Delwyn Dickey
@delwynd.bsky.social
Freelance writer & ag/hort journalist: Climate change, farming, space, science and environment. Closet apanthropist. Auckland, New Zealand.
#SustainableFarming #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #agsky #energysky #Spacesky
#SustainableFarming #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #agsky #energysky #Spacesky
The mysterious black fungus from #Chernobyl that may eat #radiation.
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
The mysterious black fungus from Chernobyl that may eat radiation
Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?
www.bbc.com
December 1, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The mysterious black fungus from #Chernobyl that may eat #radiation.
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
Remarkable story - the potential of a fungus that seems to use radiation as an energy source to grow
More remarkable - has potential as a safety barrier to space travel and colonising #Mars
#spacesky
www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
December 1, 2025 at 7:58 AM
In Western Australia, news editors see record breaking high temperatures as a justification for bikini photos
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Not an opportunity for good journalism to foster discussion on fate of our planet in relation to #climatechange
Every time
Brain dead humans
Hottest start to summer in #Perth on record
Aussie smashing it out of the park!
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
December 1, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Aussie smashing it out of the park!
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
#Right-to-repair: Awesome news for Australian farmers & growers.
The Federal Government intends to extend Right-to-Repair to agricultural machinery. 🎉
AND funding to increase the uptake of heavy #EV's!!
In NZ … 🦗🦗🦗
#Renewables #agsky #energysky
Good grief.
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
The mechanic claimed nothing was wrong with Sarah’s stalling car. He was in on a sinister tactic
Abusers are remotely accessing cars to track their partners’ movements, lock them out of a vehicle, and stop the cars from travelling outside a perimeter.
www.stuff.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Good grief.
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
‘Like science fiction’: How smart cars are being weaponised by violent men
www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/3...
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What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
What's a charming memory you have from the worst period of the pandemic?
Good read.
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Frozen rewrote the Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
It wasn't just a box office success - Frozen introduced a new type of Disney princess: one who was strong, flawed and uninterested in romance.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 30, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Good read.
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
Massively popular movie and song Let It Go.
Frozen rewrote the #Disney princess narrative — and 12 years later, it's still relevant
#
www.rnz.co.nz/life/screens...
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DON’T EAT THE POTATOES
November 28, 2025 at 3:13 PM
DON’T EAT THE POTATOES
Hats off to the folk at NIWA weather over on the bird. Most of the comments on here - mostly from people who could do with a nappy change.
November 29, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Hats off to the folk at NIWA weather over on the bird. Most of the comments on here - mostly from people who could do with a nappy change.
Large scale renewables powered business:
Off-grid #gold miner achieves record renewables with 101 consecutive hours with engines off.
#energysky #renewables
reneweconomy.com.au/off-grid-gol...
Off-grid #gold miner achieves record renewables with 101 consecutive hours with engines off.
#energysky #renewables
reneweconomy.com.au/off-grid-gol...
reneweconomy.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Large scale renewables powered business:
Off-grid #gold miner achieves record renewables with 101 consecutive hours with engines off.
#energysky #renewables
reneweconomy.com.au/off-grid-gol...
Off-grid #gold miner achieves record renewables with 101 consecutive hours with engines off.
#energysky #renewables
reneweconomy.com.au/off-grid-gol...
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Turns out the BBC had old staff they can’t quote the Trump line removed from Reith lecture /3
#journalism #censorship
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
#journalism #censorship
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC tells staff they cannot quote Trump line removed from Reith lecture
Journalists not allowed to repeat Rutger Bregman’s corruption claims against US president in coverage of edit
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Turns out the BBC had old staff they can’t quote the Trump line removed from Reith lecture /3
#journalism #censorship
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
#journalism #censorship
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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The #BBC then reported on the criticism without saying what the removed criticism was - the line calling Trump the most openly corrupt president in American history.
#journalism #censorship
www.bbc.com/news/article... 2/
#journalism #censorship
www.bbc.com/news/article... 2/
Historian Rutger Bregman criticises BBC for removing Donald Trump line from Radio 4's Reith Lecture
Rutger Bregman says he is "genuinely dismayed" after a line about the US president was edited out.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The #BBC then reported on the criticism without saying what the removed criticism was - the line calling Trump the most openly corrupt president in American history.
