Gil Greening
@gilgreen.bsky.social
retired scientist, kiwi in Oz - Ngunnawal Country, avatar from Iceland, aurora australis from sister in Dunedin.
Mostly just a lazy reposter.
Mostly just a lazy reposter.
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“We analyzed 47000 conversations that people had with ChatGPT. We’re pretty sure we don’t have consent for a lot of them. So we are reproducing screenshots here.”
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November 15, 2025 at 7:40 PM
“We analyzed 47000 conversations that people had with ChatGPT. We’re pretty sure we don’t have consent for a lot of them. So we are reproducing screenshots here.”
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“Blending governance and family business” is called corruption
Saudi officials used President Trump’s state visit in May to pique his interest in a major real estate development, the latest example of Trump blending governance and family business, particularly in Persian Gulf countries. nyti.ms/4r7mboU
November 16, 2025 at 12:00 AM
“Blending governance and family business” is called corruption
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It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
65 years ago on Nov. 14, little Ruby Bridges was escorted into an all-white elementary school in New Orleans. Norman Rockwell, renowned for blissful depictions of Americana, did this remarkable painting for Look magazine. Printed as a double page, over-size spread, it's his masterpiece.
November 15, 2025 at 3:32 PM
It’s useful for people of my generation to be reminded that this wasn’t that long ago. Ruby Bridges isn’t just still alive—she’s only 71, not ancient!
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Pollinators and politics in China:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
Pollinators and politics in China
Last week I returned from a 14 day visit to China to colleagues at the Kunming Institute of Botany in Yunnan, part of a three-year commitment to working there that I documented on the blog last yea…
jeffollerton.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Pollinators and politics in China:
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
jeffollerton.co.uk/2025/11/14/p...
#China #Bees #Pollinators #Biodiversity
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I found the FID thing and reported it @ketanjoshi.co www.afr.com/policy/energ...
Shovel-ready renewables projects grind to a halt
Not a single large-scale renewables project reached financial close in the third quarter of 2025 amid cost pressures and delays to new poles and wires projects.
www.afr.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:11 PM
I found the FID thing and reported it @ketanjoshi.co www.afr.com/policy/energ...
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“These transformations are about understanding our streets are not designed for one purpose. They have always been spaces for commerce, community, and connection. And we've lost that in the last 50 years, as cars increased their dominance on street space, whether moving or parking.”
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November 15, 2025 at 10:07 AM
“These transformations are about understanding our streets are not designed for one purpose. They have always been spaces for commerce, community, and connection. And we've lost that in the last 50 years, as cars increased their dominance on street space, whether moving or parking.”
tiny.cc/hg2v001
tiny.cc/hg2v001
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I was recently in Spain, and the prosperity and confidence and quality of urban design, pedestrian, cycling and public transport facilities in the five cities I visited all made Wellington look like some ossified late 70s backwater.
Some cities are actively pursuing growth. Others are stuck in a state of managed decline, merely cutting costs for loud existing homeowners while doing nothing to build for the future.
I'm increasingly worried that Wellington is irrevocably stuck in the second category.
I'm increasingly worried that Wellington is irrevocably stuck in the second category.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
I was recently in Spain, and the prosperity and confidence and quality of urban design, pedestrian, cycling and public transport facilities in the five cities I visited all made Wellington look like some ossified late 70s backwater.
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The country as a whole is in the second category.
Some cities are actively pursuing growth. Others are stuck in a state of managed decline, merely cutting costs for loud existing homeowners while doing nothing to build for the future.
I'm increasingly worried that Wellington is irrevocably stuck in the second category.
I'm increasingly worried that Wellington is irrevocably stuck in the second category.
November 15, 2025 at 5:48 AM
The country as a whole is in the second category.
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The capital gains tax discount & negative gearing have made housing less affordable & exacerbated inequality.
On this episode, Maiy Azize, @purplepingers.bsky.social, Josie Lee & @amyremeikis.bsky.social discuss the origins of the housing crisis & how to fix the current mess.
🎧 theaus.in/49Y7n5w
On this episode, Maiy Azize, @purplepingers.bsky.social, Josie Lee & @amyremeikis.bsky.social discuss the origins of the housing crisis & how to fix the current mess.
🎧 theaus.in/49Y7n5w
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 AM
The capital gains tax discount & negative gearing have made housing less affordable & exacerbated inequality.
On this episode, Maiy Azize, @purplepingers.bsky.social, Josie Lee & @amyremeikis.bsky.social discuss the origins of the housing crisis & how to fix the current mess.
🎧 theaus.in/49Y7n5w
On this episode, Maiy Azize, @purplepingers.bsky.social, Josie Lee & @amyremeikis.bsky.social discuss the origins of the housing crisis & how to fix the current mess.
🎧 theaus.in/49Y7n5w
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The Liberal Party's policy is simply that they don’t have a policy. They will dismantle the infrastructure obliged by the Paris Agreement while maintaining that they intend to honour it.
Zero sense www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/edit... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
The Liberal party's drifted so far from reality that it's now arguing for its own irrelevance. It's abandoned the most significant issue of our age, the greatest crisis society has faced.
