Sir, a second bird is at the feeder

In Belgium, employees receive compensation for every kilometre they ride, with some cyclists earning up to €810 per year. And why not? Biking saves public money for everyone. “All employees in Belgium who cycle to work are entitled to a bicycle allowance of €0.28 per kilometre of their commute.”

Cherry Blossoms 🌸 Sakura Season in Japan 🇯🇵

As a Strayan, this one always gets me.

The greatest headline of all time was when Inverness Caledonian Thistle had a shock victory against Glasgow Celtic: SUPER CALEY GO BALLISTIC, CELTIC ARE ATROCIOUS

Good to hear today it'll be LNG out and Lake Onslow in - hopefully. It would be good if the Government saw the sense in this without needing a war in the middle east. open.substack.com/pub/reidbash...

"The shift we have so long needed to make is now the obvious and necessary one. The economic case, the security case and the climate case are all now lined up for us. And we are extraordinarily well-placed for it, with sun, wind and water..." open.substack.com/pub/subslack...

Some of the small spot illustrations by Eric Fraser that accompanied the Radio Times magazine’s weekly listings for the BBC’s 1981 radio adaptation of Tolkein’s “The Lord Of The Rings”.

Happy Sunday with a reminder of the lovely things humans are capable of.

Here’s some positive science news: researchers at MIT have shown that messenger RNA can activate a biological pathway that triggers the immune system to attack tumors. news.mit.edu/2025/turning...

Remember how when it was in opposition the govt kept saying how Jacinda was only good as a crisis leader & not a manger? Well right now I’d like to see more crisis leadership & a lot less managerialism frankly #nzpol #supplyChains #fuel #RuralIsolation #electrification #renewables #leadership

♫ psycho killer, cat cassette ♫

An essential read for anyone in #nz - the fuel crisis is far, far worse than the govt is letting on energyandresilience.substack.com/p/every-coun...

“the Earth is warming due to human activities, this warming is already responsible for human suffering, and it can be stopped through human action.“

Would be such an obvious thing for the government to do, subsidise public transport. But no... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

#kakapo chick Gale-A3-2026 during a health check at Gale's nest on Pukenui/Anchor Island. A week old, it's growing fast, putting on about 25% of its body weight per day. Tracking chicks' weight is one of our key measures of health assessment. #kakapo2026 #conservation #birds

"Control over resources is the driving force of politics. Democracy, at the moment, is the lightshow played on the castle walls." One for @ledbydonkeys.org! 😉

Killing in the Name, the canonical version

winter nelis pears, painted by bertha heiges, 1899

Just going to add here that electrify’s Black e-bike brand is really good value. If you’ve been horrified by people talking about their e-bike that cost the same as a car, rest assured: a good all-purpose commuter bike for $2,500ish is absolutely a thing 🙌 electrify.nz/collections/...

Farmers complaining in the media about rising diesel costs but no journo brave enough to ask “what steps have you taken in the last 5 years to reduce your dependence on fossil fuels?” I for one would like to hear the answer.

Oh shit you guys we got a multiverse bleedthrough

Bring back rail... www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

“Luxon’s government quietly abandoned the target to lift total spending to 2 percent of GDP. It has also substantially cut public investment in research and development.” Like Prof Boston, I’ve suggested research is “a long-term driver of good for the country” – an investment worth making. 1/2

Read this article, then come to the Reality of Everything Symposium. anuncommonland.substack.com/p/the-govern...

You know what to do

Exactly. Floods, coastal inundation, droughts, all the things we are actively making worse by a complete lack of #climateaction We all need backing against these "acts of god" newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/27/n...

Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the ’60s and ’70s, dies at age 86

No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Voyager 1 is currently more than 24 billion kilometres from Earth and getting 17km farther every second and hilariously it is not as out of touch with New Zealand as our Prime Minister

"God, what would you give for a proper vision this election, arrestingly offered?" Thanks again @davidslack.bsky.social subslack.substack.com/p/just-fill-...

when people talk about AI used in moderation of social media posts, you must remember there is always the human-in-the-loop, often a woman, often in the Global South, always dehumanised and forgotten 1/n www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

The Sunday Poem, by Cliff Fell newsroom.co.nz/2026/02/22/t... A beautiful poem...

TVNZ news tonight: -Ōtorohanga under water, mayor near tears -citizens discuss self-reliance as East Coast braces for risky weather on the 3rd anniversary of Cyclone Gabrielle (in which 15 people died) -Cook Strait ferry sailings cancelled due to rough swells And that’s just the first 10 minutes

You can't... repeal... a scientific finding. At that point it's just called lying about it.

Three more #kakapo nests found on Pukenui/Anchor Island yesterday. Here's Konini with her two eggs. We have found nests for 26 out of the 36 adult females on the island, with more to come in the next few days. It's a big year! #conservation #kakapo2026 A

Short, to the point, angry: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Excellent article from the reporting team at Stuff. www.thepost.co.nz/nz-news/3609...

"As reported [by] the Italian Civil Protection Department, more than 500 mm of rainfall were recorded... A particularly significant feature is the 72h accumulated rainfall, with values up to 2.5–3.5 times the Jan monthly Avg & equivalent to 40–45% of the mean annual precipitation total" #Climate

“We use the word ‘regenerative’ because ‘less destructive’ doesn’t sell.” substack.com/inbox/post/1...

Today I will be sharing a series of strange animal facts, in the hopes of confusing the demons or brightening your day. I will not be looking most of them up beyond the first line.

open.substack.com/pub/yeehawth... More work by the New Zealand cartoonist Daniel Vernon, whose work I often repost.

"But everything suggests that, once more, what will not be addressed at their meeting is the biggest threat to humanity and the planet: neoliberal capitalism." #NZPOL

"If we design cities that make parenting easier, we design cities that make living easier for everyone." A great article by my colleague Mirjam Schindler, and Dr Eva Neely. newsroom.co.nz/2026/01/20/w...

"there are two paths for our future: either we will witness global societal collapse, or we will radically change the way we organise our societies." Global collapse here we come then..? www.theguardian.com/global/2026/...

Córy Doctorow with another verbal bullseye: pluralistic.net/2026/01/13/n...

When talking about climate, I’m now starting with: “Everyone makes their own decisions about climate action, but I'm walking, cycling, taking the bus/train/metro, avoiding unnecessary air travel, & not overeating or wasting food." I follow up with: “What are your choices for reducing CO2 output?"

"In fact, extreme heat kills more Australians than all other natural hazards combined." www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...