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Tree man from Aotearoa

@dfromaotearoa.bsky.social

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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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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 2h

Why New Zealand’s Lower Methane Target Could Warm the Planet More
#TooManyCows #nzpol #climatechange
www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...

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 · 13h

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Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 5h

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 · 6h

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 · 8h

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 · 8h

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 · 10h

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 · 13h

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 · 12h

This'll explain:

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

Barber chair.

YouTube video by Jeremy Cadotte

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George Pearkes @peark.es · 15h

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 · 15h

Just add Tylenol

Tree man from Aotearoa @dfromaotearoa.bsky.social · 15h

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...

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

Uh oh barber chair!

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

Hideous Trump - suitably Dickensian

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

Turns out it isn't immigrants eating America's cats and dogs after all

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

You've clearly met Vince too

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 1d

NZ's great leap backwards. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...

Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack

Comment: The Government's methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus.

newsroom.co.nz

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

Are you sure that's the correct spelling?

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

I'm going to use this as the foreign language greeting in this morning's Teams meeting. Nobody's gonna understand what I'm saying but they might get the gist

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

"And this way we can reverse-ferret when POTUS is a democrat"

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Chris and his farmily of forever friends @caenhillcc.bsky.social · 1d

Greetings and good morning it’s the Sunday farm rush hour with Letty-Lou, Mo, George & Kate

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