I dropped my keyboard and the Escape button fell off. Now I’m wondering if it’s trying to tell me something.

Let the nervous feed-refreshing commence! #BM100

“No one is finally dead until the ripples they cause in the world die away, until the clock wound up winds down, until the wine she made has finished its ferment, until the crop they planted is harvested. The span of someone’s life is only the core of their actual existence.” Terry Pratchett

Back on it! I took Edgar the tyre for a drag to kick start training for my return to Svalbard. My legs were not best impressed and I suspect will make me suffer tomorrow.

In 100 days, I’m going back to Svalbard! Things haven’t gone to plan since returning in April 2022, but a week training in Kvitåvatn and I’m feeling ready to train hard. Onward!

#Svalbard #PolarExpedition #SayYesMore #ToughGirlChallenges

Time for a cold adventure
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It’s Squirrel Appreciation Day! I have always loved squirrels, if I had a daemon it would be a squirrel. They might be rats with good PR, but I like rats too and had pet rats at university. This is Dave The Squirrel.

It’s #PenguinAwarenessDay
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This morning’s podcast, @robottalkpod.bsky.social ! An interview from the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC)

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My favourite type of packing! Gathering my kit to head off to the frozen north 🩵❄️🩵

2024 @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social #climate data out today:

📈 2024 - first year more than 1.5°C above pre-industrial; for ERA5 it was 1.6ºC
🌡️ the past 10 years were the 10 warmest years on record
📈 2024 was warmest year for all continental regions, except Antarctica and Australasia

🌍🌡️🧪⚒️🌊

Just Lego Perseverance watching their launch on Goodnight Oppy.

#Lego #Perseverance #Opportunity #MarsRover

Antarctic researchers warn of possible 'catastrophic' sea level rise within our lifetime in group statement
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My inbox will links to this news this morning, a really horrible incident. There’s little information so comments are speculation: speculation when injury has happened is wrong. News likes this strengthens my passion for safety, robust system design and Human Factors.
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Seems appropriate for my first post on BlueSky! (Though it’s more of a grey sky, admittedly) I’ve just had this huge flock of pink-footed geese fly over. They migrate from the Arctic to a nearby lake which connects me to the places I love the most while sat here in muddy Cheshire ❄️💙❄️