in 2022, i spent a year reporting on abuse at new zealand's largest megachurch. it's leader, john cameron, resigned. today, in a podcast, he says victims should shut up. please RT: www.webworm.co/p/hatewatching

Pastor Who Abused People, Blames People

After Webworm's reporting in 2022, pastor John Cameron resigned. He says the problem was... the people.

It's arrived! We've kept this book as short, compact and easy to read as possible. We believe everyone needs to understand exactly how we have been stitched up and what we can do about it.

We (mostly @davidoryan.bsky.social@emily.space#dotastro 🔭🧪

ATallthegalaxies.galaxyzoo.orgApr 26, 2024 7:49am

A spiral galaxy, observed with the Hubble Space Telescope in the COSMOS. It is at redshift 0.66 and coordinates (150.346, 2.46). This classification was made in the GZ: Hubble project.

Pls share with anyone in wellington in the market for a cute ebike! It's perfectly lovely but the dutch-style handlebars don't suit me

Tuesday Women's August Electric Bike Blue | Trade Me Marketplace

Bought impulsively and hardly (never) used. Has a bracket attached to rear wheel, pictured. Full description here: https://www.evocycles.co.nz/Product/24...

Because so many journalists in NZ remain on Twitter, posted following there responding to an article in NZH today: “11 staff at the DIA’s Digital Safety Group will go” www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/public-se... Have my issues with DIA, but in imperfect system, DSG’s work vital. Weakening it doesn’t compute.

If the economic damages of climate change are at least 6x > the cost of mitigation (and probably much more imho), why aren’t we acting like it? Because it’s not about economics: it’s about injustice. Those who hold the balance of power + wealth are not those who bear the brunt of the impacts.

The economic commitment of climate change - Nature

Analysis of projected sub-national damages from temperature and precipitation show an income reduction of 19% of the world economy within the next 26 years independent of future emission choices.

Wtf??!

It's a headline-worthy treat when one of these critters visits us. As they spend most of their time elsewhere, lets put effort into conserving elsewhere (the sub Antarctic islands and the Southern Ocean) so that we have the possability of these chance meetings. www.odt.co.nz/regions/nort...

Rare visitor makes himself at home

It's 7.30am. You’re a young elephant seal coming in from a hard weekend of diving and eating fish. What better place to spend a day in recovery...

The New Zealand Writers Guild has put out an "International Position on Ethical Use of AI" ... and illustrated it with an AI-generated illustration.

Well, these posters proved to be pretty much on the money.