Ben MS
@ben-ms.bsky.social
Australian, High School science teacher, formerly 14 year Exploration Geologist in Au/Cu/U3O8
Enviro science | GIS | rocks | cats |nerd stuff | #dadlife | lifting | bjj | he/him
Enviro science | GIS | rocks | cats |nerd stuff | #dadlife | lifting | bjj | he/him
Seamus when my wife was away a few weeks ago, he spent his entire waking time staring down the driveway looking for signs she was coming home.
January 25, 2026 at 8:23 AM
Seamus when my wife was away a few weeks ago, he spent his entire waking time staring down the driveway looking for signs she was coming home.
Someone's day was looking better and then got immeasurably worse.
September 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Someone's day was looking better and then got immeasurably worse.
This was basically my week
September 6, 2025 at 2:39 AM
This was basically my week
Old photo of a sample in my collection from the Century Mine in Queensland, Australia. World-class lead-zinc deposit, finished up mining around 2015. Called Century because it was explored for more than 100 years before CRA Limited finally cracked it.
August 11, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Old photo of a sample in my collection from the Century Mine in Queensland, Australia. World-class lead-zinc deposit, finished up mining around 2015. Called Century because it was explored for more than 100 years before CRA Limited finally cracked it.
Ouroboros can have little a tail, as a treat
June 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Ouroboros can have little a tail, as a treat
I was watching some of my old emo stuff from when I was in my 20s the other night, and Youtube hit me with this.
I just wanted to listen to some Placebo man!
I just wanted to listen to some Placebo man!
June 28, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I was watching some of my old emo stuff from when I was in my 20s the other night, and Youtube hit me with this.
I just wanted to listen to some Placebo man!
I just wanted to listen to some Placebo man!
Current status: it's bin night, people have put their bins out too early, and the bins are currently self-emptying.
June 24, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Current status: it's bin night, people have put their bins out too early, and the bins are currently self-emptying.
Two frames that tell you everything you need to know about SLJ's character. Fantastic film-making.
June 19, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Two frames that tell you everything you need to know about SLJ's character. Fantastic film-making.
I will always have a soft spot for this one.
June 13, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I will always have a soft spot for this one.
When I started driving in the early-1990s, I would guess that upwards of 90% of all cars in my home city of Melbourne had one of these under the seat. Not the glovebox, because it wouldn't fit. A4 sized, 200+ pages with an index in the back. I would memorise the sequence of streets I needed to take.
June 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
When I started driving in the early-1990s, I would guess that upwards of 90% of all cars in my home city of Melbourne had one of these under the seat. Not the glovebox, because it wouldn't fit. A4 sized, 200+ pages with an index in the back. I would memorise the sequence of streets I needed to take.
Trailer from September last year featured this shot:
May 15, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Trailer from September last year featured this shot:
I've never even heard of this, all we got was a Viennetta "ice cream dessert". What else are you lot hiding from us?!?
April 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
I've never even heard of this, all we got was a Viennetta "ice cream dessert". What else are you lot hiding from us?!?
They wanted to blast a harbour on the north coast of Western Australia in 1969 and if they had already discovered the massive WA iron ore deposits, they probably would have done it. Economic feasibility was the reason for not going ahead.
January 31, 2025 at 1:45 AM
They wanted to blast a harbour on the north coast of Western Australia in 1969 and if they had already discovered the massive WA iron ore deposits, they probably would have done it. Economic feasibility was the reason for not going ahead.
Sometime between 31/12/2023 and today, we lost the box that has the tinsel in it. Not braving any manner of shopping centre on a Saturday 11 days before crimbo so we've called it good.
December 14, 2024 at 5:01 AM
Sometime between 31/12/2023 and today, we lost the box that has the tinsel in it. Not braving any manner of shopping centre on a Saturday 11 days before crimbo so we've called it good.
When I saw this death screen I knew it was the game for me.
December 11, 2024 at 12:44 PM
When I saw this death screen I knew it was the game for me.
I always wondered if this was a stromatolite. McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. We were on foot and already had a solid load of samples so I left it where it was.
December 7, 2024 at 8:05 AM
I always wondered if this was a stromatolite. McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. We were on foot and already had a solid load of samples so I left it where it was.
I do like a nice vug.This is botryoidal pyrite in fractured mudstone, in core sample, from the upper Black Flag Group mudstones, in the Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia. Love the colours in the close-up here.
November 26, 2024 at 8:27 AM
I do like a nice vug.This is botryoidal pyrite in fractured mudstone, in core sample, from the upper Black Flag Group mudstones, in the Eastern Goldfields Province, Western Australia. Love the colours in the close-up here.