The Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area has many of these and the gravity-fed system is an engineering marvel.
Recently they've been enclosing some channels with pipes, which has led to our local channel dropping to a trickle.
Many birds seem to be enjoying the opportunity to fossick in the mud, also some humans too.
There are many sunken treasures, particularly witches hats and bits of metal.
When I shared this photo my friends commented that it's "monitoring the water level" and offers "sub bass"!
I have watched many of Emily's pedal reviews and enjoy her observations
One of the things that jumped out in this recent video is her recollection of an artist residency.
There's a lot in there about elitism in the arts, as well as the rationale for her new album.
If you have been on an artist residency though, then you might recognise Emily's comment about how it made her feel like an artist.
I think this is one of the best aspects of a residency, where the residents identify as the role after doing there own thing elsewhere and not considering it art.
The best residencies have an open-ended quality that allows room for this development to occur.
Or maybe it's just a question of where the audiences are located?
Personally I pay Disney little money and have enjoyed their franchises, and am becoming really curious to see if the Shogun series can survive going beyond the book with a second season.
Sure, the Marvel and Star Wars spin offs have been hit and miss.
I read Shogun for fun in high school and the TV mini-series at that time already felt dated.
So it's been fun to revisit the story but reminded me how much I wanted to see the battle just beyond the end of the book.
Rather than serving as a gentle way to change behaviours by suggesting something dangerous, it's become so polarising that it only succeeds in confirming biases in different directions across the gendered landscape.
In that way it reminds me of the crisises that feminism has encountered whenever someone with a marginal identity asks if a political movement representing 51% of the population can claim to reflect their particular margin.
Usually those moments see the margins considered, possibly shifted or given new labels, then the small number of people it impacted either follow the renewed movement or find their own splinter to support.
The feminst authors I've read are generally aiming to show solidarity with men where it will improve lives for everyone, such as reducing the burden of gender schema.
However, I think history shows that one doesn't simply change the rules and expect the game to adjust -- more often it leads to a new code of sports or church for believers.
So I wonder if masculinity is toxic enough to die or if it will just get more extreme?
