Gordon Smith

A Scot in Australia, photographer, bushwalker, LandForWildlife, eclectic taste in music, and retired UniNewEngland IT guy. Also

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

@KurtsViews @MatildaBoseley That’s true but the federation blocks bad-actor (and spammer, etc) server reasonably quickly via a block-list. Admins take content moderation quite seriously.

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

@KurtsViews @MatildaBoseley Mastodon is run by several thousand inter-connected (federated) instances (servers). Run by people not corporations. Funded by end-user donations if they so chose.

It *is* a bit of a learning curve; it’s to a Twitter work-alike.

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

@suggpixc Nature can be weird *and* wonderful.

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“What many recent data breaches have in common”: https://t.co/h6brwKbuKl

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

Out checking fences this afternoon, I found this Bulbine Lily (Bulbine bulbosa), the first of the season.

#metz #armidale #ozPlants

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

@ManuSaunders Did you see that you can turn any mastodon user URL into an RSS feed?

Viz. https://t.co/uQVST0si44

[History_of_Geology @Geology_History]

"Geologists are very pleasant companions, especially for geologists. It’s their art, to stop at every stone, and carry out an investigation at every layer of Earth"🔎🪨
- Swiss author Rodolphe Toepffer (1799-1846)

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

I found a new-to-me group of about 10 Diuris sp. on the property. Dr. Lachlan Copeland in Coffs Harbour tells me that “it's what I call "Diuris sp. aff. alba (Northern Tablelands)". It's unnamed but reasonably common from about Werrikimbe NP to Gibraltar Range.”

#metz #ozPlants

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@stevenst @JessicaWorboys Indeed, it looked pretty intense on the radar as it moved west to east across the Guyra area. Might have been worse a tad south - at Black Mountain perhaps.

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

@hpmilne Quite a few species; so far: Eriochilus cucullatus, Spiranthes australis, Pterystillis sp. incl. P. mutica (Midget greenhood), Caladenia sp. incl. C. major, at least 3 Diuris sp., 2 or 3 Dipodium sp. (incl. 1 with unusual white), Calochilus sp., Microtis unifolia (Onion orchid).

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

The wet/boggy ground is host to several patches of sundew (Drosera sp.) around the property. I’ve never before seen sundew in most of the current locations though I guess we’ve never before seen so many La Niña years in a row either.

#metz #armidale #ozPlants

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@MuaddibMouse @up_banking Congratulations. You're about 6 weeks ahead of me.

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Local sunrise just now.

#metz #sunrise

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@suggpixc Nice lighting.

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@hpmilne Good find! I’d not heard of that one before now.

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@suggpixc And a magnificent old tree in the foreground.

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@DeniseBeale According to Govt., they've asked Optus for details but haven't (yet) had a response: https://t.co/0mrO4vlYCN

[Gordon Smith @macalba]

The colder mornings are almost over but there was still a decent frost this morning. This was the state of affairs as I headed off with the dogs a few minutes after sunrise (our local sunrise is currently at about 5:40 am). #metz #armidale #winter