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Understand consent, my friends. Governments govern by the consent of the governed. Consent should not be given thoughtlessly.
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True here, too. When staff complain about recent government changes, I help where I can. However, often the best advice I can give is, "Vote accordingly".
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Neat!
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Petra Michaela
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A tree is an entire city. A single old tree sustains and shelters hundreds of speciesābirds, bats, insects, fungi, and lichens. The deadwood of old trees alone supports nearly 1,500 species of beetles.
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The UAE is storing solar electricity as heat inside molten salt at 565 degrees ā generating power through the night without burning a single molecule of gas. Photovoltaic for daytime baseload, concentrated solar thermal for evening and night dispatch, battery storage for rapid response
#ActOnClimate
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I remember my first patient with terminal cancer. We always remember the first one. She was far too young. That was cervical cancer. There was no vaccine then. There is now.
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6 days ago
Sign the petition: Keep Conservation Land in Public Ownership
action.greens.org.nz/protect_cons...
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Keep Conservation Land in Public Ownership
https://action.greens.org.nz/protect_conservation_land?recruiter_id=4548879
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Abilu Tangwa.
6 days ago
Every mile your food travels adds to the climate crisis. When you buy from local farmers, you cut transportation emissions dramatically, keep money circulating in your community, and get produce at peak freshness. Small switch. Massive impact. Be the change at the checkout. šŖ
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It's getting harder to sell alcohol here, too, and I think that's brilliant. We lost a loved one to alcoholism. I'm relieved that it is no longer as dominant at every social event.
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Foxes
9 days ago
The thing about universal free prescriptions is that yes people who can afford to pay get their script free to but the salient point is that those who canāt afford to pay for their script never miss out on medicine
#NZPol
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10 days ago
Back to universal zero-charge prescriptions, which bring noticeable health improvements and reduce admin.
#NzPol
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Labour vows to bring back universal free prescriptions if elected
Labour is promising to reinstate universal free prescriptions if it wins the November election, adding it to the list of promises to be funded by a Capital Gains Tax.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/politics/598587/labour-vows-to-bring-back-universal-free-prescriptions-if-elected
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Prediction: RNZ media watch will be interesting this morning.
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Why don't we value NZ ownership more? I find this so puzzling.
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Abilu Tangwa.
11 days ago
'When the last tree is cut down, the last fish eaten, and the last stream poisoned, you will realize that you cannot eat money.' This isn't just a warning; it's a prediction of a preventable future. Our economy exists within our ecology, not the other way around.
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Huia Sue
13 days ago
Govt asks NZers to weigh in on a powerful new
#conservation
rulebook before Parliament has decided whether it should exist.
#NCPS
could shape decisions re public conservation land for years-yet the law that would create it is still making its way through Parliament
open.substack.com/pub/melanien...
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Interesting for non-Americans who see disturbing echoes of all this in their own politics, too.
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This is not okay!
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Good point.
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Abilu Tangwa.
12 days ago
Mother Earth is literally choking on greenhouse gases, yet humanity is still busy with the very activities driving us toward extinction. Climate change isnāt a future problemāitās happening right now. Over the next 7 days, letās unpack how we got here and how we fix it. š
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39, and the stock market has responded every time? Hmmm. š¤
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Tom Nichols
14 days ago
We also delve into the Platner issue, among many others
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Abilu Tangwa.
14 days ago
We call ourselves "intelligent," yet the humblest fungus can decompose waste and build soil, a tree can harness solar energy, and a wetland can purify waterāall without toxic byproducts. True intelligence is learning from these systems, not bulldozing them.
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Christopher Webb
21 days ago
Data centers donāt just magically appear. Texas didnāt become the data center capital by accident. They go where politicians offer billion-dollar tax breaks, cheap power, weak regulations, and a giant welcome mat. If weāre serious about fighting these projects, follow the incentives.
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Abilu Tangwa.
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This isnāt a debate between ādevelopmentā& āconservation.ā Itās a war between short-term greed and long-term survival. Our forests arenāt luxury green spaces,they are life-support systems. Destroy them,& we destroy the air we breathe,the water we drink,& the climate
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Abilu Tangwa.
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š The arrogance of humanity in our pursuit of development often blinds us to the consequences of our actions. We must recognize that our planet is fragile and requires our respect and care.
#Sustainability
#EarthCare
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Nearly half of the data centers intended for 2026 have already been delayed or canceled. Keep the pressure on. It's making a difference!
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There used to be some fabulous trees in town that always generated a breeze somehow. Of all the trees around, they cooled the air most. I'm pleased someone is studying these things now. Source: The Conversation
share.google/htOw75RbGTOW...
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Trees and greenery can cool cities by as much as 18°C ā but only if theyāre the right type
A new study has shown that more vegetation is not automatically better.
https://share.google/htOw75RbGTOWlEN2n
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Blue Oleta
27 days ago
There are these data centers that use minimal amounts of electricity and don't need millions of gallons of water, to cool them. They're called libraries.
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Huia Sue
27 days ago
Fantastic šā¤ļøLabour will 'never change' New Zealand's nuclear-free status, Hipkins says -neither will Greens!
