Jon Sullivan
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Kia ora! I'm a #nature nut, addict of #iNaturalist NZ — Mātaki Taiao, and an #ecologist at #LincolnUniversity in #Aotearoa-#NewZealand.
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"Real hope, as opposed to the performance of hope, requires confronting uncomfortable truths. It requires being willing to say that the emperor has no clothes, even when your career depends on tailoring his wardrobe"
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November 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
"Real hope, as opposed to the performance of hope, requires confronting uncomfortable truths. It requires being willing to say that the emperor has no clothes, even when your career depends on tailoring his wardrobe"
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I hear riroriro (NZ grey warblers) singing about Christchurch city (they're *loud* for such tiny birds), but it's rare that I'm lucky enough to see one close up. Today was one of those days.
This juvenile riroriro briefly perched in the hedge outside our home […]
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This juvenile riroriro briefly perched in the hedge outside our home […]
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November 23, 2025 at 8:18 AM
I hear riroriro (NZ grey warblers) singing about Christchurch city (they're *loud* for such tiny birds), but it's rare that I'm lucky enough to see one close up. Today was one of those days.
This juvenile riroriro briefly perched in the hedge outside our home […]
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This juvenile riroriro briefly perched in the hedge outside our home […]
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Jacaranda trees are truly magnificent in the spring and early Summer.
#plant #tree #trees #flowers #photography
#plant #tree #trees #flowers #photography
November 22, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Jacaranda trees are truly magnificent in the spring and early Summer.
#plant #tree #trees #flowers #photography
#plant #tree #trees #flowers #photography
Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud, and, for part of yesterday afternoon, the skies over Ōtautahi really took that and ran with it.
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
November 23, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Aotearoa is the land of the long white cloud, and, for part of yesterday afternoon, the skies over Ōtautahi really took that and ran with it.
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
Here are a couple of photos I took when I was out for a run. The sky was dressed in white stripes.
#nz #clouds #weather #christchurch #Ōtautahi
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I listened to this year's Massey Lectures on the plane down. Chilling, infuriating, agonizingly poignant, and with a tinge of feeling hopeful. www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
2025 CBC Massey Lectures: Alex Neve on renewing human rights in a fractured world | CBC Radio
Universality was supposed to be the promise of human rights. Yet it’s been broken countless times. So how can we still fulfill it? Canadian human rights lawyer Alex Neve explores that question in this...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I listened to this year's Massey Lectures on the plane down. Chilling, infuriating, agonizingly poignant, and with a tinge of feeling hopeful. www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/...
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November 22, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Watercolour on Two Rivers handmade paper, the thick stuff. 79x56 cm.
November 20, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Watercolour on Two Rivers handmade paper, the thick stuff. 79x56 cm.
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Yup, cats, and their wandering predatory ways, are a huge problem, and getting much bigger: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/579669/why-are-there-so-few-rules-for-the-millions-of-cats-that-damage-our-biodiversity they need to be desexed, restricted to the owners property, and kept inside at […]
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November 21, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Yup, cats, and their wandering predatory ways, are a huge problem, and getting much bigger: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/in-depth/579669/why-are-there-so-few-rules-for-the-millions-of-cats-that-damage-our-biodiversity they need to be desexed, restricted to the owners property, and kept inside at […]
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17-Nov-2025
Species in crisis: critically endangered #penguins are directly competing with #fishing boats
A new study led by the University of St Andrews, has found that Critically Endangered African penguins are significantly more likely to forage in the same areas as commercial fishing vessels […]
Species in crisis: critically endangered #penguins are directly competing with #fishing boats
A new study led by the University of St Andrews, has found that Critically Endangered African penguins are significantly more likely to forage in the same areas as commercial fishing vessels […]
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November 21, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Oh stop clowning about Doris!
This photo of a clown doris was taken by Gillian Houston in September on NZ's Tawhiti Rahi, Poor Knights Islands. Gillian uploaded to #iNaturalistNZ today. This is now the 654th NZ observation on #inaturalist of this extravagant mollusc.
