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@sharonm.bsky.social
Climate change and equal rights for all. Down to one cat.
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"Trade policy must become central to the decarbonisation effort. It is one of the strongest levers available to foster a form of globalisation that rewards those who commit and penalises those who cling to fossil fuels." - @laurencetubiana.bsky.social
#COP30
www.ft.com/content/d846...
#COP30
www.ft.com/content/d846...
Trade policy is central to the green transition
Governments must address the fact that imported ‘embodied’ emissions make up a large portion of their carbon footprints
www.ft.com
Damned right.
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#artadventcalendar Day 8. I’ve nicknamed this one “All Barns go to Heaven”. An amazing night of aurora over a barn at the end of its days in Alberta.
December 9, 2025 at 12:44 AM
#artadventcalendar Day 8. I’ve nicknamed this one “All Barns go to Heaven”. An amazing night of aurora over a barn at the end of its days in Alberta.
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Family carers of disabled New Zealanders eligible for minimum wage, after another 7 years in court.
Landmark win: Supreme Court backs disabled family carers as homeworkers
Christine Fleming said she was "thrilled" with the court's unanimous decision.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 9, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Family carers of disabled New Zealanders eligible for minimum wage, after another 7 years in court.
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfukityfuck
December 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Fuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfuckfukityfuck
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NZ's 12 weeks of school holidays being one of the highest in the OECD is wrong: www.oecd.org/content/dam/... "The total length of school vacations averages around 14 weeks per year, ranging from less than 11 weeks in Costa Rica and Denmark to 17 weeks in Greece, Latvia and Lithuania."
www.oecd.org
December 8, 2025 at 2:51 AM
NZ's 12 weeks of school holidays being one of the highest in the OECD is wrong: www.oecd.org/content/dam/... "The total length of school vacations averages around 14 weeks per year, ranging from less than 11 weeks in Costa Rica and Denmark to 17 weeks in Greece, Latvia and Lithuania."
Here, have a deceased feline for Christmas. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Are we still in holiday mode until March?’ Simon Bridges also questions the long summer break
The summer shutdown is coming but should the Kiwi summer holiday still stay sacrosanct?
www.stuff.co.nz
December 8, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Here, have a deceased feline for Christmas. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Police helicopter can fuck off.
December 7, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Police helicopter can fuck off.
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Dadvent calendar - photo of a dad and a piece of advice behind every tab
Ladvent - photos of nights out on the town in Rotherham
Cadvent - photos of Tinder swindlers
Sadvent - one tragic story per day
Ladvent - photos of nights out on the town in Rotherham
Cadvent - photos of Tinder swindlers
Sadvent - one tragic story per day
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Dadvent calendar - photo of a dad and a piece of advice behind every tab
Ladvent - photos of nights out on the town in Rotherham
Cadvent - photos of Tinder swindlers
Sadvent - one tragic story per day
Ladvent - photos of nights out on the town in Rotherham
Cadvent - photos of Tinder swindlers
Sadvent - one tragic story per day
Skypainters at work tonight
December 7, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Skypainters at work tonight
OK group mind, please tell me what to wear to a son’s graduation in another city? Is formal dress for all, or what?
Flying there and back same day.
Flying there and back same day.
December 6, 2025 at 11:43 PM
OK group mind, please tell me what to wear to a son’s graduation in another city? Is formal dress for all, or what?
Flying there and back same day.
Flying there and back same day.
Fourth stretch of the day upcoming. Achy back plus post covid shot blah must go soon
December 6, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Fourth stretch of the day upcoming. Achy back plus post covid shot blah must go soon
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For fucks sake, we are on the back of a global pandemic, with more waiting in the wings, we l8ve in a natural disaster prone country, and Maori have worse health outcomes across the country.
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
The staff cuts will see reductions to emergency management, pandemic preparedness and Māori health.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 5:08 AM
For fucks sake, we are on the back of a global pandemic, with more waiting in the wings, we l8ve in a natural disaster prone country, and Maori have worse health outcomes across the country.
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
What the fuck is wrong with these fucking idiots?
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Pantone picked "Landlord White" as the color of the year
December 6, 2025 at 2:37 AM
Pantone picked "Landlord White" as the color of the year
What I will say to you is air circulator beats fan
December 6, 2025 at 4:37 AM
What I will say to you is air circulator beats fan
Luxon in a nutshell
Glib business cliches aside and that fact that I doubt he listens to advice from anyone. What this essentially means he doesn’t give a shit what the average voter thinks or wants. He’s not in this to improve anyone’s lot but his.
