An Absolutely stunning, one in a lifetime solar event has occurred over the weekend. Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would be taking a photo of an Aurora lighting up the whole sky near where I lived.
Was just out for a night walk. I can't tell if my eyes are playing tricks, but I felt like I could see short flickers in the city light haze reflected off the air; kept walking, it seemed like it was happening in the streetlights too. Could there be something happening with the power grid?
It's one of those humid, yet cool afternoon/evenings. Crickets/frogs are chirping, the sky is surrounded with clouds broken by breaks revealing their golden tops and the darkening sky, and the air is thick with moisture and the smell of wet ground.
Over the weekend, I signed myself up for refurbishing a #Hobart Kitchenaid that as best I can tell dates to sometime in the mid-1970s. It is probably 50 years old, and it needs some love and care. #RestorationProject
Brand Tasmania’s “Little Tasmanian” campaign looks at childhood in Tassie. They gather info, provide services, and wrote a children’s book about Tasmanians. They also do spotlights on locals who do youth-facing work, and I was one of them.
From all my rambling interviews about science, the writers extracted a thoughtful story about small gestures that meant the most to me as a child, and what I want to share onward to others as a science communicator 🪐
Surprising no-one, paying academics less for more insecure jobs teaching dumber material to increasingly checked-out students makes them no longer able or willing to properly quality control their output.
> “Academics consider using ChatGPT to generate feedback, with marking time at University of Tasmania college slashed” via ABC Hobart
My photo of Hobart, Tasmania, from 2010. I like the foreshortening effect that compresses all the layers together. It might make a good (difficult) jigsaw.
I had to block someone today. I didn't want to but their lack of compassion got to me.
I feel bad about it so I am going through a timeline cleanse.
Here's one of my favourite types of tree, a lemon tea tree. What is truly wonderful about this little tree is it's scent. So while looking at it, try imagining a deep fragrance of lemon.