Brian Dixon 🌿🌐🎶 #ClimateAction 🔆 #ClimateJustice ☮️
@brianboru.bsky.social
Advocating for Te Taiao/environment & social justice. Home places are Ōtepoti Otago & Kuaotunu, Coromandel Peninsula in Aotearoa. Climate Professional, helping with #ClimateAction (community to international). There's #noPlanetB
~Born on a Friday.
~Born on a Friday.
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Professor Richard Jackson and colleagues, Leonard and Llewellyn, argue the case for and against Aotearoa New Zealand having a costly military and large defence budget.
Professor Richard Jackson and colleagues, Leonard and Llewellyn, argue the case for and against Aotearoa New Zealand having a costly military and large defence budget.
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With Trump's recent announcement of a return to nuclear testing, nuclear madness is back on the table.
Here's how we restore sanity in a world of nuclear madness👇
(*Contains House of Dynamite spoilers.)
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @greenpeace.org.nz
Here's how we restore sanity in a world of nuclear madness👇
(*Contains House of Dynamite spoilers.)
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @greenpeace.org.nz
How we restore sanity in a world of nuclear madness - Greenpeace Aotearoa
Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers for A House of Dynamite
www.greenpeace.org
November 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
With Trump's recent announcement of a return to nuclear testing, nuclear madness is back on the table.
Here's how we restore sanity in a world of nuclear madness👇
(*Contains House of Dynamite spoilers.)
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @greenpeace.org.nz
Here's how we restore sanity in a world of nuclear madness👇
(*Contains House of Dynamite spoilers.)
www.greenpeace.org/aotearoa/sto... via @greenpeace.org.nz
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Kristol is finally invading the Iraq of his own mind.
“The current state of American capitalism isn’t sustainable. It doesn’t deserve to be sustained. And the best way to avoid an American version of “eat the rich” is to fix the current “let them eat cake” distortion of capitalism into which we’ve fallen.”
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
www.thebulwark.com/p/let-them-e...
Let Them Eat AI-Generated Cake
Elon Musk and the coming twilight of the elites.
www.thebulwark.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Kristol is finally invading the Iraq of his own mind.
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As Sergeant Phil Esterhaus in Hill Stree Blues says, "Let's be careful out there"
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November 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
As Sergeant Phil Esterhaus in Hill Stree Blues says, "Let's be careful out there"
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Hmm, so inflation is 3% and Govt is paying a touch under 2.9% interest on its debt. Govt is also getting a fat return on its financial assets... which outweigh its debts by around $70bn. Meanwhile, we can't afford to invest in the country and Treasury are sounding alarm bells!
November 9, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Hmm, so inflation is 3% and Govt is paying a touch under 2.9% interest on its debt. Govt is also getting a fat return on its financial assets... which outweigh its debts by around $70bn. Meanwhile, we can't afford to invest in the country and Treasury are sounding alarm bells!
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While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them
Andrea Vance
November 9, 2025
Vance at her perfectly cynical but utterly empathetic best #NZPol
1/3 link in thread
Andrea Vance
November 9, 2025
Vance at her perfectly cynical but utterly empathetic best #NZPol
1/3 link in thread
November 8, 2025 at 6:36 PM
While tourists dine under stars, the homeless sleep under them
Andrea Vance
November 9, 2025
Vance at her perfectly cynical but utterly empathetic best #NZPol
1/3 link in thread
Andrea Vance
November 9, 2025
Vance at her perfectly cynical but utterly empathetic best #NZPol
1/3 link in thread
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There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving.
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 PM
There is nothing an American president could do worse for his own people than starving the poor right before Thanksgiving.
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
Except for, I don’t know, lying about a plague and getting a million of his own citizens killed. Oh wait, let’s also not forget the time that he:
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Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
November 8, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Meanwhile, CEOs make 280 times the typical worker today.
The system is rigged.
The system is rigged.
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I keep on coming back to the irrefutable fact that the people in New Zealand that don't want to address the impact of colonisation and argue "it's in the past, the current generation are not responsible for that" continue to enjoy benefits that flowed directly from that colonisation.
