James Kierstead @Kleisthenes2
Research Fellow @nzinitiative, co-host @FreeKiwis, advisor @nzfreespeech, on ed board @InquiryOpen, @AntigoneJournal owlofathena.substack.com Wellington City, New Zealand Joined March 2017-
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To be honest, I still have to stifle a giggle every time I see one of these signs with WELLINGTON in large font. They were put up after a previous vice-chancellor's plan to cut 'Victoria' from the name was rejected, so he spent $1/2mil making these signs newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather…
Just re-posting this in case people have any examples
Irony doesn't mean much when it comes to our suffocating-would-be-censors. @VicUniWgtn, one of NZ’s largest universities, postponed a panel on free speech after students “freak out” it might platform individuals who may make them feel “unsafe”. newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather…
Victoria University of WELLINGTON has circulated new draft guidelines to do with academic freedom. But do these protect or constrain free speech? And how compatible are they with the Education Act? My latest column with Michael Johnston in The Post: thepost.co.nz/nz-news/350261…
One reason the idea that academics should only be free to comment on topics that fall within their own discipline doesn't work is that it would seem to prevent all academics who aren't political scientists from commenting freely on politics-a topic which surely concerns everyone
@taxpayersnz @FreeKiwis @Kleisthenes2 @dbseymour Look at the misuse of the word "safety" all through it. These students have learned to see themselves as fragile rather than resilient, so they believe their fragility must be protected by the adults in the room.
@Kleisthenes2 @dbseymour Why can’t student choose not to listen to some crap? Why is everyone throwing tantrums?
@Shybaltesh @drayagain @Kleisthenes2 Are you prohibited from setting your own panel session that has the people you'd like to hear?
If you would like to support Henry in his effort to have speech he doesn't like banned, please DO NOT share this interview we recently conducted with @Glinner: youtube.com/watch?v=5sI3-d…
Head of a 'goddess' with jade inlaid eyes, from the subterranean, 60 foot long 'Goddess Temple' at Niuheliang, Liaoning. Product of the Hongshan culture, the complex was excavated in 1983 and probably dates to 3500-3000 BC. #China #Archaeology
Sri Mariamman temple, Singapore. A hint of the effect ancient Greek painted statues would have had? #polytheisms
7. The English radical Hobhouse visited the cave in 1813 and transcribed all the inscriptions.(The one at the bottom reads APOLLONOS ERSTH though most now read APOLLONOS HERSOU and I like Alexandra Mari's suggestion - noted by Carolyn - of APOLLONOS HERMOU: of Apollo and Hermes)
Vic Uni shows how under threat free speech is kiwiblog.co.nz/2024/04/vic_un…
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A few people are arguing that VUW postponing their free speech event due to complaints they were 'platforming right-wing voices' isn't evidence of bias. But how many examples are there of VUW cancelling an event at the last minute because they were platforming left-wing voices?
A few people are arguing that VUW postponing their free speech event due to complaints they were 'platforming right-wing voices' isn't evidence of bias. But how many examples are there of VUW cancelling an event at the last minute because they were platforming left-wing voices?
The Victoria University of WELLINGTON leadership team, after much reflection, has renamed itself 'Te Hiwa,' which means 'the steering paddle' and also apparently means 'to be focused, active and robust.' Te Hiwa have recently overseen a $30 million deficit
Anyone heard or seen VUW Council members showing any leadership here? Standing up for university values, free speech? Or even the old fashioned primal virtue of courage? John Allen, Maryan Street, where are you? Quivering in the Council chamber leaving ignorant brats to speak for…
Irony doesn't mean much when it comes to our suffocating-would-be-censors. @VicUniWgtn, one of NZ’s largest universities, postponed a panel on free speech after students “freak out” it might platform individuals who may make them feel “unsafe”. newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather…
@VicUniWgtn Since when is a conversation about having conversations 'harmful'? This whole saga needs to be a wake-up call. If debate on FS can’t occur at universities, where will they take place? Societies that abandon FS are condemned to be less equal, less free, and more violent.
Irony doesn't mean much when it comes to our suffocating-would-be-censors. @VicUniWgtn, one of NZ’s largest universities, postponed a panel on free speech after students “freak out” it might platform individuals who may make them feel “unsafe”. newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather…
The Cass Effect A landmark report properly emphasises the application of science, not slogans, in establishing treatment protocols for trans-identified children. quillette.com/2024/04/29/dr-…
'So, knowledge has been evacuated from the curriculum, teachers have been sidelined, and students must find their own paths. Yet critical thinking remains essential. In other words, students must teach themselves to think critically about nothing.' nzinitiative.org.nz/reports-and-me…
One of the very first translations of a Chinese book into a European language used Hokkien pronunciations throughout, via the Philippines: The Beng Sim Po Cam (Bêng sim pó kàm) 明心寳鑒 (Fan Liben, 1393), translated by Juan Cobo (1592) 📚📖
There’s also Philippine Hokkien which they call it “Lán-nâng-ōe” 咱人話 (our people’s language). The history of 咱人話 which goes back to the 1500s is very interesting. It’s actually one of the earliest sources for written Hokkien using Chinese & Latin script
Can VUW continue using their foot as target practice? Police with dogs perhaps? As Douglas Adams put it, "A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools"
Free Speech Union to hold panel discussion on free speech if Victoria University doesn’t The Free Speech Union has written to the Council of Victoria University to advise them that they will hold the postponed panel discussion on free speech if the university doesn’t, says…
Free Speech Union to hold panel discussion on free speech if Victoria University doesn’t The Free Speech Union has written to the Council of Victoria University to advise them that they will hold the postponed panel discussion on free speech if the university doesn’t, says…
Double-pipe. Ceci n’est pas une flûte.
Plato’s final hours c 348 BCE recounted in scroll found in Vesuvius ash AI deciphers a carbonised scroll buried in AD 79 ash, outlining the philosopher’s burial place & describing his last evening listening to flute music played by a Thracian slave girl. theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…
@nzsd THANK YOU. I knew I'd seen that mapped out before but couldn't remember where.
I mean look at this as purported motivation here. A 20-minute walk from a school? They want a total ban.
Rather than ban vape shops near schools (schools are all over the place!), impose substantial fines on stores that sell to minors regardless of where the stores are. insidegovernment.co.nz/call-to-ban-va…
@Kleisthenes2 IMO there are too many students at University, therefore lower average quality of both students and academic staff. They are the 'most academics and students' that you refer to. Instead of subsidising all students, have scholarships for high achievers and nothing for others.
@taxpayersnz @FreeKiwis @Kleisthenes2 @dbseymour Look at the misuse of the word "safety" all through it. These students have learned to see themselves as fragile rather than resilient, so they believe their fragility must be protected by the adults in the room.
@Kleisthenes2 @dbseymour Why can’t student choose not to listen to some crap? Why is everyone throwing tantrums?
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