Aidy makeando
@aidymakeando.bsky.social
maker, rider, kiter, groover, kaiwahanga kereti, kaitiaki taiao
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Why urban cycling infrastructure is really important (and why urban roading infrastructure is not)
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 20, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Why urban cycling infrastructure is really important (and why urban roading infrastructure is not)
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
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Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
3 massive changes you'll see as the climate careens toward tipping points
Scientists are increasingly concerned that the planet is headed for massive, irreversible changes due to global warming. In some cases, those changes have already begun.
www.npr.org
November 19, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Your 'bonus moment of doom' for today:
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
"When the planet heats up beyond 1.5 degrees, the impacts don't get just slightly worse. Scientists warn that massive, self-reinforcing changes could be set off, having devastating impacts around the world."
www.npr.org/2025/11/19/n...
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Bike lanes make our cities better for everyone. But we're not building fast enough.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 19, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Bike lanes make our cities better for everyone. But we're not building fast enough.
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
www.thepost.co.nz/business/360... @cyclingactionnz.bsky.social @bikeauckland.bsky.social
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Maybe don't keep announcing unaffordable trophy roads if you can't pay for them. Just a thought.
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
Transport Minister Chris Bishop says funding $56b in roads a 'challenge'
Hard choices lie ahead, Bishop says, as he explains funding the $56 billion in motorways promised by the Government would require a nearly 50c per litre lift in petrol taxes.
dlvr.it
November 19, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Maybe don't keep announcing unaffordable trophy roads if you can't pay for them. Just a thought.
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"Doolally economic vandalism" is what I'd call cancelling 2 ferries that are key to travel between your 2 main islands with no replacements in sight.
November 18, 2025 at 6:06 AM
"Doolally economic vandalism" is what I'd call cancelling 2 ferries that are key to travel between your 2 main islands with no replacements in sight.
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The thing is, National KNOWS there's no future in mining. They KNOW these projects aren't feasible, financially, environmentally or politically. But they need a short-term line-go-up moment to pretend their economic plan isn't a raging dumpster fire
Willis is part of a Govt that is destroying NZ’s core international brand, ripping up our Paris climate commitments, deliberately undermining the climate sections of trade agreements , that has alienated Aus and the Pacific by supporting bottom trawling etc etc www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
‘Doolally, economic vandalism’ - Willis blasts Greens’ mining intervention
The Greens’ promise to revoke fast-tracked consents on seven mining projects has prompted government ministers to come out swinging, and one mining company to defend itself.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
The thing is, National KNOWS there's no future in mining. They KNOW these projects aren't feasible, financially, environmentally or politically. But they need a short-term line-go-up moment to pretend their economic plan isn't a raging dumpster fire
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Willis is just pissed off that no-one will donate to National if their fast-track "consents" are subject to democratic control www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
‘Doolally, economic vandalism’ - Willis blasts Greens’ mining intervention
The Greens’ promise to revoke fast-tracked consents on seven mining projects has prompted government ministers to come out swinging, and one mining company to defend itself.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 18, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Willis is just pissed off that no-one will donate to National if their fast-track "consents" are subject to democratic control www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360...
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This explains things like why they were spreading misinformation about Tamatha Paul.
I expect it to backfire on them, especially in Wellington. Green policy is popular here. Setting themselves up in opposition to the Greens for the sake of it will not work in their favour.
I expect it to backfire on them, especially in Wellington. Green policy is popular here. Setting themselves up in opposition to the Greens for the sake of it will not work in their favour.
November 17, 2025 at 10:55 PM
This explains things like why they were spreading misinformation about Tamatha Paul.
I expect it to backfire on them, especially in Wellington. Green policy is popular here. Setting themselves up in opposition to the Greens for the sake of it will not work in their favour.
I expect it to backfire on them, especially in Wellington. Green policy is popular here. Setting themselves up in opposition to the Greens for the sake of it will not work in their favour.
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No one in Wellington wants extra fucking tunnels. We want decent public transport and quite a few of us want safe cycleways.
