Well, we took a south-side team stacked with engineers and scientists to the north-side battle of the branches fundraiser for #alifrancefordickson and we won!

Just goes to show that south-side is simply better.

Thanks to our north-side ring in Bruce and Peter the amazing MC
#brisvegas #brisbane

Brisbane is flooding and the last we heard from the Premier is that buses would be running as normal today…….
(Yesterday’s presser)

Cyclone Alfred 2025

The rain today- we are in an area that flash floods in the streets around us so watching the non-river side as well

Not pictured - our quick trip to woolworths. The shelves are bare but everyone is quietly getting on with business.
#cyclonealfred #brisvegas #westendbrisbane

Cyclone Alfred 2025

Riverine flood watch begins- note the uptick in the low tide heights shorter gap between low and high heights- this is what we are watching closely today.

The predicted riverine and flash flooding based on earlier predictions.

#cyclonealfred #brisvegas #westendbrisbane

Cyclone Alfred 2025

Wednesday is watching the wind come up, but is very confused about where her toilet has gone (the other end of the balcony)

Gizmo prefers to stay safely indoors

Drinks time

#cyclonealfred #brisvegas #westendbrisbane

Cyclone Alfred 2025

Occasional gusts of wind here, very steamy, overcast but sun trying to break through. River within its banks. Very surreal so far

#cyclonealfred #brisvegas #westendbrisbane

Cyclone Alfred 2025

Video shows current situation. We are the blue dot on the map. Alfie is currently sitting stationary off the coast but will begin moving again later today.

#cyclonealfred #brisvegas #westendbrisbane

New painting delivered today from @maramayart_

“Bush Berries”

Now to find a place for it to hang

Sometimes in the long and hard slog of public service and health, we get *somewhere*.

Extra funding boost and more work to be done

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Being disabled shouldn’t be a life sentence for loneliness! Please consider signing this petition to remove the partner test from the disability support payment. In what world are we ok with a vulnerable person losing their independence because they have a partner?
www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

Career politicians and dynastic political class apparatchiks are making modern politics exist at arms-length from the people they are supposed to represent (and be made up of….)
The labor party has a bad habit of over-academic-ising policy causing a vibe of inaccessibility to the average person

This book is a uniquely lovely and well-written piece about the banality of our humanity in modern life. It is surprisingly good and very tender ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Highly recommend

A 16 year-old dog anxiously awaiting her dinner at 5pm when she knows it’s not served until at least 6pm

This. Voting is a responsibility as well as a right and a privilege.

Devastating for scientists and their research, and everyone who benefits from that research.

I’m not sure if everyone outside academia is aware that a delay or “pause” in grant funding often means the researchers themselves are lost from the field, along with their expertise.

This is perfect explanation

This is how you do it...

@australianunions.bsky.social “There are 42 days left in the year – which Aus women will effectively be working for ‘free’ because of the gender pay gap.”

Is there irony in the fact that today marks the day that women commence “free” labour and is also International Men’s Day (yep it’s today)?

Hi Bluesky. I have arrived.

*maniacal laughter*