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And of course all the AI companies could choose to do this too (just as they could choose not to commit copyright infringement on a colossal scale) but they're too committed to their salt and burn approach to business to even contemplate the non-destructive option.

Part one of my investigation into a group of young men trying to import “remigration” into New Zealand politics www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/3610...

The young men behind New Zealand’s new far-right movementAn investigation reveals how young Kiwi activists are using global far-right tactics to target local migrant communities.www.thepress.co.nz

have you read the, quite franklybrilliant, "reviving rail in NZ" report? I recommend! drive.google.com/file/d/1pcMT...

Incredible stuff from Avalon Nursery.

refresher a ten-year plan a ten-year-old child a ten-year-old She is ten years old. Did I forget any?

📢 Have you seen the new research out in NZJE this week? 👀 🦌 Deer in the headlights: sleepwalking our way to a native forest catastrophe 🦌 Lead author: David Norton (University of Canterbury) Link to full paper below 🌿 newzealandecology.org/nzje/3639

Double-crested Cormorant. Inglewood Bird Sanctuary, Calgary, Alberta. TIL (from Wikipedia) that calling all cormorants "shags" is a New Zealand English dialect quirk. Also TIL that "cormorant" is a contraction of Latin 𝑐𝑜𝑟𝑣𝑢𝑠 𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑛𝑢𝑠 ("sea raven"). #birds 🌿 #wildlifephotography

Delighted to see Duncan Munro's brilliant design work on my book recognised in the short list of the PANZ Book Design Awards.

The 1963 Cambridge Footlights Review starring Tim Brooke-Taylor, Graham Chapman, John Cleese, & Bill Oddie was called “A Clump of Plinths”.

Let's stop pretending biology is easy. open.substack.com/pub/peterkde...

on biology in schoolsand the illusion of being close to physicsopen.substack.com

"Emeritus professor and the study's lead author David Norton said deer populations have grown back to levels seen in the 1950s and 60s. He told RNZ the decline might not be visible straightaway. He said deer were hollowing out forests of food sources which support forest ecosystems."

Rising deer numbers drive decline in native forests - researchEcologists are calling for a deer management strategy, as a new report finds the pests threaten native forests' regrowth.www.rnz.co.nz

Shape-shifters in the canopy: following the dramatic transformation of orchid seeds after their germination blog.tepapa.govt.nz/2026/07/27/s...

Shape-shifters in the canopy: following the dramatic transformation of orchid seeds after their germination | Te Papa’s BlogScientists from the Lions Ōtari Plant Conservation Laboratory and Te Papa have followed and documented the changes orchid seeds undergo from germination to adult form. A description of these rarely…blog.tepapa.govt.nz

Had a lovely time giving away the Wikifying a Conference handbook at the Wikimania poster session today. Still have a few copies left! And of course it is on Commons meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/GLAM/Wi...

So rare that someone treats political parties with the suspicion they richly deserve, but @mikebraddick.bsky.social does it here. Particularly like this dry opening paragraph open.substack.com/pub/jlefsgho...

I enjoy the Pudding. It’s quite infographics-based but always interesting. I have often used the one about women’s jeans pockets to show students. pudding.cool

The PuddingThe Pudding explains ideas with visual essays.pudding.cool

Remember a year ago when we all joined Internet NZ to keep the FSU from succeeding in its takeover attempt? Well, they're trying again this year, and another TERF who runs a separate anti-trans hate group is also trying to get on the board. Let's keep them out again 💪