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Scientists rely on this COVID-19 data. It's made by a volunteer in Melbourne Meet the Melbourne IT specialist who tracks "incredibly valuable" COVID-19 data in his spare time.

Huge thanks to @mikehoney.bsky.social for all the valuable COVID data he tracks. His work has become incredibly important for scientists and health professionals, and with so little data available now, it really matters for people who want to stay safe and informed.

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A 2D graphic of a stylized yellow and orange sun against a blue sky background. The text reads: Summer open mic. Saturday 6 December, 8-10 pm NZT. The Aotearoa Covid Action logo is inside a white strip banner.

Aotearoa Covid Action (ACA) is holding its first ever online open mic night! It will take place on the 6th of December from 8pm to 10pm and is open to all sorts of art forms; singing, playing an instrument, reciting poetry/prose, showing your visual art, etc.

In the coming days some people may mine our cherished ally's passing for attention, but grief is not a competition. Let's try to welcome the chance to mourn together, instead.

Holding tonight the idea that ancestors just leveled up.

Woman with dark hair and bright red lipstick, wearing a royal blue cardigan over a black shirt and shiny black puffer pants, seated in a motorized wheelchair with tubing from medical equipment visible, holds up a copy of "Year of the Tiger: An Activist's Life" by Alice Wong.

🧵 Rest in power, Alice Wong. @sfdirewolf.bsky.social A trailblazer, a fierce advocate, and a relentless voice for disability rights. Her work changed the landscape for so many. /1

So sad to hear of the passing of author and activist Alice Wong.

WHN graphic with a solid rust-orange background and the whn.global logo at top left. Large bold white headline reads: “Tell the WHO — healthcare workers deserve real respiratory protection.” Subtext: “Sign the petition by October 31st urging universal use of N95/FFP2-3 respirators in healthcare.” A small footer note says: “LINK TO PETITION IN CAPTION.”

A group of global experts in medicine, public health, law, and industrial hygiene have come together to urge the World Health Organization to finally recognize and recommend true respiratory protection — N95/FFP2-3 respirators — for all healthcare settings.

Surgical masks are not PPE.

The full Southerner train ready to depart for Dunedin at the Christchurch railway station platform, May 21st 2025

The beautiful historic Dunedin Railway Station lit up at night, 23rd May 2025

Kiwirail are bringing back the ChCh- - Dunedin Southerner Train for the Labour weekend 🚞

I hope the Southerner does well and is made a permanent fixture, I got to take it in May and it was an amazing trip!

I've had heavy winds and computer issues to contend with today, but sharing this song in support of everyone in AoNZ in the mega-strike. I think we need 21st century protest songs. Happy to post a blue sky on Bluesky.

ht - Credit: Photo by Christian Keybets on Unsplash.

The graphic has a bright yellow background with black text and a black outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Mega-strike not mega-spreader. There is a small violet framed white banner at the bottom of the graphic with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.

Solidarity with the striking workers. Let's look after each other's health while standing up for fair pay and fair working conditions.

The graphic has a bright green background with white text and a white outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Striking? Taha tinana. Taha whānau. There is a small violet framed white circle in the bottom right with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.

Striking? Wear a mask.

From Sir Mason Durie's Te Whare Tapa Whā model for health describing health and wellbeing as a wharenui/meeting house with four walls sitting on the land (whenua). The two walls here are:
Taha tinana - physical health/the body.
Taha whānau - belonging - community & family.

❤️I support Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Therapists, Teachers & Principals

❤️ I support full staffing, fair hours, equal & fair pay for NZers

❤️ I support public hospitals & public schools

❌ I do NOT support privatisation, PPPs or sale of public infrastructure, services or assets

#nzpol #NZ #strike

The graphic has a vivid azure blue background with white text and a white outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Collective action, collective care. Strike safe. There is a small orange framed white circle in the bottom right with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.

