Christina Hood
@christinahood.bsky.social
Energy/climate/carbon markets @ Compass Climate, Aotearoa-NZ. Mum, Ph.D ex quantum physicist. Climate stuff also on Linkedin. She/her. Posts deleted weekly-ish.
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This Bill threatens every worker in New Zealand. Brooke van Velden's Employment Relations Amendment Bill has come back from Select Committee - and she's made it EVEN WORSE for workers. #nzpol
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Employment bill is worst attack on workers in decades - NZCTU
The NZCTU Te Kauae Kaimahi is condemning select committee changes to the Employment Relations Amendment Bill, which would give bad employers an even greater ability to exploit workers.
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December 8, 2025 at 10:34 PM
This Bill threatens every worker in New Zealand. Brooke van Velden's Employment Relations Amendment Bill has come back from Select Committee - and she's made it EVEN WORSE for workers. #nzpol
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Including NZ.."some other countries and corporate vested interests [are] working to block or reverse environmental action"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Food and fossil fuel production causing $5bn of environmental damage an hour’
UN GEO report says ending this harm key to global transformation required ‘before collapse becomes inevitable’
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December 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Including NZ.."some other countries and corporate vested interests [are] working to block or reverse environmental action"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🚨Funded PhD studentship project🚨
"Leveraging population activity trajectories to optimise Brain-computer interfaces for arm movement" with myself & @katjakornysheva.bsky.social
By: Jan 9th 2026
Info on project, funding & how to apply: more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-... (submit to Nottingham)
"Leveraging population activity trajectories to optimise Brain-computer interfaces for arm movement" with myself & @katjakornysheva.bsky.social
By: Jan 9th 2026
Info on project, funding & how to apply: more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-... (submit to Nottingham)
PhD Opportunities – MRC AIM
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December 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
🚨Funded PhD studentship project🚨
"Leveraging population activity trajectories to optimise Brain-computer interfaces for arm movement" with myself & @katjakornysheva.bsky.social
By: Jan 9th 2026
Info on project, funding & how to apply: more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-... (submit to Nottingham)
"Leveraging population activity trajectories to optimise Brain-computer interfaces for arm movement" with myself & @katjakornysheva.bsky.social
By: Jan 9th 2026
Info on project, funding & how to apply: more.bham.ac.uk/mrc-aim/phd-... (submit to Nottingham)
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Apply this to all of science!
IF WE FIGHT BACK, WE WILL WIN. If we comply in advance, make ourselves small, and allow leadership to play us like a fiddle, we will lose.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
IF WE FIGHT BACK, WE WILL WIN. If we comply in advance, make ourselves small, and allow leadership to play us like a fiddle, we will lose.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
Public Health Needs a New Motto: No Apologies, No Surrender
It's time we stopped flinching at the assaults of the far right—and started fighting back.
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December 9, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Apply this to all of science!
IF WE FIGHT BACK, WE WILL WIN. If we comply in advance, make ourselves small, and allow leadership to play us like a fiddle, we will lose.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
IF WE FIGHT BACK, WE WILL WIN. If we comply in advance, make ourselves small, and allow leadership to play us like a fiddle, we will lose.
www.thenation.com/article/soci...
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BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
December 9, 2025 at 4:36 AM
BONKERS!
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
The Luxon Govt’s rewrite of the RMA laws allows companies to claim financial compensation (from taxpayers) when councils introduce rules to limit pollution or protect the environment.
Let that sink in.
#NZPOL
Enjoying Hail, Meteor! at San Fran, with anticipation building for Throwing Muses. Wave if you're also here.
December 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Enjoying Hail, Meteor! at San Fran, with anticipation building for Throwing Muses. Wave if you're also here.
Climate Change Resonse Act amendment legislation - to be passed pre-Xmas under urgency. legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
Climate Change Response (2050 Target and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 229-1 (2025), Government Bill – New Zealand Legislation
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December 8, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Climate Change Resonse Act amendment legislation - to be passed pre-Xmas under urgency. legislation.govt.nz/bill/governm...
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One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
December 8, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One thing about climate change: it disproves the capitalist ideology that poor people's suffering is their own fault.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
Billionaires emit as much in a day as the world's 4 billion poorest emit in a yr, yet those 4 billion humans suffer most from climate impacts.
This is inequality, and it is evil.
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Hugely encouraging news from Brazil today. President Lula has instructed four ministries to draw up a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, and asked his government to formulate an energy transition fund using income from petroleum revenues.
