This is slow going! After much thought and searching, I found the right bias binding for the jacket. On the right is the jacket before binding is applied. Will need to see if I can get more binding. 3m turned out to be insufficient. Far right is the reverse side.

You’re not just watching this. You’re helping expose it. Keep sharing. Keep questioning. Keep exposing. 🌊❄️ Because what stays hidden continues. And what is exposed can change. 📸 Itamar Eyal / Sea Shepherd #AntarcticaSOS #KrillCrisis #StopThePlunder

A friend and I decided to take advantage of the free public transport in Victoria and take a train to Castlemaine. The rest of Melbourne had the same idea!! Getting on was a nightmare of pushing and shoving. After about 5 mins we got off the train and decided to go another day!

The moon this morning as the sky pales with the rising sun! Aren’t we so lucky to live on this beautiful planet

Now I’m seriously worried 😟

This is actually a very smart way to lower demand for petrol. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

I remember getting the BCG vaccine as a child. New vaccine possibilities - I can’t wait! The power of science!

Watching Top End Bub So beautiful Miranda Tapsell is so good 😊 Watching S1 Episode 1 in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/top-end...

Amid the bad news, some good news on tuberculosis - the world's biggest infectious disease killer. 10m cases, 1.2m deaths Two new vaccines are now in the final stage of clinical trials. We currently only have one vaccine, it's 100 years old, and only works in children www.gavi.org/vaccineswork...

19km walk along the Bass coast today. The waves were huge. Here are some for your viewing pleasure.

I didn’t read, but this why the CSIRO should be robustly funded, staffed and supported. #AusPol

No comment retractionwatch.com/2026/03/16/u...

I posted this in reply to a conversation about camels in Australia. The video on this page is really worth a watch. It’s only 5 minutes and an exemplar of #AustralianValues. Do yourself a favour.

I hate how math is forced to continuously justify itself by its uses and it can't just be allowed to stand on its own. Humans have done art for thousands of years because that's what humans do. It's the same with math. Humans reason about pretend things that don't matter, and that's okay.

Speaking of sunsets, here’s one. From last Saturday, up at Mt Buller.

A little progress! Have sewn the front pieces together. The flat felled seams are working! Taking this slowly- more mental ruminations before physical labour. Turned out flat felling is easier if the edges are not overlocked. #geometryinaction!

Walk along the Mullum mullum creek today. Was hot and humid with no breath of wind at the beginning! Totally soaked! Luckily there was a zephyr at mid morning! The confluence of the Mullum Mullum and Birrarung was beautiful! Though the pic below is of the Birrarung (I think)🤷🏽‍♀️

now do who funded astroturfing campaigns for those six new Narrabri councillors who fucked the whole thing up. On a completely different topic, I wonder if Joyce still owns properties down the road in Gwabegar. You know the ones on the supposed inland rail route. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

If you’re gripped by the wave of stories giving one side or the other of “AI vs Mathematics”, you may be interested in the tidal flow described in this recent interview with @teorth.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...

I know we've just recovered from a recipetineats scandal, but this comment deserves a week in the news, at least!

This brave young woman was a school friend of my niece. The circumstances were so similar that the headline made me think the case was hers. Different town, same story. www.abc.net.au/news/2021-07...

Starting new project. Got some fabric (not much!) which is black and white on one side and colourful on the other. After much deliberation: making a simple, reversible jacket. Fabric frays madly, so more pain to come. Will update thread as I go.

Deck chairs Titanic

Interdisciplinary science and climate change - the need for the future! youtube.com/shorts/p5NrA...

Happy Lunar New year, @liangrhea.bsky.social

Please please university lecturers in all sorts of disciplines, please stop telling people they should be afraid of maths and statistics!

Really, does the ABC always to have to trot out the same old losers? It’s Abbot this time Gah!

To all women in science Happy International Day for Women and Girls in Science

At last it’s raining. Been too long! Almost afraid I will jinx it ☹️

Time was when the Melbourne skyline had only a few towers. Look at it now! From Sr Kilda pier

Remembering Dr. Maryam Mirzakhani on #WorldCancerDay. Dr. Mirzakhani was first woman to win the Fields Medal, the most prestigious award in #mathematics. She died in 2017 from #breastcancer at the age of 40. stanford.io/2C0io2A#WorldCancerDay#mathematics#breastcancer#WomenInSTEM

Today’s Hard Quiz is absolutely hilarious. There’s an older guy whose knowledge of epiphytic orchids is amazing. And he’s funny to boot!

Evil phish. My Medicare card *does need to be replaced* But Medicare mailed me my new card last week - I didn’t have to do anything to get it. Wonder how my Medicare expiry date and phone number got compromised?

New hikes around Australia, but Victoria is conspicuously missing?? 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/travel/2026/...

OK, I can't quite believe this. Sometimes you read a sci-fi story & think, "well, that was fun - but *obviously* there's zero truth in it!" In "20 Trillion Leagues Under the Sea" by Adam Roberts, a retelling of Verne's classic, there's a vast ocean *under* our seas. Total nonsense? Well... 1/

Morning. ☕️

And it’s dropped 27C now Today top of 43C Tomorrow top of 24C I ❤️ Melbourne!!

8:50pm and still 39C Went out and watered the pots. Luckily, the shade cloth I spread over the smaller pots before the hot weather on 9 Jan. is keeping the backyard a smidgen cooler. PS: It’s much more erratic now, but serves its purpose.

I took a video of the little waves breaking, just for you! But for some reason, I’m unable to post it! So, just imagine it.

A short walk in Western Port today - 10km The beach was lovely with the tide going out and a nice breeze blowing. Took time out to paddle in the waves

ABC Indigenous doesn’t mince words

Saw this on Tony Armstrong’s Always Was Tonight 😢

Why is losing ice from land a major problem for people living near the ocean? Using a miniature beach to demonstrate one of the many impacts of going past #planetaryboundaries, the Planetary Boundaries Science lab asks "Is sea level rise worse than you think?"👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=G4ao...

Amazing and heartbreaking Inclusion - the ramifications! Watching The Secret Of Me in iview iview.abc.net.au/show/secret-...

Long walk along the Birrarung today near Fairfield. Some good views of #Melbourne city, and the flying foxes roosting along the river bank. If you ever drive towards the city along the M3 at sunset, you will see hundreds flying overhead. Do check the altitude text for more details.

Not just a network of mentors but also a network of mentees.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) has begun spot compliance audits, checking that real estate businesses are properly applying their privacy policies www.cyberdaily.au/digital-tran... cc @floreani.bsky.social

“Own Goal? ” “No, it’s not politics” Hahaha Adelaide writers’ week

Politians getting emotional???

For many years I lived in an apartment without aircon. My list of places I could go to escape the heat in metro Melbourne