Watch as the govt forces this through by 1. Trying to hide the evidence that it is a stupid idea; 2. Signing a contract before the election with massive penalty clauses in case the govt changes. So in the pocket of fossil fuels. So stupid.
Struck my first AI hallucination when I goggled h-index today:
I keep coming back to this because the rationale given for cutting environment/ag research spending is we spend more than comparator countries, and the rationale for cutting social science research spending is that...we spend less than comparator countries, apparently. I mean, c'mon.
“The international community is watching.
If the Crown continues to treat its constitutional partnership with Māori as a disposable asset at home, it risks compromising New Zealand’s standing as a trustworthy partner in global trade, diplomacy, and international law.” #nzpol
“The Crown cannot easily look a High Court judge in the eye and argue that statutory Treaty obligations are vague, unworkable, or a threat to democratic certainty when the executive branch has formall...
My friend Nicole Skews-Poole, who does safety planning and responses for people facing online harm has developed a safety planning toolkit with Tāhono and Amnesty NZ which is a practical guide to navigate the problem of coordinated campaigns of harm and false information: safetytoolkit.nz. So good!
We're just appointing National (and ACT) political strategists to run media organisations now? Awesome.
And Luke Malpass, formerly of the NZ Initiative, will be his Associate Editor.
I look forward to the Free Speech Union's outrage at a government minister not re-appointing council members of a regulatory body because of their freely held (and evidential!) opinions: www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
I'll start the free speech hypocrisy clock now?
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NZ currently spends about 3% of govt research funds on 'society'. That's a quarter of what comparable countries spend. And the recommendation of this report to the Prime Minister on research funding is to reduce that even further, to 1%. That's a twelfth of the 'competition'.
I hope the establishment is ‘unsettled’ by my appointment’ - Matthew Hooton to lead The Post.www.stuff.co.nz
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Health Minister Simeon Brown has replaced the leadership of the Medical Council, saying the regulator has become distracted by politics and ideological issues.
