Francis Norman

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CEO at Centre of Decommissioning Australia (CODA).

PhD in and passionate about remote working and virtual teams.

Love travel and photography - my feed will occasionally be dominated by pictures from different locations, often of food.

Originally from North Yorkshire, now living in Perth, Western Australia.
Likely to talk about #decommissioning #energy #photography #travel #food #remote work #research and #academia #zwift
How I found a new home online at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter. More like a village than a city, Mastodon has less cruelty and bad-faith debates than Twitter, in my experience Could it be a social media platform to trust, asks Annalee Newitz. https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg25834340-300-how-i-found-a-new-home-online-at-mastodon-after-giving-up-on-twitter/
How I found a new home online at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter

More like a village than a city, Mastodon has less cruelty and bad-faith debates than Twitter, in my experience Could it be a social media platform to trust, asks Annalee Newitz

New Scientist
Great line from Joi Ito: A lot of Silicon Valley folks think life is a game that they can win, and that you can optimize your way to happiness.

If you are a smaller #startup and you are invited to participate in any sort of "innovation lab" or "accelerator" or similar program hosted by #BigTech, be *very* careful and make sure to read the fine print in any agreements that you sign.

There is a more than zero chance that as a condition of participating you will be signing away your right to sue them if they happen to steal any #IP that you develop while in the program.

Not a joke. Seriously. Know what you're getting into.

#law #LawFedi

Aboriginal spears taken by Captain James Cook to be returned to Australia https://bbc.in/3IAhZIw
Aboriginal spears taken by Captain James Cook to be returned to Australia

The spears - seized by British explorer James Cook - will be handed back to their traditional owners.

BBC News
Quite simply, probably the most evocative #war memorial I have seen. https://mymodernmet.com/bojte-horvath-istvan-war-memorial/
Memorial Uses an Empty Silhouette To Honor Soldiers Who Fought in WWI and WWII

A moving memorial pays homage to Hungarian soldiers who died in WWI and WWII with an empty silhouette.

My Modern Met
Honoring Tyre Nichols as he lived, enjoying the things he loved, before the world watches a video of his murder. 💔❤️🛹 #TyreNichols #skate #BadBrains
Happy Large Boulder the Size of a Small Boulder Day! Please celebrate by posting pictures of rocks of indeterminate sizes or maybe your favorite boulder

Serenity.
Black and white photography emphasizes silence, loneliness, depth.
There is nothing superfluous here.
Just look at this photo.

Photographer: modopix
#photo #blackandwhitephoto #serenity #winter #photo #Sunday #loneliness

There's a gang in my area and they recruit members by threatening them with all kinds of punishments if they don't join.
But enough about the church...