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Fernando Gros

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Writer Granta Memoir Workshop alumni Shortlisted for The Deep Creek Residency Fellowship Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵 Worked in academia and music TCK https://fernandogros.com/blog/ Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · Oct 19

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 14h

I wonder how many of the big consulting and accounting firms won't survive this crash.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 15h

Happy Birthday!!!

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 15h

Being unburdened by expectation or nostalgia is a great way to walk into a cinema.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 16h

Saw The Tallis Scholars in concert tonight at Adelaide Town Hall. I will never cease to be amazed what is possible when you combine great singing voices with good acoustics and music written to exploit the potential of both.

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 1d

Mac OSX Tahoe is something else. So much roundness! I like it in a kind of retro-futuristic sort of way. The colours are a bit extreme. But that often happens when Apple adopts a new design language. It calms down after a few updates. Going to spend a weekend afternoon exploring menus and settings.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 1d

First time trying acupuncture today. 90 minute consultation. Long conversation about all sorts of health topics. Very calm and safe environment. Certainly felt something during my treatment. Neither pleasant nor unpleasant. Left in a chill yet focussed mood which persisted all night. Will try again.

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Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 2d

There was a Junior Tradies school holiday play area in a local shopping mall today. Kids could dress up in little high-vis jackets and matching tiny safety helmets and do "tradie work."

I can't decide if this is harmless fun. Or is it some kind of propaganda. Preparing kids to accept their future.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 2d

MAGA's WWI was the Civil Rights movement.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 2d

So noon is the ideal time for horsing around?

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 2d

If Bluesky fails I'm moving to Football Manager

Deirdre Assenza @deirdreassenza.bsky.social · 2d

If bluesky fails I’m moving to The Sims Online.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 2d

One of the things that was nice about growing up in "The Shire" was rivers and waterways to explore. Love a slow boat trip that gets you to a quiet beach or calm location to chill in.

Fernando Gros @fernandogros.com · 2d

I feel like they weren't that big a thing back then? Not sure. Here the rule is they should be below 4knots within 200m of the beach shore. They don't observe that. And in shallow water kids are sometimes playing nearly that far off the beach anyway.