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2026-03-31 21:50:09 UTC

Colour me sceptical.
mCDR (Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal) is an umbrella term which encompasses things from looking after mangroves and seagrasses (good stuff) to borderline geoengineering and dumping a variety of materials into the ocean (questionable and even probably bad stuff).
So far it has been mostly proven to be an efficient mechanism for dodgy start-ups to sell carbon credits and do greenwashing.
Beware the Snake Oil salespeople.
Start-up asked for regulation changes to allow controversial marine carbon storage
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/591180/start-up-asked-for-regulation-changes-to-allow-controversial-marine-carbon-storage
#protectTheOcean

2026-03-30 07:36:26 UTC

The Prime Minister is reassuring the public about the ongoing crisis. He's spoken to the suppliers: fuel is on its way, as promised.
The Finance Minister stands next to him, as he recounts his oh-so-many important phone calls. The contracts that will keep the precious dinosaur juice flowing.
She looks at the journalists in the theatrette, "It'll be fine" she tells herself. "We got this. Contracts will be honoured, they're sacred documents."
Her phone vibrates in her pocket. She quickly glances at it. It's a text message.
From a Korean number.
A cold sweat runs down her spine.
The text message reads:
"We find it unusual to renege on formal agreements via text message, but as you did before with the ferries, we regret to inform you..."
#NZPol #FossilFools #microfiction #shitpost

2026-03-30 03:45:24 UTC

#EndFossilFuels #FossilFools
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/316/061/692/410/280/original/7732cefc0efd6bd8.jpg

2026-03-23 04:40:14 UTC

Here's a free idea:
No refuelling private jets. ✈️
No matter what price they can afford.
Should be an obvious step 0 in a fuel crisis.
But we wouldn't ever do anything to inconvenience the ultra rich, would we?
#FossilFools

2026-03-14 22:34:59 UTC

It's March 15th, seven years on from New Zealand's worst terrorist attack, the white supremacist mosque shootings in Christchurch.
Sadly, we seem to be doing absolutely nothing to mark the date, remember or learn. Quite the opposite.
The mere idea of kindness, inclusion and empathy is now scorned by our so-called leaders. Xenophobia, racism and a christofascist minority are loud and rampant, with not a peep from the establishment.
Islamophobia underlies the war that our government has so far been unable to condemn and take distance from. A genocide continues to be livestreamed for the world to see.
I don't think it is a coincidence that a date like today has been allowed to be forgotten.
Please take a moment today to remember. To start doing within yourself, and your community, the work needed to smash this poisonous white supremacist colonial patriarchy. ✊🏽
"They are us", we said at the time.
Are we living up to that ideal?
Edit: I'm glad there are commemorations in Christchurch, it's a bit less bad than I first thought. Glad to be corrected.
Commemorations mark seventh anniversary of Christchurch mosque attacks https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/589639/commemorations-mark-seventh-anniversary-of-christchurch-mosque-attacks

2026-03-13 04:38:09 UTC

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oh, they did the meme!
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/220/013/373/336/941/original/aa3818cbf99a159f.jpg

2026-03-04 02:49:13 UTC

In Fish of the Year, you get 3 votes.
Please give one to the humble roughy, a deep sea fish who can live over 200 years!
(If they don't get bottom trawled out of their beloved seamount before that)
https://www.mountainstosea.org.nz/fish-of-the-year
#FOTY #FishofTheYear #BanbottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #TeamOrangeRoughy #OrangeRoughy #oceans #fisheries
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/168/613/076/644/134/original/8d22eb366c39a134.jpg

2026-03-02 11:48:57 UTC

Oil is war.
Quit oil.
#EndFossilFuels

2026-03-01 05:38:01 UTC

Resist the urge to tell the newly minted Iran experts that Khamenei and Khomeini were, in fact, two different people.

2026-02-28 20:17:12 UTC

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You wouldn't take "Russian officials" at their word, so why would you believe Israel or spread their talking points unquestioned?

2026-02-28 19:49:53 UTC

Anyone still taking "Israeli officials" as a credible source for anything in 2026, third year of the Genocide in Gaza, has, at best, learned nothing and doesn't deserve to be listened to.
At worst, they're a hasbara mouthpiece.

2026-02-28 09:02:46 UTC

I don't even need new toots, I can just boost the ones from Trump's previous illegal, undeclared war against Venezuela.
Most of them are still relevant. Some even more so.
It wasn't even two months ago.
Truly unhinged timeline.

