Thisfox
@thisfoxhere.bsky.social
Aussie teacher, traveller, musician. She/her. I like cats. I hate caffiene.
Kingdom of Lochac, embroiderer, bard.
Kingdom of Lochac, embroiderer, bard.
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Thisfox
@thisfoxhere.bsky.social
· Aug 18
Thessa & Persephone the Rescue Sisters, back in 2020 when they were just beginning to trust humans again. They would have been approximately 4-6 months old here, I think. Thessa is the calico, Persephone the sable. At the time they did everything together.
#catsofbluesky #cat #void #calicocat
#catsofbluesky #cat #void #calicocat
Stay safe folks, it is already bloody warm.
The first heatwave of the summer will reach its peak across New South Wales today, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius likely to span from Western Australia's north-west all the way to Parramatta.
Sydney's west could crack 40 degrees as heatwave rolls across Australia
The first heatwave of the summer will reach its peak across New South Wales today, with temperatures above 40 degrees Celsius likely to span from Western Australia's north-west all the way to Parramatta.
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Stay safe folks, it is already bloody warm.
Excellent story about the power of theatre.
Alt text for those who need it. This is amazing.
December 2, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Excellent story about the power of theatre.
Head teacher just walked into my classroom.
"Hi. Everything going okay?"
"Yep."
"Need anything?"
"Yeah, actually, do you have spare grid paper?"
"Oh. No. Why do you need it?"
"So that people can draw these similar figures on grids."
"Oh. Nope we don't have that."
Head teacher walks out of my room.
"Hi. Everything going okay?"
"Yep."
"Need anything?"
"Yeah, actually, do you have spare grid paper?"
"Oh. No. Why do you need it?"
"So that people can draw these similar figures on grids."
"Oh. Nope we don't have that."
Head teacher walks out of my room.
December 1, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Head teacher just walked into my classroom.
"Hi. Everything going okay?"
"Yep."
"Need anything?"
"Yeah, actually, do you have spare grid paper?"
"Oh. No. Why do you need it?"
"So that people can draw these similar figures on grids."
"Oh. Nope we don't have that."
Head teacher walks out of my room.
"Hi. Everything going okay?"
"Yep."
"Need anything?"
"Yeah, actually, do you have spare grid paper?"
"Oh. No. Why do you need it?"
"So that people can draw these similar figures on grids."
"Oh. Nope we don't have that."
Head teacher walks out of my room.
When I started teaching, a decade and a half ago, I was told we would eventually have a smartboard, or at very least a projector, in every room, even a whole computer in every room. I have to admit, haven't taught in a room without a smartboard this year.
I live in the future.
I live in the future.
November 25, 2025 at 11:03 PM
When I started teaching, a decade and a half ago, I was told we would eventually have a smartboard, or at very least a projector, in every room, even a whole computer in every room. I have to admit, haven't taught in a room without a smartboard this year.
I live in the future.
I live in the future.
I admit, I don't know why I found this announcement by a fellow teacher so funny, but its arrival in my inbox caused me to laugh, and still has me giggling when I see it. I guess it does sort of show the exasperation we experience when trying to move yr12 out of their yr11 mindset? Or something?
November 19, 2025 at 10:59 PM
I admit, I don't know why I found this announcement by a fellow teacher so funny, but its arrival in my inbox caused me to laugh, and still has me giggling when I see it. I guess it does sort of show the exasperation we experience when trying to move yr12 out of their yr11 mindset? Or something?
Finally watched K-pop Demon Hunters. No idea why people didn't tell me that it's just Charlies Angels, animated. The Bosby character is sodding adorable, the ending is utterly disappointing (I was hoping for something interesting to happen) and the sound design is a bit sloppy, but not bad all up.
November 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Finally watched K-pop Demon Hunters. No idea why people didn't tell me that it's just Charlies Angels, animated. The Bosby character is sodding adorable, the ending is utterly disappointing (I was hoping for something interesting to happen) and the sound design is a bit sloppy, but not bad all up.
XKCD appropriate for today: xkcd.com/2347/
Remarkable what will bring down all the infrastructure so simply.