December 5, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Luxon in a nutshell
Appalling
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
National Public Health Service faces job cuts to emergency management, pandemic preparedness, Māori health
The staff cuts will see reductions to emergency management, pandemic preparedness and Māori health.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Appalling
You forgot the part where probiotics in pills are nuked by stomach acids. Just spend a bit more on eating a variety of minimally processed plant foods every day. www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/36...
Are you feeding your gut right? Here’s what an expert says
A naturopath explains how stress impacts your gut and what you can do about it.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM
You forgot the part where probiotics in pills are nuked by stomach acids. Just spend a bit more on eating a variety of minimally processed plant foods every day. www.stuff.co.nz/wellbeing/36...
Get to it. Amazing building for the time they were built, but they did not last well. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
‘Lead paint’ and ‘asbestos’: University rejects proposal to restore ‘ugly’ and ‘dangerous’ flats
Victoria University of Wellington said a plan by architects to restore a block of “ugly” and “dangerous” flats is not financially viable.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 5, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Get to it. Amazing building for the time they were built, but they did not last well. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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Here’s this week’s 'Hoon' podcast, incl me chatting with Cathrine Dyer & Jessica Palairet about NZ’s climate change policy back-tracking, and me talking with Terry Baucher about the IRD’s plan to tax SME loans to shareholders as dividends. Applies to $29 billion lent to 119,000 shareholders. #nzpol
The Weekly Hoon: Govt's climate change mask drops
Bernard Hickey talks with Cathrine Dyer & Jessica Palairet about Govt backsliding on Paris & rejection of Climate Commission advice; Terry Baucher details IRD's big new tax plan as Govt revenues sag
thekaka.substack.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Here’s this week’s 'Hoon' podcast, incl me chatting with Cathrine Dyer & Jessica Palairet about NZ’s climate change policy back-tracking, and me talking with Terry Baucher about the IRD’s plan to tax SME loans to shareholders as dividends. Applies to $29 billion lent to 119,000 shareholders. #nzpol
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I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read.
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
December 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
I've taken the paywall off this eulogy I wrote for my magical, mysterious ex-stray cat George - who died last year - in case anybody would like a read.
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
It was very, very hard to write but I think it might be my favourite thing I’ve ever written about cats.
www.tom-cox.com/lots-of-peop...
Why pump hydro as a first resort when mass solar would ease the power pain fast?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/03/w...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/03/w...
Why mine, minister, when you can cut power bills?
Resources Minister Shane Jones is reminded of the short-term and ongoing benefits of an ambitious pumped hydro project
newsroom.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Why pump hydro as a first resort when mass solar would ease the power pain fast?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/03/w...
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/03/w...
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I am far more concerned to find that Christ’s College somehow has it’s own private cricket pitch in Hagley Park.
How did that get approved??? www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
How did that get approved??? www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
Christ’s College complains over ‘sexualised slur’ about schoolboys in cricket commentary
The TVNZ cricket commentator called boys from a Christchurch college “syrup suckers” on live television.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I am far more concerned to find that Christ’s College somehow has it’s own private cricket pitch in Hagley Park.
How did that get approved??? www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
How did that get approved??? www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
It’s like this whole government is trying to fuck the economy so badly that everything except houses for people to live in can be bought in the fire sale. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government finances worse than expected as tax take falls
Treasury says the overall financial outlook is mixed, continuing trends from recent months.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 4, 2025 at 4:41 AM
It’s like this whole government is trying to fuck the economy so badly that everything except houses for people to live in can be bought in the fire sale. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Yes it's quite astonishing that removing tons of cash from the economy while fucking up massive infrastructure investments while gutting pay equity while systematically disempowering local communities while wilfully inciting nationwide racial divisions could have such a surprisingly negative impact.
December 3, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Yes it's quite astonishing that removing tons of cash from the economy while fucking up massive infrastructure investments while gutting pay equity while systematically disempowering local communities while wilfully inciting nationwide racial divisions could have such a surprisingly negative impact.
Any doubt the climate deniers are in power in this country must be put to rest.
How about @stuff.co.nz covering it?
How about @stuff.co.nz covering it?
Scoop: A trove of briefings and Cabinet documents released under the OIA reveals the Govt was advised its new methane target is only consistent with warming of 2-2.7C (and possibly up to 4.5C).
Climate scientists have said 2.7C would represent 'unprecedented peril'.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/04/g...
Climate scientists have said 2.7C would represent 'unprecedented peril'.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/12/04/g...
Govt warned new methane target aligned with 'catastrophic' warming
Newly released documents reveal the Govt's new methane target is associated with 2.7C of warming – a level labelled 'catastrophic' by the UN.
newsroom.co.nz
December 3, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Any doubt the climate deniers are in power in this country must be put to rest.
How about @stuff.co.nz covering it?
How about @stuff.co.nz covering it?