Fleur Templeton
@fleurt.bsky.social
Science, writing, environment, health, nature, media, #scicomm. A thinker, reader, questioner, curious; Also now a cancer patient. Living in Te Whanganui-a-Tara, Aotearoa New Zealand.
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Stoats, ferrets, rats, feral cats and dogs, mice, possums, and landlords thank this govt for throwing them a lifeline...
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Department of Conservation proposes 130 job cuts
It is the latest government department to learn its fate as part of cost cutting measures.
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April 10, 2024 at 2:47 AM
Stoats, ferrets, rats, feral cats and dogs, mice, possums, and landlords thank this govt for throwing them a lifeline...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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April 10, 2024 at 4:18 AM
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A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
March 30, 2024 at 4:25 PM
A newspaper editor — Chris Quinn of the Cleveland Plain Dealer — says it as clearly as he can:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
"Our Trump reporting upsets some readers, but there aren’t two sides to facts." www.cleveland.com/news/2024/03...
Quinn writes of a different kind of access. Access to our own eyes and ears:
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The thing about Chris Finlayson is even when you disagree with him - I do pretty frequently - he's just obviously a person of basic decency and extreme competence. And absolutely no time for bullshit. And he's simply right; the anti Maori folks are just weirdos and ACT in govt is empowering them.
March 24, 2024 at 7:05 PM
The thing about Chris Finlayson is even when you disagree with him - I do pretty frequently - he's just obviously a person of basic decency and extreme competence. And absolutely no time for bullshit. And he's simply right; the anti Maori folks are just weirdos and ACT in govt is empowering them.
Mōrena from pink sky Pōneke, Wellington
March 24, 2024 at 8:17 PM
Mōrena from pink sky Pōneke, Wellington
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PSA if you're Taranaki adjacent, Eltham Cheese Bar have harvarti offcuts for $6/kg and 36 month aged cheddar for $20
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Eltham Cheese Bar | Eltham
Eltham Cheese Bar, Eltham, New Zealand. 550 likes · 180 talking about this. Food & Drink
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February 13, 2024 at 4:41 AM
PSA if you're Taranaki adjacent, Eltham Cheese Bar have harvarti offcuts for $6/kg and 36 month aged cheddar for $20
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Etta Bollinger telling it like is
Why we cannot let the disability support changes happen
Opinion - I was hopeful about the future. This is not what that future looks like. This is a massive step backwards into the past, Henrietta Bollinger writes.
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March 21, 2024 at 7:39 AM
Etta Bollinger telling it like is
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March 19, 2024 at 9:33 AM
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Dahlia bringing joy
March 13, 2024 at 6:29 AM
Dahlia bringing joy
Never would have thought that getting an email with ‘Normal Brain!’ in the subject line would bring so much joy and relief 😅❤️ 🧠
March 12, 2024 at 10:01 PM
Never would have thought that getting an email with ‘Normal Brain!’ in the subject line would bring so much joy and relief 😅❤️ 🧠
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"The study found students who missed a meal even just once a week scored much lower than their peers who never went hungry, showing they were two to four years behind in their learning."
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David Seymour slams free school lunches scheme as 'wasteful' as fate to be considered by Coalition Government | Newshub
"One thing I will say is we will not be spending $350 million because we just can't afford it right now."
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March 4, 2024 at 5:02 AM
"The study found students who missed a meal even just once a week scored much lower than their peers who never went hungry, showing they were two to four years behind in their learning."
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This is the bit I keep coming back to.
If your streets are currently too dangerous to, say, walk to a bus stop or bike to school, Simeon says they must stay that way. 🤷
Hard not to see this as a war on children, the elderly, disabled people – and literally *everyone* trying to get out of traffic.🤯
If your streets are currently too dangerous to, say, walk to a bus stop or bike to school, Simeon says they must stay that way. 🤷
Hard not to see this as a war on children, the elderly, disabled people – and literally *everyone* trying to get out of traffic.🤯
March 4, 2024 at 7:41 AM
This is the bit I keep coming back to.
If your streets are currently too dangerous to, say, walk to a bus stop or bike to school, Simeon says they must stay that way. 🤷
Hard not to see this as a war on children, the elderly, disabled people – and literally *everyone* trying to get out of traffic.🤯
If your streets are currently too dangerous to, say, walk to a bus stop or bike to school, Simeon says they must stay that way. 🤷
Hard not to see this as a war on children, the elderly, disabled people – and literally *everyone* trying to get out of traffic.🤯
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Admiting you're U-turning because the issue is bad press and not because it's the right thing to do doesn't exactly mitigate the bad press, does it.
March 1, 2024 at 5:07 AM
Admiting you're U-turning because the issue is bad press and not because it's the right thing to do doesn't exactly mitigate the bad press, does it.
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Going to be an embarrassing couple of years, Aotearoa
March 1, 2024 at 7:08 AM
Going to be an embarrassing couple of years, Aotearoa
Lying in bed, so nice to hear the lovely ruru calling tonight just near the house 💚 🦉
March 1, 2024 at 7:53 AM
Lying in bed, so nice to hear the lovely ruru calling tonight just near the house 💚 🦉
A lovely healing day in Wellington yesterday. Got to see an Eagle Ray, and pod of dolphins in the harbour as well as buskers and many people on the waterfront. Helped overcome #fomo from writers week and the arts festival 🤩
February 25, 2024 at 6:57 PM
A lovely healing day in Wellington yesterday. Got to see an Eagle Ray, and pod of dolphins in the harbour as well as buskers and many people on the waterfront. Helped overcome #fomo from writers week and the arts festival 🤩
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This graph is nothing short of alarming
Measles is extremely infectious
We need ~95% vaccinated to give herd immunity
It will tear through communities with these vax rates leaving a trail of sickness, long term health problems and death in its wake
Pls make sure your kids are vaccinated!
