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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The exact same people and I mean EXACT. SAME. wanted you to stop saying the words #ClimateChange and they've been wildly successful, even with supposed #Progressives.
How about we stop doing what the #Trump / #Epstein Pedophile ring tells us to do, what do you say?
#TalkClimate #ClimateSky
How about we stop doing what the #Trump / #Epstein Pedophile ring tells us to do, what do you say?
#TalkClimate #ClimateSky
They got you mad at #MeToo. They convinced you #Woke was a terrible thing. And they were/are great big pedophiles.
If you fell for it? Smarten up. www.theverge.com/tech/874721/... #EpsteinFiles
If you fell for it? Smarten up. www.theverge.com/tech/874721/... #EpsteinFiles
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:57 AM
The exact same people and I mean EXACT. SAME. wanted you to stop saying the words #ClimateChange and they've been wildly successful, even with supposed #Progressives.
How about we stop doing what the #Trump / #Epstein Pedophile ring tells us to do, what do you say?
#TalkClimate #ClimateSky
How about we stop doing what the #Trump / #Epstein Pedophile ring tells us to do, what do you say?
#TalkClimate #ClimateSky
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It’s heartbreaking to see the rivers I used to swim in as a boy being slowly killed to irrigate dairy farms. Climate change will make dairying impossible in Canterbury before too long; but no, we’re going to wring the last few $$ out of the environment while we can.
A once abundant native fish is on the verge of extinction. It is seemingly linked to the rapid collapse of the Rakaia river ecosystem www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
What happened to all the fish?
For the first time in more than 40 years, this year’s Rakaia fishing competition will not involve fishing. What has gone wrong?
www.thepress.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 9:15 PM
It’s heartbreaking to see the rivers I used to swim in as a boy being slowly killed to irrigate dairy farms. Climate change will make dairying impossible in Canterbury before too long; but no, we’re going to wring the last few $$ out of the environment while we can.
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The sudden disappearance of a small native fish from Canterbury’s rivers has broken an ancient cycle, revealing how the Rakaia River is being steadily drained of life and energy.
Video by @aldenwilliams. Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.
Video by @aldenwilliams. Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.
February 6, 2026 at 7:34 PM
The sudden disappearance of a small native fish from Canterbury’s rivers has broken an ancient cycle, revealing how the Rakaia River is being steadily drained of life and energy.
Video by @aldenwilliams. Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.
Video by @aldenwilliams. Click the link in our bio or go to thepress.co.nz for more.
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“If you are reading this it is because I’m dead”
“I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that my last thought – will be of the children massacred in Gaza and of the surviving Palestinians who face a terrible future.”
Rest In Peace, Carlos Hernández.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that my last thought – will be of the children massacred in Gaza and of the surviving Palestinians who face a terrible future.”
Rest In Peace, Carlos Hernández.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
If you are reading this it is because I’m dead: here’s what I want to tell you about how to live | Carlos Hernández de Miguel
Leaving this world in an age of lies and cruelty, my last message is simple: don’t give up on truth, says Spanish journalist Carlos Hernández de Miguel
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 11:38 PM
“If you are reading this it is because I’m dead”
“I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that my last thought – will be of the children massacred in Gaza and of the surviving Palestinians who face a terrible future.”
Rest In Peace, Carlos Hernández.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
“I can’t say for sure, but I imagine that my last thought – will be of the children massacred in Gaza and of the surviving Palestinians who face a terrible future.”
Rest In Peace, Carlos Hernández.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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so many centrists and liberals act as though "progress" as they know it has happened thanks to the magical, natural tide of history rather than people far more radical than them disregarding respectability politics and changing things by stepping right through decorum.
Maria Supplisson | @mimisplsn
Maria Supplisson | @mimisplsn
February 6, 2026 at 1:09 AM
so many centrists and liberals act as though "progress" as they know it has happened thanks to the magical, natural tide of history rather than people far more radical than them disregarding respectability politics and changing things by stepping right through decorum.
