Brian Dixon 🌿🌐🎶 #ClimateAction 🔆 #ClimateJustice ☮️
@brianboru.bsky.social
Advocating for Te Taiao/environment & social justice. Home places are Ōtepoti Otago & Kuaotunu, Coromandel Peninsula in Aotearoa. Climate Professional, helping with #ClimateAction (community to international). There's #noPlanetB
~Born on a Friday.
~Born on a Friday.
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Putting this here again as it has disappeared from my pinned-to-profile display!
Professor Richard Jackson and colleagues, Leonard and Llewellyn, argue the case for and against Aotearoa New Zealand having a costly military and large defence budget.
Professor Richard Jackson and colleagues, Leonard and Llewellyn, argue the case for and against Aotearoa New Zealand having a costly military and large defence budget.
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You know what to do
✅ @icegov.bsky.social has been verified by @bsky.app.
January 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM
You know what to do
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I love it when the block lists work.
January 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM
I love it when the block lists work.
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See Mary's link. Block icegov. I also reported it as misleading information.
So blocked.
January 17, 2026 at 1:13 AM
See Mary's link. Block icegov. I also reported it as misleading information.
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Today in Ōtepoti
January 17, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Today in Ōtepoti
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Listen no one is "vilifying" rich people. They ARE villains. If you run a multimillion or billion dollar company, give yourself millions in $$/shares &/or benefits, but pay your directly employed or contracted workers less than a living wage what are you if not a villain? #nzpol #NBRrichLIST
January 17, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Listen no one is "vilifying" rich people. They ARE villains. If you run a multimillion or billion dollar company, give yourself millions in $$/shares &/or benefits, but pay your directly employed or contracted workers less than a living wage what are you if not a villain? #nzpol #NBRrichLIST
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[Australia] Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis www.theage.com.au/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Heatwave #Wildfire #Victoria #Australia
Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis
Australia has been riven by fires and floods this summer. What will it take to make policymakers treat this as the crisis it is?
www.theage.com.au
January 16, 2026 at 10:38 AM
[Australia] Climate whiplash: We can no longer pretend this isn’t a crisis www.theage.com.au/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Flood #Heatwave #Wildfire #Victoria #Australia
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North Pacific storms, Alaska glaciers, and California drought: a direct link to climate change noticiasambientales.com/science/nort... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Storms #Glaciers #Drought #California #Alaska
North Pacific storms, Alaska glaciers, and California drought: a direct link to climate change - Noticias Ambientales
A new study from the Weizmann Institute of Science, published in Nature, revealed that the northward shift of North Pacific winter storms is directly
noticiasambientales.com
January 16, 2026 at 10:44 AM
North Pacific storms, Alaska glaciers, and California drought: a direct link to climate change noticiasambientales.com/science/nort... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Storms #Glaciers #Drought #California #Alaska
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Why is the NZ Govt not listening to our fire fighters, even when they are warning us that the service is not fit for service. Instead they just blame them when they speak out. The risk of this sort of event just gets higher. #nzpol
More than 100 buildings destroyed and 300,000 hectares burned as Victoria’s bushfires rage
Fires may continue for ‘weeks’, authorities warn, as three missing people found safe
www.theguardian.com
January 10, 2026 at 10:58 PM
Why is the NZ Govt not listening to our fire fighters, even when they are warning us that the service is not fit for service. Instead they just blame them when they speak out. The risk of this sort of event just gets higher. #nzpol
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NZ's version of Daniel Ek (Peter Beck of Rocket Labs) shows his buddy, the Fox drunk, around his weapons facility.
January 11, 2026 at 1:12 AM
NZ's version of Daniel Ek (Peter Beck of Rocket Labs) shows his buddy, the Fox drunk, around his weapons facility.
We are seeing unprecedented protests in US cities. The people's uprising against tyranny in that country. Yet AoNZ msm is *silent* as if it will just blow over. Where are you @rnz_news @nzherald @odtnews others??? #nzpol
x.com/i/status/201...
x.com/i/status/201...
Kerry Burgess on X: "Some of the massive anti-government protests taking place in Iran https://t.co/701ndVSS5x" / X
Some of the massive anti-government protests taking place in Iran https://t.co/701ndVSS5x
x.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:33 AM
We are seeing unprecedented protests in US cities. The people's uprising against tyranny in that country. Yet AoNZ msm is *silent* as if it will just blow over. Where are you @rnz_news @nzherald @odtnews others??? #nzpol
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x.com/i/status/201...
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Minnesota today
January 10, 2026 at 11:41 PM
Minnesota today
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"While both major political parties agree on the need for a nationally coherent adaptation plan, there is an impasse between the previous Labour government’s Treaty-based, equity-centred approach and the current National-led coalition’s fiscal discipline and burden-shifting logic."
Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy
Adaptation and planned relocation are unaffordable for at-risk communities and tangata whenua. Government cost-sharing is essential.
theconversation.com
December 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
"While both major political parties agree on the need for a nationally coherent adaptation plan, there is an impasse between the previous Labour government’s Treaty-based, equity-centred approach and the current National-led coalition’s fiscal discipline and burden-shifting logic."
