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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social

Do I want to spend my Sunday morning making graphs about weird birthrate obsessions that people are generalising to the world. Well, clearly I do, but there is an element of resentment at the entire topic. There is no growing left/right distinction in kids in NZES respondents by left/right self ID

Should we be making the country a better place for tamariki, Yes. Should we follow the US and UK into great replacement adjacent topic areas, Hell No.
aug 30, 2025, 10:13 pm • 13 3

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James W @jamesw228.bsky.social

I listened to as podcast the other day about the Returning Soldier Effect, it was pretty fascinating stuff

aug 30, 2025, 10:24 pm • 0 0 • view
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social

And no, I am not worried about the size of the (not politically divided) drop. While it would be a bunch of work to refine the exact numbers, the reality of New Zealand, Australia, and Canada is that all these countries have retirement homes full of people who were part of mass youth immigration.

aug 30, 2025, 10:13 pm • 7 0 • view
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David Hood @thoughtfulnz.bsky.social

Don't make me tap the sign again (late 1950s censuses)

Australian census page
aug 30, 2025, 10:18 pm • 5 0 • view
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Andy O'Brien @spadge.bsky.social

/stares in SAS.

aug 30, 2025, 10:39 pm • 0 0 • view