'Winning the race': How China plans to meet its 2030 renewables target by the end of this month While Australia debates the merits of going nuclear and frustration grows over the slower-than-needed switch to solar and wind power, China's renewables rollout is breaking all the records.

China is installing the wind and solar equivalent of five large nuclear power stations per week
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Iran ‘acting like a bunch of pirates’ on ‘speedy gun boats’ seizing ships in strait, says White House Follow developments in the Iran war.

They are quite simply the stupidest bunch of halfwits ever to be in office anywhere in the world, ever

Deposed a leader and taken over the oil industry in one country, entered a war they can't exit. All the while causing chaos and hardship across the entire planet.

Team America World Police🤦‍♂️

Sir Sam Neill abused, threatened with violence over Central Otago goldmine stance He also accused Resources Minister Shane Jones of making criticism 'personal'.

Sir Sam Neill says he has been at the end of “disturbing” abuse, including physical threats after speaking out against the proposed large-scale goldmine. "Boy there are some loose cannons. The fight goes on … & we really need to stop this filthy mine." www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/sir-sam-n...

Diesel stocks hit new low, but in-country stocks remain strong Diesel stocks have dropped to their lowest level since the Strait of Hormuz closed and public tracking began.

More sub-ed weirdness: which is it? Strong or low? Strongly low, lowly strong? Crocodiles are strong but low, is that the sort of thing they mean?
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AMAZING!!! @christchurchlib.bsky.social councillors voted 12 to 1 to end discharging wastewater into Akaroa Harbour, to right a cultural wrong and to protect the blue tourism environment & economy by discharging very highly treated water to trees/land & not an ‘out of sight out of mind’ ocean option

Australian company plans $3b lignite-to-fertiliser plant in Southland Victorian Hydrogen says the plant could deliver 1.5 million tonnes of urea fertiliser using Southland's lignite.

Let's be clear: much as they try to dress it up, this would amount to a new coal-fired power station in Southland. Please, can we just NOT?
#nzpol
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I've always said this: Luxon is simply not a political animal. Winston and Seymour are, which is why they can outmaneuver him. You need to be a political animal to survive in the Beehive jungle.

Sex offenders must face full consequences of their actions. No 'good character' reduction. It's evident they do not have good character they just think they won't get caught. No exceptions for privilege or 'lost potential'. Do you know whose potential is fucked by rapists? The victims'.

At hospital for one of the Lad's infusions. There's a small child in the hallway who really doesn't want to be here.
"I WANT TO GO HOME"
"I DON'T LIKE PEOPLE"
One of the nurses and I are being all "Me too".

The cool thing about smart bike parking like Locky Docks; it comes with lots of data.

“Bike parking sessions across the Locky Dock network rose 36%, from 1,280 to 1,738 in the last month.”

Read more;

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Just a reminder that @maramadavidson.bsky.social tried to get this across the line here, but it got killed by NZF

Party vote @greens.org.nz 💚
#nzpol

New Zealand Firms Gloomy as Iran War Hits Costs, Profitability New Zealand businesses expect to fire workers and reduce investment as the Middle East conflict drives up costs and hits profitability, according to a new business survey.

New Zealand businesses expect to fire workers and reduce investment as the Middle East conflict drives up costs and hits profitability, according to a new business survey.

Yet National, NZ First & ACT are still trying to claim there's no impact

Luxon’s attempt to refocus the media is constitutionally misplaced. Confidence is the lifeblood of government. And the media have a legitimate interest in interrogating changing dynamics in confidence.

This is a nightmare scenario. Thinking of Everlee, Betty and the whānau.

Live blog: Crunch time for Luxon and the Moany Five at National caucus This is made up. Or is it?

Sharing this story from The Spinoff largely to ask "what on earth did Luxon's team think they were conveying with this image"? He doesn't look remotely relaxed, the foot up as a joke might make sense but his face conveys no humour, the paper everywhere, the tiny coffee, what?

And fuel an incoming Civil War inside National

AI tells tenant she should ask for $40,000 - tribunal hands her $80 Tenants using artificial intelligence to help them make applications to the Tenancy Tribunal are creating a backlog.

I don't feel sorry for property managers having to front the tenancy Tribunal. But it is a good reminder that AI is not legal advice and should not be used to generate legal documents. The real issue is law that pivots towards landlords. AI won't fill that gap either

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Happy Leadership Spill to all those who celebrate.

Wellington NZ hospital carpark flooding picture as IAG warns that weather events are increasingly erratic, frequent & intense - just like the climate scientists warned

Rare sighting of a column chart taking a dip at Hove Beach.

#dataviz

Obscene amounts of money being spent on war toys, at the expense of the American people 🤦

I honestly don't understand how things cost this much. It's just nonsense numbers.

me: why do I feel terrible
body: coffee is not a meal
body: eat a vegetable
body: sleep
me: I guess we'll never know
body: oh my god

Bill Burr says what we’re all thinking: If your workers can't pay rent, you're not paying them enough. 💸

Extreme wealth shouldn't exist alongside extreme struggle. That’s why we’re calling for a #WealthTax—to reinvest in the people who actually keep the economy running.

If this is the case, it’s a huge victory for the hard-working people at MPI

#nzpol

Government quietly agrees to amend, repeal provisions in laws Picture of serial shoddy guy Paul Goldsmith with shoddy Shane Jones

NZ First, ACT & National Government quietly repeal more Treaty of Waitangi clauses, but still withholds info on impacts, laws and details

#nzpol #kiwi

My hot take:
Food is an essential service, so maybe time for a nationalised supermarket chain….one whose aim is to pay people well, but not really make a profit.
Let the duopoly compete against that.

Google Starts Scanning All Your Photos As New Update Goes Live Google wants its AI to see all the photos of "you and your loved ones." Billions of users must now decide.

“Take a moment to think before you dive in. That’s the best advice for Google Photos users, as the company confirms its latest update can scan all your photos to “use actual images of you and your loved ones” in AI image generation.”

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The fact that Mamdani just seems like a cheerful normal guy who's policies are things like "we're going to tax second homes to fund pothole repairs" or whatever and yet this generates panicked responses like "This is basically Stalin's great purge turned up to eleven" is... telling. It tells things.

In 2025 Walt Disney made $8.3billion in pretax income.

Guess how much federal corporate income tax they paid.

That's right: $0.00