November 17, 2025 at 1:52 AM
No one in Wellington wants extra fucking tunnels. We want decent public transport and quite a few of us want safe cycleways.
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Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
November 10, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Luxon thinks we need a "mature conversation" about selling state assets... But I don't think he really means that, because a mature conversation would look at the history of failure and the shortsighted focus on profit ahead of public interest.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
He wants a conversation where we agree with him.
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... have they tried going for a michelin star ? apparently theres money to fund people coming from overseas to partake of Aotearoa's hospitality and fine dining, but nothing for depression treatment unless youre Milk (K)ing the system
Wellington depression recovery centre to close after no funding reprieve
Accidental meeting invite from Health NZ gave false hope but no reprieve for Wellington mental health service
www.stuff.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 7:51 AM
www.stuff.co.nz/politics/360... have they tried going for a michelin star ? apparently theres money to fund people coming from overseas to partake of Aotearoa's hospitality and fine dining, but nothing for depression treatment unless youre Milk (K)ing the system
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Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement
The world’s on track for 2.5–2.9°C
👉Emissions still rising
👉Pledges improving, not delivering
👉1.5°C dream fading - but 2°C is still possible if ambition doubles
…and the next decade will decide everything
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The world’s on track for 2.5–2.9°C
👉Emissions still rising
👉Pledges improving, not delivering
👉1.5°C dream fading - but 2°C is still possible if ambition doubles
…and the next decade will decide everything
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement - Nature Climate Change
To mark the tenth anniversary of the Paris Agreement, Nature Climate Change asked experts to reflect on the progress of and barriers to several of its key Articles. They share their thoughts on import...
www.nature.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Expert retrospective on a decade of the Paris Agreement
The world’s on track for 2.5–2.9°C
👉Emissions still rising
👉Pledges improving, not delivering
👉1.5°C dream fading - but 2°C is still possible if ambition doubles
…and the next decade will decide everything
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The world’s on track for 2.5–2.9°C
👉Emissions still rising
👉Pledges improving, not delivering
👉1.5°C dream fading - but 2°C is still possible if ambition doubles
…and the next decade will decide everything
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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PRESS RELEASE
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
Fast-Track Amendment Bill a Savage Escalation in Government’s War on Nature
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill passed its first reading in parliament today, prompting fierce condemnation from Greenpeace.
www.greenpeace.org
November 6, 2025 at 3:35 AM
PRESS RELEASE
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
The Fast-Track Amendment Bill which passed its first reading in parliament today is a savage escalation of the Luxon Government’s war on nature.
#nzpol
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/pre...
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Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
November 6, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Ardern and Shaw, willfully or no, were taken for a ride by National and Fed Farmers on climate change. Nats/Feds delayed climate action with false promise of seeking 'consensus'. As soon as they had the power they ditched He Waka Eke Noa and 'Zero Carbon Act'. Don't get fooled again.
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Everyone expects the Govt to help them if required, but I think the political parties in NZ can be categorized by how their voters want the Govt to help others:
Nat: not unemployed
NZF: not immigrants
ACT: not poor
Labour: everyone but not too much
Green/TPM: everyone
#nzpol
Nat: not unemployed
NZF: not immigrants
ACT: not poor
Labour: everyone but not too much
Green/TPM: everyone
#nzpol
November 5, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Everyone expects the Govt to help them if required, but I think the political parties in NZ can be categorized by how their voters want the Govt to help others:
Nat: not unemployed
NZF: not immigrants
ACT: not poor
Labour: everyone but not too much
Green/TPM: everyone
#nzpol
Nat: not unemployed
NZF: not immigrants
ACT: not poor
Labour: everyone but not too much
Green/TPM: everyone
#nzpol
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FUCKING CLIMATE CRIMINALS
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
FUCKING CLIMATE CRIMINALS
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Remember when this government got really mad about public musings on its growing resemblance to “a death cult that hates children”?
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
The Govt quietly announced a loosening of climate rules at 8pm last night:
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
- Decoupling the ETS from Paris
- Shifting ETS resets to every 2 years
- Delaying the public sector target by 25 years
- Removing CCC advice from *before* emission reductions plans:
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/360...
