Laura Geoghegan
@laurageo.bsky.social
Climate Adaptation and urbanism geek. Living my best cottegecore dreams from my townhouse. On unceeded Wurundjeri land - originally from Aotearoa. ND - BP2.
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Kids around the world can cope with multilingualism but not New Zealand kids apparently- this is truly the government of dumbing things down
August 12, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Kids around the world can cope with multilingualism but not New Zealand kids apparently- this is truly the government of dumbing things down
Reposted by Laura Geoghegan
Whales are the only form of energy from which the world has transitioned. 🥲
"Reducing our dependence on whales as an energy source will send us sliding down the slippery, spermaceti-lubricated slope to socialism. If we give up whaling, what will those lackwits come for next? Will I have to surrender my peg leg for a titanium prosthetic?"
I’m Captain Ahab and I Say We Must Never Transition Away from a Whale-Based Energy Industry
When I heard that the globalist oligarchs and fat cats in the Washington marshland were conspiring to invest in alternative, non-whale-based energy...
buff.ly
August 7, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Whales are the only form of energy from which the world has transitioned. 🥲
Wait staff at the dumpling place just said 'sorry your order will be an extra 10 mins the chef just stepped out' and now life is an episode of Bluey
August 4, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Wait staff at the dumpling place just said 'sorry your order will be an extra 10 mins the chef just stepped out' and now life is an episode of Bluey
The 'random junk people have dumped in the community garden' leveled up over the weekend. This one isn't going to fit in my hard rubbish pile.
August 4, 2025 at 1:16 AM
The 'random junk people have dumped in the community garden' leveled up over the weekend. This one isn't going to fit in my hard rubbish pile.
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Fonterra have literally said that they have no social responsibility to New Zealand, so imho NZ has no responsibility to give them another cent.
Here’s a list of Fonterra brands to boycott.
* Anchor
* Fresh & Fruity
* Kapiti
* Mainland
* Mammoth
* Perfect Italiano
Fuck em.
#nzpol
Here’s a list of Fonterra brands to boycott.
* Anchor
* Fresh & Fruity
* Kapiti
* Mainland
* Mammoth
* Perfect Italiano
Fuck em.
#nzpol
July 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Fonterra have literally said that they have no social responsibility to New Zealand, so imho NZ has no responsibility to give them another cent.
Here’s a list of Fonterra brands to boycott.
* Anchor
* Fresh & Fruity
* Kapiti
* Mainland
* Mammoth
* Perfect Italiano
Fuck em.
#nzpol
Here’s a list of Fonterra brands to boycott.
* Anchor
* Fresh & Fruity
* Kapiti
* Mainland
* Mammoth
* Perfect Italiano
Fuck em.
#nzpol
Fun little drain garden outside Coburg Leisure Centre - I see drain gardens being taken out a lot now - without regular specialized maintenance they don't work as intended. Often the maintenance requirements weren't understood at install and are too much for the owners.
July 24, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Fun little drain garden outside Coburg Leisure Centre - I see drain gardens being taken out a lot now - without regular specialized maintenance they don't work as intended. Often the maintenance requirements weren't understood at install and are too much for the owners.
Very sad about the death of John Englart last week. Chihuahua's for Climate Action was brilliant and he will be very much missed in the Merri-Bek activist community.
July 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Very sad about the death of John Englart last week. Chihuahua's for Climate Action was brilliant and he will be very much missed in the Merri-Bek activist community.
The Mackintosh font is very Glasgow. A bit random for industrial Melbourne.
July 20, 2025 at 11:25 PM
The Mackintosh font is very Glasgow. A bit random for industrial Melbourne.
Just casually helping the kids clean their room and now I have questions. Who's hand is this? We don't know. Where is the rest of them? No idea.
July 20, 2025 at 1:24 AM
Just casually helping the kids clean their room and now I have questions. Who's hand is this? We don't know. Where is the rest of them? No idea.
The Bunnings barista is always really nice to me but I'm too scared to ask him for oat milk iny coffee
July 19, 2025 at 12:59 AM
The Bunnings barista is always really nice to me but I'm too scared to ask him for oat milk iny coffee
Just had a excellent convo with the youth on the till at the supermarket who is studying astrophysics and geospatial modelling. Talked very quickly about applications for local govt while scanning the million packets of yoghurt crackers that is all the 6 year old will eat for breakfast.
July 18, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Just had a excellent convo with the youth on the till at the supermarket who is studying astrophysics and geospatial modelling. Talked very quickly about applications for local govt while scanning the million packets of yoghurt crackers that is all the 6 year old will eat for breakfast.
