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Mark Lemley @marklemley.bsky.social · 17h

Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative

electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...

Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity

Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.

electrek.co

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 4h

A thick line of low clouds on the horizon with otherwise clear skies makes for the most uninspiring of sunrises.

That was the setting this morning, Friday, 7 December at Okitu Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand. But the waves are beautiful.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️.

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 13h

I really like to know exactly how that works

Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 13h

I mean that quake was only about 50km away & before the tremors reach me it's detected, the information is processed somewhere & the Google alert is sent to my phone. Sometimes the future is really amazing

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 13h

It really is amazing that I get the alert on my phone before I feel the tremors #eqnz

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

Thank you, New York City. Together we made history.

Now let’s get to work.

transition2025.com

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Kevin Hague @kevinhague.bsky.social · 1d

Kia ora e hoa mā. I'm pleased to announce that I'm coming out of retirement to take up the role of Chief of Staff role for the Green Party in Parliament (think Malcolm Tucker, Leo McGarry). I'm not moving away from Te Tai o Poutini, but just now going the process of setting up a 2nd home in Wgtn.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 1d

Mamdani: "We can respond to oligarchy and authoritarianism with the strength it fears, not the appeasement it craves. After all, if anyone can show a nation betrayed by Donald Trump how to defeat him, it is the city that gave rise to him."

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ᴀɴᴅʀᴇw вıԍԍs @biggsky.bsky.social · 1d

🚨 STOP EVERYTHING YOU ARE DOING MUM AND DAD ARE BACK 🚨 variety.com/2025/film/ne...

Brendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz Reuniting for Fourth ‘Mummy’ Movie

Brendan Fraser and Rachel Weisz are reuniting for a fourth "Mummy" movie.

variety.com

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

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George Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 2d

🧵Spotted on an Evening River Walk in Aotearoa New Zealand:

Three women (20s-50s?) are leisurely floating in a riverbend water hole.
Hair piled up on their heads.
Hands swooshing idly, keeping them buoyed.
Toes peeking out of the water like little piggy wiggies, curious to see what's going on. (1)

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Staring@TheAbyss @tommysalami420.bsky.social · 2d

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🐶⛵️Capt. Caffiend☕️😷 @captcaffiend.bsky.social · 2d

Watch this with sound on for a wee chuckle - she’s such a little weirdo.

(Video description: a golden retriever being silly on the couch making funny noises)

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kororā @davejac.bsky.social · 3d

It is penguin of the year time and I would suggest you all vote for chaos bisexual Dave www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/visit/pengui...

Penguin of the Year

Help us decide this year’s ‘Penguin of the Year’ at the National Aquarium. Who will take the title of being Penguin of the Year this year? Get your vote in!

www.nationalaquarium.co.nz

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🦝 Pepper Raccoon: Trash Priestess 🦝 @pepperraccoon.com · 3d

🐧 SUPER SPECIAL PIN DROP: I've partnered with World Wide Fund For Nature NZ...bringing you the cutest Kororā pin just in time for the holidays! Celebrating 50 years in Aotearoa <3

25% of sales donated to WWF NZ to support their work advocating for our wildlife!

DIVE IN: pepperraccoon.com #birds

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Jonathan Edward Durham @thisone0verhere.bsky.social · 4d

Please just let me type in the year I was born. No more scrolling. We don’t have to keep doing this to each other.

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 4d

Velcro ftw

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 4d

Forget politics, climate change, war, who's asking the really important questions? Namely, who decided people from the Philippines should be called Filipinos, rather than Philippinos?

a woman in a red jacket is sitting in a chair with the words ask tough questions below her

ALT: a woman in a red jacket is sitting in a chair with the words ask tough questions below her

media.tenor.com

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 4d

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy defines the marketing division of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation as “a bunch of mindless jerks who’ll be the first against the wall when the revolution comes,”

Andrew Quemere @andrewqmr.bsky.social · 5d

I've been getting back into the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series after many years, and the most relatable part is how everyday objects like doors and elevators have been imbued with artificial intelligence and it just makes them obnoxious and frustrating to use and everyone hates it.

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Tairāwhiti Doc @tairawhitidoc.bsky.social · 4d

Pre-sunrise, Monday, 3 November, from Wainui Beach, Aotearoa / New Zealand.

Ata mārie / Good Morning ☀️

(it’s hard to accurately capture the brilliance of the colors and the hues with a phone camera. But no saturation adjustments were made for this video)

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 4d

Having said that, if this is a case of kidney problems then this is probably a rearguard action & we're nearing the end #teorangawhaikurī

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 4d

Anti-nausea meds seem to have helped. Dinner was eaten, although with less than normal enthusiasm. I'm hoping that's just a combo of low blood sugar & the fact that he hasn't had any pain meds since yesterday morning. 🤞that we'll back to normal tomorrow #teorangawhaikurī

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 4d

As a bus driver I've got to say, wtf is going on in Auckland the last couple of years? Crashes, fires, assaults, a death after a fight between a driver & passenger, etc. I know there are a lot of buses in Auckland, but in the same period I can only recall one similarly serious incident in Wellington

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Prisoner Correspondence Network Aotearoa @pcn.nz · 5d

Pōneke friends & whānau, come along to our Holiday Card Drive event on Saturday 8 November from 1-4pm at Home Ground HQ, Newtown Park Apartments, 320 Mansfield Street. www.facebook.com/events/37678...

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“Pōneke Lino-Print
Share some hope with our incarcerated whānau!
Saturday 8th November
1-4PM
Lino cut making card printing & writing workshop
All materials provided
Home Ground HQ, Newtown Park Apartments, 320 Mansfield Street

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Gir @edufk.bsky.social · 5d

And, once again, his mood has definitely improved now we're going for a walk. Treats that were snubbed at home are happily devoured out here #teorangawhaikurī

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