Geoff Beggs
@geoffbeggs.bsky.social
Christian, art, climate, science, technology, history, writing. Born at 314ppm. Retired. Living on Wurundjeri land - Melbourne, Australia.
Airbnb, promoting the joys of travel, creates an ad showing other countries as destinations using AI video.
Complete own goal 🤦♂️
Complete own goal 🤦♂️
May 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Airbnb, promoting the joys of travel, creates an ad showing other countries as destinations using AI video.
Complete own goal 🤦♂️
Complete own goal 🤦♂️
Geelong Waterfront. Victoria, Australia.
April 21, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Geelong Waterfront. Victoria, Australia.
Rain wets a street bathed in an Autumn sunset.
Melbourne, Australia.
Melbourne, Australia.
March 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Rain wets a street bathed in an Autumn sunset.
Melbourne, Australia.
Melbourne, Australia.
Ten seconds away from it all.
Nelson Falls, west Tasmania.
Nelson Falls, west Tasmania.
March 15, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Ten seconds away from it all.
Nelson Falls, west Tasmania.
Nelson Falls, west Tasmania.
Hogarth Falls, near Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
March 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Hogarth Falls, near Strahan on the west coast of Tasmania, Australia.
Bruny Island, Tasmania Australia. Just now.
March 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Bruny Island, Tasmania Australia. Just now.
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In 1893, Baron Nikolaus Dumba commissioned Gustav Klimt to make two paintings for the music room of his palace. This study 'Schubert at the Piano,' is a key work in Klimt’s career because it represents a link between his realist phase and an Impressionist style of painting.
February 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
In 1893, Baron Nikolaus Dumba commissioned Gustav Klimt to make two paintings for the music room of his palace. This study 'Schubert at the Piano,' is a key work in Klimt’s career because it represents a link between his realist phase and an Impressionist style of painting.
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“Your papers are not in order, NASA”
January 23, 2025 at 2:09 PM
“Your papers are not in order, NASA”
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Get people safe. Get the fires out. Then, build back different. No more building for the climate of the 20th century. Build back like we know climate disasters are coming. Build back like we know climate disasters are here.
January 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Get people safe. Get the fires out. Then, build back different. No more building for the climate of the 20th century. Build back like we know climate disasters are coming. Build back like we know climate disasters are here.
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As night follows day, every dead sheep in the area will be blamed on them, though Eurasian lynx are specialist roe deer predators, and avoid open areas, where sheep graze.
This is what happened when a lynx escaped in Wales: all dog attacks became "lynx attacks".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is what happened when a lynx escaped in Wales: all dog attacks became "lynx attacks".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Two lynx on the loose in the Scottish Highlands
Cairngorms National Park Authority (CNPA) says the animals were at large within its grounds after a suspected ‘illegal release’
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 6:48 AM
As night follows day, every dead sheep in the area will be blamed on them, though Eurasian lynx are specialist roe deer predators, and avoid open areas, where sheep graze.
This is what happened when a lynx escaped in Wales: all dog attacks became "lynx attacks".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
This is what happened when a lynx escaped in Wales: all dog attacks became "lynx attacks".
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Ok BlueSky, it’s just us now.
It’s a weight off, tbh.
It’s a weight off, tbh.
January 9, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Ok BlueSky, it’s just us now.
It’s a weight off, tbh.
It’s a weight off, tbh.
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Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
December 17, 2024 at 3:21 PM
Saw someone upbraiding someone else for having a hobby while the world is on fire, and, my friends:
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
1. The world is ever on fire, this is today's conflagration;
2. If you don't find time for rest and joy the fire will consume you;
3. Don't let people shame you for being an entire human.
Yarra River at Warrandyte today.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
December 13, 2024 at 12:08 AM
Yarra River at Warrandyte today.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
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'The Town.' (c1880s) August Strindberg is known as a prolific writer, but he was also a radical painter for his time. He turned to painting in times of upheaval in his life or when his capacity as a writer failed him; the majority of his works feature seascapes.
December 11, 2024 at 7:08 PM
'The Town.' (c1880s) August Strindberg is known as a prolific writer, but he was also a radical painter for his time. He turned to painting in times of upheaval in his life or when his capacity as a writer failed him; the majority of his works feature seascapes.
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'Pears on a Tray.' (1934) Walter Vaes still-lifes have a fresh, realist tendency that reflects the success and influence of Gustave Courbet's paintings and fall clearly within his repertoire of 'visible and tangible things.'
