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Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 1h

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...

Scientists fear weaker methane target signals wider retreat from climate action

After cutting methane targets, New Zealand has a choice: shoulder the burden at huge cost - or cause more warming to the planet.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 33m

Waterfall in the Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere Franz Joseph Glacier valley Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana the Southern Alps.

This waterfall comes from a creek flowing from Alex Knob, 1303m (yes I've been dying to say this, lol) on the Fritz Range

A waterfall, some sheer rock & native forest

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 2h

Absolutely heartbreaking visit to NZ's temperate glaciers on Te Tai Poutini West Coast.

Here's Kā Roimata-o-Hinehukatere Franz Joseph Glacier & Waiau (Waiho) River in Kā Tiritiri-o-te-moana the Southern Alps.

NZ's glaciers are in fast retreat due to Climate Change (see 2009 position drawn in).

View up a glacial valley towards mountains, with a flat valley floor & snow capped mountains. Lush rainforest frames the valley

This image shows how far the glacier has retreated just in 16 years - absolutely heartbreaking. The place where I took the photo was the terminal of the glacier in 1905

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 3h

My #kikorangi librarians/book people/NZ-ESOL people — can you recommend books/authors for adult women learners, specifically with an Aotearoa/ Pacific angle?? A lot of the books available are aimed at a male audience. Not School Journals or school focused. Reply or DM pls🙏📚

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Asher Wolf @asherwolf.bsky.social · 3h

Authoritarian censorship keeps no one but bigots and fascists safe

CNA @channelnewsasia.bsky.social · 4h

YouTube warns Australia social media ban will not keep children safe

SYDNEY: Australia's push to ban children from social media is "well intentioned" but will not make them safer online, video streaming giant YouTube warned on Monday (Oct 13).Prime Minister Anthony Albanese last year unveiled landmark laws that will

www.channelnewsasia.com

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Duncan Webb MP @duncanwebbmp.bsky.social · 3h

The select committee report on the Regulatory Standards Bill is in.
📝166,000 submissions.
❌98.7% opposed.
Yet National are going to continue supporting it.
🗣New Zealand could not have been louder, but Luxon still isn’t listening.

Regulatory Standards Bill:
Select Committee Report:
166,000 submission total
0.7% supported
0.6% unclear
98.7% opposed

AUTHORISED BY DUNCAN WEBB MP, PARLIAMENT BUILDINGS WELLINGTON

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RNZ News Feeds @rnzrss.bsky.social · 2h

Sophie Barker choses Dunedin deputy mayor, meeting with councillors already

Barker has chosen a deputy and started meeting with incoming councillors.

www.rnz.co.nz

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 21h

9-yr-old Ukrainian Sasha Paskal has won gold&bronze medals at the All-Ukrainian Rhythmic Gymnastics Competition "Black Sea Cup"

In the summer of 2022she was seriously injured by a Russian strike and underwent a leg amputation

Sasha didn’t give up.She went through rehabilitation
📹bokareva.solovey.m

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China Books Review @chinabooksreview.com · Aug 21

Despite the difficulty of translating Chinese cuisine for Western readers, Chinese cookbooks continue to sell. But just as their form has changed over the decades, so too has their mission.

Read Jen Lin-Liu's essay on the trouble with Chinese cookbooks: chinabooksreview.com/2025/08/21/c...

chinabooksreview.com

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Worn On This Day @wornonthisday.bsky.social · 18h

Worn #onthisday in 1944 by King George VI (with Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery of and Air Vice Marshal H. Broadhurst) visiting the British Liberation Army in Holland: the waist-length British Battledress blouse, the inspiration for the US Army's Eisenhower jacket. #OTD 📷 Imperial War Museums

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19h

This is such a clever idea on taking kids to museums/galleries
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Nadia from London has an idea that sounds such fun you'll be booking a day out asap.
"I've always loved museums," she says,
"but they can be overwhelming for children. For decades now, I've done something called 'playing postcards'
We do
the museum backwards, visiting the gift shop first. Each child gets to choose three postcards. Then they take it in turns to find that particular artwork in the museum and give us a little information about the piece from the details on the postcard, or from any gallery plaque. At the end of this treasure-hunt-style activity, we vote for our favourite in the cafe."