Collective action, collective care

#wearamask #strike #covidsafe

A monumentally large swirling lenticular cloud glowing most of the colours of the rainbow from the setting sun in the west. Stinking hot late summer evening that was about to crap itself. High country grass plains with a range of mountains in the background

Possibly the most epic sunset I've ever captured. A mothership lenticular cloud above the Māniatoto plains looking at Pātearoa Rock & Pillar Range, Central Otago New Zealand

#Nikon #GreatNZRoadie #Weather #NZ

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(available on my site)

New Zealand's nurses, teachers and others set for mega strike - What you need to know Explainer - There's a huge strike coming. Who's taking part, why are they protesting and what's so 'mega' about it?

While the government may be pushing back saying this is about money, it includes nurses' concerns about staffing levels and safety. Healthcare in NZ needs protecting rather than dismantling and privatising.

What you need to know about this week's mega strike
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3:2, Portrait, Colour: A Tui in a Kowhai tree clearly I'm not a Bird photographer, but he was so close..... #Nikon #NZ

When the Tui sits in the Kowhai tree
and the sun tips the mountain tops with gold
when the Rata blooms in the forest glade,
and the hills glow with sunny tints untold.

#Photography #Spring #Aotearoa #Kikorangi

“Whichever figure you use, the numbers are enormous, rivaling conditions like ADHD and autism as one of the most common chronic diseases in American youth today.” - we really have created an enormous problem, yet don’t seem ready to face it. 1/

The graphic has a deep blue background with white text and a white outline image of an N95 mask. The text reads - Striking? Mask up to stay safe for school. There is a small yellow ocher framed white circle in the bottom right with Aotearoa Covid Action's logo inside.

It's not just about salary, it's about working conditions. At ACA we believe teachers and students deserve clean air classrooms, adequate sick leave, and access to vaccines and antivirals. We don't accept the "new normal" of constant sickness and teachers quitting the profession due to Long Covid.

Guess what we did yesterday

Congratulations to the lucky London schools 👏🎉

Thankyou Mayor of London @london.gov.uk
For leadership to protect children
#HealthyAir is #SafeAir

Every Child
Deserves a
#CleanAirClassroom 🌐

#CleanAir is a Human right

This is shocking bullshit. I know some people don’t understand how the sun works but honestly opposing solar power is up there with daylight saving making your curtains fade faster.

Kanchha Sherpa, last member of first Mount Everest expedition, dies at 92 Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.

Kanchha Sherpa helped Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary summit Everest in 1953.

Glad to see something evidence-based examining side-by-side immune system dysfunction and comparisons between HIV and Covid. Not glad to see the results 😭

Hand this to dismissive multi-infection people wondering why they're "sick all the time" or "can't get rid of brain fog."

Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike There were audible cries of disbelief during Simeon Brown's speech to senior doctors.

The Drs are striking because the woeful state of our health system is endangering patients (and them) and they simply can’t stretch themselves or their resources any further. It’s a last resort.
It is NOT them who need the lecture on ethics.
#nzpol #solidarity

More misleading BS from min of Ed, Stanford. #nzpol

Boats moored at Whau River mouth. The sky is blue with few clouds. The water is calm with few ripples & the moored boats reflect the golden morning light.

Views from bus.

Whau River as seen this morning from upstairs on a WX1 electric double-decker bus on the Northwestern Motorway (SH16).

#publicTransport #Auckland #TamakiMakaurau #bus #somethingBeautiful

Nestor notabilis - the NZ Kea, The kea is the world's only alpine parrot, native to the South Island of New Zealand. These highly intelligent and mischievous birds are found in both forested and mountainous regions, from the lowlands to the high alpine areas of the Southern Alps.

NZ Kea - the world's only alpine parrot.

This cheeky soaking wet local of Arthurs Pass just sits outside the store/cafe waiting for naughty tourists to do the wrong thing & feed it.

Tertiary Education Union – Te Hautū Kahurangi o Aotearoa | Let’s not close the door on prison education <p data-block-key="94q67">Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge ...

Sad and frustrating 😞

"Open Polytechnic is preparing to end its delivery of education programmes in prisons. If this goes ahead, it will cut off access to learning for people who already face huge barriers to education. It also means three full-time tutors will lose their roles,[...]"

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...