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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 06/10/2026

Oh wow, that was the mad scientist character in Coyote vs Acme! Still kicking :)

Dr Lorre in Coyote vs Acme

A mad scientist character who tried to do the right thing.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 29/08/2026

Has anyone seen Nyx the Tuxedo kitty? No idea where she is.

Cat tree beside a window. From the top layer two black and white legs stick up in the air.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 31/07/2026

Thought this was a great picture of our two cats playing. Cleo is a 15 year old distinguished lady of the house and Nyx is approaching 2 and still has the joie de vivre. Here she is, wide eyed and preparing to launch herself from the tunnel, while Cleo watches carefully, fully aware of her antics.

A shot of Cleo, our distinguished older lady cat sitting on the sofa staring down Nyx, our young upstart kitty, who is preparing to launch from her cat tunnel across the living room. Cleo is a callico tabby, Nyx is a tuxedo.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 29/07/2026

You might like these shots of The Big Buddha I took when I was in Hong Kong. I walked all the way up and didn’t die.

Picture of the Big Buddha in Hong Kong. A distance shot from the side showing forest in the foreground.

A picture looking up at The Big Buddha from the bottom of a long set of stairs. He’s looking quite serene and waving at me.

A shot of the Big Buddha from about 2/3 up the stairs.

A closeup of The Big Buddha sitting on a bed of water lilies above his shrine.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 27/07/2026

Just posting this as I was thinking of Ebeneezer Goode today. Boss Drum by The Shamen. A quintessential slice of 90’s rave dance music.

Album cover for Boss Drum album by The Shamen. Features a blue and green drum kit against a cyberpunk looking green geometric background.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 25/06/2026

Just wanted to share this great mural of an octopus on the side of Morphett Street Bridge.

The side of Morphett Street Bridge in Adelaide. A mural of a dark brown octopus swimming towards the right. On either side are stylised tags that I can’t decipher but look awesome. One is in different shades of orange and the other fades from dark purple to pink.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 30/05/2026

I’ve never seen a butterfly like this before. A very bright red colour.

Red and black butterfly sitting on a twig. The background are grey pavers and a flowerbed.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 09/04/2026

I found it on my phone! I forgot the Tyrannosaur has wings which is a detail missing from the fossil record. She is riding on top of the ship as she’s too big to fit inside (from memory).

Book Cover.
Panther Science Fiction
J.O.JEPPSON
The Second Experiment

Black background. Grey brown moonscape. An old school rocketship taking off with a massive tyrannosaur type creature with wings. She’s too big to fit inside.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 09/04/2026

I literally bought this today as I’m very curious if the lady on the cover has anything to do with the plot or if it’s the overactive imagination of the artists asked to illustrate “Whipping Star”

Lurid green book cover.

Whipping Star
Frank Herbert

Dazzling new book from the author of Dune

Has the back of woman facing away from the reader looking at a bright star. She holds a whip.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 31/03/2026

Looks like the Masters Of The Universe murals on a car park off Hindley Street have been completed and added to. Very impressive work! #he-man #skeletor #Orko #Battlecat #MastersOfTheUniverse #wallArt #Murals

A fully completed Battlecat mural, in all his snarling glory. A green tiger with glowing yellow eyes snarling out of the wall.

An interpretation of Castle Greyskull in dark purple/black with flaming yellow/orange eyes and mouth. Spiky dagger tooth rocks just from the ground around the entrance.

He-man and Orko resting in front of a city which appears to be in mist. He-man is kneeling with his sword, Orko appears to be reclining on a rock beside him. You can see Orko’s face is wrapped in red bandages the color of his cloak and shaded by his hood.

A completed Skeletor figure crouching. Behind him is a purplish red lake in the centre of which is snake mountain. A jagged purple mountain range separates the sea from the red cloudy sky.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 24/03/2026

Huh. First time I've seen a news site reject me for not being in the country!

WSB-TV2
Atlanta

We're Sorry!
The website is unavailable in your location.