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I keep on coming back to the irrefutable fact that the people in New Zealand that don't want to address the impact of colonisation and argue "it's in the past, the current generation are not responsible for that" continue to enjoy benefits that flowed directly from that colonisation.
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But, tackling our imbalance with the rest of the world requires an actual strategy - another billion kiwifruit is a drop in the ocean compared to the rent we pay offshore banks (for eg). But, if you are expecting any actual strategy from Treasury, forget it. Debt 😱 etc, old people 😱 oh no... [Ends]
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
But, tackling our imbalance with the rest of the world requires an actual strategy - another billion kiwifruit is a drop in the ocean compared to the rent we pay offshore banks (for eg). But, if you are expecting any actual strategy from Treasury, forget it. Debt 😱 etc, old people 😱 oh no... [Ends]
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I'm old enough to remember Treasury officials setting Govt finance within a macro context. Now we get silly 'geeing up the ghouls' scare stories. For a start, all the OECD countries on the left side of this chart have run Govt deficits on average since 2010. It's normal. [🧵1/n]
November 8, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I'm old enough to remember Treasury officials setting Govt finance within a macro context. Now we get silly 'geeing up the ghouls' scare stories. For a start, all the OECD countries on the left side of this chart have run Govt deficits on average since 2010. It's normal. [🧵1/n]
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Another must read thread ⏬️ - Treasury are too blinkered to acknowledge this, as are our political journalists and the ecomomists they promote #nzpol
I'm old enough to remember Treasury officials setting Govt finance within a macro context. Now we get silly 'geeing up the ghouls' scare stories. For a start, all the OECD countries on the left side of this chart have run Govt deficits on average since 2010. It's normal. [🧵1/n]
November 8, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Another must read thread ⏬️ - Treasury are too blinkered to acknowledge this, as are our political journalists and the ecomomists they promote #nzpol
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They've got so much solar capacity that they're giving power away
Australian households to get free electricity three hours a day
Saying there is enough solar power for everyone in the daytime, the federal government will direct retailers to provide three hours of free power every day to consumers.
www.abc.net.au
November 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
They've got so much solar capacity that they're giving power away
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With the Trump administration announcing it will not send any high-level representatives to COP30, former UNFCCC executive secretary and architect of the Paris Agreement Christiana Figueres writes that “the climate action that matters is in the Global South.”
Read more in The Economist:
Read more in The Economist:
The climate action that matters is in the global south, argues an architect of the Paris agreement
But, writes Christiana Figueres, innovation still has to outpace climate impacts
buff.ly
November 8, 2025 at 1:31 PM
With the Trump administration announcing it will not send any high-level representatives to COP30, former UNFCCC executive secretary and architect of the Paris Agreement Christiana Figueres writes that “the climate action that matters is in the Global South.”
Read more in The Economist:
Read more in The Economist:
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Whether you're living in a disaster-prone area, or are a first responder, or a mental health professional, or someone just worried about their kids playing summer sport, clearly our mental health crisis and the climate crisis are intersecting, creating a perfect storm for our hearts and minds.
The lonely fear of this climate catastrophe www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
We're rapidly moving towards a scenario where instead of a single event involving recovery, we now have recurrent and even overlapping climate events making it harder to recover.
We're rapidly moving towards a scenario where instead of a single event involving recovery, we now have recurrent and even overlapping climate events making it harder to recover.
The lonely fear of this climate catastrophe
The Australian government released its first-ever National Climate Risk Assessment. You could be forgiven for paying little attention to this “first”, as there was a flurry of climate announcements an...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 5:01 AM
Whether you're living in a disaster-prone area, or are a first responder, or a mental health professional, or someone just worried about their kids playing summer sport, clearly our mental health crisis and the climate crisis are intersecting, creating a perfect storm for our hearts and minds.
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COP30: Climate summit in Brazil hears plight of countries suffering due to global warming
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COP30: Climate summit in Brazil hears plight of countries suffering due to global warming
Officials from countries most vulnerable to global warming offered searing dispatches of life on the front line of a warming planet Friday, as world leaders gathered on the edge of the Amazon rainforest for the annual United Nations climate talks...
www.firstpost.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:02 AM
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National party posts are looking (to me at least) increasingly frantic. Wonder if the internals are showing even worse news than the public polls for them.
