Dr. Simon D. A. Clark (they/them)

Note to readers: this was a funny observation - I'm fine. I am "in remission" so these things aren't as extreme or disruptive as they one were ;)

Yesterday: wow, i'm feeling really good about myself. Is this the start of a manic episode?

Today: *cries at tiktok on rock formations*

oh yeah, definitely a hit of mania

sometimes i think about how trains get together and hold each other up and i get jealous

apparently not to be admired. only bags must be admired

my friend took to me Prada and I started taking pictures of their Limestone tiling

did not occur to me this was A Weird Thing To Do until faced with some slightly inquisitorial staff

opinion - why does it do it that way?

- Too many double letters
- The jump from the second "i" to the second "o" is a oesophageal *jump*
- Looking at it makes me smell onion

Screenshot of the New York Times. Text reads: E.P.A. to Stop Considering Lives Saved When Setting Rules on Air Pollution In a reversal, the agency plans to calculate only: the cost to industry when setting pollution limits. and not the monetary value of saving human lives, documents show.

pollutionpunk insanity

protein for the protein god

One ate the other

🙏

Mirror selfie with a yellow tint. A mid-20s masc individual is topless, wearing black shorts. They have dark stubble and curly hair. Their torso is toned, with light hair across the chest. The background is an apartment with wooden floor and bare pale walls. The leaves of a plant are visible in the bottom left.

Mirror selfie in a gym changing room. A tall, muscular mid-30s masc individual is topless, wearing blue camo sweatpants and a chain necklace. They have dark brown stubble and curly hair, and with light hair across the chest. The background has a red bench on the left, and metal lockers on the right.

+10 years

Over time, I am discovering that my friends use me as their ADHD reference point

"my friend with severe ADHD..."
"I know someone who has ADHD bad..."

It's got me feeling like the chaos goblin rolled out in school assemblies to show people what happens when you're brain is made of pop rocks

Thankyou so much 🙏

Peat is actually interesting and engaging normally. I shouldn't have suggested otherwise. Apologies to the bogs

Man at the New Year's party asked me "what is a bog?"

Readers, the Sprit of SciComm awoke fierce within me.

To those curious, yes you *can* make peat an engaging topic even whilst techno thunders around you

It's a good source of stimulation if you find your attention dwindling

I accidentally deleted my entire thesis and, before restoring it, did briefly wonder whether this was the time to vanish into moors

that's mint

Omw 🌈😤

Screenshot of a Wikipedia page with an image header (top half), title, subtitle and a paragraph (white text on black background). The text reads: "Merychippus. Extinct genus of horses. Merychippus is an extinct proto-horse of the family Equidae that was endemic to North America during the Miocene, 15.97–5.33 million years ago.[2] It had three toes on each foot and is the first horse known to have grazed." The image shows a skeleton of the proto-horse fron the side, its head facing left.

Merychippus

Just in time for the festive season: how #Folklore and #Geoscience together shape we understand and value our local landscapes

Interview by me for @egu.eu

#EGU #SciComm #Myth

Yes.

Also, I feel sick thinking about the debris management that *should* happen here.

By comparison, some estimates of debris totals from catastrophes: the Haiti earthquake produced around 9 million tons, 311 around 22 million tons, and Katrina around 30 million tons.

Thankyou 🙏

Thankyou 🙏 yes, sure!

I have been chanting "better done than perfect" like a street conjurer to get it out the door

I HAVE A REQUEST

Good people, emerging from the shades of perfectionist purgatory, I have just published my website: www.simondaclark.com

If any charitable soul is willing to provide a bit of feedback on the initial thing, I would be most grateful 🥺👉👈

Academics are particularly vulnerable to this!

Not only does intelligence & open-mindedness *not* mitigate against our view being influenced by people or information that aligns with our values, research shows it might increase this bias!

This is called "miside bias" & it is everyone's weak spot.

*Allies* - Queerphobia is rising right now - this is the time to be more critical of your beliefs & behaviours.

Do not assume you are immune to the normalisation of queerphobia - this only makes you less critical of your thoughts and makes you more vulnerable!

Too many cis-straight folk are comfortable with making queerphobic comments - including self-stated allies - as part of day-to-day talk.

It's easy to assume they just don't realise - & I am sure some don't - but SO many times people make such comments right until I come out to them. People know!

Thanks! Fortunately my medication stabilises things real quick