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Rex Widerstrom

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Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
Turns out the agency, Topham Guerin, that boasts of winning the 2023 election for National, and has been involved in past contests, has links to NZ citizen Peter Thiel's Palantir & is trying, by dirty politics, to damage an NGO that aims to stop Thiel getting his hands on the health data of virtually every Briton. @NZNationalParty will you be using them again this year? cc @cjsbishop But lil old NZ is corruption-free, right, @anticorruption? #nzpol goodlawproject.org/how-palantir-a…
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Andrew Nadeau
Andrew Nadeau@TheAndrewNadeau·
This would make sense if they were like, “Yeah the bear has a heavy accent and rambles before he gets to the point, so the trainers might miss something. He’s a bear so we can’t really teach him to avoid tangents.” No you just say the word that tells the bear what to do.
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@tauhenare Nah, I'd do almost anything for a decent summer but it wouldn't take long for me to get so pissed off with the people I was stuck in the dome with that I'd turn homicidal 😎
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WestSide 8345@tauhenare·
I wonder if this weirdo #Weather we are having is going to be the norm now? Should we be living in sort of Sealed dome ala the movie themes from the 1970s.
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Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
My daughter had to tell one mouthy bastard - doing CPR on my 89 yo father in the ED - to stop yelling at my mother that it was a bad idea or he'd end up in the next bed. So not quite as threatening as you (but thank goodness she was there - he lived another 4 years). But as I age, I'll suggest she switches to your formula if I'm the one on the table!
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Epic Fantasy Creator@EFGamemaster·
@PronouncedHare In a similar situation I simply told the motherfucker, "if she dies - you all die. All of you." Got counseled and cautioned. She made it. Which meant they made it too.
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Liam Hehir
Liam Hehir@PronouncedHare·
When my grandmother was 99 she had a pacemaker fitted. They flew her to Wellington for the operation. Before they went the guy asked her if she wanted to be resuscitated. She said yes. The guy then asked her again, explaining that it can cause quite painful injuries. She was a completely capable woman of full mental capacity and said yes she understood and please resuscitate her if she needed it. He then asked her a third time, telling her that her quality of life might be different. At that point, my grandmother turned to my father and asked “What does he want me to say?” and Dad then intervened telling the now very defensive guy to knock it off. That kind of low level pressure happens in the health system every day.
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VJM Publishing@VJMPub·
@PronouncedHare It's fair enough. The old are literally sucking the life out of the young by spending billions on healthcare for no long-term advantage. We need to spend that money on young people instead.
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
My 89 year old father had a heart attack while in the ER. They wanted to abandon CPR but the family told them to continue. Yes, he had broken ribs, but he never once complained. He'd fought in WWII. A GP stitching up a tear to the skin between thumb and forefinger (caused by a fall) several months afterwards actually said "Jesus Syd, most people at least flinch!" He was stoicism personified. Everyone is different, and their choices should be respected, not sarcastically mocked.
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Edwenden 🇬🇧@Edwenden·
@PronouncedHare Brother, having given CPR to multiple old people trust me you don't want it past the age of about 80. Even on the slim chance they live you will have multiple burn injuries and half your ribs broken on top of whatever caused the arrest.
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Rex Widerstrom
Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
I was overseas when my 89 year old father, also intellectually 100%, had a heart attack while in the ED. A Dr was straddling him doing chest compressions and yelling at my 83 year old mother (who was in the early stages of dementia) "Do you want me to keep this up?!" When she indicated yes, he yelled "It's only going to happen again you know!". Fortunately my daughter was with her and inherited my character. She told him to shut up and get on with it or he'd need the services of his colleagues. My father was revived and lived another 4 years until the bowel cancer - treatable, but they refused to operate - killed him. I can only agree with you wholeheartedly.
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
Hi Tim. Thanks for sharing a story that must be painful to tell and which has left me genuinely shocked. I'm a journalist, but tho based in NZ I can only cover local events if they are likely to be of interest to an international audience because my outlets are in the UK & Australia. If I could help by highlighting this nonsensical stubbornness, I would offer. Have you thought of going that route? It's a sad indictment in itself, but often resorting to publicity is the only way to get what you need. My story isn't newsworthy, but your wife's certainly is. Let me know if you to go this route and need further advice.
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Tim Edwards
Tim Edwards@TimEdwa17994672·
@RexWiderstrom @PronouncedHare Pt 5. Thanks for your reply by the way friend. I really appreciate the time you took to write it and hope you do finally manage to get your knee sorted :)
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@RedoubtOfThomas @PronouncedHare There are, though, offshore media who'd run such a story, guaranteed. So I'm pretty sure it's the guardrails. But they're only as good as the people holding them up, of course...
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Thomas@RedoubtOfThomas·
@PronouncedHare One wonders if the lack of such stories in NZ is due to sufficient guardrails or due to incurious media. Sadly there is not a lot of trust in those writing laws or in those who report the news!
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
Yes, I'm not about to commit suicide over it, but I suffered the debilitating flare up from a decades-old knee injury recently. From someone whose primary form of exercise (and something I enjoyed) was walking, to someone who limps and wears a knee brace, almost overnight. But since I suffered the injury overseas, ACC don't want to know. GP shrugged, ordered an X-ray (system won't pay for an ultrasound), said "arthritis" even though the other knee is fine. End of assistance. Now on a diet of anti-inflammatories and a life of pain. Irony is, when deciding down the line whether to fund an op, the system will discount my reduced quality of life in order to justify letting me die 🙄 And, as you say, the vastly over stuffed bureaucracy will congratulate themselves on "efficiency".
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Tim Edwards
Tim Edwards@TimEdwa17994672·
@PronouncedHare its going to happen here too We are not resourcing our health system correctly so people are falling through the gaps + going through unspeakable suffering because we wont employ enough specialists and build larger hospitals Theres always plenty of money to employ pen pushers tho
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@Charteddaily "Please observe the ee in Steedman". Yeah, don't go buying your soothing powders from that snake oil salesman Stedman. You have *no* idea what he actually puts in his stuff.
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Charted Daily
Charted Daily@Charteddaily·
A truly reassuring ad for a children's remedy from the Otago Daily Times 100 years ago shows why we regulate modern medicine (and why it's best to be sceptical of marketing!). It likely contained mercury, and earlier formulations in the late 19th century even used morphine.
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@PronouncedHare I don't know how many BLM protesters there were, but let's not forget the 564 "entertainers" allowed in by our wannabe DJ leader at a time when NZers were kept out of their own country. The podium of hypocrisy, more like. stuff.co.nz/national/healt…
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
He has an opinion about something that, in the scheme of things, doesn't matter and which would, ironically, cost money to change back at a time when the country is broke. He's welcome to his opinion - I don't care one way or the other - but we don't pay these numpties a fortune to have opinions, we pay them to get stuff done.
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Joel MacManus
Joel MacManus@JoelMacManus·
dude, there's a war going on and the country is in a fuel crisis
Todd Stephenson MP@toddmstephenson

