Kids around the world can cope with multilingualism but not New Zealand kids apparently- this is truly the government of dumbing things down

Whales are the only form of energy from which the world has transitioned. 🥲

Wait staff at the dumpling place just said 'sorry your order will be an extra 10 mins the chef just stepped out' and now life is an episode of Bluey

The 'random junk people have dumped in the community garden' leveled up over the weekend. This one isn't going to fit in my hard rubbish pile.

Fonterra have literally said that they have no social responsibility to New Zealand, so imho NZ has no responsibility to give them another cent. Here’s a list of Fonterra brands to boycott. * Anchor * Fresh & Fruity * Kapiti * Mainland * Mammoth * Perfect Italiano Fuck em. #nzpol

Fun little drain garden outside Coburg Leisure Centre - I see drain gardens being taken out a lot now - without regular specialized maintenance they don't work as intended. Often the maintenance requirements weren't understood at install and are too much for the owners.

Very sad about the death of John Englart last week. Chihuahua's for Climate Action was brilliant and he will be very much missed in the Merri-Bek activist community.

The Mackintosh font is very Glasgow. A bit random for industrial Melbourne.

Just casually helping the kids clean their room and now I have questions. Who's hand is this? We don't know. Where is the rest of them? No idea.

The Bunnings barista is always really nice to me but I'm too scared to ask him for oat milk iny coffee

Just had a excellent convo with the youth on the till at the supermarket who is studying astrophysics and geospatial modelling. Talked very quickly about applications for local govt while scanning the million packets of yoghurt crackers that is all the 6 year old will eat for breakfast.

Finally got around to watching Heston's bipolar documentary. Heart breaking - if you know anyone with bipolar you should watch it. I'm type 2 so I don't see much of myself in his highschool - but watching him struggle with the impact of the meds is so real to me

From Tim Lenton, an Exeter colleague: "The climate science community [has] tended to concentrate on what’s the most likely thing to happen, but the more important question is: what’s the worst thing that could happen?" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

There's a possum tail and a couple of bits of fur on the nature strip. No sign of the rest of the possum. What would do that? Powerful Owl?

Someone left this old energy monitor for me at work. They found it in the shed. Would have been peak tech in its time - it's still got the original price tag on - $264 AUD. You can get a reasonable equivalent of this for $40 AUD now.

What do we think? Very large house mouse? Forgot my banana for scale - not Antechinus because tail too long. Suburban Melbourne

So we've confirmed @artistaffame.bsky.social and Isabelle Truong from @antipovertycentre.org along with Emma Bacon from @swelteringcities.bsky.social for a session on the exclusion of people in poverty from climate movements. See it live? events.humanitix.com/antipoverty-...

Waiting for the bus with someone wearing the Peter Baker Dr Who scarf. Made my morning

And yet they are about to approve an extension to a massive fossil fuel project in WA. #auspol

I'm pretty sure this is the exo-skeleton of a case moth caterpillar. Google lens keeps trying to convince me it's the exo-skeleton of a mantis shrimp - despite noting I am many kms in toand. I guess a bin chicken back from holidays could have dropped a shrimp? Pretty sure I win this one google

Going to the Dentist isn't so bad when you can walk there up the creek.

Goats are perfect for blackberry control on slopes. There isn't actually any goats in this picture - they didn't seem to be there this morning - having a long lie in?

Interesting choice to drive this big SUV/Ute thingy around with the company's commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2030 plastered all over.

A guided spotlighting trip with Harry! This would be a fantastic outing - money to an important cause.

Adelaide peeps - During this terrible drought, we are seeing a lot of dead trees. Flinders Uni is collecting reports of tree dieback. So, if you spot a dead or dying street tree, take a photo and report it here ... qualtrics.flinders.edu.au/jfe/form/SV_...

Very disappointed at the news in Melbourne with no additional funding for Greenline. Yes it was an expensive project, but transformative urban projects that retrofit nature into badly designed concrete public space are expensive. Being costly doesn't mean not worthwhile

Milk crate gardens feel like a Aussie thing

As Peter Dutton announces a Coalition government would scrap tax breaks for people who buy electric vehicles, we are calling for him to scrap the ridiculous tax break for people who buy big utes. MEDIA RELEASE:

That's a fantastic looking greenroof on that bus stop.

They do a nice green bus stop in Paris too.

Trying to explain to the Scottish whanau that yes - the Easter Bilby is based on a real animal, and no I didn't just make the word 'Bilby' up.

I love trees that thrive in hostile environments.

The green roof at the Scottish Parliament is still going strong. Once again a turf roof. If you look closely you can see a gorse bush growing over the side which I'm sure wasn't in the original planting pallet. It's a decent size which makes me wonder if they decided to leave it?

Built in the late 18th century or early 19th century, the Gollachy Ice House has a turf roof. Ice from local ponds was stored in it and used by the fishermen to keep the salmon catch cool before transporting to market. The turf roof is in excellent condition

The world is fast approaching temperature levels where insurers will no longer be able to offer cover for many climate risks, said Günther Thallinger, on the board of Allianz SE, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies.

There's a caterpillar in my herb buffet

Same

There's a few things going on here - I suspect no irrigation and the jasmine growing up the back is failing, as well as aggressive cutting back of the grasses. I bet this looked amazing as a detailed design drawing, but handed over to someone who doesn't understand the maintenance requirements

Absolutely stunning wasp nest. Yes they are evil but they build amazing structures 🐝

Bit of a 'scorched earth' approach to weed control being taken by the Council along Rani's patch on the Upfield Urban Forrest. Will be interesting to see what comes back after all that weed killer

Morning mist on the Merri. Beautiful day.

The Federal government, state government and Melbourne Airport have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to commence delivery of the Airport Rail Link project but would not confirm a completion date.

I really like the urban arbour tram stop project by Yarra Trams. I do wonder if the hardenbergia will get dense enough to offer much protection. I've got a very dense hardenbergia arch in my garden but it has a much bigger soil volume for root development. Used in a mix like this with traditional

There is a cat on my tram and it doesn't seem to be loving it

Garden going hard with this warm weather 🥬🌱🌶️

Out letterboxing for @purplepingers.bsky.social earlier today. Had an interaction with some dude who I'm pretty sure confused socialism with communism and was very pro army. It's wild who you meet in the back streets of Melbourn's inner north.

I think it's worth noting this wall is opposite an infamous brothel.

There's a famous warehouse sharing housing (squat) near us that backs onto an unfenced railway line. After a couple of years of near misses with trains and people crossing the rails immediately behind the warehouse the train drivers would honk when approaching the warehouse.