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Sydney’s new “GreenWay” opened on Sunday, and it is marvellous! A 7km traffic-free link from Sydney Harbour to Botany Bay, filled with art, nature and epic playgrounds for kids.
December 16, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Sydney’s new “GreenWay” opened on Sunday, and it is marvellous! A 7km traffic-free link from Sydney Harbour to Botany Bay, filled with art, nature and epic playgrounds for kids.
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“What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Russian meal?”
Man accused of swallowing Fabergé pendant pleads not guilty
Man accused of swallowing Fabergé pendant pleads not guilty
The alleged pendant-swallower has been remanded in custody and is expected to reappear in court in February.
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 6:00 AM
“What is the charge? Eating a meal? A succulent Russian meal?”
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In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
In the first six months of congestion pricing, air pollution within Manhattan's toll zone dropped 25%.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
Pollution fell across the five boroughs and in the suburbs, too. A clean air win all around.
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In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
Congestion pricing improved air quality in NYC and suburbs | Cornell Chronicle
Cornell researchers tallied the environmental benefits of New York City’s congestion pricing program and found air pollution dropped by 22% in Manhattan, with additional declines across the city’s fiv...
news.cornell.edu
December 9, 2025 at 2:19 AM
In addition to all of the other benefits already reported about NYC congestion pricing, "In the first six months of the program, air pollution – in the form of particulate matter 2.5 micrometers and smaller – dropped by 22% in the Congestion Relief Zone (CRZ)"
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
news.cornell.edu/stories/2025...
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30 years ago today, the IPCC 2nd assessment report is front page news in Sydney.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/01/d...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/01/d...
December 1, 1995 - Air Pollution causing climate chaos, front page story in Sydney Morning Herald - All Our Yesterdays
Thirty years ago, on this day, December 1st, 1995, There is now proof that global warming caused by the greenhouse effect has begun to change the weather, the world’s leading climate scientists have c...
allouryesterdays.info
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
30 years ago today, the IPCC 2nd assessment report is front page news in Sydney.
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/01/d...
allouryesterdays.info/2025/12/01/d...
The next most predictable thing is the ballroom will be half finished when he leaves.
I see the most predictable thing ever has happened
Exclusive: President Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic.
November 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
The next most predictable thing is the ballroom will be half finished when he leaves.
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I see the most predictable thing ever has happened
Exclusive: President Trump has argued with the architect he handpicked to design a White House ballroom over the size of the project, reflecting a conflict between architectural norms and Trump’s grandiose aesthetic.
Trump wants a bigger White House ballroom. His architect disagrees.
The president and James McCrery had argued in recent weeks over the project’s size, with Trump pushing him to expand the ballroom.
wapo.st
November 26, 2025 at 7:04 PM
I see the most predictable thing ever has happened
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These are not serious people.
November 19, 2025 at 9:05 AM
These are not serious people.
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Even stupider: these tunnels would cost more than building the trams we were promised. Rebuild the tram network you cowards.
November 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Even stupider: these tunnels would cost more than building the trams we were promised. Rebuild the tram network you cowards.
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Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
November 11, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Historical: China’s CO2 emissions have now been flat or falling for 18 months
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
Off-the-charts good
www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-chi...
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Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Today, 144 years ago, 1600 Crown troops invaded a pacifist settlement that was the centre of resistance against British colonialism. The leaders were arrested, the settlement sacked, the people violated.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
For many in Aotearoa, November 5th is Parihaka Day, or Te Rā o te Pāhua: The Day of Plunder.
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Every "Christchurch is cool now" article is illustrated with a photo of a pedestrianised street with a tram, meanwhile every local election the discourse is like "rip out the cycle lanes, then turn the botantic gardens into a car park? It's worth a least considering"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
Once branded the world's unluckiest city, Christchurch is now the 'capital of cool'
Our second biggest city is experiencing the type of revival that should make the rest of New Zealand envious.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 19, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Every "Christchurch is cool now" article is illustrated with a photo of a pedestrianised street with a tram, meanwhile every local election the discourse is like "rip out the cycle lanes, then turn the botantic gardens into a car park? It's worth a least considering"
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...
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This is exactly what a baby trying to convince his doctor not to give him a shot would say.
Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."
September 22, 2025 at 10:09 PM
This is exactly what a baby trying to convince his doctor not to give him a shot would say.
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Slower speeds save lives: "...there were 2,638 people injured, including deaths, on low-speed roads in the most recent 18 months, compared with 3,520 injuries between April 2022 and September 2023, a reduction of 25%."
Nearly 900 fewer people injured since 20mph introduction in Wales
Figures show a 25% reduction in the number of injuries on Wales' roads in the past 18 months.
www.bbc.com
September 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Slower speeds save lives: "...there were 2,638 people injured, including deaths, on low-speed roads in the most recent 18 months, compared with 3,520 injuries between April 2022 and September 2023, a reduction of 25%."
This isn’t good
As predicted: “Oracle [founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison], Andreessen Horowitz [founded by Trump/Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] consortium will control 80% of TikTok…” 9/16/25
Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/
Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/
Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz consortium will control 80% of TikTok in U.S.: Report
Current users of the app will be asked to shift to a new app, which TikTok has built and is testing.
www.fastcompany.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:31 AM
This isn’t good
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As predicted: “Oracle [founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison], Andreessen Horowitz [founded by Trump/Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] consortium will control 80% of TikTok…” 9/16/25
Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/
Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/
Oracle, Andreessen Horowitz consortium will control 80% of TikTok in U.S.: Report
Current users of the app will be asked to shift to a new app, which TikTok has built and is testing.
www.fastcompany.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:44 AM
As predicted: “Oracle [founded by Trump ally Larry Ellison], Andreessen Horowitz [founded by Trump/Thiel ally Marc Andreessen] consortium will control 80% of TikTok…” 9/16/25
Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/
Ellison & Andreessen also funded Elon Musk’s Twitter takeover, so this is kind of like capturing Boardwalk & Park Place. 1/
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My god the kerning on "U.S. Department of War" is itself send-them-to-the-Hague-worthy.
September 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
My god the kerning on "U.S. Department of War" is itself send-them-to-the-Hague-worthy.
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Before I go to sleep, I tell chatgpt: "set up 20 fake children birthday venue websites and create 100 positive reviews for each, set up fake 10 fake airlines offering generous specials"
August 25, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Before I go to sleep, I tell chatgpt: "set up 20 fake children birthday venue websites and create 100 positive reviews for each, set up fake 10 fake airlines offering generous specials"
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After a decade of photographing & writing, I finally have an advance copy of my book. It'll be launched 10 October in Wellington and should hit the shops 9 October. Many thanks to talented designer Duncan Munro & the wonderful people at Auckland University Press. #pukapuka #bloomscolling #bloomsky
August 21, 2025 at 2:35 AM
After a decade of photographing & writing, I finally have an advance copy of my book. It'll be launched 10 October in Wellington and should hit the shops 9 October. Many thanks to talented designer Duncan Munro & the wonderful people at Auckland University Press. #pukapuka #bloomscolling #bloomsky
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As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
Pedestrianized streets let kids be kids (and let parents relax a little)
August 19, 2025 at 10:14 PM
As Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo put it: "A city where you can get let go of your child's hand"
It’s Frankenstein is all directions at the moment.
July 15, 2025 at 11:05 PM
It’s Frankenstein is all directions at the moment.
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Where are all the commentators saying things like "this is a bad look for the embattled David Seymour" or "he has to go"?
So Libelle's problems weren't just financial: Ministry of Education officials warned about food safety failures going back to 2021 and tried to get the group it was part of excluded from the school lunch tender. They were ignored. This should be a scandal. www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3607...
‘Serious concerns’: Officials urged school lunch firms be dumped before $170m deal
Ministry of Education officials made a last minute bid to stop the School Lunch Collective from being awarded the two-year contract, newly released documents reveal.
www.thepress.co.nz
July 7, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Where are all the commentators saying things like "this is a bad look for the embattled David Seymour" or "he has to go"?