StephenM

stgm@aus.social

retired IT guy living in the Dandenongs in Melbourne. I do a lot of landscaping, building rock walls. Learning how to identify native plants and travel when I can. I am proud to be an climate change alarmist because when then situation is alarming then responsible thing to do is ring the alarms. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Atheist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Atheist</a>

Posts

Post #2008098
@publicnewsfeed Shouldn&#39;t we first block the nations that started the war like the US and Israel?
Post #2008097
After an eye appointment to check for cataracts I had to wait around until those eye drops wore off and I could see properly again. So I decided to spend that time in a nearby public library. I grabbed a newspaper which turned out to be The Australian. And I have great news to report from Australia&#39;s most authoritative journal of record. Firstly the IDF says that they have almost completely destroyed the leadership of the IRGC. The IDF also reports that Iranian soldiers are refusing ord...
Post #2008094
I have just had a bizarre retail experience. I went to a camping store to buy a jump-starter. For those of you who don&#39;t know what that is: it&#39;s just a lithium ion battery powerful enough to jumpstart your car if you have a flat battery. I got caught out in a remote campsite with a flat battery recently and the guy who helped had a jumpstart pack. They&#39;re like a bigger phone power pack but with cable connectors to do the job of a car battery. Anyway, it worked perfectly s...
Post #2008093
I heard that the crew of the Artemis saw lots of cows when they were looking at the moon. That was because they were looking at The Far Side. #Joke #GaryLarson #Artemis #NASA #Space #Humour #Science
Post #2008092
My neighbour has taken up bee-keeping. A few weeks ago he bought over some honeycombs. I left it sit on my kitchen bench for a few weeks. Occasionally I would open the container and scoop up some honey with my fingers. But today I started googling how to separate the honey from the beeswax. Unless the neighbour starts giving me a lot more it probably won&#39;t be worth too much effort. I think I ended up with about 200ml of honey. And I know for certain that there is no added sugar, unlike...
Post #2008091
This is my happy place. After working in the yard I love to sit in the shade in that chair late in the afternoon sipping a beer. I can hear the faint hum of traffic down in the valley but mostly it&#39;s just the birdies and the wind in the trees. It&#39;s just so peaceful. #MyHappyPlace #Gabion #Sheds
Post #2008090
Fascinating short video about Copper nanotubes by Dr Hannah Fry This could video could benefit from alt text as it displays an image without explanation. The thing is that nanotubes is generally abbreviated to NT. The symbol for Copper is Cu. Bear in mind that English is not the first language of the Chinese scientists who wrote this paper. They could have abbreviated Copper nanotubes to NTCu, but instead they decided to put Copper first. So we now have CuNTs as the abbreviation. https://youtu...
Post #2008089
It&#39;s really ironic that you can only discover that your roof leaks when it&#39;s raining. Because it&#39;s too wet to climb up there and fix it. It&#39;s dripping right on top of me as I sit at my PC. Time to sit in my lounge chair and browse that other smaller internet that lives on my phone.
Post #1686555
I had a visit from this feathery boy. Or maybe she's girl. Just sat patiently while I got very close for the photo. I suspect that they were waiting for a snack. Lots of people in my street like to feed the birds. But I had nothing suitable and there was no way I was sharing my hot buttered raisin toast. #Birds #Wildlife
Post #1105965
Meanwhile in Gaza the IDF keeps on murdering children. https://www.democracynow.org/2026/4/10/headlines/9_year_old_palestinian_girl_shot_dead_in_front_of_classmates_in_gazas_beit_lahia #Gaza