2026-02-20 23:37:15 UTC

Little One has friends with two mums, two dads, a single mum, an adopted family, divorced parents and a friendly adult who has transitioned their gender while we knew them.
We've been to drag queen story times, which Little One enjoys, because dressing up and telling stories and singing is Fun.
None of that has been confusing or an issue at all.
You know what this child finds confusing and upsetting?
That there are people with no home, sleeping in the streets. With nothing to eat.
That makes no sense to them. And rightly so, because it has no justification.
#parenting #socialJustice

2026-02-14 05:02:00 UTC

I don't know how everyone else lives their lives but, personally, I never have a reason to think about the genitals of about 99.9% of the people I meet.
If you say I'm a she/her or a he/him I take your word for it.
If you say I am a they /them that's all good too.
If your pronoun changes and you let me know that's a-okay, I might still get it wrong sometimes but I will do my best.
This obsession some people seem to have about the contents of other people's undies is really disturbing.

2026-02-13 06:20:38 UTC

If you are still wondering about the stubbornness of the #FossilFools in charge...
Update: it brings me no pleasure to report that apparently this cartoon is from the 70s, and things have not changed one damn bit.
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/116/061/856/006/623/508/original/350fa9826f32de3c.jpg

2026-02-11 08:13:39 UTC

Many humans have become pretty good at pretending things are not happening.
Most pretend covid is gone and people are not getting sick anymore, their bodies, brains and immune systems are just fine. No matter how many times they are infected.
Most pretend the climate and biodiversity crisis is not happening, or not so bad, or not quite yet in any case. And the catastrophic weather events, the droughts, fires, floods, and cyclones are not for us to worry about. At least not yet, maybe our kids will have to deal with them.
Most pretend a genocide is not ongoing. Along with multiple wars, all of which are facilitated by the same weapon manufacturers. The same profiteers.
They pretend those weapons, those surveillance systems won't be turned against them. They pretend they're safe.
Most pretend that billionaires are good and successful, and occasionally donating crumbs out of their unimaginable hoards of wealth makes them philanthropists.
Most pretend that they weren't already found out to be corrupt, hiding their wealth in tax havens and now they can pretend that they were not all linked together, in a web of power, lies, torture, human trafficking and abuse.
But the Emperor has no clothes.
And some of us will not shut up about it.
Some of us still think that the truth matters and eventually, we will change all these things.
We will build a better world. And the first step is to acknowledge the truth of what is happening.
✊🏽

2026-01-28 07:22:14 UTC

My most important contribution to the Community Cycling Co-design group today was being the one participant who arrived to and left the meeting by bike.
🚲

2026-01-25 07:11:01 UTC

The horrors we all failed to stop were never going to stay limited to Palestine.
No one is free until EVERYONE is free.

2026-01-23 20:20:14 UTC

Thoughts and solidarity with the brave people of #minnesota today as they stand up in #GeneralStrike to fascist oligarchy.
All our struggles are intertwined. 🌏✊🏽

2026-01-18 11:13:14 UTC

Workers abolishing the entire class system.
Anarcho syndicalism.
The role of unions.
A better world.
All this clearly put by Andrewism again.
Nobody Wants To Be Working Class
https://youtu.be/RqtzjoY36W8
#Anarchism #anarchosyndicalism #solarpunk #andrewism

2026-01-08 03:49:59 UTC

Twitter used to be the place where things like today's events in Minnesota would spark social movements on the streets.
Xitter is now, (and probably because of this) as you all know, a cesspool of AI slop, deepfake porn adjacent material and even CSAM. Social movements and minorities are systematically shut down and their reach limited, drowning them out.
So maybe some people will come looking for an alternative, maybe they will post things that upset you, maybe they won't use the CW you want or the hashtags that would be appropriate.
Maybe we should tolerate some temporary discomfort so that social movements can organise and grow organically, outside of corporate networks.
Maybe scolding people into posting The Correct Way™ is not the main priority in these moments.
Maybe.

2026-01-06 02:42:29 UTC

I guess what grates me about the "imagine if Greenland/Taiwan/Canada is next" takes, is that they carry the implication that the fact this is ACTUALLY happening in Venezuela is expected, or not as bad as it would be if it affects wealthier/whiter people.
The global south continues to be seen as a sacrifice area, where people are expected to be exploited, colonised and killed. It's just how things go, and when they get worse the real problem is that maybe the violence seems closer to coming for other people, someone who actually matters.
It has echoes of the reporting at the beginning of the Ukraine invasion, when journos were astounded this could happen to Europeans, actual people. Not like those brown people in the global south, constantly bombed, exploited, subjugated or at war.

2026-01-04 05:45:35 UTC

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enjoy! And don't get captured by the gringos, lol.

2026-01-04 02:58:22 UTC

My 2026 resolution to cut back on news and doomscroll less is not going great.
To put it mildly.

