Oh this is absolutely terrible. Neurodivergent kids are going to be even further excluded… If this policy was in place before the 8yo was diagnosed (which the system wouldn’t do until he was 6), he would’ve been stood down multiple times in his first couple of years at school. 1/n

Act to give schools ‘reasonable force’ powers to remove students, $3000 fines for parents

Fines for parents would start at $300 but could go as high as $3000.

nzherald.co.nz

Don't get long covid. Every day is some new bullshit and then you have to listen to an entire social media site go on about how nothing is worse than staying home for two months.

Neuroaesthetics is a growing area of research showing that seeking out & engaging with images & things we find beautiful each day can significantly improve mental health-my photo of dried flowers is some neuroaesthetics for your brain. Also spot the dried viola/tiny pansy...

You can become disabled or homeless in an instant. It just takes one accident or illness to change your life forever. It’s not a moral failing. You can’t just “try harder”. People need support, compassion and to have their basic needs met. That’s how you ensure survival.

At the end of Disability Pride Month, I want to reflect on the labor it takes to be a disabled person being one of a handful of people regularly covering disability. I am exhausted. But I'm also proud of what I do at @motherjones.com.

We are all constantly doing the calculus of being, but the equations aren't the same for everyone. I think it's extremely easy to lose sight of that because we are all so accustomed to our own internal experience, our own metrics of comfort and well-being, motivation and inertia.

Anyway, here's a different article: an early access study about skeletal muscle properties in long covid, me/cfs and how it differs from general deconditioning from bedrest.

I do love a maths analogy!

Claire Lacey (they/them)@poetactics.bsky.social · 5d ago

We are all constantly doing the calculus of being, but the equations aren't the same for everyone. I think it's extremely easy to lose sight of that because we are all so accustomed to our own internal experience, our own metrics of comfort and well-being, motivation and inertia.

Hey @uk.theconversation.com, ICYMI you are being ratioed by Mark's reply at about 1:6 so far - some kind of record. Perhaps the original article should be retracted?

📣 Nuvaxovid now! We need access to the Nuvaxovid (formerly Novavax) COVID-19 vaccine! ✉️ Use our online tool to send emails to health ministers stillcoviding.ca/en/take-acti... #NuvaxovidNow #Novavax #COVID #CovidIsNotOver

Just what Wellington needs. More job cuts. 👍

Ōtautahi please keep an eye out for this e-trike that has been stolen! And for the dirty thieves who have stolen it. More than just being an awesome bike, it is the owner’s mobility aid. Behind a paywall but you can see the bike in a photo from the link.

The Press@thepress.co.nz · 7d ago

Police are appealing for help to identify two people after an electric trike used by a man with cerebral palsy was stolen outside a Christchurch supermarket.

Artist: @momokakkoii.bsky.social

Join us! Political panel with all your chronic illness questions put to politicians 💪💪 #longcovid #chronicillness www.facebook.com/share/19Bb1F...

@funkypuffin56.bsky.social @sarahnz.bsky.social @captcaffiend.bsky.social @writagal.bsky.social Please share and tag people 🙏

Long Covid Support Aotearoa@lcsupportaotearoa.bsky.social · last wk.

Join us! Political panel with all your chronic illness questions put to politicians 💪💪 #longcovid #chronicillness www.facebook.com/share/19Bb1F...

They lied about and downplayed the long term effects of COVID like they did with climate change. Is that beginning to dawn on more people yet? I recommend protecting your health, especially given what this new world looks like. Sorry for the gloom/never sorry for sharing hard truths.

Healthcare workers: “We care for people.” Me: “Then you'll wear a mask?” HCW: “We don't care that much.” STUDY: “Hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections remain significant (and) associated with higher mortality rates than non-hospital-acquired infection.” www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Epidemiology and mortality among hospital-acquired cases of COVID-19 in the pre-Omicron and Omicron periods: A data-linkage study in Victoria, Australia

The aim of this study was to compare the epidemiology and mortality of hospital-acquired versus non-hospital-acquired COVID-19 infections among hospit…

sciencedirect.com

the current NZ govt is so anti-science that they've changed eligibility for the Prime Minister's Science Prizes to rule out awards to people doing basic science eg from 2026 the MacDiarmid is for work with "potential to generate econ, health, social, or env benefits for New Zealand" #nzpol

If the people you are paying to write a curriculum need to use "AI tools" to "check and generate content", you are paying the wrong people and you should actually not have dumped the people who are capable of these core tasks.

Michael Brown@jingajik.bsky.social · last wk.

"Pulse, legato, harmony, tone colour, rhythm, triads, tuning - each appeared in the draft curriculum with incorrect definitions" www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

👇 How chronic illness pacing works, in a nutshell.

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

“Every day, powerful men are making decisions to increase the profits of a few at the top. And you pay the price.” “We will ensure the super rich and big corporations pay their fair share of tax so we can fund the critical services people rely on.” Sounds like a logical, smart, solid plan to me ✅

Greens reveal campaign slogan, priorities, and call for end to ‘bloodsport politics’

The party helds its AGM in Auckland on Sunday.

stuff.co.nz

me: it's almost like you draw energy from being so irritating monday:

So… what does that tell you? 🤔 #nzpol #beneficiaries #winz #nact www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Beneficiaries spend 8 percent more than they receive each week - report

Beneficiaries are increasingly struggling to make ends meet, financial mentors say, and are spending more than they receive in benefits each week at a record rate.

rnz.co.nz

Such a great thread about how to be kinder to ourselves.

Angus Johnston@angus.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

"Do the thing you can do instead of beating yourself up over not doing the thing you're not doing" is honestly life-changing, even life-saving, advice.

Leiracal@leiracal.bsky.social · 12mo ago

This concept was introduced to me as "run the dishwasher twice" and was an important part of my executive functioning recovery as well as my path to self-acceptance.

I also hand them out to help people protect themselves from wild fire smoke. Gave out a bunch today. Air quality in Calgary right now is 10+, the worst level in the scale. Going to the FolkFest? Wear a mask. — We need clean air and a stable climate, not more pipelines. #canpoli #abpoli #ableg

David Keegan@drdavidkeegan.bsky.social · last mo.

I hand out respirator/breatheteq masks to my patients to help them reduce their risk of getting COVID and Long COVID. Here's the letter I've put together about this for parents about children masking. @longcovidresource.bsky.social @longcovidadvoc.com @longcovidkids.bsky.social #longcovid

My mete River has been going hard over the last year on her arts business - she did the illustrations for Te Whare Takatāpui we used in the guidelines - and I'm so proud of her and also my pēke hou is maybe the most ātaahua thing i own now riverjaydenart.com

The way ‘pacing’ is being framed is dangerously close to ‘self care’ Sometimes symptoms can be managed, sometimes they can’t. No amount of pacing will help if digesting food requires more energy than your body can produce. This is an illness, not a mindset. #MECFS #LongCovid

Late July garden floral palette. Our brains evolved to look at plants carefully every day while foraging & become more relaxed while doing so due to the presence of good snacks & medicine. This photo is for those ancient pathways that still exist among your neurons🌿🧠:

The pinks & mauves of July, because pink has been shown to induce relaxation & my brain loves the colour gradation here🌿: