Wellington. please vote, the city needs you.
According to "Inner-City Wellington" it looks like only around 1 in 5 people have voted! I know you voted, but have you checked on your friends? Link to voting drop box locations.
Maybe a cheeky re-post too.

wellington.govt.nz/your-council...

KĀREAREA WINS BIRD OF THE YEAR!
(and I fortunately had a design of this beauty already cooking...)

Now available for pre-order, this fierce tee for the defenders of nature, non-tolerators of bullshit, and friends of the forest.

Pre-order at pepperraccoon.com

Day 1! Let’s go! #baah

🚨Deadline extended 🚨 Get your abstracts in for the Capital City Complex Systems Symposium 2026 by Tuesday 7 October → forms.gle/vdMooRs2srtz...

#cccss26 #complexsystems 🧪

Excellent article. Yet so many of our educational institutions have an “AI is here to stay” attitude and are acting accordingly 🤷‍♀️

Doctorow on the impending economic collapse when the AI bubble bursts. pluralistic.net/2025/09/27/e...

I'm attempting to raise money to make a limited series podcast looking at how the campaign to get New Zealand to pull out of the Paris climate accords, we've a little over a third of the way toward the goal, can you help make this happen?

www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/861...

We have a project that has been in motion for a LONG time and we are looking to launch for this summer. Between me and my cousins we are launching a cultural eco tours in Wairarapa. If you're interested, let us know via the form below if weekday or weekend tours work for you.

wairarapatours.com

PARODY VS LUNACY

youtu.be/FDiXrd-R68U?...

I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA

10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)

Tonight in Wellington, a panel celebrating Maurice Gee's writing for children features Kate De Goldi, Claire Mabey, Harry Ricketts, Anna Jackson, Tatjana Schaefer and Dr Vivien van Rij, chaired by Emeritus Professor Kathryn Walls.
Floor 12, Rutherford House, Bunny Street, 5.30-7pm - all welcome!

Please know that this is Trump scaremongering.

There is no good scientific evidence linking paracetamol (Tylenol) to autism.

A 2024 Swedish study of 2.4 million births found no relationship whatsoever between exposure to paracetamol in utero & subsequent autism.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

A gift link to @maiasz.bsky.social's op-ed on the RFK-Trump autism debacle. The comments are well worth reading too. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/o...

Call for EOIs for editors, New Zealand Journal of History. Expressions of interest should be received by 31 October 2025.

phanza.org.nz/call-for-eoi...

UN treaty to protect marine diversity in the #HighSeas was struck this week after Morocco and Sierra Leone ratified the agreement, clinching the threshold of at least 60 ratifications needed to enact it as international law www.france24.com/en/live-news...

In a historic first, iwi leaders and unions have united to call for mass mobilisations against the Government on the 28th of October. Rā Whakamana will affirm tino rangatiratanga and workers' rights and mark He Whakaputanga and the first Labour Day in Aotearoa.

My cartoon in today's www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Erica Stanford & her ministry are axing Art History in Aotearoa for senior school students.

This cartoonist wouldn't be the person I am without it. I thank all those who've come before me, who work now, and to future artists.

Māori Wards honour Te Tiriti. They ensure Māori voices are at the council table helping to make better decisions. That makes local democracy fairer, more representative and better for everyone.

Vote to KEEP Māori Wards.

Lovely and thoughtful review of Kings of this World
thespinoff.co.nz/books/13-09-...

If you're sick of this government and this absolute race baiting bullshit and attacks on Māori across the board - vote in your local election and vote to keep Māori wards.

Your council is ONLY having a referendum because this government is forcing them to.

How embarrassing if they all get kept.

My daughter needs a few more survey takers for her Year 13 assignment - it's looking at can musicians make a living off music streaming services in 2025 If you can spare 5 mins it'd be greatly appreciated! bit.ly/46usr1v

The War on climate series at @theconversation.com explores the relationship between climate issues and global conflicts. Have a look!

An authoritative group of #climate scientists have reviewed 5 prominent ideas to #geoengineer the polar regions.

They conclude that these ideas are economically and practically unfeasible, environmentally dangerous & have major governance & ethics issues.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/sci...

🌊🧪

August CO2 and methane data at NOAA just dropped.

The 3-year running average for the rate of CO2 growth continues to increase (now at 7.78 ppm per 3 years), and is nearing an all-time high.

Maybe if we all just hope a bit more, I'm sure that will change everything.