My MIL is in Summerset Rototuna - they have normal rest home care (she is there, at hospital level), plus a dementia unit.

A firefighter in black gear and helmet holds their hand out to a small white and tabby cat walking across the rubble of a building. Article details: 'Veterinary response to non-epidemic disasters: the experience of the Istituto Zooprofilattico Sperimentale dell'Abruzzo e del Molise "G. Caporale" after the 2009 earthquake in L'Aquila, Italy" by Caporale et al in the New Zealand Veterinary Journal

A new report in the NZVJ’s special issue on animal emergency management outlines the veterinary response to the 2009 earthquake in L’Aquila, Italy.

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Just so you know
Us scientist aren't asking so much for ourselves as for Aotearoa

Every single study shows fundamental science funding is directly correlated to GDP growth

We want AoNZ to grow and the evidence says this is the way to make that happen

Note *fundamental* not commercial development

Unless you thought to plant an avo tree 15 years ago

65 million is >1% of all men on early, this is absolutely horrifying.
So, sure, not all men, but a absolute fuck-tonne of them

I do not understand why Stuff gives that awful man column space. I will never click on anything he writes

This tree in London looks full of leaves but is actually covered in parakeets.

Mine won’t go that low , but level 1 on the induction cooktop does the trick for yeasty things

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Raw Milk Isn’t a Health Hack: It’s a Skipped Safety Step Why the DIY “solution” to raw milk’s bacteria problem is exactly what dairies have been quietly doing since the 1860s.

Raw Milk Isn’t a Health Hack: It’s a Skipped Safety Step: you are buying milk that has not been cleared of its bacterial passengers.
Yes, you can hit it at home and clear it, but why not buy it pre-de-germified? by @epiren.bsky.social medium.com/p/raw-milk-i...

A CT image from a post-mortem on a marine mammal, with article details: 'Using post-mortem computed tomography to identify traumatic cranial lesions in small stranded odontocetes euthanised via ballistics' by Boys et al in the New Zealand Veterinary Journal.

Euthanasia can be the only humane option for stranded whales and dolphins, so it’s important to do it well. A new article in the NZVJ examines CT images to see whether techniques and protocols could be improved.

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📷 Boys et al. 2026

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A photograph of a woman's hands holding a tablet computer. Chickens are out of focus in the background, wandering around a field. Article details: The potential roles for artificial intelligence in supporting veterinarians during an emergency response, by Brownlie in the New Zealand Veterinary Journal

When disaster or disease strikes animals, private vets are often involved. But planning for such events is costly and time-consuming. A new article in the NZVJ looks at where AI could help.

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Fantastic thread here…
Spoiler: it’s neoliberalism and inequality

Nice juicy bit of nominative determinism just crossed my timeline

Eliminating CKD would be a massive cause for celebration. And there have been other recent amazing breakthroughs in Feline medicine (FIP used to be a death sentence in young cats and is now treatable). There’s no need to mislead people

It is compulsory that I ❤️ every feijoa post that turns up in my feed

CKD is indeed a major cause of death of elderly cats, and cats can very occasionally live to 30 years. But it would be massively overselling things to state that if you removed CKD as a cause of death, cats would then regularly reach a lifespan of 30 years

Same: the tiny shoes and wee onesies 🥰

It’s a strange thing for countries to cut, NZ included -

Politicians should recognise that science is not something to 'conveniently' repackage to suit your government’s short-term goals, but a long-term driver of good for your country.

When you cut it, you cut *everyone’s* longer-term future

1/3

I try to pick up every last fruit to try to interrupt the guava moth life cycle ( which seems to be working) - but small/bruised/skins still end up in the compost.
I tried to use all the fruit from 3 trees productively this season - but I’ve still had to put several buckets out for the neighbours

This is the way

Feijoas are indeed premier crumble fruit😋

Cake, cordial, jam, stewed, cake, cumble, cake etc

a cake with sprinkles and whipped cream on top ALT: a cake with sprinkles and whipped cream on top

Freak shakes are stupid

🎵your government is run by a pedophile🎶 is very catchy

Bulging over the edges of car park spaces….. 😠

Forests, sausages and socialism doesn’t sound too bad

Happy Easter.

Where do I buy a chocolate cherub for Easter??