#Anatolian level stubbornness - #Abla wont move, even when being hailed on

Just reposting this which I think is the most gorgeous thing I have seen in my career - a critically endangered orange-bellied parrot feeding on a carpet of daisies after an ecological burn. This was the first time they’d had the chance to feed naturally in 15y and was wonderful to witness 😭😭😭🧡🧡🧡🧡

The face on baby gang gangs is ridiculously cute it’s giving clown car Santa hat pincushion realness

Midnight ramblings of our local spiny mate :) #ausmonotrenes #adelaide #australia #auswildlife

Big roo appeared in our neighbour's garden this morning, nibbling on the plants (weeds *cough*) on the edge of our driveway. Big boy! Lovely to see :) #australianwildlife #australianmammals #suburban #adelaide

A good start to the day! Do love me a bit of sleepy wake up Wordle :) Wordle 1,314 2/6 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

The annual Christmas tradition of ‘oh! The parents are dropping in post lunch?’ - mad cleaning ensues.

I’m convinced every Zoom or Teams video conference is really a seance in disguise… “can you hear me?”, “we can’t see you”, “you are coming through clearly”, “the echo is terrible” - still beats driving to meetings all day, though.

An #80s throwback, but what a great version of this song. Get your ears around it - the crowd enthusiasm is something. Died too young. #laurabranigan www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ha4M...

Let’s see if this also happens in australia, soon… #auspol

I was 50+ years old when I realised I really do not understand the Rosé APT dance craze (the song isn't bad but) :)

BBQ weather here in #adelaide :) hope you are all having a nice day!

Koala hanging out near my place. Certainly a bit of the "watcha doooooing?" look going on :) #australianmammals #australianwildlife

1am ramblings of our Echidna chum :) so great to have it wandering around our garden. #ausmonotrenes #australianwildlife #crittercam

Strange, oddly comforting, dream memory last night of watching Murder She Wrote on the TV as a teen, sitting with my mother, eating Vienetta icecream, whilst dad was out playing cards at a Dutch club. #dreams #icecream #35yearsago

Dawn chorus "Rosy fingered dawn"

Day 11 of #ArtAdventCalendar: These kits were very excited to welcome their mother back to the den. Didn't hurt that she had just arrived with dinner. 🦊 #wildlife

There goes my streak :/ Wordle 1,272 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩

Please send help I cannot breathe

Lovely #shoes - but consequences :)

This Sunday, one of my art orgs is presenting the final of their 2024 pre-professional music competition in #adelaide - if you want to see a selection of 6 kickass young classical music performers, you can attend in person ($10) or watch online for free :) recitalsaustralia.org.au #supportlivemusic

“Like popping pills through a blister pack, so go the days of our lives” :) me. #quotes

Gorgeous echidna in our garden, looking for snacks 🐜 :) #australianwildlife #ausmonotrenes (see also a previous skeet I did with video, forgot the tags!) - at least all our dig holes are explained now (and it’s not rabbits…)

What a lovely #bluesky here today :)

Wonderful concert yesterday in Adelaide, featuring 18 students of the #adelaide Elder Conservatorium performing Mozart and Copland’s Appalachian Spring. Great stuff! Thanks to recitalsaustralia.org.au

An exciting exhibition at Art Gallery SA - rebellious knitting and political pants - reported by @theguardian.com - don’t fear the exhibition is on until 30 March 2025 (not 2024 as written at www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...)

Give a man a fish. He feeds for a day. Teach a man to fish. He feeds for a lifetime. Teach a billionaire to fish. He buys all the lakes and rivers and then charges you to fish them.

Dinner time! So lucky to be able to eat such delicious food. What did you all have?

Good morning Bluesky peeps. Have a good happy day, as best you can. Here’s a photo of Darling Harbour in Sydney that I took last week :) (lucky, I missed the forecast rain expected this weekend!)

Even though we all complain about it… public transport really is so important and great. On the way to the big smoke :)

Suicide Prevention Australia has urged politicians to reconsider the U16s social media ban 📲 "While we acknowledge challenges with online platforms, this bill fails to consider positive aspects of social media in supporting young people's mental health and sense of connection"

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne... pathetic...

Event Cinemas promo “Don’t miss out on some of the biggest releases of the year including Wicked, Moana 2, Mufasa: The Lion King, and Sonic the Hedgehog 3” What?! a throwback 30 years. Surely, originality in cinema exists for 'the biggest releases' beyond rehash of concepts from a lifetime ago?

With legislation in Australia banning mobile phones for refugees, cancelling bills bringing wealth balance, and yet passing stupid social media bills… this Christmas public art on display in my city felt very apt - perhaps we all sit in a privileged prison of our own hubris, complete with a bow.

Such a good approach to #homeless people

#BREAKING 🚨 Fatima Payman has slammed Pauline Hanson, describing her as a "disgrace to the human race" while Hanson spoke about Payman's eligibility to sit in parliament "You're not just vindictive, mean, nasty − you bring disgrace to the human race" FULL VIDEO: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4gI...

Stormy and wet(ish) night here in #adelaide - so our possum neighbours stay closer to the ground :)

Thanks Bluesky for having pets so that I don’t have to.

Thoughts re the #auspol blocking under 16 from social media. We’ve had these before, over 100s of years - newspapers, voting equality, radio, television, Elvis, video games - instead of a ban, focus on education, resources and open discussions supporting awareness in all life settings. #noban

Is there space on Bluesky for skeets about classical music? I chair an arts organisation that specifically promotes emerging pre professional artist opportunity (recitalsaustralia.org,au), and I wonder if there is a space for such content here…

This had better not herald Monday’s shenanigans… :D Wordle 1,255 X/6 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟨⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩🟩🟩🟩

Interesting content. Hmmm… does making #yoghurt count?

One does wonder….

#BREAKING 🚨 Labor has DUMPED the misinformation bill after it was guaranteed it could not pass the Senate “There is no pathway to legislate…the govt will not proceed with the Combatting Misinformation and Disinformation Bill”, communications minister Michelle Rowland says

A female nobbi dragon (Diporiphora nobbi) at Gluepot Reserve, South Australia. #herp

My other hot take is, instead of spending 10 billion to terraform Mars they could undo the damage from deforestation and clean the oceans here on Earth

I actually prefer steaming my eggs - either in shell (about 5-6 mins for medium) and then peel - or even better, made into chawanmuahi (with dashi).

Shout out to the #slowrise dough magicians at Hearth Breads, Blackwood in #southaustralia - such great products. Recommend the Ethiopia loaf and the delicious scroll and coffee :)

So, we all need a bit of Australian #echidna in our lives, right?! Monotremes are such fascinating creatures - and #australia has many interesting animals other than kanagaroos and koalas ❤️ in #adelaide, South Australia.