2026-01-03 23:52:15 UTC

I hope at least everyone can clearly see now why the struggle to end fossil fuels is the struggle for self determination is the struggle against inequality is the struggle against Imperialism is the struggle for a liveable planet is the struggle against fascism etc

2025-12-16 19:28:03 UTC

I get that people concerned about crime, the economy and affordability don't generally prioritise environmental issues, because the former are more immediate and have very concrete, pressing consequences in their everyday lives.
But I wish people were more aware that the economy, social structures, health and even education all exist on top of a liveable environment.
And if we destroy the natural world, none of the others will be possible. 🌎💚

2025-12-12 22:36:05 UTC

#ProtectTheOceans #TaxTheSuperRich #eatTheRich
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2025-11-15 00:10:03 UTC

I am late to the party for this one, but if you think you'd like a slightly surreal, radically anti-capitalist spin on the super hero story tropes, "I'm a Virgo" is a great watch.
It is a bit silly at times, but has an interesting take on issues of racism, coming of age and liberation through solidarity. Big fan of the character of Jones, the communist organiser, and her storytelling powers.
It's from Boots Riley, who also made "Sorry to bother you", which I loved. He is a self declared communist, and it shows on his work. So if you liked that, this will be up your alley.
We really enjoyed the first season and are interested in a second one, if it is ever released.
#series #ImAVirgo #antiCapitalism

2025-11-08 06:37:49 UTC

At some point we really have to reckon with the fact that this system we have built consistently selects the greediest, cruellest, most selfish people and puts them in charge of everything.
We may say that is not the intention, that's not how it's meant to be. But it is the reality of it. Over and over again. In many different places, contexts, and moments.
A system's purpose is what it does, not what we think it could do.
And we clearly need a different one.

2025-10-29 23:49:56 UTC

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Let's at least be clear:
The so-called "Western Values" do not mean freedom, democracy, equality, rationality or any of that.
"Western Values" means Money and Power.
That's all that really matters to the ruling class.
That's what they will rally behind.
Everything else is a farce.

2025-10-29 23:42:09 UTC

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Normalising this shit, legitimising fascist regimes, is absolutely unacceptable.
Complicity is indefensible.
Clearly, nothing has been learned from history.
You can't appease fascism and all of this will back fire.

2025-10-29 23:28:52 UTC

Actually quite disgusted (but unsurprised) by ASEAN governments (plus NZ, Japan, and Korea) as well as media playing buddy buddy, gifting golden shit and making jokes about hair styles, golf and etc with an actual fascist regime responsible for torturing and disappearing people, building concentration camps, materially supporting genocide and doing illegal summary executions of random people for the crime of being in a boat.
Not to mention backtracking and accelerating the environmental polycrisis.
Freedom, human rights, international law, science, and democracy are all meaningless slogans for these boot lickers.
May they all rot.

2025-10-22 23:21:42 UTC

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Good turnout, good vibes. People still arriving.
#NZPol #megaStrike #getThemOut #StrikeAction #UnionStrong #SolidarityForever
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2025-10-22 23:09:08 UTC

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We strikin'.
#NZPol #megaStrike #getThemOut #StrikeAction #UnionStrong #SolidarityForever
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/420/335/176/954/483/original/186dcbcc48500adc.jpg

2025-10-22 06:03:32 UTC

Tomorrow we strike.
For health, education, fire and emergency services.
We strike.
For each other and for our planet.
We strike.
For solidarity, dignity and justice.
Join the #megaStrike
✊🏽🪧
(click through to the PSA website for updated timings, locations and cancellations due to wild weather, stay safe whānau)
Stand together on 23 October
https://www.psa.org.nz/campaigns/23-october
#NZPol #UnionStrong #SolidarityForever #StrikeAction

2025-10-17 22:00:59 UTC

Sure would be nice to do something, anything, to mitigate this increasingly common nightmare.
Long covid can happen to anyone and so far all we're doing as a society is pretending everything is fine and people who struggle are on their own.
How long until we realise that a culture of masking, clean air everywhere, and accessible vaccination, treatment, testing and isolation are preferable to just discarding people like they're disposable?
Offered rest home care at 24: the lonely plight of young Kiwis with long Covid
https://www.1news.co.nz/2025/10/10/offered-rest-home-care-at-24-the-lonely-plight-of-young-kiwis-with-long-covid/
#CovidIsNotOver #Aotearoa #longCovid

2025-10-14 07:00:39 UTC

Yesterday: "We're ditching our methane targets. Climate change is not our problem to solve. This is how we help our farmers."
Today:
😑
#tooManyCows #dirtyDairy #climateChange #NZPol
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2025-10-13 05:41:45 UTC

The Nobel Peace Prize is an imperial tool. 🤡
#AtlasNetwork
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/365/249/577/991/661/original/5375007bfda8cf91.jpg

2025-10-02 01:20:57 UTC

Tough on Crime*
*unless the crime is genocide and/or the criminal has lots of money.

