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.
Guys a Facebook friend who has been liking a ton of ACT posts lately just love-hearted one praising Arena Williams and calling her a future leader I CANNOT with the median voter #nzpol
September 18, 2026 at 11:38 AM
Guys a Facebook friend who has been liking a ton of ACT posts lately just love-hearted one praising Arena Williams and calling her a future leader I CANNOT with the median voter #nzpol
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Something I don't think people realise is that "don't mention climate change" isn't just a US centrist dems position. This is an ideology that has taken root within several very major climate and energy transition advocacy groups.
It's getting better, particularly in the last year, but *man*
It's getting better, particularly in the last year, but *man*
September 18, 2026 at 9:46 AM
Something I don't think people realise is that "don't mention climate change" isn't just a US centrist dems position. This is an ideology that has taken root within several very major climate and energy transition advocacy groups.
It's getting better, particularly in the last year, but *man*
It's getting better, particularly in the last year, but *man*
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Profoundly undemocratic extremism in bureaucratic form.
Let's be really clear: Paul Goldsmith asked MoJ to find him cost justifications to restrict the OIA.
They've done so. The numbers are largely bogus - inflating numbers of *recorded* OIA requests.
A serious assault on our right to information
MOJ advice:
www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Docum... #nzpol
They've done so. The numbers are largely bogus - inflating numbers of *recorded* OIA requests.
A serious assault on our right to information
MOJ advice:
www.justice.govt.nz/assets/Docum... #nzpol
September 18, 2026 at 6:21 AM
Profoundly undemocratic extremism in bureaucratic form.
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Funny how this nicely lines up with about 30% of Americans still liking Trump
Maybe the most important political story of our time. People just want the bullshit to stop.
71% of Americans Say They're Completely Exhausted
A CDC report shows that people are not feeling relaxed and restful in the United States.
gizmodo.com
September 18, 2026 at 2:51 AM
Funny how this nicely lines up with about 30% of Americans still liking Trump
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This absolute stooge thinks $275k per year spent on climate change mitigation over 4 years is adequate as part of a $7B annual budget while he spends $4M a year on Lansdowne 2.0 debt servicing.
“1.1 million dollars invested in climate change mitigation community resilience in the past four years. “ Mark Sutcliffe
September 18, 2026 at 2:05 AM
This absolute stooge thinks $275k per year spent on climate change mitigation over 4 years is adequate as part of a $7B annual budget while he spends $4M a year on Lansdowne 2.0 debt servicing.
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Will say I'm a bit surprised not to see this get picked up. At least as wtf as the comment in Rotorua.
September 18, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Will say I'm a bit surprised not to see this get picked up. At least as wtf as the comment in Rotorua.
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I think there will have to be some kind of massive wealth tax -- I don't think it does much fiscally but it would be impossible to ask for sacrifices of the broader public without one.
September 17, 2026 at 9:07 PM
I think there will have to be some kind of massive wealth tax -- I don't think it does much fiscally but it would be impossible to ask for sacrifices of the broader public without one.
Sorry America, we just can't let you have the title of the Diarrhoea Capital of the World without a fight
People can barely afford to eat out, and they are even less likely to want to that if there’s an increased risk of e-coli contamination and food poisoning. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Government eases food safety rules for small hospitality businesses
The "one-size-fits-all approach" being taken to regulating the hospitality sector is being overhauled following a review of the sector led by Regulation Minister David Seymour.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 18, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Sorry America, we just can't let you have the title of the Diarrhoea Capital of the World without a fight
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I still stand by this as the notion that these tech freaks are merely aiming for racial segregation is missing the mark.
I don’t think the only or even primary goal is re-segregation. It’s total human enslavement to corporations. Re-segregation is jusd a stop on that train. Explicit white supremacy and patriarchy are being used to make techno-fascism seductive to the masses.
September 18, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I still stand by this as the notion that these tech freaks are merely aiming for racial segregation is missing the mark.
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For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas.
Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.
One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.
One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work
As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...
projects.propublica.org
September 18, 2026 at 12:21 AM
For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas.
Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.
One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas.
One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis.
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#BHN Approaching 900,000 views across all platforms from the four debates, well done NZ
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social
September 17, 2026 at 11:27 PM
#BHN Approaching 900,000 views across all platforms from the four debates, well done NZ
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social
#nzpol #nzpolitics @chewienz.bsky.social @iamprettyawesome.bsky.social
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Every ascendent ideology of the era is a sublimation response to the subconscious awareness of the climate crisis part ♾️
bsky.app/profile/fain...
bsky.app/profile/fain...
The U.S. AI industry is being run by a batshit rationalist sex cult, and no, I am not being hyperbolic - they’re genuinely Like That:
September 16, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Every ascendent ideology of the era is a sublimation response to the subconscious awareness of the climate crisis part ♾️
bsky.app/profile/fain...
bsky.app/profile/fain...
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Aha holy shit its the post saying this even after all the crapping on the greens plans the media have done
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
Poll: Swarbrick edges Willis in economic trust as confidence collapses
Twenty‑four per cent of voters now trust Chlöe Swarbrick to manage the economy, narrowly ahead of Nicola Willis, as confidence in the Government’s economic plan continues to deteriorate.
www.thepost.co.nz
September 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Aha holy shit its the post saying this even after all the crapping on the greens plans the media have done
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
#nzpol
www.thepost.co.nz/politics/361...
