Speaking list for tomorrow's UN Climate Leaders' Summit. Australia nabs a top-five slot. New Zealand bringing up the rear. This will indicate we're not sending a Leader or a Minister (despite the Foreign Minister being in New York). www.un.org/en/climatech...

It's LIVE CAM TIME. Fat bear week is upon us! explore.org/livecams/bro... The live cam sets have a "meditation" highlights reel and wow do they know their audience.

Gotta say I’m not a big fan of 2 Jim Crow 2 Furious

If you’re a #BOTY fan (Bird Of The Year NZ), I have SO MANY THINGS you might like, all designed by yours truly x pepperraccoon.com #NZ #Kikorangi There might be a sneaky peek of a few new things to come soon here 👀

We also have a partial solar eclipse this morning (about 69% peak where I live) but the skies did not cooperate and this was as much coverage as we got before the sun moved behind a cloud layer.

PITCH: a dating show based on supermarket baskets 12 singles are asked to do their weekly shop then pick a partner based only on what the person bought

it's been three months since i got tear gassed by the national guard. how time flies. anyway, as you're aware by now, america is slipping into an authoritarian dictatorship (please RT): www.webworm.co/peoplewantme...

little surprise that yesterday's webworm piece about trolls (www.webworm.co/groyperwars/) naturally brings out some of new zealand's biggest trolls:

Watch this. I strive to be this clear and effective. Best line — “A temper tantrum disguised as an ideology.”

Strong Wind Warning - Orange issued for Wellington, Wairarapa south of Greytown and the Marlborough Sounds. Strong Wind Warning - Orange issued for Marlborough excluding the Sounds. Heavy Rain Watch issued for Fiordland north of Doubtful Sound.

We're a week into voting with one more to go, whānau ngā manu. Don't do something you might later regret. Vote SKUA for #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social

I wanted to get a video of this ghost crab but every time I got close to their hole they scuttled back in, so I tried getting clever with it. I made a little sandcastle and shoved my phone into it, hit record, and walked away. Crab was VERY suspicious of this addition to their environment.

An ever-so-casual reminder that the bill for the leaky buildings deregulation fiasco is around fifteen to twenty times larger than all Tiriti settlements either finalised or in progress put together. www.1news.co.nz/2025/09/20/m...

Kāpiti people, if you need an excuse to wander along Ōtaki beach this morning, there is a community planting happening at Waitohu river mouth, just South. Come and help plant the dunes!

This year, vote for the hero you need. Vote Hākoakoa | Skua Bird of the Year. #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social

I’m often asked for temperature anomaly plots using a “pre-industrial” baseline (1850–1900). I update a full set of these graphics each month, now through August 2025: zacklabe.com/climate-chan.... Always free to use and share!

Vote for the bird who cleans up the mess. Vote SKUA #birdofhteyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social

Life is hard at sea. All seabirds are remarkable survivors, and many of them need better help than humans are providing. Vote Hākoakoa #birdoftheyear2025 but please, then stay engaged. Find out more about what you can do. @forestandbird.bsky.social

Outstanding @domesticanimal.bsky.social ❤️ #nzpol

This is the clip. I still can't believe this is all he said. gizmodo.com/why-jimmy-ki...

Macquarie Island is now pest-free, but for a time, Skuas were the ones on the job. Pest eradication practices took a toll on Skuas, but plants and birds are both rebounding. Vote for the bird who was there for you when you didn't even know it. Vote SKUA #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social

I decided to get behind #Birdoftheyear2025 so I've written a guide and done some drawings for 9 underappreciated birds. Here's one for hākoakoa #skua since I was inspired by @hakoakoa-boty.bsky.social The guide comes out tomorrow. Can you guess which other birds are on my list?

Hey you. Yes you. Can you unclench your jaw and unpretzel yourself? You're doing great. Luv you.

Just to be clear, fascism is bad. I am against it. I am anti-fascist.

My piece on how this moment calls for a broad-based movement for Māori liberation, based on solidarity with other indigenous peoples, oppressed minorities, and the working class.