#NuclearFreeNZ
#nzpol
#PartyVoteGreen
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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Labour will ānever changeā New Zealandās nuclear-free status, Hipkins says
Chris Hipkins said the National Party is putting New Zealandās nuclear-free status āat riskā after Defence Minister Chris Penk said we should have āa conversationā about it.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360986288/nz-should-have-conversation-about-its-nuclear-stance-minister-says
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Chaosways
29 days ago
AI *will* make mistakes
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This is our home. We have no place else to go. We must protect it at all costs. I will never understand why this idea is so hard for anyone. You will not live forever. Let me tell you something: I will go down fighting for her if I have to. For my children and grandchildren.
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#NZpol
It'll enable *more efficient nastiness*. It'll enable f'ers to do EVEN MORE of what *they ALREADY DO a lot of*: dick people around, then blame the "system" when MSD haven't done their side of it but the system has locked staff out now, so HOW SAD NEVER MIND BENEFICIARY, you'll have to WAIT!
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Government uses Budget urgency to pass bill allowing the automation of welfare decisions
The Government is paving the way for automated decision-making within the social security system.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360985822/government-uses-budget-urgency-pass-bill-allowing-automation-welfare-decisions
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I agree, in terms of some installations I have seen. Read the comments for exceptions and interesting practices.
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aj
about 1 month ago
how did we go from āreduce your carbon footprintā to building data centers everywhere
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David Roberts
about 1 month ago
A decade ago, analysts were calling Spain a cautionary tale. Too much solar, too fast! Today, Spain is rapidly on its way to having the cheapest power in Europe. Maybe this time, solar naysayers will learn... haha, jk, they'll just move the goalposts.
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Spain just became one of Europe's cheapest power markets. Here is how.
How wind and solar quietly pushed gas off the margin, and the wholesale price followed.
https://janrosenow.substack.com/p/spain-just-became-one-of-europes?triedRedirect=true
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UK is approaching an energy milestone that would have seemed impossible during the Industrial Revolution
#OffshoreWind
has become one of Britainās strongest energy advantages due to favorable coastal conditions. Massive offshore installations now generate electricity at utility scale
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Mitchell Volk
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Well holy crap. Erin Brockovich (yes, the same one the led the Hinkley, CA toxic groundwater lawsuit in ā93) launched a website tracking AI data centers across the US and the ecological impacts to the environment and drinking water. MN is riddled with them.
www.brockovichdatacenter.com
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Chise
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The study has been published in Science. YES, it is PEER-REVIEWED. ā¢
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
NOTE: THIS IS PRECLINICAL. š§Ŗš§µā¬ļø
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Chise
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GOOD NEWS! Researchers at Stanford University have developed a UNIVERSAL vaccine known as GLA-3M-052-LS+OVA, that protects against a wide range of respiratory viruses, bacteria AND even allergens. The vaccine is delivered intranasally AND provides broad protection in the lungs for several MONTHS.
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Goodbye to seasonal viruses as we know them: the first universal vaccine against respiratory infections and allergies is now closer than ever
Scientists are getting closer to a universal nasal vaccine that could protect against respiratory viruses, bacteria and even allergies
https://www.ecoticias.com/en/goodbye-to-seasonal-viruses-as-we-know-them-the-first-universal-vaccine-against-respiratory-infections-and-allergies-is-now-closer-than-ever/30485/
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Huia Sue
about 1 month ago
#Rainforests
pushed to breaking point by greed for resources, report says minerals, biofuels & pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil & logging, analysis finds
#ProtectNature
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Rainforests pushed to breaking point by new demands for resources, report says
Need for minerals, biofuels and pulp adding to pressures from ranching, monocrops, oil and logging, analysis finds
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/may/20/rainforests-pushed-to-breaking-point-by-new-demands-for-resources-report-says?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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Robert Reich
about 2 months ago
Residents in Fayette County, Georgia noticed their water pressure was unusually low. Turns out that a data center 20 miles away had been drawing 30 million gallons of water in secret through connections the county didn't know existed. Is it any wonder why so many are opposed to data centers?
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Huia Sue
about 2 months ago
Coalition Govt move to change
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law 'outrageousā:
#NZ
RW government will pass a law preventing polluting companies from being sued by NZers over
#climatechange
damage they have caused
#nzpol
#BigOil
#Fonterra
www.odt.co.nz/business/cli...
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about 2 months ago
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Danielle, Petty Hate Machine
about 2 months ago
"National will run on raising super age immediately after the election" how is this man still Prime Minister
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Ms Hooper
about 2 months ago
AoNz has one of the highest youth suicide rates in OECD countries,&high rates of bullying. āItās all very well to say, hereās some self-care, but if youāre in a school where bullying in a variety of forms is very prominent and you donāt feel safe, self-care is really blaming the victim,ā
#nzpol
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New school curriculum cuts mention of āmental healthā
The Ministry of Education received 3800 submissions during the consultation period for draft curriculums, which closed last month.
https://newsroom.co.nz/2026/05/06/draft-curriculum-cuts-mention-of-mental-health/?utm_source=Newsroom&utm_campaign=c51a979e5e-Daily_Briefing+07.05.2026&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_71de5c4b35-c51a979e5e-576118555&mc_cid=c51a979e5e&mc_eid=acdd2b9390
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Hayley
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In summary: ā⦠they will purge the agencies that enforce accountability, they will rewrite the law so that they are no longer breaking it⦠and if they are clever, they will eliminate any structural protections you had before the majority realizes the extent of the damage.ā - Sarah Kendzior
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Broadcasting Standards Authority to be scrapped
The minister says if people don't like what's being broadcast, they can "just turn it off" instead of formally complaining.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/594400/broadcasting-standards-authority-to-be-scrapped
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