Ticks carrying Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) virus found in Southern France.

https://www.anses.fr/en/content/crimean-congo-haemorrhagic-fever-virus-detected-first-time-cattle-farms-southern-france

#CCHF #ticks #France

Royal Society report on, “COVID-19: examining the effectiveness of non-pharmaceutical interventions”

https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/projects/impact-non-pharmaceutical-interventions-on-covid-19-transmission/

#COVID19

Cool photos of small things

Check out the winners and honourable mentions in Nikon’s 2023 ‘Small World’ photomicrography competition.

https://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/2023-photomicrography-competition

#microphotography #photography #science

The vastness of Space, the Oort cloud and Voyager🧪

“Voyager 1, the fastest and farthest of the interplanetary space probes currently leaving the Solar System, will reach the Oort cloud in about 300 years and would take about 30,000 years to pass through it.”

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oort_cloud (Citations removed for clarity.) #space #astronomy #voyager #OortCloud

Wood pigeon up in the big tree looking down at me. Photo from my balcony.

#nz #birds #birdsofmastodon

#NZpol: Have to admit seeing Elon Musk congratulate Luxon on his win makes me want journalists, etc., to check if Musk contributed to Luxon’s campaign or (somewhat conspiratorial) helping their Party & MP’s tweets be more visible on X-Twitter.

(You might have to click to see the full image, esp. Musk’s reply at the bottom.)

#NZElection2023 Results from the ElectionResults.govt.nz website ⬇️

(Click to see full image, with estimate seat numbers.) #NZ

Twilight across the valley, from my balcony a few evenings ago.

Election night, so I get to watch what the rest of the country did with their votes…🫣

Maybe I’ll focus on a movie and a new beer: a strong ‘Mexi-Coco’ porter (9.3%!), brewed with cacao nibs+red chillies+vanilla+cinnamon. Sounds good😊

#NZ #nzelection

OK… #nzelection day.

No more political messages. I can’t say enough how much that’s a relief.

Get out and vote! It only needs you and your address. For help, see vote.nz

On election day, among the rules⬇️

For all the election day rules, see: https://elections.nz/guidance-and-rules/advertising-and-campaigning/rules-once-voting-starts-and-on-election-day/

Tsunami risk, east coast, North Island, NZ

Buried 'reservoir' found off NZ coast where there's a 1 in 4 chance of megaquake

Annemarie Quill at Stuff: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300985077/buried-reservoir-found-off-nz-coast-where-theres-a-1-in-4-chance-of-megaquake

#NZ #eqnz #tsunami