Gil Greening
@gilgreen.bsky.social
retired scientist, kiwi in Oz - Ngunnawal Country, avatar from Iceland, aurora australis from sister in Dunedin.
Mostly just a lazy reposter.
Mostly just a lazy reposter.
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It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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November 27, 2025 at 12:32 AM
It's the last day of parliament and I am all out of fucks to give:
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
Party that refused to properly negotiate on laws now bitching about laws they refused to negotiate properly on live.thepoint.com.au/2025/11/the-...
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Narrators voice.
Alas, the approval of 80 more fossil fuel projects sitting on Albaneses desk , has fixed the future of Australian Labor and Liberals, RIP the duopoly. RIP earth.
Alas, the approval of 80 more fossil fuel projects sitting on Albaneses desk , has fixed the future of Australian Labor and Liberals, RIP the duopoly. RIP earth.
The Australian government claims it will meet its 2030 emissions target almost entirely due to an assumption that it will meet its renewable energy target.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
This is an input to the projection, not an output.
It's honestly very hard to see how this will happen.
November 27, 2025 at 3:21 AM
Narrators voice.
Alas, the approval of 80 more fossil fuel projects sitting on Albaneses desk , has fixed the future of Australian Labor and Liberals, RIP the duopoly. RIP earth.
Alas, the approval of 80 more fossil fuel projects sitting on Albaneses desk , has fixed the future of Australian Labor and Liberals, RIP the duopoly. RIP earth.
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As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
November 27, 2025 at 12:36 AM
As Craig Renney revealed to a shocked Dr Gary Payinda, Te Whatu Ora underspent its wages budget by $500m which has been signed off by Willis & returned to general coffers. Let that sink in. The money was there, but they deliberately underspent. On orders?
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#NZpol
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Wellington Hospitals waiting up to six months for Health NZ approval to recruit
Data obtained under the Official Information Act shows 219 recruitment requests took more than two months to be approved, 91 waited more than 20 weeks, and 45 roles applied for in March were still vac...
www.rnz.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#NZpol
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
Absolutely unacceptable given rising unemployment overall + losing plane after plane of good people offshore!
PSA's Fleur Fitzsimons:
"These figures show that delays in recruitment are a deliberate cost-saving tactic, driven by the government's failure to fund the health system properly."
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Had to click out of a Census consultation about the new admin Census cos too depressing to watch the sad faces of StatsNZ explaining the ins and outs of how they will be producing something with poorer data quality than before
November 27, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Had to click out of a Census consultation about the new admin Census cos too depressing to watch the sad faces of StatsNZ explaining the ins and outs of how they will be producing something with poorer data quality than before
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Every month or so, I get a charming form letter from Te Whatu Ora reminding me how long I've been on the waiting list for a consult with an opthamology specialist to perhaps schedule eye surgery. Fifteen months and no end in sight.
Pardon my Anglo-Saxon, but fuck these shitheads. #nzpol
Pardon my Anglo-Saxon, but fuck these shitheads. #nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Every month or so, I get a charming form letter from Te Whatu Ora reminding me how long I've been on the waiting list for a consult with an opthamology specialist to perhaps schedule eye surgery. Fifteen months and no end in sight.
Pardon my Anglo-Saxon, but fuck these shitheads. #nzpol
Pardon my Anglo-Saxon, but fuck these shitheads. #nzpol
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A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:13 AM
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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If any other political party pulled what Nats have on Kiwisaver this week and the comments on the regulatory standards bill, they would have been raked over the coals given their history. No one would have made it out alive from the news cycle.
November 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
If any other political party pulled what Nats have on Kiwisaver this week and the comments on the regulatory standards bill, they would have been raked over the coals given their history. No one would have made it out alive from the news cycle.
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That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
That means that if we'd followed the 2023 policy track, we could have avoided over $1 billion in offshore mitigation to meet New Zealand's 2030 Paris Agreement NDC (>20Mt at say ~$NZ50/t). /ends
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The projections from 2023 are shown here (green dashed line): a rapid reduction in emissions was projected, with the gap to the NDC only 58Mt... 26Mt better than now projected. 4/-
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
The projections from 2023 are shown here (green dashed line): a rapid reduction in emissions was projected, with the gap to the NDC only 58Mt... 26Mt better than now projected. 4/-
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This graph below shows the latest 2025 government projection for net emissions from planned policies (WAM scenario, blue), and the 84Mt gap between that and New Zealand's 2021-30 Paris Agreement NDC (red). This part is alarming, but not new. 2/-
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
This graph below shows the latest 2025 government projection for net emissions from planned policies (WAM scenario, blue), and the 84Mt gap between that and New Zealand's 2021-30 Paris Agreement NDC (red). This part is alarming, but not new. 2/-
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As New Zealand Minister Hon. Simon Watts heads to #COP30, here's some remarkable new information from an Official Information Act response I received today. 1/-
November 13, 2025 at 7:35 AM
As New Zealand Minister Hon. Simon Watts heads to #COP30, here's some remarkable new information from an Official Information Act response I received today. 1/-
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Image is from the current exhibition at the Chch City Art Gallery: Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises ("A landmark exhibition bringing together the ten Ngāi Tahu land sale purchase deeds.")
