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Kate @knhannah.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I know everyone is hard pressed at the moment, but if you had a spare $5 to help the lad fundraise to make his master’s film project, it would be greatly appreciated; shooting starts Thursday: givealittle.co.nz/cause/the-gi...

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'The Girl From the Beach' a master's short film

We are looking to fundraise for my master's short, 'The Girl From the Beach', a searing contemporary drama set in suburban Auckland.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

We 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/...

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New Zealand Farmers’ Trust in Climate Change Expertise and Policy: A Case Study

Responding 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...

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Tina Adcock @tinaadcock.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

NEW H-Environment Roundtable Review on Hanne Nielsen's *Brand Antarctica: How Global Consumer Culture Shapes Our Perceptions of the Ice Continent.* Comments: @hesterblum.bsky.social, @rkpriestley.bsky.social, Rohan Howitt, and Adrienne van Eeden-Wharton #envhist networks.h-net.org/sites/defaul...

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Lilith Grace Toitū Te Tiriti @lilithgrace.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Please, Aotearoa must do this while there’s still time #NZPol

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Let’s gooooooo! (Our breeding programme finally paying dividends!)

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Thalia @thaliathalia.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Tomorrow is the last day to register for the Internet NZ AGM. 'Free Speech' 'Union' folks are going to be there in force - we need to be there to vote.

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Chris Fleming, Ian Fleming's great-nephew, is the obvious choice.

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Joanna Kidman @joannakidman.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Lest we forget, Cook attempted to enter Wellington harbour on two occasions (once on the Endeavour and once on the Resolution) and failed both times. Not a good omen really. www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Kupe and Cook: Names of new Cook Strait ferries announced

The two new Cook Strait ferries will be named Kupe and Cook.

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Nic Rawlence @nicrawlencenz.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I’m humbled to have been awarded the Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize (pmscienceprizes.org.nz/2025-winner-...). I couldn't have done sci comm w/out a village of support incl. my family & wonderful lab group. This award is as much for you as it is for me www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyOT...

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Nic Rawlence – Prime Minister's Science Communication Prize

YouTube video by RoyalSocietyNZ

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

The famous "Wedges" paper was used repeatedly to shut us up when we argued against the continued use of fossil fuels, and, esp, against carbon capture and storage and the mass use of bioenergy. "But these eminent scientists say ..." Now we learn BP co-authored it. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

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How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Looking forward to seeing who the winners are … #NZPMSciPrizes

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

It’s a wild Wellington day out there (cold, windy, horizontal rain) but I’ll be venturing out to Schrödinger’s Books this evening with Una Cruikshank 📕

6pm, Thursday 25th June, Schrodinger’s Books. Una Cruikshank and Rebecca Priestley in conversation with Dr Virginia Thomas. Una is photographed in front of a tree and Rebecca is photographed seated with a beagle (Mabel dog) sitting on her, also looking at the camera.

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James Renwick @cubaraglanguy.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Come join us! Te Herenga Waka is looking for a senior academic to join our climate change teaching and research programme - apply by Monday 22 June.

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

With just me and one other person — in a city car park … that’s a wrap on Black Sheeps.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

While other parts of the motu have heavy rain and floods, we’re having a freakishly warm start to winter in Wellington. This is more like our usual shitty summer weather #globalwarming #climatechange

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Alex Beattie @drlxbt.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Long weekend coming up!! Will you doomscroll or keep working? Get a screen time horoscope and look into your future... www.savingscreentime.com/tools/screen... @katemannell.bsky.social @binarythis.bsky.social @digitalchildau.bsky.social @maxsoar.bsky.social @courtneyaddison.bsky.social

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Martin Shaw @thebooksdesk.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

OMG @ingridhorrocks.bsky.social won the big one! Published in OZ by UQP in April!

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Jonathan King @jonathanking.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Slightly increase a band Nick Cave and the Bad Sprouts

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 11/05/2026

new zealander everlee wihongi was due to meet with her lawyer yesterday. then ICE moved her to their most notorious tent facility in texas: 3000 people, highest death rate, most sexual assaults. and today, she disappeared off the system. please RT: www.webworm.co/everleehasdi...

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Everlee Has Disappeared

Everlee Wihongi was transferred by ICE to the notorious "Camp East Montana" at Fort Bliss, Texas. Then she disappeared.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

“Menstrual cups are a game-changer in terms of reducing waste, but only a handful of contradictory studies, carried out under artificial conditions, have been done on their safety. Siouxsie Wiles wants to change that – but needs your help.” thespinoff.co.nz/science/06-0...

