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Climate change and equality for all. Down to one cat. Ōtautahi Aotearoa
Why women live longer than men is a complete mystery. Complete. Mystery.
Nicole Saltesi ☧@nacl.sh · 23h ago
Do any of my NZ pocket friends like to make entomology-related art/merch & would like to sell their crafts at our upcoming NZ Entomological Society conference 1st week September? If so, please get in touch. 🪲 🐞 🪱 🪰 🕷
Cat owners in Aotearoa: looking for paper or wood-based cat litter without chemicals to soothe Fulford’s paws. Also what sort of natural salve can be used?
The fast track has created a dependency on political patronage. Individual businesses can only access the fast track if ministers agree. Coincidentally political party donations linked to fast track applications have ballooned.
“If Spain loses control over Ceuta, the US will likely replace it with a military base, allowing it to conduct its operations against Iran without needing the European pillar of NATO.” 2/2
Geopolitics and Security Studies Center analyst Dionis Cenusa on the Ceuta crisis: “Ceuta is a geopolitical node that today involves the traditional interests of Spain and the emerging interests of the US and Israel related to Iran and the Middle East. 1/
It’s cool that NZF candidates are essentially running CHCH shooter talking points but they are legitimized as “kingmakers” and not ruled out by everyone *before* the election. Nice country we live in.
Hey remember when Winnie went to chat with his friends at the protests in front of parliament that had heaps of violent rhetoric including nooses and burning effigies targeted at other people that weren’t him? www.stuff.co.nz/politics/361...
Winston Peters calls for arrests over mock guillotine protest targeting him
Winston Peters has called for arrests over the mock guillotine protest targeting him, saying police should already be investigating those involved.
stuff.co.nz
Now I list all the flower seeds we have, and see if I can justify buying a whole heap more.
Gaslighting with natural gas: what made the govt fall for the great gas scam? New Substack post today, free for all simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com/p/gaslightin...
Gaslighting with gas
What made the NZ government fall for the great gas scam?
simonwilsonhopetown.substack.com
Encourage every woman you know to enrol and to vote.
Sassy Little Hobbit@sassypolitico.bsky.social · 4d agoI would like to propose a members bill banning male politicians telling us to have babies.
New baby hippo born at Berlin Zoo. Named Brötchen. Which means "little bread roll." You're welcome
A society that vilifies scientists and healthcare workers for trying to save lives is a society determined to destroy itself.
Clacton bin day leaflet, make sure the local Facebook and tiktok groups have a copy
The missing words in the climate conversation are not human-caused climate change, but fossil fuel emissions. By Hayley Fowler and myself: theconversation.com/was-this-hea...
‘Was this heatwave caused by climate change?’ – we’re asking the wrong question
Instead of asking whether climate change caused a heatwave, we should ask how much hotter it became because of fossil fuel emissions.
theconversation.com
This is how diesel dies.
Chris Meder@evcurvefuturist.com · 5d agoBuilt in Europe, Austria's first Chinese electric trucks are rolling off the line at Steyr Automotive. 🔋 621 kWh CATL LFP battery 🚛 Up to 560 km range ⚡ 660 kW dual CCS charging (20–80% in ~38 mins) 💪 941 hp China's EV tech is now becoming part of Europe's industrial base. #Bettrification #EVs
Let’s be clear here, when scientists say mistakes were made at the start of the pandemic, we DO NOT mean that we did too much. We mean not socially distancing quickly enough, not making tests widely available, and not acknowledging COVID is airborne and distributing N95 masks to everyone.
Can now see why The Press is pursuing this story. What was the guy’s previous name? www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
Southern Ballet fallout: Chair’s criminal history at issue; replacement school closes; board relations sour
Other charities have moved to distance themselves from James Pomeroy this week as Nova Dance Academy makes the “heartbreaking” decision to shut less than two weeks after it opened.
thepress.co.nz
Roasting a wedge of crinkly cabbage with lemon is interesting
The only way there would be a snap election this year is if the Nats neared 34%