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Kevin Phyland
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Wycheproof, Australia Meteorologist/Physicist/Teacher SFH writer/reviewer Born at 318 ppm CO2 Some of my fiction: https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?255227 All reviews on Goodreads
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 2d
3. Love Over Gold - Dire Straits
2. 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5… - Midnight Oil
1. Avalon - Roxy Music

Tough year. A LOT of good music!
HMs to Tom Petty, INXS, John Cougar Mellencamp
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 3d
Highlights etc...

Richard & Nancy Carrigan George O. Smith Gordon Eklund John M. Ford Stephen Robinett Bob Shaw Terry Pratchett John Sladek @werefire.bsky.social Eric Brown Johnny Black Charles Stross Eleanor Arnason Brian Stableford Kage Baker James van Pelt
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 3d
What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG May 1976
INTERZONE #26 Nov/Dec 1988
ASIMOV’S Sep 2002
FARSIDE CANNON - Roger MacBride Allen (1988)
PATTERNS OF CHAOS - Colin Kapp (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 4d
3. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits
2. Southern Accents - Tom Petty
1. Suzanne Vega - Suzanne Vega
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Quite Interesting @qi.com · 5d
Archaeologists have found records of Ancient Egyptian excuses for missing work. They include ‘the scorpion bit him’, ‘brewing beer’, ‘drinking with Khonsu’ and ‘embalming his brother’.
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 5d
Ok. Found the Doppler. It’s on the old site.
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 5d
The new Bureau of Meteorology website sucks big time. Let’s just take the radar: No radial distance overlay, no Doppler option, no state wide option. I could make a list of other things but the lack of a lightning tracker on radar is huge.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 9d
It's kinda cool that Gary Larson is doing new cartoons because he picked up a digital tablet, taught himself how to use it, and it made him love drawing again.

www.thefarside.com/new-stuff/
New Work by Gary Larson | TheFarSide.com
Get an exclusive look at brand new cartoons and artwork from cartoonist Gary Larson, creator of the iconic comic strip The Far Side®.
www.thefarside.com
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kottke.org @kottke.org · 9d
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance. “One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert.” [kottke.org]
Every Televised and Filmed Joy Division Performance
One hour and twenty-five minutes. That’s apparently all of the footage that exists of Joy Division playing their music on TV and in concert. Open Culture’s Colin Marshall writes: Brian Eno once said of the Velvet Un
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 10d
kottke.org/25/10/real-p...
Real Photos That Look Fake
I’ve seen a bunch of these before, but it’s cool to scroll and get your tiny mind blown over and over again. Hum
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 10d
The Space Exploration Logo Archive kottke.org/25/10/the-sp...
The Space Exploration Logo Archive
Good luck losing less than an hour to this: a huge archive of logos for government, non-profit, private, military, and even fi
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 10d
physicsworld.com/a/the-physic...
The physics behind why cutting onions makes us cry – Physics World
It’s mostly to do with knife sharpness and cutting technique
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 10d
Highlights etc...

Hayford Peirce Bob Buckley Mary H. Schaub Frank Herbert Richard C. Meredith J. T. McIntosh Ed Bianchi C. C. MacApp B. Alan Burhoe Joe Haldeman Charles de Lint Kit Reed @wattevans.bsky.social Carrie Richerson Jack Williamson Algis Budrys
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 10d
What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Apr 1976
GALAXY Dec 1971
F&SF Oct/Nov 1992
SPOOK COUNTRY - William Gibson (2007)
THE GODS THEMSELVES - Isaac Asimov (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social @fandsf @greatdismal.bsky.social
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 17d
Highlights etc...

Keith Laumer Frank Herbert Herbie Brennan Stephen Robinett Harry Harrison Robert Silverberg Barry Weissman William Rotsler Irwin Ross William Sanders William Barton Norman Spinrad Brenda Cooper Larry Niven @abraham.bsky.social James White
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 17d
What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Mar 1976
WORLDS OF IF Oct 1971
ASIMOV’S Aug 2002
RUSSIAN SPRING - Norman Spinrad (1991)
LIFEBOAT - James White (1972)

@analogsf.bsky.social @asimovssfmag.bsky.social
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 18d
3. Rattle And Hum - U2
2. See The Light - Jeff Healey Band
1. Lovetown - Stephen Cummings

The Cummings album criminally under appreciated…
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 18d
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Nobel prize in chemistry awarded to scientists for work on ‘Hermione’s handbag’
Trio honoured for developing revolutionary materials for applications ranging from gas storage to drug delivery
www.theguardian.com
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 19d
The Onion made a movie about Jeffrey Epstein and they're airing it for free on YouTube. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile airs Thursday, Oct 9 at 7pm ET. kottke.org/25/10/004767...
The Onion made a movie about Jeffrey Epstein and they’re air...
The Onion made a movie about Jeffrey Epstein and they’re airing it for free on YouTube. Jeffrey Epstein: Bad Pedophile airs
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 24d
Highlights etc...

Greg Bear Hayford Peirce Isaac Asimov Frank Herbert Kevin O’Donnell Jr. Stephen Tall Larry Niven Eileen Kernaghan R. A. Lafferty Jack Williamson Albert E. Cowdrey Paul di Filippo Sheila Finch @kyliu99.bsky.social Francis Marion Soty Kali Wallace James Stoddart
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 24d
What I’ve read in the last week:

ANALOG Feb 1976
GALAXY Nov 1971
F&SF Mar/Apr 2011
THE TOMB - F. Paul Wilson (1984)
LORD OF THE GREEN PLANET - Emil Petaja (1967)

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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 25d
(3) Weld - Neil Young & Crazy Horse
(2) Ten - Pearl Jam
(1) Into The Great Wide Open - Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers

REM tough to miss out
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 27d
3. Deserter’s Songs - Mercury Rev
2. Moon Safari - Air
1. Queens Of The Stone Age - Queens Of The Stone Age
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 28d
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Trump's 'climate hoax' comments are part of a well-worn playbook arriving on our shores
US researchers have tracked how dark money funds a tangled web of climate denial think tanks with vested interests in slowing climate action. And Australia is not immune.
www.abc.net.au
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Kevin Phyland @captainzero.bsky.social · 29d
3. Vs - Pearl Jam
2. In Utero - Nirvana
1. God Shuffled His Feet - Crash Test Dummies
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