#journalism #censorship
www.bbc.com/news/article... 2/
#journalism #censorship
www.bbc.com/news/article... 2/
Furore over the censorship by the #BBC of a lecture they invited historian Rutger Bregman to give in which they have deleted the line describing Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” 1/
www.instagram.com/rutgerbregma...
#journalism #censorship
www.instagram.com/rutgerbregma...
#journalism #censorship
Rutger Bregman on Instagram: "Today I have to share something I wish wasn’t true:
The BBC has decided to censor the opening lecture of a series they invited me to deliver.
They removed the sentenc...
143K likes, 4,429 comments - rutgerbregman on November 25, 2025: "Today I have to share something I wish wasn’t true:
The BBC has decided to censor the opening lecture of a series they invited me to...
www.instagram.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Furore over the censorship by the #BBC of a lecture they invited historian Rutger Bregman to give in which they have deleted the line describing Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” 1/
www.instagram.com/rutgerbregma...
#journalism #censorship
www.instagram.com/rutgerbregma...
#journalism #censorship
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If we actually have a supply problem for Li in the next years, it would be a good idea to keep Li for EVs and use only Na for stationary storage.
November 25, 2025 at 9:41 PM
If we actually have a supply problem for Li in the next years, it would be a good idea to keep Li for EVs and use only Na for stationary storage.
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"Unshackled from established fossil-fuel industries and outdated technologies, these countries show how the global south is starting to move faster in the renewables transition than wealthier nations such as Australia."
It's a different world. Choose the future or get left in the past.
It's a different world. Choose the future or get left in the past.
November 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
"Unshackled from established fossil-fuel industries and outdated technologies, these countries show how the global south is starting to move faster in the renewables transition than wealthier nations such as Australia."
It's a different world. Choose the future or get left in the past.
It's a different world. Choose the future or get left in the past.
Great read.
As happened going from no phones to mobiles, developing countries in the global south are now going straight to #renewables and missing out the #FossilFuel step. Everyone now has access to cheap power - could this see a global power shift.
#agsky #energysky
As happened going from no phones to mobiles, developing countries in the global south are now going straight to #renewables and missing out the #FossilFuel step. Everyone now has access to cheap power - could this see a global power shift.
#agsky #energysky
absolutely excellent story about the *real* big energy of the decade/millennium unfolding before us
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Accessible, cheap clean energy could spark a new world order
Unshackled from legacy fossil fuel interests, the world’s clean energy future is being forged in the bustling cities of the global south.
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Great read.
As happened going from no phones to mobiles, developing countries in the global south are now going straight to #renewables and missing out the #FossilFuel step. Everyone now has access to cheap power - could this see a global power shift.
#agsky #energysky
As happened going from no phones to mobiles, developing countries in the global south are now going straight to #renewables and missing out the #FossilFuel step. Everyone now has access to cheap power - could this see a global power shift.
#agsky #energysky
Massive 20 GWh #Sodium-ionBattery manufacturing plant announced in China.👍
#Energysky #renewables #Batteries
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/24/m...
#Energysky #renewables #Batteries
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/24/m...
Massive 20 GWh sodium-ion battery manufacturing plant announced in China
After last year’s slowdown, investment in China’s sodium-ion battery sector is rebounding in 2025, and one of the biggest projects yet has now entered the development pipeline.
www.pv-magazine.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Massive 20 GWh #Sodium-ionBattery manufacturing plant announced in China.👍
#Energysky #renewables #Batteries
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/24/m...
#Energysky #renewables #Batteries
www.pv-magazine.com/2025/11/24/m...
Good morning with good news: China's electric heavy trucks sales skyrocket, bad news for diesel and LNG demand.
EV heavy truck market share surged to 22% in first half of 2025 from 9% in 2024! EV market share jumped 139%.
EVs were 28% of sales in August 2025!
apnews.com/article/chin... #energysky
EV heavy truck market share surged to 22% in first half of 2025 from 9% in 2024! EV market share jumped 139%.
