Paul Sutherland
@paulsutherland.bsky.social
Keen traveller. Music nerd. Hiker. LFC supporter. Eater of food and drinker of beer. I do stuff on the interwebs. Aotearoa, New Zealand.
Seems like the whales want a chat.
Humpback Whales Blow Bubble ‘Smoke’ Rings to Communicate With Humans | KQED
Bay Area researchers from SETI and UC Davis captured a rare sight: humpback whales blowing bubble rings — like smoke rings — while calmly approaching humans. It’s the first time scientists have docume...
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July 17, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Seems like the whales want a chat.
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My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
June 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
My cartoon in this weeks @newyorker.com
The good old tomato has quite the history www.worksinprogress.news/p/an-80000-y...
An 80,000-year history of the tomato
Creating the perfect vegetable
www.worksinprogress.news
June 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
The good old tomato has quite the history www.worksinprogress.news/p/an-80000-y...
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Tāmaki Makaurau, note the Aotearoa Art Fair is on 1-4 May with artworks popping up already along the Viaduct Harbour sculpture trail:
Artist: Oliver Stretton-Pow
Title: Hard Graft, Mark Two
Date: 2025
Info here:
artfair.co.nz/sculpture-tr...
Artist: Oliver Stretton-Pow
Title: Hard Graft, Mark Two
Date: 2025
Info here:
artfair.co.nz/sculpture-tr...
April 20, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Tāmaki Makaurau, note the Aotearoa Art Fair is on 1-4 May with artworks popping up already along the Viaduct Harbour sculpture trail:
Artist: Oliver Stretton-Pow
Title: Hard Graft, Mark Two
Date: 2025
Info here:
artfair.co.nz/sculpture-tr...
Artist: Oliver Stretton-Pow
Title: Hard Graft, Mark Two
Date: 2025
Info here:
artfair.co.nz/sculpture-tr...
Artist: Zez Vaz
February 17, 2025 at 6:06 AM
Artist: Zez Vaz
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what did Google mean by this
February 11, 2025 at 7:25 PM
what did Google mean by this
Reposted by Paul Sutherland
Pretty much every serious photographer here tries to capture photos of the volcano and the northern lights together. Sometimes, they succeed quite well ;) Photos from Wioleta Gorecka, taken near Reykjanesvíti.
November 23, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Pretty much every serious photographer here tries to capture photos of the volcano and the northern lights together. Sometimes, they succeed quite well ;) Photos from Wioleta Gorecka, taken near Reykjanesvíti.
Reposted by Paul Sutherland
Reposted by Paul Sutherland
literally a newsletter begging journalists to make the connection between beneficiary-bashing and the unemployment created *on purpose* by government-incited monetary policy: www.badnewsletter.com/say-it-loud-...
Say the quiet part loud, for once
Our system creates unemployment on purpose, while demonising the unemployed. You'd think journalists would ask politicians about it.
www.badnewsletter.com
February 21, 2024 at 5:40 AM
literally a newsletter begging journalists to make the connection between beneficiary-bashing and the unemployment created *on purpose* by government-incited monetary policy: www.badnewsletter.com/say-it-loud-...
This is a quirky first post.
August 22, 2023 at 10:59 PM
This is a quirky first post.