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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Stephanie Convery
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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
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Darwin day off really delivered
6 months ago
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Laura is basically the loveliest person in the world and also an incredible goddamn writer, how???
6 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
6 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
6 months ago
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34km this morning, 90+ for the week, everything is sore and tired
8 months ago
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No cat can resist the charms of the lap
8 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!)
8 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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Nic Taylor
8 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
8 months ago
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First golden whistler of the year for me
8 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/
9 months 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
9 months 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?
9 months 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??
9 months 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
9 months 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
9 months ago
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Me responding to doodle polls for meetings I probably won't attend anyway
9 months ago
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The cutest netball team in Melbourne? Surely
9 months 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)
9 months 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
9 months ago
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28km in the tank this morning for a 75km week, training block is intensifying
9 months ago
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What's everyone's favourite parrot, and why isn't it purple crowned lorikeet?
9 months 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)
9 months 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!)
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9 months 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
9 months 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
9 months 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
9 months 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
9 months ago
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How can we get skimmers to migrate to Australia?? I would like to see one
9 months 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
9 months ago
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Chris Somerville
9 months 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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Gonna continue to bore my followers with running updates: 64km this week including a lovely 24 before it got too hot today
9 months ago
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Channel billed cuckoos at Wilson's Reserve continue to evade me
9 months ago
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9 months ago
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Really walked into it by asking the cool colleague I saw at the Gillian Welch show how he got into her ("oh my parents were always playing Gillian Welch when I was a kid")
9 months ago
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Absolutely perfect morning to do your silly little marathon training session by the river and then eat bagels with yr friends
9 months ago
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New visitor has settled in quickly
9 months ago
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Test match coverage from Sri Lanka showing local birds (cattle egrets I think??) and I'm in heaven
9 months ago
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Absolutely nailed it
9 months ago
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Lit Fam is aiming to read more books in translation this year - hit me up with your best suggestions (even better if they're available in Melbourne shops and libraries)
9 months ago
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Quick jaunt to Braeside before the heat got overwhelming - it's such a great spot (Night heron, freckled duck, golden headed cisticola, royal spoonbill)
10 months ago
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Big morning
10 months ago
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No crakes in royal park today, disappointing
10 months ago
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Even cuter version
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10 months ago
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We're pretty cute (and v good at netball)
10 months ago
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Can't wait for Georgia to shoot 95% tonight
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10 months ago
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We simply adore our Wednesday morning torments
10 months ago
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