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dfromaotearoa.bsky.social
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."

Technocrat - and tree stuff.

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russelnorman.bsky.social
You can make a submission to push MPI to protect hoiho - greenpeace.nz/hoiho
Speak up for hoiho! Make a personal submission today
Hoiho, the yellow eyed penguin, is one of the rarest penguins in the world, yet its South Island population is collapsing. Speak up today to support the endangered hoiho and protect their habitat.
greenpeace.nz
December 3, 2025 at 1:30 AM
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davidcorn.bsky.social
Whom among us….
December 2, 2025 at 11:33 PM
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bernardchickey.bsky.social
Better than Australia. This is the most important thing...
actuarialeye.bsky.social Jennifer Lang @actuarialeye.bsky.social · 19h
Worldwide mortality experience since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic (2020-2024) shows excess deaths over that period in almost every country measured. Australia (+6%) was below average, and New Zealand (+0.1%) the lowest we measured.
Graph showing excess mortality for the period 2020-2024 in 40 selected countries across the globe.
December 2, 2025 at 10:24 PM
dfromaotearoa.bsky.social
"Too small to matter..."

This Irish article could as easily apply here in Aotearoa, particularly with the approach of the current government.

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
This is turning into one of the biggest Zoom meetings since the pandemic. Don't forget to register in advance if you want to join. 1400 GMT *this Friday* (December 5th): us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, which explores how a new scientific concept, ‘soilsmology’, is shaking up our und...
We are delighted to invite you to the global launch of the Earth Rover Program and the release of our inaugural report, ‘Soilsmology: Transforming our Understanding of Soil’, which explores how an eme...
us02web.zoom.us
December 2, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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audacityofdespair.bsky.social
If you are a voter in Tennessee's 7th Congressional District and also a fan of The Wire, I will, on evidence you voted today, pen a personal apology for having killed any character you cared for.

And yes, this assumes Wire fans do not vote for some cheese-eating supplicant to any tinpot dictator.
December 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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osintr.bsky.social
🇺🇦🇮🇪 The Irish Parliament after Zelensky’s speech.
December 2, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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tobiasharris.bsky.social
Thinking a lot about this moment from literally the first chapter of "1984."
December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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snowden.st
Currently dorking out over this graph about child mortality with my brother. Just mind boggling to take in.
chart of child mortality in history, roughly 48% for all societies across the globe…until the 20th century, where it plummets to 4%
December 2, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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harrywallop.co.uk
Great culture can save lives. Literally.

Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard
December 2, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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charlie-alice-raya.org
Reminds me a bit of this photo: A forest spirit in the trees, late September on the island of Usedom.
The sunlight breaks between two beech trunks and forms a butterfly-shaped rainbow. I couldn’t believe my luck.
December 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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osintr.bsky.social
🔻 BBC: 🇬🇪Georgia’s ruling party "Georgian Dream" used a World War I–era chemical agent called 𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗶𝘁 against pro-European protesters.

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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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reshetz.bsky.social
If I make it to the UN tribune then this is my speech
dmytro-spivakov.bsky.social Dmytro Spivakov @dmytro-spivakov.bsky.social · 1d
If Ukraine ever falls none of you fuckers will ever rediscover the technology behind kickass coffee shops, top tier humane service and small business that can survive crisis, war and even Гетьманцев.

Help Ukraine win to restore the weave of fate, or persist in the doomed world you have created.
December 2, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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christinahood.bsky.social
84Mt of CO2 is around NZ$38billion of extra damages to the global climate (disasters, lost productivity, failed crops, ...) [w/ US EPA social cost of carbon].
not performative it's deadly serious. Our emissions are a small global share, but they still have a very real impact.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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rivertam.bsky.social
My President told me Jim Comey keeps eating his prosecutors so I asked how many prosecutors he has and he said he just goes to Mar-A-Lago and gets a new prosecutor afterwards so I said it sounds like he's just feeding prosecutors to Jim Comey and then his Attorney General started crying.
December 2, 2025 at 2:16 AM
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bernardchickey.bsky.social
There it is. We just reneged on Paris. FYI @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukparliament.parliament.uk
kirstyjohnston.bsky.social Kirsty Johnston @kirstyjohnston.bsky.social · 1d
“Under questioning in the meeting, Willis also confirmed the government had no intention of buying offshore carbon credits to meet the 2030 Paris agreement as part of a "performative awards ceremony" even if that meant it would breach its commitment.”

