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Tree man from Aotearoa

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‘He rangi tā Matawhāiti, he rangi tā Matawhānui' 'The person with a narrow vision sees a narrow horizon, the person with a wide vision sees a wide horizon." "So it goes" - Kurt Vonnegut Part-time technocrat and some tree stuff.

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · 10h

“EPA said the biggest threats to overall health of the country’s natural water bodies include animal waste, fertilisers & pesticides running off farmland and forestry”.

Politically backed ongoing wreckage of our natural environment for profit continues unabated.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...

Half of Ireland’s rivers, lakes and estuaries in unhealthy state as standards slide again

Agriculture, sewage, chemicals and physical damage all threatening nature’s waterways

www.irishtimes.com

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Dr Coralie Mills @dendrochronicle.bsky.social · 13h

Ardura Community Forest, Mull 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Mull & Iona Community Trust engaged us to find out the age of oaks which had been felled in the 1960s when the Sitka spruce plantation was created by the Forestry Commission. They were mostly around 200 years old.
#dendrochronology #ThickTrunkTuesday #Mull

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Rachel Savage @rachelmsavage.bsky.social · 10h

If you need something to make you feel better about your competence at life, this is for you.

South Africa's finance minister accidentally named the wrong M. Maseko to the Public Investment Corporation board: former treasury official Mpumelo Maseko instead of ex-PIC employee Mpumelelo Maseko

Shocking name mix-up: Godongwana to reappoint ‘right’ Maseko to PIC board | News24

Minister of Finance Enoch Godongwana says he will appoint former Public Investment Corporation employee Mpumelo Maseko to the asset manager’s board after asking namesake Mpumelelo Maseko to resign.

www.news24.com

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 11h

This

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 13h

Why New Zealand’s Lower Methane Target Could Warm the Planet More
#TooManyCows #nzpol #climatechange
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Why New Zealand’s Lower Methane Target Could Warm the Planet More

New Zealand, one of the world’s largest dairy exporters and a signatory of the Global Methane Pledge, this weekend watered down its 2050 target for cutting methane emissions from livestock and farming...

www.bloomberg.com

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Joe Walsh @walshfreedom.bsky.social · 1d

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Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 16h

I was designing and building landscapes in my spare time.

Doh!

And then, more recently, I realised... I'm a human being.

So 'doh' again!

Tom Robbins has a lot to answer

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 16h

I was fixated on the eternal clock in the mesa in "Even Cowgirls get the Blues" and really wanted to build one.

An artist friend build garden totem poles that disintegrated over time - close, I thought

Then realised ...

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 16h

I recall visiting Noosa, Queensland some years ago where we were informed via stacked containers that residents had cut down Eucalyptus for a view, thus preventing Koala from entering the township.

I tend towards Kurt Vonnegut: The human brain "is much too large to be practical" - Galapagos

mr dog @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social · 16h

Time for another First Dog on the Moon Spoken Cartoon! This time Tree Wars! www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmhr...

Tree Wars!

YouTube video by firstdog onthemoon

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Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 17h

Loving the coastal state of *checks notes* Utah informing us what disaster off-shore wind is

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Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 19h

As per usual.

Also, as I rely upon my poor grasp of grammar to validate my existence away from anything AI related, what's the 'passive voice' there?

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 19h

Or they wrote it on the back of your hand. Then later, you washed your hands in the restroom <sigh>

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 22h

Interesting chart on US tariffs:

www.reuters.com/world/us/how...

Chart showing how cost of imported goods to the US have surged post-tariffs

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bleary @bleary.off-the-records.com · 1d

If anyone needs me I will be in the museum, lying down next to the bog bodies.

Did people really memorize phone numbers before cell phones, or is that just a movie thing?
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I was watching some old shows from the 90s and noticed people would just dial numbers from memory - like they'd call their friends or family without looking anything up.
Made me wonder if that was actually normal back then? Did people genuinely have all their important numbers memorized, or did most folks keep a little address book or written list nearby?

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Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 23h

This'll explain:

m.youtube.com/watch?v=9O7H...

Barber chair.

YouTube video by Jeremy Cadotte

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 1d

great story, this chart RULES

Charts showing average battery pack cost in 2024 $/kWh and battery storage capacity additions globally in GW

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Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 1d

Just add Tylenol

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 1d

Definitely more important than that time the US won a war against *check notes* Fascists

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 1d

There is absolutely zero chance a president who hired s man who took $50,000 in cash in a paper bag from an FBI agent on camera would be bribed by a foreign country giving him a P.J.

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 1d

I thought I’d have a go at answering the question: what’s the flow on effect on emissions budgets from the methane cuts?

The answer was worse than I had anticipated

www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...