Phil Garnock-Jones
@theobrominated.bsky.social
Retired botanist, focusing on flower biology and sometimes 🎸
My book "He Puāwai, a natural history of New Zealand flowers" (Auckland University Press, 2025) illustrated with >500 stereo pair photographs.
Whakatū, Aotearoa. orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-4152
My book "He Puāwai, a natural history of New Zealand flowers" (Auckland University Press, 2025) illustrated with >500 stereo pair photographs.
Whakatū, Aotearoa. orcid.org/0000-0002-2539-4152
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The fact that this stuff is routine in schools across England should be a national crisis. I meet kids all the time who've been pushed to such extreme anxiety and self-hatred that they're self-harming and suffering suicidal ideation.
But even people with progressive values won't take on schools.
But even people with progressive values won't take on schools.
November 29, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The fact that this stuff is routine in schools across England should be a national crisis. I meet kids all the time who've been pushed to such extreme anxiety and self-hatred that they're self-harming and suffering suicidal ideation.
But even people with progressive values won't take on schools.
But even people with progressive values won't take on schools.
Totally magical.
Are fireflies as magical as they appear to be on TV? Or are they just weird little bugs that you can kind of see at night if you try really hard to make them out?
November 29, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Totally magical.
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One of the longest air attacks on Kyiv: it began at 11pm & until 9:30am russia kept launching Kinzhals, cruise, ballistics & drones at us.
By obsessing over how to protect genocidal aggressor's bloody money instead of the victim's survival, Belgium is doing Europe a very dangerous disservice.
By obsessing over how to protect genocidal aggressor's bloody money instead of the victim's survival, Belgium is doing Europe a very dangerous disservice.
November 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
One of the longest air attacks on Kyiv: it began at 11pm & until 9:30am russia kept launching Kinzhals, cruise, ballistics & drones at us.
By obsessing over how to protect genocidal aggressor's bloody money instead of the victim's survival, Belgium is doing Europe a very dangerous disservice.
By obsessing over how to protect genocidal aggressor's bloody money instead of the victim's survival, Belgium is doing Europe a very dangerous disservice.
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Rock wren
Elk
Badger
Echidna
Firefly
Rock wren
Elk
Badger
Echidna
Firefly
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild.
- Tuatara*.
- Kangaroos.
- Sperm whales.
- Glowworms.
- Stingray.
*in Zealandia, but as they were free-range I'm allowing it.
- Tuatara*.
- Kangaroos.
- Sperm whales.
- Glowworms.
- Stingray.
*in Zealandia, but as they were free-range I'm allowing it.
Introduce yourself with 5 animals you've seen in the wild:
- Beluga whale
- kiwi
- whio
- eel
- kangaroo
- Beluga whale
- kiwi
- whio
- eel
- kangaroo
November 29, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild.
Rock wren
Elk
Badger
Echidna
Firefly
Rock wren
Elk
Badger
Echidna
Firefly
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i read somewhere that some people didn't like it. nought as queer as folk
November 29, 2025 at 8:52 AM
i read somewhere that some people didn't like it. nought as queer as folk
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Quite a bold claim.
November 28, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Quite a bold claim.
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This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
This is fundamentally Nazism. The idea that different peoples than the favored races carry degradation in their very genes, that they cannot strive to become better because biology compels them to be worse. It’s not just repugnant, it’s a bald faced lie.
