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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 17h

It’s been an interesting exercise looking at what you’ve come up with doing this. 👏

Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 17h

This would have been quite something to see. Strange and beautiful.
Kiwis wake to ‘space jellyfish’
#RocketLab
www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Stuff

www.stuff.co.nz

Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 1d

Pretty amazing.

David Blanchflower BSc @davidbflower.bsky.social · 1d

One of the world’s longest dinosaur trackways uncovered in Oxfordshire quarry. 🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

In the footsteps of giants - BBC News

One of the longest sets of dinosaur footprints in the world has been discovered in a limestone quary near Bicester, in Oxfordshire, England.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 1d

Stand strong folks. Bet One America News feels silly.
#journalism #SpeakingTruthToPower

Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 1d

Will Fox join OAN as the only media companies surrendering to an insecure loser like Pete Hegseth?

Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 1d

#agsky #energysky #methane #trade

James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 1d

My recent comments on NZ methane targets summarised here.
theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...

A ‘lack of ambition’ over livestock emissions targets now threatens NZ’s reputation and trade

The government’s weakened methane reduction target mirrors the approach promoted by industry lobby groups but rejected by the Climate Change Commission.

theconversation.com

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 1d

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on.

These philistines need to hear from you all.

Thank you

petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

Edvard Munch's 'Scream' but with the text 'I can't believe they're cancelling Art History' in a speech bubble

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 1d

Done. Didn’t know that was your old job Paul - nice. I had a couple of awesome art history teachers at school. Adding context to art. Art often as a reaction to world or social upheaval.

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 1d

#energysky #renewables

🌱♻️Seminal Wellness💚 @seminalwellness.com · 1d

Nigerians, and Africans at large, are turning to solar. As the price of Chinese solar panels dropped, Africans adopted solar, with the number of solar panels on the continent growing by 60% in the last year alone. Solar will be the #1 energy source by 2035.
www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa...

Nigerian men, dressed in traditional agbadas, are touching and marveling at solar panels as they are recorded and photographed by camera people.

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Tom Nichols @radiofreetom.bsky.social · 1d

The Atlantic’s journalists will not sign the Pentagon’s press policy. Statement here from editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg:

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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 1d

Breaking news: The Washington Post joined the New York Times, CNN and the Atlantic in refusing to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

Prominent news outlets reject Pentagon rules before signing deadline

The Washington Post and other major news outlets have refused to sign the Defense Department’s restrictive new press policy, citing First Amendment concerns.

www.washingtonpost.com

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

I find it takes a little time for an unexpected accent to settle in for me. I hate to admit it but I changed a business once because I simply couldn’t understand the receptionists accent. My hearing also not as flash as it used to be.😔

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 2d

A reminder.

Humanity has never removed an atmospheric pollutant at a global, continental or, even, regional scale — we have only ever shut down the source and let nature do the clearing up. This is the case for chlorofluorocarbons and stratospheric ozone destruction, for sulfur dioxide and acid rain, and for sulfur and nitrogen oxides and photochemical smog. We must be prepared for CDR to be a failure, leaving us to rely on the environment to stabilize atmospheric CO₂ over thousands of years. This is another argument for rapid decarbonization.

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The Press @thepress.co.nz · 2d

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

Global leaders, scientists gather for NZ's largest ever climate event

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

dlvr.it

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Dr Paul Dorfman @drpauldorfman.bsky.social · 2d

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

One of Europe’s biggest farm machinery firms halts US exports over ‘hidden’ tariffs
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
#agsky #UStariffs #CombineHarvesters

One of Europe’s biggest farm machinery firms halts US exports over ‘hidden’ tariffs

Krone says ‘alarming’ levies on about 400 goods including hair dryers and combine harvesters have forced pause

www.theguardian.com

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

Yet another good reason why #socialmedia should be off limits to young, still developing minds.
13 year old girl changes schools due to misogynistic bullying in class
#misogyny #Bullying #ToxicMasculinity
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

13 year old girl changes schools due to misogynistic bullying in class

The teen says the behaviour of some of the boys at school was racist, homophobic and sometimes explicitly sexual.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

#GeneEditing

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

Our natural image has taken quite a hammering of late - we don’t want to bury it completely.
#agsky #RegenAg #GeneEduting #GMO

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

Our natural image has taken quite a hammering of late - we don’t want to bury it completely.
#agsky #RegenAg #GeneEduting #GMO

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

We have built our reputation on our “natural" image. While our mainstream farming systems are not “regenerative" we are closer than most other countries because our livestock are free-range and we practice rotational grazing. This bill could back-fire on us.
#agsky #RegenAg #GeneEditing #GMO

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

We have built our reputation on our “natural" image. While our mainstream farming systems are not “regenerative" we are closer than most other countries because our livestock are free-range and we practice rotational grazing. This bill could back-fire on us.
#agsky #RegenAg #GeneEditing #GMO

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 2d

Caution isn’t a bad thing. There’s no second chances if it doesn’t work out, and our markets don’t like it.
NZ First joins Labour and the Greens in raising alarm over Gene Tech Bill.
#agsky #GeneEditing #GMO
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

NZ First joins Opposition parties raising alarm over National’s GE bill

The National Party campaigned on liberalising New Zealand’s gene editing laws, but NZ First worries it could go too far,

www.stuff.co.nz

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Paul Brislen @brislen.nz · 2d

I have heard this repeatedly, particularly among the "we must stop Wikipedia being so left wing" brigade.

Joe Patrice @joepatrice.bsky.social · 2d

Amazing

Tweet: @vexwerewolf
Right-wingers literally straight-up admitting "it's harder to discredit the left because the left is almost always telling the truth"
Scott Jennings @Lum 21h um, yes, that's really a problem
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The problem with left-leaning media is they're intrinsically more strict with their propaganda to only using verifiable sources so it's really hard to poke holes in their ideology and arguments in comparison to a lot of low quality rightwing content.
That makes attacking their points with fact checkers not very effective unless the fact checkers use misinformation tactics as well.
In essence people on the right have to work harder and more creatively to push their agendas as statistics and studies frustratingly arent usually on our side.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 2d

He speaks like a poet.

Rachel Maddow @maddow.msnbc.com · 2d

“With your patient and rigorous work, you can act as a barrier against those who, through the ancient art of lying, seek to create divisions in order to rule by dividing,” he said. “You can be a bulwark of civility against the quicksand of approximation and post-truth...”

apnews.com/article/pope...

Pope urges news agencies to stand as bulwark against lies, manipulation and post-truths

Pope Leo XIV has encouraged international news agencies to stand firm as a bulwark against the “ancient art of lying” and manipulation.

apnews.com

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Delwyn Dickey @delwynd.bsky.social · 3d

The performance I remember Diane Keaton for the most was in ‘Looking for Mr Goodbar.’
This is the only film of hers in my cine-library so this is what I’ll be watching tonight.
RIP Ms Hall

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