Joe Boden
@joeboden66.bsky.social
Professor, University of Otago, New Zealand. USA expat. Posts about science, drug policy, politics, sport, and MUSIC.
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That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...
Chlöe Swarbrick Nicked Luxon’s Cotton Reel
Lacan explains why the tough guys of fiscal politics are so emotional right now
andrewdicksonnz.substack.com
September 30, 2026 at 2:28 AM
That, I think, is why some of the attacks on Swarbrick feel oddly objectless. The danger isn’t just what she might do as Finance Minister. It’s what she might reveal about the people who have spent 40 years telling us the money is all gone. andrewdicksonnz.substack.com/p/chloe-swar...
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Catherine Law's (OIA concealer) PhD supervisor is Elizabeth Rata. Elizabeth Rata is Erica Stanfor'd's key education advisor
Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal:
To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal:
To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
Whistleblower video of Catherine Laws instructing Ministry staff to conceal from OIA
YouTube video by Mountain Tui
www.youtube.com
September 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
Catherine Law's (OIA concealer) PhD supervisor is Elizabeth Rata. Elizabeth Rata is Erica Stanfor'd's key education advisor
Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal:
To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
Rata and Stanford have a stated common goal:
To stop the success of decolonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand.
The OIA concealment from one of Rata's people is no surprise
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You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
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The United States has a hangover from its 14-year experiment with Prohibition: Alcohol is our fourth leading risk factor for death, but we take almost no action to reduce the harms. Alcohol kills an estimated 178,000 Americans a year, one every three minutes. tomfrieden.substack.com/p/why-alcoho...
September 10, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The United States has a hangover from its 14-year experiment with Prohibition: Alcohol is our fourth leading risk factor for death, but we take almost no action to reduce the harms. Alcohol kills an estimated 178,000 Americans a year, one every three minutes. tomfrieden.substack.com/p/why-alcoho...
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The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Social Development to answer why thousands of people were told food was not an essential when declined for Special Needs Grants.
September 7, 2026 at 11:53 PM
The Green Party is calling on the Minister of Social Development to answer why thousands of people were told food was not an essential when declined for Special Needs Grants.
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If you are concerned that Labour may support this legislation that restricts rights to seek, receive and impart information (see section 14 of the NZ Bill of Rights Act), then the person to contact is Reuben Davidson MP.
He is the party spokesman on this:
[email protected]
#nzpol
He is the party spokesman on this:
[email protected]
#nzpol
Really interesting to see the media uniformly present this as 'Government', when NZ First & ACT are very clear it's a National Party thing, not a Government thing.
It will be a National Party thing requiring Labour support to be passed.
A Labour Party serious about human rights will not support it
It will be a National Party thing requiring Labour support to be passed.
A Labour Party serious about human rights will not support it
Watch live: Govt pushes ahead with social media ban for under-16s
August 24, 2026 at 5:13 AM
If you are concerned that Labour may support this legislation that restricts rights to seek, receive and impart information (see section 14 of the NZ Bill of Rights Act), then the person to contact is Reuben Davidson MP.
He is the party spokesman on this:
[email protected]
#nzpol
He is the party spokesman on this:
[email protected]
#nzpol
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I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
August 15, 2026 at 7:46 PM
I know you're not allowed to say this during the current debate, but the reason the left dominates academics, art, comedy, and music is that the right has stupid, discredited ideas, they're not funny, and dull resentment does not make for good art. No grand conspiracy required.
I strongly agree with this view.
I think that in order to square this circle, we have to return to an understanding of academia that treats academics as working professionals in a specialized trade, and not elites in any meaningful sense of the word. Which means not fighting anti-science by trying to re-idolize scientists
August 15, 2026 at 1:34 AM
I strongly agree with this view.
This describes how I feel much of the time.
"Work hard, study, and when you grow up you can help change the world" turned out to leave a lot of us unprepared for a future of vindictive rich failsons bent on punishing people who worked hard and studied.
August 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
This describes how I feel much of the time.
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An Otago study finds that maternal vaping poses a potential risk factor for sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), highlighting a need to reassess public health messaging around vaping in pregnancy and bed sharing.
Read more here ⬇️
Read more here ⬇️
Vaping emerges as new concern in New Zealand infant deaths
Maternal vaping is emerging as a potential risk factor for sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), according to New Zealand researchers who say their findings highlight the need to reassess public ...
www.otago.ac.nz
August 11, 2026 at 11:52 PM
An Otago study finds that maternal vaping poses a potential risk factor for sudden unexpected death in infancy (SUDI), highlighting a need to reassess public health messaging around vaping in pregnancy and bed sharing.
