Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I have no special knowledge, but have always said my-asma. 000
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Checking Wikipedia, I find said dramatisation was 1963. I would have been nine... en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wei...en.wikipedia.orgThe Weirdstone of Brisingamen - Wikipedia 000
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In the days when all we had was hissing BBC Radio on long wave and I was knee-high to a small Highland cow, I remember listening to a Home Service dramatisation of (IIRC) Alan Garner's The Weirdstone of Brisingamen, and being both enraptured and terrified by the spooky atmosphere it evoked. 110
Reposted by GarethGeorge Penney @georgepenney.bsky.social · 05/10/2026🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A small human (3?) is skipping along next to Dad while holding a threadbare plushie bunny. With utmost solemnity he says: "Dad I REALLY think you should carry me." Dad says: "Why'd ya think that mate?" "Cos Rabbit's got VERY TIRED legs." 125129
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026In other words, you need to provide some historical and political context before taking these views as representative of some wider group. In my neck of the woods, there was support of Groundswell from a narrow section of the rural community, but not from the community as a whole. 021
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Alan Gibbs bought Rodney Hide and turned ACT from being a self-professed "smart green" party to outright climate denialism. As we've recently seen In Hager's Dirty Work, Groundswell was weaponised by the Taxpayer's Onion, and co-opted into the racist anti-Three Waters campaign. 130
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/20261: The impact of decades of climate misinformation from agricultural leadership and in particular, from - ahem - opinion formers in the farming media. 2: The influence of climate denial influencers in ACT and National - eg Don Brash handed out denialist books to his caucus, and 130
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The research was conducted during and after the Groundswell campaign, and limited itself to an analysis of the views amongst a small pastoral community in the SI. In so far as it goes, it is a useful "peek under the hood" of the thinking of that small community, but IMHO could have acknowledged... 130
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I reposted a link to the original article this morning. bsky.app/profile/rkpr... A few points worth noting, after reading it. 111
Reposted by GarethJason Kemp @dialogcrm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Massive potential. "Drive Electric’s estimate that if around 30% of the light fleet were V2G-enabled, its combined export capacity could match New Zealand’s total current generation capacity." evsandbeyond.co.nz/eeca-v2g-tri...evsandbeyond.co.nzEECA V2G report: only a handful of EVs can feed the grid | EVs and BeyondEECA's first Queenstown vehicle-to-grid trial report finds V2G support in New Zealand limited to a handful of models, mostly on a trial-only basis, with only two compliant chargers and export tariffs ... 272
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Precisely this. In the Hurunui, once you get off the state highways, the roads quickly become unsealed and almost third world. Sealing much of the rural roading network nationwide would open up huge tourism and other opportunities, as well as saving a lot of car washing. 041
Reposted by GarethPaul Brislen @brislen.nz · 04/10/2026I regularly travel Auckland-Wellington and the price on the plane is insane so I would indeed be signing up for an overnight run. Leave Auckland at the end of the day, have dinner, go to sleep, get up in Welly, have breakfast, go to work. Brilliant. No notes. 10536
Reposted by GarethRebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026We talked to farmers in a South Island community and found: (1) mistrust in climate science and scientists, (2) mistrust in government, (3) mistrust of the mainstream media and (4) a sense of responsibility and care for their farms. #ClimateChange rsnz.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...rsnz.onlinelibrary.wiley.comNew Zealand Farmers’ Trust in Climate Change Expertise and Policy: A Case StudyResponding to recent discord between Aotearoa New Zealand's agricultural sector and the government over environmental policies, this paper examines farmers’ trust in climate change science and policy... 105428
Reposted by GarethTrevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 04/10/2026This amateur statistician has observed that the NZ media does not cover the parties in proportion to their seats in Parliament. It does not cover them in proportion to their current polling average. It does cover them approximately in proportion to their total donations #NZpol #ViciousCycle 37829
Reposted by Garethdonoteat @donoteat.bsky.social · 04/10/2026lotta people out here bragging about "training models" but why do that when you can model trains 252821548
Reposted by GarethJolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Let’s go! (Again!) #nzpol Auckland Libraries Heritage Collections Map 6573 kura.aucklandlibraries.govt.nz/digital/coll... 58122
Reposted by Garethrichard mortimer @richardmortimer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Still Life with Teapot and Tulips 0211
Reposted by GarethJombucha @mangetout.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The "party of business" label should be condemnatory. It puts corporate and owner profit above people. A "party for people" will include business success because broad economic improvements benefit everyone. 373
Reposted by GarethEleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Inject this into my veins! Green Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ cities www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzGreen Party announces plan for passenger rail between major NZ citiesThe Green Party says it will connect the country with intercity passenger rail services, if elected. 38212
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Nearly ditto: Wordle 1,932 6/6* ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩⬜🟩⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 020
