Mike Godfrey 🇨🇦

Eppur si muove. scientificamerican.com/blog/observati…

Birria tacos with charro beans, guacamole, and a spicy cucumber salad. Tacos could have been crispier, but not too bad overall.

Sorry, it’s only pi day in the United States, and we’re not currently into marking Yank-dated numerobrations. The rest of the world, given the lack of an April 31 or a 14th month, will have to wait for Pi Approximation Day on 22/7. It actually produces a closer pi than 3.14

The 2025 Intl Conference on Program Comprehension is seeking nominations for the Vaclav Rajlich Career Award. Please see the link for details: conf.researchr.org/track/icpc-202…

trying out migod.bsky.social in case that’s interesting to anyone.

Back home in Waterloo for a few days after spending most of the last 8 months in Kyoto, Melbourne, and New Zealand. Woke up just in time to catch the eclipse, which was pretty glorious I have to say. If only I could find my razor…

Me, confronting reviewer #2 (at the Weta Workshop in Wellington NZ).

@shallit43 It was fantastic. Only wish we could have taken some pictures.

@migod How was the Penguin Parade?

We ran into this little guy when we went to refill our water bottles (on Philip Island, near Melbourne). It’s a swamp wallaby.

@shallit43 I’ll be able to tell you in about 2.5 hours.

Yes, I was actually there today and took this delightful short video too.

In case you were wondering what one calls an area where one keeps one’s platypuses.

@PAvgeriou Someone once told me that “smart” and “wise” aren’t the same thing :-)

Academia: the place where we respond to being over-worked by taking on even more work. And still we consider ourselves smart.

Donald Trump selling a T-shirt that says never surrender with a picture of him surrendering is peak MAGA.

Birthday Spamalot at @stratfest.

Good work from a German ad agency which reads "protect the wildlife before it's too late"

TIL Kate Bush is exactly five years older than me. How cool is that?

Monty Python's Life of Brian is a far superior guide to the Gospels than The Passion. Better acting too.