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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 12h

Gelsemium sempervirens is a beautiful and scented, but toxic, vine (#Gelsemiaceae) flowering now in Aotearoa. The flower is 32 mm across. Stereo pair; viewing instructions in ALT.

A trumpet-shaped yellow flower with five corolla lobes and style much longer than the stamens. Deep in the tube, 5 small pockets contain glistening nectar.
To view this side-by-side stereo pair in 3D, use the viewer from my book, or try to look at the left photo with your left eye and the right photo with your right eye. Cardboard tubes might help and keeping the picture small certainly makes it easier.

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Timothy Gassin @timothygassin.bsky.social · 16h

So, National wants everyone to vote for them as the sensible, pro-killer-robot party? 🤔

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NinjaKitty 忍者キティ🥷🐈‍⬛ @ninjakitty.bsky.social · 16h

Hope this bodes well for us on this side of the planet!! #nzpol

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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 23h

Nz is mid attack by atlas affiliated coalition of chaos - vote like it’s your last chance to.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AtlasNetwork =Massive cuts; demolishing public services; privatising public assets; sacking civil servants; sweeping away constraints on corporations; destroying regs that protect workers, vulnerable people & the living world; supporting landlords against tenants www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

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What links Rishi Sunak, Javier Milei and Donald Trump? The shadowy network behind their policies | George Monbiot

The Atlas Network’s dark-money junktanks are behind neoliberal policies around the world, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

5 Russian missiles hit Moldova: This is just for this morning, according to the country's police.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 03/10/2026

Oh the things we can do if we choose not to blow it all on oil & gas, tax breaks for landlords, and roads. 🚂🚂🚂

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David Pattemore @dpattemore.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hey Bluesky New Zealand!! Can you help spread the message this weekend?! Yeah sure this is just one video, but so many people haven’t enrolled yet and don’t realise they are running out of time. Thank you! 🇳🇿

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Journal of Systematic Palaeontology @journalsystpal.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

A bird’s eye view of the fossil record: perspectives on avian systematics by Benito & Steell. Read here: buff.ly/fJattSx This is the latest article in our collection of agenda-setting reviews in the systematics of major fossil groups - with many more articles coming soon! #FossilFriday

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bioRxiv Evolutionary Biology @biorxiv-evobio.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Anisogamy drives diverse patterns of sex-role divergence www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/20…

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 02/10/2026

How many #kiwibank customers like me will take their money somewhere else if the CoC privatise it?

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peterfishy @petercatbskysocial.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Executions.....the bloody barbarism

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🚄Rob✅✅🚆 @robdickinson.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#NewZealands first inter city EV bus service $10 to go from Oamaru to Dunedin

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Yay! The Wolf That Chews Rocks has been accepted for sale in Waterstones and other bookshops, and should be in stock in around a month. Globally. In the meantime, it's 25% cheaper to buy direct. Link on russelljonesauthor.com

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Andrea Wulf @andreawulf.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Publication day in Germany #DerReisende

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

It's critical to remember we have NO civics education in New Zealand. Ppl do not necessarily know how MMP works, how a coalition works, or how to best make their vote reflect their values The more you can make talking about politics normal and chill, the more ppl feel they're allowed to be curious

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Sea Senor 🇳🇿 @seassenor.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The corporatisation of Primary Care is a blight on NZ. More than 1:4 practices are owned by large corporates, with promises of "efficiency" blah blah. They cut staff and treat them with casual disdain, with bullying and burnout rife. #nzpol 1/3

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Last remaining GP at Horowhenua's Taitoko Health clinic resigns

The last general practitioner of a clinic for 4500 patients in Horowhenua has resigned.

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Vincent O'Malley @vomalley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

An advance copy of this turned up the other day and it looks great. Due out from @bwbnz.bsky.social in November.

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 29/09/2026

Aren'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...

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NZ accused of breaking climate change promise with EU, but Todd McClay rejects claim

A 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...

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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just tax the compute. Datacentre? Cool. Fund your own power generation and water reservoirs, and then pay tax for every computational act your datacentre does. And we'll use the tax income to offset societal and job damage. Overnight, AI becomes something AI giants are desperate to restrict.