Error 451
It appears you are attempting to access this website from a country outside of the United States, therefore access cannot be granted at this time.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 23/03/2026

There are some amazing new he-man murals in a nearby car park off Heinley Street. Incredible works - I assume they were commissioned.

A wall mural of Battle Cat, a snarling green tiger. This one looks a little incomplete around the ears which are sketched out.

A wall mural of He-Man looking almost Conan like in musculature and disposition, kneeling and leaning on his sword. Orko is beside him in a red robe, glowing red eyes looking out from the shadows of his cowl and with purple withered arms and hands. To the right is a tag that looks awesome but I can’t decipher. Epok maybe?

A close up of He-Man and Orko. It’s clear that Orko has mummy like wrappings around his face covering everything but his eyes as he stares out of his cowl. He-man’s face is shaded as he looks down in contemplation.

A wall mural of Skeletor. Covered in purple robes with grey armour decorated with skull features. His light brown skull (using the colour of the bricks behind) grins out from his purple hood. He is set against a red background.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 22/03/2026

The source thread isn’t available so I can’t see what this is about, sadly. I have heard unflattering stuff about the account before though.

Wayback Machine

Sorry.

This URL has been excluded from the Wayback machine.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 17/03/2026

My favourite bit of the Adelaide Fringe is watching the bats fly overhead at dusk.

Picture of a flock of bats flying overhead against the light grey sky of dusk. In the foreground are trees.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 13/03/2026

This little fellow was in our side passage, seemingly unable to work out how to escape and flying around like they were on a bender. Kitty was fascinated with the behaviour from the bedroom window. I assisted by moving it to the back garden.

A beetle about the size of a $1 coin, with a shiny light brown carapace and black highlights. There are a pair of spots on its forward shell which look a bit like eyes.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 10/03/2026

I just saw an item on facebook that was a ring made with 'sustainably sourced' fossils from Utah. Does anyone know how you sustainably source something that took millions of years to form from an extinct organism?

Patrick Adair Designs
Handcrafted Jewelry as Unique and Storied as the People Who Wear It.

Picture of a TRex skeleton alongside a a black ring with inlaid brown and grey stone.

Overlay message on the image:
Is that ring really made out of a dinosaur?
Yes! Made from sustainably sourced fossil fragments from Utah

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 28/02/2026

They are even selling AI solutions at the market now. Freshly cultivated!

Stack of boxes with the label FRESH CULTIVATED AI.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 09/02/2026

Reminds me of Juliette from Dogtanian and the Muskahounds. I had a wee crush on her when I was little!

Still from Dogtanian and the Muskahounds, with Dogtanian in his red uniform and Juliette in a pink dress.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 07/02/2026

Nyx looks like she has tiny little munchkin legs in this picture.

Picture of Nyx the Tuxedo Cat sitting in her little cat tree. The perspective makes it looks like she has tiny little legs.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 29/01/2026

Go into your photo roll and post the image that literally makes you laugh out loud

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 29/01/2026

Reminds me of this image if she had made contact.

Captain America punching out The Red Skull who exclaims "So much for the tolerant left".

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 15/01/2026

Seems like there is a chance a fringe version of writers week might happen. I really hope this gets funded and reduces the economic damage of Mali’s sabotage.

Council considers ‘guerrilla writers’ festival’

Adelaide City Council will hold a special meeting on Monday to discuss a motion supporting the potential for a “guerrilla writers’ event” to replace the cancelled Adelaide Festival Writers’ Week.

Deputy Lord Mayor Keiran Snape told The Advertiser the meeting would determine whether the City of Adelaide would offer financial and venue support to the alternate festival, which is understood to be in the early stages of consideration by Writers SA and Pink Shorts Press, a local Adelaide publisher.

“I believe that council should step in and offer support, be that funding or venue locations for this upcoming grassroots event,” Mr Snape said.

“I certainly don’t believe council should be getting involved with any further decisions around the event.

“I think it’s up to the event organisers, Writers SA, etc to decide what that event looks like.”

The motion put forward to council by Mr Snape noted the City of Adelaide’s “long-standing support for the Adelaide Writers’ Festival, and the impacts of the cancellation of the 2026 event.

