Wen Su
@wensu221.bsky.social
Demographer and applied statistician at Oxford 🇬🇧, formerly ANU 🇦🇺. Understanding human mortality through mathematical methods 🧮. Stand-up & funny socks. Views are my own.
Beautifully written by @drjenndowd.bsky.social on replacement level fertility. Some very inspiring ideas: do not treat replacement fertility as a threshold for destiny.
November 16, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Beautifully written by @drjenndowd.bsky.social on replacement level fertility. Some very inspiring ideas: do not treat replacement fertility as a threshold for destiny.
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In “...Educational Expansion to Trends in Life Expectancy & Lifespan Variation,”
@jdzazueta.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social et al. show how expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ variation. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
@jdzazueta.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social et al. show how expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ variation. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
October 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In “...Educational Expansion to Trends in Life Expectancy & Lifespan Variation,”
@jdzazueta.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social et al. show how expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ variation. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
@jdzazueta.bsky.social @ugobas.bsky.social @ezagheni.bsky.social et al. show how expansion contributes to ↑ expectancy and ↓ variation. @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data | PNAS
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access
to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...
www.pnas.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@farid-flici.bsky.social has done some amazing works! Please check it out his seminar.
Join us next week to hear from @farid-flici.bsky.social on population ageing and social security sustainability in Algeria 🇩🇿
🗓 Wednesday, 22 October 2025
🕐 12:45–13:45 (BST)
📍 KS-LG19
💻 Zoom: lshtm.zoom.us/j/89990670777
ℹ️ More details: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
🗓 Wednesday, 22 October 2025
🕐 12:45–13:45 (BST)
📍 KS-LG19
💻 Zoom: lshtm.zoom.us/j/89990670777
ℹ️ More details: www.lshtm.ac.uk/research/cen...
October 15, 2025 at 11:08 AM
@farid-flici.bsky.social has done some amazing works! Please check it out his seminar.
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HMDHFDplus updated to account for minor web design update of @hmdatabase.bsky.social . If you started experiencing funny behavior when using the package to read HMD data from the web, just reinstall; it's already on CRAN. #rstats #demography #mortality
October 3, 2025 at 7:34 AM
HMDHFDplus updated to account for minor web design update of @hmdatabase.bsky.social . If you started experiencing funny behavior when using the package to read HMD data from the web, just reinstall; it's already on CRAN. #rstats #demography #mortality
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For our next seminar at the Demography Department at Cedeplar, UFMG, we have the extraordinary Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social presenting. Don´t miss it! The Zoom link is below. We see you all tomorrow, October 8, at 2 pm Brazilian time 👇 💡
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
October 8, 2025 at 12:27 AM
For our next seminar at the Demography Department at Cedeplar, UFMG, we have the extraordinary Ridhi Kashyap @ridhikashyap.bsky.social presenting. Don´t miss it! The Zoom link is below. We see you all tomorrow, October 8, at 2 pm Brazilian time 👇 💡
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
Zoom link: lnkd.in/e5UC-M54
#demography
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✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
Fertility, birth, reproduction: Connecting formal demographic frameworks
The conventional framework of fertility research conceptualizes childbirth from the mother’s perspective. From her perspective, birth is an uncertain and potentially recurring event. In contrast, t...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
✍️ Just out: Annette Baudisch & I delve into the formal demography of fertility, birth, & reproduction timing. 👶 We use methods from mortality research to summarize when in the parental life course children are born. 📆 1/n
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0032...
@sdu.dk @oxforddemsci.bsky.social @mpidr.bsky.social
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Hot off the press 🔥 My first PhD chapter is now published as a research article in Population, Space and Place! @mpidr.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Health Decline and Residential Transitions Among Older Adults in Europe
Residential mobility is a possible strategy to cope with health challenges in later life. However, little research has examined whether and how health decline triggers residential mobility and whethe...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Hot off the press 🔥 My first PhD chapter is now published as a research article in Population, Space and Place! @mpidr.bsky.social @phrg-standrews.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
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🚨It's that exciting time of year!🚨
Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:
1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html
Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!
Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:
1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html
Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!