Bill Hare @billhare.bsky.social - climate scientists and former IPCC Leas Author - says the recently released Australian NCRA **is one of the best risk assessments done globally** “a very fine piece of work” He’s far less enthusiastic about political silly statements www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

This is a direct result of EU's carbon tariffs. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

IEA reiterates ‘no new oil and gas needed’ if global warming is limited to 1.5C By @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org #climatecrisis www.carbonbrief.org/iea-reiterat...

The entirety of Roy Kerr's paper solving the Einstein equations for a spinning black hole in case anyone wondered what it looks like. In terms of impact per line this paper has to be one of the all-time top 10.

Love that the Science Media Centre's expert reactions include from Roy Kerr himself.

🚨Job Alert 🚨 The Department of #Geology at the University of Otago in #NewZealand invites applications for a faculty position (Lecturer – equivalent to Assistant Professor in North American academic systems) in Earth sciences or adjacent field. ⚒️🧪 #Geosciences otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

Ahiahi mārie Kāpiti, today's a great day to vote to keep our Māori Ward on Kāpiti Coast District Council and Māori Constituency on Greater Wellington Regional Council. Remember to tick both boxes when you fill out your voting papers - the GWRC box is on the back page!

I've got something really special coming in a few weeks, in collaboration with a wonderful organisation, and it's celebrating my BOTY pick for this year...

Hey #BOTY #Kikorangi, just a reminder from Peppy that I have a LOT of native bird enamel pins and sticker designs...while I may not have EVERY bird, I do give a portion of profits to Trees That Count every month. Snag some goodies, support a local artist, and celebrate birds! pepperraccoon.com

Enrich a movie by adding your pick for #BirdOfTheYear #BOTY The Cook, the Thief, his Wife & Hākoakoa

It feels like I talk on Bluesky about little else. bsky.app/profile/adze...

🚨 New publication: A policy briefing report on the adoption of temperature neutrality as the basis for Ireland's carbon budgets. This Wednesday, I will discuss this, and more, with the Joint Committee on Climate, Environment and Energy.

Norm-clinging; an act of faith in institutions that many Indigenous peoples and those forced to host an occupying power will recognise: where you keep turning up, following the rules, speaking in good faith, and hope the system or the occupier or your fellow citizens will reciprocate.

"Things Fall Apart" (1958) by Chinua Achebe is the best example of clinging to norms: the refusal to recognise that the other side is not playing the same game anymore, and that things have changed forever.

#NZPol I don’t know why nobody in the industry will acknowledge that primary agriculture is soon going to face at least one or two crop destroying storms per growing season as climate change increases. We’re already seeing it but are apparently hard in denial.

The asymmetry is that one side describes it as the Paradox of Tolerance, and twists itself inside out trying to define a precise formula for what an open society cannot be open to, while the other side is just "we're sending the free speech police to drag you off to the gulags loser"

Spot on @mattgolding.bsky.social ! 🙏🙏🙏 #climatecrisis #auspol

Vote for the bird who's better than you think. Vote Skua #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social

So Watties dumps local Hawkes Bay peach growers b/c they found cheaper alternatives to fill the gap after Cyclone Gabrielle. This is a direct result of climate change. This is a climate change story, but it’s almost guaranteed that no media will take this angle. #nzpol

The 400 richest Americans are now worth a record $6.6 trillion, after getting $1.2 trillion richer over the past year alone. Meanwhile, the rest of the country is getting squeezed by tariffs and high prices for groceries, utilities, and health care. The system is broken.

We will be by your side. #skuaforever #birdoftheyear2025 @forestandbird.bsky.social

I have voted in the Kāpiti Coast District Council election, but more importantly I have voted for Hākoakao for #birdoftheyear2025 I want these birds on my side when the revolution comes.

For those reading the tea-leaves about Australia's 2035 climate target... www.theguardian.com/environment/...

As someone who has been a victim of far-right doxxing, I'd second this guide. I'd add *join your union* you need that protection when they start coming for you at your workplace