NZ spy chiefs warn of #extremism risk as teenage boys dominate investigations www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

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What’s in a name? Needed a bit of a break from the war that’s apparently not actually a war at all. Definition of my Welsh name: There were a couple but this one suits me the best. 'Delwyn signifies a person who finds joy and contentment in the beauty of nature.'👍

I sometimes don't really understand how actually believing this stuff isn't recognised as a mental illness.

Former Middle East adviser at the US Department of Defense, Jasmine El-Gamal, has it exactly right.

Inbound flights last week (390) vs now (25). 🛬: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Syria, UAE

Image 1: reasons given for withholding the information I requested on solar from MBIE Image 2: the reason given in the House today by energy minister Simon Watts today These two things are not the same

They trashed and demonized solar energy and now want to come and champion it?! clown show behaviour.

"When FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen FBI agents and staff last week for their role in the classified documents investigation of Donald Trump, he targeted an elite counter espionage unit that investigates threats from foreign adversaries and specializes in Iran..." www.ms.now/news/kash-pa...

Great read - if worrying. I used to do most of my diving at the #PoorKnights - best diving in NZ. Good to see #kina under control but awful for these other critters to get out of hand. Our Changing World: The thorny issue of the long-spined sea urchin #MarineReserve www.rnz.co.nz/news/ourchan...

Lord Peter Ricketts, former head of the Foreign Office: “If you’re going to attack a country you have to show it is in self-defence and that there is some kind of imminent threat. You can’t make that case here…An indifference to international law is dangerous.” www.ft.com/content/b988...

Here is some really interesting regional data from Kristy Hoare - solar alone v’s solar plus batteries. (New Zealand) #agsky #energysky #solar #batteries www.mysolarquotes.co.nz/blog/solar-b...

#Agrivoltaics is also protected cropping as a side note. #agaky

❗️Video footage of the interception of Iranian ballistic missiles by MIM-104 Patriot PAC-3 surface-to-air missile systems at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.

RIP Neil Sedaka This is still a masterpiece youtu.be/qNfY62BbInw?...

Oops. www.npr.org/2026/02/26/n...

Big #solar and #batteries lead march to the grid, but new plans for #wind are piling up. #agskt #energysky reneweconomy.com.au/big-solar-an...

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And people wonder why NZ’s R&D spend is way lower than the rest of the OECD & our productivity is in the toilet. www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...

Consumers are un-mooved by the prospect of US beef hitting Aussie shelves, after a 'beef launch' organised by the US Embassy earlier this week. With some rather colourful comments shared online, it's fair to say Aussie are making their feelings 'herd' 🥩🐮 www.theland.com.au/story/9184472/ #AgSky

Couldn’t agree more. '… animal management staff needed more discretion in how they deal with dogs that attack, including the ability to euthanise unregistered dogs on the spot.' Deadly fight between dogs and cow leaves Northland cabin destroyed #agsky #dogattacks www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

Can’t imagine how labour intensive this would have been. 🧐 Makes me truely appreciate my chainsaw.😬 #agsky #Denmark #agriculture #axes

Good to see so many ag/hort businesses going #solar even if it can’t be categorised properly. Sunshine state: farm solar uptake somewhat cloudy #agsky #energysky www.farmersweekly.co.nz/technology/s...

Nice. The little #etractor that could. Automated tractor co goes trans-Tasman #agsky #energysky #EV www.farmersweekly.co.nz/technology/a...?

#greensky #energysky

'Current estimates suggest that by 2030, several tonnes of spacecraft material will burn up in the upper atmosphere every single day. 'So far, there is no regulatory framework for these emissions, few monitoring options and limited scientific understanding of the likely impacts.' #spacesky

The picture of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor leaving the police station makes me rage

#energysky #greensky

“Our transition to EVs is aimed at ensuring our energy sovereignty,” said Ethiopia’s state minister for transport and logistics. “As a net importer of fuel, we are affected by global supply and price fluctuations. In contrast, EVs use electricity, which we produce locally and can price ourselves.”

Records tumble as nine wind and solar projects, 1 GW of batteries join grid in just three months reneweconomy.com.au/records-tumb...

I like this, but I do kinda favor this one:

More extreme weather more often. What do our leaders think we should do? In a word, not much. My Stuff #cartoon today #NZpol #Climate

Ireland's powerful data protection regulator has launched an investigation into Elon Musk's social media firm X over the wave of sexualized deepfakes generated by its AI tool Grok.

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I think we're now firmly in the era of emergent effects. It's not just about "does the AI do the job", but "what happens when many points of the ecosystem is done by AI". The way these bits interact with each other, with runaway effects that nobody expected/asked for, is upon is.

Can’t put this on production land. No sunlight under the panels - creates a dead zone underneath. The very thing the first solar farms were criticised for - creating ecological wastelands. #agsky #renewables

Some ‘rebel’ farmers have been doing #silvopasture - grazing stock under timber trees for years Spoke to the oldest farmer on #Pouto Pen last week - did it for 40 yrs. Conseq. he never joined #FederatedFarmers as they were “anti" it #Agroforestry takes root #agsky www.thepress.co.nz/rural/360933...

At last! Locals have been calling for this for years. The next thing is to sort out a permanent solution which will likely require legislation with MPI which controls below high tide mark. Two-year ban on taking #shellfish and #seaweed from rockpools north of Auckland www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Agree that blue sky is the new science twitter. Though I still feel like I get a lot more chat on mastodon (though not necessarily as much from other scientists). It probably helps that I'm on the fediscience server there.

What next. #spacesky

How can you revoke facts? 🤷🏼‍♂️

If China's emissions had kept growing at previous levels emissions would like, what, maybe a full GIGATONNE higher....the area of avoided emissions here is like deleting the emissions of entire countries. This is happening at a scale that will very clearly have an effect in lessening disasters

NEGUSE: AG Bondi, that man works for you now, right? The man in that video from J6 yelling 'kill them!' at cops. His name is Jared Wise. BONDI: He does work for us, yes. I believe he was pardoned NEGUSE: And you expect hard-working police officers to believe you take law enforcement seriously?

The flightless #kakapo usually nest underground. Yesterday we found the coolest nest I’ve ever seen: Whetu was 3m above ground in a hollow rata tree. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

Whoa.

Wow. Conservatives are suddenly threatening "states' rights" because it doesn't suit them? You gotta be kidding me. Almost as if states' rights has been a bullshit excuse to mask racism for 165 years!