I've taken the plunge and joined Mastodon. I'm from #Australia, a #union activist, #steamtrain driver, politically active, love #Cricket, follow the #Carlton Blues in the #AFL, and sing in a #choir. Plus lots more.
It's time for an #introduction, having just moved over from Fosstodon to a much smaller instance.
I've recently career changed, after three decades teaching physics and computer science in schools and colleges. I'm now an instructor in the aviation industry and enjoying the change of pace.
I have an occasionally updated #Gemini log, a set of #RaspberryPi computers running network services, and I started programming on a Sinclair ZX81 microcomputer.
I enjoy winge-bonding about the failures of politics, irritatingly smug tech billionaires and the stupidity of the #england national rugby team. I prefer calming countryside photos, happy tales and stories of positive experiences.
Current research projects include reconstructing #fire history records from #cave#stalagmites. And monitoring #groundwater#recharge in underground spaces to work out how much rainfall is needed to replenish this water resource.
Fellow Americans, if you go to a Cricket match at a stadium and come in possession of the ball during the match, you are required to throw the ball back on to the field. And quickly.
You don't get to keep the ball. It ain't baseball.
"My dad pulled up YouTube when I was young and that's how it started. To stop me bowling with a bent arm and no balls, he said, 'Bowl like Jeff Thomson and you won't have that problem'."
Brits, who switched to cricket after injury forced her to retire from javelin, exemplifies the changing career opportunities as women's cricket has professionalised.
Brits is now the first South African woman to make two ODI centuries in their 30s.