Maria Supplisson | @mimisplsn
Maria Supplisson | @mimisplsn
Related: please keep heckling David Seymour. Pieces of shit should be treated appropriately. No quarter given to people who want to destroy the world #nzpol
even if you don't care about sports you gotta admit it's awesome that this guy had to hear to his face how the world feels about him
I'm at the Olympics and the entire stadium booed JD Vance. 😌
February 6, 2026 at 10:17 PM
Related: please keep heckling David Seymour. Pieces of shit should be treated appropriately. No quarter given to people who want to destroy the world #nzpol
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Amongst the cheapest politicians to buy on the planet - slow clap #straya | The case for banning fossil fuel donations www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2026/02/07/t... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The case for banning fossil fuel donations
In the grand scheme of things, it’s not much money. This is part of what makes it so sad. The country’s politicians have sold out the climate for little more than a rounding error on projects that wil...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 9:37 PM
Amongst the cheapest politicians to buy on the planet - slow clap #straya | The case for banning fossil fuel donations www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/2026/02/07/t... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
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The latest hilarious example of the Abundance Agenda being coopted to support crackpottery: an abundance of electricity being used to run an abundance of desalination plants to dump an abundance of water back in Lakes Powell & Mead to support an abundance of powerboating!
via @landdesk.bsky.social.
via @landdesk.bsky.social.
February 6, 2026 at 8:52 PM
The latest hilarious example of the Abundance Agenda being coopted to support crackpottery: an abundance of electricity being used to run an abundance of desalination plants to dump an abundance of water back in Lakes Powell & Mead to support an abundance of powerboating!
via @landdesk.bsky.social.
via @landdesk.bsky.social.
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Timely reread.
“ACT "weaponised" astroturfs. #nzpol #TaxpayersUnion
"So when the TPU were saying 'This is a problem', it was actually a contrived problem that the ACT Party told them to create.”
What problems will they be inventing for ACT to ‘solve’ for the 2026 NZ election?
“ACT "weaponised" astroturfs. #nzpol #TaxpayersUnion
"So when the TPU were saying 'This is a problem', it was actually a contrived problem that the ACT Party told them to create.”
What problems will they be inventing for ACT to ‘solve’ for the 2026 NZ election?
Ex-ACT staffer Grant McLachlan says party created fake grassroots groups
Political pundits and media experts are warning that artificial grassroots organisations - nicknamed "astroturfs" - are being used to manipulate and mobilise public opinion for political gain.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Timely reread.
“ACT "weaponised" astroturfs. #nzpol #TaxpayersUnion
"So when the TPU were saying 'This is a problem', it was actually a contrived problem that the ACT Party told them to create.”
What problems will they be inventing for ACT to ‘solve’ for the 2026 NZ election?
“ACT "weaponised" astroturfs. #nzpol #TaxpayersUnion
"So when the TPU were saying 'This is a problem', it was actually a contrived problem that the ACT Party told them to create.”
What problems will they be inventing for ACT to ‘solve’ for the 2026 NZ election?
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A once abundant native fish is on the verge of extinction. It is seemingly linked to the rapid collapse of the Rakaia river ecosystem www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
What happened to all the fish?
For the first time in more than 40 years, this year’s Rakaia fishing competition will not involve fishing. What has gone wrong?
www.thepress.co.nz
February 6, 2026 at 7:53 PM
A once abundant native fish is on the verge of extinction. It is seemingly linked to the rapid collapse of the Rakaia river ecosystem www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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February 6, 2026 at 8:03 PM
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Hearing the smug British commentators refer to the USA vs Denmark as 'The Greenland Derby' like it's some frothy, fun thing is pissing me off. So many people still blithely unaware of what's going on in the world and how it might affect them #olympics
February 6, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Hearing the smug British commentators refer to the USA vs Denmark as 'The Greenland Derby' like it's some frothy, fun thing is pissing me off. So many people still blithely unaware of what's going on in the world and how it might affect them #olympics
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From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
February 6, 2026 at 3:47 PM
From @acyn.bsky.social (posted on X)
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
"Reporter: Do any of you have a favorite animal?
Child: My favorite one is a gold snake that can move. It has gold eyes, and it has a super-duper tail…
Reporter: Mr. Mamdani, the second question for you.
Mamdani: Yes. It’s also the golden snake."
