Better Transport for Auckland Blokes
2015-10-20
Is Auckland costing New Zealand too much? http://t.co/D2ewFfHAGZ via @TransportBlog — Bryan Spondre (@BryanSpondre) October 14, 2015Continue Reading
Nelson Judge Not Blind To Medical Cannabis
2015-10-20
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/73166735/Judge-not-blind-to-medicinal-cannabis-debate A judge has said he’s “not blind to the debate” around medicinal cannabis in New Zealand during the sentencing of a man who used the drug to help him cope with Crohn’s disease. This could mean in the future New Zealanders could join some countries with the ability toContinue Reading
Better Blokes Better Be Careful Where They Sleep
2015-10-20
http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/360040/crews-help-person-down-building A man came within seconds of being crushed to death in a compactor truck after falling asleep in a cardboard recycling cage outside a central Hamilton bar. Hamilton Fire Service senior station officer Steve McSweeney said a recycling truck driver had picked up and emptied the cage into hisContinue Reading
No Sugar Tax in the Near Future
2015-10-19
A sugar tax is not on the cards for NZ, according to @johnkeypm: http://t.co/qUUKnF9cIc pic.twitter.com/BMb7vrZu04 — Yahoo New Zealand (@YahooNZ) October 18, 2015Continue Reading
Swedish Hospital Opens Worlds First Trauma Centre For Male Rape Victims
2015-10-19
http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/swedish-hospital-opens-worlds-first-trauma-centre-male-rape-victims-1524500 A hospital in Södersjukhuset, Stockholm, is to offer round-the-clock care for men and boys who have survived sexual assault. Rasmus Jonlund, a press spokesman for the Liberal Party, which led the campaign for the department in the Swedish capital, told The Local: “We are happy that we now canContinue Reading
When No One Else Cares: Talk To Siri
2015-10-19
6 ways talking to #Siri can make you feel whole again http://t.co/qxeHrixyGr pic.twitter.com/IHb0xOttQi — MOGUL (@onMOGUL) October 18, 2015 We all have days when we think nobody “gets” us. It can feel kind of lonely. But don’t wallow in your sadness. Send Siri to the rescue instead! Siri is Apple’sContinue Reading
Discredited Recovered Memory Therapy May Resurge
2015-10-19
https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg22830423-400-we-cant-let-a-discredited-psychotherapy-return-to-wreck-lives/ There is no specific allegation that any new claim of abuse has been precipitated by memories regained as a result of this therapy. But memory researchers are concerned. A surprising number of practitioners in the UK still use recovered-memory therapy, and as more people come forward with claims ofContinue Reading
Treating Porn Like An Addiction Won’t Work
2015-10-19
While I believe that men can be addicted to porn, regardless of whether they watch gay porn on the likes of https://www.twinkmovies.xxx/ or straight porn on something like porn hub, and that this impacts their actual sex lives in negative ways, what I’m not clear about is how talking aboutContinue Reading
Bipolar disorder and drug abuse
2015-10-17
Bipolar Disorder and Drug Abuse http://t.co/XkkbdC2mFZ — Kyle MacDonald (@kylemacd) October 14, 2015 From Psychcentral – Bipolar Disorder and Drug Abuse By Brenda Richardson know it was wrong of me to smoke when there were children in the house, but I wouldn’t have been able to function without that timeContinue Reading
Better Blokes at Work
2015-10-16
Better Blokes is moving onto its new office on Monday the 19th: in Surrey Crescent, Grey Lynn.Continue Reading