Almost every week I receive emails from New Zealanders asking why some government agencies are still using te reo ahead of English. The English-first policy is not one of ACT’s coalition commitments, but I decided to look into it. In fact, the Government’s main public-facing webpage, govt.nz, still uses ‘Te Kāwanatanga o Aotearoa’ ahead of ‘New Zealand Government’. This is the Public Service Commission’s official branding for the Government. The Public Service Commission sets guidelines for branding across government, so it’s no wonder many agencies are lagging.

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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
"When public health campaigns aim to change behavior, they often rely on urgent, directive language. A new comprehensive analysis suggests that telling people exactly what they must do can backfire by triggering a defensive psychological response." Well, duh. Telling the country they're under house arrest and that anyone not complying with an immunisation programme (regardless of its effectiveness) will be second class citizens is going to anger a fair section of the otherwise reasonable population. It's just stupid comms, from people who think they know better than the plebs. And the plebs pick up that the elitists think that, and some rebel. Whereas talking to them like adults and not kindy kids wouldn't trigger this response. But yeah, the backlash was just misogyny 😏 #nzpol psypost.org/forceful-langu…
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
I voted for school children, not in the sense of telling teachers what to do, but because no one else on your list matters; the quality of education delivered to children is the sole marker of success or failure. And sometimes, some parents may not agree with what that takes. And teachers rarely do.
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Liam Hehir
Liam Hehir@PronouncedHare·
To whom should the New Zealand schooling system be primarily accountable?
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@secondzeit "NZ First pledges $15 million of YOUR money to help fund the Christchurch Cathedral rebuild, coz we're sure as hell not giving anything from our undeclared slush fund aka the NZ First Foundation". FIFY 😄
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@vanOnselenP He makes them get out while he's filling up otherwise they'll go through the seat divider and steal the change he keeps for parking.
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PVO@vanOnselenP·
This is such a ridiculous photo to pose for. One of them maybe, but does the Opposition Leader need two colleagues to keep an eye on him so he doesn’t accidentally put petrol in a diesel engine?
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Rex Widerstrom@RexWiderstrom·
@Liquid_Times Frankly, I'd rather hear "we don't really have a clue other than hang on and hope" in a stripped down tweet than a frowny-concerned face taking an hour at the 1pm podium of truth to say the same thing.
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Liquid Times@Liquid_Times·
Cut & Paste Luxon is getting really, really boring.
Christopher Luxon@chrisluxonmp

Global conflict is pushing up fuel prices, and I know some Kiwis may be worried about supply or whether restrictions could be needed. Here’s what you need to know. Our first priority in managing the impact of global fuel disruption is ensuring New Zealand has the fuel we need to protect jobs, livelihoods and the wider economy. Right now, there’s no need for fuel restrictions. New Zealand has sufficient supply, and we’re planning ahead to stay that way. We’ve updated our National Fuel Plan to make sure New Zealand is well positioned to respond to any disruption, whatever the global environment brings. Higher prices are putting pressure on households, so we’re providing targeted, temporary support to low and middle-income families to help with the cost of fuel. We’ve targeted that support to ensure we help working families under pressure, without repeating the mistakes of Covid, where massive spending drove up debt and pushed inflation to a 32-year high. We cannot control global oil markets or international conflicts, but sticking to a careful economic plan is how we can get through this global shock and protect New Zealand’s future.

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