Under the right conditions #30x30 can be achieved without excessive cost and to the benefit of environment and human society. Read our best practice guidance in French, Portuguese, Spanish or English, developed with @Equilibrium_Res for Defra UK: nature.ly/43xtqu4

It’s amazing what a year can bring. A global framework #GBF for nature. Nearly 200 countries committed to taking action. A portfolio of ambitious projects and initiatives. See the latest in our “Protect” annual report: nature.ly/3N8HaED

How we’re getting through strike days without kids eating a) everything or b) nothing.

What would happen if migrants on boats with limited resources were also seen as brave explorers gifted with curiosity and wonder for depths unknown, I wonder.

Slightly odd PSA here from Jane. I think I have found an injured cat on Friend St in Karori. Limping along the road, looks to have a very sore right front paw, slightly askew and possibly munched. Will NOT let me pick them up. Very angry at the suggestion. Please share!

I’d love to go back to 1987 and tell all my Smiths fan friends who gave me all kinds of shit for not being a Smiths fan that by the 2020s not only would Morrissey have been cast into outer darkness as a bitter old racist, but Rick Astley would be the coolest motherfucker alive

Why does making porridge with oat milk always feel slightly cannibalistic? Like I’m boiling them in their own babies.

I mean, Kawakawa may have the Hundertwasser public toilets, but I’d submit this delight as a close second in the style department.

I wrote a column on the Duggars, IBLP, the Christofascism of the Joshua Project & the increasing influence of fundamentalism in NZ politics and beyond. It's behind a paywall on the ODT site, but you should be able to read it here: tinyurl.com/2mw7s46h

meanwhile in new zealand

june was supposed to be Pride but it ended up being Prejudice 😭

Can’t decide whether I’m rage-quitting or hedging my bets. I’ll likely be here: bsky.app/profile/stasi-….

We're excited to announce that the groundbreaking television series Tangata Whenua (1974) will be available to watch online in time for Matariki. Newly digitised and preserved by Ngā Taonga, all episodes can be viewed on TVNZ+ from midday today. 📷 Eva Rickard & Herepo Rongo.

URGENT! NEW EVENT! This is NOT related to the event on Tuesday the 18th. Julian Batchelor has ADDED ANOTHER EVENT - TONIGHT in BROOKLYN. Please join us outside the Ridgeway Hall at 6.30pm tonight (the 17th) to protest the racist misinformation this man spreads.

I took 1 star reviews of #Barbie from furious men on letterboxd and put them on the posters because it makes the film seem ever cooler.

Full moon over Nairobi!

Critterbutts!