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Beatles
Donovan
Andres Segovia
James Taylor
Queen
The Beatles
Donovan
Andres Segovia
James Taylor
Queen
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Who (Hollywood Bowl)
Fatboy Slim (Melbourne)
Van Morrison (Dublin)
Happy Mondays
The Bats (x100)
The Who (Hollywood Bowl)
Fatboy Slim (Melbourne)
Van Morrison (Dublin)
Happy Mondays
The Bats (x100)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Faithless
Chemical Brothers
Shapeshifter
The Killers
The Exponents
(Coldplay)
Faithless
Chemical Brothers
Shapeshifter
The Killers
The Exponents
(Coldplay)
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Beatles
Donovan
Andres Segovia
James Taylor
Queen
The Beatles
Donovan
Andres Segovia
James Taylor
Queen
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Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Who (Hollywood Bowl)
Fatboy Slim (Melbourne)
Van Morrison (Dublin)
Happy Mondays
The Bats (x100)
The Who (Hollywood Bowl)
Fatboy Slim (Melbourne)
Van Morrison (Dublin)
Happy Mondays
The Bats (x100)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Faithless
Chemical Brothers
Shapeshifter
The Killers
The Exponents
(Coldplay)
Faithless
Chemical Brothers
Shapeshifter
The Killers
The Exponents
(Coldplay)
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
Kraftwerk
Lenny Kravitz
The Wonderstuff
The Prodigy
Inspiral Carpets
Kraftwerk
Lenny Kravitz
The Wonderstuff
The Prodigy
Inspiral Carpets
November 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Introduce yourself with five concerts you've seen:
The Who (Hollywood Bowl)
Fatboy Slim (Melbourne)
Van Morrison (Dublin)
Happy Mondays
The Bats (x100)
The Who (Hollywood Bowl)
Fatboy Slim (Melbourne)
Van Morrison (Dublin)
Happy Mondays
The Bats (x100)
"openly" implies there was a past President who was more corrupt in secret, but I can't think who that could have been.
If they are being that pedantic the BBC editors should have added:
“the most openly corrupt president in American history” "(so far)"
#nzpol
“the most openly corrupt president in American history” "(so far)"
#nzpol
November 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"openly" implies there was a past President who was more corrupt in secret, but I can't think who that could have been.
National will be counting on a surge of borrowing against equity and homeowners feeling deservedly rich.
House prices will surge next year, RBNZ apparently predicts. There must be lots of money sloshing around in the economy then...
November 27, 2025 at 7:29 PM
National will be counting on a surge of borrowing against equity and homeowners feeling deservedly rich.
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You think that’s bad! Wait until you find out what it’s doing to science and medical information.
NEW: AI “recipe slop” is overrunning search and social. Food creators say Google’s AI Overviews and glossy fake food pics are drowning out real, tested recipes — collapsing traffic and setting home cooks up for disaster, especially this Thanksgiving.
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
AI Slop Recipes Are Taking Over the Internet -- And Thanksgiving Dinner
Food bloggers see traffic dip as home cooks turn to AI, inspired by impossible pictures
www.bloomberg.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 PM
You think that’s bad! Wait until you find out what it’s doing to science and medical information.
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Trump supporters are always hysterical with fear of foreigners coming to this land and taking everything from the people already here, something they are busy celebrating today.
Happy Thanksgiving, progeny of immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving, progeny of immigrants.
November 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Trump supporters are always hysterical with fear of foreigners coming to this land and taking everything from the people already here, something they are busy celebrating today.
Happy Thanksgiving, progeny of immigrants.
Happy Thanksgiving, progeny of immigrants.
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London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
November 27, 2025 at 7:02 AM
London: 7°C - Pitlochry: -2°C
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
Yet the person freezing in Pitlochry pays more for electricity — electricity generated in their own town.
Meanwhile, London, which produces almost none, pays less.
This isn’t just unfair. It’s exploitation. And it’s happening in Scotland every single day.
#AreYouYesYet
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The sanctioning of a French ICC judge is a reminder of how exposed Europe remains to U.S. technological and financial infrastructure. Dependence on American firms is a geopolitical vulnerability
#EU #US
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
#EU #US
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
La vie de Nicolas Guillou, juge français de la CPI sous sanctions des Etats-Unis : « Vous êtes interdit bancaire sur une bonne partie de la planète »
Six juges et trois procureurs de la Cour pénale internationale ont été placés sous sanctions par l’administration Trump. Dans un entretien au « Monde », le magistrat raconte le poids de ces mesures su...
www.lemonde.fr
November 27, 2025 at 8:39 AM
The sanctioning of a French ICC judge is a reminder of how exposed Europe remains to U.S. technological and financial infrastructure. Dependence on American firms is a geopolitical vulnerability
#EU #US
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
#EU #US
www.lemonde.fr/internationa...
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Vile, Treasonous, Gross, Reckless, Conceited, Awful Thievery...... Signed off by Nicola Willis. And aided by others who did the bidding. This is some awful shit. A lot of us suffered because of this shit. People died, lives were shortened, suffering intensified.
