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On a break, trying to figure out where we actually are in the Kemihaara Wilderness Area, Finland, during Christmas and New Year's Eve 2023/2024. We got pretty badly lost on this hike and for five days, we only had a vague idea of where we were. But since we always pack food for a few extra days, we didn't have any other emergency except that it started to become mentally exhausting. I would say I'm pretty good at navigating, but in forests, sometimes my inner compass just gets overwhelmed, or I get lost in my own thoughts and forget to be on alert for landmarks.

#sonyalpha #tamron #nature #mountains #fjells #hiking #landscape #lapland #outdoors #adventure #wilderness #photography #kemihaara
#finland #xmas #newyear #skitour #navigation #maps #compass #winterhiking

Happy #Nowruz to all who celebrate. Makes much more sense to me to celebrate the #NewYear at the beginning of spring on an astronomically significant day rather than on some odd, astronomically insignificant day in mid-winter. I mean, what’s up with that anyway? So to celebrate Nowruz, which BTW is observed by an enormous population including in Iran, Central and South Asia, I’m posting a short video memorial to one of the greatest #mathematicians ever, who happened to be an #Iranian woman, Maryam Mirzakhani. The first woman to win the Field’s Prize, math’s equivalent to the Nobel, Mirzakhani broke barriers and forever changed her chosen field. A Harvard graduate and former professor at both Princeton and Stanford, she deserves more attention than she gets. Regrettably, she died far too young at 40. May the new year bring us more genius minds like hers. #math #mathematics #STEM #WomenInSTEM #science

youtube.com/watch?v=W2VXXfDIF9

Your brain is hard-wired to avoid exercise. Here's why

sciencefocus.com/comment/exerc

Welcome to 2025! New year, new you, and all that guff.

But before your resolutions quickly peter out, read this Science Focus piece, by me, about why something ostensibly good for us is often so off putting.

BBC Science Focus Magazine · Your brain is hard-wired to avoid exercise. Here's why

Happy Lunar New Year!

If you were born in the year of the snake, be careful! 2025 is your Ben Ming Nian—a year traditionally believed to bring bad luck due to a conflict with Tai Sui, the God of Age 🐉

Don't worry, wearing red through the year should help you fight off the bad luck 🔴

Learn more about 2025 The Year of the Snake here: chinesenewyear.net/lunar-new-y

謹致新年賀辭:
謹賀新年,百福具臻;祝諸君事業無虞,萬事遂心。
敬頌!
New Year Greeting:
Respectfully wishing you a happy new year, may you all have an abundance of blessings and good fortune. May your career be free of worries, and all your wishes be fulfilled.
With sincere respect to praise!
#newyear #LunarNewYear #chinesenewyear #chinese #新年快樂 #新年 #新年快乐 #謹賀新年 #HappyNewYear #ChúcMừngNămMới #祝𢜠𢆥㵋 #恭賀新禧 #恭賀新春 #賀辭 #greetings #blessings #wish #春節 #2025春節 #springfestival

Your brain is hard-wired to avoid exercise. Here's why

sciencefocus.com/comment/exerc

Welcome to 2025! New year, new you, and all that guff.

But before your resolutions quickly peter out, read this Science Focus piece, by me, about why something ostensibly good for us is often so off putting.

BBC Science Focus Magazine · Your brain is hard-wired to avoid exercise. Here's why