BYD and CATL are going to be punching each other in the face over who has the best and cheapest battery for the next decade or two

Roofers finished up on the apartment roof (top right). I put the second coat on the old gully lounge long run to match the new stuff. Project completed.

$700 for last gasp upgrade on my AM4 system or no? Currently on a 3700x

Driver aids done badly & intrusively will just force people to deactivate them all the time and make things less safe :/ I know these need to be on by default from the factory for NCAP etc but give some options of permanently quieten or suppress them

We have *3* 7 seater family EVs that can do 0-100 in under 5 seconds on sale at the moment at ~$150k I'm not sure why but they would be absolutely hilarious for a weekend

The work we did with kākāpō is now not possible because the govt has said that our funding should go to science that makes money. Members of our current govt have said that if an endangered species is in the way of a mine or a new road then it’s goodbye #nzpol peterkdearden.substack.com/p/on-kakapo

1972: 5,700 people unemployed, population of 2,862,631* = 0.19% 2026: 163,000 people unemployed, population of 5,361,300 = 3.04% A fifteen-fold higher unemployment rate? Surely if this is what The Market demands, then The Market has totally failed. And those who accept it have failed us too.

June is the worst month for solar, panels at the wrong angle and short days Even then we're close to half our use (if you ignore charging the car..)

Our property is living proof that this is correct - 15 solar panels and an 8.5kw battery - Looking to add 5 more (to better get the afternoon sun and feed back to the grid at peak rates) - Next will be replacing reticulated gas for hot water and cooking

I think we should start measuring government programmes in Hayden Donnell's 'metres of roading'. Lowering the age of bowel cancer screening to 45? 5 metres of road. A year of Three Waters? 63 metres of road. Reading recovery? 13mm of road.

saw this question posed, checked the map, immediately burst out laughing

#nzpol 🇳🇿 admiration for this guy!

DYING to block young people from the internet and require age verification tech across all platforms. But not DYING to develop online safety regulations that would actually help change online environments for the better. Let's talk about what Luxon had to say 🧵 #nzpol

Homes could save $3k a year by electrifying EV, solar + storage, switching heating and cooking from gas etc #nzpol evsandbeyond.co.nz/electrifying...

The entire Mediterranean sea is +5c!?!

Half of our homes are not warm enough www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

"1,300 deaths from heat, lets pic an image that shows people outside standing round in full sun..." www.bbc.com/news/article...

OK listened to this and had to go back and re-listen to BH&R They've always been a heavily produced rich sounding band but this new one is the poster child for over produced compressed to irrelevance made for radio bullshit, migth be ok over the air (I mean who?) but via headphones its just painful

We have 87% renewable power in NZ why are we paying so much and increasingly more for our electricity ? Also,unrelated news, gentailer record profits.. #nzpol

I just don't get this whole deal with the "we need to be less polarised!" Their ideas are dumb and mean and don't work and I am happy to say so, with data to back it up. Sorry if it hurts their feelings I guess?

Chris Luxon briefly become preferred Prime Minister by 99% across a single statement with "We're going to die ... trying to get something done"

OK giving this a go this morning , mixed bsky reviews so far tidal.com/album/534934...

How much does normalcy bias affect media reporting? Here is a chart of global sea-surface temperatures (SSTs) from 1982 to 2026 with the years 2023, 2024 and 2025 omitted. As of June 27th, global SSTs have set 26 daily record highs in a row. Media? Is there anybody out there?

None of this is about protecting children

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'3 waters is woke!' It seems a ute cant even cope with urban NZ these days www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

IT keeps coming back to corporate greed All the ills and problems with the worlds.. corporate greed Climate - corporate greed War - corporate greed Living crisis - corporate greed Health - corporate greed

RECORD YEAR: 2025 was the biggest year ever for renewables. A record 692 GW was added, mostly solar. More importantly, non-fossil sources generated 43% of the world's electricity and fossil generation fell. More in Bright Spots: open.substack.com/pub/janrosen...

We fired all the people that knew shit and put grok in charge of designing cars... Ooops

Stolen from #Facebook #nzpol

Oppressive corporate drone office space in 1999 Can only dream of that in modern offices #NewZealand has rules on space for pigs but not humans

Live from the hydration break:

Make PT free and all of these problems go away #NZPol

We're really hitting the "Finding Out" stage of climate change, and still there are many who deny its existence🤦🏻‍♂️ #kikorangi

‘PV panels significantly lowered indoor temperatures during daytime…maximum reduction of ~2.3 C (4.1F) during critical afternoon heat stress period (14:00–16:00)…modules installed parallel to roof slope, 0.10 m ventilated air gap between panels & roof surface, covered 60% of south-facing roof area’

Cape Verde, man.. what??

Seems like the war thats been won 43 times and ended 58 times is, in fact, not over

Ima just mention home solar/storage provides domestic resilience that a $3bn LNG terminal just fucking cannot #NewZealand cant put our eggs in one basket with the climate shitfest on the way

Look what popped up on my LinkedIn feed today ! “We see the potential…” 😂 🙄

gosh socceroos squeeze though

Wait Chris does the right thing?? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Polestar sold less than 6k cars in USA in 2025 this wont move the needle much but its more political posturing from a country rapidly heading backwards evsandbeyond.co.nz/polestar-bar...

I still see this pop up from time to time Car parks cost 3x putting solar in fields We have plenty of both Both benefit

One for the solar doesnt work at night crowd

Its almost like they dont care, you will be paying one way or another

Solutions to all the world's problems #cartoon

NZ - cant fail climate targets if you sack all the stats and science people!

Welp, election year and climate-related disasters are wrecking havoc up and down the country and across the globe, guess I’ll go check the various parties’ mitigation and preparedness policies, which no doubt they all want to promote heavily right now… just the Greens? Really? #nzpol

CCS is a scam, always has been, its a distraction used by those wanting to continue profiting from fossil fuels

Bootcamps have another quitter but this time its a professional Psychologist... www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...