2025-10-02 01:01:33 UTC

Has the New Zealand government at least put out a statement on the three citizens kidnapped today by the rogue genocidal state of Israel after their act of piracy against the #globalSumudFlotilla?
They insist that they are "Tough on crime", so surely they'd have something to say about it, right?
Nothing?
🦗
#NZPol #freePalestine #sanctionIsrael #fromTheRiverToTheSea #endTheOccupation

2025-09-29 04:11:21 UTC

Today the government announced a huge orange roughy catch reduction in the collapsed Eastern South Chatham Rise fishery. 🐟
This is a step in the right direction, but still doesn't go far enough.
The fact that the Minister is now considering closing parts of the ocean to protect spawning fish is a significant shift. ✊
Our demand is for all seamounts to be off-limits for bottom trawling. 🪸
Seamount protection considered to protect crashed fish stock
https://www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/press-release/seamount-protection-considered-to-protect-crashed-fish-stock/
#ProtectTheOcean #BanBottomTrawling #oceans #NZPol #fisheries

2025-09-26 01:29:29 UTC

Lots of data and neat graphs here illustrating the global problem of #inequality and how it is distributed across the world.
Puts into perspective quite a few often repeated myths. Have a look!
Work of the reknowned degrowth scholar Jaso Hickel.
https://globalinequality.org/
#systemChange #TaxTheSuperrich

2025-09-17 22:09:49 UTC

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This is the drone view of the #MarchForHumanity last Saturday in Auckland.
This is what people power looks like.
✊ 🇵🇸
#freePalestine #sanctionIsrael #fromTheRiverToTheSea
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/221/917/894/538/371/original/ca62cdc696e6779b.mp4

2025-09-17 21:06:26 UTC

Incredible and inspiring #1of200 #podcast with Aotearoa for Palestine and Kaiāwhina about last week's massive March for Humanity in Tāmaki-makaurau.
✊🏽🇵🇸 :tinoflag:
March for Humanity
https://pca.st/episode/5450ebd9-5fff-4ecc-9a85-7e604c433d92
#freePalestine #sanctionIsrael #fromTheRiverToTheSea #endTheOccupation

2025-09-12 10:26:17 UTC

Just a reminder of this account's long standing view on #blueSky, in light of the ongoing Kirk fallout.
We saw it coming months ago.
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/115/190/834/982/809/616/original/10ed9fa8d830065d.jpg

2025-09-05 22:33:32 UTC

It is not only more truthful, but also "Defund the Department of Defense" was always a struggle for libs to come around to, but "Defund the Department of War" is an easier sell.
For once, a Trump decision I can agree with.
Stopped clock, twice a day, all that.
#USPol

2025-09-02 09:06:19 UTC

The good:
Left bloc clearly on the rise. We love to see it. :tinoflag: 💚
The bad:
It's mostly because people are struggling and fed up with the current coalition, not because they are inspired by anyone else.
The ugly:
Hipkins and the Labour "centre" may take it as proof that the path to victory is to do nothing at all, have no policies, inspire no one, and change nothing. It might even work and get them to power but then ultimately push the overall overton window further right and pave the way for even worse.
AKA the Keir Starmer Victory strategy.
#NZPol

2025-09-01 03:23:18 UTC

No, New Zealand does not need nuclear power.
We have plenty of cheap, safe, renewable energy sources at the ready. Chief among them offshore wind power which this muppet is pushing away in favour of seabed mining.
Also, awful to see him ramping up the climate denial, racism, and xenophobic discourse.
They might smell election time coming.
Shane Jones says NZ First to debate nuclear power - NZ Herald
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/shane-jones-says-nz-first-to-debate-nuclear-power/OJMGKGWKBVE75MQEUHQHOLAYSM/
#NZPol

2025-08-29 01:29:21 UTC

Maybe controversial opinion, but wearing a mask is less uncomfortable than being sick.
😷
#CovidIsNotOver #yallMasking #MaskUp

2025-08-27 19:23:15 UTC

The Little One is now working on the cookbook you always wanted. 🧑‍🍳📖🍔
(or I always wanted)
#parenting
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2025-08-18 06:08:06 UTC

