Canada seeks to ban social media accounts for children under 16, joining growing global effort #SocialMediaBan www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

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Listen up rural NZ - this is tomorrow - plenty in here for us too. Remember to register. #agsky #renewables

‘The datacentre has approval to consume 280 megawatts, roughly the same as Wellington or Christchurch.' AI is guzzling energy, and you’re using it – whether or not you realise #energysky #datacentres newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/10/a...

Come work at @aucklanduni.bsky.social on space (hardware, or astrophysics, or both) -- assistant prof (US) / lecturer (UK/AU/NZ) jobs.smartrecruiters.com/TheUniversit...

Pak 'N Save 'Death by Chicken' burger recalled over safety concerns

Aussie star calls out $130k prize money disparity at tennis tournament: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-09/priscilla-hon-libema-open-prize-money/106778074

My latest article for EG Magazine is all about how AoNZ is finding better ways to prepare for – and respond to – landslides, and it features interviews with four genuinely fascinating engineers. No paywall! ⚛️🧪 www.engineeringnz.org/news-insight...

Poignant read. 'Use your name to raise awareness' JRR Tolkien's great-grandson told his brother before motor neurone disease took his life at 39. There’s a Hole in My Bucket - Doc Edge Festival. Director Royd Tolkien present 25 June at The Capitol Cinema #Tolkien #Weta www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

Trial: Vehicle-to-grid: Electric school buses will be used as batteries to supply power to the grid during peak evening hours over the holiday period. #renewables #energysky #V2X www.canarymedia.com/articles/ev-...

#agsky #energysky #renewables

Excellent: Likely to be plenty in here that will apply to rural NZ as well. #agsky #energysky #renewables

#agsky #Australia #ClimateResilientAgriculture

More warning bells. Anthropic calls for pause of global #AI development www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

Comment of the day 😂 newsroom.co.nz/2026/06/04/h...

The EU's foreign policy service is pushing to sanction four Chinese companies it accuses of supporting Russia's war against Ukraine, according to documents seen by POLITICO. The move is likely to feed into rising tensions between Brussels and Beijing. 🔗 www.politico.eu/article/chin...

I remember when virroa mite arrived. Suddenly there was a huge number of moths swarming flowers in my garden at night. It was kinda weird - didn’t connect the dots for a while. Bees excel at pollinating but they are not the only insects that are capable for commercial growers.

Well, this will brighten up your day 😬 ‘If anyone builds it, everyone dies’: The terrifying warning from AI experts #AI www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...

Computer science professor Te Taka Keegan says local resources must be taken into account if New Zealand allows further AI infrastructure to be developed here. "We shouldn't be treating them as any other large-scale development." The real-world cost of #AI www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

Great story. I read music and this is awesome to me. 😘 Audience member called on to stage to finish La La Land performance www.rnz.co.nz/life/culture...

#journalism 😳

New Zealand testing of Elon Musk's Starshield 'significant', US expert says #spacesky #starlink #Starshield #LEO www.rnz.co.nz/news/science...

We asked Google AI about big tobacco. Its answer was missing some controversial history. www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/5...

According to the story it broke free under its own steam and didn’t get any help. But good that its ok. Southern Right Whale freed after being tangled in a cray pot line www.rnz.co.nz/news/environ...

Cartoon by Steve Breen

Lid-lifting Kiwi author forced to sit in silence at writers' festival #HayFestival #Carelesspeople #Meta www.rnz.co.nz/life/books/l...

Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia's energy transition #AI #DataCentres www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05...

Great to see He’s gone now but my uncle Graham who farmed just down the road from the lake would have loved this. A long time bush walker and conservationist, he always lamented the state of the lake The 'radical' plan to clean up Northland's Lake Ōmāpere #conservation www.rnz.co.nz/news/regions...

Good read - goes into the science a bit. Three #Ebola #vaccines in development amid growing outbreak fears www.bbc.com/news/article...

🧐🐄 Northsouth Livestock agents William and Kathryn Reid accused of false NAIT records after cows vanish #agsky #NAIT www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/crime/nor...

How batteries transformed Australia’s power grid (in one year) #energysky #Australia #batteries #renewables www.afr.com/policy/energ...

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Bloody gorgeous Ken. 🥰

Interesting thread and conversation. #CopyrightLaws

This is fascinating stuff. I’d love to understand how it works. Is there a map or something that has where the very old compasses etc are around the country? Ngāti Rangi unveils star compass to teach next generation of astronomers #astronomy #StarCompass #Spacesky www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/596...

Tiny tax change could drive major electric vehicle uptake #EV #renewables #energysky www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Had to look up what #OzzyManReviews are … pretty funny.😁 #agsky #energysky #renewables #solar

Oscar-winning #StarWars editor Marcia Lucas dies at 80 www.stuff.co.nz/culture/3609...

Some really interesting/funny remarks in these comments, especially around Katie Macks about what types of “media" to engage with as a scientist or expert in your field. #ConspiracyTheorists

How my brother went from liberal Hollywood actor to manosphere 'messiah' www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good writeup. Exploding rocket casts doubts over Nasa's Moon plans #space #moon #BlueOrigin #Nasa www.bbc.com/news/article...

Brilliant 👏 Ardern documentary 'Prime Minister' wins Emmy Award www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...

Yikes… Blue Origin's New Glenn just blew up at LC-36 while attempting to Static Fire ahead of NG-4.

#Starlink #RuralBroadband #agsky #SpaceX

#Solar #renewables #Spain #energysky

Judge rejects billionaire #JimGrenon’s bid to stop media reporting #journalism www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

McCain Foods declines Hawke's Bay mayors' request to pause factory closure #agsky www.rnz.co.nz/news/busines...

Recent events remind me of how my great uncle, Sir William Pickering saw missions to land on the moon. Offered an amazing choice-the Mars or moon programme-he chose Mars. As a kid I couldn’t understand not picking the moon! ‘Mars is about science, the moon is about politics’ was his quiet response

NZ wireless internet provider warns of Starlink's rural broadband monopoly risk

American Airlines picks SpaceX’s Starlink for in-flight Wi-Fi on more than 500 planes www.cnbc.com/2026/05/26/a...