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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 13h

Got some new visitors today.

Hive of bees that have taken uresidence in/on our mail box.p

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Got this terrifying timeline combo.

Image of the painting Self-Portrait (1900) by the painter Elin Danielson-Gambogi juxtaposed with a image a Pauline Hanson in a similar pose.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Some of the cakes for today out of the oven and cooling.

Four small lemon meringue pies sitting on an oven tray.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 10/10/2026

Took Master E to the Geelong botanic gardens for a tile-making thing this morning.

Mass planting of paper daisies in the entry of the Geelong Botanic Gardens.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Several estimators of the number of latent topics top/bottom out around 20, so that's where I'd start with a LDA model if I was doing a real analysis of the content. A LDA model can provide a useful starting topic schema if you are doing thematic analysis.

Chart of number of topics vs perplexity for the r/deakin post text data set.

Chart of number of topics vs various LDA tuning metrics for the r/deakin post text data set.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Data collection did not include this recent entry.

Post from r/deakin

Where did all the courses go?

I’m enrolled in the graduate diploma of writing and literature. Started it this year on a part time basis to go at a relaxed pace while I work full time. I’ve gone to look at courses for next year and almost everything is gone! What happened? Editing, Publishing, Vision and Revision: Short Stories Now, all the journalism courses. I think I’ll early exit since there’s nothing that interests me anymore! But before, I was so excited by the options. What happened?!

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Here's the summary of the 12 topic model.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Yes, I loved the exhibition overall. Perhaps the weirdest thing about the AI video for me was the context. Not as a welcome/introduction, but located in the middle of the exhibition, and titled as an artwork included in the exhibition. Just didn't work for me like that. I realise that's on me.

The painting 'Paule Gobillard in a ball gown' 1887 by Berthe MORISOT.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Let's check in on the national broadcaster this fine morning...

ABC bloop 1 - "Wordage quiz: rank 'cool', 'bogus' and 'meh' by how old they are"

ABC bloop 2 - "Is it safe to charge your phone overnight?"

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Spent the day prowling Mount Gambier op shops and second hand book stores. Checking out the incredible 1970s and 1980s sci-fi cover art by the English illustrators Chris Foss and Peter Elson.

Cover art by Peter Elson for the A. E. Van Vogt book Pendulum.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I don't really want someone called "Bernie Flood" near anything to do with my property.

Bernie Flood Property Conveyancer, Mount Gambier.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Visited Naracoorte Caves National Park. Highly recommended. The trip up the Riddoch Highway from Mount Gambier takes you through that Coonawarra and a who's who of Australian winemaking history.

View of stalactites and stalagmites inside the Naracoorte caves.

View of fossil excavation inside the Naracoorte caves.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Seen on Reddit. Someone asked a non-music-related question, to which someone responded "Placebo".

A sequence of Reddit comments.
a) "Placebo"
b) "A good band"
c) "Statistically, they're almost as good as The Cure!"

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Master E is a fan of Cast in Blue at the Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre. Watched a movie there this morning - not "The Taking of Deborah Logan", but an interesting doco on the volcanic history of Mount Gambier and surrounds.

Master E being eaten by the Blue Blob outside the Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre in Mount Gambier.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Art for those interested in fluid dynamics.

The wind going over my hands, by Dagny Strand at the Riddoch Arts & Cultural Centre in Mount Gambier.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great to be back in Stobie county.

South Australian Stobie pole near Mount Gambier.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

This is where we got dinner from tonight.

The Spud Train selling baked potatoes at the Blue Lake Holiday Park.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

They got away with it because these were the phones.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Tough at work? Too bad, now we will literally take your blood as well.

Reddit ad from LifebloodAU: "Rough week? Donate blood to turn it around..."

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Bees busy at the Umpherston Sinkhole.

Beehive/honeycomb hanging from overhanging walls at the Umpherston Sinkhole in Mount Gambier.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Welcome to the BIG4 Blue Lake Holiday Park in Mount Gambier, which has the Southern Cross of pools.

Holiday Park swimming pool which has a very Southern Cross railway station aspect.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Some evidence that those bird roost spikes are at least partially effective.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Also Paul Kligerman. In a children's home at 7, then emigrated to Melbourne (not far from me). He would've had the same trade high schooling I had. In 21 Up he looks like any number of people I knew. We've been involved in out-of-home care for kids for 25+ years. Glad to see things work out for him.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

The first one aired before I was born, but I have followed them all my life. I was always struck by the image of young Nick Hitchon walking along a Yorkshire lane.

Young Nick Hitchon walking along a Yorkshire lane, from 7Up.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Here's Sammy the four tonne elephant seal having a rest in his favourite spot on Crumpets Beach in Portland this morning. Yesterday we saw him from just beyond the breaking surf swimming around.

Sammy the elephant seal chilling on Crumpets Beach in Portland.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Seeing that old mate Joe, the ultimate leaner, is back in the media for absolutely zero good reason, here's one just for him, part of the Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm.

Panorama of part of the Cape Bridgewater Wind Farm - just for you Joe.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Visited the coast at Cape Bridgewater. Huge Torquay 40 years ago vibe.

Ms L, Master E, Ms S, Ms C and Grandmaster A (obscured) walking to the Blowhole at Cape Bridgewater.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Absolutely slumming it here in Portland. Daughter #1 made sushi.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Visited the Gannet colony on Lawrence Rocks. Boat captain said they have recently seen smaller seabirds dead, presumably from bird flu, but the larger Gannets seem to be fairing better so far.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Family took an ocean trip off Portland this morning. Decent swell outside the breakwater and past the protection of Point Danger and into the Southern Ocean.

Master E looking over the outboard motors at the wake trailing behind the boat up and over the swell.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Guessing some patrons sometimes leave feeling a bit concussed after encountering The Iron Bar.

The exterior of the Iron Bar hotel in Portland.

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Stuart Palmer @spalm.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Two views of double trailer trucks full of wood chips unloading on the rocket launchers at Portland harbour.

Three trucks on rocket launchers at varying angles of inclination unloading wood chips.

View of a truck on a rocket launcher unloading wood chips.

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