Kate Upsidebackwards

@annavidot.bsky.social thank you for not sounding happy about the @wgtnphoenixfc.bsky.social result last night 🥺 (the commentators sounded jubilant)

Transport Canberra spokesperson sounded a bit begrudging when (asked about whether we could please have a bus to places like the zoo) he said "we do acknowledge that the tourist attractions are popular with, some people".

That would be why they're attractions, I'd think...

@beechworks.bsky.social ❤️

1, I think. It has been a looooong day.

Wellington peeps! If you can face it, check out this exhibition on misogyny and online harassment. It’s on till Monday www.teauahaevents.com/home/the-gla...

Come down to the Chau Chak Wing Museum for Science at the Museum. This guy is from the touch tanks down near Sounds cafe 🪸🦪

International Day of Mathematics A worldwide celebration of Mathematics on March 14 of every year.

I love the theme of the 2026 International Day of Mathematics: “Mathematics and Hope” 👉🏼 www.idm314.org #mathsky

Canberra students access free pads, tampons via more school dispensers More than 30 ACT schools will have better access to period products with the expansion of an ACT government pilot program.

So happy to have this in my kids school, with messages sent home like "it's ok to take some for later, or for someone else" and "take what you need, no one is watching, no one is counting " 🥰
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

The mysterious passive voice...

Not available for kids here either

Canberra Hospital waiting times are long. Heard a snippet on ABC this morning, and it seems there's a Covid, influenza and RSV inundation. There's a useful app from Canberra Health Services that provides updates to waiting times. Message? Keep well 😷. Hard to believe this is in Australia.

Otpimism

A sulphur crested cockatoo perched on the handrail outside my back door, with head turned to the left.

The same cockatoo, looking to our right this time, with feathers slightly ruffled. It perched on the handrail for several minutes, looking into our kitchen, and was not at all bothered by me taking photos fairly close up (through a glass door).

Cockatoo on the doorstep 🪶

*Longitude, argh

Hard to figure out where to start from. Current location, perhaps, although it's not where I started? Yours confused me because both Adelaide and Christchurch are a long way east of Slovakia if we look at latitude 😂
North & South are more easily defined.

I Think I'm in Love with an Alien Check out I Think I'm in Love with an Alien - <p><strong><em>Galaxy Quest </em>meets<em> Roswell</em> in this quirky sci-fi rom-com from <em>New York Times</em> and <em>USA Today</em> bestselling auth...

Please keep reading, rec-ing, and borrowing I Think I'm in Love with an Alien if you want me to write the sequel, I Stowed Away on a Spaceship for Love. Right now, that book isn't contracted. If you'd like it to be, send a strong message of support my publisher.

bookshop.org/p/books/i-th...

Science at the Museum is happening at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Saturday 16th and Sunday 17th August! Join us as we team up again with the museum for a program loaded with activities for the whole family! #MathSky #NationalScienceWeek
mathematical-research-institute.sydney.edu.au/event/scienc...

There was (is?) a petition to Parliament to that effect recently... 3 signatures, last I looked.

Oh no! Look after yourself, let others look after you too, and I wish you a full & speedy recovery ❤️

Happy birthday! I've been thinking of you, just got confused by the date line & time zones on the best time to send salutations ❤️

When we lived in the US our neighbourhood rules said we couldn't hang washing outside. Lowers property values apparently.
And the mailbox had to be black and just like everyone else's.
When it rained for 6 wks straight the lawn got long & someone complained to our landlord.

Pizza night here too, I'm heading to gather toppings now

Best wishes in the new role! We'll miss you on Mediawatch

Regular reminder not to tell people something is easy. If the implication you want them to take from saying it’s easy is that they can do it, I suggest you say, “I think you can do it”.

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So sorry 😔

I expect some entrepreneurial AI trainer is scraping this thread to "remedy" the situation 🙃

NZ (from the Footrot Flats movie) but I suspect mutually intelligible with Australian: I've got to dash to the dunny for a quick slash

Noooo 🥺

I'm glad you're home safe!

I made a cheesecake, new recipe to me, and it turned out very well