Michael L
@birdmichael.bsky.social
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Birds, books, netball, cats
pinned post!
This year is a decade of bird photography for me - I'm still on basic gear and limited commitment, but there have been some highlights - a little thread, starting with this 2015 nankeen kestrel from the northern end of the Merri
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Yarra River wandering - striated pardalote, common bronzewing, platypus(!!), owlet-nightjar
about 2 months ago
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The whole bazball schtick about playing entertaining cricket being thrillingly illustrated here by endless legside bouncers
2 months ago
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England should make 600 on this wicket
2 months ago
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Every year I get incredibly stressed and every year I get over the line - 451 calendars sold, $10820 donated, thanks for playing everyone!!!!
2 months ago
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Unbelievable that beau webster keeps missing out for cam green
2 months ago
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Seems crazy that the NYT games wrapped doesn't give me any statistics for the mini, the main reason I have the NYT games app
2 months ago
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Told people from run club that I went to the Big Day Out before everyone had mobile phones and you could see them struggling to make sense of it all
2 months ago
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Unfathomable news tonight, look after each other everyone
2 months ago
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Just two good boys
2 months ago
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Didn't find the owlet nightjar at Banyule, but it's always good for a stroll
2 months ago
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Been going to my run club for a couple of years and I've met so many of my favourite people
2 months ago
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Gang! I've still got approx 10 bird calendars left to sell, raising money for good causes as always and prices marked down to $25! You too could be this happy next year!!!
birdmichaelbirdcalendars.bigcartel.com
3 months ago
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I wish the government would ban me from social media
3 months ago
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Was trying to drag myself away from Twitter, but I guess I've gotta stay now
3 months ago
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While I'm posting, these were my favourite Australian books of the year - something for everyone (poetry, non-fiction, madcap novels, capital L Literature, graphic novels, short stories etc etc)
3 months ago
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Every few months the racism and misogyny on twitter drives me back over here, maybe I can make it stick this time? It's been a big tawny season since I last posted!
3 months ago
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reposted by
Michael L
Stephanie Convery
5 months ago
I "made"
@birdmichael.bsky.social
come to the Western Treatment Plant with me on a workday to look for brolgas and orange-bellied parrots so I could write this article
add a skeleton here at some point
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Darwin day off really delivered
9 months ago
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Laura is basically the loveliest person in the world and also an incredible goddamn writer, how???
9 months ago
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Thrilled to be at the launch of Laura Elvery's incredible debut novel - highly recommend it and both her short story collections
10 months ago
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I've drifted back to the bad site for the past month or so, but I'm gonna try to return here more regularly. Mostly I just wanted another place to post this photo of me distracted by a goshawk during the Ballarat marathon
10 months ago
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34km this morning, 90+ for the week, everything is sore and tired
12 months ago
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No cat can resist the charms of the lap
12 months ago
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Pleased to report that my special shoes helped me through 15 x 400m reps this morning, including my fastest ever 400! (pleased to report I'm *just* inside twice the world record pace!)
12 months ago
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Me packing my race shoes for tomorrow's track sesh and I once again have this song in my head
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12 months ago
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reposted by
Michael L
Nic Taylor
12 months ago
Fantastic new article by our PhD student Emma Vieira examining how alcohol-related harms among adolescents have shifted in countries that have seen a decline in adolescent drinking
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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A systematic review of adolescent alcohol‐related harm trends in high‐income countries with declines in adolescent consumption
Background and Aims Adolescent alcohol consumption decreased in high-income countries during the 2000s and 2010s. While evidence for declining consumption is clear, there has been less research trac.....
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/add.70026
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Getting ever more powerful
12 months ago
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First golden whistler of the year for me
12 months ago
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The tips on how to get into birding from
@edyong209.bsky.social
here are just perfect:
buttondown.com/edyong209/ar...
Even though I'm spending way more time running than explicitly birding atm, I still make a choice every time I'm out to pay attention!
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The Ed's Up - Radiate Outwards
Photo by Devin Oktar Yalkin for The New York Times Last month, I was interviewed by David Marchese of the NYT for their interview series called The...
https://buttondown.com/edyong209/archive/the-eds-up-radiate-outwards/
about 1 year ago
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Time for my annual failed attempt to predict
@thestellaprize.bsky.social
longlist! What have I missed here gang? Gimme your hot tips and predictions
about 1 year ago
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Googled Kate Jennings' Snake after
@sightlined.bsky.social
's post and this is just garbage: publication date out by nearly 50 years, a made-up co-author - remember when the internet used to work?
about 1 year ago
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Started Chetna Maroo's Western Lanes and the descriptions of squash are just sublime - what are our best sports novels, that really evoke the feeling of playing? The Art of Fielding? Parts of Infinite Jest? What else??
about 1 year ago
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Thrilling to have Labor governments both federally and in Victoria that seem to have no interest in environmental issues at all
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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Victorian duck shooting to last almost three months
Duck hunters will be able to shoot for almost three months this year, and the government has increased bag limits in a move set to please the hunting lobby.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02-15/duck-hunting-season-in-victoria-to-last-almost-three-months/104940922
about 1 year ago
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Absurdly boring for everyone else, but god I'm loving feeling noticeably fitter and stronger each week of this marathon training block
about 1 year ago
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Me responding to doodle polls for meetings I probably won't attend anyway
about 1 year ago
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The cutest netball team in Melbourne? Surely
about 1 year ago
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Pleased to report that I continue to confuse and alienate my run club by pointing out random birds in the distance (today: an Australian hobby hunting around the Rathdowne public housing towers)
about 1 year ago
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This is such a sad story and really does show the downsides of the convenient on-demand alcohol delivery services that have really taken off since 2020:
www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Curfews, time delays on alcohol delivery urged after woman drank herself to death
Kathleen Arnold, 30, was found dead with a blood alcohol reading of .54. Her death prompted calls for a crackdown on alcohol home delivery services.
https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/curfews-time-delays-on-alcohol-delivery-urged-after-woman-drank-herself-to-death-20250210-p5lb0z.html
about 1 year ago
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28km in the tank this morning for a 75km week, training block is intensifying
about 1 year ago
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What's everyone's favourite parrot, and why isn't it purple crowned lorikeet?
about 1 year ago
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We are getting 2025 off to a frankly insane start running-wise gang (I am only gonna get more boring from here, please mute me)
about 1 year ago
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Would not recommend following this up with your fifth dawn run in five days though (62km since Sunday and I'm cracking, still 11 weeks until the race!)
add a skeleton here at some point
about 1 year ago
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On a good night, when you play well against a friendly but competitive team, there's nothing better than social netball
about 1 year ago
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Instagram is crashing whenever I try to reply to stories, which does feel like a critical commentary on the way I use the app
about 1 year ago
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Hey look, my friend Ruby has another fucken brilliant song out:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDy...
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Ruby Gill - Touch Me There
YouTube video by rubygillVEVO
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDyvdZxa5k
about 1 year ago
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I love birds and I love running, obviously, so this Fractel series should be my favourite ever thing. But... how is this a kookaburra? There's not even any blue? Baffling
about 1 year ago
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How can we get skimmers to migrate to Australia?? I would like to see one
about 1 year ago
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Great that all my hot single 20-something followers who were 'looking for something serious' on twitter have also migrated to bluesky
about 1 year ago
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reposted by
Michael L
Chris Somerville
about 1 year ago
talking to a guy who says he's so overworked he needs to use chatgpt to help, brother have you thought about just unionising instead
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