David Wilson
@eregnans
Generally amazed. Creating at: Fave tree: Eucalyptus regnans. Work in climate science. Melbourne, Australia. Finalist Tasmania Writers' Prize 2021. PhD hydrology 2003.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Some observations on seeing The Odyssey. eregnans.substack.com/p/on-the-mov...
When you have an electric car but your house has no off-street parking. Brunswick East 🦘
“A hydrologist?! But where is the future in that, Mr Wilson?” Cleaning up at work. Found this ripper image that someone must have given me in 2009. It accompanies an article in something called the Australian financial review. uncertainty in a post-recession jobs market. The more things change…
Mexico 2-0 Ecuador after 65 minutes. Still on track for this 1997 prophecy on The Simpsons.
Really enjoying this book by Elmore Leonard- gifted to me by great Australian writer Shane Maloney. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The wait is over. Here’s my World Cup knockout phase wall chart. See Australia v Egypt, winner to play Argentina or Cabo Verde in the round of 16.
And MeteoFrance has Paris with 39°C, 40°C, 42°C, 40°C and 37°C for this Monday to Friday.
37°C, 39°C, 37°C is quite the forecast. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday for London, England. Via @metoffice.gov.uk. #climatecollapse
It’s 12 June. Maybe we will hug at work today. Maybe not. Thanks @firstdogonthemoon.bsky.social. (Pic from waaay back in 2018).
Last night I wrote this letter of support to Brody Mihocek - who suffered a fractured neck playing footy on Monday. Many thanks to the mighty Footy Almanac for publishing. Go well. www.footyalmanac.com.au/dear-brody-m...
Six key insights for Australia’s changing climate. (1) No part of Australia, its territories and its areas of responsibility are immune from climate change (high confidence).
Please enjoy these 6 free activities that require no data centres and no intergenerational wealth. A cartoon. 🦘 eregnans.substack.com/p/cartoon-si...
i wonder if that dog has a brother called Joe Roberts who works for the state
Community-minded kangaroos notice that housing, education, health care are broken & racist hate grows. All related. All fixable. At the link. eregnans.substack.com/p/a-cartoon-...
A thousand times yes to finding love letters on the inside pages of second-hand books - like this at the Camperdown op shop. Sunday.
Overheard here outside State Library of Victoria. Friday morning. “Nah. Well, they wanted to. But chess club is after school - the same day as their kickboxing.”
Dome of the UNESCO World Heritage-listed 1879-80 Royal Exhibition Building catches the late April afternoon sun. Melbourne Naarm. 🦘
Finishing touches. 🪄 Writing a story above Mallacoota Inlet, Wednesday.
The last whispers of Easter Monday light catch the turning leaves of autumn. Little Bourke Street, Melbourne Naarm. 🦘