September 1, 2025 at 11:29 AM
🚨It's that exciting time of year!🚨
Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:
1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html
Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!
Our team has got TWO open DPhil (PhD) positions in #datascience + #health here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social for 2026🎉! See for details:
1️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/HDS_2026.html
2️⃣ 👉 crahal.com/pophealth_2026.html
Please share and help us to find our future teammates ❤️!
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I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN.
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package.
Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstats
ggplot2 4.0.0
A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here.
www.tidyverse.org
September 11, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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👋 We are happy to welcome Tabitha Scott and Damiano Uccheddu as research fellows at Assoc. Prof. Valeria Bordone's team @ageingsocvienna.bsky.social !
Read more about them ➡️ www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/detail-ne...
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
@damianouccheddu.bsky.social
#sociology @univie.ac.at
Read more about them ➡️ www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/detail-ne...
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
@damianouccheddu.bsky.social
#sociology @univie.ac.at
Incoming Research Fellows: Tabitha Scott and Damiano Uccheddu
We are delighted to welcome Tabitha Scott and Damiano Uccheddu as visiting scholars at Team Bordone!
www.soz.univie.ac.at
September 9, 2025 at 12:46 PM
👋 We are happy to welcome Tabitha Scott and Damiano Uccheddu as research fellows at Assoc. Prof. Valeria Bordone's team @ageingsocvienna.bsky.social !
Read more about them ➡️ www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/detail-ne...
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
@damianouccheddu.bsky.social
#sociology @univie.ac.at
Read more about them ➡️ www.soz.univie.ac.at/en/detail-ne...
@valeriabordone.bsky.social
@damianouccheddu.bsky.social
#sociology @univie.ac.at
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Persistent minimizing of the COVID death toll hits me especially hard in the #demography feels. To be clear:
➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.
➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/how-many-p...
➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.
➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/how-many-p...
How many people died of COVID?
We likely undercounted, not overcounted COVID deaths
jenndowd.substack.com
September 9, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Persistent minimizing of the COVID death toll hits me especially hard in the #demography feels. To be clear:
➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.
➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/how-many-p...
➡️ Over one million Americans died of COVID-19.
➡️ Official COVID deaths were likely undercounted, not overcounted.
jenndowd.substack.com/p/how-many-p...
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Following major European pandemics and wars of the 19th and 20th centuries, "recovery times across events averaged approximately seven years and showed no significant statistical differences by event type or sex," find Silva & Aburto in new article:
doi.org/10.1007/s426...
doi.org/10.1007/s426...
Life Expectancy Loss and Recovery by Age and Sex Following Catastrophic Events in Europe during the 19th and 20th Centuries - Canadian Studies in Population
Canadian Studies in Population - Following catastrophic events such as pandemics or wars, a systematic loss in life expectancy at birth ( $$\:{e}_{0}$$ ) can be observed. This study aims to...
doi.org
September 3, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Following major European pandemics and wars of the 19th and 20th centuries, "recovery times across events averaged approximately seven years and showed no significant statistical differences by event type or sex," find Silva & Aburto in new article:
doi.org/10.1007/s426...
doi.org/10.1007/s426...
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Health demographers 📣
Calling for submissions to our w. @timriffe1.bsky.social
Healthy Life Expectancy methodology collection on @genus.bsky.social! We're seeking innovative approaches to statistical modelling and empirical analysis of health inequalities 📈
📆 Submission deadline: 01/06/26
🔗 Link 👇
Calling for submissions to our w. @timriffe1.bsky.social
Healthy Life Expectancy methodology collection on @genus.bsky.social! We're seeking innovative approaches to statistical modelling and empirical analysis of health inequalities 📈
📆 Submission deadline: 01/06/26
🔗 Link 👇
Healthy Life Expectancy: New Methods, New Insights
As countries worldwide experience population aging, understanding not just how long people live, but how many of those years are spent in good health, has ...
link.springer.com
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Health demographers 📣
Calling for submissions to our w. @timriffe1.bsky.social
Healthy Life Expectancy methodology collection on @genus.bsky.social! We're seeking innovative approaches to statistical modelling and empirical analysis of health inequalities 📈
📆 Submission deadline: 01/06/26
🔗 Link 👇
Calling for submissions to our w. @timriffe1.bsky.social
Healthy Life Expectancy methodology collection on @genus.bsky.social! We're seeking innovative approaches to statistical modelling and empirical analysis of health inequalities 📈
📆 Submission deadline: 01/06/26
🔗 Link 👇
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⚠️ICYMI: Oxford Demography (LCDS) is offering three short courses throughout this academic year.