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 PM
National party posts are looking (to me at least) increasingly frantic. Wonder if the internals are showing even worse news than the public polls for them.
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Lifeline has been trying to get a meeting with the Minister for the past year to no avail. There's money for landlords, tobacco companies, and dodgy guys like Mike King, but when it comes to saving lives this government doesn't give a fuck #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
Lifeline to cut services due to funding constraints
Lifeline, the mental health support service will reduce its operations due to funding constraints. Presbyterian Support Northern Chief Executive, Shaun Greaves spoke to Charlotte Cook.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 6, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Lifeline has been trying to get a meeting with the Minister for the past year to no avail. There's money for landlords, tobacco companies, and dodgy guys like Mike King, but when it comes to saving lives this government doesn't give a fuck #nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...
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I am 1 chapter in to @lukekemp.bsky.social 's Goliath's Curse, and it's already one of the best books, and most timely, that I have ever read. Do yourself a favour and pick it up ASAP.
November 6, 2025 at 8:33 AM
I am 1 chapter in to @lukekemp.bsky.social 's Goliath's Curse, and it's already one of the best books, and most timely, that I have ever read. Do yourself a favour and pick it up ASAP.
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@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 AM
@desmog.com reviewed US tax records which show Bill Gates’ charity has donated more than $3.5 million to a think tank run by Danish academic and climate crisis denier Bjørn Lomborg www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/b...
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November 5, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his big election win in NYC!
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
November 5, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on his big election win in NYC!
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
New Yorkers have rejected the vile Islamophobia and racism that have been slung in this campaign, and elected a progressive voice that will advocate for their communities.
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For fuck's sake.
It's been dry for days, wind is howling, and "hey, let's set off some fireworks!"
I hate it.
It's been dry for days, wind is howling, and "hey, let's set off some fireworks!"
I hate it.
November 5, 2025 at 8:03 AM
For fuck's sake.
It's been dry for days, wind is howling, and "hey, let's set off some fireworks!"
I hate it.
It's been dry for days, wind is howling, and "hey, let's set off some fireworks!"
I hate it.
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ground.news/article/cora...
The wide spread dying off of warm water Coral Reefs indicates Human-Caused Global Warming has passed its first marker of irreversible damage to our planet’s environmental systems. We have blown past the goal of staying below 1.5 Celsius degrees of global warming. 😢😭💔
The wide spread dying off of warm water Coral Reefs indicates Human-Caused Global Warming has passed its first marker of irreversible damage to our planet’s environmental systems. We have blown past the goal of staying below 1.5 Celsius degrees of global warming. 😢😭💔
Coral Reefs Enter Irreversible Decline as CO2 Hits Record
Atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations jumped by 3.5 parts per million to 424 ppm in 2024, marking the largest single-year increase since systematic measurements began in 1957, as global fossil fue...
ground.news
November 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
ground.news/article/cora...
The wide spread dying off of warm water Coral Reefs indicates Human-Caused Global Warming has passed its first marker of irreversible damage to our planet’s environmental systems. We have blown past the goal of staying below 1.5 Celsius degrees of global warming. 😢😭💔
The wide spread dying off of warm water Coral Reefs indicates Human-Caused Global Warming has passed its first marker of irreversible damage to our planet’s environmental systems. We have blown past the goal of staying below 1.5 Celsius degrees of global warming. 😢😭💔
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KRUGMAN: “.. The Trump tariffs were supposed to bring about a revival of U.S. manufacturing. That’s obviously not happening ..”
@pkrugman.bsky.social @cavandy.bsky.social
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@pkrugman.bsky.social @cavandy.bsky.social
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November 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
KRUGMAN: “.. The Trump tariffs were supposed to bring about a revival of U.S. manufacturing. That’s obviously not happening ..”
@pkrugman.bsky.social @cavandy.bsky.social
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@pkrugman.bsky.social @cavandy.bsky.social
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