November 27, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Image is from the current exhibition at the Chch City Art Gallery: Kā Whakatauraki: The Promises ("A landmark exhibition bringing together the ten Ngāi Tahu land sale purchase deeds.")
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Who knew about this? The areas marked "Kahore I Hokona" (=never sold) are land for which there are no purchase agreements by colonial companies. The land was simply taken from Kai Tahu. You'll notice it includes all the Otago Lakes with their pricey real estate. Totally stolen land. #kikorangi
November 27, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Who knew about this? The areas marked "Kahore I Hokona" (=never sold) are land for which there are no purchase agreements by colonial companies. The land was simply taken from Kai Tahu. You'll notice it includes all the Otago Lakes with their pricey real estate. Totally stolen land. #kikorangi
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All I can say is ... still getting "ripped off, underpaid, sold second hand, that's how it goes playing in a band" ... (I know, my late mother played backing guitar for Little River Band, I have her guitar which I play, poorly).
I think Acca Dacca knew some things ...
youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...
I think Acca Dacca knew some things ...
youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...
AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top [Official Music Video], Full HD (Remaster, Resync and Upscale)
YouTube video by Enhanced Music Videos
youtu.be
November 27, 2025 at 3:14 AM
All I can say is ... still getting "ripped off, underpaid, sold second hand, that's how it goes playing in a band" ... (I know, my late mother played backing guitar for Little River Band, I have her guitar which I play, poorly).
I think Acca Dacca knew some things ...
youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...
I think Acca Dacca knew some things ...
youtu.be/g-qkY2yj4_A?...
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Today is AusMusic T-Shirt Day, which raises money for Support Act, because support for Australian music is in such decline that it needs a charity to help.
Read Morgan Harrington’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read Morgan Harrington’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 27, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Today is AusMusic T-Shirt Day, which raises money for Support Act, because support for Australian music is in such decline that it needs a charity to help.
Read Morgan Harrington’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Read Morgan Harrington’s full op-ed on The Point: thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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If you weren't already convinced of what complict scum our entire political class is
November 27, 2025 at 3:06 AM
If you weren't already convinced of what complict scum our entire political class is
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Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
November 26, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Have we reached peak dysfunction?! The NACC handed $1.1M to MA Services - the firm running a Nauru security operation linked with the Finks bikie gang. They're also guarding the ACIC who are literally tasked with taking down bikie gangs🤯
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"I have searched..for honest political representation on climate change & a regenerative vision for watersheds. Instead, I’ve found politicians..who have been prepared to deny the reality of climate change..Now those politicians have voted to abandon..net zero"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Ditching net zero abandons Aussie farmers like me
When politicians say they’re against net zero, they’re willing to let their constituents suffer record-breaking floods, droughts and heat.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
"I have searched..for honest political representation on climate change & a regenerative vision for watersheds. Instead, I’ve found politicians..who have been prepared to deny the reality of climate change..Now those politicians have voted to abandon..net zero"
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
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It really feels like tech-industry leadership is trying to delude the public into believing that AI-generated everything is already Here when it's not
“Lots of games are using AI chatbots for NPCs, this is fine.”
Where. Who. Which ones.
It’s certainly not the majority of games and even if it was, it would still be incredibly shitty.
Where. Who. Which ones.
It’s certainly not the majority of games and even if it was, it would still be incredibly shitty.
November 27, 2025 at 3:22 AM
It really feels like tech-industry leadership is trying to delude the public into believing that AI-generated everything is already Here when it's not
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Adani have formally dropped their 5 1/2 year SLAPP court action against Ben Pennings.
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
November 26, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Adani have formally dropped their 5 1/2 year SLAPP court action against Ben Pennings.
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
To end the case, Ben proposed a very minor restriction to his political freedom.
20,000+ Australians donated $1.2m for Ben’s legal fund.
#StopAdani #auspol #SLAPP
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People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
November 26, 2025 at 11:30 PM
People will die, and are currently dying, because RFK was granted one of the most powerful megaphones in the country. Two people who could have thrown barriers in front of his climb decided not to; there's a sex scandal here but it is not the biggest scandal.
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“The government refused to include climate considerations in the act”
Bugger.
Bugger.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 AM
“The government refused to include climate considerations in the act”
Bugger.
Bugger.
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The conservative movement is part corporate counterrevolution and part hate movement.
SCOOP: The Trump administration has instructed employees and grantees not to use U.S. funds to commemorate World AIDS Day — because the observance was started by the World Health Organization.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/26/h...
Trump Administration Cancels U.S. Observance of World AIDS Day
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The conservative movement is part corporate counterrevolution and part hate movement.