The Liberal party's drifted so far from reality that it's now arguing for its own irrelevance. It's abandoned the most significant issue of our age, the greatest crisis society has faced.
Zero sense
Sussan Ley says she’s not worried about upsetting “people in Paris”. It’s a neat way of explaining how little she understands the Paris Agreement, a failure of comprehension so great she seems to beli...
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November 15, 2025 at 6:06 AM
The Liberal Party's policy is simply that they don’t have a policy. They will dismantle the infrastructure obliged by the Paris Agreement while maintaining that they intend to honour it.
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Special Envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal has a fully staffed office in Parliament to speak truth to power.
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
November 10, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Special Envoy to combat antisemitism, Jillian Segal has a fully staffed office in Parliament to speak truth to power.
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
Special Envoy to Combat Islamophobia, Aftab Malik, doesn't appear to have his own dedicated office with staff there.
& First People of Australia have no voice & no office.
Why?
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"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied.
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
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Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot
The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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November 14, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"I cannot think of an occasion on which anyone at the BBC has had to resign for misrepresenting a leftwinger. But the appeasement of the right never ends, and nor will it ever be satisfied.
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
In this media climate, it’s not surprising that governments are retreating from climate action."
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Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
Foreign affairs officials advised recognition of Palestine
Early advice from officials that recommended New Zealand recognise Palestine as a state was ultimately ignored by the Government.
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November 15, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Watercolour painting from the 'Leafscape' series, by Jessica Rosemary Shepherd, contemporary ethnobotanical artist #womensart
November 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Watercolour painting from the 'Leafscape' series, by Jessica Rosemary Shepherd, contemporary ethnobotanical artist #womensart
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My speech on the Regulatory Standards bill. It was 10 minutes long, but I think I covered the essence of my message in the first 16 seconds.
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 AM
My speech on the Regulatory Standards bill. It was 10 minutes long, but I think I covered the essence of my message in the first 16 seconds.
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Two more yellow-legged hornet queens found in Aukland's Glenfield brings total to nine
Two more yellow-legged hornet queens found in Aukland's Glenfield brings total to nine
Yellow-legged hornets are an invasive predator species, and a danger to local honey and wild bees.
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November 15, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Two more yellow-legged hornet queens found in Aukland's Glenfield brings total to nine
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Remember when we had an NZ govt that cared enough about our agricultural environment that they invested in tracking, tracing, and eliminating m bovis in cattle? And then they used that skill and knowledge to track and trace covid, meaning we excelled in public health during a global pandemic?
Two more yellow-legged hornet queens found in Aukland's Glenfield brings total to nine
Two more yellow-legged hornet queens found in Aukland's Glenfield brings total to nine
Yellow-legged hornets are an invasive predator species, and a danger to local honey and wild bees.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 15, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Remember when we had an NZ govt that cared enough about our agricultural environment that they invested in tracking, tracing, and eliminating m bovis in cattle? And then they used that skill and knowledge to track and trace covid, meaning we excelled in public health during a global pandemic?
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find someone who will wear a big overcoat with you
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November 15, 2025 at 12:37 AM
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Harmful algal bloom (HAB) spread across 20,000 km2 & resulted in the deaths of millions of marine animals, from at least 550 species
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
November 15, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Harmful algal bloom (HAB) spread across 20,000 km2 & resulted in the deaths of millions of marine animals, from at least 550 species
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
Scientists found a novel, significant brevotoxin-producing algal species, Karenia cristata, in the multispecies Karenia HAB—1st time brevetoxins have been found in 🇦🇺
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Excellent reporting by Greg and @thenyt.bsky.social
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
November 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Excellent reporting by Greg and @thenyt.bsky.social
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
It appears impossible to justify bombing the Venezuelan boats
Not only is the legal basis tenuous (we all know how well the “I was just following orders” defense goes)
The evidence that people in the boats are engaged in crimes is shaky as well
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READ: The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why climate justice depends on Palestinian liberation. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecoc...
Ecocide, Imperialism and Palestine Liberation
The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why…
mondoweiss.net
November 15, 2025 at 2:00 AM
READ: The devastation in Gaza is not just genocide but also ecocide - the intentional destruction of the ecology. Israel’s assault shows how settler-colonial violence is tied to environmental harm, and why climate justice depends on Palestinian liberation. mondoweiss.net/2025/09/ecoc...
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NSW courts cancel the extension of a large coal mine near Mudgee on the basis of the Court of Appeal overturning the 2022 approval of MACH Energy’s massive Mount Pleasant mine in the Hunter Valley in July. Congrats 🥳 Mudgee District Environment Group! #ClimateAction
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Courts turn on coal mines over climate impacts
The NSW Land and Environment Court invalidated the approval for the Ulan coal mine expansion near Mudgee, based on a precedent set in July.
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November 15, 2025 at 2:06 AM
NSW courts cancel the extension of a large coal mine near Mudgee on the basis of the Court of Appeal overturning the 2022 approval of MACH Energy’s massive Mount Pleasant mine in the Hunter Valley in July. Congrats 🥳 Mudgee District Environment Group! #ClimateAction
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...