Philip (Piripi) McKibbin
@piripi.net
Writer, PhD candidate (SEI/USyd), teacher. 🤓 All about the Politics of Love! 🥝 - Māori (Kāi Tahu), Pākehā - based in 🐊🦘🕸️ …for now. Serves on NZ Peace Foundation council, @animalstudies committee. ❤️s colour! 🌈
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‘Oh, there’s more to life than books, you know, but not much more, not much more…’
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Handsome Devil - John Peel Session 18/05/83
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November 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
‘Oh, there’s more to life than books, you know, but not much more, not much more…’
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'“We roughly cut 1 degree of global warming from our expectations…” Rogelj said. But, he added, “this year is the first year where... we don’t find any technically possible pathways anymore that would be limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”'
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New reports paint picture of an ‘extremely dangerous’ future with warming expected to blow past key limit | CNN
Melting ice sheets. Massive flooding. Dead coral reefs. Humanity is careening toward an untenable future as global temperatures rise, scientists warn
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November 12, 2025 at 7:31 PM
'“We roughly cut 1 degree of global warming from our expectations…” Rogelj said. But, he added, “this year is the first year where... we don’t find any technically possible pathways anymore that would be limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius.”'
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‘This is why the artist […] absolves instead of condemning. Instead of being a judge, he is a justifier. He is the perpetual advocate of the living creature, because it is alive. He truly argues for love of one’s neighbour…’ - Albert Camus
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Create Dangerously
'To create today is to create dangerously' Camus argue…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:56 AM
‘This is why the artist […] absolves instead of condemning. Instead of being a judge, he is a justifier. He is the perpetual advocate of the living creature, because it is alive. He truly argues for love of one’s neighbour…’ - Albert Camus
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‘…and all greatness, after all, is rooted in risk.’ - Albert Camus
November 11, 2025 at 1:26 AM
‘…and all greatness, after all, is rooted in risk.’ - Albert Camus
'Saying the marine creature would be “annoyed as hell” if he knew, sources confirmed Friday that a shrimp currently inhabiting a local salt marsh would be completely pissed off if he were able to see the awful party he will one day be served at.'
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Shrimp Would Be Pissed If He Could See The Lame Party He’s Going To Be Served At
MURRELLS INLET, SC—Saying the marine creature would be “annoyed as hell” if he knew, sources confirmed Friday that a shrimp currently inhabiting a local salt marsh would be completely pissed off if he...
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November 9, 2025 at 6:21 AM
'Saying the marine creature would be “annoyed as hell” if he knew, sources confirmed Friday that a shrimp currently inhabiting a local salt marsh would be completely pissed off if he were able to see the awful party he will one day be served at.'
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'“When our families came together, the house suddenly became full of life: three little girls running around, laughing all the time,” says Fei. “[T]hey’re now surrounded by double the love.”'
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Single mothers in China find a new kind of partner – other single mothers
Posts from women seeking like-minded parents to share a home and child-rearing responsibilities are appearing on social media
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November 7, 2025 at 12:46 AM
'“When our families came together, the house suddenly became full of life: three little girls running around, laughing all the time,” says Fei. “[T]hey’re now surrounded by double the love.”'
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Super-Frog Saves Tokyo
This is the story of Frog who urges the cowardly Mr. Ka…
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November 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
'Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned.'
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‘Change course now’: humanity has missed 1.5C climate target, says UN head
Exclusive: ‘Devastating consequences’ now inevitable but emissions cuts still vital, says António Guterres in sole interview before Cop30
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October 28, 2025 at 5:26 AM
'Humanity has failed to limit global heating to 1.5C and must change course immediately, the secretary general of the UN has warned.'
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‘The preservation of knowledge is fundamentally not about the past but the future.’ - Richard Ovenden
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Burning The Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack
'Burning the Books is fascinating, thought-provoking an…
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October 27, 2025 at 8:54 PM
‘The preservation of knowledge is fundamentally not about the past but the future.’ - Richard Ovenden
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Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes - Live at Central Park, New York, NY - August 15, 1991
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October 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
It’s all Darling Harbour and QVB until you get a 39C day in October. 😳
October 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
It’s all Darling Harbour and QVB until you get a 39C day in October. 😳
