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I want to leave the world a better place. Interests: global systems, the natural sciences, sci-fi, conservation, sustainability, equity and people. Born at 311ppm (if you get it, you get it)

A wooden clothespin made using a spring out of a plastic one. The pin is lying on a grey towelling cloth background
A wooden kitchen table, upturned and fitted with an outboard motor, being used as a boat. Motoring on a relatively calm lake with only minor ripples caused by a gentle breeze.
Classic steam launch on its trailer. Painted blue to the waterline, white above. Upper works highly varnished wood. Tall white funnel positioned centrally.
Looking south across Canaan Downs farm. It’s rolling country covered mostly in poor quality brown-green grass with some patches of forest remnants. In the right middle distance an area of undisputed beech forest (dark green) is visible. The sky is a mixture of wispy white cloud and clear blue.
Looking down the Takaka Valley from near the summit of Takaka Hill. Karst limestone formation in the foreground with a woman sitting on them, looking out over the valley. The valley floor, running from bottom left to Golden Bay on the upper right, is lush farmland with forested hills on both sides. The sky is blue with a smattering of fluffy white clouds.
Workstation showing a monitor with Linux Mint home screen displayed. Below it, an Apple Mac Mini with and MSI Cubi 5 mini computer sitting on top of it. In the foreground, a Logitech wireless keyboard and mouse and between that and the monitor, an Apple keyboard and touch pad.
Picture is from a smallish boat, low on the water across Tasman Bay towards morning sunlight hidden behind very low, fairly dark clouds. The sea is darkish green. On the horizon is a sliver of light between sea and cloud, silhouetting a tiny strip of the mainland and islands across the bay. The effect is a little spooky.
Screenshot of my post to X asking Elon Musk how his contention that X is the only platform for free speech and truth aligns with the fact X hosts claims that the Earth is flat and also that the Earth is a globe?