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Siouxsie Wiles: Menstrual cups are a great invention. But how safe are they?

They're a game-changer in terms of reducing waste, but only a handful of contradictory studies have been done on their safety.

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Class notes: Lecture on climate change denial, and disinformation in New Zealand www.linkedin.com/pulse/class-... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/05/01/c... (WordPress) #ClimateChange #NZPol #Disinformation #GlobalWarming

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Matt King @deformedearth.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Important new insights on the conditions beneath the fastest changing part of the Antarctic Ice Sheet. This will govern the rate of retreat of the glacier. Now the community needs to upscale these and get them into updated sea projections www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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Hard rocks and deep wetlands beneath Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica - Communications Earth & Environment

Beneath Thwaites Glacier in Antarctica lies a highly heterogeneous bed of elevated ridges and sediment filled basins as well as an active lake, which presents a level of complexity that current models...

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Dr Sanjana Hattotuwa @sanjanah.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

Seeding the storm: Climate change denialism from Cyclone Gabrielle to Cyclone Vaianu www.linkedin.com/pulse/seedin... (LinkedIn) sanjanah.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/s... (WordPress) #nzpol #ClimateChange #Disinformation @caadcoalition.bsky.social @counterhate.com

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Jo Bailey @jobailey.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

OMG SWYD ASAP, 2day I found this GR8 guide to communicating circa the millennium. HAND all, I hope U been LTWT, LOL

A list I found in a very old folder of files (not mine!). It’s a list probably from 2000s of text speak terms. It reads:

Words in full
Abbreviations or SMS language
As far as I know
AFAIK
Love
LUV
Thanks
THNX or THX
Today
2day
Before
B4
Have a nice day
HAND
See you
CU
So what's your problem?
SWYP
At
@
Tears in my eyes
TIME
Sealed with a kiss
SWAK
Chicks
CHX
Great
GR8
Keep it simple, stupid
KISS
Such a laugh
SAL
At the moment
ATM
What Are You Doing
WYD
Where Are You At
WYA
Stop What Your Doing
SWYD
By The Way
BTW
You're on your own
YOYO
As soon as possible
ASAP
Oh My God
OMG
Hugs and Kisses
HAK or XOXO
Laughing out Loud
LOL
Rolling On The Floor
ROTF
Loving the weather today LTWT or LWT or LW

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D Jukic She/her @dejanajuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026

Thank unions for this long weekend actually, thank unions for weekends. Period. #nzpol The best time to join a union was yesterday, the next best time is today. union.org.nz/find-your-un...

Against a backdrop of an obscured photograph of a picket line white text reads:

Thank unions for this long weekend
• actually, thank unions for weekends. Period.

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Frank @fmacskasy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Wouldnt it be better, cheaper more energy efficient,more climate friendly if we JUST BROUGHT BACK A FULL RAIL NETWORK AND DUMPED ALL THESE $%&$!@*% MOTORWAY PROJECTS!!! *AARGGGH!* (1) www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

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Road tolls: Driving from Auckland to Northland and back could cost drivers $14.20

Commuters travelling daily between Northland and Auckland could pay about $3400 a year in tolls, if a proposal for the planned Northland Expressway goes ahead.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

8pm and on the #2 bus home from the city, brimming with people. I wonder how many more people we could get on the buses if our government did what other governments are doing and made it free? 💚 #Wellington #PublicTransport #PublicGood

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Hayley @writagal.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Thanks @maramadavidson.bsky.social and @greens.org.nz for pushing this.

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and maramadavidson Instagram post:

NOW IS THE TIME FOR FREE PUBLIC TRANSPORT.

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Richard Easther @rjme.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Sending this to the Beehive...

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Russel Norman @russelnorman.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Who benefits from Nats/Act/NZF #FossilFuel energy policy? Oil companies. And who just gave Nats/Act/NZF a $100k each? Oil companies- Greymouth Petroleum. And who pays the price? Ordinary people w higher cost of living. And we have to pay extra tax for the LNG import terminal.

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Sage Anastasi @sageanastasi.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

Whānau, remember how the far-right tried to take over Internet NZ last year and we kicked their butts? They haven't learned, and they're trying to do it again this year. Register by March 31st ($21 for a year) so you can vote in the AGM and send them packing again. members.internetnz.nz

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Join InternetNZ | internetnz

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Jon Burke🌍 @jonburkeuk.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Remember guys, you can’t afford a gas rig, or a coal mine, or a nuclear power station, but you can afford to put some cheap solar panels on your roof. That’s why the fossil fuel industry has spent billions trying to kill renewable energy. The dealer needs to keep you addicted.

