AI-generated videos, shared by pro-China sources, falsely show Taiwanese people, with realistic accents, calling for unification — an apparent attempt to bolster China’s territorial claims.
Read more in Reality Check: www.newsguardrealitycheck.com/p/pro-china-...
I wish more people were aware of this. Considering the scale of the threat, the media's near-silence is both remarkable and culpable.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
By the numbers, Clarence Thomas has been treated to:
• At least 38 destination vacations;
• 26 private jet flights;
• 12 VIP passes to pro & college sporting events;
• 2 stays at luxury resorts;
• 1 standing invite to an uber-exclusive golf club
(Published 2023)
#RSB Article on The Post: "Red-tape bill risks cost blow-outs, climate backsliding, officials warn" by Andrea Vance.
NZ Treasury warns of big costs.
Article is paywalled. We have a subscription. Sharing this saved version is tidier than quotes via screenshots.
#NZpol
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David’s bill running up against more daylight. And his attack campaign on individuals - paid for by taxpayers.
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
"Only 8% of the 805 miles the state identified for construction is complete, which has cost taxpayers more than $3 billion to date..."
www.texastribune.org/2025/06/17/t...
Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health Post-Covid-19 Symptoms in Children: A Cross-Sectional Survey — Julie Bennett et al. "the proportion of children in the survey who reported good or very good health reduced from 82.6% before NZ's two large Omicron waves to 66.9% after these waves, with changes in health significantly more frequent in those who had a Covid-19 infection compared with those who had not."
"the proportion of children in the survey who reported good or very good health reduced from 82.6% before NZ's two large Omicron waves to 66.9% after these waves"
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Image is from the latest Science for ME weekly update
#LongCovidKids #LCKids #novid #LongCovid
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Call privatisation of health what is is - a huge money heist of NZ taxpayers' money & our future. Private charges double, triple, more for the same procedure. Who's winning, #newzealand and who gave this Coalition right wing a privatisation mandate? Complimentary article -
#kiwi
#nzhealth
Reminder: the Trump admin put a 22-year-old in charge of the country’s domestic terrorism prevention office.
He graduated college last year. And has no known national security expertise.
But he did work for the Trump campaign.
www.propublica.org/article/trum...
Intruder alert!
Consumer NZ have made their sunscreen database free to the public and you don't have to be a member! www.consumer.org.nz/articles/con...
Check out the most recent round of SPF testing done by the Aussie consumer group Choice, e te whānau. They tested 20 and SIXTEEN didn't meet their SPF claims?! www.rnz.co.nz/life/wellbei...
In 2024, nearly 38 million children under five were acutely malnourished across 26 nutrition crises.
“We cannot respond to empty stomachs with empty hands and turned backs.” - United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres.
Learn more: unicef.link/4klPVdc
Brand new updated details on how the tax bill enriches rich people, advantages private schools over all other charities, hurts public schools, creates a tax shelter and hurts states. With state by state numbers!
I just voted! Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2025: interactives.landcareresearch.co.nz/foty/
If there were ever a time to call your members of Congress and tell them to vote NO on a bill, now would be the time.
202-224-3121
Hey is anyone else really angry that Simeon Brown hid the SIGNIFICANT risks of outsourcing to private hospitals from the public? Why this is not plastered all over news outlet is beyond me - Stuff could easily find "clicks" if they wanted to.
Newark air traffic crisis takes terrifying turn — with just one controller to oversee up to 180 takeoffs and landings: ‘Pure insanity’ nypost.com/2025/05/12/u...
RFK Jr. update
Today's news roundup:
-ICAO rules Russia was responsible for downing Malaysia Airlines' MH17 flight in 2014
-One in five Gazans face starvation, report warns
-White House Correspondents’ Association "disturbed" by exclusion of wire services from Air Force One
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www.justsecurity.org/113316/early...
Screenshot of Figure 1 from: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn4381
Rough! A new study in Science used 14 years of citizen science data tracking the populations of 495 bird species in North America. 75% of species are in decline. One silver lining: almost every species had spots where numbers had grown, which might provide conservation insights.
May 18th is a special day in #Cascadia. In 1980, it was the day Mount St. Helens erupted and reminded us of the immense power of nature in the Pacific NW. It's also unofficially #CascadiaDay, a day to work toward a more free, independent and sustainable #bioregion. What are you doing to celebrate? 🇱🇸
It seems the ideology of privatisation is more important than value for money. ‘Outsourcing to private hospitals was more expensive than expanding public sector capacity, & building new or refurbishing hospitals was also needed, Health NZ execs told Brown in January.1/3
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The House Ways and Means tax bill released today is skewed in favor of rich people, is even more costly than the original 2017 law, and fails to deliver for working-class families and small businesses.
A thread 🧵
Thanks to all our paying subscribers for pushing this one over 100 likes. I've now opened it up for full public reading, listening and sharing. Chur! NZ economy sliding into wintry deep freeze thekaka.substack.com/p/bernards-c...
In depth article about H5N1 avian influenza. Our current industrial scale animal feeding operations are super risky (and inhumane) and create a breeding ground for new strains of disease.
nutritionfacts.org/blog/bird-fl...
New study: A plant-based online nutrition program for people with type 2 diabetes led to weight loss, lower A1C, & medication reductions.
It is clinically effective, affordable, and scalable.
www.pcrm.org/news/news-re...
#PlantBased #LifestyleMedicine
UNICEF says children face ‘growing risk of starvation, illness and death’ as Israel bars food and other aid deliveries.
"A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is approaching spiritual doom." —MLK
