A hundred years of public transport in Canberra! https://www.transport.act.gov.au/news/news-and-events-items/july-2026/celebrating-100-years-of-public-transport #transit #publictransport

Catching a tram from the Elizabeth Street terminus. Peak Melbourne! #melbourne #tram #trams

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@Don_Rubiel/116831749774510222 A similar conundrum is already here with grant applications in the mathematical sciences, some of which I have seen are riddled with gen-AI content. What, exactly, am I supposed to assess in such applications when they are sent to me, as […]

The best food for a cold winter's night, αβγολέμονο (Greek chicken soup with egg and lots of lemon) #greekfood #winter #cooking

RE: https://rssfeed.media/@abcfeeds/116813228044661150 The Strait of Mount Victoria will remain closed for another 12 or 15 months while a new bridge is built over the existing causeway. That's optimism for you! #bridges #transport

Amazing tree on ANU campus, it is huge, of vast proportions, and has festooned itself decoratively with its own shredded bark. It is called Gully Gum. An elevated, layered wildlife city providing apartments, highways and food for a diverse population of critters! #thicktrunktuesday #trees

Global Mathematics Histories and Futures 20-24 July, 2026, ANU Canberra There are now some extra places available for this exciting event – the first of its kind in Australian mathematics! Would like to showcase your mathematical research? How will your mathematics help to shape the future? […]

Happy solstice! Modern tech allows us to accurately predict the moment of sunrise & its position on the horizon, but humans have been doing some version of this for thousands of years. Spotting that there is a pattern to sunrises throughout the year, & then […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@asilata/116762573044115430 There are some bad-mannered buggers in academia who don't seem to care how hurtful and damaging their rudeness is. Or, worse, very often it is an absolutely deliberate put-down. Yet the victims of their asshole comments are usually trained […]

This morning's inbox: my layoff-happy university is excited to announce the creation of a new post of Special Advisor to the Chancellor for Institutional Acceleration, awarded to a former Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs subsequently promoted to Senior Vice Chancellor for the Student […]

RE: https://mastodon.social/@railpage/116747401727119992 Actually West Wellcamp airport seems to be managing just fine with airfreighting produce directly out of the Darling Downs. The Gladstone proposal could include a spur to Toowoomba, tho

"Latin letters do not hold hands. Arabic letters do. To understand why every machine since Gutenberg has wrestled this script and mostly lost, you need one structural fact: Arabic is cursive always." This piece is an exhilarating, eye-opening, outrageous, and very funny tale of the difference […]

What is this? #fensterfreitag Window trimming lace at 9400 m over the south China sea, that's what. Little fractal ice crystals crocheted by nature in real time around the window next to my camp on an A350-900. Very cool to watch!

Interesting data in a blog I follow... What are the AI platforms doing to websites like Harappa.com which have been around since the dawn of the Internet? Like colonial powers, they happily claim territory through extra-legal procedures (although they are said to be far more intelligent than […]

A doggie tale in a triptych, as told by our beloved blue cattle dog Edie. #dogs #DogsOfFedi

Great to hear that. The rebellions continue also within the complex systems society: we are going to launch a journal with the same spirit! CC: @hirokisayama.bsky.social @anxo.eurosky.social and many others

RE: https://fyfluiddynamics.com/2026/06/infrasound-fire-suppression-goes-commercial/ Built-in ultrasonic wave fire suppression looks promising for preventing the too-frequent, tragic house fires that mostly kill children, but I can't see how it would suppress accelerant-driven, murderous arson […]

Balconies above railway stations no. 4. This triplet has been repainted since last year. The new colour scheme and pointing is kind of... rococo x arts&crafts? #railways

The high line lost out to the low line. Trains now sprint to Derby up the Erewash valley underneath the Bennerley viaduct. #railways

The Bennerley viaduct is monstrous. Wrought iron, 1878. #railways

Coffee in a nifty cup from trolley service on a TPE train. The coffee grounds are loose, and the dark patch in the lid is a built-in fine mesh sieve through which you sip the coffee directly so you don't get a mouthful of gritty grounds! Whoever heard of such a thing! #trains #coffee

A mathematics event like no other, and even better, it's taking place DownUnder 20-24th July! Students, early, mid, and senior career researchers are all welcome! What can the histories of mathematics from all societies worldwide tell us about mathematics we may need to tackle 21st century […]

I do like a grey and orange train with white polka dots. Very mid-century moderne. But which century would that be, I wonder? #trains

Lennox Bridge (the Church St bridge in Parramatta) at night. #Parramatta #city #NSW #Australia #tram #lightrail #city#australia#nsw#tram#cities

Not for me the great railway journeys of the world! Orient Express, Indian Pacific – bah, humbug. For a delightful couple of days of trainage give me the humble, little old branch lines of Cornwall. Workers' lines, that served mines and now-silted and defunct […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

I love bagging a four seat table with panorama window to meself on British trains. Can't do that on Oz trains, mostly. This is GWR to Penzance ex Paddington. #trains #railways

Julie Bishop steps down as ANU Chancellor https://region.com.au/julie-bishop-steps-down-as-anu-chancellor/964457/ #academicchatter