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026New PB on OUTLIER Day 135 · 882 · 🦅 EAGLE EYES 🟨🟪🟨🟦🟪🟦🟨🟦🟨🟨 🎯 7 words nobody else found · 🦄 3 found by under 1% of players Can you find rarer? playoutlier.com/s/5UF8GVplayoutlier.comOUTLIER · Day 135bosh scored 882 on Day 135. Can you beat them? 010
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Likely to lead to torrential rain in southern US apparently 100
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Meanwhile, Australia has a death wish it wants to impose on the rest of us. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...theguardian.comApproval of biggest coal project in NSW planning commission’s history described as ‘infamous betrayal’Independent Planning Commission says climate change impacts from Hunter Valley project will be ‘outweighed’ by economic benefits 000
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“What we are seeing now is a complete explosion of these melt rates, leading to the disintegration of glaciers. They’re really just falling apart.” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘Explosion of melt rates’: 20% of Swiss glaciers lost in five yearsAlpine regions in Europe experiencing extreme glacier collapse due to heat-trapping effects of fossil fuel pollution 044
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“How sensitive is the global climate system to this loss of sea ice? We are still working to put numbers on that. But the system is changing faster than we are understanding it.” - Will Hobbs www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comAntarctic winter sea ice falls to third-lowest level on record as scientists warn of ‘now problem’Coverage levels fall a million square kilometres short of the long-term average, with global heating likely driving losses 112
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 01/10/2026“We are witnessing one of the most extraordinary Atlantic hurricane seasons in modern history,” said Alex DaSilva. “There is an increasingly likely scenario in which the Atlantic season ends without a single hurricane for the first time in more than a century.” e360.yale.edu/digest/2026-...e360.yale.eduFor the First Time in a Century, the Atlantic May See No Hurricanes 110
Reposted by GarethSandy Horne @sandyhorne.bsky.social · 30/09/2026A different view of a pied stilt. Gluepot Reserve, South Australia. 421426
Reposted by GarethMichael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 30/09/2026New record global sea surface temperature anomaly. This El Niño is for reals pulse.climate.copernicus.eu 111955
Reposted by Garethbrendan @schlage.town · 29/09/2026FYI for folks looking for a good substack alternative :) 07829
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026...until I deployed my defences. Which do at least stop him from leaving beak marks in my helmet (which can be seen below). 050
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Evil little bugger. Left beak marks in the back of my bike helmet... 270
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 30/09/2026May I commend the works of @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social - but still plenty of room for you, I suspect. 010
Reposted by GarethPaul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 29/09/2026Aren't you just tired of it all? The fucking lies, deceit, denial, insanity, arrogance, stupidity, senseless, brazen fucking hypocrisy & worst of all, destruction, by every single fucking right wing politician walking this polluted & increasingly uninhabitable world www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...rnz.co.nzNZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claimA Dutch environmental group claims New Zealand has broken its climate change promises in the free trade agreement with the EU and is lodging the first complaint of its kind through the European Commis... 56220
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Incredible - and I am not being hyperbolic - pictures of a living mycorrhizal network, the first time we can really see what's going on in the rhizosphere - the thing which underpins all life on this planet. eos.org/articles/fun...eos.orgFungi Are Holding the Food Web Together. New Research Images This Underground Network. - EosBy combining computer tomography—the same technology used for medical scans—with a high-powered particle accelerator, researchers have imaged the network of roots, fungal structures, and soil together... 04923
Reposted by Garethchairmanknow @chairmanknow.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Top work from the free range political commentators of Te Whanganui a Tara #nzpol #smegoffrimmer 0154
Reposted by GarethIn Otter News @in-otter-news.bsky.social · 26/09/2026After a long day at the aquarium, the otters help tidy their toys away. Payment is made promptly and entirely in ice cubes. 331189353976
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Today’s family lunch is a Fuck Trump meal, featuring mechouia-style roast leg of lamb, mojardara, and shirazi salad, all from Persiana by Sabrina Ghayour. 240
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Our EV is automagic, but the little Suzuki isn’t. I don’t drive it much so it doesn’t annoy me. SWMBO never knows what time it is so she doesn’t care. She’ll be on last year’s DST… 120
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026The only one in our house that doesn’t do it itself is the cooker. But I have Persian lamb roast to get going in the morning so I will have to brace myself for action. 120
Reposted by GarethPaul Brislen @brislen.nz · 26/09/2026The next 40 years are going to be very challenging for multiple reasons but top of the list is the damage that will come from insane weather as a result of this kind of thing. I’m sure Shane will go to his grave confident of his position, but it is wrong and provably so. 77822
Gareth @grenow.bsky.social · 25/09/2026It will be summer here... ;-) Most strong El Niños are associated with rainfall deficits on the east coasts of both islands, caused by intensification of the westerlies. Not guaranteed, depends a bit on SAM, but the warm downslope NW winds can dry us out very quickly. 110