France has endured 35 consecutive days of rain. Here are 3 images that show the impact of the heavy rainfall from space: • Accumulated rainfall (9–18 Feb) • Copernicus Sentinel‑1 radar image (flooded areas in red) • Sentinel‑2 view of the same region Our thoughts are with the communities affected.

“New Zealand hopeful it’s not surrounded by ocean.” Good luck Port Waikato. We’re in this together. Or at least we would be, if the current government demonstrated any leadership. #nzpol

… adherent of austerity and economic ruin strongly suggests that austerity also needs to apply to collective cognitive effort. “let us decide for you”

Analysis: A serious approach to climate adaptation requires reckoning with the grim reality the future holds: more storms, more floods, more heat.

Honestly if NZ parties don’t front up about their plans for climate & basic infrastructure we should be deeply ashamed -NZ has a sewerage crisis in all our major cities, we have flooding & landslides causing loss of life & critical failure s- thinking we can cap rates & manage this, is crazy

black boxes are an anathema.

hype is literally a level of hyperbole that buries what ever small element of truth it is tacitly built on. in most circumstances, AI is not worth it due, in part to: 1. people derive much of their identity from sense making 2. black boxes are an anathema 3. energy (and material) use

“Wellington's sewage spill is just one of many examples of public service and infrastructure enshittification, begun by Roger Douglas and Ruth Richardson, and continued by neoliberal factions across government, business, media, finance, and the public.” - Josh Drummond A must read folks #nzpol

Not 'struggling'. Not 'hard up'. Not 'skipping meals'. *Starving* In Aotearoa. In 2026. This is so immoral and disgusting that opposition parties should be 20 points ahead in the polls by now.

i mean… every city considers itself hot shit. … but wellington may have actually achieved it!

📢 A map by Calypso Science tracks where the Moa Point plant sewage is drifting on the coast. 👉 Latest bot: Bluesky AI Bot Mention me in your post to involve me as your AI bot.

Righto. I've read the papers released by MBIE on the LNG analysis. This will be a longish thread on my thoughts, which I'll add to progressively. Docs are here. 🧵 1/-

FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...

You know, it’s just possible to feel really bad about the violent deaths of Israeli Jews, the genocide in Palestine and the deaths of Australian Jews all while being neither anti-Semitic or Islamophobic. Somehow that has become impossible for the political class.

$?????? millions on a liquefied natural gas terminal that cuts against the actual economics of natural gas instead of just paying for everyone to switch to fucking electricity is probably peak Luxonism. Bad economics, bad infrastructure, bad decision.

Artificially Low Rates, and hocking off to private firms who then do a shit job lead to disaster Investigation complete $5m please

Nothing winds me up more than Luxon and assorted other suits saying we need to be wealthier before we can afford doctors, nurses, water we can swim in etc. Meanwhile wealthier kiwi households have stacked up huge piles of savings (cash, shares, equity etc). The economy works for the few. [🧵 1/n]

confirmed. www.reddit.com/r/crochet/ currently represents some of the year’s best art…

Toitū Te Tiriti

people are saying

the black box has always been the feature. can’t fix harm inflicted on communities if you don’t know the fault.

@maramadavidson.bsky.social says it best: "Stop putting forward your stupid ideas." #nzpol

are these asshats going to be taken to court? are they going to be made to rebid for the contract? will they have to donate millions to create marine sanctuaries all around Te Whanganui-a-Tara? Terawhiti? Turakirae? when will our government(s) realise that our environment is all this country has?

it IS going to be tough for all the businesses affected. BUT, RNZ doing “oh shit the economy!” hot takes on an event that sees millions of litres of human shit pouring into the cook strait is stupid. the whole story is classic hypocritical NZ neolib out-fucking-rageous www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

Vehicle efficiency - Have you every wondered how much energy it takes to drive an EV or fossil fuel car the same distance? I worked out the math so you don't have to. 🧪🔌💡☀️💨💧🔋, A 🧵

"How do you kick these folks in the balls? The balls are the markets. This isn't about ideology, it's about math." 🎯💰💰✅ Galloway on why unsubscribing matters.

if hiding your identity in public (and on record ) gives you the courage to say the right things… do it. (the contemporary mediasphere will ensure their perspective is shared. regardless if it being entered into the official record itself)

It is this same sentiment generating apathy on the left that got National ACT & NZFirst voted into Government in New Zealand & Trump voted into power in USA. VOTE, even if it is just for the least worst option but alway VOTE & always encourage others leaning left to vote. Don't help fascists #nzpol

(1/3) We don't need to hark back to "Judeo-Christian values" or invoke the Enlightenment. We have: -human rights (NZBORA and the HRA) -laws which codify a secular vision of our civil society -constitutional conventions which inform our civil society too -secular practises which provide cohesion

Slane sums it up. Luxon’s lot is leaving us badly exposed.

can this guy stand in November’s election?

have you muted any words or tags on this or any other platform? if those actions are not related to personal safety or previous events in your life… how do you maintain awareness/knowledge of certain news/events if it’s not showing up in a social feed?

“If the Crown were to enter into a backroom deal with the Trump regime for minerals mined in Aotearoa, the memo argued it would breach the principles of rangatiratanga and kāwanatanga, a course of action “antithetical to tikanga, mātauranga and kaitiakitanga”.” You don’t “negotiate” with the mafia.

the views in this piece need to be noted as often as possible. this is not partisan politics, this is the new reality. Aotearoa New Zealand needs to transform and shift its entire material culture… www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa... #climatechange #design

suffice it to say, i’m AI skeptic. however a colleague today gave me a compelling use case: using it to sub edit emails to even out the tone in possibly fraught scenarios. on that note, where to a get a patriarchal mac mini?

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Make Persia Again

… it would be really quite good if MSM in Aotearoa stopped citing US government officials verbatim and without perspective, reflection nor context.

Grok, X’s AI chatbot, is being used to sexualise women, children, and marginalized communities worldwide. Abuse is fast, systematic, & often escapes current laws. What can NZ do? What should NZ do? And what can you do? Check out the info in slides below 👇 (featuring @sanjanah.bsky.social) #nzpol

Chancellor Merz: As of now, in the fourth year of the war, Germany is Kyiv's strongest supporter. And after a ceasefire, Germany will accept responsibility for the security of Ukraine and for the consequences of hostilities.

PM Starmer: Following the ceasefire, the UK and France will establish military hubs across Ukraine.

President Macron: Peace agreements signed by Russia in the last 15 years have all been broken in Moldova, Georgia and Ukraine. Based on that experience, we want to have peace and guarantees.

❗️President Zelenskyy, President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer sign a declaration of intent regarding multinational force deployment in Ukraine in the future.

clearly i’m still stuck in the 2025 doldrums. this scholarship was closed last month. thanks to @curiouskiwi.com for cross checking & my humble apologies for not. thank you all for the retweets.

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POTUS can’t act with impunity if he holds Putin to account. Ukraine (and Gaza) are pretexts for this act against Venezuela. Although, installing a vassal (economic) regime is more likely than any US military occupation.

… aaand: “We will replace the rigidity of rugged individualism… with the warmth of collectivism.” ace.

"We will govern expansively and audaciously. We may not always succeed, but never will we be accused of lacking the courage to try." Boy it would be nice to see more of this energy in politics broadly.