I endorse the statement by the Australian Mathematical Society calling upon the IMU to reconsider Philadelphia in the USA as host venue for the 2026 ICM due to risks to international delegates from the USA’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers and potential dangers from involvement of […]

Oh har-de-ha-ha-haw-haw-chortle-snicker. If you couldn't laugh you'd cry. #trains #railways #transport#railways#trainshttps://www.betootaadvocate.com/japanese-pm-absolutely-in-awe-of-australias-sydney-to-canberra-rail-service/

This week, the WHO validated Australia as the 30th country to eliminate trachoma. The other 29 are: Algeria, Benin, Burundi, Cambodia, China, Egypt, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, India, Iraq, Islamic Republic of Iran, Lao People’s Democratic Republic, Libya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mexico, Morocco […]

Poor old Abt rack locomotive, Mount Lyell No. 5, is in steam again. As far as I can tell, it is dismantled into a thousand pieces and re-mantled about every three months in the workshops. Seems a bit excessive. Oh well, what would I know. They do engines […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

Again. Sigh. Tasmania is AWFUL. Don't come here. #nature #rivers

What is it? #texture The under side of Anvil Rock, Blackheath NSW. The upper side is terrifying jelly-knees, cantilevered over the Grose Valley cliffs. Don't go there. #geology

How am I supposed to assess and rank ARC grant applications that are riddled with LLM-generated or generative AI content? Guess I'll just have to send them back as un-assessable. This AI shenanigans is getting ridiculous! The entire research funding system could fall in a heap! The ARC […]

A tree! O such a tree! Just turning colour! Inner city, with multi-storey blocks of housing units built around it, but it seems happy #urbanism #trees

Delightful afternoon at the Ngura Puḻka – Epic Country exhibition at the NGA (National Gallery of Australia), Canberra! Here is Tjala and Seven Sisters, by artists Freda Brady, Tanya Brady, Tjunkara Ken, Maringka Tunkin, Yaritji Young, 2025. My phone camera […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

RE: https://urbanists.social/@UrbanismNow/116399932744942538 Two Australian cities made it to gold status on the 2026 World Happy Cities list, but you'd never guess which ones. Rather chuffed that such a funny old ragged mess of a town has made it. The renowned and internationally envied […]

What now, a Maxwell's demon experiment. Strongmen, bullies and warmongers never learn. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-13/iran-war-live-updates-us-trump-blockade-strait-of-hormuz/106556146

The joy of mathematics and art! If you are in or planning to visit Canberra, drop in to the Hanna Neumann Building at ANU to view this wonderful Mathematics in Art exhibition! Freely accessible during business hours. See the split eggs, a fractal tea set, textile hexihedra sculptures, intriguing […]

Nothing to see here. Just a straightforward application of the three rules of corporate management: pass the buck (hire consultants), cover your ass (hire consultants), and never do your own dirty work (hire consultants). Of course, the consultancies apply those three rules to themselves, too […]

RE: https://mementomori.social/@penworks/116305774735970178 'I love my phones. They are part of who I am.' Humans are social, gossipy critters. Like birds. Who remembers the party telephone line? Party indeed! A single telephone number and line was shared by multiple subscribers. It was still […]

Inside Carswell Park workshops early on a misty Saturday morning as no. 2 is prepped for an excursion. New design of buffer stop across the track and all. #trains #railways

Oho, is it now! Perhaps this innovative Centre and DVC unit have calculated the date of the end of the world. Shame if it's too soon – they'll miss my conference on mathematics futures. Or is it just some sort of Minecraft thing? Is maths taught via Minecraft […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

#theonion going hard at #samaltman. It's hard to pick, but I think this is my favorite line: "Why did you decide to devote your life to AI? I just saw so much suffering in the world that needed to be automated." #openai #funny #Humor […]

Meanwhile, in Tasmania lutruwita... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/real-possum-found-in-hobart-airport-gift-shop-toy-section/106470246

In which nothing happens for years, then everything happens in weeks. Construction on Canberra's Light Rail Stage 2A is powering ahead, with three new stops taking shape at Edinburgh Avenue, City South and Commonwealth Park. This could be an amazing re-shaping […] [Original post on mathstodon.xyz]

A big crowd gathered to hear artists from the APY Lands (Anangu Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara) sing and perform as part of the 2026 Sydney Biennale. Behind them in a painting by Yaritji Young: https://www.biennaleofsydney.art/participants/yaritji-young/ #art #Sydney #nsw

Flinders has a great Indigenous-identified position advertised. Wide appointment opportunity (level A to C) in the Natural Sciences. #academicchatter #AusAcademia […]

RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@mjb/116234235269708669 Come to Australia instead, for a mathematics event like no other! https://maths.anu.edu.au/news-events/events/global-mathematics-histories-and-futures Registration link up soon #mathematics

"These goannas are hard to find". Nobody knows where a goanna goes cos only a goanna's goanna know! But the critter is spotted! Check out the amazing dappled onesies they wear! #wildlife https://www.anu.edu.au/news/all-news/three-new-rock-monitor-lizard-species-discovered-in-northern-queensland