MichelleWheeler particle.scitech.org.au Michelle is a former science and environment reporter for The West Australian. Her work has seen her visit a snake-infested island dubbed the most dangerous in the world, test great white shark detectors in a tinny and meet isolated tribes in the Malaysian jungle. Michelle
Who are the “vaccine hesitant”, and why? If you were to believe the mainstream media and smug social media vaxholes, it’s all about white, male, foil-hatted conspiracy theorists and “Karens”. Like all mainstream media narratives, of course, it’s a sneering lie. The fact is that people who are
Hendrik van der Breggen mercatornet.com Hendrik van der Breggen, PhD, is a retired philosophy professor (formerly at Providence University College, Canada) who is double vaccinated, is inclined to think vaccinations are wise (especially if one has a high-risk profile for Covid-19), but probably wouldn’t have gotten vaccinated if
Angus Aardvark Computer modelling is very useful: I developed models and used them for many years of commercial prediction work. They are a really powerful tool. But ONLY if you have plenty of feedback and constantly update the model so it can tweak itself to match the real world. Essentially
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Chris Penk First published by The BFD 27th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. “Elimination” nation No word sums up the government’s misplaced sense of self-congratulation as much as “elimination”. Let’s start with
The immense pressure the government’s lockdown and lockdown rules have put on the hospitality industry is (as I predicted) forcing business owners to make controversial decisions in order to try to save their businesses. This owner is trying to keep everyone happy and his staff employed but we all
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Division along many different lines is becoming the most important concern for me in this country. The easiest to identify is institutional racism and when we reject that, we can start taking a look at the other causes of division. Another document I found on the Medsafe government site is
Dark Jester A peaceful protest took place outside Taita College on the 22nd-23rd of September. The protest was organised by the Wellington chapter of Voices for Freedom. The protest was in response to the Taita College Vaccine Programme. The protest was silent and peaceful with people offering information about the
Dear Editor My local bowls club has opened up its greens since Level 3. The conditions adhere to those of the Covid-19 website, which refers to the SportsNZ website. The Bowls NZ website also lists the same conditions. These are that players can only play within their household bubbles, there
Chris Penk First published by The BFD 26th June 2020 The BFD is serialising National MP Chris Penk’s book Flattening the Country by publishing an extract every day. Lessons learnt? The stresses and strains on New Zealand’s teaching fraternity must have been enormous. As always, I take my