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Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and… |...
Today, President Lula issued a directive for the government to develop, within 60 days, a proposal outlining guidelines for a national roadmap for transitioning away from fossil fuels in a just and or...
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December 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Hugely encouraging news from Brazil today. President Lula has instructed four ministries to draw up a roadmap for a just transition away from fossil fuels, and asked his government to formulate an energy transition fund using income from petroleum revenues.
www.linkedin.com/posts/ana-to...
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Ya can’t spell next great mass extinction & collapsing ecosystems without centralism.
In our Climate Report my coauthors and I say: We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. Consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer future threats but are here now. Read report here doi.org/10.1093/bios...
The 2025 state of the climate report: a planet on the brink
We are hurtling toward climate chaos. The planet's vital signs are flashing red. The consequences of human-driven alterations of the climate are no longer
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December 8, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Ya can’t spell next great mass extinction & collapsing ecosystems without centralism.
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TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
December 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
TIL about a memorial ceremony in Iceland in 2019 to mark the end of a glacier, changing the place name from Okjökull to Ok (jökull = glacier). Uncompromising wording on the bronze plaque:
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
"This is to acknowledge that we know what is happening and what needs to be done. Only you know if we did it".
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🦠 #NZ Measles
“If you were present at any of the below locations on the days and times listed, you must call Healthline urgently on 0800 611 116”
These people “need to stay at home and avoid seeing others until they’ve phoned Healthline and received advice.”
Links to full news & locations below.
“If you were present at any of the below locations on the days and times listed, you must call Healthline urgently on 0800 611 116”
These people “need to stay at home and avoid seeing others until they’ve phoned Healthline and received advice.”
Links to full news & locations below.
December 7, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🦠 #NZ Measles
“If you were present at any of the below locations on the days and times listed, you must call Healthline urgently on 0800 611 116”
These people “need to stay at home and avoid seeing others until they’ve phoned Healthline and received advice.”
Links to full news & locations below.
“If you were present at any of the below locations on the days and times listed, you must call Healthline urgently on 0800 611 116”
These people “need to stay at home and avoid seeing others until they’ve phoned Healthline and received advice.”
Links to full news & locations below.
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On the bright side, when you apply for a building permit in this area (Richardson Bay Shoreline), the County requires you to sign away your right to sue for damages if it ever has to abandon the street due to SLR. This is crucial policy being fought in many places - including elsewhere in Marin.
December 8, 2025 at 6:00 AM
On the bright side, when you apply for a building permit in this area (Richardson Bay Shoreline), the County requires you to sign away your right to sue for damages if it ever has to abandon the street due to SLR. This is crucial policy being fought in many places - including elsewhere in Marin.
Run 2 of couch-to-5k done: 8 x 1 minute running with 90s walk in between. Today was harder - warmer weather, no tailwind. Big thank you to my sponsors!!
Run 1 of couch-to-5k done. Week 1 is 8 x 1 minute running with 90s walk in between, on 3 days during the week. Most of it was wind-assisted today (thanks Wellington)
I have signed up for the Round the Bays Sunday 15 Feb. This is a challenge, as I'm currently at "couch" in the "couch to 5k"programme. I have run 5k before but it was a decade ago. If you donate to Rainbow Youth here, I will feel shamed into following through with the 10 weeks training.
December 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Run 2 of couch-to-5k done: 8 x 1 minute running with 90s walk in between. Today was harder - warmer weather, no tailwind. Big thank you to my sponsors!!
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PERFECTLY NORMAL
Sri Lanka landslides feared as toll hits 618, widespread loss sweeps Asia
Disaster agency warns that monsoon storms are adding more rain and making hillsides unstable.
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December 8, 2025 at 3:06 AM
PERFECTLY NORMAL
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Buy one of these rad fundraiser t-shirts to support PATHAs legal costs in their resistance against the inhumane ban on puberty blockers for trans kids. You too can be a woke ideological feral!
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December 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Buy one of these rad fundraiser t-shirts to support PATHAs legal costs in their resistance against the inhumane ban on puberty blockers for trans kids. You too can be a woke ideological feral!
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Run 1 of couch-to-5k done. Week 1 is 8 x 1 minute running with 90s walk in between, on 3 days during the week. Most of it was wind-assisted today (thanks Wellington)
I have signed up for the Round the Bays Sunday 15 Feb. This is a challenge, as I'm currently at "couch" in the "couch to 5k"programme. I have run 5k before but it was a decade ago. If you donate to Rainbow Youth here, I will feel shamed into following through with the 10 weeks training.
