Yes, all this! And let’s get writing and talking to our MPs.

Did an interview with bFM on #climatechange and health - thanks Sara Mckoy and the bFM team! 95bfm.com/bcast/climat...

Record high ocean temperatures continued across the North Pacific in October 2025, with recent warming really amplifying since the early 2000s. This graph shows the average for a band across the midlatitudes for every October from 1854-2025 using NOAA ERSSTv5 data (psl.noaa.gov/data/gridded...).

It would be nice to see a bit more incredulity about AI generally.

This is a criminal government. Vote these clowns out & we can start from scratch in a year's time. Sigh. newsroom.co.nz/2025/11/07/g...

they are destroying US climate science on purpose, and it hurts my heart. but take it from an MIT-trained nerdass: all most of us need to know is that we have to stop burning stuff stop burning stuff for heat stop burning stuff for make car go stop burning stuff for power we have the tools

I was a climate reporter I got so tired of writing the same 3 paragraphs different ways in every single story it boils down to: stop burning stuff yes, it matters yes, us here, us too

NZ’s climate law to change – Expert Reaction

What is going on with this government? www.rnz.co.nz/news/thedeta...

I'm really looking forward to Catherine Knight's talk on her book "An Uncommon Land", at the Paraparaumu Boating Club, Tuesday 11 November from 6:30. Register at www.kapiticoast.govt.nz/do-it-online...

What AI hype, its hour come at last, slouches towards LinkedIn to produce statistically average thought leadership pieces.

You might have seen that Siouxsie won her legal battle against the UoA, but even after the damages were awarded she ended up massively out of pocket. So she's asking for help - There's been lots of support already, which is cool to see - Siouxsie deserves it! www.pledgeme.co.nz/projects/852...

Spread the word: Labour's CGT is a simple, targeted tax on residential & commercial property to fund 3 free doctor's visits for every Kiwi. The family home is exempt. Farms are exempt. KiwiSaver is exempt. Businesses are exempt. Nine in 10 Kiwis will not pay a dollar on any property they own #nzpol

Global methane action pays for itself at least six times over And for fans of GHG metrics: "[...] Lastly, although the best basis for comparing methane and CO2 abatement should be relative social costs, we have found that the convention of using GWP100 is a reasonable approximation."

This is just mind-bendingly wrong-headed. ‘Let’s just adapt, tech will save us’ has always been a reckless strategy, but as evidence mounts that natural carbon sinks are failing it really does start to sink into a form of climate denialism. www.newsweek.com/bill-gates-d...

Rising heat killing one person a minute worldwide, major climate report reveals - The biggest analysis yet finds millions are dying each year due to the failure to tackle global heating @lancetcountdown.bsky.social #climatecrisis Story by me www.theguardian.com/environment/...

But hey, all good #climatechange is a big con. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings

We’re spending all our money on roads that suck

Two months to Christmas (yesterday), Labour Weekend, time to start on the 2025 Xmas cakes.

Is it a critical mineral or a Tolkien invention? Take the Guardian’s quiz https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/24/critical-mineral-or-tolkien-invention-quiz

Thank unions for this long weekend …actually, thank unions for weekends. Period. It’s always a good time to join a union union.org.nz/find-your-un... Unions are collectives of workers but you can join as a solidarity member to support the work they do. #nzpol

It's tea towel pre-order time! This round is open until Sunday, and now is the time to order for guaranteed delivery in early December. PS if you're sneaky and order four, a coupon will magically be applied to your cart, saving you $15! ($35 each becomes $125 for the 4). It repeats if you order 8!

You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

A sometimes overlooked but very siginficant part of the cost of climate events is disruption and lost productivity, rather than direct damage. We see the damaged infrastructure, but what's the economic impact of a good chunk of Wellington taking the day off tomorrow?

Please vote on this, they're doing EVERYTHING they can to turn the public against each other #nzpol

I would laugh if this wasn't so true 😭

most people don't want politics that hurt other people. we just want a long overcoat like david bowie and affordable housing

Yes the CO2 rise 2023-2024 was faster than we predicted at Mauna Loa and was a record rise there - now the WMO confirm the global mean rise was also a record Also the rate of CO2 rise is now above the IPCC scenarios that limit global warming to 1.5C www.carbonbrief.org/met-office-a...

290 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️ Lazulite: - A phosphate mineral - Forms during high grade metamorphism of silica rich rocks - Its name comes from the Arabic word for sky/heaven because of its colour #minerals

"a kind of celebration of ignorance"

On campus at the University of Auckland, 4:58pm on the second to last Friday of term, and the opening chords of this Antipodean anthem float through my office window. As if (ahem) SOME YEARS have not gone by since my own studenthood.

First time I've seen a basic income pilot made permanent and they *always* show this kind of benefit. goes to show what can happen if you actually care about people.

New: Hundreds of thousands of homes are exposed to flood risk, but the Government's new National Adaptation Framework provides no clarity on who will pay to protect, fix or move them as climate change worsens. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/16/l...

Could you pls do an old ex-Art History teacher a solid, sign this petition to save the subject in our schools, and pass it on. These philistines need to hear from you all. Thank you petitions.parliament.nz/a1acf19a-72f...

For @climateconnections.bsky.social today, with the help of @bobkopp.net & @andrewdessler.com's team of 85 climate scientists and the National Academies, I fact checked the EPA/DOE's claim that carbon pollution is good for food production. Spoiler alert: it's not. Article and 🧵 (1/9):

Good Lord!

My recent comments on NZ methane targets summarised here. theconversation.com/a-lack-of-am...

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

A reminder.

""Our trading partners are unlikely to smile on this reduction in ambition," [Renwick] said." – perhaps we'll hear from the EU High Commission in Wellington about this soon

Government engaging in doublespeak on #ClimateAction www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

But let's not too much about methane emission reductions. Go #EconomicGrowth! www.theguardian.com/environment/...

"Survival must come before profit" Hon. Dr Maina Talia #AF2025

An excellent article from Marc Daalder, if you want all the shifty details. newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...

[wearily resetting my giant novelty Days Since Last Hera Lindsay Bird Tweet Moment counter from 05 to 00] #nzpol

If you are fuming about the derailment of climate ambition in AoNZ, how about helping fund an investigation into where this came from 👇

Pretty much.

Holy heck if you only watch one thing, make it this. youtu.be/gbljPQbxtTQ