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NOAA is the very definition of “the public interest,” but it cuts against the private interest of the fossil fuel industry...the agency costs barely $6B a year—or 1/6 the cost of the federal government’s contracts with Musk’s companies. –@billmckibben.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...

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I am really concerned about the way the world is going now. Not for me so much, but for my grandchildren. It’s now pretty obvious that the endgame is to create a global regime controlled by the 0. something percent for their own interests and to hell with the rest of us. 1/2..

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Spent a good day servicing traps in the Canaan Downs area of Abel Tasman National Park. The first few traps skirt the bustling between farmland and forest. This is the view from just before I dove into the forest for the rest of the day.

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We are so lucky to live in such a lovely country! Last Saturday we walked the Takaka Hill Loop track. This is the outlook from near the top looking down the Takaka Valley toward Golden Bay. If you have never been to Golden Bay, stay away! It’s beautiful and we don’t want anyone to know about it…

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El Capitan displays a massive American flag upside down—the traditional signal of distress or extreme emergency.

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Yesterday I did a 4-minute plank. What I have learned is that if time seems to fly by too fast for you, planking is a good way to stop it in its tracks.

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nteresting letter to humanity written by Chat GPT posted over on LInkedIn: www.linkedin.com/posts/benjam...

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I like that he posted a picture of a print-out of the email.

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The people driving the upheaval in the USA and, to an extent, here, often claim to be doing so under the mantle of the Christian faith. So I got Claude to analyze the Gospels to find Jesus' definition of a good person. It's nearly the exact opposite of how these people present. #USpol #Chritianity

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My setup: #Apple M1 Mini. Sitting atop it, an MSI Cubi 5 recovered from a rubbish skip, running #LinuxMint . Interestingly, when I now go to "do stuff", I default to the Mint rig without even thinking about the choice. Why? I just enjoy it more and it's freeing not feeling "locked in".

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Very true. This could also apply here in Aotearoa New Zealand. Just change a name, and maybe add a couple.

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Last Wednesday I went into the Abel Tasman National Park on a water taxi to service one of my trap lines. I felt the effects of cloud, sea and ominous lighting was rather interesting. Love the little sliver of land squished between the clouds and the sea

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Just checked my dm history on here. 63% of all my dms are from “Deleted Account”. Kind of sad. But good work by the Bluesky team keeping us safe(ish)

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Our #corruption perception index rating has dropped another place to 4th in 2024. Not surprising, given the current government's blatantly obvious shenanigans, but disappointing all the same. I used to be proud of our integrity. I'm also surprised we haven't heard more of this on the media. #NZpol

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"The real problem of humanity is we have Paleolithic emotions, medieval institutions and god-like technologies." —E.O. Wilson

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Wow... Had not thought about this but damn. This is an absolutely excellent point.

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How come everything you put into a refrigerator is always 3mm too tall for the available shelf?

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It happened so fast, I didn’t realize until just now that Bluesky has blown past 31 MILLION active users!! 💨 🦋 bsky-users.theo.io

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Oops 😬

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What a nightmare www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...

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The 35-year old man, who committed the deadliest mass murder in Sweden's history, was a native and his name was Rickard Andersson and had licenses to keep 4 guns. The Far Right has gone silent because he was not an immigrant or a Muslim!

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(Checks to see if my publisher is part of this suit) FUCK YEAH MACMILLAN GET THESE MOFOS www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

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I just started a thing over on Substack. Hope you like it. You're welcome.🙂 substack.com/home/post/p-...

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open.substack.com/pub/robertre... Really good post from Robert Reich over on Substack. Very concerning for anyone who values democracy. What happen to the US affects us all, like it or not.

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I hope #Canada and #Mexico have learned that they need to diversify their trade away from the US as much and as fast as possible (as should #NZ), given current experience.

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🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

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the current coalition are doing an effective number, painfully twisting our collective nips about a vast range of topics a war of attrition, exhaust us so we collapse in a heap we, Aotearoa, need GREEN LAB TPM to coalesce our efforts it's not even that difficult, esp when it's ur job #nzpol

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