Lauren M
@elenem.bsky.social
Mum, cricket lover, cargo biker, gardener; always wanting more climate action, always wanting more climate justice. Re-skeets for interest, not always endorsement. Says 'fuck' a lot. Aotearoa/NZ.
I'm old enough to remember 5 years ago when they promised us great things and now they're just like 'lol fuck cycle lanes and fuck the future'
October 12, 2025 at 12:36 AM
I'm old enough to remember 5 years ago when they promised us great things and now they're just like 'lol fuck cycle lanes and fuck the future'
It's cool though because farmers are celebrating and at no point in this piece have they spoken to a climate scientist so it must be a totally good thing for everyone right? (JFC the state of climate literacy in this country)
October 12, 2025 at 12:00 AM
It's cool though because farmers are celebrating and at no point in this piece have they spoken to a climate scientist so it must be a totally good thing for everyone right? (JFC the state of climate literacy in this country)
Oh god yes. It just screams of a person who's never really felt insecure and desperately wants it to all go away (taps the sign on this quote again)
September 30, 2025 at 1:50 AM
Oh god yes. It just screams of a person who's never really felt insecure and desperately wants it to all go away (taps the sign on this quote again)
The slide of community Facebook groups from being something mostly positive into just rage bait and cookerdom has been something to behold. Here's someone this morning on ours just straight up telling everyone they're an animal abuser (yes I've reported it to the right people)
September 22, 2025 at 9:46 PM
The slide of community Facebook groups from being something mostly positive into just rage bait and cookerdom has been something to behold. Here's someone this morning on ours just straight up telling everyone they're an animal abuser (yes I've reported it to the right people)
Parody writers just out here like
September 18, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Parody writers just out here like
Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score
September 17, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Post a movie you like with a terrible rotten tomatoes score
Oh crap that's the wrong one, haha yeah that's rubbish. Just to prove I do have eyes, in case anyone wants it....
September 14, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Oh crap that's the wrong one, haha yeah that's rubbish. Just to prove I do have eyes, in case anyone wants it....
Just going to keep sharing this when anyone uses the word inevitable (and yes, I know the interim shit matters too, if nothing else for what kind of country you want to be and for the direction long-term, but still)
September 14, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Just going to keep sharing this when anyone uses the word inevitable (and yes, I know the interim shit matters too, if nothing else for what kind of country you want to be and for the direction long-term, but still)
I've seen the worst white men fail upwards too many times (and watched our media give men like this a pass every fucking day in ways they won't for anyone else) not to believe we're currently here
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 AM
I've seen the worst white men fail upwards too many times (and watched our media give men like this a pass every fucking day in ways they won't for anyone else) not to believe we're currently here
There aren't enough goose memes in the world for ZB being the ones to ask this
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 AM
There aren't enough goose memes in the world for ZB being the ones to ask this
I can never get enough of energy use plots like this. Here's a big chunk of Aotearoa getting up to make a cuppa during half time of the All Blacks game on Saturday
September 8, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I can never get enough of energy use plots like this. Here's a big chunk of Aotearoa getting up to make a cuppa during half time of the All Blacks game on Saturday
Obviously Reform are a real and frightening risk but let me remind you with this Canadian graph that it's absolute defeatist nonsense to be talking like this 4 years out from an election, especially in a world as chaotic and changing as the one we're in
September 7, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Obviously Reform are a real and frightening risk but let me remind you with this Canadian graph that it's absolute defeatist nonsense to be talking like this 4 years out from an election, especially in a world as chaotic and changing as the one we're in
Oh good, maybe the media will eventually work out that we're in a climate emergency too. Better late than never right?
August 31, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Oh good, maybe the media will eventually work out that we're in a climate emergency too. Better late than never right?
Fixed it. Cyclists, people parking, road works, trains... Every tiny inconvenience is TOO MUCH
August 26, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Fixed it. Cyclists, people parking, road works, trains... Every tiny inconvenience is TOO MUCH
Oh yeah we're doing emotive language now (get those stories in folks and make sure you mention how enraged you are that there's no plan for energy prices and we wasted 671 million on no boats; and that this crew seem absolutely laser focused on looking after the rich only) #nzpol
August 24, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Oh yeah we're doing emotive language now (get those stories in folks and make sure you mention how enraged you are that there's no plan for energy prices and we wasted 671 million on no boats; and that this crew seem absolutely laser focused on looking after the rich only) #nzpol
I mean who among us hasn't
August 21, 2025 at 2:05 AM
I mean who among us hasn't