With a day to go before submissions close, updated modelling on repealing the oil and gas ban says: - new gas fields are unlikely to be discovered and developed by 2035 - undoing the ban is unlikely to significantly bolster existing supplies, short term, either. www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...

No new gas likely before 2035 despite government's plans to un-ban exploration

It will make climate impacts smaller, but also any expected impact on the energy market.

Good to know for many ppl - ftr I'm in NZ and this doesn't show for me in settings right now but let's be real, doesn't mean they won't sneak it out for us too later.

Krockheadkengo.bsky.socialSep 29, 2024 3:27pm

PayPal is updating their ToS to let themselves give your data to merchants starting in November and they're certainly banking on people not knowing to opt out, SO to opt out before they start: go to Settings > Data & Privacy > Manage shared info > Personalized shopping, and toggle that shit off

We've had a request for some specific items: paper shredder, meat mincer, speedee sewing awl stitcher. In the spirit of sharing, before we go looking to buy these items, does anyone have any of these spare and gathering dust at home?

Pretty bad month for me money-wise. I'm still trying to make this pay its way but things have been headed in the wrong direction for a while now. So, if you like what I do and you'd like me to keep doing it, please consider supporting me on Patreon for any amount: www.patreon.com/user?u=16161...

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Last week we checked two of the four #kakapo#conservation#parrots

New post: "Is this our least worldly Minister of Transport?" www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/09/30/i...

Is this our least worldly Minister of Transport? - Greater Auckland

Over the weekend, the Minister of Transport Simeon Brown proudly

OMFG this government! 🤬Sorry Dunedin Hospital, sorry Nelson Hospital, Sorry Tauranga Hospital, Sorry Hawkes Bay. We've decided to build a four lane road in Whangārei and an unnecessary new medical school (existing schools have capacity) #nzpolwww.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

Proposal ‘does not stack up’

The University of Otago says the government’s proposal for a third medical school at the University of Waikato in Hamilton, "simply does not stack...

Discworld QOTD, from Equal Rites “She was already learning that if you ignore the rules people will, half the time, quietly rewrite them so that they don't apply to you.”

The good news is that these racist fucking stickers are, like their creators, cheap & nasty. 🤢 They peeled off the old stickered surface easily. Might need a scraper & elbow grease for traffic light stands though. 👀 The bad news? They bought a .iwi url to spread their fuckery.🤮