How would you know? Asked any of those who got it? www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

Ideal late-night reading. What are yours? www.theguardian.com/food/2026/ma...

Nice mention of New Zealand and other countries he's worked with in Antarctica. Another serious area of concern is how the far right political groups around the world are cutting science funding... knowledge is power.

Defund. Deny. Destroy. They know this is how it goes. When the uptake falls away because it's not fit for purpose then they say "uptake is low, lets eliminate this". www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

When the ad guys don’t have a sense of humour …

Driven NZ into the ground. Time for a new driver.

Labour has to say that to keep any Māori seats, but it is not going to happen

so key. this isn’t about purity. this is about doing what we can to collectively push back against right wing billionaires while still surviving in a deeply flawed world. bsky.app/profile/most...

Small and easy thing you can do to get started -- download your last couple of credit card statements and look through them for recurring charges. I bet you'll find crap you forgot you subscribed to and don't need! Cancel 'em! You'll hurt a right wing billionaire's feelings AND save money!

I don't buy from Starbucks because of their union issues. INCREDIBLY easy not to buy coffee from them! You can buy coffee almost ANYWHERE! (I don't drink coffee, which makes it even easier, lol, but you get it!)

I cancelled the WaPo and NYT. Subscribed to the @inquirer.com and some independent journalists/newsrooms that you can find at the link below. Felt great! Haven't missed 'em! gregpak.net/2026/04/14/t...

Also too: blacksky.community/profile/did:...

You can also cancel PARTS of the right wing billionaire ecosystem - like TURNING OFF all the "A.i." "features" in your apps! That hurts them! Turn this off in zoom: blacksky.community/profile/did:...

None of us can cancel everything. But all of us can cancel SOMETHING. One eminently practical suggestion: Does your family have more than one Amazon Prime account? You absolutely don't need more than one! Cancel one of those tonight!

Look, the Republican Party is pushing white supremacist policies to destroy our ability to change the system through democratic electoral politics. So it's time to stop giving their billionaire benefactors our money. Cancel ONE THING from a billionaire today. You can do it! #CancelParty

This is Penny. She had her first vet appointment today. Was diagnosed with a case of the eepies. But other than that passed with flying colors. 12/10 (TT: misspennyperry)

Sir David Attenborough has a soft spot for #kakapo. We named a kākāpō after him (Attenborough the bird is now ten years old, living on Te Kākahu) and he kindly narrated a short video for us about them, which you can see here: youtu.be/5eZVjQowNvw?.... #attenborough #conservation

I worked hard getting the access into housing now its gone, just gutted www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...

We have been measuring ultrafine particles (PM0.1) by weight when they weigh almost nothing; we should be instead measuring by their numbers, which are huge. UFPs could be the cause of many of our health problems, and we are not even counting them.

Well then

Aotearoa now.

The economics are brutal. Anywhere that a litre of diesel costs more than 10 kilowatt-hours of electricity, an EV truck pays for itself in 12-14 months. After that, it will be more profitable than diesel every single month: www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...

A Hearing Dog would be damned handy for those of us who don’t hear a whole lot of things

My hot take is kids should ride for free. (My thermonuclear take is everyone should ride for free)

Sharing, without comment, British newspapers’ depictions of the only Jewish person currently leading a UK political party . Times. Mail. Telegraph. Sun.

NOTHING TO SEE HERE—KEEP WORKING—KEEP SHOPPING_KEEP MINING—-KEEP EATING CHEESE—KEEP FLYING—KEEP BUYING HOUSES—WE’RE SORTED—IT’S SOMEONE ELSE’S FAULT—GREENIES ARE COMMIES

Old iPhone bricked by iOS26.4. Never ever done this before. Anyone got a solution? Swearing at it don’t work.

Just discovered Half A Cow Records from NSW. More music that enthuses.

Desperate times

Tony 💚💚💚https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpJZ1SD40wE

Aotearoa winter essential: woolly tights. @eccentriccatlady.bsky.social this thick pair will keep the windchill at bay. Half-price right now too. Also this is why Jacinda Ardern was cooler than the rest. columbine.co.nz/product/wome...

Green cheese soup

So the new SMART assessments mandated by the MoE are feeding Kiwi kids' writing samples into an LLM (according to my kid's teacher). The MoE "Guide to SMART" parent resource makes zero mention of this. I think parents might want to know whose plagiarism machine is hoovering up their kids' writing.

Calling @paullecomtephoto.nz www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/car...

Green cheese soup, an old hippie classic in Ōtautahi cuisine. Recipe from the real Dux de Lux. I’ll post it if anyone wants.

Ouch!

This is extreme and a threat to our democracy.

Listen to what a young John Kerry asked the Senate in 1971: “How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?”

Just the basics: Ukraine does not want to be ruled by Moscow—just like any other country that once lived under the Soviet Union or the Warsaw Pact.

oh god we're still in a major Chrisis

That arsehole Hosking rattling the sabre to join Trump’s war. www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-...

Alternatively, the cost of that small amount of road would more than pay to electrify all of New Zealand's rail lines. There'd be money left over for new rolling stock. Imagine what that could mean long term... and a huge greenhouse gas reduction.

The road works out at $154 m per kilometre. Rail is getting on for a tenth of the price per km. Which means you could build a new rail line from Auckland to Whangarei and have plenty left to build stations along the route. Given there's already a line, so it's just an upgrade, you could do more.

If you took the $4 billion budget currently proposed for the 26km Warkworth to Te Hana expressway, you could theoretically fund a massive overhaul of New Zealand's entire rail network.

“Sunlight has to travel 93 million miles to reach the Earth, but none of those miles go through the Strait of Hormuz,” says @billmckibben.bsky.social. “That makes it a very appealing alternative, especially now that it’s cheaper than burning coal and gas and oil.”

I am trying to get in touch with the whānau of Dave Terangi, a Ngāpuhi fella who lived in Margaret St, Papakura. We did some research with Dave, and we know he has since died, but we would like to return a taonga. If anyone knows his whānau, pls DM me. Also Pls retweet (so to speak).

Me and @realgregjack.bsky.social

A message from Mary, a 72-year-old Amazon worker from North Carolina projected onto Jeff Bezos’s $120 million penthouse before tonight’s #MetGala, chaired by Bezos.

Who would’ve thought? Crash an economy full of monopolies, then not be prepared for a global crisis, and wonder why little people ain’t playing. Https://www.thepress.co.nz/business/360998325/card-spending-falls-cliff-across-many-categories-april-anz?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

There is a LOT to look at here — forty photographers picturing the season. I would love more folks to see this work. Please share! www.flakphoto.news/p/spring-pic...