Lauren M
@elenem.bsky.social
Mum, cricket lover, cargo biker, gardener; always wanting more climate action, always wanting more climate justice. Re-skeets for interest, not always endorsement. Says 'fuck' a lot. Aotearoa/NZ.
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My interview with ABC Radio today on the threat that climate change plays to the Winter Olympics (which starts this week in Italy) and Australia’s snow seasons, and the need to Protect Our Winters.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Z6zS...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Z6zS...
05:02:26 Watkins ABC South East NSW.mp3
drive.google.com
February 5, 2026 at 4:55 AM
My interview with ABC Radio today on the threat that climate change plays to the Winter Olympics (which starts this week in Italy) and Australia’s snow seasons, and the need to Protect Our Winters.
drive.google.com/file/d/1Z6zS...
drive.google.com/file/d/1Z6zS...
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nz outlets are now CONSTANTLY giving Peters free positive media - they've picked a side and it's VERY obvious
It's outright boosterism at this stage
It's outright boosterism at this stage
February 5, 2026 at 3:38 AM
nz outlets are now CONSTANTLY giving Peters free positive media - they've picked a side and it's VERY obvious
It's outright boosterism at this stage
It's outright boosterism at this stage
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This person who heckled Luxon is my new favourite
February 5, 2026 at 1:27 AM
This person who heckled Luxon is my new favourite
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I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 5, 2026 at 2:17 AM
I don't say this often but: I'm so proud to be a climate and environment reporter. We cover an issue that is vitally important to humanity and the natural world. 14 of my climate colleagues at the Post were laid off today and I'm devastated.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
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As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
This is it.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
And the founders also never really envisioned a system like industrial and post-industrial capitalism that would be *fundamentally at odds* with their vision of a democratic republic.
Which is why capitalism must be dismantled.
Our founders, though deeply flawed, understood that democracy requires an informed citizenry and a government accountable to it people. That’s why the press is the only profession protected by the Constitution. It’s also why autocrats and oligarchs seek to control and destroy it.
February 4, 2026 at 9:16 PM
As terrible as what is happening right now to journalism, we actually should dismantle the romantic myths we have of the press in America.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
I teach in my class about colonial press censorship, and then how the independent press was a tool for the wealthy, white power holders to maintain dominance.
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Not just talking heads. A lot of the population
one of my strongest beliefs is that we're in our situation right now bc some of the most prominent talking heads (e.g. joe rogan, andrew schulz) are learning about politics in their 40s and 50s, instead of their teens and early 20s, and we have to go along for the ride as they learn basic things
February 5, 2026 at 12:21 AM
Not just talking heads. A lot of the population
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The Economist's Bagehot column captures how awful the Epstein disclosures are, but also how much of this was dogs-on-the-street level known. And ministers looked right past it until it was there in their face and couldn't eye roll "morals are for little people" any more...
econ.st/3NZFam4
econ.st/3NZFam4
February 4, 2026 at 10:38 PM
The Economist's Bagehot column captures how awful the Epstein disclosures are, but also how much of this was dogs-on-the-street level known. And ministers looked right past it until it was there in their face and couldn't eye roll "morals are for little people" any more...
econ.st/3NZFam4
econ.st/3NZFam4
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Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
February 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Trump's constant degradation of female reporters is unsurprising but the press corps' collective decision to treat it as background noise is actually kind of sickening
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actually I'm gonna stop you right there
February 4, 2026 at 11:29 PM
actually I'm gonna stop you right there
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and they ran a bjorn lomborg oped today we are in hell
I'm told the catastrophic Washington Post layoffs today include at least 14 climate journalists. Totally gutting. Details: www.climatecoloredgoggles.com/p/washington...
Breaking: Washington Post gutting its climate team
Clean energy dies in darkness. Courtesy of Jeff Bezos.
www.climatecoloredgoggles.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:41 PM
and they ran a bjorn lomborg oped today we are in hell
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February 4, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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The difference.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
February 4, 2026 at 8:47 PM
The difference.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
AI is as much - more- an ideological project than a 'tech' one and a lot of people are yet to grasp that (not trying to dunk on OP here, just making the point).
