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mwt

@mwt@mastodon.nz

Recently got a marine science PhD. Now doing data science stuff with river flow data, and learning te reo Māori.

A sci-fi/fantasy nerd, gamer geek (board games, video games, ttrpg), and into fiction writing.

I play tam and agogo in a samba drum and dance band, and occasionally djembe at drum circles.

I enjoy hatha yoga.

Reasonably good cook (specialising in soups and stews), a novice vegetable gardener.

Also: a (probably (undiagnosed)) autistic transgender Chinese-American.

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mwt, to random
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Tonight's theme for is , inspired by not wanting to face a whole bunch of depressing political realities in New Zealand today. I don't normally start with musicals, but Music Of The Night from Phantom Of The Opera seemed appropriate:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NIK-nsI2g

"Close your eyes, for your eyes will only tell the truth, and the truth isn't what you want to see.
In the dark it is easy to pretend, that the truth is what it ought to be."

mwt,
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Meanwhile, my partner opens with Dreaming by Blondie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TU3-lS_Gryk

mwt,
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I also haven't seen one of my favourites posted yet, Dream On by Aerosmith:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PpXu-2fPHc

mwt,
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Here's Dream A Little Dream Of Me by The Mamas & The Papas, as sung by Nightcore:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3-EVaYLuE0

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If you insist on standing up to pee at a toilet, at least have the fucking decency to wipe the seat when you miss the bowl you fucking animals.

mwt,
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@jonoabroad also applies to hover girls.

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@nobyeni @knitting
I once almost bought two ipods so that I could have one engraved to say "Do not go gentle into that good night" and the other "Rage, rage against the dying of the light."

timClicks, to random
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If only there was a self-reproducing device that absorbed carbon from the atmosphere, ideally powered directly by solar power.

mwt,
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@timClicks phytoplankton!

mwt, to academia
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Are there any environmentally-minded data scientists out there who likes rivers, who would like to work for local government in New Zealand?

https://careers.tasman.govt.nz/Vacancies/6469775/title/Environmental-Data-Scientist

mwt, to random
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Tonight's theme for is . Songs that tell stories. So, pretty much every country-western and musical would qualify, but I'll start small. :) Here's New Kid In Town by the Eagles:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLf3mDLWzJE

mwt,
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Meanwhile, my partner starts us off with Major Tom by Peter Schilling:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wO0A0XcWy88

mwt,
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Quite a few Billy Joel songs tell stories, but one of my all-time favorites is Leningrad:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LgD_-dRZPgs

mwt,
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Meanwhile, next up from my partner is The Pogues with Fairytale of New York:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9jbdgZidu8

mwt,
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Johnny by October Project:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6WvDa1RiZOU

Everything is different but it's all the same to him.
Everything is nothing like it was, before she came, before she stayed,
And went away.

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Don't You Want Me by The Human League:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EhG9giKZvo

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The Search Is Over by Survivor:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xELTfJ-ZVBc

Now at last I hold you, now all is said and done.
The search has come full circle, our destinations are one.

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Whiskey In The Jar, as covered by Metallica:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsrvmNtWU4E

mwt,
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Here's a song based on a story. Hand of Sorrow by Within Temptation is based on Robin Hobb's Assassin series.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YncG6cA_pL8

mwt,
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Come A Little Bit Closer by Jay and the Americans:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZuWkVqum6a8

mwt,
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I Dare You by Shinedown:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5kaDyq41qw

Hello. Let me introduce you to the characters in the show.
One says yes, one says no.

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Susan's House by Eels:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3s6qXkS2Ic

mwt,
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I'm My Own Grandpa by Ray Stevens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYlJH81dSiw

mwt,
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The Saga Begins by Weird Al Yankovic:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEcjgJSqSRU

(The Star Wars story sung to the tune of Bye Bye American Pie.)

mwt,
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United Breaks Guitars by Sons of Maxwell:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Based on a true story.

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Hey Pretty by Poe:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_lhspmjCJ4

mwt,
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Stan by Eminem. (This is the uncensored version with many swear words.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sixjHud8lYw

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