All I know is that we need to stop moving fast and breaking things. Sales and marketing reduced in power to steer the ship and control speed of development to leave room for these big questions to be considered carefully. It doesn’t bother me as much as cloning or neurolink. We just trash everything

Eventually there will be comms satellites in lunar orbit for that exact reason. I mean how else will the miners stay entertained?

We transit the 'dark side' of the Earth every night, and never lose signal because we have overhead satellites. So the 41 minute hiatus of Artemis II- my idea of bliss and many teenagers' idea of disaster 🤣- brings up an interesting thought. Should we ever put internet satellites around the moon?

Some discussion on Artemis II broadcast about how dark the Moon is compared to Earth. Here's a really nice look at the two together from the same camera -- the Moon isn't white, it's dark brown www.planetary.org/space-images...

I know I'm coming to this a bit late but find this interesting because the issue here isn't so much the guidance as the reporting. The actual report itself is very interesting and quite open that there isn't precise evidence of screens being damaging but more the issue with how they affect routine

The methods of delivery aren’t the problem- the lack of supervision and collation of good information available to a child is what’s problematic. And then there’s good old entertainment and stress management- children have a right to that too 💪

Anecdotal evidence of my child- autistic, highly visual, language impaired and auditory processing disorder- has learned so much from ‘screens’ mostly 2 going simultaneously- geography from Eurovision and the Olympics- nature from the Octonauts and Wild Kratts . Her life is rich with great info

We need more loveliness on our TLs, so, please enjoy these vanilla meringue kisses still slightly warm from my oven. 🥰

We are so, so small. #Artemis

He must not have gotten a good Christian education, because our teachers would have had WORDS (and more) if we had spent the holiest time of the Christian calendar threatening others and using swear words like the self-declared Christian leader of the free world is right now. 😱

'[name], I'm speaking' will stop people from interrupting men. If women say it, it'll get them labeled 'feisty', rude, or worse. 😖

Bilby populations quadruple across Australian sanctuaries Greater bilby numbers across six animal sanctuaries have quadrupled since 2021, according to an Australian Wildlife Conservancy census. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04...

Subjects with their portrait for the bedroom while in their room at Baba and grandads.

Sorting through 3 weeks of mail after a trip overseas and... oh gosh, 2 years goes by quickly 🤣. I guess it's time to do the 'lifesaving' poop on a paper liner again. Seriously though- if you are eligible, GO DO YOUR BOWEL CANCER SCREENING. 🙏

Wow- just look at the crescent of Earth, obscured by the shadow of the moon, from Artemis II's viewpoint. Truly Carl Sagan's 'Pale Blue Dot', utterly gorgeous. And it's our one and only 🌏. We must stop warring over it. We must stop damaging it. 😢

If the NHS CEO thinks the NHS should reduce the "reliance" on resident doctors, 1) who does he think can safely do all that work? 2) where does he think all of tomorrow's consultants will come from? Perhaps he thinks they are unnecessary as well. This is the NHS CEO saying this!

Successive governments are basically just destroying the NHS from what I can see. I mean - what kind of fool do you have to be to give Palantir a contract?

'We'll reduce our reliance on resident doctors in response to strikes' First get rid of doctors Then nurses Then all the AHPs Then finally the patients Without them the NHS will be far more efficient 🙃

Is the CEO of the NHS effectively saying that the NHS is too reliant on doctors?

The NHS Colossus "Give us your tired, your poor, your BME, Your NHS registrars yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your public wards. Send these, the overworked, tempest-tost, night duty fucked to Oz, I lift my lamp beside the ED doors!" (apologies to Emma Lazarus (1849–1887))

I used to take the train to work and would crochet. 30 years ago! Older women would sit by me and I asked why. They said they assumed I would be safe by them. I told them I had 9 sisters, 7 of them younger than me. They were correct.

I want his entire family arrested for elder abuse. none of them have skill or talent or qualifications and so they trot out their brokebrained dad so he can keep earning the big bucks like Weekend at Bernies.

I'm very relieved on behalf of the Artemis II crew 😅💩. Also, this is now the only working (human) toilet outside low earth orbit 🎉🤣

Pithy observation from the unflappable Miss 16, chewing a ham sandwich on the couch next to me- 'well, every regime eventually eats itself from the inside out. Look at the Nazis. Or Pol Pot.'

From a compassionate and medical point of view, any doctor letting a person with clear cognitive decline continue to be paraded in public for ridicule *and* endanger an entire country's healthcare system is not doing their ethical duty. 🤨

Getting whiplash from watching NHS CEO Jim Mackey 1. aim to decrease number of resident/LED/SAS doctors leaving the UK 2. say the NHS is 'too reliant' on them anyway. 😵‍💫 Australia is loving this. Today's residents are tomorrow's consultants- and minus most of the cost of training too.