Read more here ⬇️
Read more here ⬇️
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If you’re hiding in a catering truck when you control the most powerful military in the world, you aren’t winning.
August 11, 2026 at 2:43 AM
If you’re hiding in a catering truck when you control the most powerful military in the world, you aren’t winning.
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ICYMI: The BMA said the Cass Review provided no evidential basis for a puberty blocker ban. But that wasn't the story many newspapers told.
Reporting about British Medical Association critique of Cass Review was 'factually wrong'
The mainstream media's reporting of vital information about trans healthcare was wrong. Again.
www.wearequeeraf.com
August 2, 2026 at 10:08 AM
ICYMI: The BMA said the Cass Review provided no evidential basis for a puberty blocker ban. But that wasn't the story many newspapers told.
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Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.
July 28, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Somewhere a university academic is being told to "do more with less" by someone whose job title didn't exist two reorgs ago.
My favorite picture of Dad, in honour of what would have been his 83rd birthday. I miss you Dad. ❤️
July 27, 2026 at 10:42 PM
My favorite picture of Dad, in honour of what would have been his 83rd birthday. I miss you Dad. ❤️
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Sorry to be Uncle Marxism but employer-based healthcare is a tool of social control for the ruling class
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy. n.pr/4gQIY5E
Staying in a job for the health insurance? About 1 in 4 Americans do, a survey says
About 24% of U.S. employees stay in unwanted jobs just for health insurance, a report out Wednesday finds. Up significantly since 2021, the uptick in "job lock" is a concerning sign for the U.S. economy.
n.pr
July 22, 2026 at 3:02 PM
Sorry to be Uncle Marxism but employer-based healthcare is a tool of social control for the ruling class
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This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
July 14, 2026 at 12:11 AM
This morning in Biddeford, Maine, a 26-year-old man said goodbye to his wife and daughter and left for work. Moments later he was dead, shot in the head by ICE agents, the second man ICE has killed in six days.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
ICE is killing our neighbors. ICE cannot be reformed. Abolish ICE.
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The study compared birth records with the home address of the mother and historic nitrate levels in the area.
Massive new study links nitrates in drinking water to 120 premature births a year
The study compared birth records with the home address of the mother and historic nitrate levels in the area.
dlvr.it
July 13, 2026 at 11:56 PM
The study compared birth records with the home address of the mother and historic nitrate levels in the area.
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Why I think we have to look after our Universities a bit better
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the point of Universities
and the danger of misunderstanding them
open.substack.com
July 12, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Why I think we have to look after our Universities a bit better
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
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The University of Auckland is hiring:
Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Department of Statistics
#lecturer #professor #statistics
Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Department of Statistics
#lecturer #professor #statistics
July 7, 2026 at 9:56 AM
The University of Auckland is hiring:
Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Department of Statistics
#lecturer #professor #statistics
Lecturer to Senior Lecturer to Associate Professor - Department of Statistics
#lecturer #professor #statistics
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Postdoc job alert! Mycobacterial genetics and physiology post-doctoral research position available in Matthew McNeil's group in the Department of Biochemistry, at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
More here:
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Please share!
More here:
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Please share!
July 2, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Postdoc job alert! Mycobacterial genetics and physiology post-doctoral research position available in Matthew McNeil's group in the Department of Biochemistry, at the University of Otago, New Zealand.
More here:
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Please share!
More here:
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Please share!
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if brian tamaki was targeting white business owners or christians he’d have been shut down years ago
instead last night he told his followers that sikhs, hindus and muslims should be “purged” from NZ and mosques and temples burnt down
NZF and ACT have both directly contributed to this environment
instead last night he told his followers that sikhs, hindus and muslims should be “purged” from NZ and mosques and temples burnt down
NZF and ACT have both directly contributed to this environment
June 29, 2026 at 10:23 PM
if brian tamaki was targeting white business owners or christians he’d have been shut down years ago
instead last night he told his followers that sikhs, hindus and muslims should be “purged” from NZ and mosques and temples burnt down
NZF and ACT have both directly contributed to this environment
instead last night he told his followers that sikhs, hindus and muslims should be “purged” from NZ and mosques and temples burnt down
NZF and ACT have both directly contributed to this environment
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on the destruction of New Zealand Science
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
on the destruction of New Zealand Science
and earthquakes
open.substack.com
June 27, 2026 at 9:20 AM
on the destruction of New Zealand Science
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...
open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...