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Tapani Hopkins @tapani-hopkins.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Basically, type specimens are the passwords of biodiversity science. Without them, we're locked out of doing anything. And like passwords, we all too often scribble them down on a post-it note, then forget where it is.

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Huia Sue @huiasue.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Five-week delays in cancer diagnoses as specialists overwhelmed with work, because of Coalition health cuts. Neoliberals agenda=defund, make it fail, then privatise, meaning unnecessary poverty & deaths, as in USA. #AtlasNetwork #Eugenics #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/health/...

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Five-week delays in cancer diagnoses as specialists overwhelmed with work

Specialists who diagnose cancers are warning that backlogs are resulting in an unacceptable five-week delay.

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Absolutely appalling. Making death threats to MP’s because you don’t like the fact their policies are more popular than your far-right team’s policies, is the epitome of snowflake behaviour. Grow up you pathetic little losers. 🤨 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs

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Paul Le Comte 🇳🇿🇨🇦📷 @paullecomtephoto.nz · 29/09/2026

Raw sewage waste hidden in nooks & crannies, behind tussocks & matagouri in the Mackenzie is already a problem. Kiwis: oh dirty tourists shitting everywhere Also Kiwis: we are going to make it harder to go to the toilet DUMB MOVE

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 29/09/2026

Yeah, I have an old style pension i paid into since 1968. Boomer privilege I guess. In previous elections I’ve just griped on social media, and that’s not enough this time (nor was it last time, as I discovered too late).

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Char Of AotearoaNZ @kiwichar.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just donated again to keep the momentum going! If you can, please join me in making this the GREENEST GOVERNMENT EVER!!! ✅✅🕊️💚 #nzpol #OneTermGovernment #NZ #TaxTheRich #ForAllOfUs www.greens.org.nz/september_ma...

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Septembee Match Appeal

We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Poll was released at 6pm last night, took till 12pm following day for the abuse to ramp back up again. And people think it isn't coordinated and deliberate.

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 28/09/2026

Happily, it looks like he’s more interested in Argentina than Aotearoa.

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Rolf Oldejans @rolfoldejans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

An electron microscope view of Nereis Sandersi, a polychaete worm that lives in deep-sea hydrothermal vents (also called "black smokers") on the ocean floor.

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Steph Phi @freestylesteph.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

I would so love to see this govt out for an historic loss - all the awful things - but specifically for ramming through legislation under urgency & disregarding public feedback & submissions - awful race baiting. NO gov should win reelection after treating us like that

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Miriam Ross @miriamruthross.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The polling has the Greens at 16 - highest result we've had since the Party was formed (putting aside two minor outliers from Roy Morgan in 2014 and Bauer Media in 2017) 💚🎉💚 But sadly we are still being out spent by the massive donations that have gone into the other parties. Help us get to Nov 7!

Screenshot of Herald article saying Green Party surges to record high as Labour, National slump to 28%

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Splitting the debates into the two major party (sic) leaders, and all the minor party (sic) leaders, is an unfortunate decision by the media. I want to see Luxon v Chloe

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Trevor Nicholls @aquatarkus.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Luxon and Willis claim their economy will allow New Zealanders to “get ahead”. Ahead of who? We can’t all get ahead. When you ask this it is obvious that their policies aim for SOME Kiwis to get ahead of others, and that these policies probably will not help YOU. #nzpol

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Scott Horton @robertscotthorton.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely extraordinary strategic and military concessions offered by Trump to Xi. Trump offered to sell weapons to China. That was revealed in an interview by David Perdue, the US ambassador. Trump is withholding a $14bn arms package to Taiwan already approved by Congress. All of this

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Trump Offered to Sell Arms to China, U.S. Ambassador Says

President Trump made the offer to Xi Jinping, China’s leader, said David Perdue, the ambassador to China. The White House later said the U.S. had no plans for such a sale.

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Sonja Mitchell @sonjamitchell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

My main takeaways from Nicky Hager's book: (1) a small group of rich, self-interested and dishonest people did, and are doing, enormous damage to our society, democracy, and laws; (2) we must stamp out political lobbyists and their 'donations'; (3) National, Act and NZ FIRST are corrupt/bullshitters

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Abby Letteri @abbyletteri.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Local friends ... some local events coming up: Click on the first image to see it in full!

