Kārikiōrangi
@sharonm.bsky.social
Climate change and equal rights for all. Down to one cat.
Ōtautahi Aotearoa
Ōtautahi Aotearoa
Pinned
"Trade policy must become central to the decarbonisation effort. It is one of the strongest levers available to foster a form of globalisation that rewards those who commit and penalises those who cling to fossil fuels." - @laurencetubiana.bsky.social
#COP30
www.ft.com/content/d846...
#COP30
www.ft.com/content/d846...
Trade policy is central to the green transition
Governments must address the fact that imported ‘embodied’ emissions make up a large portion of their carbon footprints
www.ft.com
Damned right.
Bought a book about ADHD. Read two chapters: interesting.
Two weeks later find the book in a pile of library books and two others bought this week.
Oh. I forgot you, so much to …
Two weeks later find the book in a pile of library books and two others bought this week.
Oh. I forgot you, so much to …
December 2, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Bought a book about ADHD. Read two chapters: interesting.
Two weeks later find the book in a pile of library books and two others bought this week.
Oh. I forgot you, so much to …
Two weeks later find the book in a pile of library books and two others bought this week.
Oh. I forgot you, so much to …
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Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
December 2, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Some might say, hacking billboards is noble work. 😉
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Actually, let’s make this interesting!
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
Who wants to win a tea towel? Quote post with your guess before 11 pm. Closest wins. If more than one person has the closest guess, names go in a hat.
Prize value: NZ$35
Can be sent to an address in Aotearoa or Australia (you may enter from elsewhere.)
December 2, 2025 at 5:11 AM
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who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
December 1, 2025 at 10:55 PM
who decided to call it Secret Santa when Nondisclosure Claus was right there
Yet another far-right piece in The Press by Yardley.
When do we paying subscribers get a view from the other side?
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
When do we paying subscribers get a view from the other side?
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
By any measure, New Zealand is grossly over-governed
OPINION: Could the average Christchurch resident name more than one regional councillor, asks Mike Yardley.
www.thepress.co.nz
December 2, 2025 at 3:25 AM
Yet another far-right piece in The Press by Yardley.
When do we paying subscribers get a view from the other side?
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
When do we paying subscribers get a view from the other side?
www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3609...
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now that it's officially december i would like to share my favorite holiday video with all of you:
December 1, 2025 at 10:18 PM
now that it's officially december i would like to share my favorite holiday video with all of you:
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Given the decision on puberty blockers, I do want to note an objective fact that I think has been lost:
Eight MPs voted to keep conversion practices legal.
All were National MPs.
*Every single one* of the five who remained in Parliament after the 2023 election was given a Ministerial warrant.
Eight MPs voted to keep conversion practices legal.
All were National MPs.
*Every single one* of the five who remained in Parliament after the 2023 election was given a Ministerial warrant.
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Given the decision on puberty blockers, I do want to note an objective fact that I think has been lost:
Eight MPs voted to keep conversion practices legal.
All were National MPs.
*Every single one* of the five who remained in Parliament after the 2023 election was given a Ministerial warrant.
Eight MPs voted to keep conversion practices legal.
All were National MPs.
*Every single one* of the five who remained in Parliament after the 2023 election was given a Ministerial warrant.
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My mental health declined pretty badly last wk but some of you asked for more photos like the hunt-the-tiny-owl one I made & I wanted to try to make an advent calendar so:some lovely things that fell off trees & this time a tiny deer stag to find.
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
December 1, 2025 at 8:11 PM
My mental health declined pretty badly last wk but some of you asked for more photos like the hunt-the-tiny-owl one I made & I wanted to try to make an advent calendar so:some lovely things that fell off trees & this time a tiny deer stag to find.
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
Do let me know if you enjoy this & I'll make more 🦌
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Day 295 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Christian Vieler photographs dogs catching treats and it's pure joy
Christian Vieler photographs dogs catching treats and it's pure joy
October 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Day 295 of #365DaysOfSmiles
Christian Vieler photographs dogs catching treats and it's pure joy
Christian Vieler photographs dogs catching treats and it's pure joy
Our starling imitates fridge-door-open beep-beep-beep.
Advent bird No. 2
Starling
Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris
Alternative name: Glorious Murmurating Mimic Bird
Finnish name: kottarainen
Song: shwikk-tktktktkk-swooeee-chakchakchak-phyooo-tktktkktktk-*impersonates car alarm*-shyeeww-tktktktk-*impersonates carrion crow* ETC
Starling
Scientific name: Sturnus vulgaris
Alternative name: Glorious Murmurating Mimic Bird
Finnish name: kottarainen
Song: shwikk-tktktktkk-swooeee-chakchakchak-phyooo-tktktkktktk-*impersonates car alarm*-shyeeww-tktktktk-*impersonates carrion crow* ETC
December 1, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Our starling imitates fridge-door-open beep-beep-beep.
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The Rates Cap is such a BOOMER move.
Probably their last great fuck you to the generations that follow.
Worst cohort of people.
Always pulling up the ladder and kicking down.
Probably their last great fuck you to the generations that follow.