Just look at it! […]
This photo of a clown doris was taken by Gillian Houston in September on NZ's Tawhiti Rahi, Poor Knights Islands. Gillian uploaded to #iNaturalistNZ today. This is now the 654th NZ observation on #inaturalist of this extravagant mollusc.
Just look at it! […]
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November 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Oh stop clowning about Doris!
This photo of a clown doris was taken by Gillian Houston in September on NZ's Tawhiti Rahi, Poor Knights Islands. Gillian uploaded to #iNaturalistNZ today. This is now the 654th NZ observation on #inaturalist of this extravagant mollusc.
Just look at it! […]
This photo of a clown doris was taken by Gillian Houston in September on NZ's Tawhiti Rahi, Poor Knights Islands. Gillian uploaded to #iNaturalistNZ today. This is now the 654th NZ observation on #inaturalist of this extravagant mollusc.
Just look at it! […]
Here’s “Lightning” by Salmonella Dub. I found this version live with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
“I’m quite happy
To walk for miles to find myself”
Sometimes that’s the best medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17a2GaeL52I
#JukeboxFridayNight #medicine
“I’m quite happy
To walk for miles to find myself”
Sometimes that’s the best medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17a2GaeL52I
#JukeboxFridayNight #medicine
November 21, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Here’s “Lightning” by Salmonella Dub. I found this version live with the New Zealand Symphony Orchestra.
“I’m quite happy
To walk for miles to find myself”
Sometimes that’s the best medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17a2GaeL52I
#JukeboxFridayNight #medicine
“I’m quite happy
To walk for miles to find myself”
Sometimes that’s the best medicine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17a2GaeL52I
#JukeboxFridayNight #medicine
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Amazing!
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
'Expression of kotahitanga': More than 1000 schools reaffirm commitment to Te Tiriti o Waitangi
It comes after the government removed Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/579646/expression-of-kotahitanga-more-than-1000-schools-reaffirm-commitment-to-te-tiriti-o-waitangi
November 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Amazing!
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
More than 1000 schools have now said they will continue giving effect to Te Tiriti, despite the government removing Treaty obligations from the Education and Training Act.
#ToitūTeTiriti #nzpol
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If you must mow, mow by bike! #BikeTooter
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November 21, 2025 at 5:52 AM
If you must mow, mow by bike! #BikeTooter
https://portland.craigslist.org/grg/grd/d/dallesport-husq-schwinn-varna-riding/7896993568.html
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Miss 4 and me just rescued a mummy duck and five ducklings who were stuck on the wrong side of a road in blinding sun at the bottom of a cliff. I picked up the mummy and then a kind passer by helped me by putting the babies in a reusable bag and then we carried the family back to the creek […]
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November 21, 2025 at 2:24 AM
Miss 4 and me just rescued a mummy duck and five ducklings who were stuck on the wrong side of a road in blinding sun at the bottom of a cliff. I picked up the mummy and then a kind passer by helped me by putting the babies in a reusable bag and then we carried the family back to the creek […]
Here are some baby birds I've seen this week, all in and around Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ.
There's baby Canada geese along Sparks Road (the first time I've seen baby geese in this area of the city): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/327341545
There's […]
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There's baby Canada geese along Sparks Road (the first time I've seen baby geese in this area of the city): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/327341545
There's […]
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November 20, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Here are some baby birds I've seen this week, all in and around Ōtautahi-Christchurch city, NZ.
There's baby Canada geese along Sparks Road (the first time I've seen baby geese in this area of the city): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/327341545
There's […]
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There's baby Canada geese along Sparks Road (the first time I've seen baby geese in this area of the city): https://inaturalist.nz/observations/327341545
There's […]
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I had my annual appointment with the dentist today. The noreasterly picked up later than I'd expected so I arrived on my bike 10 minutes early (wind makes a big difference to my travel time between Lincoln and Christchurch). Since I was early, I had a quick look around the small garden at the […]
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November 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I had my annual appointment with the dentist today. The noreasterly picked up later than I'd expected so I arrived on my bike 10 minutes early (wind makes a big difference to my travel time between Lincoln and Christchurch). Since I was early, I had a quick look around the small garden at the […]
NZ's Out There Learning YouTube channel has an excellent new video on NZ's Taupo supervolcano.
