Wordle 1,697 3/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 My best effort in quite a while! #wqers #wordle

Galdalf puts on an absolute acting masterclass here! A piece written 400 years is still incredibly poignant #colbert #ianmckellen youtu.be/2l2RqzVG4ag?...

Pumped for tonight! youtu.be/MshbAUdU50w?...

100% right back then, and now.

First time seeing this reported, this should really be much bigger news! ‘Wilful blindness’ alleged in Entrepreneurs’ Programme corruption probe www.innovationaus.com/wilful-blind...

Looking forward to their single launch gig tonight #melbournemusic #musicsky

Someone left some positive vibes on my train into the city tonight. #melbourne

Great track! I guess that’s why they call him ‘The Boss’! youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw?...

Australia often prides itself on being a diverse & inclusive nation, continuing to celebrate on Jan 26 disregards the voices & lived experiences of First Nations people. Victoria has made some progress with signing a treaty last year, but we still have a very long way to go! #auspol c.org/NkpDgBGgxj

A truely bleak data story (the phrase visual autopsy also came to mind!) from Nature Publishing of what a year of Trump has meant for US science. Absolutely staggering! www.nature.com/immersive/d4...

“The powerful have their power. But we have something too — the capacity to stop pretending, to name reality, to build our strength at home and to act together." A powerful speech from @mark-carney.bsky.social at the World Economic Forum. www.youtube.com/live/dE981Z_...

Very common story from a follower👇 Even if you can avoid ARC’s ludicrously long time-scales & recruit via another country’s much more efficient system, you hit Australia’s immigration system. Barrier after barrier. It’s YEARS between idea & starting the research in Australia. The slooow country.

The ARC’s processes are back to being farcical, @jasonclaremp.bsky.social You advocated for a streamlined, efficient, faster ARC, but all that progress has been undone. How can they claim to fund “innovation” with more than a year between initial proposal & outcomes? It should be 6 months, not 16!

Introduce yourself with five concerts you’ve seen #MusicSky (Bands are the first that popped into my head and are listed in no particular order!) 1. New York Dolls 2. Iron Maiden 3. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard 4. NoFX 5. Teenage Bottlerocket

Bomb hills not countries 🛹 youtube.com/shorts/5zkj0...

Gonna ask Meryl Streep to give me one of her Oscars

At this geopolitical juncture, the turn of phrase ‘We live in strange times’ really has lost all meaning now.

“When failure rates sit this high, we’re not just losing good ideas—we’re draining time, energy & morale from a workforce we can’t afford to waste.” Success rates @ 8% the #nhmrc Ideas Grants scheme = a lottery! The MREA must be increased! #auspol www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-aust...

Fantastic to see!

Wordle 1,670 3/6 First time in ages that it’s taken me three tries to complete a Wordle. #wordle #wqers 🟩🟨🟨⬜⬜ 🟩⬜🟩⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

Pretty much this.

Great little book for anyone curious about Physics but has never studied it at a a higher level. It breaks down concepts like Quantum Mechanics & Particle Theory into simple language whilst giving a brief history lesson. I found Loop Quantum Gravity to be the most fascinating #booksky #sciencesky

Strong piece by @richarddenniss.bsky.social: "Engaging with people you disagree with is part of democracy. Silencing authors is not." #ThePoint thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

The late afternoon sun trying to peak out through the smoke over the Yarra Valley. #ausfires #climateactionnow

Australia leads developed world in Gov quantum investment. Fantastic in consideration of Australia's R&D spending lagging behind the OECD average of 2.7%. Time for industry to up their commitment! Aus Gov can't do all the heavy lifting! #quantum #researchsky www.innovationaus.com/australia-le...

Good news story for Australia's energy transition! In the past extreme heat "placed continuous pressure on supply throughout daylight hours"... "What has changed is how the system absorbs that challenge. Solar now carries much of the heat-driven load during the day." www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Catastrophic fire danger ratings for large parts of country Victoria on Friday. www.bom.gov.au/vic/forecast...

Academic publishing now shows the same decline that has hit social media and online marketplaces.

A 'cool' digital twin of the Melbourne CBD that allows users to enter their start and end points and the site will map out the coolest way to get there. www.coolroutes.com.au

More doublespeak from the US regime

Dan Carlin’s ‘The End Is Always Near’ brings Dan’s Hardcore History podcast passion to print. Great book for casual history nerds. Published just before COVID, it’s eerily relevant to what’s unfolding today ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/4. Review here👇 #booksky #history #nonfiction app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/6a96...

#cartoon #venezuela (via www.lectrr.com)

Oil-igarchy for Oxford University Press 2026 word of the year?

The 2011 ‘Discoveries Need Dollars’ campaign led to the MRFF that we now have today. I think it is time to reactivate the campaign to push for a new cash injection into NHMRC discovery health & medical research! #auspol #researchsky #nhmrc #discoveriesneeddollars www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...

Maduro is a brutal and oppressive dictator of Venezuela. Trump has no legitimate legal basis for military action against Venezuela under United States or international law. Both of those facts are simultaneously true.

Cancel the LA Olympics, scrap the World Cup, the United States cannot be a trusted part of the international community so long as the White House operates this violently and with impunity.

An illegal strike on a sovereign nation (without congressional authority no less!) should be met with strong global condemnation #venezuela www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

Give em hell Amy! www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

I enjoyed the Stranger Things series finale. The Duffer Bros did well to bring the series to a (mostly) satisfying conclusion. Glad and relieved that the finale didn’t shit the bed Game of Thrones style. But as far as TV series finales go, Breaking Bad is still the high water mark for me. #tvsky

Had a ‘rager’ & rang in the New Year finishing Ian Winwood’s ‘Smash!’. His book on the ’90s punk explosion was narrow in scope & read like an outsider’s view looking in on the movement. Dan Ozzi’s Sellout is better. Review here👇 ⭐️⭐️¼ #booksky #musicsky #punksky app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/4fe9...

🗨️ “Vaccines have done more to improve public health than any other medical intervention.” A Viewpoint focuses on cancer vaccines and the future of immunotherapy: spkl.io/63322AYP7k

See you next year…

It was nice to get out for an early morning roll before it got too hot #oldmanskatesesh

Or real action on climate change, tackling negative gearing, the list goes on…

Ahh that magical, blurry stretch between Christmas and New Year’s has officially begun. Time stops, days blur into one, and sandwiches with ambitious Christmas leftover combinations become commonplace.

I’m picturing some type of scenario right out of the film ‘Saw’.

As it’s featured in #strangerthings S5 Vol1 I figured I’d read ‘A Wrinkle of Time’ to try (🤞) & pick up on S5 Vol2/3 plot clues. I know it’s a children’s classic but this book had no depth! As for S5 plot clues, time will tell! My review below👇 ⭐️⭐️3/4 app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/a8d8... #booksky

For the second year in a row I woke my eldest son after it got dark to take him on a little adventure to look at the local Christmas lights. My cup is full after sharing this 1-on-1 time with him and seeing the excitement on his little face. #christmaslights #christmastraditioninthemaking

Always some great reading recommendations in the yearly #innovationaus Summer Reading list. I've added The Coming Wave to my personal Summer reading list. #booksky www.innovationaus.com/relax-your-2...

Albo just got booed at the memorial for the victims of the Bondi Beach shooting. I immediately felt sick. I’m also angry that this tragedy has been so politicised. Albo is not to blame. The Labor government is not to blame. Hateful extremists ARE to blame. We need unity. Not more hate.