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Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 142 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 147 days This week I return to one of my favourite topics energy because I can, and I must. This week I had the privilege of presenting a two-day course to a diverse group of moreContinue reading “Ruminations on Electricity, Statements of the Obvious and Assumptions“

Celebrating Ruminant Pink Friday in the Kgalagadi Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 135 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 140 days Forgive me dear readers it has been three weeks since my last blog. I have been on a wilderness trip to Botswana to Mabuasehube in the KgalagadiContinue reading “Ruminations Regarding the Return of Botswana Man and a Kettle“

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 114 of no lockdown.  Period as an ivory tower academic 119 days Forgive me dear readers it has been two weeks since my last blog. In good science fiction movies, it is always the imposing and often terrifying mother ship you see approaching earth as theContinue reading “A tribute to the mother ship on the occasion of her 80th birthday”

Stephan’s quintet is a grouping of five galaxies. This enormous mosaic is Webb’s largest image to date, covering about one-fifth of the Moon’s diameter. It contains over 150 million pixels and is constructed from almost 1,000 separate image files. Contemplate this when you are feeling anxious. Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on dayContinue reading “Ruminations on Anxiety Caused by Uncertainty”

Unfit for public office Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 92 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 98 days There was a time when leaders who were unfit for public office either resigned or were forced out and left in disgrace like Richard Nixon. Remember David Cameron resigning afterContinue reading “Ruminations on Barnacles and Being Unfit for Public Office”

Madikwe Mooifontein Camp Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 85 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 91 days Last week there was no blog. I was in the beautiful game reserve Madikwe from Thursday to Sunday with a group of friends. It was a fantastic trip. The weather wasContinue reading “Ruminations on Load Shedding and the Existential Crisis Facing South Africa”

Maritaba Explorers Camp Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 71 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 77 days For more than 20 years I have been organising an annual trip to the bush for my cisgender male friends. This was only interrupted in 2020 by Covid 19. I haveContinue reading “Ruminations on Worrying, Anxiety, Depression and Extinction”

Typical day-long queue at dilapidated home affairs office Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 64 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 70 days A good blog or essay is written with a combination of head and heart. A fact and analysis-based essay needs some heart and perhaps some humourContinue reading “Ruminations on Neo Apartheid and the Lump of Labour Fallacy”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies in day 57 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 64 days If we agree that tackling climate change is one of the most important challenges facing humanity it is appropriate to ruminate on how satisfying some of the dominant narratives are regarding how we willContinue reading “Ruminations on the Deus ex Machina Approach to Climate Change”

Aweh dearly beloved fellow ruminants & groupies on day 50 of no lockdown. Period as an ivory tower academic 57 days Today my blog is short and late because I have been involved in scholarly activities. One of my (many) groupies forwarded me an opinion paper recently published by Julian Kircherr in the peer-reviewed academicContinue reading “Ruminations on scholarly bullshit and being provocative”