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Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 2h

He certainly passed away as a wiser man. I believe he probably did his best with what he “believed”, as opposed to what he “knew”, but either way as far as misguided RW conservatives go, he was better than the cruel destructive white collar criminals of the National Party today. Rest. 🕊️ #nzpol

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Alison Campbell @acampbelteacher.bsky.social · 1h

Doubleplus ungood.

Uni Councils aren't supposed to get involved in curriculum design, either. That's not what governance is about.

Char @kiwichar.bsky.social · 12h

Looks like Academia in Aotearoa isn’t as robustly independent as one might have hoped…🤬🤨 #Wtaf #nzpol #TangataTiriti #OneTermGovernment #AcademicIndependence #Aotearoa #NewZealand

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 1h

This not an appropriate decision for the council to make. It’s the purview of the Academic Board. But political/business appointments to councils make it all but inevitable.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 2h

I imagine it’s not easy to get that rich if you’re not.

Jenny @jenny-algies56.bsky.social · 2h

Billionaires really can be BASTARDS!!!!.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 3h

Noisy over-priced shopping malls/food courts. And those bright advertising screens and unintelligible announcements.

Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 4h

I spent an afternoon last week waiting for a delayed flight in Wellington and thinking about airport design. Most are a crime against humanity. Worse that for $1000 a year you can buy somewhere pleasant to wait.

Dr Morgane Merien @morganemerien.bsky.social · 4h

Airports are such strange places that seem to exist outside of reality. Why did this cost me $15? We will never truly know…

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Max Telford @maxjtelford.bsky.social · 13h

It is publication day of my book in Spanish. 'El árbol de la vida!'

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 16h

CEO mantra: if your staff like you, you’re not doing your job properly.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 22h

I can’t think of anyone in that caucus who would make a better leader.
That’s not an endorsement.
They’re just universally awful.

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(((𝙴𝚖𝚖𝚊𝙲𝚘𝚘𝚔))) @creativeelc.bsky.social · 2d

My cartoon in today's www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3608...

The Scream is a metaphor for nature & Munch was the receptor for its pain. Here he is, so overwhelmed he's taking time out of the painting only to find more pain in the news...

#NzPol #PoliticalCartoon #ClimateChange #EdvardMunch

Cartoon. Title: Government almost halves methane reduction targets...

We see the Scream, from Edvard Munch's most famous works of art, collapsed in a wingback armchair.

He had stepped out of the painting to take a break from the chaos. The metaphor of the artwork is of natures pain and how he had actually felt it.

But sadly he's entered into a world that is chaotic and deliberately trying to hurt Mother Earth even more.

He has a newspaper slowly sliding out from his hand with the title - Farmers Rejoice.

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News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: There’s a disaster unfolding in Alaska right now. And no major network is covering it.

The remnants of Typhoon Halong battered western Alaska overnight. Homes, with people in them, have literally been swept into the Bering Strait.

At least 20 are missing. No comment from any federal agency.

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 2d

Last call for registering for our free 1hr introductory Wiki webinar on #Wikipedia, #WikiCommons and #Wikidata which is happening at 3pm NZST today. You can find out more information on the event and the registration link here en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikiped...

Wikipedia:Meetup/Online/Introductory Wiki webinar 14 October 2025 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

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Kathleen 🌲 @mossgatherer.bsky.social · 2d

I swear to god some people think if you study "STEM" you sit silently in a room calculating how many people to kill. Why do people think science is taught in the total absence of any humanity or empathy? How much outrageous violence has been done to the world in the same of economics, philosophy,

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 2d

My colleagues & I have taken a huge gamble to set up @thenerve.news We’re trying to build a new independent publication from the ground up. Social media is our only distribution for now.

Sharing this article in your networks would make a huge difference. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏

Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 2d

If only someone had warned them.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 2d

And who thinks they'll keep it within their own borders, especially with willing accomplices elsewhere.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 2d

If you're quick you can get out before that long introduction finishes.

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Andy McKay @korimakoecology.bsky.social · 2d

I'm interested in potential speciation in fish introduced in AoNZ. We have a number of self-introduced bird species in the last few centuries. What about fish that speciate as a product of their environment? The edges of "nativeness" are fuzzy.

Anthony Ricciardi @ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 2d

A new species of trout, Salmo epimolos, coexists with & is morphologically distinct from introduced brown trout S. trutta in a Pennsylania creek. It likely reflects reproductive isolation & divergence from a founder population of brown trout established since 1886 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Salmo epimolos -
A newly described species of trout

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 3d

NEW: The British politician, his Russian intelligence handler & a Kremlin plot against the US & Ukraine.

My new piece about Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage for @thenerve_news in which we ask:

Why, even now, is no-one asking questions?

t.co/BUTtpK9C4S

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 3d

TIL that on macOS, fn + delete does forward-delete, as in, deleting text to the right of the cursor

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Siobhan Leachman @siobhanleachman.bsky.social · 3d

Cc @adzebill.bsky.social !!!

Great Southern Bioblitz @gsbioblitz.bsky.social · 5d

Join the Mahoe Reserve Bioblitz in Lincoln!
🗓 Sat 25 Oct 2025, 2–4 pm
Help Canterbury Museum & Lincoln Envirotown record local species for the #GSB2025.
🦋 Explore, identify & learn — all ages welcome!
📱 Bring iNaturalist & your curiosity!
#BioBlitz #Christchurch #CitizenScience #Nature

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 3d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"They didn't collect vouchers."

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nullifie @nullifie.bsky.social · 3d

Hundreds of people who were once detained at "Alligator Alcatraz" have disappeared.

Lawyers and family members have been unable to reach them.

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗱 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗜𝗖𝗘 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀.

It’s as if they never existed.

What did the government do to them?

youtu.be/NwPbnsZ_XqU?...

Where Are The Detainees? Hundreds of "Alligator Alcatraz" Prisoners Disappear from ICE Database

YouTube video by Democracy Now!

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 3d

Peak dogwood in Nelson New Zealand right now. #spring #bloomscrolling #flower 🇳🇿🌱stereo pair magic eye, or use the viewer from my book

A small dogwood tree in full bloom. The blossoms are white, tinged with pink and they look like falling snow.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.bsky.social · 3d

Brown inflatable poo emoji costume with a smiiley face. The person inside it is pressing her finger under her nose.

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