Sue Dowling
@guanochick.bsky.social
Small but mighty. Am a doctor. Have worked in Antarctica.
We saw an actual platypus in the wild today!
It was amazing. Spent an hour watching the platypus surface and dive.
(Thank you to @jackdashby.bsky.social for the tip on where to see them)
It was amazing. Spent an hour watching the platypus surface and dive.
(Thank you to @jackdashby.bsky.social for the tip on where to see them)
September 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
We saw an actual platypus in the wild today!
It was amazing. Spent an hour watching the platypus surface and dive.
(Thank you to @jackdashby.bsky.social for the tip on where to see them)
It was amazing. Spent an hour watching the platypus surface and dive.
(Thank you to @jackdashby.bsky.social for the tip on where to see them)
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An #Otwituary for #Apollo13 astronaut #JimLovell
Once when I was a child
I looked up at the night sky
to find no moon shining.
Instead, the face of a man,
learning his gravest task
was not glory, but surviving.
Once when I was a child
I looked up at the night sky
to find no moon shining.
Instead, the face of a man,
learning his gravest task
was not glory, but surviving.
August 8, 2025 at 8:45 PM
An #Otwituary for #Apollo13 astronaut #JimLovell
Once when I was a child
I looked up at the night sky
to find no moon shining.
Instead, the face of a man,
learning his gravest task
was not glory, but surviving.
Once when I was a child
I looked up at the night sky
to find no moon shining.
Instead, the face of a man,
learning his gravest task
was not glory, but surviving.
Reposted by Sue Dowling
An #Otwituary for actor #TerenceStamp
What glacial villainy,
deep in the bluest eye.
What thrift of movement,
expression. What want
of love that cannot finesse
a smile. What stagecraft
that might save you,
or break you in two.
What glacial villainy,
deep in the bluest eye.
What thrift of movement,
expression. What want
of love that cannot finesse
a smile. What stagecraft
that might save you,
or break you in two.
August 17, 2025 at 3:56 PM
An #Otwituary for actor #TerenceStamp
What glacial villainy,
deep in the bluest eye.
What thrift of movement,
expression. What want
of love that cannot finesse
a smile. What stagecraft
that might save you,
or break you in two.
What glacial villainy,
deep in the bluest eye.
What thrift of movement,
expression. What want
of love that cannot finesse
a smile. What stagecraft
that might save you,
or break you in two.
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An #Otwituary for musical satirist of the 50s-60s #TomLehrer
There’s comedy and parody and levity and melody,
Alacrity, sagacity and mockery and repartee,
There’s plenty of absurdists and they come at ten-a-penny.
There may be one as sharp as him but I can’t think of any.
There’s comedy and parody and levity and melody,
Alacrity, sagacity and mockery and repartee,
There’s plenty of absurdists and they come at ten-a-penny.
There may be one as sharp as him but I can’t think of any.
July 27, 2025 at 8:08 PM
An #Otwituary for musical satirist of the 50s-60s #TomLehrer
There’s comedy and parody and levity and melody,
Alacrity, sagacity and mockery and repartee,
There’s plenty of absurdists and they come at ten-a-penny.
There may be one as sharp as him but I can’t think of any.
There’s comedy and parody and levity and melody,
Alacrity, sagacity and mockery and repartee,
There’s plenty of absurdists and they come at ten-a-penny.
There may be one as sharp as him but I can’t think of any.
It’s #DayOfTheSeafarer today - thinking of all the unsung heroes working in the toughest conditions all over the world
June 25, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It’s #DayOfTheSeafarer today - thinking of all the unsung heroes working in the toughest conditions all over the world
As well as being the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Sir David Attenborough’s 99th birthday and the day we got a new Pope, it’s 45 years since the world was declared free of smallpox, which is a Very Good Thing.
#VaccinesWork #SmallpoxIsDead
#VaccinesWork #SmallpoxIsDead
May 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
As well as being the 80th anniversary of VE Day, Sir David Attenborough’s 99th birthday and the day we got a new Pope, it’s 45 years since the world was declared free of smallpox, which is a Very Good Thing.
#VaccinesWork #SmallpoxIsDead
#VaccinesWork #SmallpoxIsDead
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An heir to a south african emerald mine calling an American war veteran, astronaut, and elected senator a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine
March 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
An heir to a south african emerald mine calling an American war veteran, astronaut, and elected senator a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine
Reposted by Sue Dowling
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
February 23, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Please share this fact sheet on Ukraine with anyone who needs it
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
understandingwar.org/backgrounder...
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Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a long process. It did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred was gradually developed by humans. From ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
January 27, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Eighty years ago today, over 7,000 prisoners of the German Nazi camp #Auschwitz, including some 700 children, were liberated by the soldiers of the Soviet Army.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
1,689 days of murder, pain, suffering, and humiliation were over.
Today, we all remember. We must keep remembering.
Really good article about the Ukrainian Antarctic programme🇺🇦❄️🇦🇶
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘He took five bullets and returned to work on plankton’: the double lives of Ukraine’s Antarctic scientists
When the team at Vernadsky base are not back defending their homeland, they are on the frontline of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Really good article about the Ukrainian Antarctic programme🇺🇦❄️🇦🇶
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...