand as she emerges from a doorway

(Detail from the St Omer Book of Hours, 1320, in the BL)

Medieval manuscript image of a woman in a wimple, with rouged cheeks, holding a large candle in each hand as she emerges from a doorway (Detail from the St Omer Book of Hours, 1320, in the BL)

Monday mood:
I will light the way or burn it all down. Your choice

11.12.2023 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 194    πŸ” 61    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah, like

26.11.2024 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Which no doubt, when graphed, is a hockey stick curve as more misinformation accumulates

20.11.2024 22:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sure, I would appreciate being added. Thanks for doing this Brent

17.11.2024 18:28 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hang on did The Onion buy Reuters as well?!

16.11.2024 11:22 β€” πŸ‘ 138    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 0

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