Government quietly loosens climate rules
An announcement at 8pm on Tuesday saw the Government delinking the ETS from the Paris Agreement and extending another emissions deadline by 25 years.
www.thepost.co.nz
November 5, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Remember when this government got really mad about public musings on its growing resemblance to “a death cult that hates children”?
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
One tries to resist hyperbole, but every day it gets harder to quibble with that take.
*not just death: disability, denialism, dismantling democracy—what else? #nzpol
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Unbelievably, Shane thinks the fast track isn't going fast enough and it appears to be too democratic so him and Bishop are reining it in, with a new bill to be passed under urgency.
This is preposterous. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
This is preposterous. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
The Post
www.thepost.co.nz
November 4, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Unbelievably, Shane thinks the fast track isn't going fast enough and it appears to be too democratic so him and Bishop are reining it in, with a new bill to be passed under urgency.
This is preposterous. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
This is preposterous. www.thepost.co.nz/business/360...
Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing | Reuters share.google/1DdwIh8Ayoqw...
Probably worth checking if these people are on the list of political donors in NZ
Probably worth checking if these people are on the list of political donors in NZ
Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing
A dark fleet of tankers carried tens of billions of dollars of Iranian and Russian oil to Asia, evading Western sanctions. Reuters found the ships were connected by one thing: a small insurance company in New Zealand, run by a British family.
share.google
October 29, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Iran, Russia and the New Zealand insurer that kept their sanctioned oil flowing | Reuters share.google/1DdwIh8Ayoqw...
Probably worth checking if these people are on the list of political donors in NZ
Probably worth checking if these people are on the list of political donors in NZ
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October 27, 2025 at 11:04 PM
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I think the TL;DR on responses to Meager's proposal to ration democracy is "we'll be less activist if you'll be less shit" newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
Tighter rules may be needed to stem flow of public submissions, says MP
'Coordinated, largely online campaigns' make it harder for politicians to consider good-faith submissions on laws
newsroom.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I think the TL;DR on responses to Meager's proposal to ration democracy is "we'll be less activist if you'll be less shit" newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/t...
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New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
$5b-plus blowout for eight Roads of National Significance
The Government's 17 Roads of National Significance will cost it at least $44 billion – enough to rebuild Dunedin Hospital 23 times over. Marc Daalder reports.
newsroom.co.nz
October 22, 2025 at 6:29 PM
New from me: Just eight of the Government's 17 Roads of National Significance have already seen costs blow out by $5.1 billion - before any shovels are even in the ground.
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
The full programme would cost $44-$54 billion on the latest numbers.
newsroom.co.nz/2025/10/23/5...
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What I would say to you, Simeon, is that the health system should NEVER be underfunded or under resourced in the first place, that is all on YOU.
The only people to cross an ethical threshold are you and your colleagues.
#nzpol #bhn #nznurses #strike
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The only people to cross an ethical threshold are you and your colleagues.
#nzpol #bhn #nznurses #strike
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Simeon Brown accuses doctors of crossing 'ethical line' with mega strike
There were audible cries of disbelief during Simeon Brown's speech to senior doctors.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 15, 2025 at 9:16 PM
What I would say to you, Simeon, is that the health system should NEVER be underfunded or under resourced in the first place, that is all on YOU.
The only people to cross an ethical threshold are you and your colleagues.
#nzpol #bhn #nznurses #strike
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
The only people to cross an ethical threshold are you and your colleagues.
#nzpol #bhn #nznurses #strike
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to #methane reduction targets
- Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’
- NZ has 5 million cows and 23 million sheep
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
- Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’
- NZ has 5 million cows and 23 million sheep
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to methane reduction targets
Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’ and ‘unambitious’
www.theguardian.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:25 AM
New Zealand accused of ‘full-blown climate denial’ over cuts to #methane reduction targets
- Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’
- NZ has 5 million cows and 23 million sheep
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
- Farmers praised the move, but scientists and opposition parties criticised it as ‘weak’
- NZ has 5 million cows and 23 million sheep
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