The motion called for the council to “immediately enter into discussions” with Writers SA to “assist the organisation to curate and manage an alternative event in February/March 2026”, featuring “participants who had been prepared to participate in the cancelled event”.

The motion calls for council to supplement any funding for the alternative event received from sponsors of the cancelled event or other organisations with an amount not exceeding $250,000, and supply any available council-owned or controlled venues to the event.

Writers SA declined to comment when contacted by The Advertiser.

It is unclear whether Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah, who is at the centre of the Writers’ Week saga, would be invited to participate.

Mr Snape said he was concerned that there had been reputational damage done in the arts and writing community in the wake of Writers’ Week’s cancellation.

“I think the council going out of the way to support this grassroot event shows that the council and the city is open for business and that we are supportive of these kinds of cultural events,” he said.

“I think it will go somewhat towards repairing the damage caused.”

He also pointed to the economic aspects of losing Writers’ Week, pointing to the tens of thousands of visitors to Writers’ Week.

“Businesses were relying on those visitors, on that economic activation,” he said.

“Having something to fill that gap and bring the activity and those visitors who otherwise would not come, I think is important for our local economic area.”

Lord Mayor Jane Lomax-Smith confirmed to The Advertiser she would attend Monday’s meeting.

“I will attend the council meeting with an open mind but am not convinced that it is feasible to organise such a major event within six weeks without the administrative infrastructure of the Adelaide Festival,” she said.

“We are not talking about a family BBQ but an event attempting to attract tens of thousands of people.”

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 13/01/2026

The cyborg under the bridge has been replaced! Looks like it’s a mural that merges into the greenery in the painting beside it of a forest scene with a leprechaun, a snake, a tiger and a gorilla. Pretty well done if you ask me!

A mural on the side of the Morphett Road Bridge which has a cyborg painted in metallic silver seemingly holding up the bridge. There is a scene of bamboo looking plants beside it.

The same location on the Morphett Road Bridge with the cyborg painted over with a jungle scene that merges with the bamboo style plants already there. A snake, tiger, gorilla and Leprechaun appear to peer out of the shrubbery.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 12/01/2026

Wow. I've been invited to join the Illuminati! Even if I wanted to join a mysterious clandestine organisation, I doubt they drive recruitment via non targeted emails.

Illuminati Membership >>
From: Nick Geza
To: Undisclosed Recipents

Join the illuminati: Are you interested to become a member of the illuminati brotherhood?, Do you want to be part of a group with nice people who strive to expand your knowledge to achieve personal growth?. if YES!. Contact us via this official recruitment email only at: ( info@contactilluminati.online ) for more details.

We await your response.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 08/01/2026

Just sharing some cool street art I saw on the side of Morphett Street bridge. Looks like a neat cyborg holding up the bridge.

Street art on the Morphett Street Bridge. A section of the bridge is shown with a metallic painted cyborg depicted as holding up the bridge. Detailed tags are painted on sections to each side. In the background you can see Adelaide Convention Centre.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 08/12/2025

I just saw this advert and immediately thought it looks like the last thing someone sees before being horribly savaged to death.

An advert by Pawshake. Six dogs look down on the viewer. Text reads: "Love Dogs? We need you!"

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 07/12/2025

This was my favourite episode.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 07/12/2025

Finally got a Spider Gwen lego minifig. Pretty much the only one I wanted from the new collection.

Lego minifig of Spider Gwen holding a lego tablet showing her and Spider Man. In her left hand is her alternate persona head.

Picture of Spider Gwen minifig from a different angle showing her alternate personas face

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 13/10/2025

Saw this amazing artwork on the Morphett Bridge in Adelaide. Very impressive metallic paintwork on a curved support to make it look like the terminator is staring at us.

Amazing Terminator wall mural on the Morphett Bridge in Adelaide. Fantastic metallic skull that seems to be shiny and reflective.

Zoom out of the terminator artwork showing itis position on the side of the bridge support.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 01/08/2025

Saw this on the Facebook and thought I would share it as its hilarious!