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Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy
theconversation.com/communities-...
theconversation.com/communities-...
Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy
Adaptation and planned relocation are unaffordable for at-risk communities and tangata whenua. Government cost-sharing is essential.
theconversation.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Communities must be central to climate adaptation strategies – 10 insights to guide national policy
theconversation.com/communities-...
theconversation.com/communities-...
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The New Zealand model too
For those who have forgotten the past 40 years:
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
Tax cuts for the rich
...don’t trickle down
Boosting military spending
...doesn’t bring peace
Slashing regulations
...doesn’t create jobs
Folks, we’ve seen this all before.
January 9, 2026 at 9:04 PM
The New Zealand model too
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Everyone on blusky in Aotearoa is dumping on that newsroom piece from the the mining lobbyist, and y'know, good job. What I think is striking about it is how clever it feels. They really think they had something there.
January 9, 2026 at 5:51 AM
Everyone on blusky in Aotearoa is dumping on that newsroom piece from the the mining lobbyist, and y'know, good job. What I think is striking about it is how clever it feels. They really think they had something there.
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Every single time ... no surprises, here's Josie Vidal, lately of @newsroom.co.nz complaining about how we should all sit down and try to understand other people's points of view, on Michael Lhaws' Platform show a month ago shitting on the Green Party
So reasonable, so mature, so balanced
So reasonable, so mature, so balanced
January 9, 2026 at 5:37 AM
Every single time ... no surprises, here's Josie Vidal, lately of @newsroom.co.nz complaining about how we should all sit down and try to understand other people's points of view, on Michael Lhaws' Platform show a month ago shitting on the Green Party
So reasonable, so mature, so balanced
So reasonable, so mature, so balanced
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Josie Vidal really proving the "when all you have is a hammer..." principle by managing to dig herself into a gigantic hole.
The year ahead: We need balance, argues Minerals Council CEO Josie Vidal. We can’t produce things that no one can afford. Some of our native critters get way better treatment than some of our people.
Please stop shouting, no one listens when you shout
newsroom.co.nz
January 9, 2026 at 4:45 AM
Josie Vidal really proving the "when all you have is a hammer..." principle by managing to dig herself into a gigantic hole.
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Awful.
Meanwhile, we'll be told that 'now is not the time' to talk about the failure of climate policy.
But nor will it be after recovery from this horror. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Meanwhile, we'll be told that 'now is not the time' to talk about the failure of climate policy.
But nor will it be after recovery from this horror. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Three people missing and multiple properties destroyed as bushfire hits Victorian town ‘like a bomb’
Authorities warn lives could be lost amid catastrophic conditions as firefighters fears there is ‘nothing left’ of town in Strathbogie Ranges
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:04 AM
Awful.
Meanwhile, we'll be told that 'now is not the time' to talk about the failure of climate policy.
But nor will it be after recovery from this horror. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Meanwhile, we'll be told that 'now is not the time' to talk about the failure of climate policy.
But nor will it be after recovery from this horror. #ClimateCrisis #auspol
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Gov. JB Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois energy law boosting batteries and renewables that GOP opposed
Gov. JB Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois energy law boosting batteries and renewables that GOP opposed
The measure comes as state officials have warned Illinois may face energy shortages but Republicans warn massive battery installations called for in the bill would be partly backed by a surcharge o…
www.chicagotribune.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
Gov. JB Pritzker signs sweeping Illinois energy law boosting batteries and renewables that GOP opposed
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🧪We all know there is global warming.. hopefully. Well, how do we know? 🌍Measurements, global collaboration and a bit of physics:
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
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@lbscience.org
How Do We Know That the Earth is Warming Up? - Little, Big Science
The Earth is warming due to the increasing concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. While the temperature increase is attributed to human activity, in this post we will focus solely on the...
www.lbscience.org
January 9, 2026 at 1:05 AM
🧪We all know there is global warming.. hopefully. Well, how do we know? 🌍Measurements, global collaboration and a bit of physics:
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
www.lbscience.org/en/2025/12/1...
@lbscience.org
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Got the glazed tumbler back today.
I went minimalist in my pottery painting class, inspired by Barnett Newman’s Stations of the Cross
I went minimalist in my pottery painting class, inspired by Barnett Newman’s Stations of the Cross
January 9, 2026 at 12:58 AM
Got the glazed tumbler back today.
I went minimalist in my pottery painting class, inspired by Barnett Newman’s Stations of the Cross
I went minimalist in my pottery painting class, inspired by Barnett Newman’s Stations of the Cross
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They really crashed the economy
Returning to an old favourite. The pink line is the official GDP data (% change for year vs previous year). The wild swings are due to Govt *subsidies* (e.g. wage subsidies) being deducted from the official GDP stats. The blue line shows the unadjusted data; far better reflects reality.
January 8, 2026 at 8:01 AM
They really crashed the economy