That's in case you needed a reminder of how colossally violent past eruptions of this volcano have been, and a reminder that it's still active and magma is gradually building under the lake […]
That's in case you needed a reminder of how colossally violent past eruptions of this volcano have been, and a reminder that it's still active and magma is gradually building under the lake […]
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November 20, 2025 at 8:46 AM
NZ's Out There Learning YouTube channel has an excellent new video on NZ's Taupo supervolcano.
That's in case you needed a reminder of how colossally violent past eruptions of this volcano have been, and a reminder that it's still active and magma is gradually building under the lake […]
That's in case you needed a reminder of how colossally violent past eruptions of this volcano have been, and a reminder that it's still active and magma is gradually building under the lake […]
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The Bible says having 11 ants in charge is too many and 9 is not enough.
We all know there are ten command Ants.
We all know there are ten command Ants.
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
The Bible says having 11 ants in charge is too many and 9 is not enough.
We all know there are ten command Ants.
We all know there are ten command Ants.
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Tēnā koe, ē rō!
November 20, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Tēnā koe, ē rō!
Check out this chonker. It's a nymph of the Australian cockroach, *Panesthia cribrata*, and it's 4 cm long.
It was found this week by a student at Te Aroha College in rural Waikato, and it's the first record of this species south of Auckland and Northland (at least that are on iNaturalist and […]
It was found this week by a student at Te Aroha College in rural Waikato, and it's the first record of this species south of Auckland and Northland (at least that are on iNaturalist and […]
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November 20, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Check out this chonker. It's a nymph of the Australian cockroach, *Panesthia cribrata*, and it's 4 cm long.
It was found this week by a student at Te Aroha College in rural Waikato, and it's the first record of this species south of Auckland and Northland (at least that are on iNaturalist and […]
It was found this week by a student at Te Aroha College in rural Waikato, and it's the first record of this species south of Auckland and Northland (at least that are on iNaturalist and […]
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The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰
By The Rebel Bear
By The Rebel Bear
November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
The Duke of Wellington’s traffic cone has now been swapped for a pigeon sculpture, complete with a mini cone on its head and a little newspaper in its wings. 🐦📰
By The Rebel Bear
By The Rebel Bear
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Still working through those summertime sunset reflections. Still amazed by what I'm finding in here.
Sept 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#sunset #photography #reflections #michigan #summer #abstract #abstractart #mastoart
Sept 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#sunset #photography #reflections #michigan #summer #abstract #abstractart #mastoart
November 19, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Still working through those summertime sunset reflections. Still amazed by what I'm finding in here.
Sept 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#sunset #photography #reflections #michigan #summer #abstract #abstractart #mastoart
Sept 14, 2025. Wolverine Lake, Michigan.
#sunset #photography #reflections #michigan #summer #abstract #abstractart #mastoart
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Calling yourself a 'Friend to science' is a bit on the nose when the majority of universities, CSIRO, and ANSTO are cutting or have cut staff in the last year. Our institutions punch above their weight DESPITE successive government policies giving them the squeeze. We are such a wealthy country […]
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November 19, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Calling yourself a 'Friend to science' is a bit on the nose when the majority of universities, CSIRO, and ANSTO are cutting or have cut staff in the last year. Our institutions punch above their weight DESPITE successive government policies giving them the squeeze. We are such a wealthy country […]
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I managed to capture the nanosecond between a pīwakawaka's change of footing on a fence. These guys move frustratingly fast.
Three photos stitched together. Note that the bird's right foot doesn't actually change position on the wire; I had to space the three apart so they didn't blur together.
Three photos stitched together. Note that the bird's right foot doesn't actually change position on the wire; I had to space the three apart so they didn't blur together.
November 18, 2025 at 6:33 PM
I managed to capture the nanosecond between a pīwakawaka's change of footing on a fence. These guys move frustratingly fast.
Three photos stitched together. Note that the bird's right foot doesn't actually change position on the wire; I had to space the three apart so they didn't blur together.
Three photos stitched together. Note that the bird's right foot doesn't actually change position on the wire; I had to space the three apart so they didn't blur together.