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Reactions to this week's newsletter have ranged from, "This is an absurd premise," to, "This is happening already in my city." So, pretty much what I've come to expect from writing about the energy economy.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
Looking Ahead to When Gas Stations Vanish - Inside Climate News
Leaders should plan for declining demand that will undermine the viability of fossil fuel businesses. New research says it could happen sooner than we think.
insideclimatenews.org
February 6, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Reactions to this week's newsletter have ranged from, "This is an absurd premise," to, "This is happening already in my city." So, pretty much what I've come to expect from writing about the energy economy.
insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
insideclimatenews.org/news/0502202...
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Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
February 6, 2026 at 5:44 PM
Was driving my kids to school and the first thing on the radio was reporting about Trump's video depicting the Obamas as apes and I think many people still don't fully appreciate what it means to have to raise Black children in a country where the president is so brazenly and consistently racist
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the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
February 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
the Spectator accidentally recycled a subhed from a previous day’s article about Tehran
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I think this article makes a good point, Labour and its strategy for a long time been dominated by this performative macho mentality that refuses to acknowledge who its actual voters are (working aged women)
Here’s my view: the Mandelson-Epstein crisis reveals a government fuelled by a masculinised realpolitik, responsible for successive failures of legitimacy and accountability.
It’s time to put some women at the centre
www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
It’s time to put some women at the centre
www.thenewworld.co.uk/zoe-grunewal...
February 6, 2026 at 4:40 PM
I think this article makes a good point, Labour and its strategy for a long time been dominated by this performative macho mentality that refuses to acknowledge who its actual voters are (working aged women)
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"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want." — @lopatto.bsky.social
How the men in the Epstein files defeated #MeToo
The emails show the “anti-woke” crusaders are afraid of accountability.
www.theverge.com
February 6, 2026 at 5:02 PM
"It’s hard not to read these files and come to the conclusion that Epstein helped engineer the ultimate elite impunity — in which our society has been totally destroyed so the richest and most powerful men in the world can do whatever they want." — @lopatto.bsky.social
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Those surprised at the BBC promoting Reform (whole programme promoting them, and Yusuf yet again on #bbcqt ) should remember this is nothing new. Look the incredible bias in their choice of MEPs on BBC Question Time during the Brexit years:
February 6, 2026 at 8:28 AM
Those surprised at the BBC promoting Reform (whole programme promoting them, and Yusuf yet again on #bbcqt ) should remember this is nothing new. Look the incredible bias in their choice of MEPs on BBC Question Time during the Brexit years:
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PM calls for civil debate as government faces backlash over efforts to roll back policies to support Maori community.
New Zealand deputy PM heckled day after saying colonisation good for Maori
PM calls for civil debate as government faces backlash over efforts to roll back policies to support Maori community.
www.aljazeera.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:30 AM
PM calls for civil debate as government faces backlash over efforts to roll back policies to support Maori community.
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Today we’re left with a housing system that works brilliantly for people who already have wealth, and brutally for those who don’t. We have more homes per person than ever before, yet housing has never been less affordable or secure. That’s not a market failure, that’s a failure of government policy
If you want to understand Australia’s housing crisis, look at what the government funds
We are living through the worst housing crisis in living memory. Rents are surging, home ownership is slipping further out of reach, and homelessness is rising and more persistent.
thepoint.com.au
February 6, 2026 at 3:36 AM
Today we’re left with a housing system that works brilliantly for people who already have wealth, and brutally for those who don’t. We have more homes per person than ever before, yet housing has never been less affordable or secure. That’s not a market failure, that’s a failure of government policy
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The same people who will tell you scientists have to win back public trust will not fucking HESITATE to tell you to stop saying “climate change” and start saying “AI” for money even if you’re lying through your teeth
February 6, 2026 at 7:01 AM
The same people who will tell you scientists have to win back public trust will not fucking HESITATE to tell you to stop saying “climate change” and start saying “AI” for money even if you’re lying through your teeth
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today's New Jersey primary is all about the collapse of the Dem party's mighty machine in NJ — their candidate is coming in 4th.
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
February 6, 2026 at 4:12 AM
today's New Jersey primary is all about the collapse of the Dem party's mighty machine in NJ — their candidate is coming in 4th.
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
a piece from 2024 in bolts that gives you a window into what's happening right now: boltsmag.org/new-jersey-p...
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Okay but my schadencoin is skyrocketing
February 6, 2026 at 1:30 AM
Okay but my schadencoin is skyrocketing
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February 6, 2026 at 1:51 AM