"Spoon and Tamago @Johnny_suputama"
Growing up in Tokyo I lived 15min from Studio Ghibli. One day I worked up the courage to knock and ask for a tour. They answered, were super confused but let me in, showed me around and even gave me some merch. A few weeks later, I passed by and saw a sign: "not open to public"

Attached below is an image from an episode of the Simpsons where Marge, Homer and Bart are watching TV. Homer is saying "See? Because of me, now they have a warning."

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 10/07/2025

I read a thread on Reddit which showed that the politicians and locals were loathe to use money from the federal government under Obama or Biden. They also felt that sirens would benefit tourists rather than locals in the area who knew what to do in an emergency. www.reddit.com/r/TexasPolit...

Commissioners' Court Regular Session 10/24/16

Mr. Hewitt: Sirens did not seem to get very much support. The thought was that sirens are better for tourists than local residents. The sirens would only be beneficial for someone that's not familiar with the area, and wouldn't know what to do.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 07/07/2025

If you see this, quote with a robot that isn’t from “Star Wars,” “Star Trek,” “Dr. Who,” or “Transformers.”

80's Marvin The Paranoid Android. Big silver humanoid robot with tongs for hands and a tape deck in his chest.

21st Century updated Marvin The Paranoid Android with a literally huge beach ball head and a small simian style body. Also silver. Looks a bit depressed.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 29/04/2025

“We are looking to increase tree coverage in your street” I don’t think leaving dead trees on the street is the answer here…

Freshly cut down tree lying on a path in front of a sign stating “we are looking to increase tree coverage in your street”

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 27/04/2025

Need a hand in the kitchen? Ikea have you covered!

Five wooden hands holding sponges on a shelf in Ikea. The shelf below has metal canisters with brushes for cleaning dishes.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 16/04/2025

Kind of curious about the publisher conversation behind this title. “I call it: The Telekinetic Girl” “What the fuck does that mean, Jackson?” “She can move shit with her mind?” “Can’t expect your readers to know that! Give it a proper fuckin title!” “Alright then.”

Picture of a book on a shelf. Black cover with miscellaneous items like popcorn, tea cups and shoes. Title: The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t With Her Mind. By Jackson Ford

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 06/04/2025

The fun part of going to the Sunday fresh produce market is coming across great deals - an entire tray of fresh figs for $25. I see homemade dried figs and fig ice cream in the near future! (The bag contains the figs I started bagging before @ivalaine.bsky.social realised the trays were available!)

A tray filled with delicious fresh figs, all a deep vibrant purple.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 27/03/2025

These cheese balls taste horrific and are far too rubbery. Do not recommend.

Tub of orange balls on the canteen bench. Clear tub with a red lid filled with bright orange balls.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 20/03/2025

This has been on my TBR pile for a couple of years. Looking forward to finally cracking the spine and seeing an alternate Ripley timeline playing out!

Picture of a book cover. Very pale green with an Alien zenomorph on the cover.

Alien3
The unproduced first draft screenplay by William Gibson.
A novel by Hugo-Award winning author Pat Cadigan.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 15/03/2025

No cheating. Post the last photo of your pet.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 06/03/2025

I had a really confused discussion with someone who used 'woke' in a weird way on a Facebook post saying it was woke to censor books. I pretended ignorance of their meaning and asked them to clarify. They ended the discussion with the following screed outlining his own personal interpretation.