www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
'A bit tired, a bit ratty': Heated exchange between Willis and Labour MPs at Parliament
The Finance Minister has called the opposition's behaviour "unbecoming" after accusations of name-calling and conspiracy-thinking.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 1:06 AM
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georgemonbiot.bsky.social
Sovereignty? Democracy? Sorry, but we can't afford those anymore. We'll be sued if we try to defend them.
This week's column is about a massive but scarcely-covered scandal.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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bfletcherwatson.bsky.social
Eleven years ago, I wrote to Tom Stoppard to ask about this coup de théâtre from 1949. It took me down an unexpected rabbit hole - in memory of Stoppard, here's what I found.
"Years and years ago, there was a production of The Tempest, out of doors, at an Oxford college on a lawn, which was the stage, and the lawn went back towards the lake in the grounds of the college, and the play began in natural light. But as it developed, and as it became time for Ariel to say his farewell to the world of The Tempest, the evening had started to close in and there was some artificial lighting coming on. And as Ariel uttered his last speech, he turned and he ran across the grass, and he got to the edge of the lake and he just kept running across the top of the water — the producer having thoughtfully provided a kind of walkway an inch beneath the water. And you could see and you could hear the plish, plash as he ran away from you across the top of the lake, until the gloom enveloped him and he disappeared from your view. And as he did so, from the further shore, a firework rocket was ignited, and it went whoosh into the air, and high up there it burst into lots of sparks, and all the sparks went out, and he had gone. "When you look up the stage directions, it says, 'Exit Ariel.”
November 30, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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lukesteuber.com
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Offit told me that Kennedy is a "liar" and a "terrible human being." I asked him to explain. "It doesn't matter what I say," Offit said. "He thinks the medical journals are in the pocket of the industry, he thinks that the government is in the pocket of the industry, he thinks I'm in the pocket of industry, and he's wrong." Offit continued: "If he has data showing he's right, then fucking publish it. He can't, because he doesn't have those data." I asked Offit if he saw a way to reverse the public's rising distrust in science. "I don't think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost," he said.
December 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
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buddyyakov.bsky.social
The whole thing about American right wing politics is its lumpen and petite bourgeois.
November 30, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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chrisbataille.bsky.social
China has gone from 52% plug in EV sales in the summer to 59% in October. That’s the very steep part of the diffusion S curve right there. Also, the NEV requirement in 2025 is 48% - they are ahead of their target.
November 30, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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andrewskeets.bsky.social
"Anti-woke" is just seeking license to be an asshole.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d
Tim Walz: "Trump is like, 'this is language policing. You guys are woke.' Many times it's just about being decent to people and making them feel included. You can use that word, sure. But you shouldn't. And that's something that Donald Trump fails to realize."
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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sanho.bsky.social
Exactly 80 years ago this precise moment (8:40am Hamburg time, Nov. 30, 1945), German submarine commander Heinz-Wilhelm Eck and two of his former subordinates on the U-852 were shot by Allies in Hamburg for killing the survivors of a ship they had sunk. Pete Hagueseth needs to lawyer up immediately.
The Peleus War Crimes Trial
After sinking the Greek steamer Peleus in 1944, the captain ordered his crew to attack the survivors, three sailors survived and faced their attackers in a war crime trial.
www.usni.org
November 30, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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maxberger.bsky.social
I feel like one of the most underrated explanations for what's happening right now in global politics is that almost everyone has lost their minds.
November 30, 2025 at 2:59 AM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
Yes, Jared Diamond was wrong.

Rapa Nui's people did not suffer ecological and social collapse. They adapted to changed circumstances and thrived.

And they were nothing like "primitive"

phys.org/news/2025-11...
Studies show how the giant statues on Rapa Nui were made and moved—and what caused the island's deforestation
Rapa Nui, also known as Easter Island, is often portrayed in popular culture as an enigma. The rationale is clear: The tiny, remote island in the Pacific features nearly 1,000 enormous statues—the moa...
phys.org
November 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM