When in Florida on the fourth Thursday in November

Scientists: have you been the target of an online harassment campaign, doxxing, or weaponized FOIA requests? I'd like to talk to you about steps you had to take to protect your digital security for an upcoming Nature story. (You can be anonymous if necessary.) RTs appreciated.

Government halts new puberty blocker prescriptions – Expert Reaction

For those with an interest in NZ's Open Government Partnership national action planning, feedback is being sought before Nov 28th: www.publicservice.govt.nz/system/open-...

First Artichoke I’ve ever grown myself!!! 😋

I am not yet ready for A New Cat but since Action Kitteh’s passing a couple months it’s become painfully clear that Hattie Cat is my daughter’s cat and her having a cat and me NOT having a cat is bitterly wrong. No shade on my dog but it’s not the same.

Rest in peace, Alice Wong 🕊️ thesicktimes.org/2025/11/15/a...

Grid emergency notice sparked by solar storm

Aurora color guide! What creates the different shades? Different atoms getting "excited" at different altitudes The bright reds are a sign of a particularly intense event

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Feeling pretty chuffed with our tiny garden this spring 🪴

Occasionally on my work laptop a black box pops up with the words "Windows Powershell", and I think "Yes, it probably does."

The power went out for a few hours this afternoon for a large chunk of our neighbourhood and a couple adjacent neighbourhoods… and within an hour the 4G mobile was grinding and flailing with traffic surge I assume- even before kids came home from school and evening peak internet use. 😬

Oof the upcoming trip to the US for family stuff is getting more and more precarious www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/u...

Eating ice cream for dinner watching election coverage

So uh rather than just say: we have community spread of measles, get vaccinated, they’ve created a ‘week’ like, you know, the ‘language week’s we have 🤦‍♀️ fingers crossed this outbreak blows over in a week🤞

Two doses of the MMR vaccine provide 99% of people with protection against measles. Check if you're fully immunised and if not, book with your usual health provider, or lots of pharmacies can do MMR vaccination. Or book online: bookmyvaccine.health.nz

The story you are about to see has been told before. A lot. And now we are going to tell it again. But different. This time, we're bringing Mastodon in for the fun. Sign-ups open on November 10th. Check out secretsanta.nz for more information

Finally with the latest escalation of the measles outbreak in Auckland, I’ve gotten my ‘I really should do that’ MMR because my childhood vaccination is uncertain (had at least one but not sure if two)… if you’re the same and born 1969 and after you can too for free at many pharmacies 💉

"A Māori health coalition is asking those attending the National Primary Schools Kapa Haka competition to take precautions to prevent measles from spreading." www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Calls for ethnical AI, transparency around algorithms, and an independent monitoring body - to protect Māori data. Absolutely 👏 #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

The MMR vaccine is also freely available to most people eligible for public health care in Aotearoa born after 1969 Many chemists even offer it, so no need to have or see a GP info.health.nz/immunisation...

Decided that rather than put in a whole bunch of effort finding out if I ever had a measles vaccine, I’d just get it done. Easy peasy at the pharmacy, and fully funded too! If you have any doubts about your immunity at all, this is a great time to get yourself sorted.

Flooded the bathroom. Again. 🛀🏼 😭 😵‍💫

The European Commission stated on Friday that both Meta & TikTok appear to be violating DSA rules, which require companies to provide researchers with adequate access to public data. Confirmed breaches could result in fines of up to 6% of the company's global revenue. techcrunch.com/2025/10/24/e...

We got new neighbours a few months ago and hooray we’re finally over the phase where Maggie wildly barks at them when she sees them out on the shared driveway ☺️🥹

I'm of the age where we only got 1 dose of measles vaccine at school. Last outbreak we had I went and got much delayed booster. Do consider doing the same if you only had one shot as kid. www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

Action Kitteh’s ashes turned up this morning by courier at exactly the moment I was dialling into a weekly project meeting and new WFH lowlight tbh

Its a once in a [checks notes] twice in a week event

Third summer in this home and finally the passionfruit vine has thrived 💜

Auckland unemployment 10 year record high. Auckland business failures 10 year record high. #backontrack #nzpol

This graph says it all: instead of starting to go down, the *annual increase* of atmospheric CO2 is setting new records. We're making climate change worse at a record rate. Turning this around should be our top priority, and it's not. From: www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...

Your regular reminder that unions represent PEOPLE. They are simply the voice of the PEOPLE they represent. Nothing more. Nothing less. Attack them and you’re attacking the people they represent. It’s pretty simple. #nzpol

do it. pet him. do not be afraid. he has only good intentions. he is a cat, with fur. why not pet him? this is an easy decision. stop overthinking this

Waitomo District Council posted these photos today, saying that the road to recovery will likely take years & cost millions of dollars. We are starting to see the multi-year impacts of climate change induced extreme weather events. We can't socially or financially afford to keep going this way.

"we should not assume that technological revolutions are productivity revolutions. The rate of productivity growth has been in sharp decline since 2003, and today sits where it stood before the widespread adoption of the personal computer" www.techpolicy.press/generative-a...

Hundreds of scientists and global leaders are converging on Christchurch for the world's largest and most influential climate adaptation gathering.

8yo currently reading Charlotte’s Web and she’s getting through it at a fast clip, while stopping regularly to shout “TRAUMA, this book is giving me TRAUMA, I can feel it”

Do we really want 250,000 mirrored satellites in Low Earth Orbit? Hasn't the Starlink megaconstellation already done enough damage? 🧪 @mjibrown.bsky.social

We have truly not yet figured out how to cope with a person or institution that is "aware" of climate change, "accepts the science", but then decides to continue actively worsening it anyway We don't even have a word or a phrase for this! theconversation.com/mark-carneys...

BREAKING: A catastrophic breach has impacted Discord user data including selfies and identity documents uploaded as part of the app’s verification process, email addresses, phone numbers, approximately where the user lives, and much more. 🔗 www.404media.co/the-discord-...

Reading up on this year’s @kawaiicon.bsky.social and (as always) blown away by the amazing programme, good looks, style and obvious enormous care that goes into the event; even free childcare and indoor air quality as part of health and safety… what a Crüe! 🤩

If you'd asked me which celebrity would posthumously unveil a list of people she wanted fired into the sun, I would not have guessed Jane Goodall

I know Air fryer discourse is a bit 2024 but the joy of throwing some potatoes and meat in it for 10-15 min and having a comforting yummy solid meal which just requires a little salad or veg on the side.

I’m having a wave of Big Sads missing Action Kitteh today. *Hattie leaps onto my lap like a grief seeking missile to demand pets.*

This Sago with mango and coconut has least 3 food groups in it and therefore we are declaring it dinner.

They've lost the 9yos

Shoutout to my fellow maskers!

What do you do when the man who said you should have "the living shit beaten out of you" keeps sitting in the front row of candidate events? You make him meet your eye. You make him listen to the gasps of outrage when you say his words outloud. You make him listen to the applause you get.