Ronan MacEwan
@ronanmacewan.bsky.social
A dull fellow in Hobart, Australia, looking to survive the next four years. Interested in words, data, art, music, and animals.
News is noise 🙅♂️
News is noise 🙅♂️
White Lotus season 3 pleased me and seeing others get antsy and whiny about it only pleases more. True misanthrope, I guess?
April 7, 2025 at 1:40 PM
White Lotus season 3 pleased me and seeing others get antsy and whiny about it only pleases more. True misanthrope, I guess?
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
the guests of the White Lotus hotels would be much better off by simply coming to The Museum of English Rural Life
April 7, 2025 at 12:41 PM
the guests of the White Lotus hotels would be much better off by simply coming to The Museum of English Rural Life
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
April 6, 2025 at 10:24 AM
A little while ago, my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the weeks dragged on, they became extremely worried. My dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time and popping up in some of art and music's most iconic scenes.
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
In 2004, it took the world about a year to add one gigawatt of solar power capacity. By 2023, the same amount was added, on average, every single day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
February 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
In 2004, it took the world about a year to add one gigawatt of solar power capacity. By 2023, the same amount was added, on average, every single day
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
ourworldindata.org/data-insight... @ourworldindata.org
Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch candles.
— Jeremy Deller
Made in response to the control of Australia’s media by the right wing, whose resistance and deniam to climate change policy change has exacerbated bush fires and extinction.
— Jeremy Deller
Made in response to the control of Australia’s media by the right wing, whose resistance and deniam to climate change policy change has exacerbated bush fires and extinction.
January 19, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Rupert and Lachlan Murdoch candles.
— Jeremy Deller
Made in response to the control of Australia’s media by the right wing, whose resistance and deniam to climate change policy change has exacerbated bush fires and extinction.
— Jeremy Deller
Made in response to the control of Australia’s media by the right wing, whose resistance and deniam to climate change policy change has exacerbated bush fires and extinction.
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, medical pioneer who received the world's first experimental rat penis transplant, announced today that the social media juggernaut would stop fact checking.
thehardtimes.net
January 8, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Mark Zuckerberg, Recipient of World's First Rat Penis Transplant, Announces Meta Will Stop Fact Checking
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
thehardtimes.net/culture/mark...
I have started charting my farts with @csiro.bsky.social
You can too! apps.apple.com/app/id673672...
You can too! apps.apple.com/app/id673672...
January 5, 2025 at 9:34 AM
I have started charting my farts with @csiro.bsky.social
You can too! apps.apple.com/app/id673672...
You can too! apps.apple.com/app/id673672...
This is now on by default. If you don't want Apple AI searching your photos, you can switch it off i. Settings > Apps > Photos.
January 5, 2025 at 8:54 AM
This is now on by default. If you don't want Apple AI searching your photos, you can switch it off i. Settings > Apps > Photos.
My cat, cabbage.
January 5, 2025 at 6:58 AM
My cat, cabbage.
David Ruggles
(1810–1849)
NYC’s first black anti-slavery freedom fighter. He was bold, carried a gun and took on the corrupt police force and kidnap crews.
“A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising”.
“Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural
antipathy as upon education”.
(1810–1849)
NYC’s first black anti-slavery freedom fighter. He was bold, carried a gun and took on the corrupt police force and kidnap crews.
“A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising”.
“Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural
antipathy as upon education”.
January 4, 2025 at 5:41 AM
David Ruggles
(1810–1849)
NYC’s first black anti-slavery freedom fighter. He was bold, carried a gun and took on the corrupt police force and kidnap crews.
“A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising”.
“Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural
antipathy as upon education”.
(1810–1849)
NYC’s first black anti-slavery freedom fighter. He was bold, carried a gun and took on the corrupt police force and kidnap crews.
“A man is sometimes lost in the dust of his own raising”.
“Prejudice is not so much dependent upon natural
antipathy as upon education”.
Raven Chacon
(1977– 46 years old)
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. His work ranges from chamber music to experimental noise to large scale installations.
music.apple.com/au/album/wal...
(1977– 46 years old)
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. His work ranges from chamber music to experimental noise to large scale installations.
music.apple.com/au/album/wal...
January 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Raven Chacon
(1977– 46 years old)
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. His work ranges from chamber music to experimental noise to large scale installations.
music.apple.com/au/album/wal...
(1977– 46 years old)
Raven Chacon is a composer, performer and artist from Fort Defiance, Navajo Nation. His work ranges from chamber music to experimental noise to large scale installations.
music.apple.com/au/album/wal...
Marsha P. Johnson
(1945-1992, 46 years old)
The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind,” a phrase that became her motto. Johnson described herself as a gay person, a transvestite, and a drag queen and used she/her pronouns; the term “transgender” only became commonly used after her death.
(1945-1992, 46 years old)
The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind,” a phrase that became her motto. Johnson described herself as a gay person, a transvestite, and a drag queen and used she/her pronouns; the term “transgender” only became commonly used after her death.
January 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Marsha P. Johnson
(1945-1992, 46 years old)
The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind,” a phrase that became her motto. Johnson described herself as a gay person, a transvestite, and a drag queen and used she/her pronouns; the term “transgender” only became commonly used after her death.
(1945-1992, 46 years old)
The “P” stood for “Pay It No Mind,” a phrase that became her motto. Johnson described herself as a gay person, a transvestite, and a drag queen and used she/her pronouns; the term “transgender” only became commonly used after her death.