Was just reminded of Mars Attacks!, the satirical 1996 Tim Burton film where brainy skull-like aliens invade earth and communicate only with a series of AT-AT sounds.
In the film, humans build a machine to translate their language and it turns out they keep saying they want peace and friendship with humanity. But they also keep murdering everyone and destroying earth, while saying they just want to be friends.
They are lying. Or perhaps the machine is just useless at translating.
Regardless, humans get nearly obliterated by the martians, while expecting their message of friendship to match their actions at some point.
Unrelated, the #NZPol government keeps saying they are not racist or anti-māori, but they keep trying to reverse any progress in Te Reo, Te Tiriti and undo the many parts of Aotearoa's unique multicultural society.
💀 👾

2025-08-13 02:15:47 UTC

🇵🇸 🍉 ✊
This Saturday, August 16th, is a National Day of Action where we will be calling on the Government to Sanction Israel. More than 30 locations around the country will be taking action.
Join us as we March from Britomart to Aotea Square to force the government to take notice of our call.
Please bring your flags, banners, pots and spoons and energy as we rally for Palestine.
https://www.psna.nz
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100064134091562&sk=events
#FreePalestine #sanctionIsrael #fromTheRiverToTheSea #NZPol #Aotearoa #Auckland
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2025-08-11 08:46:44 UTC

Here's the always relevant Andrewism, reflecting on how the genocide in Gaza exposes the lies and myths in the system of "democracy" and "freedom" the West supposedly enjoys.
Paraphrasing someone much smarter than me: "I love the idea of western democracy, we should try it one day."
How Gaza Exposes The Myths Of The System
https://youtu.be/Z-uYmxsyQwA
#FreePalestine #sanctionIsrael #fromTheRiverToTheSea #StopTheGenocide #SocialRevolution

2025-08-11 02:13:05 UTC

Sorry I missed this update from Thursday last week, but Congo 🇨🇬 is the latest country to ratify the Global Ocean Treaty (aka #BBNJ) bringing the total number of ratifications to 52 out of 60 needed for the treaty to come into effect.
We are so close to acquiring a whole new legal framework for international ocean protection! 🌊🐙🐳
High Seas Treaty Ratification Tracker
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
#ProtectTheOcean #GlobalOceanTreaty #StopDeepSeaMining

2025-08-10 10:10:47 UTC

Oh look a banned film you definitely should not click and/or watch.
Posting the link so you can be sure to avoid it.
To Kill A War Machine - FULL 2025 Palestine Action Documentary Film
https://youtube.com/watch?v=GAhpMqJIVeA
#PalestineAction #documentary #directAction #toKillAWarMachine #freePalestine #sanctionIsrael #fromTheRiverToTheSea #endTheOccupation #StopTheGenocide

2025-08-01 08:24:16 UTC

The new US spy base ties New Zealand deep into America's empire of death.
Join Kaiāwhina, People Against Prisons Aotearoa and more tomorrow outside of the US consulate at 1pm to show that we reject these torturers and genocidaires.
#protest #NoFBI
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2025-07-10 09:15:35 UTC

I think about this a lot.
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/114/828/167/116/486/831/original/a3dab602850cb289.jpeg

2025-07-05 07:26:48 UTC

The film #toKillAWarMachine documenting the #directAction group #PalestineAction has been taken offline following the absurd UK ruling that classifies the group as terrorists.
A statement from the film makers can be found at
http://tokillawarmachine.com/
That said, the film is still available in torrent trackers. I'm not saying you should download it.
I'm saying that it would be useful to keep it safe, for historical research reasons.
🇵🇸🏴‍☠️✊🏽

2025-06-21 04:42:11 UTC

Trawlers wrecked entire underwater communities, and now tell us they have always been this way, so why bother protecting the seabed at all?
Shifting baselines pushed intentionally to keep their destructive industry going.
🌊
Bottom trawling is so last century
https://adventuremagazine.co.nz/bottom-trawling-is-so-last-century/
#BanBottomTrawling #ProtectTheOcean #oceans

2025-06-18 22:32:41 UTC

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I recently found this version of War Pigs by uKanDanz, in ethiopian and with a sax, that blew my mind.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kVYdLjoyPE&pp=ygUId2FyIHBpZ3M%3D

2025-06-16 21:48:15 UTC

Wishing the best for all the acts of resistance, either tiny or huge, that you may or may not be engaging with and can't post about. ✊🏽
You are not alone.
#resist #Solidarity

2025-06-15 11:25:51 UTC

i miss the days when the answer to "are we in a world war?" was a clear and unqualified "no".

2025-06-09 21:25:23 UTC

BREAKING 🚨
A wave of ratifications bring the Global Oceans Treaty closer to coming into force. 🌊
18 additional countries have deposited their ratifications at the UN, bringing the total to 49 ratifications out of 60 needed! 🥳
The new countries that have ratified are:
Albania 🇦🇱
Bahamas 🇧🇸
Belgium 🇧🇪
Croatia 🇭🇷
Côte d’Ivoire 🇨🇮
Denmark 🇩🇰
Fiji 🇫🇯
Malta 🇲🇹
Mauritania 🇲🇷
Vanuatu 🇻🇺
Greece 🇬🇷
Guinea-Bissau 🇬🇼
Jamaica 🇯🇲
Jordan 🇯🇴
Liberia 🇱🇷
Solomon Islands 🇸🇧
Tuvalu 🇹🇻
Vietnam 🇻🇳
So close now to the treaty becoming a reality! 🐙
11 to go!
https://highseasalliance.org/2025/06/09/huge-wave-of-ratifications-for-high-seas-treaty-marks-historic-progress-towards-entry-into-force/
#ProtectTheOcean #BBNJ #UNOC #oceans

2025-06-06 10:06:49 UTC

Big if true.
🌊
Scientists in Japan develop plastic that dissolves in seawater within hours
https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/scientists-japan-develop-plastic-that-dissolves-seawater-within-hours-2025-06-04/
#oceans #plastic

2025-06-05 08:28:55 UTC

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And last minute breaking news! 🚨
Romania 🇷🇴 has also ratified the #GlobalOceanTreaty 🎉
31/60 ratifications down! 🦑
#BBNJ #ProtectTheOcean

2025-06-04 23:48:35 UTC

Global Ocean Treaty update! 🚨
Dominica 🇩🇲 and Norway 🇳🇴 are the latest countries to officially ratify the treaty, bringing us to 30/60 ratifications. 🐙
We are halfway through to a new framework for oceanic protection! 🌊
https://highseasalliance.org/treaty-ratification/
#ProtectTheOcean #globalOceanTreaty #oceans #BBNJ

2025-05-25 01:13:51 UTC

#mosstodon #mushtodon #silentSunday
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/114/565/812/163/903/717/original/da6176f530bca2b7.jpg

2025-05-25 00:58:11 UTC

#silentSunday
https://o.mastodon.nz/media_attachments/files/114/565/753/880/613/249/original/86db52f72f150805.jpg

2025-05-23 10:06:01 UTC

They got money for wars but can't feed the poor
(taking women's money too)
2Pac - Keep Ya Head Up
https://youtube.com/watch?v=fAJfDP3b5_U
#JukeboxFridayNight #money

2025-05-19 01:53:03 UTC

oh no!
the scammy tech solution that everyone but the fossil fools said was a distraction and wouldn't work increasingly seems to be a scam distracting from actual climate action and it doesn't work!
who could have possibly foreseen this?! 🙄
/s
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/business/561410/carbon-capture-pivotal-project-for-cutting-greenhouse-gas-emissions-looks-shaky
https://heimildin.is/grein/24581/climeworks-capture-fails-to-cover-its-own-emissions/
#endFossilFuels #ClimateChange #fossilFools

2025-05-14 06:48:41 UTC

Had not had something like this happen in a while.
Riding my bike back home, a car passes me and some angry dude yells something. Of course he's caught up in traffic a little bit further ahead so I approach and say "what's your problem?"
-you shouldn't be on the road!
"so where should I be?"
He insists (wrongly) I shouldn't be on the road, gets off the car approaches me and threatens to punch me.
I'm not afraid and I dare him to do it, see how it works out for him. Plenty of witnesses and cameras on my bike, plus a very embarrassed woman still in the car with him.
He returns to his car, sits there and sulks.
I take my phone out, snap a picture of his car, smile and wave goodbye.
He's still sitting in traffic, probably.
Violently ignorant.
This is your brain on Cars.
#NoCarNoProblem #carDependency #CarBrain #AKLBikeLife

2025-05-10 00:31:17 UTC

"The death of truth is the ultimate victory of evil." #Andor

2025-02-26 17:35:48 UTC

"We're free speech absolutists, so here's a list of banned words and books."
"I'm committed to personal freedom and free markets, so my newspaper will only publish views exactly aligned to mine."
"We are tough-on-crime, except if it's by one of our guys."
I wish this was hyperbole.
The mask is well and truly off.

2025-02-20 04:09:19 UTC

More than a dozen NGOs call for total ban on deep seabed mining as Pacific leaders meet in Fiji
https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/542470/more-than-a-dozen-ngos-call-for-total-ban-on-deep-seabed-mining-as-pacific-leaders-meet-in-fiji
#ProtectTheOcean #StopSeabedMining

2025-02-17 11:35:58 UTC

In 2025, anti-fascists wear masks.