A great chance to visit Oxford & learn from our amazing team! 🤓🏛️
Details [course titles, dates, fees] available here:
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/short-courses
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
A great chance to visit Oxford & learn from our amazing team! 🤓🏛️
Details [course titles, dates, fees] available here:
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/short-courses
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
Short Courses
We are preparing to launch a series of Short Courses. Please find details below, and click the relevant links for further information!
www.demography.ox.ac.uk
August 28, 2025 at 11:05 AM
⚠️ICYMI: Oxford Demography (LCDS) is offering three short courses throughout this academic year.
A great chance to visit Oxford & learn from our amazing team! 🤓🏛️
Details [course titles, dates, fees] available here:
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/short-courses
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
A great chance to visit Oxford & learn from our amazing team! 🤓🏛️
Details [course titles, dates, fees] available here:
www.demography.ox.ac.uk/short-courses
@oxforddemsci.bsky.social
My dear friend and colleague Markus Sauerberg has written a nice blog post on a new and exciting way of quantifying mortality difference using the earth-movers distance (Wasserstein distance). You can find them here: msauerberg.github.io/blog/2025/wa..., and msauerberg.github.io/blog/2025/wa....
Wasserstein distance | Markus Sauerberg
Wasserstein
msauerberg.github.io
August 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
My dear friend and colleague Markus Sauerberg has written a nice blog post on a new and exciting way of quantifying mortality difference using the earth-movers distance (Wasserstein distance). You can find them here: msauerberg.github.io/blog/2025/wa..., and msauerberg.github.io/blog/2025/wa....
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🗣️Exciting PhD opportunity!
Join @lshtm.bsky.social PSG and @mpidr.bsky.social as a PhD student/Research Assistant on an 3-year project leading to a funded PhD. The role focuses on developing cutting-edge methods to model health & mortality in low-income countries.
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Join @lshtm.bsky.social PSG and @mpidr.bsky.social as a PhD student/Research Assistant on an 3-year project leading to a funded PhD. The role focuses on developing cutting-edge methods to model health & mortality in low-income countries.
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at LSHTM: Research Assistant
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) is one of the world’s leading public health universities. Our mission is to improve health and health equity in the UK and worldwide; working i...
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
🗣️Exciting PhD opportunity!
Join @lshtm.bsky.social PSG and @mpidr.bsky.social as a PhD student/Research Assistant on an 3-year project leading to a funded PhD. The role focuses on developing cutting-edge methods to model health & mortality in low-income countries.
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Join @lshtm.bsky.social PSG and @mpidr.bsky.social as a PhD student/Research Assistant on an 3-year project leading to a funded PhD. The role focuses on developing cutting-edge methods to model health & mortality in low-income countries.
jobs.lshtm.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
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I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇
🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
August 25, 2025 at 9:30 AM
I am looking for a postdoc to join my ERC StG project DIVREP to work on global, quantitative analyses of fertility and reproductive behaviour. The post is based in the Department of Sociology at the University of Oxford. Let me know if you have any questions. More details below👇
This is going to be an awesome workshop organised by @hggaddy.bsky.social ! Please sign up for it if you are interested. 🎉
📢 Interested in excess mortality methods, and want a challenge? I'm organising the "One Epidemic, Many Estimates" (1EME) project! Register *now* as a many analyst team (submissions due 15 March 2026), and then join us at LSE for a workshop on 21-22 May 2026! (1/n)
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
www.lse.ac.uk/Economic-His...
