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Now that Bluesky is getting considerably more traffic, here's my regular reminder to watch these and get angry

Denial
Big Oil v the World 1 - Denial
YouTube video by Andy Langley
youtu.be
This is exactly the issue in America, the whole country is in denial about the 'American Dream' being anything other than what it's made out to be

This current administration is just exposing it to the sunlight in a brazenly overt way, but it's always been like this

A slave to Capitalism
February 10, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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Interesting critique of the govt's LNG move, from one of National's own
www.nzherald.co.nz/business/com...
February 10, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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In today’s NZ Herald
February 10, 2026 at 6:37 PM
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Righto. I've read the papers released by MBIE on the LNG analysis. This will be a longish thread on my thoughts, which I'll add to progressively. Docs are here. 🧵 1/-
Document library | Ministry of Business, Innovation & Employment
A filtered search to all the documents stored on the MBIE website.
www.mbie.govt.nz
February 10, 2026 at 10:28 AM
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Today marked only our second-ever wild beaver release, as a family and a pair of Eurasian beavers were introduced at two sites across the Holnicote Estate on Exmoor in Somerset.
February 10, 2026 at 6:29 PM
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February 10, 2026 at 5:22 PM
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FYI I’ve opened this up for full public reading, listening & sharing after requests from paying subscribers. Their support allows me to do this kind of public interest journalism on Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, climate & poverty in public. #nzpol thekaka.substack.com/p/why-not-sp...
Why not spend $2.7b on solar & batteries instead?
Govt to pay up to $180m/year or $2.7b over 15 years to lease LNG re-gasification plant, paid for by $15-$30 'levy' per household per year. That $2.7b would build four Benmore Dams worth of electricity
thekaka.substack.com
February 10, 2026 at 3:59 AM
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Vermont US Representative Becca Balint being interviewed by Drop Site News shortly after reviewing more, unreleased Epstein files saying
"They're all a bunch of sick fucks"
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 AM
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Americans arriving in Milan for the Olympics 😂😅🤣
February 10, 2026 at 1:53 AM
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new hat designs in shop

got an assload of production this week but focus is online store in the next week or so

saw post that wearing items such as this is "performative"

but having stranger say "love that cap/shirt" to u

creates solidarity

if someone doesn't like it?

tell 'em to fuck off
February 10, 2026 at 3:25 AM
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More rooftop solar in NZ would help solve the energy crisis – and build disaster resilience.

Sign the petition and pass it on!
action.greenpeace.org.nz/petition/sol...
PETITION: Solarise NZ to make fossil fuels history
We can power our homes, transport and economy with clean energy and end our reliance on dirty fossil fuels.
action.greenpeace.org.nz
February 9, 2026 at 7:06 AM
Set rivers free, see what happens
What happens when you set a river free? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
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February 10, 2026 at 1:54 AM
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New York City extreme cold weather leaves 18 dead, Mamdani says
Homeless shelter capacity has been increased following a period of freezing temperatures in the city.
bbc.com
February 10, 2026 at 1:49 AM
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Renting in Aotearoa NZ? Please fill in the survey; if nothing else the results will help me with council decision-making!

Own your home? Please share it widely to get max responses.
Aotearoa Renter's Survey 2026
This is about gathering stories and information about what it's like being a renter in Aotearoa in 2026 - to support you, your flatmates and your neighbours to advocate, organise and campaign for dece...
actionstation.typeform.com
February 9, 2026 at 11:37 PM
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Bit late to it but if you want to know the chain of events that led to us importing gas (and charging electricity users to pay for it!!), I did this deep dive for RNZ last year www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
The fuel of ‘last resort’: How imported gas became New Zealand’s first choice
It's expensive, vulnerable to price shocks and terrible for the planet. So why are we importing gas?
www.rnz.co.nz
February 10, 2026 at 1:09 AM
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Lightning is beginning to spark about the ranges inland from Hawke’s Bay 🌩

The risk of thunderstorms and heavy showers will continue this evening for a decent chunk of the eastern ranges of the North Island

For your local forecast: bit.ly/metservicenz
For the thunderstorm outlook: bit.ly/TSOutlook
February 10, 2026 at 1:02 AM
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LMFAO we're being taxed for this, we may not use it, and we're buying it on HP and paying $2.7bn fo rit

Are we utterly fucked in the head?
But wait! There's more!!

#nzpol
February 10, 2026 at 12:19 AM
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Despite 85% of our power coming from cheap renewables the price you pay is set by the cost of gas

By an industry making 93% margins

Who are refusing to adequately invest in the cheap renwables because that would impact profits

Our electricity is expensive because that suits the gentailers

#nzpol
"A report from the BCG consultancy last year found that despite renewables making up 85 percent of generation in 2024, gas set the price 90 percent of the time. More expensive gas means higher power costs, even with all else being equal. That’s why it’s so critical to understand"...
February 9, 2026 at 10:10 PM
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But wait! There's more!!

#nzpol
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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The Govt claims to be pro-market yet: $200m subsidy for oil exploration; Uncapped subsidies to decommission old oil fields; $1billion subsidy for LNG imports; Fonterra faces zero price for emissions under ETS. There is a pattern here. They are using the state to support and subsidise pollution.
February 9, 2026 at 11:38 PM
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Australia: let’s roll out so much rooftop solar you can have free power during the day
NZ: businesses are closing down because they can’t afford power so we’re building a one billion dollar fossil fuel terminal so we can keep not having free power
February 9, 2026 at 11:26 PM
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10 February 1924 | French Jewish woman, Claude Levy, was born in Lyon.

She was deported to #Auschwitz from #Drancy on 27 March 1944. She did not survive.
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▶ Video about the history of Auschwitz: https://youtu.be/Fxnl5HTygrs
February 10, 2026 at 12:00 AM
Help the @greens.org.nz grab a decent chunk of the votes this year

A few great, fixed term, roles available here
#nzpol
Work for us!
We are building a future where we do more, faster, to protect our planet and make sure everyone is treated equally.
www.greens.org.nz
February 9, 2026 at 11:53 PM
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Got a new t-shirt dropping hopefully this week, please buy it or I'll probably just run screaming into the forest and never be seen or heard from again
February 9, 2026 at 11:39 PM