Retired nurse. Zen Life. Less wired. More weird.
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Last Notes npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Question to the tech people out there with far more acumen than I have. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian One of the effects of #climateChange is that group of authors portraying it as a pivot to some sort of spiritual renaissance. A great reset into a better world. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian My dog is in rehab after a back injury. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Pseudo snow. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian This is what collapse looks like. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Note to you: npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Well this really pisses me off. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Wow here is everything you could possibly ask for to get up and running with a personal website. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian FYI: For those in the northern hemisphere. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Bridge. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian What if the future is soft. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Break the machine. Be an #AI hater npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Nothing warms the heart like a bunch of fresh flowers. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian The smarter the AI, the deadder the planet. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Back to the future with film. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Window troll. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Telstra tower #canberra npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian The fact that the president of @nprofile…2wc8 is active and interactive (IRL) in #mastodon says everything. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Meanwhile, buried in the news….. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Port Macquarie. 1976. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Hamming it up for the likes. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Beginners tip: npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I think my quest for a 35mm camera is over. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Walking alongside the tracks on a cold winter evening I snapped this photo with my iPhone on a whim. Totally breaks all the rules of composition and consideration…. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian A photo from me and a quote from Iain Mcgilcrist npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I have a question for the #it people on #mastodon. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Towering over #Canberra since 1980. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Don't forget to take your medicine. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian What she saw…. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian You cannot beat a good campfire. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Searching for the lost city. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian My family in 3 pics. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #Bristol circa 1972 npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #Australia #tv #comedy #photography npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Sunday trip to Tilley's Cafe. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #photography #blackAndWhite #dogs #dogsOfMastodon #australia #canberra npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #photography #blackAndWhite #monochrome #canberra #australia npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #silentSunday #photography #canberra #australia npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian It's Sunday in #Canberra. Up and at 'em. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I was reading an article with the word transhumanism, but I read it as trash-humanism…and I think that is a thing now. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Yes, you can live without big tech. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian "The more we buy into these closed garden ecosystems, the fewer choices we have…they can and do use this power to subdue alternatives, eliminate competition, and maintain monopoly, among other things" npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian > 125 billion worth of liquefied natural gas (LNG) has been shipped out of Gladstone, but 9 out of 10 companies involved in Queensland gas exports have paid zero company tax in this time, according to the latest data from the Australian Taxation Office (ATO). npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Coffee vibes. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Mans best friend. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Sometimes you got to get amongst the traffic to get the shot. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Ice cream on a winters day in #Canberra npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Meanwhile in #Australia the #climateEmergency penny is dropping. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #photography #blackAndWhite #monochrome #australia npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #photography #music #dance #blackAndWhite #monochrome npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Graffiti from the otherworld. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I took the photo but missed the experience. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Finally got the shed in my bag. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Don’t stop, Ukraine. Don’t stop. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian We are in the midst of a plastic pandemic. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I must remind myself constantly not to take myself too seriously. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian A #manifesto for #photographers npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Inspiration for all the #photographers out there…. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Ice piracy. It’s a thing. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I get quite a few posts in my feed that are in German, French, Italian etc npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Ah but I may as well try to catch the wind. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Last train. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #mastodon is US-centric. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Up front with my favourite band. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Forget canary in the coalmine, npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian By the lake. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian An excuse to give the Israeli prime minister a serve. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian The Hotel. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Space, beer and pizza. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #photography #australia npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #photography #canberra #photography #blackandwhite npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian For a brief moment I was in the race. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #Canberra Balloon Festival 2025 npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Canberra Marathon 2025. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Shacks and sheds. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Old Motel signs. It's a #photography thing. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Dear #mastodon geeks & #developers, npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Never abandoned. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian War crime. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian “Once upon a time, I dreamt I was a butterfly, fluttering hither and thither, to all intents and purposes a butterfly. I was conscious only of my happiness as a butterfly, unaware that I was myself. Soon I awaked, and there I was, veritably myself again. Now I do not know whether I was then a man dreaming I was a butterfly, or whether I am now a butterfly, dreaming I am a man.” npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I continue to be torn between #mastodon and #bluesky. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian The GOATS have it. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian My difficulties in photographing people up close and personal. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Crossbeams. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Have new eyes. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian A short walk amongst the ancient ones. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian A few not-quite-zingers from my morning stroll thru Bermagui. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Taking pics and checking for snakes. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Embrace people who make the world incrementally more beautiful. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian My photographic journey continues. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian #Canberra Balloon Festival npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Dogs can see things. Best you dont look. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian When you nail the design aesthetic. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Your move. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian The State Theatre, Sydney. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Breaking bread with his winged friends. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian A busker at Darling Harbour. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian I just sent a long rambling #ai generated email to [email protected] explaining to #musk what I would have done last week if I were an employee. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian The eyes have it. npub180cl04982rqu0c3p8ht02e0tgy7uj2rmzedepra0gdvq4jaqx55qkhsk7v Ian Getting older. It's all relative.