Remarkable what will bring down all the infrastructure so simply.
November 19, 2025 at 5:30 AM
XKCD appropriate for today: xkcd.com/2347/
Remarkable what will bring down all the infrastructure so simply.
Remarkable what will bring down all the infrastructure so simply.
I loved Roadtown when I read it as a teenager, and it's on Project Gutenburg, so I would like to promote to everyone an old favourite piece of speculative engineering science fiction that has gained new magic due to recent events:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58964
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58964
Roadtown by Edgar Chambless
Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
www.gutenberg.org
November 17, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I loved Roadtown when I read it as a teenager, and it's on Project Gutenburg, so I would like to promote to everyone an old favourite piece of speculative engineering science fiction that has gained new magic due to recent events:
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58964
www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58964
Twice the depth of the Bass Strait.
Wow!
Wow!
Recent CSIRO research definitively places Tasmania's Lake St Clair at 163 metres deep, nearly twice the depth of Bass Strait.
Underwater mapping of Australia's deepest lake shows 'dramatic ravines'
Recent CSIRO research definitively places Tasmania's Lake St Clair at 163 metres deep, nearly twice the depth of Bass Strait.
www.abc.net.au
November 14, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Twice the depth of the Bass Strait.
Wow!
Wow!
November 13, 2025 at 1:15 AM
It's not that students can't read. Plenty of my students can read (out loud at the very least) but they see it as a chore, leading to conversations like this. And they need to practice their reading skills. The literacy is the point of the lesson, kiddo, not the yummy food you are cooking....
"miss, what do I do next?"
"Check the recipe."
"but what do I do to the food next?"
"The recipe will tell you that."
"But what do I do?"
"Read the recipe."
The students in question were 14-16 years old, mid high school, and they could read. Post-covid teaching is weird though.
"Check the recipe."
"but what do I do to the food next?"
"The recipe will tell you that."
"But what do I do?"
"Read the recipe."
The students in question were 14-16 years old, mid high school, and they could read. Post-covid teaching is weird though.
November 13, 2025 at 12:45 AM
It's not that students can't read. Plenty of my students can read (out loud at the very least) but they see it as a chore, leading to conversations like this. And they need to practice their reading skills. The literacy is the point of the lesson, kiddo, not the yummy food you are cooking....
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It is a lot harder to put Lego back together from a Jumbled Pile than it is fresh from the box, who knew.
November 8, 2025 at 10:05 AM
It is a lot harder to put Lego back together from a Jumbled Pile than it is fresh from the box, who knew.
November 7, 2025 at 7:57 PM
Year 12 Modern History certainly gives our students a perspective on current events.
November 6, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Year 12 Modern History certainly gives our students a perspective on current events.
Listened to Articles of Interest back when it was on 99% Invisible. Brilliant show.
Occasionally the narrator/author can't pronounce words though. This episode, it's a word I couldn't even identify from what she said. Turns out, mauve!
"Moth"?!? Really? lol.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
Occasionally the narrator/author can't pronounce words though. This episode, it's a word I couldn't even identify from what she said. Turns out, mauve!
"Moth"?!? Really? lol.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
Chromophobia
Podcast Episode · Articles of Interest · S4 E16 · 48m
podcasts.apple.com
November 5, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Listened to Articles of Interest back when it was on 99% Invisible. Brilliant show.
Occasionally the narrator/author can't pronounce words though. This episode, it's a word I couldn't even identify from what she said. Turns out, mauve!
"Moth"?!? Really? lol.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
Occasionally the narrator/author can't pronounce words though. This episode, it's a word I couldn't even identify from what she said. Turns out, mauve!
"Moth"?!? Really? lol.
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...
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Public funding for public schools.
November 5, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Public funding for public schools.
I cannot emphasise enough the inadvisability of calling your kid "Anshita" if they are going to attend an Australian school. It is a beautiful name with a beautiful meaning, but perhaps consider it as a middle name instead? Because I am serious when I say that children are mean. Really mean.