Christina Hood in Southern Cross Round the Bays Wellington 2026
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December 6, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Run 1 of couch-to-5k done. Week 1 is 8 x 1 minute running with 90s walk in between, on 3 days during the week. Most of it was wind-assisted today (thanks Wellington)
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Thich Nhat Hanh’s idea of “interbeing” says we’re deeply interconnected. A new book on ‘mindful democracy’ argues that embracing this idea could help us learn to work together again.
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#polisky #mindfulness
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#polisky #mindfulness
Meditating on the connectedness of life could help reunite a divided country – here’s how ‘interbeing’ works
Meditation can change our perceptions about things we encounter in our daily lives − revealing the interconnectedness of reality.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Thich Nhat Hanh’s idea of “interbeing” says we’re deeply interconnected. A new book on ‘mindful democracy’ argues that embracing this idea could help us learn to work together again.
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#polisky #mindfulness
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#polisky #mindfulness
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This does point to an expanded possibility, i.e. if we try hard enough we could actually get AI to declare NZ isn’t real. We’re already not on lots of maps.
December 4, 2025 at 12:45 AM
This does point to an expanded possibility, i.e. if we try hard enough we could actually get AI to declare NZ isn’t real. We’re already not on lots of maps.
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Who's joining the Par Avian gang to finish off the squad? It's Tīeke, Kea, Pūtangitangi, and Kākāpō!
#Kikorangi
#Kikorangi
December 1, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Who's joining the Par Avian gang to finish off the squad? It's Tīeke, Kea, Pūtangitangi, and Kākāpō!
#Kikorangi
#Kikorangi
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Government participation lends credibility and certainty www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
COP30: Momentum grows behind carbon markets as a climate solution
Reading the text of the final deal at COP30, which was agreed on Saturday after more than two weeks of talks in Belém, it would be easy to miss the role of the carbon markets in the fight against clim...
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December 3, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Government participation lends credibility and certainty www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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Folks in New Zealand should pick up latest copy of Listener magazine. Peter Bale's long form journalism is excellent, and comprehensively captures pulsating far-right landscapes, and what it all risks evolving into given Govt's platforming of, & dalliance with thinly-veiled extremist ideologues.
December 3, 2025 at 2:19 AM
Folks in New Zealand should pick up latest copy of Listener magazine. Peter Bale's long form journalism is excellent, and comprehensively captures pulsating far-right landscapes, and what it all risks evolving into given Govt's platforming of, & dalliance with thinly-veiled extremist ideologues.
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“Countries that import PV modules and inverters from China gain three to five domestic jobs for every manufacturing job created in China, and they capture more than half of the added value along the entire PV value chain.” www.linkedin.com/posts/pietro...
PV industry jobs: China vs importing countries | Pietro Peter Altermatt posted on the topic | LinkedIn
Countries that import PV modules and inverters from China gain three to five domestic jobs for every manufacturing job created in China, and they capture more than half of the added value along the en...
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December 2, 2025 at 12:20 AM
“Countries that import PV modules and inverters from China gain three to five domestic jobs for every manufacturing job created in China, and they capture more than half of the added value along the entire PV value chain.” www.linkedin.com/posts/pietro...
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YOU THERE, SELF-HATING PERSON WITH LOW SELF ESTEEM!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
YOU THERE, SELF-HATING PERSON WITH LOW SELF ESTEEM!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
SAY SOMETHING POSITIVE ABOUT YOURSELF! COMPLIMENT YOURSELF RIGHT NOW! I DON'T CARE THAT IT'S TORTURE OR FEELS FAKE! KEEP TRYING UNTIL YOU CAN SAY IT OUT LOUD! KEEP REPEATING IT UNTIL IT IS NOT A WHISPER! KEEP GOING EVERY DAY UNTIL YOU BELIEVE IT!
Cool opportunity for PhD students from developing countries working on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. globalresearchalliance.org/n/cliff-grad...
CLIFF-GRADS Fellowships: Open for applications!
Closing date: 11 January 2026 We are pleased to announce Round 7 of the CLIFF-GRADS Fellowship Programme is now open for student applications! The Climate, Food and Farming, Global Research Alliance D...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Cool opportunity for PhD students from developing countries working on agricultural greenhouse gas emissions. globalresearchalliance.org/n/cliff-grad...