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Glad to share that this project by @mongabay.com's video team has won a 🏆 Covering Climate Now Award 🏆 for its "tender, gracefully filmed short doc" about Mexico's first #climatechange -displaced community
The government has resettled them far inland, but their livelihoods are still on the water:
The government has resettled them far inland, but their livelihoods are still on the water:
This village was swallowed by the sea. What happened after?
YouTube video by Mongabay
www.youtube.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Glad to share that this project by @mongabay.com's video team has won a 🏆 Covering Climate Now Award 🏆 for its "tender, gracefully filmed short doc" about Mexico's first #climatechange -displaced community
The government has resettled them far inland, but their livelihoods are still on the water:
The government has resettled them far inland, but their livelihoods are still on the water:
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Seven former conservation ministers from Labour, National and the Greens demand changes to a bill they say would upset decades of protection
Ex-ministers slam Govt on controversial conservation bill
newsroom.co.nz
September 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Seven former conservation ministers from Labour, National and the Greens demand changes to a bill they say would upset decades of protection
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Oct 7: Join "Muskism" coauthor @quinnslobodian.com & "Against Tech Oligarchy" coauthors @js-tan.bsky.social & Clarissa Redwine to discuss the structural forces shaping tech power, and what we can learn from the tech worker movement, with D&S's @aihathing.bsky.social. datasociety.net/news-events/...
September 17, 2026 at 4:14 PM
Oct 7: Join "Muskism" coauthor @quinnslobodian.com & "Against Tech Oligarchy" coauthors @js-tan.bsky.social & Clarissa Redwine to discuss the structural forces shaping tech power, and what we can learn from the tech worker movement, with D&S's @aihathing.bsky.social. datasociety.net/news-events/...
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it would be cool if people wanted to talk about how trans people are organizing for their rights and safety as much as people want to talk to cis people about what they think about the existence of trans people
60 yrs ago, sex workers, drag queens and street youth held a landmark riot against police in SF's Tenderloin—the world's 1st Trans District
now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:
now that space is held by Geo Group. trans people are still arrested at SF Pride—over tagging Flock cams. the trans fight against police in '66 and today:
The fight to protect a trans landmark in California from ICE’s biggest contractor
Compton’s Cafe is one of the earliest examples of LGBTQ+ resistance. Today, a prison company occupies the site
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 6:55 PM
it would be cool if people wanted to talk about how trans people are organizing for their rights and safety as much as people want to talk to cis people about what they think about the existence of trans people
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god this is good
September 17, 2026 at 1:24 AM
god this is good
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One of the reasons I think the environmental and social resistance to GenAI is so important: we are in a crucial and sensitive time right now, to avoid all of these harms becoming cemented in; ignored because it's just the air around us.
Like SUVs and petromasculinity are right now ->>
Like SUVs and petromasculinity are right now ->>
A macho culture of performative selfishness might start on the roads, through racing, rolling coal, ever bigger SUVs ... But it doesn't end there. If we want to live in a decent country which values human life, we need to change this culture. My column.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Driving that’s too fast, too dangerous and utterly lawless: why do we tolerate this petro-masculinity? | George Monbiot
In towns and in the countryside, I see 4x4s and pick up trucks driven without care or consicence. It’s a Magafication of transport, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2026 at 7:56 AM
One of the reasons I think the environmental and social resistance to GenAI is so important: we are in a crucial and sensitive time right now, to avoid all of these harms becoming cemented in; ignored because it's just the air around us.
Like SUVs and petromasculinity are right now ->>
Like SUVs and petromasculinity are right now ->>
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Facts worth repeating:
It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S.
publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...
It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S.
publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...
Counting up the costs of coal
Regular readers know that WVU’s Dr. Michael Hendryx has done work on that issue (subscription required), reporting that:
publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu
September 16, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Facts worth repeating:
It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S.
publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...
It would be cheaper to pay the ~40,000 or so people employed by the coal industry $1M a year to do nothing than to pay for the health damages (not including climate change) caused by burning coal in the U.S.
publichealth.hsc.wvu.edu/news/story?h...
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NewstalkZB's new brand platform is "Every View from Every Angle" (seriously) which you can see here, where literally every presenter they have is against National's policy to break up the supermarket duopoly.
September 17, 2026 at 4:46 AM
NewstalkZB's new brand platform is "Every View from Every Angle" (seriously) which you can see here, where literally every presenter they have is against National's policy to break up the supermarket duopoly.
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Want to make your voice count for nature this election? We've just launched scorecards ranking where political parties stand on policies that impact our wild places - from conservation land to oceans.
Have a look: greenpeace.nz/electionscor...
Have a look: greenpeace.nz/electionscor...
September 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Want to make your voice count for nature this election? We've just launched scorecards ranking where political parties stand on policies that impact our wild places - from conservation land to oceans.
Have a look: greenpeace.nz/electionscor...
Have a look: greenpeace.nz/electionscor...
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The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better! In other words: you're right to push back
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better | Nick Evershed
Countries have come together before to make international agreements in the face of existential threats
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:03 PM
The dominance of AI is not inevitable. We can choose to change things for the better! In other words: you're right to push back
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Pretty sure that openly hating the place you want to represent is not a great election strategy www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...
National candidate met with chorus of boos after ‘diabolical’ CBD comment
Speaking at a candidate’s meeting, Candace Kinser said there was “no ability or very little ability for a car to even drop someone off” in central Auckland.
www.stuff.co.nz
September 17, 2026 at 3:45 AM
Pretty sure that openly hating the place you want to represent is not a great election strategy www.stuff.co.nz/nz-news/3610...