Announcement for a book event at Schrödinger's in Petone, Oct 8th.

List of upcoming events in Auckland (Oct 1), Petone (Oct 8) and Hawkes Bay Readers and Writers Festival (Oct 11).

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Nick Young @nickofnz.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The right’s “nO moRE taXeS” refrain is such bullshit. Tax is good! Tax is how we get all the good things that we all rely on. We just need to make tax fair. Tax capital gains, tax the rich. 🎨 @slanecartoon.bsky.social

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Phil Garnock-Jones @theobrominated.eurosky.social · 27/09/2026

“We’ll pay of 10% of your student debt. You’ll get three free doctor’s visits each year. We won’t tax billionaires more.” Has the Labour Party never heard “to each according to his need; from each according to his ability”? So lame.

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Today's debate was so completely disconnected from reality that I have to actually stop and unpack what happened before I can post about. The debates are getting worse, the lies bigger and more blatant, and I'm so, so angry.

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Colin Bowern @colinbowern.com · 27/09/2026

I don’t want an ACT person representing my kids education after seeing the slop they call lunch. #nzpol This smells like the Taxpayers Union in sheep’s clothing. www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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The new education group that wants to represent parents' voices

A new advocacy group has launched with the aim of giving parents a more organised voice in New Zealand's ongoing debates around education. The Parents' Alliance says it wants to be evidence-based and ...

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Mark @maetl.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Destroyed the local community economic loops and healthy school lunches, force feeding kids disgusting Compass Group swill. She is a merchant of slop. RNZ ascribing "non partisan" to the motivations of her new astroturf org is an extraordinary confirmation of everything in the Dirty Work book.

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Lan Pham @lanpham.greens.org.nz · 27/09/2026

The Government is consistently play kiwis for chumps. They make laws that benefit big polluters and fossil fuel corporates who make record profits while the rest of us pick up the tab with more polluted drinking water and rivers and beaches we can't swim in. It's time to take the power back ✊️🌏

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Louise Hutt @saycheeselouise.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

At the Hamilton PSA debate, candidates were asked about disability NZF: Incoherent answer Labour: We don't have a policy announced Opportunities: We have no policy whatsoever Me: this govt's attacks on the disabled community are unacceptable, here's our policy, it was co-written by disabled people

The Green Party will build an Aotearoa where disabled people are valued and they and their whānau live with dignity and autonomy. An Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau have access to the services they need — like transport and good quality housing — means everyone can thrive in caring communities.

Our current laws, policies and social norms mean disabled people are often denied the same rights as others and are excluded from places and activities non-disabled people take for granted. These barriers are often worse for tāngata whaikaha Māori and for disabled people from marginalised communities.

The current Government has made it harder for disabled people to access the support they deserve and which enables them to participate equally in life and their communities.

The Green Party is ambitious in its plan to create a more accessible Aotearoa by building on the Enabling Good Lives framework and grounding our approach in Te Tiriti o Waitangi. Our approach will operate on a high-trust model and apply to all disabled people, including those with disabling conditions who do not currently access support. The Green Party is committed to an Aotearoa where disabled people and whānau thrive in caring communities.

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David Slack @davidslack.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

If we're talking about the spring forward events of 2026, 2025 and 2024 you might call them "daylight savings" But if you just mean today, sorry to shout but IT'S JUST FRICKEN DAYLIGHT SAVING

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zaratustra @zaratustra.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

brazilian president passes executive order that bans all bets companies, casino sites and gambling sites

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Kev Lucky,unashamedly wobbly.. @kev-lucky.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

#NZPol Winston knows which way the wind is blowing. He's in danger of losing his racism voters to ACT. Can't help wondering what baubles he was offered on his last trip to the USA to push what is clearly the Trump administration's lunatic public health crap.

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Jolisa Gracewood @nzdodo.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Walked in on the cat making yet another podcast; tiptoed back out. #nzpets

A very hard “excuse you” stare from a black and white cat sitting on a desk, with a microphone set-up at face level.

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