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• Post #2369474

  Watched "Lost in Starlight" on Netflix with @JoBee this evening. Can highly recommend if you want some romance, solar/hopepunk, (mostly) hard science, music, and great animation.

• Post #2369473

  Just had snow. Which was nice.

• Post #1771577

  It is a GLORIOUS day here in Shetland. It seems only fair that I should share the picture I took at 8am with you all, you beautiful bloody people. #Shetland #Sheep #BlueSky (Yeah, I'm TOTALLY tainting that hashtag. Eat me.)

• Post #984106

  Signed up for my next OU module. Starts October, finishes June 2027 so I even get next summer off. 😃

• Post #984105

  NOW I know what a carbonaceous chondrite is. 😀 At least in passing. It was touched on in a section of my current studies re: panspermia. Gotta say I'm really enjoying planetary science. If my maths skills didn't suck, and I thought it would be useful in the last few decades of my working life, I'd consider switching Natural Sciences pathways.. #Study #OpenUniversity

• Post #784773

  Incorrectly citing my academic references by simply writing "Fuckweasels - Prof. Sam Lawler" in the sidebar of my notes on atmospheric aerosols and albedo. I am such a bad student.

• Post #784769

  Been catching up after realising I'd somehow managed to skip 2/3 of a section of my current study subject. Cuz: pillock. But at least now I know how to weigh a cloud. #Study #OpenUniversity

• Post #784768

  Well I just watched "Battle: Montana Part One - Jack Reacher vs. Predamech" on Netflix and it was shit. Do not recommend. And I went in with low expectations.

• Post #784767

  Well, that's my "shit series of books about a child wizard" filter switched back on.

• Post #682910

  Exhausted. But we got the funding. What a day. And it was great meeting so many like-minded community groups from across Shetland, focused on positive climate action. Made new friends. Swapped knowledge. Embraced enthusiasm. Traded fudge for kale seeds. 😆 I feel uplifted. Like maybe the planet has a chance. Now, if you don't mind, I'm going to pass out quietly somewhere. 🥱

• Post #503812

  Hombadaka Boko! The adventurers FINALLY reached The Smoking Ruin in tonight's RuneQuest session, and my stupidly detailed map (made in Inkarnate, uploaded to FoundryVTT) seemed to be a success. Great role-playing by the crew back in England. ❤️ Despite some good rolls, I think the comedy highlight of the night was me saying "Surely even you can't screw up a Beast Rune roll?" to the Storm Bull Initiate, moments before the dice came up 00. 🐮 #TTRPG #RuneQuest #F...

• Post #503811

  Early morning 8 km hike over to the east side of the island and back, a few hours ago. Good to decompress after a tough week, and remember where my priorities lie. What is really important to me. (Also grabbed some sheep bones for my eldest's zoologist partner. Cuz I'm a good Dad. Currently soaking them in 50% bleach solution.)

• Post #503807

  This morning's hike cut into study time. Though it was 100% worth it. I've since ploughed through the good old cell cycle and mitosis, and a few other bits. I don't remember G1 => S => G2 => M phases when I learnt this back in the 80s, it was just "Interphase" and then the mantra (still in my skull after 40 years) of "Prophase, Metaphase, Anaphase, Telophase, Cytokinesis". Fun stuff though. More cobwebs brushed awa...

• Post #503803

  #SilentSunday #Shetland

• Post #503796

  Studied until 7.15pm then did a maths tutorial (spoiler: for a guy who has spent the last three decades plus change as a programmer, I still suck at maths). I'm about a week ahead of things, and next week is the first major assessment. Tomorrow night off, then I'll work on updating my notes and glossary on Wednesday and Thursday, then off work Friday for Up Helly Aa. I'm enjoying it. @JoBee seems happy living with a student 🤣 and I've got my science head back on...

• Post #411380

  Played our first few co-op games of Kinfire Delve: Vainglory's Grotto with @JoBee earlier. Lots more fun with multiple players, and she's pretty sneaky as Asha, the thief/assassin, discarding cards and turning Vainglory's strengths against them. Won one, lost one to bad luck (three Exhaustion Cards that lost us the game). Looking forward to playing more, and the other characters. #SoloGaming #CoOpGaming

• Post #411377

  Spent a week in England, in the office. Have spent the last three days off work sick with something I picked up while I was there. 10/10 experience. First time I've been ill since we moved here 16 months ago. 🫤

• Post #411372

  Community project update! - We got to the next stage of funding. Which we weren't expecting. I guess my silver tongue did the job. 😂 - Started canvassing local community and so far, feedback has been positive. - Now working on more community engagement and planning for the big get together where we sell our project to the public. On which note, see attached! If you just "happen to be in the area", drop in and say hello! https://fb.me/e/6x2ujNn6V #Shetland #Climat...

• Post #411371

  Need to get my homework done so I can go down the park with my mates. #OpenUniversity #Studying

• Post #411369

  @spytfyre Hahaha now I can't unsee it.