I had to show security I knew how to knit once in the airport to prove they weren't "weapons"

40+ years travelling and crocheting, including in conflict zones. My crochet hook has been inspected many times but this is the first time it's been CONFISCATED 😱🤣. Into a giant bin with loads of normal batteries (not lithium ones) and small appliances like electric shavers.

Yrs ago, I was at the Melbourne Zoo. Up on the verge, 4m from the walking path, was an old cupboard w/out doors - replaced with wire mesh. Something(s) moved behind the mesh. 20+ marmosets! No barrier, I walked right up to them. Almost nose-to-nose. 5min later, the lady with the barrier arrived.

the first report on Australia's teen social media ban is a red flashing light: - 7/10~ parents with kids on social media pre-ban say they're still on it - cyberbullying/image-based abuse reports are unchanged - using facial scans on youngest users deemed a "poor practice" www.crikey.com.au/20...

Ok, I can resist feeding or touching them, but how does one stop *staring* at monkeys? They are so cute! 😍🐒

I know I haven't haggled hard enough when the fruit cart guy throws in some extra grapes *after* I've paid for bananas and mandarins 🤣. Meh, whatever. Between fruit and momos I've got dinner for a grand total of 300 rupees (~AUD$6 or USD$3). Always shop where the locals shop.😋

Back in the big city of Delhi (population 35 million), where I can't decide if cows going the right way or vehicles going the wrong way are more of a road hazard. Sound up if you want authenticity 🔊🤣.

Yes there are downfalls to teens being on social media but there are positives too and I’m pretty sick of the message being “keep them offline” instead to telling adults to not be predators. I go every day of my life not talking to minors online. It’s astoundingly easy.

India is full of delights. Red carrots (a local variation). Spices! A friendly seamstress with the traditional bunch of chillies above the door for luck. A proud grandfather 🤗♥️. I'm making the most of a couple more days before heading home. ✈️

Maybe the anti-DEI dunces could *actually* appoint people on merit rather than whatever this is 👇, and see if that works better?

This seems like another example of the way disabled people’s lives are excluded from the conversation. I’m thinking about how apps are a critical part of occupational therapy for young children with physical disabilities, eg touching an iPad screen in modified constraint induced therapy at age 1.

The evidence is clear that it's not how much screen time that matters, but HOW it is used. This sort of blanket advice can disproportionately harm kids with neurodiversity, social isolation or disabilities, who use screens in specific and adaptive ways to communicate.

We love Roman women at work! Two female tile makers at Bovianum Vetus (Italy): (CIL I, 3556a, 130-80 BCE)—one of them signs the rooftile with her foot. 'Detfri of Hn. Sattis signed with a footprint.' 🦶 See @katherinemcdon.bsky.social's brilliant analysis: katherinemcdonald.net/2016/01/14/f....

Oh hello calf 🤗♥️ Cows are never killed here because they are sacred, but milk is used for paneer and dung is a significant part of the local economy. Cow pats are slapped on a wall to dry and then used/sold as fuel or fertiliser. So a healthy cow = food and income.

Good grief, how useless is Qantas? Me: hi Qantas, I'm in remote India but need to rebook upcoming flights that transit via Dubai. Qantas: please call 131313 and we can assist you Me: um Qantas, I'm overseas... Qantas: OK! Please call 131313 and we can assist you 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

The hazards of donating money for one-off good causes. Left: the old pump the villagers still use. Right: the new pump funded by overseas donors less than 2 years ago which has silted up. Always think about maintenance/sustainability and work with agencies who can follow up.

I went on a cycling trip around villages and small towns in Rajasthan one year. All the kids would come out of their schools and lessons to wave and say hello and we took photos together. We were a curiosity and made their day.

Just look at this wee cherub 🥰🥰🥰

One of my favourite things about working in remote India is the kids. 🤗♥️

Love this meeting of art and science. My fave is the category winning entry about bee biodiversity, Asia Kaiser- who is not only a doctoral candidate but also a phenomenal dancer *and* the cellist on the track! 🐝🎶💃 www.science.org/content/arti...

This is how we improve surgical culture- by turning work life 'balance' into work life integration and making sure we celebrate everything that makes our careers more fulfilling. 🤗♥️🎉

I am never ever ever going to complain about my surgical lights again. It is truly an exercise of creativity and teamwork that makes high quality surgery happen in rural India.

I wish we taught our kids how incredibly lucky they're to receive the education they do and it being safe to do so. Especially for the girls.