Such a relief to see photos of these two beautiful animals. (And yes, it's too hot on this side of the ditch too.)

Golden Triangle by Train: Te Huia to Tauranga Over half of New Zealand’s population lives in the Golden Triangle, and it is one of the fastest-growing parts of the country — it makes sense to have a modern, safe and efficient train service betwee...

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I keep having crying fits. I'm a climatologist with two graduate qualifications, and starting third in September. We're not acting quickly to end fossil fuel use. The world is burning. My work literally charts the end of civilisation, and maybe our species, in our lifetimes... Fesshole GOLD from 29th September 2020

Come to Fesshole Live in 2026! Tickets are now on sale for Glasgow, Leicester, Luton and Leeds. The Sweden Tour visits Malmö, Göteborg and Stockholm, and Anon Opin hits Leicester and Glasgow . Best of Fesshole, audience confessions, secret history & more: https://sites.google.com/view/fesshole

I'm more a Thunderbirds girl, but that looks like a Space 1999 Eagle to me.

I loved this show. I used to sing along: "Rupert. Rupert the pear."

If there is a parked car on the pavement I will literally walk over it if I can get up the bumper and onto the bonnet or boot, rather than go around it. If I leave a footprint or a dent, even better. It's a footpath, dickheads, park your car properly and not in my right of way.

Tell Japan: Shut down the ivory market. Every year, tens of thousands of elephants are butchered for their tusks despite a global ivory ban -- and Japan’s massive domestic market remains one of the main drivers.But we have a once-in-a-gener

Tell Japan: shut down the ivory market, save elephant lives. action.eko.org/a/japan-ivor...

Stop the Government taking away Outdoor Education Outdoor Education gives young people opportunities they can’t always get in a classroom. It builds resilience, confidence, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. It keeps students engaged i...

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PETITION: Hands off freshwater protections Call on Luxon to keep his hands off freshwater protections

Join me and call on PM Christopher Luxon to leave the freshwater protections in place greenpeace.nz/pu2aon

Thunderbird 2’s launch sequence, by Graham Bleatham, who, as always, makes the absurd feel rational without ever diminishing the essential silliness of it all. On the one hand, he inspires the thought “oh that’s how it done”. But he never obscures the out-there source material. It’s a rare gift.

Rabbits and mustelids in New Zealand.

PETITION: Ban Bottom Trawling Join the campaign to protect the oceans from destructive fishing. No more bottom trawling on seamounts!

Bottom trawling is highly destructive. I've signed the petition to stop bottom trawling on seamounts - join me in speaking up to protect the oceans here: greenpeace.nz/p1cize

New Zealanders: Tired of choosing between heating your home and buying groceries?
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Definitely!

I can't help but be late. I'm in a different timezone, so by the time I sit down at the computer, the first one of your excellent videos I come across is the answer. 😞

Stop Trump's attack on our oceans! Donald Trump just announced he’s going to open the Pacific Ocean to deep sea mining!That means his friends will get permits to vacuum up the ocean floor, destroy irreplaceable marine life, and make bi

Donald Trump wants to open the spectacular deep Pacific Ocean to drilling and mining. It's a global emergency: resistors in the government say we need to flood the public comment process before it’s too late! action.eko.org/a/trump-atta...

The Tracy Island Villa at sunset.

Fancy myself a tropical retreat on a faraway South-Pacific island with nothing but the sea, sand and fleet of high-tech rescue vehicles to worry about... #Thunderbirds

Restore The Southerner Train A restored Southerner train route offers affordable transport for 750,000 SI residents, bridging gaps where air is too costly for students/low-income, coaches inaccessible for disabled/elderly, and ca...

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Stop Legalised Killing of Protected Wildlife Under urgency and with no public consultation, the Government has changed the Wildlife Act 1953, directly threatening at-risk indigenous species. This action undermines a High Court ruling protecting ...

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Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2025 - Manaaki Whenua Interactives

I just voted! Vote for NZ's Fungus of the Year 2025: interactives.landcareresearch.co.nz/foty/

Happy birthday, @davidmenkin.com . 😀🎂

Clean Air in Schools Covid can have substantial impacts on peoples’ health. Although Covid initially enters the body through the respiratory system, it can affect virtually every bodily system and organ. There are no adva...

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All valid points and ones that need to be considered if anyone did consider doing it. It was just something I've been wondering, since it's slightly different to the usual using AI to conscript someone else's identity. I don't have the skills or tools to do it for real.

Of course, I’d have no complaints if we got a later David to voice Virgil in both series 😉… 3/3

Obviously, there would be more legalities involved than just voice artists’ concerns. It’s just something that I’ve been wondering, as my opinion is that after watching an entire series with Holliday’s voice, Wilkin just wasn’t Virgil. So now I watch series 2 first to get him out of the way. 2/3

Just curious. As you know, series one of 1960s Thunderbirds had David Holliday voicing Virgil. He left for series two and Jeremy Wilkin took over. What would voice artists' views be on using AI to dub David Holliday's voice over series two? (And for those who think Wilkin is Virgil, vice versa.) 1/3

My favourite local Easter treats are Easter Kiwi. (It's a good chocolate brand and a portion of the sale of each one goes to saving kiwi.) The question is, do we really want to be eating a representation of an endangered native, or an introduced pest?

I've long reckoned that e-bikes should be called mopeds - since they have a motor and pedals. I drive an electric motor scooter and have to explain it as being a moped (as opposed to a push scooter) - despite not having anything like pedals.

YouTube video by Marsh Family "Puppets on a Kremlin String?" - Marsh Family adaptation of Coldplay's "Viva la Vida" on Trump/Vance

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Here's a 🎶 twist on Coldplay's thumping #VivaLaVida we're calling "Puppets on a Kremlin String?"

It reflects on the grotesque media spectacle hosted by #Trump & #Vance yesterday at the White House. In solidarity with Zelensky & Ukraine.

#SlavaUkraini
#Dontabandonthem

World leaders: stand up to Trump Trump and Vance just orchestrated one of the most shameful moments in US history, live on TV.They tried to intimidate the man fighting to save his country from Russian annihilation, tried to humiliate

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