2025-02-15 05:23:47 UTC

Adding "they" as a pronoun everywhere as a cisgender dude, just to provide a bit of cover for everyone else.
Little acts of #Solidarity that anyone can do.

2025-02-03 09:11:33 UTC

Must have missed all the outrage and Please Explains from NZ media about ACT's (and Seymour's personal) covering up of literal child sex abuse.
They had lots of pearls to clutch about a haka in parliament (Rāwhiti Maipi Clark), forceful waving of documents in the house (Genter), shoplifting (Gharahman) or welfare fraud (Tūrei).
Wonder why(te) that ma(le) be?
#NZPol

2025-02-01 11:22:20 UTC

Sorry American people, but it definitely doesn't look like you can wait this one out.
Stand up. Fight back.
The faster you all do it, the more of you doing it together, the likelier you are to win.
These fascists are banking on you being too isolated, too complacent and too slow.
They're counting on not facing actual resistance.
It will not get any easier if you wait.
This is only week 2.
#USPol

2025-01-29 15:42:54 UTC

In these dizzying times, when capitalism demands more and more of everything, faster...we should do less.
The revolution is to slow down.
Do less.
Buy less.
Work less.
Waste less.
Be more deliberate, take (and give) more time.
It will be nice to live more, but slower.

2025-01-27 23:48:21 UTC

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But really, we gotta feel for the AI guys because they're really nice people... No?
At least they were putting a lot of honest hard work into it... What do you mean no?
But surely they had everyone's best interests at heart... Neither?
Well, they meant to redistribute wealth and create opportunity.... Not that either?
I guess they were trying to solve really important problems... No don't tell me.
OK, but they'd have sympathised if this happened to other people.
Lol. 🤣 Lmao even.

2025-01-27 23:35:44 UTC

You're laughing?
The billionaire tech bros set their money and the world on fire to create infinite bullshit machines that no one needs or wants and are apparently only good for making slop and you're laughing?
Their fake business is in ruins because a competitor revealed their scam for a fraction of the price and resources, and you're laughing?
Their magic black box is now open source and left them no more excuses and you're laughing?
OK I admit it's actually pretty funny. 😂

2025-01-23 22:59:52 UTC

Centrists in power:
Sorry, we can't do that. It's complicated. The president isn't really that powerful, you see? We might set up a committee that'll report back in a year how there's nothing to be done, really.
Far right in power:
We are rewriting the laws of nature, man and god to our liking. Everything you knew has already changed. The president's will can bend reality itself. Nothing is impossible, we have absolute power! Mwahahaa.
(#USPol but also elsewhere)

2025-01-21 07:42:19 UTC

Remembering how Greta Thunberg was immediately called an antisemite for holding a cute octopus doll on a photo in 2023.
Yet Elon Musk doing a full on sieg heil twice is reported as just "Meh, who knows", despite his documented history of repeatedly flirting with the far right.
Funny how that works lately, almost like accusations of antisemitism have been weaponised to silence those who speak up to power.

2025-01-21 04:25:45 UTC

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To #TaxTheSuperRich would mean a green and fair future for both the people and the planet.
So what are we waiting for?
Our planet can’t wait, and nor can the people! Governments must act now!
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/tax-the-super-rich/
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/864/439/325/880/533/original/fd9e686cca62ff65.png

2025-01-21 04:10:22 UTC

Activists block heliport at Davos to call on governments to tax the super-rich
https://www.greenpeace.org/international/press-release/72230/activists-block-heliport-at-davos-to-call-on-governments-to-tax-the-super-rich/
#TaxTheRich #Davos #greenpeace

2025-01-20 23:48:11 UTC

Just to point out the obvious:
Go ask a Muslim friend how easy it is for them to get labeled as a "terrorist", "ISIS", "Radical Islamist", etc just for having anything on them on Arabic script, wearing a hijab or simply saying "Allah Akbar".
As a Colombian I know how much effort I have to put in to prove I am not a drug dealer every time I travel.
Compare that with what a given rich white fascist gets away with and how much they get the "benefit of the doubt".
#USPol #WhiteSupremacy

2025-01-11 00:12:24 UTC

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well thank you!
Truly honoured to make your recommendation list and I also appreciate the music you share here.
I've found some bops I love thanks to your brain dj! 😁

2025-01-04 09:55:54 UTC

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"WE NEED TO PROTECT THE BRAINS OF OUR PRECIOUS CHILDREN!"
-By making it so they don't repeatedly catch a neurologically damaging infection twice a year by just attending school?
"LOL NO. IT'S THE PHONES, OBVIOUSLY! TAKE THEM AWAY!"