Measles is extremely infectious
We need ~95% vaccinated to give herd immunity
It will tear through communities with these vax rates leaving a trail of sickness, long term health problems and death in its wake
Pls make sure your kids are vaccinated!
February 25, 2024 at 6:33 AM
This graph is nothing short of alarming
Measles is extremely infectious
We need ~95% vaccinated to give herd immunity
It will tear through communities with these vax rates leaving a trail of sickness, long term health problems and death in its wake
Pls make sure your kids are vaccinated!
Measles is extremely infectious
We need ~95% vaccinated to give herd immunity
It will tear through communities with these vax rates leaving a trail of sickness, long term health problems and death in its wake
Pls make sure your kids are vaccinated!
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Yep. Wearing a snug fitting N95 indoors or in close contact with others is simple prudence.
“I don’t want to live in fear” they say, uninstalling their seatbelts, throwing away their sunscreen, unlocking all their doors, ignoring stop signs, leaving raw chicken on the counter all day, picking up rattlesnakes, flying kites in thunderstorms…
February 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Yep. Wearing a snug fitting N95 indoors or in close contact with others is simple prudence.
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Look at that! All these lefty doctors 🙄
9000 doctors! (no idea we had so many) I’ll say is pretty unanimous!
Medical experts appeal for select committee scrutiny of smokefree law changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
9000 doctors! (no idea we had so many) I’ll say is pretty unanimous!
Medical experts appeal for select committee scrutiny of smokefree law changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Medical experts appeal for select committee scrutiny of smokefree law changes
A group representing doctors has written to the government, urging it to change its mind on ditching reforms.
www.rnz.co.nz
February 13, 2024 at 2:18 AM
Look at that! All these lefty doctors 🙄
9000 doctors! (no idea we had so many) I’ll say is pretty unanimous!
Medical experts appeal for select committee scrutiny of smokefree law changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
9000 doctors! (no idea we had so many) I’ll say is pretty unanimous!
Medical experts appeal for select committee scrutiny of smokefree law changes www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
QUAKE: Mag 4.6, Tue, Feb 13 2024, 03:39:17 PM, 40 km south of Whanganui. Depth: 76 km #eqnz https://www.geonet.org.nz/earthquake/2024p116515
GeoNet: Quake - 2024p116515
The quake may have been felt in Blenheim, Castlepoint, Dannevirke, Eketahuna, Feilding, French Pass, Hawera, Hunterville, Levin, Martinborough, Masterton, New Plymouth, Ohakune, Opunake, Palmerston North, Paraparaumu, Picton, Pongaroa, Porangahau, Seddon, Stratford, Taihape, Waipukurau, Waverley, Wellington, Whanganui, and surrounding localities.
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February 13, 2024 at 2:47 AM
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As there is local uptick in "covid isn't real" / "didn't need to lockdown in 2020" conspiracy w. enquiry news, this is the international state March 2020 when NZ acted. Overwhelmed overseas hospitals not shown, but from week 8 countries that had 5 weeks deaths by week 14 had +200% mortality & rising
February 3, 2024 at 10:49 PM
As there is local uptick in "covid isn't real" / "didn't need to lockdown in 2020" conspiracy w. enquiry news, this is the international state March 2020 when NZ acted. Overwhelmed overseas hospitals not shown, but from week 8 countries that had 5 weeks deaths by week 14 had +200% mortality & rising
Health update: I had a lovely break from #cancertreatment over Christmas/summer swimming and eating well, spending time with family and friends, v lucky 🥰but unfortunately the latest scan shows the cancer is back and growing. #oesophagealcancer
February 3, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Health update: I had a lovely break from #cancertreatment over Christmas/summer swimming and eating well, spending time with family and friends, v lucky 🥰but unfortunately the latest scan shows the cancer is back and growing. #oesophagealcancer
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93 years ago, at 10:47am, 3 February 1931, Hawke's Bay suffered NZ's deadliest natural disaster.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 Ms lasted two and a half minutes, killing 256 & injuring thousands, devastating the region.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 Ms lasted two and a half minutes, killing 256 & injuring thousands, devastating the region.
February 2, 2024 at 10:32 PM
93 years ago, at 10:47am, 3 February 1931, Hawke's Bay suffered NZ's deadliest natural disaster.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 Ms lasted two and a half minutes, killing 256 & injuring thousands, devastating the region.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8 Ms lasted two and a half minutes, killing 256 & injuring thousands, devastating the region.
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Have whānau heading to uni/polytech soon? Make sure they know they can get free meningococcal B and (if it's their first time in halls/flatting) ACWY vaccines. But only til 28 Feb so get in now! Let's boot this awful and potentially fatal disease off our campuses this year
January 24, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Have whānau heading to uni/polytech soon? Make sure they know they can get free meningococcal B and (if it's their first time in halls/flatting) ACWY vaccines. But only til 28 Feb so get in now! Let's boot this awful and potentially fatal disease off our campuses this year
Drop something orange from your gallery and share 🧡 - 🌅 #sunset tonight #kikorangi
January 22, 2024 at 9:15 AM
Drop something orange from your gallery and share 🧡 - 🌅 #sunset tonight #kikorangi