December 9, 2024 at 8:26 PM
'Pears on a Tray.' (1934) Walter Vaes still-lifes have a fresh, realist tendency that reflects the success and influence of Gustave Courbet's paintings and fall clearly within his repertoire of 'visible and tangible things.'
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Painted in Paris in 1883, 'The Breakfast Table,' exemplifies John Singer Sargent’s regard for the formal innovations of the French impressionists. With its cropped and compressed foreground and loose brushwork, it evokes Degas and Manet. The sitter pealing an orange is his sister Violet.
December 7, 2024 at 8:06 AM
Painted in Paris in 1883, 'The Breakfast Table,' exemplifies John Singer Sargent’s regard for the formal innovations of the French impressionists. With its cropped and compressed foreground and loose brushwork, it evokes Degas and Manet. The sitter pealing an orange is his sister Violet.
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'The Washing.' (c1905) In 1892, Cuno Amiet met Paul Sérusier and Roderic O’Connor in Brittany and encountered the work of Gauguin and van Gogh; shortly afterwards he adopted a technique of applying pure matt colour in flat brushstrokes.
December 5, 2024 at 10:30 AM
'The Washing.' (c1905) In 1892, Cuno Amiet met Paul Sérusier and Roderic O’Connor in Brittany and encountered the work of Gauguin and van Gogh; shortly afterwards he adopted a technique of applying pure matt colour in flat brushstrokes.
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Aus market comm modelling shows price increases if:
- Wind power rollout delayed (biggest impact)
- EV charging concentrated in evening peak
And *huge* decreases if electrification occurs. As they say: a huge risk is benefits not being available to renters etc
www.aemc.gov.au/sites/defaul...
- Wind power rollout delayed (biggest impact)
- EV charging concentrated in evening peak
And *huge* decreases if electrification occurs. As they say: a huge risk is benefits not being available to renters etc
www.aemc.gov.au/sites/defaul...
December 1, 2024 at 10:30 PM
Aus market comm modelling shows price increases if:
- Wind power rollout delayed (biggest impact)
- EV charging concentrated in evening peak
And *huge* decreases if electrification occurs. As they say: a huge risk is benefits not being available to renters etc
www.aemc.gov.au/sites/defaul...
- Wind power rollout delayed (biggest impact)
- EV charging concentrated in evening peak
And *huge* decreases if electrification occurs. As they say: a huge risk is benefits not being available to renters etc
www.aemc.gov.au/sites/defaul...
A wet sunset competes with street bins.
Melbourne, Australia.
Melbourne, Australia.
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 AM
A wet sunset competes with street bins.
Melbourne, Australia.
Melbourne, Australia.
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'The Post Office.' (1960) Gordon Stewart Cameron's work depicts life more six decades ago - as a painter, he became entranced with simplicity and we can see in this work, the deliberate and slow building of the elements of colour related to figure and character.
November 29, 2024 at 11:57 AM
'The Post Office.' (1960) Gordon Stewart Cameron's work depicts life more six decades ago - as a painter, he became entranced with simplicity and we can see in this work, the deliberate and slow building of the elements of colour related to figure and character.
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'St Paul's from Southwark by Sunset' (c.1832) by George Fennell Robson
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
November 30, 2024 at 8:14 AM
'St Paul's from Southwark by Sunset' (c.1832) by George Fennell Robson
(Private collection)
(Private collection)
A man died. His friend went to the funeral.
He met the man’s wife and said, “you don’t know me but I knew your husband, do you mind if I say a word”?
“Sure”, she said.
So the man stood up, took the microphone and said “plethora”.
After he sat down, the wife said “thanks, that means a lot to me”.
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He met the man’s wife and said, “you don’t know me but I knew your husband, do you mind if I say a word”?
“Sure”, she said.
So the man stood up, took the microphone and said “plethora”.
After he sat down, the wife said “thanks, that means a lot to me”.
/2
November 29, 2024 at 7:53 AM
A man died. His friend went to the funeral.
He met the man’s wife and said, “you don’t know me but I knew your husband, do you mind if I say a word”?
“Sure”, she said.
So the man stood up, took the microphone and said “plethora”.
After he sat down, the wife said “thanks, that means a lot to me”.
/2
He met the man’s wife and said, “you don’t know me but I knew your husband, do you mind if I say a word”?
“Sure”, she said.
So the man stood up, took the microphone and said “plethora”.
After he sat down, the wife said “thanks, that means a lot to me”.
/2