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Additionally, while visibility of RSS feeds has reduced - it's still there and it still works really well!
Finished listening to audio book Silk Roads.
https://wellington.borrowbox.com/product/BOL_241808/title/the-silk-roads
Minister hints at online radio stations being subject to broadcasting laws | Stuff
The media minister believes unregulated operators like Sean Plunket’s The Platform and Reality Check Radio should be subject to the rules terrestrial radio stations are.
Four phones, three weeks: Everything we saw on teen TikTok | RNZ
NZ investigation into what teenagers can see on TikTok
Conspiracy theorists and religious right in Auckland by-election
2 out of 5 candidates in the Auckland Māori seat by-election are somewhat central in conspiracy theory scene.
And 1 out of 5 is a total unknown: “There was no public information available about Sherry-Lee Matene”
Note: Early voting is due to commence on August 25, with election day on September 6.
Based on: Tāmaki Makaurau by-election candidates announced | Stuff
NZ Skeptic Newsletter: 18 Aug 2025
https://mailchi.mp/9445ec548ff0/skeptic-news-conference-clarity
In this week’s newsletter
Flight attendants lose Covid-19 vaccination fight | RNZ News
Good news that antivax stance is not considered reasonable.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/570982/flight-attendants-lose-covid-19-vaccination-fight
The ‘sovereign citizen’ movement is growing. So is the risk of more violence
Why are police a target for sovereign citizen violence?
https://theconversation.com/why-are-police-a-target-for-sovereign-citizen-violence-264016
I am not a doctor but... (NZ)