Finally got around to watching Heston's bipolar documentary. Heart breaking - if you know anyone with bipolar you should watch it. I'm type 2 so I don't see much of myself in his highschool - but watching him struggle with the impact of the meds is so real to me
July 13, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Finally got around to watching Heston's bipolar documentary. Heart breaking - if you know anyone with bipolar you should watch it. I'm type 2 so I don't see much of myself in his highschool - but watching him struggle with the impact of the meds is so real to me
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From Tim Lenton, an Exeter colleague: "The climate science community [has] tended to concentrate on what’s the most likely thing to happen, but the more important question is: what’s the worst thing that could happen?"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Positive cascades could help accelerate change’: social tipping points expert on fixing climate crisis
The world has been too optimistic about the risk to humanity and planet – but devastation can still be avoided, says Timothy Lenton
www.theguardian.com
June 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
From Tim Lenton, an Exeter colleague: "The climate science community [has] tended to concentrate on what’s the most likely thing to happen, but the more important question is: what’s the worst thing that could happen?"
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
There's a possum tail and a couple of bits of fur on the nature strip. No sign of the rest of the possum. What would do that? Powerful Owl?
June 27, 2025 at 11:56 PM
There's a possum tail and a couple of bits of fur on the nature strip. No sign of the rest of the possum. What would do that? Powerful Owl?
Someone left this old energy monitor for me at work. They found it in the shed. Would have been peak tech in its time - it's still got the original price tag on - $264 AUD. You can get a reasonable equivalent of this for $40 AUD now.
June 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Someone left this old energy monitor for me at work. They found it in the shed. Would have been peak tech in its time - it's still got the original price tag on - $264 AUD. You can get a reasonable equivalent of this for $40 AUD now.
What do we think? Very large house mouse? Forgot my banana for scale - not Antechinus because tail too long. Suburban Melbourne
June 23, 2025 at 5:56 AM
What do we think? Very large house mouse? Forgot my banana for scale - not Antechinus because tail too long. Suburban Melbourne
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So we've confirmed @artistaffame.bsky.social and Isabelle Truong from @antipovertycentre.org along with Emma Bacon from @swelteringcities.bsky.social for a session on the exclusion of people in poverty from climate movements.
See it live? events.humanitix.com/antipoverty-...
See it live? events.humanitix.com/antipoverty-...
June 5, 2025 at 3:06 AM
So we've confirmed @artistaffame.bsky.social and Isabelle Truong from @antipovertycentre.org along with Emma Bacon from @swelteringcities.bsky.social for a session on the exclusion of people in poverty from climate movements.
See it live? events.humanitix.com/antipoverty-...
See it live? events.humanitix.com/antipoverty-...
Waiting for the bus with someone wearing the Peter Baker Dr Who scarf. Made my morning
June 3, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Waiting for the bus with someone wearing the Peter Baker Dr Who scarf. Made my morning
I'm pretty sure this is the exo-skeleton of a case moth caterpillar. Google lens keeps trying to convince me it's the exo-skeleton of a mantis shrimp - despite noting I am many kms in toand. I guess a bin chicken back from holidays could have dropped a shrimp? Pretty sure I win this one google
May 23, 2025 at 5:19 AM
I'm pretty sure this is the exo-skeleton of a case moth caterpillar. Google lens keeps trying to convince me it's the exo-skeleton of a mantis shrimp - despite noting I am many kms in toand. I guess a bin chicken back from holidays could have dropped a shrimp? Pretty sure I win this one google
Going to the Dentist isn't so bad when you can walk there up the creek.
May 22, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Going to the Dentist isn't so bad when you can walk there up the creek.
Goats are perfect for blackberry control on slopes. There isn't actually any goats in this picture - they didn't seem to be there this morning - having a long lie in?
May 22, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Goats are perfect for blackberry control on slopes. There isn't actually any goats in this picture - they didn't seem to be there this morning - having a long lie in?
Interesting choice to drive this big SUV/Ute thingy around with the company's commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2030 plastered all over.
May 17, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Interesting choice to drive this big SUV/Ute thingy around with the company's commitment to net zero carbon emissions by 2030 plastered all over.
A guided spotlighting trip with Harry! This would be a fantastic outing - money to an important cause.
Very late to the piece but I’m thankful to the organisers of Authors and Artists for Palestine to be able to offer a guided spotlighting trip as part of their huge online auction. Groups welcome (as long as you can all fit in my car!), bidding closes this Wednesday: airauctioneer.com/authors-and-...
Night-time trip to Badger Weir (Vic) to look for nocturnal animals with nature writer Harry Saddler
Nature writer Harry Saddler will take you and a small group of friends on a night-time trip to Badger Weir, in the Yarra Ranges National Park near Healesville, to look for nocturnal animals. Badger We...
airauctioneer.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
A guided spotlighting trip with Harry! This would be a fantastic outing - money to an important cause.