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Sharon Murdoch @domesticanimal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Fuel shortages and rising prices. A proposal to import expensive and dirty LNG and impose a gas levy. And then there’s Methanex, sucking up 45% of our natural gas. My #cartoon today #NZpol #Fuel #FossilFuel

Cartoon. Title: “Energy Drink” Picture shows Methanex president and CEO Rich Sumner sucking the dregs out of a can labelled “NZ” and saying, “Just a minute - nearly done” On the can, in small print it says, “Consumes 45% of NZ’s Natural Gas. Pays $70m to Canadian Owner. Receives high ETS subsidies. Too broke to pay taxes”

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Ben Ross @benakl.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Perfect time to electrify the fleet, ditch the Roads of National Significance and move more freight by the most efficient land transport form we have - rail www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...

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'No choice but to pass on': Diesel surge set to push up cost of goods

Trucking group says higher fuel costs will hit prices for 93% of products.

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Bob Kopp @bobkopp.net · 08/03/2026

I’m grumpy about this paper, which has been poorly communicated in a way that’s taken up a bunch of my time this week and is the result of framing decisions in the paper itself.

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Sea level much higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments - Nature

Meta-analyses on a global scale show that the measured coastal mean sea level is higher than assumed in most coastal hazard assessments.

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

New sea level rise study reveals ocean levels are higher than previously believed and following a relative sea level rise of 1 metre, (increasingly likely this century) more coastal areas and millions more people than previously believed will be affected: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Global sea levels have been underestimated due to poor modelling, research suggests

Analysis shows average levels are 30cm higher than thought, and up to 150cm in south-east Asia and Indo-Pacific

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Paul van Brakel @paulvanbrakel.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

WTAF "The objective of this Bill is to disestablish the Ministry for the Environment so that the Government’s desired machinery of government change can be implemented" Penny Simmonds has got to go #Election26 #nzpol Submit now bills.parliament.nz/v/6/27caed65...

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House

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Mar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

I don’t have the energy rn to express how horrific this is. Please submit a public comment.

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Robert McLachlan @robertmclachlan.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Good study by William & Peter Bisley: solar on 10% of NZ's available commercial & industrial roofs would cost $3b, earn $600m a year, and add 1.5 TWh of winter storage to the lakes – the same amount of energy the cracked LNG scheme is supposed to deliver. bisley.substack.com/p/abundant-e...

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Abundant energy for business

Reinvigorating the private sector with rooftop solar

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Climate and Cryosphere (CliC) @clicwcrp.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

Highlights from the second half of #CliC2026 ✨ 1. Plenary panel on Storying the Cryosphere chaired by @rkpriestley.bsky.social 2. Poster session 3. Kapa haka at the gala dinner 4. CliC SSG member Yao Tandong receives the Seligman Crystal award from IGS President Shin Sugiyama @igsoc.bsky.social

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Today we’re hearing about Crises in The Cryosphere. But first - International Glaciological Society early career scientist award goes to Lauren Vargo for her work on the glaciers of the Southern Alps! 👏 #CLIC2026

Lauren stands at lectern in front of large screen showing map of New Zealand South Island mountains and words “Accelerating glacier loss - global tends and insights from New Zealand”

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Rebecca Priestley @rkpriestley.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

Excellent first day at #Climate & #Cryosphere conference in Wellington: after plenary on Indigenous Knowledge, with speakers from Aotearoa and the Arctic, I went to more sessions on Indigenous Knowledge and one on Cryosphere & Sea Level Rise. So many great talks! @clicwcrp.bsky.social ❄️ clic2026.com

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Home - CliC OSC 2026

Conference ProgramME REgister now NZ Visa Information Registration is open! Register here and use the buttons below to access travel resources. FLIGHT DISCOUNTS ACCOMMODATION Explore NEW Zealand Confe...

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David Farrier @davidfarrier.com · 08/02/2026

finding it hard to cope at the moment with all the chaos going on around you? i got a trauma & bereavement counselor to write some tips about how to stay sane. please RT if you think others may find it useful, too: www.webworm.co/coping/

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Advice For Coping

David Farrier's Webworm features advice for coping in 2026, from trauma & bereavement counselor Ross Palethorpe. Then news on Substack and Joseph Gordon-Levitt.

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