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
One Epidemic, Many Estimates (1EME)
www.lse.ac.uk
August 27, 2025 at 12:27 PM
This is going to be an awesome workshop organised by @hggaddy.bsky.social ! Please sign up for it if you are interested. 🎉
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🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
August 20, 2025 at 1:33 PM
🚨 New Job Alert! 🚨
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
Join Dr @ewabatyra.bsky.social as a Postdoc Researcher in Demography!
Contribute to a global study on disparities in reproductive behaviour, focusing on childbearing age & fertility levels 👨👩👦👦
Apply now 👉 www.sociology.ox.ac.uk/event/postdo...
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Some of my brilliant colleagues here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social are now organizing an online metrics and models seminar that has really high quality speakers. It is online and open to everyone so have a look at the program and write yourself in metrics-and-models.github.io
Welcome to the Metrics and Models homepage!
Welcome to the Metrics and Models homepage!
metrics-and-models.github.io
August 18, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Some of my brilliant colleagues here at @oxforddemsci.bsky.social are now organizing an online metrics and models seminar that has really high quality speakers. It is online and open to everyone so have a look at the program and write yourself in metrics-and-models.github.io
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Just finished reading (the non-technical parts of 😋) this paper by @ang-yu.bsky.social and Felix Elwert. This is conceptually really cool stuff that may also be of interest to psychologists working on group differences, so here's a short 🧵 with my understanding of it:>
arxiv.org/abs/2306.16591
arxiv.org/abs/2306.16591
August 15, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Just finished reading (the non-technical parts of 😋) this paper by @ang-yu.bsky.social and Felix Elwert. This is conceptually really cool stuff that may also be of interest to psychologists working on group differences, so here's a short 🧵 with my understanding of it:>
arxiv.org/abs/2306.16591
arxiv.org/abs/2306.16591
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My latest article in @genus.bsky.social, coauthored with
@sergitl.bsky.social & Inaki Permanyer, shows that migrants from less developed world regions are more likely to have a mortality advantage compared to natives. Read more here: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
@sergitl.bsky.social & Inaki Permanyer, shows that migrants from less developed world regions are more likely to have a mortality advantage compared to natives. Read more here: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
How does origin affect migrant mortality advantage in Spain? - Genus
In high-income countries, migrants tend to have lower mortality compared with natives. It is necessary to understand such a phenomenon, known as “the migrant mortality paradox”, to design better socia...
genus.springeropen.com
August 18, 2025 at 2:01 PM
My latest article in @genus.bsky.social, coauthored with
@sergitl.bsky.social & Inaki Permanyer, shows that migrants from less developed world regions are more likely to have a mortality advantage compared to natives. Read more here: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
@sergitl.bsky.social & Inaki Permanyer, shows that migrants from less developed world regions are more likely to have a mortality advantage compared to natives. Read more here: genus.springeropen.com/articles/10....
Our new paper is published in Pop Studies, together with Mike Hollingshaus and Vladimir Canudas-Romo. We presented a decomposition method looking at the numerator and denominator of age-specific death rates in assessing the time changes in life expectancy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
Changes in numerators and denominators of death rates and their contributions to changes in life expectancy
Demographers use ratios, proportions, and rates—all calculated as counts in numerators divided by counts in denominators—as key research inputs. For age-specific death rates, the numerator is obser...
www.tandfonline.com
July 28, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Our new paper is published in Pop Studies, together with Mike Hollingshaus and Vladimir Canudas-Romo. We presented a decomposition method looking at the numerator and denominator of age-specific death rates in assessing the time changes in life expectancy. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.....
@polizzan.bsky.social I see you are already dressed for the Aussie winter 🤣. Safe travels!
🚅🛫🛄 Australia, brace yourself! MPIDR Alpaka Max & colleagues are setting off on their journey Down Under. We look forward to meeting you at #IPC2025! Safe Travels!
@conteristo.bsky.social @philippdierker.bsky.social
@aledinal.bsky.social @isamarinetti.bsky.social @thiagomalaguth.bsky.social
@conteristo.bsky.social @philippdierker.bsky.social
@aledinal.bsky.social @isamarinetti.bsky.social @thiagomalaguth.bsky.social
July 11, 2025 at 7:37 PM
@polizzan.bsky.social I see you are already dressed for the Aussie winter 🤣. Safe travels!