Jon

@minogully.bsky.social

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Husband, father, lover of all sciences, pianist, guitarist, dabbling multi-instrumentalist, composer, photographer, former twitter: @minogully Not interested in relationships past friendship

Kona looking very handsome lying in the grass
It’s actually my white floofy dog curled up in a circle on my couch. His nose is tucked behind his tail.
Gray treefrog (a.k.a. Eastern gray treefrog — among other names), was perched on the side of my above ground pool’s skimmer port. It jumped there from my hand when I scooped a bunch of debris that had gathered in my skimmer overnight. Don’t worry the pump wasn’t on, so I don’t think the frog was ever at risk. And the pool chemicals are far from balanced so it’s unlikely that would have harmed the little guy either.
Boston terrier fast asleep
Old leaf resting on fresh spring grass. The leaf is decayed enough that only a skeleton of its original structure remains.
The thumbnail for Disney+’s show named “EARTH MOODS”, written in two lines and horizontally centred in the middle of the screen. Yet you’d expect the middle letters of each word to be directly above each other but they’re not. Instead the 2nd letters are aligned.
A little creek with luscious green grass on both banks. The creek is very still and catching a perfect reflection of a warm sun approaching the horizon. The trees are mostly bare with the spring leaves only just beginning to bud.
The light of the rising sun colours the sky a nice orange hue over a cemetery in the early spring before the leaves have sprouted and the grass has turned green.
Wall with some paint that’s the wrong colour. The image makes a sort of face.
My doggo, Kona, holding a rubix’s cube dog toy in his mouth
My dog, Kona, lying on a chair, with a brown and tan coloured sarape blanket purchased at a market in Tulum, Mexico.
Freshly tuned piano
Inside of the Peterborough curling club. A shot of the ice taken from near the surface showing the really nice wooden ceiling supported by large wooden beams. This 6 sheet rink has been around since the late 1800s, though not always in the exact same form as it has survived 2 fires and has been rebuilt at least one time.
My doggo, Kona, relaxing after a ruff day. He’s gazing at his new Llama stuffy that he got for Christmas.
My Great Pyrenees mix, posing with reindeer antlers and looking sad about it
My doggo, a Great Pyrenees mix, sitting waiting for his walk, leash draped over his head, with a poo bag tied to the leash that’s conveniently placed directly on top of his head so it looks like a pretty green bow. He doesn’t enjoy this.
Screen grab from podcast with quote: But if I say something like, "Why does God answer prayer?" And I say this to somebody who is a believer, believes that there is a God and God answers prayer and so on. "It's a mystery." That seems much more acceptable. And so that's something we find is a reliable domain difference, where people tend to think that scientific questions demand an explanation more than religion questions, that it's more acceptable to say that it's a mystery for the religion questions than for the science questions.
My son’s tiny hand grabbing my thumb. So small his hand couldn’t wrap all the way around the thumb.
Dramatic clouds with the sun low enough to shine below and light up the trees. Tamaracks changing colour with the season added to the colour.
Giant maple tree in Gatineau Parc, Québec, Canada. Leaves are changing colours showing lots of vibrant oranges and reds. The morning sun is shining through the leaves with a clear blue sky in the background
Just the night sky, but in a low light pollution zone so we can see way more stars and even a slight haze from the Milky Way.
Sunrise through the woods on a hazy morning
Giant oval shaped spiderweb with pretty impressive symmetry. Measuring about 1.5 foot x 1 foot. A female orbweaver spider sits in the dead centre, probably about an inch in diameter. The morning sun rising in the background refracts off of the spiderweb making it entirely visible.
3D model of the mathematical object known as Gabriel’s Horn. It is constructed by taking the portion of the curve of y=1/x from 1 to infinity and rotating the curve about the x-axis to create a 3-dimensional object. The volume can be derived to be exactly equal to pi, whereas the surface area can be proven to be greater than another infinite series—the harmonic series.
Setting sun over the water’s of the Nottawasaga Bay, of the Goergian Bay, which is a bay of a bay of the Canadian side of Lake Huron. Taken on Canada Day
White magnolia flower in foreground with many more flowers in the background in front of a green lawn.
Full coffee mug filled with black coffee and a light layer of espresso foam. Holes in the foam formed in the shape of two eyes and a smiley face.
Screenshot of a “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” question, with a contestant looking pensive while they consider the question: “If you choose an answer to this question at random, what is the chance that you will be correct?” A) 25% B) 0% C) 50% D) 25% ?
Cartoon with two panels. The first panel has a science teacher teaching a class about the Pythagorean Theorem, stating: “The square of the hypotenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides” Second panel shows a barrage various replies from the students that read: - Fake Numbers! - You’re a shill for big trig! - Pythagoras recanted on his deathbed. - I’m entitled to my own opinion. - That’s not a fact. It’s only a theorem. - That’s what they want us to believe! - Don’t tell me what to think! - Ha! You trust mainstream mathematics? - How much does geometry pay you to say that? - Illuminati symbolism - Further proof that ancient aliens created the triangles.
Shar Pei + American Bulldog mix, 4 months. Sniffing floor, face wrinkles scrunched up.