Notices by Amber Griffiths (amberfirefly@mastodon.green)

Blows my tiny mind that people still default to flying for trips within Europe (or anywhere tbh) what would they have to see to believe change mattered

“I have fallen victim, more than once, to a pony taking a big mouthful of water, holding it in until the right moment, then dropping it down the back of my trousers” – quote from @ametonym

A couple of months ago I posted a question about whether non-human animals had ever played tricks on you. There were loads of lovely stories, and I ended up drawing a few...

“My brother and I witnessed a ewe teaching her three lambs how to access the local refuse tip. She repeatedly showed them the technique. She would run head-on at the cattle grid, and at the last moment switch position to side-on, rolling over the grid and landing on her feet at the other side"

My kingdom for a world where academics don't automatically talk down to people when they can't work out where they fit on their strange hierarchy.

Letterpress induction this morning

Nom

Drypoint induction this afternoon

Has a non-human animal ever played a trick on you? Something that made you realise how smart they were or gave you an idea of their sense of humour?

Noting the use of the word 'evacuees' for people fleeing Florida. Perhaps we could use the same word for folks fleeing climate induced extreme weather and its societal consequences on other continents.

Magic time of year

Nice thing about UK trains is although they're immensely overpriced, because they're almost always late you usually get all or some of the costs refunded, so more often than not it's free public transport which frankly is a great climate policy that we'd never have got any other way

Just like that, the onshore wind ban is gone. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/jul/08/labour-lifts-ban-onshore-windfarms-planning-policy

Finally! 3 months after it entered our house, just got positive test result confirmed for whooping cough. And a contact tracing text from the government... ! After all the docs, including one yesterday, saying it was impossible. Still coughing/gasping.

Yey Thailand :rainbow_heart:
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/6/18/thailand-passes-landmark-bill-to-legalise-same-sex-marriage

@dymaxion I think technically oil is both cheaper and more efficient than electricity, if you don't think about emissions as being relevant

Just chatting with @nebogeo and decided that universities are basically just landlords now - renting out space for academics to work in exchange for overheads on their grants, but then also trying to rent the academics out to students (who pay fees) and businesses (who they hope will pay consultancy rates).

Hello, new intro as I've moved instances!

I'm a founding Director of the non-profit @thentrythis in Cornwall, where I do #Research #OpenScience #AppropriateTechnology #DataVisualisation #CitizenScience #FreeSoftware #SciComm #PublicEngagement #OpenHardware type of things, usually for #ClimateChange #Ecology and #Environment projects. I'm a happily recovered genetics #Academic.

Will post pics of #Dogs and #Allotment stuff too.