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Nerd, autistic, metal music, poetry, photography, nature, guitars, protecting Earth's environments, drinking red wine, science academic who gets chemistry, wrangles 🌏 data and codes. Relationships are a literal mystery.
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Pilbara raptors
1. Osprey standing on a floodlight
2. Black Kite bird of prey flying in blue sky
3. White-bellied Sea Eagle flying in blue sky
4. Eleven Black Kites standing on a mound of reddish brown earth
#raptors #australianbirds #westernAustralia
#pilbara
Osprey bird of prey standing on a floodlight, body facing right, head turned to left. Black Kite bird of prey flying left against a blue sky background. White-bellied Sea Eagle bird of prey flying right against a blue sky background. Entire underside of bird is visible, warm lighting before sunset. Several (eleven) Black Kite birds of prey standing on a mound of reddish brown earth.
July 29, 2025 at 12:09 AM
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Couple of the beautiful #birds from the tropical Pilbara coastal area, Western Australia.
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#australia #WesternAustralia
#naturephotography
A pair of White-Browed Honeyeater birds on a branch, facing away from each other A Rainbow Bee-eater bird on a branch facing to the right.
July 16, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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So proud of this comment today from a student evaluation: “Finally someone taking the time to actually explain how to use R. This is the 4th unit I have done that required it and the first time I feel I can actually use it after doing the course.”
🙏😍 #Rstats
composite image of some R code blended with a photograph of two white spoonbill birds with yellow bills on water. The colour palette is predominantly blue, and the code is 'dark mode' with light text on a dark background.
June 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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A White-faced Heron fluffs up its feathers in the morning coolness, Njookenboro (Herdsman Lake), Perth, Western Australia
White-faced Heron, a long-legged wading bird with mostly grey feathers, backlit by early morning sun while standing in shallow water with many small aquatic plants.
June 20, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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I want to always be here.
Sunrise with the bright horizon and orange-pink clouds reflected in the still water of a lake.
June 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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March 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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"Getting all your ducks lined up" = Australian phrase for "getting everything organised how you like it"
dozens of ducks on a pond, all standing in shallow water in a geometric curve (probably on a submerged pipe)
February 23, 2025 at 10:49 AM
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First #birdphotography in a long time: Fairy Terns, Red-capped Plovers, and a Little Egret at Pelican Point, #Perth, #westernAustralia
Fairy Tern adult bird trying to ignore fully grown offspring being for food Red-capped Plover bird running at the waters edge Little Egret bird which has just caught a tiny fish. It's stabbing in shallow water in which it's reflected, with salt marsh plants in the background. Adult Fairy Tern bird with a small fish in its bill, standing on a beach with small waves in the background.
February 22, 2025 at 12:50 AM
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Happy birthday... 🤓
Wishing you an authentic, unmasked day 🫂
beautiful evening sky with pink and grey clouds. The blue of the sky grades into yellow near the horizon.
February 22, 2025 at 12:42 AM
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February 16, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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Tropical low pressure storm 18U is forecast to be a category 3 cyclone by the time it makes landfall. My daughter teaches 3rd grade at the edge of the orange zone... 🙀
#westernaustralia
February 11, 2025 at 12:53 PM
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In Australia there is a thing called a "mental health plan" where you can get your GP to sign off on subsidised mental health care. So that's what I'm waiting to do right now. The next step now that I've found a neuroaffirming therapist is to get some sessions with her - first avail. end of March 😣
February 10, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Door note (mine) from academia.
#neurodivergent #academicsky #shitacademicssay
A door whiteboard with had written text "Thought for today: Some days, you just need to suck it up". There is a sticker of the autism infinity symbol at upper right.
February 7, 2025 at 5:41 AM
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a shy pink cockatoo with beak tucked into shoulder feathers
January 31, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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January 24, 2025 at 4:47 AM
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A beautiful golden orb weaver #spider from our local bushland. The large spider is the female; her much smaller male partner is above her on the other side of the web. She will probably eat him after they mate 🫨🕷
#westernAustralia
Female Golden Orb Weaver Spider on her web. Her much smaller male partner is above her on the other side of the web. Close-up of female Golden Orb Weaver Spider on her web. Her much smaller male partner is above her on the other side of the web.
January 15, 2025 at 2:02 AM
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I rearranged my "studio" space. Of course now I need some more gear to make it work better... and summon some creativity 🤓
#guitar #music #dadmetal
photograph of musical insubstantial in the corner of a room. From left to right: acoustic guitar, keyboard, electric guitar, guitar amp-sim/multi-effects pedal.
January 15, 2025 at 1:53 AM
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More holiday #birds from #Denmark #westernAustralia
Western Rosella- smaller green and red parrot bathing in a bird bath White Faced Heron - grey wading bird with long legs, neck, and bill, and white markings on its head. The bird is in a hunting pose ready to dart its bill at a fish. Red Winged Fairy Wren - small black and grey bird with iridescent blue head. Its red wing markings are not visible. White Ibis - tall white bird with long down curved bill.
January 9, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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A selection of #bird #photography from around the town of Denmark #WesternAustralia
small red parrot with blue- green wings perched in a tree A Red-Capped Plover – a small shorebird standing on mudflats A White Breasted Robin perched on a branch An Australian Pelican standing on a large partly-submerged log in the water. Another pelican is out of focus in the background.
January 8, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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Treasure in the Karri forest - the #westernAustralia slipper #orchid (Cryptostylis ovata).

Karri (Eucalyptus diversicolor) is a tall hardwood tree growing up to 80 metres tall in higher- rainfall areas of the south of Western Australia.
Close up photograph of oddly shaped orchid flower. In focus on the foreground is the flower's opening, looking like purple-red human lips at the end of a green tube-like structure. Close up side-view photograph of oddly shaped orchid flower. The flower is roughly trumpery shaped opening to something looking like purple-red human lips at the end of a green tube-like with reddish veins. A photograph showing a view looking up at the canopy of karri forest. A tall tree with smooth, light greyish bark rises from lower left to centre, and sunlight shine through green leaves against a clear blue sky. 💙
January 5, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Sunset over Koorabup / Wilson Inlet, taken from the ominously named Poison Point near Denmark, Western Australia
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#westernAustralia #sunset #photography #Denmark
Sunset showing sky colours grading upwards from orange near the horizon to pale blue at the top of the image. The sun is setting over a hill in the far distance, in the middle distance is water, and in front of the water are silhouetted trees
January 4, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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Holiday #birds #westernAustralia
Female red- winged fairy wren (small birds with long tail on tree branch) Port Lincoln Ringneck Parrot - mainly green parrot with multicoloured markings on a bird feeder Bush Bronzewing - atype of pigeon mostly brown with white face markings and iridescent wing feathers
January 4, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Without downloading any new pics what's your energy going into 2025
Close up of medium sized lizard on green grass, looking at camera
December 30, 2024 at 12:02 AM
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Looks like we'll be eating home-grown mangoes in late summer 😋
Some years we get nothing! The tree is still young...
#westernAustralia #Perth #garden
Unripe mangoes growing on a mango tree
December 29, 2024 at 5:11 PM
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A large dragonfly in flight over water
December 17, 2024 at 9:25 PM