Juan Francisco Elso
(1956 – 1988, 32 years old)
B. Havana, Cuba
He had diagnosed himself with leukemia weeks before doctors confirmed it. He believed this self-awareness connected to the way he used his own blood in his art.
(1956 – 1988, 32 years old)
B. Havana, Cuba
He had diagnosed himself with leukemia weeks before doctors confirmed it. He believed this self-awareness connected to the way he used his own blood in his art.
January 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Juan Francisco Elso
(1956 – 1988, 32 years old)
B. Havana, Cuba
He had diagnosed himself with leukemia weeks before doctors confirmed it. He believed this self-awareness connected to the way he used his own blood in his art.
(1956 – 1988, 32 years old)
B. Havana, Cuba
He had diagnosed himself with leukemia weeks before doctors confirmed it. He believed this self-awareness connected to the way he used his own blood in his art.
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
October 10, 2023 at 6:18 PM
We live in age where facts perish when they come in contact with human minds
January 3, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We live in age where facts perish when they come in contact with human minds
Dystopian advertising in Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station.
The panopticon is consensual
The panopticon is consensual
December 24, 2024 at 10:44 AM
Dystopian advertising in Melbourne’s Southern Cross Station.
The panopticon is consensual
The panopticon is consensual
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
Here's a quick end of year update to round out 2024. Hope you're as excited for 2025 as we are 🥳
Watch it now here ⬇️
youtube.com/shorts/aIoer...
Watch it now here ⬇️
youtube.com/shorts/aIoer...
Procreate and Procreate Dreams Release Update
YouTube video by Procreate
youtube.com
December 19, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Here's a quick end of year update to round out 2024. Hope you're as excited for 2025 as we are 🥳
Watch it now here ⬇️
youtube.com/shorts/aIoer...
Watch it now here ⬇️
youtube.com/shorts/aIoer...
Do you like scented candles? I seem to be building up a cupboard of them (a go to gift, it seems).
And if you do, why? And do you turn off the lights when you use them?
And if you do, why? And do you turn off the lights when you use them?
December 18, 2024 at 10:09 PM
Do you like scented candles? I seem to be building up a cupboard of them (a go to gift, it seems).
And if you do, why? And do you turn off the lights when you use them?
And if you do, why? And do you turn off the lights when you use them?
Reposted by Ronan MacEwan
December 16, 2024 at 1:35 AM
It’s such a disgrace what United Soft Media (USM) have done to the online #catan app. I recently tried again (it’s been broken or flakey since 2021).
It’s still bad.
Couldn’t the owners of Catan relicense it to some one who rebuild it so it works?
Such a shame, no?
#catanuniverse #boardgame
It’s still bad.
Couldn’t the owners of Catan relicense it to some one who rebuild it so it works?
Such a shame, no?
#catanuniverse #boardgame
December 15, 2024 at 7:11 AM
It’s such a disgrace what United Soft Media (USM) have done to the online #catan app. I recently tried again (it’s been broken or flakey since 2021).
It’s still bad.
Couldn’t the owners of Catan relicense it to some one who rebuild it so it works?
Such a shame, no?
#catanuniverse #boardgame
It’s still bad.
Couldn’t the owners of Catan relicense it to some one who rebuild it so it works?
Such a shame, no?
#catanuniverse #boardgame
Seeing posts like this reminds me why the #left is losing and will continue to lose.
We miss the beat. I’m from the left and it’s depressing how bad we are at:
A) showing charity
B) uniting
C) bringing people into the fold
A pissing contest and clumsy purity contest.
#democrat #liberal
We miss the beat. I’m from the left and it’s depressing how bad we are at:
A) showing charity
B) uniting
C) bringing people into the fold
A pissing contest and clumsy purity contest.
#democrat #liberal
December 15, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Normalcy bias: wanting to stick with what you already know and understand; being tempted to disregard new and threatening information; sometimes a kind of inertia or state of denial.
#logic #thinking #philosophy
Ant: “Treasure the exceptions” (William Bateson)
#logic #thinking #philosophy
Ant: “Treasure the exceptions” (William Bateson)
December 15, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Normalcy bias: wanting to stick with what you already know and understand; being tempted to disregard new and threatening information; sometimes a kind of inertia or state of denial.
#logic #thinking #philosophy
Ant: “Treasure the exceptions” (William Bateson)
#logic #thinking #philosophy
Ant: “Treasure the exceptions” (William Bateson)
This is a Marmokreb. It’s parthenogenetic — it can clone itself. No partner required for fertilisation. Discovered in the pet trade in Germany in 1995, it upended a lot of the assumptions of geneticists and the nature v nurture debate. Feared, studied and prohibited.
Kinda cool.
#animals #science
Kinda cool.
#animals #science
December 15, 2024 at 1:56 AM
Apophenia: seeing patterns where they might not exist. Such as cloud shapes.
The more complex the data, the more likely you’ll find a fake pattern. A cluster is sometimes just chance.
#word #wordoftheday #analytics #thinking #logic
The more complex the data, the more likely you’ll find a fake pattern. A cluster is sometimes just chance.
#word #wordoftheday #analytics #thinking #logic
December 15, 2024 at 1:43 AM
Apophenia: seeing patterns where they might not exist. Such as cloud shapes.
The more complex the data, the more likely you’ll find a fake pattern. A cluster is sometimes just chance.
#word #wordoftheday #analytics #thinking #logic
The more complex the data, the more likely you’ll find a fake pattern. A cluster is sometimes just chance.
#word #wordoftheday #analytics #thinking #logic