Worst cohort of people.
Always pulling up the ladder and kicking down.
December 1, 2025 at 8:51 PM
The Rates Cap is such a BOOMER move.
Probably their last great fuck you to the generations that follow.
Worst cohort of people.
Always pulling up the ladder and kicking down.
Probably their last great fuck you to the generations that follow.
Worst cohort of people.
Always pulling up the ladder and kicking down.
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So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?
December 1, 2025 at 7:20 AM
So many people I respect in TVNZ but how is it possible for one news tonight to describe Mcskimming as merely having had an affair with a junior staffer or to report on all the devastation in south east Asia as a natural disaster with not a single mention of climate change as an underlying driver?
Also, great to see on the web front that you understand our country’s cultural mores so well.
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Also, great to see on the web front that you understand our country’s cultural mores so well.
Sure be good for the country’s economy if all the people giving free ads to a foreign flatpack megacorp were giving as much airtime and money to local businesses employing skilled local people.
December 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Sure be good for the country’s economy if all the people giving free ads to a foreign flatpack megacorp were giving as much airtime and money to local businesses employing skilled local people.
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who’s the biggest arsehole of them all ?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Who’s the biggest arsehole of them all ?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
PM confirms action plan on Auckland CBD homeless 'move on orders' after mayor, minister meet
The PM said he expected an announcement to be made by Christmas.
www.nzherald.co.nz
December 1, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Mirror, mirror on the wall
Who’s the biggest arsehole of them all ?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
Who’s the biggest arsehole of them all ?
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/politics/...
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Agribusiness Corporations have taken over agriculture, pushing out family farmers .https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/working-the-land-but-rarely-owning-it-life-for-new-zealands-young-farmers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Working the land but rarely owning it: life for New Zealand’s young farmers
A country built on agriculture is seeing the sector change as the number of farms shrinks and it becomes harder for young people to buy land
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Agribusiness Corporations have taken over agriculture, pushing out family farmers .https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/29/working-the-land-but-rarely-owning-it-life-for-new-zealands-young-farmers?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Nitpicking and swearing
What are you naturally good at?
November 30, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Nitpicking and swearing
Wonderful work @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social and Chris the map-cruncher are doing.
But I am so very sad for this part of Ōtautahi: there seems to be so few schools here, in one of the wealthiest parts of the city! What DO they do with their children???
Or perhaps this tells another story.
But I am so very sad for this part of Ōtautahi: there seems to be so few schools here, in one of the wealthiest parts of the city! What DO they do with their children???
Or perhaps this tells another story.
November 30, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Wonderful work @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social and Chris the map-cruncher are doing.
But I am so very sad for this part of Ōtautahi: there seems to be so few schools here, in one of the wealthiest parts of the city! What DO they do with their children???
Or perhaps this tells another story.
But I am so very sad for this part of Ōtautahi: there seems to be so few schools here, in one of the wealthiest parts of the city! What DO they do with their children???
Or perhaps this tells another story.
This piece by the EnableMe company on @NZStuff is very wrong:
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
Are we fleecing our elderly? The truth about retirement villages
Retirement villages are much-maligned, but the truth is more complicated than it looks on the surface.
www.stuff.co.nz
November 29, 2025 at 10:47 PM
This piece by the EnableMe company on @NZStuff is very wrong:
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
buying a ‘retirement unit’ does not guarantee continuity of care. In fact, when at their most vulnerable, people are forced to move home - often to other places - and sell at the village’s leisure. www.stuff.co.nz/money/360902...
It really is.
Did you know it’s illegal to have a garden in New Zealand?
November 29, 2025 at 9:55 AM
It really is.
Fulford has had a rebrand. He is now Elvis Piggily, according to @realgregjack.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Fulford has had a rebrand. He is now Elvis Piggily, according to @realgregjack.bsky.social
Why do people do this shit to themselveswithout consulting experts?? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Growing fears over 'post-hyaluronidase syndrome' as patients report side effects
As more people turn towards cosmetic injectable "journeys", Lana is sounding the alarm about the risks of developing long-term side effects.
www.abc.net.au
November 28, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Why do people do this shit to themselveswithout consulting experts?? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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November 28, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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What we need to do is support every 17 year old we personally know to enrol.
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
What we need to do is support every 17 year old we personally know to enrol.
THis law is purely about voter suppression because National, ACT and NZ First can - and will - win again by a narrow margin in 2026 if the centre and left do not shut up and work together.
"The Ministry of Justice found 80.2 percent of submitters opposed the bill, with 0.5 percent supporting it."
In a shock move, NACTFirst heavy committee approves law that favours them even though voters hate it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
In a shock move, NACTFirst heavy committee approves law that favours them even though voters hate it.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Justice Committee recommends passing Electoral Amendment Bill with some amendments
The bill would prevent same-day enrolments, ban prisoners from voting, and tighten up the rules around treating.
www.rnz.co.nz
November 27, 2025 at 11:27 PM
THis law is purely about voter suppression because National, ACT and NZ First can - and will - win again by a narrow margin in 2026 if the centre and left do not shut up and work together.