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Jenny Wilson Leader of the pack 🐺🐺🐺 @jenchef.bsky.social · 1d

So we don't care about climate change. Farmers can sit back and continue to pollute while being paid well for their milk and meat.

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Magpie Said @magpiesaid.bsky.social · 21h

Someone found this old book and posted many of the cartoon. It's scary how many still resonate!

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Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 21h

Wellington Diwali at TSB arena wellington.govt.nz/news-and-eve... or www.eventfinda.co.nz/2025/diwali-...

Fireworks start 8:50pm

Diwali Festival of Lights 2025 - Wellington

Diwali Festival of Lights 2025, Step into the vibrant world of India and South-East Asia at ..., TSB Arena, Wellington, Wellington Region, 12 October 2025,

www.eventfinda.co.nz

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Lin Nah @linnah.bsky.social · 21h

diwali is on 20 October 2025. However there's fireworks in Auckland's Aotea Centre tonight because diwali festival is on. Either that or belated moon festival or they are using up their fireworks before fireworks goes on sale next month

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LostArcNZ @lostarcnz.bsky.social · 22h

The solutions proposed for New Zealand's (and virtually every other country's) problems are always like:
"We need to make people work for more years"
"We have to cut back on services, I'm sorry, there is just no other way"
"We have to cut benefits for young people"

never:
"We need to tax the rich"

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Bearhat @fussybabybit.ch · 1d

I am so so so excited to see what happens when Black Friday hits. We did that Boston Tea shit for like way more fractional surcharges.

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 1d

About a month ago, the Trump administration got rid of the de minimis exemption, whereby packages valued under $800 could slide in without import duties. Now there's a backlog as the government can't process all of this paperwork, leading to UPS just destroying packages

Business Insider headline reads: UPS is telling customers that their packages coming to the US are marked for destruction.

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Pedroasani @pedroasani.com · 22h

Actual night shots make it even better. I'll be turning up the scream closer to Halloween so nobody is used to it.

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Pedroasani @pedroasani.com · 23h

Now

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Paul Park @pauljunhyuk.bsky.social · Aug 22

I see, there was this: theedinburghreporter.co.uk/2025/06/edin...

theedinburghreporter.co.uk

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The National @scotnational.bsky.social · Aug 22

A Scottish council has officially banned arms companies and weapons manufacturers from using public parks to test their equipment

Scottish council bans arms testing in public parks

www.thenational.scot

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Kat 👩‍🌾 @kats-garden.nz · 1d

Found these catnip toys from last October in my stash so the next 6 orders of Kat's Nip or Fluffy Balls get one for free.

katsnip.nz

Three felted eyeballs in my hand. Two have brown irises, and one has a green iris.

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Rhiannon Mackie @rhiannonm.bsky.social · 1d

Your summary of the shitfuckery this Government has just announced:
- Big Dairy doesn't have to pay for its emissions, despite being the country's worst climate polluter
- Ambition on methane emissions reductions has been slashed in favour of business as usual.
#nzpol

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Rhiannon Mackie @rhiannonm.bsky.social · 1d

This very likely breaks the NZ-EU Free Trading Act which requires us to act in line with Paris and 1.5 degrees.
It has also all been done at the request of agribusiness lobbyists like Federated Farmers (who somehow were able to respond to the changes 40 minutes before they were publicly available).

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Kay in the End Times 🏳️‍🌈 💗💜💙📚 @jennykaynz.bsky.social · 1d

Pope Leo XIV says journalism is a public good we should all protect. Key to news media are transparency of sources of ownership, accountability, quality + objectivity. He says, Clickbait is degrading and urges reporters: never sell out your authority + ethics! 📰📺📻
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

You won’t believe what degrading practice the pope just condemned

Communication must be freed from clickbait and misguided thinking, head of Catholic church tells journalists

www.theguardian.com

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