A lot of folks on here overestimated that Big Tech would go for solar + batteries instead to power their data centers, including me.
February 4, 2026 at 9:24 PM
AI is as much - more- an ideological project than a 'tech' one and a lot of people are yet to grasp that (not trying to dunk on OP here, just making the point).
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Another generation is being crucified by our discredited monetary and fiscal policies. Again.
Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
February 4, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Another generation is being crucified by our discredited monetary and fiscal policies. Again.
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“I feel sorry for LNG projects in the US,” Holtum said on a panel.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
Trafigura CEO Says LNG Projects Need New Financing Playbook
Trafigura Group Chief Executive Officer Richard Holtum said the liquefied natural gas industry needs a “bit of innovation” when it comes to financing projects.
www.bloomberg.com
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
“I feel sorry for LNG projects in the US,” Holtum said on a panel.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
I don't. I feel sorry for all the people being poisoned by these projects and the oil and gas production needed to support them and for everyone who will suffer from the climate damages that will result.
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We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
February 4, 2026 at 7:41 PM
We gotta come up with a better system than “everything rests on whether these twelve billionnaires are nice”
And this is why loads of us get fucked off with the 'Business confidence' measure getting shoved down our throats with no context. We know they hate women PMs and the left!! Young people are hurting now!! But the reckons of a few old white dudes is the story, every time. #nzpol
Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
February 4, 2026 at 7:54 PM
And this is why loads of us get fucked off with the 'Business confidence' measure getting shoved down our throats with no context. We know they hate women PMs and the left!! Young people are hurting now!! But the reckons of a few old white dudes is the story, every time. #nzpol
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Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
February 4, 2026 at 6:40 PM
Youth unemployment rate is now over 16% (1 in 6). The underutilisation rate - young people wanting work or more work - is 38% ffs - 190,000 young kiwis. That's nearly half of the total. It took a fking decade for youth unemployment to recover last time. Same plan this time. No plan.
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Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
February 4, 2026 at 7:51 PM
Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone.
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
www.swarthmore.edu/u...
please share!
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Limited number of prime ministers, but a lot of months under Prime Minister's to be data points. As ever, another graph I haven't updated since 2019. A Labour Female Prime Minister in a period of 10% growth has a lower Business Confidence rating than a National Male Prime Minister with -5% growth
February 4, 2026 at 8:55 AM
Limited number of prime ministers, but a lot of months under Prime Minister's to be data points. As ever, another graph I haven't updated since 2019. A Labour Female Prime Minister in a period of 10% growth has a lower Business Confidence rating than a National Male Prime Minister with -5% growth
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again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
February 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM
again we do not really do a good job of explaining how wealthy people like Jeff Bezos are
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
his net worth is $253.2 billion.
so he could take one million dollars, and just light it on fire
and then do it again tomorrow
and again the day after that
and then do it every day for 693 years and 8 months
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Pretty telling that Cathy Wilcox has become a more effective political commentator with her powerful sketchings than practically any of her non-cartoonist colleagues who expend literally thousands more words every week but somehow manage to say very little or gutlessly avoid the issues altogether.
![Single frame. Title: “[redacted]” A line of early teen? girls looking at the viewer. Behind them, silhouettes of four generic men, some with hand on shoulders of the girls, which have been through six iterations of redaction to satisfy the newspaper’s lawyers that none are identifiable.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:udzkh2jubo3w6ei42ftanhhj/bafkreic3fp5yp3asvebljrnnzovrw5a5nljp57bgxoyzh6z33m3qczpn4u@jpeg)
February 4, 2026 at 2:23 AM
Pretty telling that Cathy Wilcox has become a more effective political commentator with her powerful sketchings than practically any of her non-cartoonist colleagues who expend literally thousands more words every week but somehow manage to say very little or gutlessly avoid the issues altogether.