Roger Patulny
@rpatulny.bsky.social
Sociology Professor HKBU. Research emotions, loneliness, men, networks, urban themes. Part time writer and poet, dad, befriender of English teachers,
Editor, Authora Australis @ausauthora.bsky.social
Research, poems, stories - http://rpatulny.com/
Editor, Authora Australis @ausauthora.bsky.social
Research, poems, stories - http://rpatulny.com/
Call for submissions - Issue 10 'Aquatic' Authora Australis now open, with Guest Editor Jena Woodhouse. Submissions due 31 December!
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December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Call for submissions - Issue 10 'Aquatic' Authora Australis now open, with Guest Editor Jena Woodhouse. Submissions due 31 December!
www.authora.net
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The typhoon here in Hong Kong is slowly stripping the nylon mesh off the buildings under repair. Just hope the scaffolding doesn’t go next! Lots of debris flying through the air - leaves, paper, mesh strips - but so far no loose pipes of bamboo!
September 24, 2025 at 4:07 AM
The typhoon here in Hong Kong is slowly stripping the nylon mesh off the buildings under repair. Just hope the scaffolding doesn’t go next! Lots of debris flying through the air - leaves, paper, mesh strips - but so far no loose pipes of bamboo!
Calling all Inner West Sydney pub folk - if you're a fan of the Henson Hotel being pokie free, turn up to the Henson tomorrow and protest their sneaky decision to bring back poker machines - seriously guys? Albo's favourite local pub advertised as 'proudly pokie free' for how many years now??
May 21, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Calling all Inner West Sydney pub folk - if you're a fan of the Henson Hotel being pokie free, turn up to the Henson tomorrow and protest their sneaky decision to bring back poker machines - seriously guys? Albo's favourite local pub advertised as 'proudly pokie free' for how many years now??
Yung Shue Wan - so nice in the afternoon
April 17, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Yung Shue Wan - so nice in the afternoon
Worse places to be than Lamma Island 😊
April 15, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Worse places to be than Lamma Island 😊
Mong Kok markets today in HK - feels like it could be the last or the future
April 13, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Mong Kok markets today in HK - feels like it could be the last or the future
She local kids just pulled this out of the Shing Mun River. Creating quite a stir
April 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
She local kids just pulled this out of the Shing Mun River. Creating quite a stir
Good to have a moment by the river to think - crossroads sign seems apt for general life and times right now
April 2, 2025 at 3:54 AM
Good to have a moment by the river to think - crossroads sign seems apt for general life and times right now
Sha Tin Looks like a post card this morning
March 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Sha Tin Looks like a post card this morning
The HK urban form is uniquely devoted to elevated walkway to get across the streets - though I’m not sure what this does.
World’s longest elevated lawn bowls strip?
World’s longest elevated lawn bowls strip?
March 12, 2025 at 12:15 AM
The HK urban form is uniquely devoted to elevated walkway to get across the streets - though I’m not sure what this does.
World’s longest elevated lawn bowls strip?
World’s longest elevated lawn bowls strip?
Looks like it should be a beautiful dawn, but it’s the prelude to a big increase in humidity and heat. Last week I had the heater on, now I’m sweating in a t-shirt! What happened to spring, HK??? And now for 6 months of air con 😞
March 4, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Looks like it should be a beautiful dawn, but it’s the prelude to a big increase in humidity and heat. Last week I had the heater on, now I’m sweating in a t-shirt! What happened to spring, HK??? And now for 6 months of air con 😞
Watching the clouds creep over the hills and seep into Sha Tin this afternoon like a slow white river, very pleasant
March 2, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Watching the clouds creep over the hills and seep into Sha Tin this afternoon like a slow white river, very pleasant
I love the crazy looking bamboo scaffolding they cover the buildings with here in HK when they’re retrofitting them 😊
February 26, 2025 at 1:07 AM
I love the crazy looking bamboo scaffolding they cover the buildings with here in HK when they’re retrofitting them 😊
Love this picture … feels like the world right now
February 23, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Love this picture … feels like the world right now
Out for a run in Sha Tin. I don’t know why they’ve put colourful neon light shapes up on the bridge, but, combined with endorphins, it’s working for me.
February 20, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Out for a run in Sha Tin. I don’t know why they’ve put colourful neon light shapes up on the bridge, but, combined with endorphins, it’s working for me.
Hi everyone.
We are looking for participants for a study we're doing on how parents and families cope with climate anxiety and disasters. We're after any parents who would like to talk to us living in Australia, in NSW, QLD, or the ACT.
Use the QR code for more info and feel free to share 👍
We are looking for participants for a study we're doing on how parents and families cope with climate anxiety and disasters. We're after any parents who would like to talk to us living in Australia, in NSW, QLD, or the ACT.
Use the QR code for more info and feel free to share 👍
February 18, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Hi everyone.
We are looking for participants for a study we're doing on how parents and families cope with climate anxiety and disasters. We're after any parents who would like to talk to us living in Australia, in NSW, QLD, or the ACT.
Use the QR code for more info and feel free to share 👍
We are looking for participants for a study we're doing on how parents and families cope with climate anxiety and disasters. We're after any parents who would like to talk to us living in Australia, in NSW, QLD, or the ACT.
Use the QR code for more info and feel free to share 👍
More HK street life. An increasingly familiar picture the world over - buzzing tourism and cosmopolitanism rubbing shoulders with homelessness
February 17, 2025 at 9:36 AM
More HK street life. An increasingly familiar picture the world over - buzzing tourism and cosmopolitanism rubbing shoulders with homelessness
More Sunday turtles
February 16, 2025 at 4:19 AM
More Sunday turtles
My god, I’ve only today realised that turtle stacking is a real thing!
This is from the pond in Hong Kong park on a lovely sunny Sunday 😊
This is from the pond in Hong Kong park on a lovely sunny Sunday 😊
February 16, 2025 at 4:09 AM
My god, I’ve only today realised that turtle stacking is a real thing!
This is from the pond in Hong Kong park on a lovely sunny Sunday 😊
This is from the pond in Hong Kong park on a lovely sunny Sunday 😊
Lantau Island - seems moody today.
February 15, 2025 at 5:22 AM
Lantau Island - seems moody today.
Took the ferry out to Lantau Island this morning, great to get up in the mountains where it’s green and quiet - so different from Hong Kong Bustle.
February 15, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Took the ferry out to Lantau Island this morning, great to get up in the mountains where it’s green and quiet - so different from Hong Kong Bustle.
Professor Louise Ryan coming by to visit us at HKBU - some great ideas about migration research to follow 👍
February 12, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Professor Louise Ryan coming by to visit us at HKBU - some great ideas about migration research to follow 👍
Wandered into a festival at the Che King temple near Tai Wai. That’s a lot of red and yellow happiness on sale! Smoke everywhere- thousands of incense candles burning for good wishes and luck
February 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Wandered into a festival at the Che King temple near Tai Wai. That’s a lot of red and yellow happiness on sale! Smoke everywhere- thousands of incense candles burning for good wishes and luck
Monkeys in Fo Tan. Not every blue sky day you can walk out of your apartment and see monkeys having a good frolic in the local trees
February 9, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Monkeys in Fo Tan. Not every blue sky day you can walk out of your apartment and see monkeys having a good frolic in the local trees