Your writing suggests that you are intelligent. It also sounds heart felt. As a result, I can't decide if your are genuine, or deliberately being obtuse. While I suspect the latter, I will assume the former.
Either way, I will consider this to be the end of the conversation.
I refer to the woke community as a non-affiliated collective of vocal, minority "supporters".
A significant number of whom are not members of the minorities for whom they are being vocal.
I do not in any way suggest that the minority groups don't have valid issues that need to be addressed, and resolved. However, for the most part, these groups are being supported to do so, and in return, cooler and more rational heads are working toward these goals and a gradual, sustainable shift in perception that will, hopefully, lead to a much more equitable future.
When I refer to building something, this is what I mean.
The "woke community" are not interested in this building process. They do nothing that actually elevates the minority groups in any way. They do not "build" any kind of social infrastructure that supports any of the minority groups, in any way.
What they are very good at doing, is degrading people and tearing down the very structures that are working toward sustainable solutions. They create the stereotypes that many of us are trying to break down.
When people think of woke (modern usage) people, they don't envisage Martin Luthor King. They don't envisage Harvey Milk. They don't envision Germaine Greer. As a community, they aren't viewed as the UN, amnesty international or any other group that is actively supporting human rights.
What people do envisage is a rabid shrew with a keyboard.
The only thing they achieve is creating greater division.
That is why I say that the woke community don't build anything, they only destroy.
If you were asking out of genuine interest, I hope this helps to clarify things for you.
Either way, this is an end to the conversation for me.
I wish you well. Bye

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 02/03/2025

Awesome birthday present from @ivalaine.bsky.social - a Lego Ankylosaurus (Bumpy from the Jurassic Park animation). We had a little discussion about how you pronounce ankylosaurus and discovered both ways are valid.

Lego Baby ankylosaurus from Jurassic Park called Bumpy. He is green and brown and has a cute little pink tongue.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 21/02/2025

Informational panel at our vets practice. You can tell it’s an Australian practice because you don’t get quite so many pages about snakes in Ireland.

A bright orange, red, light blue and yellow sign. “Hello Summer” surrounded by 10 informational documents on protecting pets in the summer. Three of the signs are about snakes.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 19/02/2025

I know it’s the Batmobile, but to me it looks like the cabin of the Dropship from Aliens.

Gunmetal grey dropship from Aliens. A personnel carrier that drops straight from a space craft down to land in a hot zone. A Lean Mean Fighting Machine that’s only let down by the pilots neglecting to secure the access ramp.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 17/02/2025

No it’s still illegal, at least according to this article. I’ve screenshotted the applicable bit. They are allowing GM of animals and plants and trials into medical benefits for humans, but not changes to humans that are inheritable. Certainly not foetuses! www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/explained...

Segment from article:

What about humans and animals?
In controlled studies, gene tech might be used on human cells to treat conditions like sickle cell anaemia or Huntington’s Disease – but none of these genetic changes can be passed on to children.

Implanting genetically-modified sperm, eggs and embryos is currently prohibited by the Human Assisted Reproductive Technologies Act 2004, and the Government says this won’t change.

When it comes to studies involving animals, the National Animal Ethics Committee considers the ethics of genetically modifying animals under the Animal Welfare Act.

While there are some studies under way exploring the concept of gene-editing possums for pest control, that’s not something we can likely expect to see happen anytime soon.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 13/02/2025

Just posting a picture of the actual Newgrange monument for anyone who would like to know.

Newgrange Neolithic monument. An artificial green mound in a bright green field. The mound is faced with bright white stone and has a small entrance at the front.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 08/02/2025

Huh! I grew up in Northern Ireland and always thought our flag was the St George Cross with the red hand of Ulster on a six pointed star with a crown. Discovered today that this is the Ulster Banner and does not hold an official status, no matter how many times I saw it officially displayed!

The Ulster Banner:

A white flag with a red St George Cross. Centred on the cross is a white six pointed star with a red open hand (the red hand of Ulster). Above the star is the British Crown.

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Mark Armstrong @fabricatus.com · 07/02/2025

The professor running our science course at Uni (nearly 30 years ago?) shared this Gary Larsen cartoon in his opening lecture which he said demonstrated clearly the observer effect on the organisms we would be examining. It always stuck with me!

Gary Larsen Cartoon entitled “Life on a microscope slide”.

First panel: A group of amoeba having a party, one them shouts “aaaa! Look out everyone! It’s a coverslip!” They are oval shaped, holding drinks and chatting. There is a TV and a table with snacks.

Second panel: all the amoeba are squashed flat into odd shapes and clearly dead. The TV is smashed and the table is wrecked.

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