Fernando Gros
@fernandogros.com
Writer
Granta Memoir Workshop alumni
Shortlisted for The Deep Creek Residency Fellowship
Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵
Worked in academia and music
TCK
https://fernandogros.com/blog/
Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
Granta Memoir Workshop alumni
Shortlisted for The Deep Creek Residency Fellowship
Lived in 🇨🇱🇦🇺🇬🇧🇮🇳🇭🇰🇸🇬🇯🇵
Worked in academia and music
TCK
https://fernandogros.com/blog/
Made in Chile, grown in Australia, polished in Japan
Twitter is obviously terrible now.
But Twitter still has this and Bluesky never will.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But Twitter still has this and Bluesky never will.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
November 14, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Twitter is obviously terrible now.
But Twitter still has this and Bluesky never will.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
But Twitter still has this and Bluesky never will.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
For the sake of comparison. To scale.
I love the Jimny. See them all the time when I'm in the Japanese countryside. Could imagine buying one myself.
I love the Jimny. See them all the time when I'm in the Japanese countryside. Could imagine buying one myself.
October 23, 2025 at 1:06 AM
For the sake of comparison. To scale.
I love the Jimny. See them all the time when I'm in the Japanese countryside. Could imagine buying one myself.
I love the Jimny. See them all the time when I'm in the Japanese countryside. Could imagine buying one myself.
Four lovely books courtesy of Splinter Magazine's new subscriber giveaway. These all look excellent and will be part of my Spring reading season.
October 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Four lovely books courtesy of Splinter Magazine's new subscriber giveaway. These all look excellent and will be part of my Spring reading season.
This meme was popular when I was living there a few years back.
September 15, 2025 at 10:44 PM
This meme was popular when I was living there a few years back.
Spent a few minutes this morning thinking about what makes a city feel stressful. Charted out most of the cities I've lived in and three where I've spent a considerable amount of time in the past decade or so.
September 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Spent a few minutes this morning thinking about what makes a city feel stressful. Charted out most of the cities I've lived in and three where I've spent a considerable amount of time in the past decade or so.
I vaguely remember one of his Fred Dagg specials, the one about bionic sheep, screening on the ABC when I was quite young. In my teens I picked up that album from the sale bin at a local record store.
August 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
I vaguely remember one of his Fred Dagg specials, the one about bionic sheep, screening on the ABC when I was quite young. In my teens I picked up that album from the sale bin at a local record store.
Had a wonderful time getting a behind the scenes look at some of the 28,000 works in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s print, drawings, and photograph collection. Also learning a little about the world of museum curation.
July 25, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Had a wonderful time getting a behind the scenes look at some of the 28,000 works in the Art Gallery of South Australia’s print, drawings, and photograph collection. Also learning a little about the world of museum curation.
I think about this quote often and it leads me to conclude that I need a t-shirt that says "hedonistic proclivities"
May 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
I think about this quote often and it leads me to conclude that I need a t-shirt that says "hedonistic proclivities"
My @readwise.bsky.social streak hit 1500 today. That's 1500 consecutive days of reviewing my reading highlights. This exercise in spaced repetition has helped me remember several key ideas from things I've written and be better at remembering some of my favourite quotes.
March 31, 2025 at 4:43 AM
My @readwise.bsky.social streak hit 1500 today. That's 1500 consecutive days of reviewing my reading highlights. This exercise in spaced repetition has helped me remember several key ideas from things I've written and be better at remembering some of my favourite quotes.
Sitting at my mother’s old table in her garden. Listening to the palms bristle in the breeze. With birds chirping in the distance. While I edit this week’s writing. I don’t know how many more afternoons I will get to enjoy this place. But I’ll take every one I can.
March 30, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Sitting at my mother’s old table in her garden. Listening to the palms bristle in the breeze. With birds chirping in the distance. While I edit this week’s writing. I don’t know how many more afternoons I will get to enjoy this place. But I’ll take every one I can.
I’m on @flashes.blue
Part of the promise of AT Protocol (and Bluesky) is being able to take your account and your followers with you to different social media services without the cost of starting again.
Flashes is an Instagram alternative and it takes seconds to set up.
Part of the promise of AT Protocol (and Bluesky) is being able to take your account and your followers with you to different social media services without the cost of starting again.
Flashes is an Instagram alternative and it takes seconds to set up.
March 30, 2025 at 5:12 AM
I’m on @flashes.blue
Part of the promise of AT Protocol (and Bluesky) is being able to take your account and your followers with you to different social media services without the cost of starting again.
Flashes is an Instagram alternative and it takes seconds to set up.
Part of the promise of AT Protocol (and Bluesky) is being able to take your account and your followers with you to different social media services without the cost of starting again.
Flashes is an Instagram alternative and it takes seconds to set up.
Looking back to five years ago. At the time it felt like I was taking things more seriously than everyone around me. In hindsight I was being woefully optimistic.
March 10, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Looking back to five years ago. At the time it felt like I was taking things more seriously than everyone around me. In hindsight I was being woefully optimistic.
Whenever I wonder about what happened to Twitter I return to this quote.
March 9, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Whenever I wonder about what happened to Twitter I return to this quote.
Visualisation of my blog. Not sure what to do with this. But it is pretty.
February 26, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Visualisation of my blog. Not sure what to do with this. But it is pretty.
Bringing old productivity habits back to life.
February 5, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Bringing old productivity habits back to life.
January 25, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Happy New Year.
May your skies be blue, your skis freshly waxed, your edges sharp, your runs empty, and your chairlift queues non-existent.
May your skies be blue, your skis freshly waxed, your edges sharp, your runs empty, and your chairlift queues non-existent.
January 1, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Happy New Year.
May your skies be blue, your skis freshly waxed, your edges sharp, your runs empty, and your chairlift queues non-existent.
May your skies be blue, your skis freshly waxed, your edges sharp, your runs empty, and your chairlift queues non-existent.
Several years I experimented with light photography to create still life guitar photos. It's a technique I want to try again sometime.
December 10, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Several years I experimented with light photography to create still life guitar photos. It's a technique I want to try again sometime.
Apple Music Replay is cool. This was my favourite bit of this year's report.
December 8, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Apple Music Replay is cool. This was my favourite bit of this year's report.
Creating my main Scrivener project folder for 2025. In previous years I had one for my blog and one for other creative writing. But the line between what is for the blog and for publication elsewhere is now (intentionally) blurred. So it makes more sense to have one project for the year.
November 28, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Creating my main Scrivener project folder for 2025. In previous years I had one for my blog and one for other creative writing. But the line between what is for the blog and for publication elsewhere is now (intentionally) blurred. So it makes more sense to have one project for the year.
Tokyo looking pretty tonight
November 21, 2024 at 12:37 PM
Tokyo looking pretty tonight
Tasted some new dairies, bought a guidebook to Japan’s yoghurt makers, explored the regional varieties of milk, and saw a cow.
November 16, 2024 at 8:47 AM
Tasted some new dairies, bought a guidebook to Japan’s yoghurt makers, explored the regional varieties of milk, and saw a cow.