November 27, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Vile, Treasonous, Gross, Reckless, Conceited, Awful Thievery...... Signed off by Nicola Willis. And aided by others who did the bidding. This is some awful shit. A lot of us suffered because of this shit. People died, lives were shortened, suffering intensified.
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/he-puawai/
Well, since you asked, this has been out for about six weeks.
Well, since you asked, this has been out for about six weeks.
November 27, 2025 at 7:07 AM
aucklanduniversitypress.co.nz/he-puawai/
Well, since you asked, this has been out for about six weeks.
Well, since you asked, this has been out for about six weeks.
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Holy shit! A huge crowd of Patriots in St. Paul, Minnesota surrounded and shouted down the pedophile führer's Nazi ICE Gestapo with chants of "shame, shame, shame." 🙌💪👏👇
November 27, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Holy shit! A huge crowd of Patriots in St. Paul, Minnesota surrounded and shouted down the pedophile führer's Nazi ICE Gestapo with chants of "shame, shame, shame." 🙌💪👏👇
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Roger Gray, Ports of Auckland CE:
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
November 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Roger Gray, Ports of Auckland CE:
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
“All of you driving electric cars, you’re driving on coal, so keep doing so.”
What a fucking idiot.
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My favorite (sorry—favourite) #NewZealand bike shop, Bicycle Junction in Wellington, will be closed on Friday for #SlackFriday. I salute them!
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
#slackfriday
In recent years, we’ve seen the celebration of consumerism grow in the form of Black Friday. It has only crept into popular culture here in New Zealand over the past several years. In the US, Black Fr...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 PM
My favorite (sorry—favourite) #NewZealand bike shop, Bicycle Junction in Wellington, will be closed on Friday for #SlackFriday. I salute them!
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
www.bicyclejunction.co.nz/blogs/bicycl...
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So, Mr Hipkins, now would be a REALLY GOOD TIME to state for the record that a coalition with National or ACT or NZ 1st is off the table. If that isn't made very clear there will be many people like me who will change their party vote.
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So, Mr Hipkins, now would be a REALLY GOOD TIME to state for the record that a coalition with National or ACT or NZ 1st is off the table. If that isn't made very clear there will be many people like me who will change their party vote.
It's a hard job to sell it to them when their plan is to just steal it.
🤬 Trump on leaked Witkoff-Russia call: He has to "sell Ukraine to Russia", it's a dealmaker's job
Trump on leaked Witkoff-Russia call: He has to "sell Ukraine to Russia", it's a dealmaker's job
US President Donald Trump has commented on the transcript of a conversation between Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Putin's aides published by Bloomberg. Trump has said he saw nothing unusual in his r...
www.pravda.com.ua
November 26, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's a hard job to sell it to them when their plan is to just steal it.
Great news Nic. Congratulations.
I’m humbled & on cloud nine to have been awarded the NZ Assoc Scientists Cranwell Medal in Science Communication. I could not have done this level of sci comm without the support of my family & wonderful lab group. This award is as much for you as it is for me www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
Prestigious medal for science communicator
www.otago.ac.nz
November 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Great news Nic. Congratulations.
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I’m humbled & on cloud nine to have been awarded the NZ Assoc Scientists Cranwell Medal in Science Communication. I could not have done this level of sci comm without the support of my family & wonderful lab group. This award is as much for you as it is for me www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
Prestigious medal for science communicator
www.otago.ac.nz
November 26, 2025 at 5:55 AM
I’m humbled & on cloud nine to have been awarded the NZ Assoc Scientists Cranwell Medal in Science Communication. I could not have done this level of sci comm without the support of my family & wonderful lab group. This award is as much for you as it is for me www.otago.ac.nz/news/newsroo...
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I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
'It's not impossible': Willis says National may join other parties to repeal Regulatory Standards Act
The National deputy leader said her party may also campaign to get rid of the law.
www.nzherald.co.nz
November 26, 2025 at 1:29 AM
I do not know off the top of head what is in the oath an incoming government makes to the Governor General, but it seems like passing legislation you actually think is bad should be some kind of breach of it
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...