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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 17h

If you have no idea where this came from or what it means I wrote this explainer a few weeks ago:

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The great methane debate explained

Explainer - A major decision is about to be announced by the PM, but what does it mean and why does it matter?

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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 17h

Can’t wait to see the regulatory impact statement that outlines the impact of this decision on everyone who isn’t a farmer

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Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years and is ruling out agricultural taxes on methane emissions.

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NightMar on Hicks Street, Part 4: The Rabbit’s Revenge @histoftech.bsky.social · 2d

“Concerns over an AI bubble bursting have grown lately, with analysts recently finding that it’s 17 times the size of the dotcom-era bubble and four times bigger than the 2008 financial crisis.”

Hang onto your butts. This “correction” is gonna hurt.
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Bank of England Warns of Impending AI Disaster

The Bank of England has sounded the alarm, warning of an intensifying risk of a "sudden correction" due to an AI spending frenzy.

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Cate Macinnis-Ng @loraxcate.bsky.social · 14h

The government knows this is bad policy because they've announced it on a Sunday.
The continued priority of short-term profit over long-term solutions is utterly shameful. Farmers will not be better off when the next cyclone or flood comes. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Government lowers methane target, rules out methane taxes

The government is lowering its biogenic methane target for the next 25 years, a move opposed by the Greens and environmental activists.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 12h

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

There may be genuine issues here that need to be addressed but I also suspect that "inherent mistrust of the private sector" comes from experience. For every good developer there are plenty of others who just want to maximise profit at the expense of the community/ratepayers. It's common.

Newsroom NZ @newsroom.co.nz · 1d

Week in Review:
Consultant’s report tells Mayor Wayne Brown his new urban development office will be hamstrung unless council’s 'culture of no' changes Tim Murphy reports.

Fears over ‘politicisation’ of Auckland Council property deals

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

I'm saying this as someone who got a ute bogged recently driving through an area where this was very obviously going to happen.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

You should know by now that rhetorical questions don't exist on social media Jackson.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

Botany should be taught as a life skill at High School because I can tell from here with the rushes and the bright green isolepis (indicating it is very wet) that you wouldn't want to drive a ute in here.

Gavin Shoebridge @kiwiev.bsky.social · 1d

Oh not again. 😅

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

You get trained to argue ridiculous points of view but then some people go on to making a living out of it.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

So glad we made this guy a New Zealand citizen www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 1d

A lot of lessons to be learned from this. I've done some emergency management training in the last 18 months & there is definitely a shift towards escalating warnings sooner. It does seem odd that Merservice is blaming the HBRC hydrologist though. Ultimately it's Merservices call.

Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

Yeah it definitely depends on what has been requested. In the stats provided the spy agencies are up around 30 days.

Emails are difficult too because it can be hundreds of pages that all need to have things redacted and then reviewed. This is all on top of BAU which can get pretty hectic.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

Now you get arrested in the UK for wearing a shirt that says "Plasticine Action."

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

I've received a number of document requests well under 20 working days from NZTA, DOC and MPI so I can't agree with you there. But yes get your point around average and median time frames.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

Data from: www.publicservice.govt.nz/news/latest-...

Latest OIA statistics released | Te Kawa Mataaho Public Service Commission

The Public Service Commission today released the Official Information Act statistics for the 6 months to June 2025.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

Vance is very wrong here: "OIA process - a process that usually takes a minimum of 20 working days."

Reality: "Overall, agencies responded on time to 97.7% of requests, with the average time to respond to all OIA requests, including extensions, at 13.2 days."

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The mysterious unravelling of a high-profile transparency project

Key donor silent as the Integrity Institute deregisters and its lobbying register disappears.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection share.google/dr0dcolpE1yb...

NZ’s native lizards are at risk from land development – future policy must ensure better protection

All but four of New Zealand’s 120 lizard species are threatened or at risk. But little consideration is given to lizards during most land development projects.

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 2d

This is a particular problem in journalism right now, where decisions about who gets to represent certain viewpoints distorts the wider public's understanding.

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André Alessi @andrealessi.bsky.social · 2d

We all belong to communities with differing standards for who we should or shouldn't listen to, but if your understanding of contrary views involves only paying attention to the absolutely fringe-iest people outside your own communities, you're not doing yourself any favours.

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Tyler @electriceden92.bsky.social · 2d

@davidgerard.co.uk already had the best piece on this pivot-to-ai.com/2025/07/10/a...

‘AI is here to stay’ — is it, though? What do you mean, ‘stay’?

When some huge and stupid public chatbot disaster hits the news, the AI pumpers will Kramer into the mentions to say stuff like “you have to admit, AI is here to stay.” Well, no, I don’t. Not unles…

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

Thanks Sophie, it hasn't happened yet but we are heading in the right direction. Also worth acknowledging the two decades of work that has led up to this point as well!

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 3d

Craig Robertson’s biography of CHRIS KNOX, NOT GIVEN LIGHTLY, is out now and I had the honour of making a trailer for it (from Chris’s own music and films).

'Chris Knox: Not Given Lightly', a biography by Craig Robertson | Book Trailer

YouTube video by Auckland University Press

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 2d

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

Email from the Ministry for the Environment:

Tēnā koe,
On Sunday at 12.00pm (12th October) the Government will make an announcement about New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

The Ministry for the Environment will also release the 2025 emissions projections at 5.00pm on Sunday.

Ngā mihi
Ministry for the Environment

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