EVs were 28% of sales in August 2025!
apnews.com/article/chin... #energysky
China's diesel trucks are shifting to electric. That could change global LNG and diesel demand
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market.
apnews.com
November 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Great news for a community of just 600 that is significantly challenged by its isolation 800km east of the NZ mainland.
Chatham Island wind farm to slash power prices, cut carbon emissions
#ChathamIslands #agsky #energysky #windfarm
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Chatham Island wind farm to slash power prices, cut carbon emissions
#ChathamIslands #agsky #energysky #windfarm
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Chatham Island wind farm to slash power prices, cut carbon emissions
It took two years to build the three wind turbines, storage battery and other infrastructure on the remote archipelago.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Great news for a community of just 600 that is significantly challenged by its isolation 800km east of the NZ mainland.
Chatham Island wind farm to slash power prices, cut carbon emissions
#ChathamIslands #agsky #energysky #windfarm
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Chatham Island wind farm to slash power prices, cut carbon emissions
#ChathamIslands #agsky #energysky #windfarm
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Holding onto water and responsible use of what’s available. Going to see more of this unless people start looking more long term.
Iran’s capital is moving. The reason is an ecological catastrophe.
'...unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for #agriculture…"
#CollapsedAquifers #agsky
Iran’s capital is moving. The reason is an ecological catastrophe.
'...unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for #agriculture…"
#CollapsedAquifers #agsky
Amid a deepening ecological crisis and acute water shortage, Tehran can no longer remain the capital of Iran, the country’s president has said. www.scientificamerican.com/article/iran...
Iran’s Capital Is Moving. The Reason Is an Ecological Catastrophe
The decision to move Iran’s capital is partly driven by climate change, but experts say decades of human error and action are also to blame
www.scientificamerican.com
November 23, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Holding onto water and responsible use of what’s available. Going to see more of this unless people start looking more long term.
Iran’s capital is moving. The reason is an ecological catastrophe.
'...unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for #agriculture…"
#CollapsedAquifers #agsky
Iran’s capital is moving. The reason is an ecological catastrophe.
'...unchecked groundwater pumping for the city and for #agriculture…"
#CollapsedAquifers #agsky
A movie that takes place where you’re from?
The submarine scene was shot down the road in a small lake in Manurewa, where I was living at the time.
The submarine scene was shot down the road in a small lake in Manurewa, where I was living at the time.
November 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
A movie that takes place where you’re from?
The submarine scene was shot down the road in a small lake in Manurewa, where I was living at the time.
The submarine scene was shot down the road in a small lake in Manurewa, where I was living at the time.
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Very much a case of a fossil government cheerleading for the dinosaur NZ auto, and oil, industries. When 'dirty old Aussie' is trumping us in terms of renewable generation and EV uptake rate It's now getting to the point where this is downright embarrassing to be a Kiwi.
November 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Very much a case of a fossil government cheerleading for the dinosaur NZ auto, and oil, industries. When 'dirty old Aussie' is trumping us in terms of renewable generation and EV uptake rate It's now getting to the point where this is downright embarrassing to be a Kiwi.
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How we grow, and where we sell, can see a genuine reduction in #AgriculturalEmissions.
My story of an Aussie farmer who is turning his lower #methane emissions rice into a new business/brand for the local market, instead of export.
#agsky #greensky #ausag
issuu.com/agrimedianz/...
My story of an Aussie farmer who is turning his lower #methane emissions rice into a new business/brand for the local market, instead of export.
#agsky #greensky #ausag
issuu.com/agrimedianz/...
Issue 151 | November/December 2025 - Australian AgContractor & Large Scale Farmer
issuu.com
November 23, 2025 at 2:46 AM
How we grow, and where we sell, can see a genuine reduction in #AgriculturalEmissions.
My story of an Aussie farmer who is turning his lower #methane emissions rice into a new business/brand for the local market, instead of export.
#agsky #greensky #ausag
issuu.com/agrimedianz/...
My story of an Aussie farmer who is turning his lower #methane emissions rice into a new business/brand for the local market, instead of export.
#agsky #greensky #ausag
issuu.com/agrimedianz/...