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Marc Daalder

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Senior Political Reporter at newsroom.co.nz covering climate change, health, energy and violent extremism | He/him ✡️

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · Aug 13

Paywall now lifted: My special report this morning is about how we spent generations strangling our rivers to make room for our homes and farms, only to find we've ended up supercharging their flows.

What do we do when we realise we've built a society in a riverbed?
newsroom.co.nz/2025/08/13/l...

We strangled our rivers; now they're fighting back

Special report: We forced NZ's braided rivers into tiny channels so we could build our homes and farms in their riverbeds – now we're seeing the consequences. Marc Daalder investigates.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2h

New: Hundreds of thousands of homes are exposed to flood risk, but the Government's new National Adaptation Framework provides no clarity on who will pay to protect, fix or move them as climate change worsens.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/16/l...

Long-awaited climate adaptation plan leaves 'who pays' unanswered

The Government promised to lay out who will pay for climate change adaptation, but the national framework released Thursday leaves that question unanswered.

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Jeff VanderMeer @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social · 20h

Your moment of calm: A white-tailed kite hunting above the Tomales Bay Trail, near Point Reyes Station.

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Jewish Currents @jewishcurrents.bsky.social · 1d

Why is Israel declaring "victory" in Gaza when many of its aims were not met? @peterbeinart.bsky.social writes that the real goal is the same as it has been for decades: maximum land, minimum Palestinians. Trump's ceasefire plan is another step in that direction.

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What Israeli “Victory” Looks Like

The Trump deal doesn’t destroy Hamas but it does further Palestinian dispossession.

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Steven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 1d

This is not just funny, it's smart. We need more of this mockery that shows these thugs that we see their despicable fascism and give them the respect that they deserve.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 1d

ICYMI: “And now, a response from the leader of the frog resistance...” 🐸 🎵 #Colbert

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 1d

I think the assumption is National holds all of its electorates based on the footnote on this chart from the Post article. But they ought to be much clearer if that is the assumption.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 1d

New: Climate Change Minister Simon Watts concedes the Government’s new methane target could result in outcomes not consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C above preindustrial levels – a threshold mandated in New Zealand and international law.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/15/c...

Climate minister admits new target may breach global 1.5C goal

Climate Minister Simon Watts admitted the Government's new methane target may not be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5C.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 1d

Rewiring Aotearoa calls a new Castalia report on switching off gas ‘misleading’ and the consultancy’s director has fired back.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/w...

War of words breaks out over study on costs of switching off gas

A new gas industry-funded study finding higher costs for household and business electrification has sparked a war of words between modellers.

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 1d

Sounds legit.

Seattle Bike Blog @seattlebikeblog.com · 1d

Dear Toronto: We will stop scoring runs this game if Doug Ford agrees to stop tearing out bike lanes. Until then, the runs will continue.

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The Onion @theonion.com · 2d

Nation’s Indigenous People Confirm They Don’t Need Special Holiday, Just Large Swaths Of Land Returned Immediately https://theonion.com/nation-s-indigenous-people-confirm-they-don-t-need-spec-1839033177/

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 2d

Revenue Minister Simon Watts sought advice on removing IRD numbers from those not entitled to work in NZ as part of an immigration crackdown.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/14/i...

IRD mulls sharing data with Immigration NZ to catch illegal migrants

Revenue Minister Simon Watts sought advice on removing IRD numbers from those not entitled to work in NZ as part of an immigration crackdown.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 3d

My analysis: The Government’s methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus and international efforts to tackle the crisis.

The headline effect of a new, weaker climate target is a warmer, more dangerous world.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/13/f...

Farmers off the hook on climate means rest of us pick up the slack

Comment: The Government's methane announcement is the policy equivalent of a steaming cowpat on cross-partisan climate consensus.

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Philip Bump @pbump.com · 5d

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 6d

The process: Walk to the lakeside; set up the monopod, camera and 2kg lens; realise I've left my camera battery in my room; walk back to the room; back to the lakeside (it is now raining); stand in the rain.

The results: Worth it.

#birdphotography #birds 🪶

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 6d

Birdle 🇳🇿 10/10/2025

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First Wordle Problems @fwordleproblems.bsky.social · 7d

Hm. Not just a DC thing apparently.

Chicago Tribune @chicagotribune.com · 7d

A federal grand jury has refused to indict a Chicago couple arrested during a violent protest outside the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Broadview last month, a rare move that prompted prosecutors to abruptly drop the case.

Charges dropped against couple in Broadview immigration protest after federal grand jury refuses to indict

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 6d

Act Local candidates provided identical responses to some of Newsroom's open-ended survey questions, suggesting they had coordinated or been instructed to reply a certain way.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/p...

Parliamentary parties crowd out other blocs in local elections

Nationwide, Parliamentary parties are entrenching their influence in local elections over that of locally derived groupings.

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🎃scarecrowcialism👻 @swolecialism.bsky.social · 6d

I have frogs everywhere

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 7d

My analysis: The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/08/g...

Govt to meet 9% of Jobseeker target by taking teens off benefit

The design of the new Jobseeker policy incentivises parents of unemployed teenagers to work fewer hours, for fear of the teens losing their benefit.

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Old White Nepo Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 7d

The White House Antifa Roundtable is one of the best displays I’ve seen of this-is-how-bad-it’s-gotten — just a sewer of open fascism, dementia, morons and freaks, and incoherent rage.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 7d

Birdle 🇳🇿 08/10/2025

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Birdle New Zealand

Play and guess today's Birdle in 5 guesses. Learn about a new New Zealand bird every day.

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Kendra "Gloom is My Beat" Pierre-Louis @kendrawrites.com · 8d

Someone uploaded the video to reddit. He said it and then just abruptly stopped talking. The video is still working - you can see him blinking. And it's not an audio problem his mouth isn't moving

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From the LateStageCapitalism community on Reddit: Stephen Miller states that Trump has plenary authority, then immediately stops talking as if he’s realized what he just said

Explore this post and more from the LateStageCapitalism community

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 9d

BREAKING: Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from deploying any National Guard troops in Oregon.

Federal judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from sending National Guard troops to Oregon

A federal judge temporarily blocked the Trump administration from deploying any National Guard units to Oregon, including the California National Guard.

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 9d

We must now start calling this what it is: Trump’s Invasion. It started with federal agents, it will soon include deploying federalized members of the Illinois National Guard against our wishes, and it will now involve sending in another state’s military troops.

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 10d

Easiest Birdle ever

Birdle 🇳🇿 06/10/2025

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Marc Daalder @marcdaalder.bsky.social · 10d

Alison Holst! I recognise the font 🤣