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lucytelbar.bsky.social
Senior Research Fellow, He Kāinga Oranga Housing and Health Research Programme, University of Otago. Mostly researching housing, health, and winter illnesses, but easily distracted.
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it has been said before but one problem is that when some people say 'the economy' they're talking about poor people affording food and housing, & when some other people say 'the economy' they're referring to a chart of how happy rich people are

submitted 10 days ago • 47 comments

Our co-founder @pyasbek.bsky.social and Dr @lucytelbar.bsky.social looked at the evidence for a layered approach to firearms law, to reduce gun-related harm. www.phcc.org.nz/briefing/goo... Have your say on the review of the Arms Act. Deadline is 28 Feb. www.guncontrol.nz/submission

submitted 10 days ago • 1 comment

There is not an emoji with a face horrified enough for this.

submitted 13 days ago • 1 comment

Have decided, for a while at least, not to read more than the occasional headline about the dumpster fire going ob between Mexico and Canada - i.e., engage at the same level I do with news about other distant dumpster fires that I can't do anything about. This may require some muting, sorry.

submitted 14 days ago • 0 comments

Aotearoa invented daylight savings. Now it's time to go a step further. The fact is the Northern Hemisphere festive calendar doesn't work for us. Xmas/New Year is too early in summer for leave, but we take leave in between anyway. Here's my solution: (1/2)

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

A tax that discourages tech bros from moving here doesn't sound terrible to me. How do I know he's a tech bro? Because he's worth billions, but complaining about tax. www.stuff.co.nz/business/360...

submitted 18 days ago • 0 comments

It's really important this story is followed up. If the vaping industry is bribing our government as these staff said, we need to know who, and how. It's not just about the tobacco and vape industry, it's about preventing corruption. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

submitted 23 days ago • 4 comments

"Remember this one's for Tāne Mahuta, so you want to be bringing a Roots vibe to the low notes."

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Tama Potaka says "the target had been met through a steady supply of social housing becoming available". I'm guessing there are two main sources of that "steady supply": 1. New housing commissioned by the previous govt before this one could cancel it, and 2. Evicting Kāinga Ora tenants.

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

What happens when the Bro Reich wants to call on our intelligence sharing agreements to help them achieve racist policies? 🤔

submitted 29 days ago • 0 comments

Unexpected feature in a bread bag there... www.walmart.com/ip/Baodeli-P...

submitted 31 days ago • 1 comment

This addition to the Gaiman reporting is an important read.

submitted 36 days ago • 3 comments

www.theguardian.com/society/2024... We have to break with the Thatcherite fiction that social housing is inefficient, rewards laziness and causes social harm, as Becky Tunstall (read The Fall and Rise of Council Housing) argues, social housing reduces housing inequalities in a way nothing else does.

submitted 57 days ago • 2 comments

As our government ploughs on with gutting every possible social service, it's important to remember that austerity doesn't just mean enduring a period of hardship: austerity kills.

submitted 62 days ago • 1 comment

What if.... we just gave people support instead of forcing them to use these services? What if benefits covered enough to have a family meal and shelter? What if we didn't have a housing crisis? I bet if we threw down some CGT we would have enough tax dollars to pay for this!

submitted 69 days ago • 11 comments

I think I figured out why RFK et al are enabled to destroy US public health. It's an extra layer of protection against public support for socialised healthcare. Who's going to want their taxes paying to treat morons who drink raw milk, or illness from some parent's choice not to vaccinate, etc?

submitted 70 days ago • 0 comments