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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin

@piripi.net

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Writer, PhD candidate (SEI/USyd), teacher. 🤓 All about the Politics of Love! 🥝 - Māori (Kāi Tahu), Pākehā - based in 🐊🦘🕸️ …for now. Serves on NZ Peace Foundation council, @animalstudies committee. ❤️s colour! 🌈

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · Jun 6

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 2h

Seth Magle was right.

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Mistaken rodent identity: The ‘Chicago Rat Hole’ wasn’t made by a rat | CNN

The “Chicago rat hole” of viral internet fame wasn’t made by a rat at all, researchers say.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 2d

‘The world is not prepared for the impacts of crossing these tipping points…’

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The planet has entered a ‘new reality’ as it hits its first climate tipping point, report finds | CNN

The widespread death of coral reefs is the first in a series of catastrophic and potentially irreversible tipping points the world may hit, according to a landmark report produced by 160 scientists ac...

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 2d

‘Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing, singers harmonise, till they can’t hear anything…’

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Harmony Hall

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 4d

‘Speaking on a farm in Waikato on Sunday, ministers described their new goal as “science-based” [but] the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has repeatedly stressed the importance of reducing, specifically, methane emissions.’

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Fucking stupid. 🤬

Government almost halves methane reduction target, farmers celebrate

Ministers describe their new goal as “science-based”, while Greens co-leader Chlöe Swarbrick says the plan appears to be “cooked up by lobbyists” working for farming companies.

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Joe Wozzaa #toitūtiriti @joewoz.bsky.social · 5d

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The most accurate video you'll ever see. #nzpol

Honest Government Ad | Visit New Zealand!

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 5d

‘Despite the possibilities, I think the survival of US democracy is the least likely outcome over the next years. I hope I am wrong.’

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The end of US democracy and what this means for international relations

Once the pillar of democracy, the US now flirts with authoritarianism. ANU expert Ben Goldsmith unpacks what this means.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 5d

Essential reading - excellent article!

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 5d

‘The assembly line, the foundation of modern capitalism, came from perfecting methods to slice up animals while—and this is the important part—preventing them from resisting.’

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How Industrial Slaughter Became the Blueprint for Modern Capitalism

Henry Ford learned mass production from slaughterhouses. A century later, our modern economy still resembles a meatpacking plant.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 6d

Sydney is about to turn pastel-purple. ✨

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 7d

I wouldn't be surprised if, one day, I write about NZ postage stamps and how they operate ideologically / as propaganda.

I love stamps, but this shit just fucks me off. 🤬

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Biosecurity Protection Set of Mint Stamps

Discover the defence system that protects Aotearoa against pests, diseases and other biological threats with this set of mint stamps.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 9d

'The EAT-Lancet Commission says a shift towards its planetary health diet, released last week, could prevent 40,000 early deaths a day across the world and cut agricultural methane emissions by 15 percent by 2050.'

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More veg, less meat: the latest global update on a diet that’s good for people and the planet

Most New Zealand adults consume more protein than the recommended amount. They could reduce meat without risking inadequate protein intake.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 9d

'Only when it is clearly in the public interest should Parliament take the extraordinary step of declaring something is legal when it would otherwise be illegal... This is not such a case.' - Marcelo Rodriguez Ferrere

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Govt's pig welfare amendment bill is Orwellian doublethink

Opinion from the University of Auckland: Govt's pig welfare amendment bill seeks to carve out an exception from the present law to specifically allow for otherwise unlawful regulations

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 9d

'A pond hides herself uselessly
deep in the marsh: horses foraging
for new growth in spring
pull the reeds
until not a single root is left.'
- Izumi Shikibu

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 9d

'Like a ripple
that chases the slightest caress
of the breeze—
is that how you want me
to follow you?'
- Ono no Komachi

Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 9d

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 11d

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Persuasion

Vengeance, fear, allegiance, loss, the home front and the fighting spirit, portrayed in the dramatic art of World War II propaganda posters.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 12d

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Roman Holiday (1953) ⭐ 8.0 | Comedy, Drama, Romance

1h 58m | Approved

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 12d

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RELICS

Vintage objects meet miniature LEGO® brick worlds in RELICS: A New World Rises, an extraordinary exhibition created by LEGO® Masters winners.

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Philip (Piripi) McKibbin @piripi.net · 13d

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'The Mi’kmaq language seems to affirm a distinction between animals as persons and animals as food. Just as other languages gender nouns as masculine, feminine, or neutral, Mi’kmaq categorizes nouns into animate and inanimate.' - Margaret Robinson, 'Animal Personhood in a Mi'kmaq Perspective'