2025-01-04 09:37:29 UTC

I don't necessarily disagree that phones might be harmful for kids' development.
I just don't know if they're nearly as harmful as say, repeated covid infections, a collapsing biosphere, a justifiably bleak vision of their future, or even a prevalent lack of agency, independence, and spaces for socialisation.
I'd focus on those first. Then phones.

2025-01-03 01:21:07 UTC

I'm sure there's an untapped market for "Dumb" tech. Bonus points for repairable, dumb tech.
No AI assistants, no Internet connection, no DRM or login needed.
Just a toaster that makes toast, a TV that plays only what you put in it, with repair kits, spare parts available, easy to reach guts and accessible schematics, diagrams and instructions.
I know I'd buy no other brands if just one offered that to me.
#repairability #RightToRepair #DumbTech

2025-01-02 04:10:33 UTC

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I don't know how many times I've scored cheap, delicious (and late) lunches thanks to this app!

2024-12-31 06:54:32 UTC

I'd be lying if I said I don't miss crowded parties in New Year. Or weird live gigs in dive bars (miss you Whammy, so long Wine Cellar, never said goodbye).
But I'm proud that this little whānau is nearly at year 5 of the pandemic era and, as far as we know, remain uninfected. There's enormous luck and privilege in that result, but also caution, hard work and sacrifice.
May public health one day be publicly valued again. May we heed science and do what we know is best, not what is profitable.

2024-12-29 04:17:57 UTC

Seeing some #AltText discussion happening in my timeline, which is cool!
My contribution is to repeat the advice I once got when I asked "How do I know what to describe in a picture? I don't want to overwhelm with unnecessary detail but also not miss important info."
The answer was beautiful and simple:
Imagine you're telling a dear friend on the phone what you are seeing.
That's it.
What's important is what you would want your friend to know about the picture.

2024-12-25 07:49:00 UTC

Before:
Can't trust Wikipedia, anyone can modify it.
Now:
Better check Wikipedia, they have actual humans verifying.

2024-12-21 21:10:20 UTC

The family that introduced us to the Covid safe playgroup (which we are meeting today for a second time) has caught Covid from a dentist visit. Needless to say that they won't be joining us.
They're among the most cautious people I know and are quite distressed about it. Hopefully they recover as best as possible. 😷
#CovidIsNotOver

2024-12-20 11:44:25 UTC

"Why don't you just use BlueSky?"
- @npub1fdr…lvhs says it best: https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/#tie-yourself-to-a-federated-mast
TLDR version?
See picture.
https://mastodon.nz/system/media_attachments/files/113/684/975/143/053/460/original/dcacc4aa2350acda.jpg

2024-12-13 07:13:37 UTC

Before it was bombed by the French in Auckland in 1985, the #greenpeace flagship #RainbowWarrior was campaigning against nuclear weapon testing in the Pacific. She evacuated the people of Rongelap from their heavily irradiated island.
The story is remarkable.
Here in written and photo version:
The Last Voyage of the Rainbow Warrior
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-11-13/rainbow-warrior-rongelap-nuclear-testing-evacuation-greenpeace/104269958
Here in #podcast form:
https://pca.st/podcast/2ba52d40-7e19-013d-19ea-0acc26574db2

2024-12-13 04:24:45 UTC

Critical support for comrade dolphin coming to continue the sabotage campaign on Sir Russell Coutts's #SailGP races. 🐬 ⛵ ✊
A Hector's or critically endangered Māui dolphin has been spotted in the Waitematā Harbour, just over a month before the Auckland SailGP event.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/rare-dolphin-spotted-in-aucklands-waitemata-harbour/2RJDTO3WWYWGBCPQIMKVHEBDYI/

2024-12-11 23:36:24 UTC

Do you love angry righteous nerd rants? (I do!)
Ed Zitron has been on a roll about the #AI bubble, the environmental disaster it represents, how much of a con it is, and how it might come crashing down, sooner rather than later.
And he's been absolutely right so far.
Get all your righteous rant needs sorted right on his #podcast
The Coming Generative AIpocalypse - #BetterOffline
https://pca.st/episode/4a6a52a1-a8b7-408e-85d1-0659b8ba6cb0

2024-12-09 03:25:35 UTC

Word is that Belgium has recently ratified the Global Oceans Treaty! 🇧🇪
For those keeping track at home, that brings us to 16/60 ratifications necessary for the Treaty to come into force, hopefully by June 2025. 💪
This is the single most important tool to #ProtectTheOceans in the High Seas.
Keep them coming!🥳 🌊
#ocean