A country surrounded by the ocean, with active geothermal zones, buffeted by winds and basking in sunshine should not be relying on tanker loads of oil, gas and coal shipped half way across the world to run its energy network.

“Mendonça’s movies are obsessed with history, with how knowing the past can make sense of the present and also with how much the past remains obscure and unknowable.” – Kathryn Reklis on The Secret Agent www.christiancentury.org/screen-time/...

The emo of Lent is more existential than romantic. sojo.net/articles/opi...

Incredible. The people of Minnesota are inspiring a nation.

There are so many moments right now that demonstrate how far through the looking glass we are — and yet the GOP can’t find the courage to stop the Mad King. This will result in a global catastrophe if Trump continues.

"The coffins with three Danish soldiers killed in Helmand, Afghanistan, arriving in Denmark in Dec. 2008." ""Krestine Havemann/Polfoto, via Associated Press" archive.nytimes.com/rendezvous.b...

DEAR FIFA AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND RECENTLY HELD THE LAST FIFA WOMENS WORLD CUP. PLEASE CONSIDER US FOR THE 2026 MENS WORLD CUP WE CAN BRIBE YOU WITH WHITAKERS CHOCOLATE REGARDS

A Double Blue Ocean Event threatens to occur, i.e. Antarctic sea ice approaching a low of one million km² in February 2026 (see image with Antarctic sea ice extent anomaly 2015 through December 12, 2025). An Arctic Blue Ocean Event could follow later in 2026. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2025/12/wild...

Another beautiful haul from #otagofarmersmarket. Enjoying the berries and peaches! #farmersmarkets #dunedinnz

“Have Yourself A Merriam Little Christmas” Merriam, a career-oriented lexicographer from the city, returns to her small town for the holidays and meets Webster, a ruggedly handsome librarian, who shows her the true DEFINITION of Christmas.

NASA Land Only anomaly vs 1880-1980 shows 1.5°C crossed for all months since 2022 (black squares) through Oct 2025. LOWESS 3-year smoothing trend (red line) indicates 2°C crossed in 2022 and 3°C gets crossed in 2029 if this trend continues (dashed extension). arctic-news.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

#FreePalestine #GazaGenocide Original post in Threadreader. threadreaderapp.com/thread/19954... x.com/gianlucamart...

“All of us, prophets included, usually must do it wrong many times before we can do it right.” — Richard Rohr www.christiancentury.org/books/weepin...

Excellent early summer haul from #otagofarmersmarket Salut!

Record high daily temperatures were reached on each day of the period from 12 to 17 October 2025. Anomalies were as high as +4.22°C (versus 1979-2000) on October 14, 2025. The inset shows high polar temperature anomalies versus 1991-2020 on October 17, 2025. arctic-news.blogspot.com/2025/10/anta...

#otagofarmersmarket haul for today. A beautiful spring day! #farmersmarkets #dunedinnz

“I understand that Jews have lived with ethnic oppression for 2,000 years. I need help to understand how many deaths it takes for the current Israeli government to recognize that ethnic oppression can be pursued by more than one side.” – Samuel Wells www.christiancentury.org/voices/dear-...

Another mid-winter haul from #otagofarmersmarket. All the essentials. Yowsa. ☺️

@raynerexplainer.bsky.social thanks for you Dunedin show today. I especially appreciated the homage to my hero Carl Sagan. 🤓

Adventures with borscht

Pozole. Fantastic. With cabbage, carrots, and radishes from #otagofarmersmarket I’ve discovered a yummy Mexican winter soup, with fixings.

Wintertime haul from #otagofarmersmarket. #farmersmarkets #dunedinnz

Ostalgia.

Shostakovich 7th Symphony, at Leipzig Gewandhaus last night.

Protest now at alte Ratshaus

I am enjoying Leipzig, but I’ll be Bach …

Gewandhaus. Gearing up.

En route to Leipzig. Salut!

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., temporarily blocked the Trump administration from further dismantling the Institute of Museum and Library Services!

The average American has 3 friends. Here is an American with 3 friends.

Ate maarie

So you do have to wonder at the stupidity behind the management of this risk multiplier. youtu.be/ame91llKsyc #doomers #wasf #cdc #birdflu #populationcull #pandemic #polycrisis

encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn... Happy Easter, everybody.

Trump is urging GOP lawmakers to defund PBS "immediately". He's not the first right-wing crook to wage war on public broadcasting. Here's what national treasure Fred Rogers told Congress in 1969 when Richard Nixon tried to gut PBS.

The top 7 donors in the 2024 election — all GOP — gave a combined $1B to buy Trump a second term. It's a gigantic amount of money in total — but it's just pocket change to them. We must get Big Money out of politics. No one from either party should be able to buy an election.

Good to have such a comprehensive response and set of facts on record - fantastic piece by the folks voer at @papa.org.nz thespinoff.co.nz/politics/28-...

If you accept that non-citizens have no right to due process, you are accepting that citizens have no right to due process. All the government has to do is claim that you are not a citizen; without due process you have no chance to prove the contrary.

When scholars of authoritarianism and fascism leave U.S. universities because of the deteriorating political situation here, we should really worry.

Says it all really, doesn’t it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

🔑 under-discussed point — why they were on signal:

Good morning. There’s a baker’s dozen worth of product variety today, from #otagofarmersmarket Can you count them? #goodeats #dunedinnz #farmersmarkets

Morena

Good morning.

Kale is an extraordinary vegetable. Both for its beauty and for its leafy green goodness. Good to add to soups or sauces, or as a featured dish itself. For example, tonight I’m making a kale-mushroom hotdish. I picked this up yesterday from #OamaruOrganics at #OtagoFarmersMarket. #farmersmarkets