November 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I cannot emphasise enough the inadvisability of calling your kid "Anshita" if they are going to attend an Australian school. It is a beautiful name with a beautiful meaning, but perhaps consider it as a middle name instead? Because I am serious when I say that children are mean. Really mean.
There's a raunchy joke in this one somewhere...
Rooty Hill: TRAFFIC LIGHTS BLACKED OUT. Roads affected: Rooty Hill Road South at St Agnes Avenue. Affected directions: All directions
October 30, 2025 at 9:51 AM
There's a raunchy joke in this one somewhere...
Determined not to call it Brooklyn? Always thought they missed an opportunity not calling it the Brooklyn Bridge, but it seems a stretch calling the place Cowan!
Cowan: BREAKDOWN Truck. Roads affected: M1 Pacific Motorway on Hawkesbury River Bridge. Affected directions: Southbound
October 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Determined not to call it Brooklyn? Always thought they missed an opportunity not calling it the Brooklyn Bridge, but it seems a stretch calling the place Cowan!
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Plausibly believable, but ultimately very wrong is pretty much everything on the LLM A.I. answer sheet.
Like a stopped clock, it occasionally gets common knowledge questions right, but also like a stopped clock, you have to have another source to check if this is the moment when it is right.
Like a stopped clock, it occasionally gets common knowledge questions right, but also like a stopped clock, you have to have another source to check if this is the moment when it is right.
October 26, 2025 at 3:48 AM
Plausibly believable, but ultimately very wrong is pretty much everything on the LLM A.I. answer sheet.
Like a stopped clock, it occasionally gets common knowledge questions right, but also like a stopped clock, you have to have another source to check if this is the moment when it is right.
Like a stopped clock, it occasionally gets common knowledge questions right, but also like a stopped clock, you have to have another source to check if this is the moment when it is right.
A sunbath, in which Persephone appears to have melted into nothing but tail and legs and an enormous pink tongue. I am glad cats self assemble again after they melt into random parts.
#catsofbluesky #garden #void
#catsofbluesky #garden #void
October 16, 2025 at 3:16 AM
A sunbath, in which Persephone appears to have melted into nothing but tail and legs and an enormous pink tongue. I am glad cats self assemble again after they melt into random parts.
#catsofbluesky #garden #void
#catsofbluesky #garden #void
October 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
This. Or you know, Trek and Babylon space opera outfits in general. Jackets alone are fascinating, and footwear, leaving out jewellery which is a treasure trove (if you would forgive the expression) of imagination.
i would pay good money for the menswear guy to do a breakdown of how he knows Garak isn't a real tailor based on his fits
October 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This. Or you know, Trek and Babylon space opera outfits in general. Jackets alone are fascinating, and footwear, leaving out jewellery which is a treasure trove (if you would forgive the expression) of imagination.
A pleasant sunbath in the cool green grass.
I need to cut my lawn....
Thessa is over the itchyness of shedding into a summer coat at this point, but still needs a lot of licks to keep herself as blindingly white as possible.
#calicocats #green #catsofbluesky
I need to cut my lawn....
Thessa is over the itchyness of shedding into a summer coat at this point, but still needs a lot of licks to keep herself as blindingly white as possible.
#calicocats #green #catsofbluesky
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 AM
A pleasant sunbath in the cool green grass.
I need to cut my lawn....
Thessa is over the itchyness of shedding into a summer coat at this point, but still needs a lot of licks to keep herself as blindingly white as possible.
#calicocats #green #catsofbluesky
I need to cut my lawn....
Thessa is over the itchyness of shedding into a summer coat at this point, but still needs a lot of licks to keep herself as blindingly white as possible.
#calicocats #green #catsofbluesky
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Your class is oversized.
Or even better:
Sixth Period Friday Thunderstorm.
Your class is oversized.
Or even better:
Sixth Period Friday Thunderstorm.
They rearranged the pages
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“The tapes wouldn’t start”
“The tapes wouldn’t start”
October 12, 2025 at 6:24 AM
In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
Your class is oversized.
Or even better:
Sixth Period Friday Thunderstorm.
Your class is oversized.
Or even better:
Sixth Period Friday Thunderstorm.