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Brian Dixon

@brianboru.bsky.social

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Advocating for Te Taiao/environment & social justice. Home places are Ōtepoti Otago & Kuaotunu, Coromandel Peninsula in Aotearoa. Climate Professional, helping with #ClimateAction (community to international). There's #noPlanetB ~Born on a Friday.

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 20d

Putting this here again as it has disappeared from my pinned-to-profile display!

Professor Richard Jackson and colleagues, Leonard and Llewellyn, argue the case for and against Aotearoa New Zealand having a costly military and large defence budget.

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🧷PussyCatsResist🧷 @pussycatsresist.bsky.social · 1h

ground.news/article/cora...
The wide spread dying off of warm water Coral Reefs indicates Human-Caused Global Warming has passed its first marker of irreversible damage to our planet’s environmental systems. We have blown past the goal of staying below 1.5 Celsius degrees of global warming. 😢😭💔

Coral Reefs Enter Irreversible Decline as CO2 Hits Record

Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations jumped by 3.5 parts per million to 424 ppm in 2024, marking the largest single-year increase since systematic measurements began in 1957, as global fossil fue...

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Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 1d

KRUGMAN: “.. The Trump tariffs were supposed to bring about a revival of U.S. manufacturing. That’s obviously not happening ..”

@pkrugman.bsky.social @cavandy.bsky.social
open.substack.com/pub/paulkrug...

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 1d

Who did this?!

A joke scientific paper with the title "Over 90% of children diagnosed with autism consumed breast milk and/or formula mileL a comprehensive cross-sectional analysis of the obvious"

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

He's absolutely right..

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Carolyn Gould @karolinegould.bsky.social · 1d

Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’ www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"Harrison Ford has said that Donald Trump’s assault upon measures to address the climate crisis...makes the US president among the worst criminals in history."

Harrison Ford says Trump’s assault on climate policy ‘scares the shit out of me’

Indiana Jones star calls US president one of history’s greatest criminals for attacks on science and boosting of fossil fuels

www.theguardian.com

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Science X / Phys.org @sciencex.bsky.social · 1d

Abandoned coal mines continue to emit significant amounts of CO2 through acidic drainage, highlighting an underrecognized source of carbon emissions that persists long after mining operations cease. doi.org/gv9w8j

Abandoned coal mine drainage identified as a significant source of carbon emissions

For the past 250 years, people have mined coal industrially in Pennsylvania, U.S.. By 1830, the city of Pittsburgh was using more than 400 tons of the fossil fuel every day.

phys.org

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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 2d

Very stoked about receiving one of the Royal Society's Tāwhia te mana fellowships. I will be building a new lab group as part of my fellowship. Tentatively called the Indigenous Science Rangahau lab which will be housed at Te Wānanga o Aotearoa 🥳🙌🏼

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Australia cricket will be discounting the match tickets.

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Plus many more I expect.

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

This is farcical from England cricket. They're now totally reliant on the bowlers to score enough more runs to give them a total to defend.
#blackcaps
#NZvENG 🇳🇿🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

102 for 7!

23 overs bowled by NZ.

#blackcaps
#NZvENG 🇳🇿🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

My other feeds seem to be reposting within 10 minutes. Does Bluesky have something against us cricket tragics?

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Eco Politidae @ecopolitidae.bsky.social · 1d

Rising heat kills one person a minute worldwide. Biggest analysis of its kind finds millions are dying each year from combined effects of failure to tackle climate crisis. Full story here and link to the paper in the comments:
www.the-guardian.com/environment/...

www.the-guardian.com

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AnnaMa @anna26458.bsky.social · 1d

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Trump’s hatred for renewables means the US is falling behind the rest of the world

As well as embracing ‘beautiful coal’, the president has set about obliterating clean energy projects

www.theguardian.com

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

@nickbaker.digital Hi Nick. I think something's amiss with the NZ cricket feed.. It seems to not be picking up the ODI cricket posts.

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Foxy @foxylustygrover.bsky.social · 1d

Hear is the audio - CGT Interview Saturday Morning, Guyon Espiner #NZPol

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Andrew Windsor. Living "at His Majesty's Pleasure"?

Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Bethell goes! Another for Jake Duffy; great catch by Mitchell.
England 44-5.

#blackcaps
#NZvENG 🇳🇿🏏🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

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Yorrike. @yorrike.bsky.social · 4d

As a long suffering Blackcaps fan, still pissed at the CWC final of 2019 and hating the game has turned into the England, India and Australia show, I like seeing any of those teams not perform.

And England aren’t just underperforming, they’re being utterly outclassed.

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Joe Root hasn't performed on this England tour in Aotearoa New Zealand

Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

England 31 for 4

Brook goes! Caught by Bracewell at first slip off Duffy's bowling. We're 7 overs in..
#NZvENG
#cricketnz
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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Sorry, that's Foulkes. #Autoincorrext strikes again!

#cricketnz
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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

England 17 for 3.. Duckett out on 8.. Bowled Duffy, caught Ravindra. #NZvENG

#nlackcaps

Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

Yes #Blackcaps
Folks takes another! LBW. First ball of his second over.

England now 15 for 2

#NZvENG

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Brian Dixon @brianboru.bsky.social · 1d

NZ review successful. England opener Smith out caught behind for 5.. in the second over of #NZLvENG.
Great bowling by Foulks. England 9 for 1.

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