This is a really incredible piece. Share it widely 🎁https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/01/minneapolis-uprising/685755/?gift=C-rzmQ8PsUHt15odxTKJDn7xrpPNxSpotkNz_P27oI0

I was walking behind a family this evening as they ate ice cream and meandered. The Dad stopped suddenly and said "see, a wood duck!" (there were maybe 100 as there always are). Without further prompting, the entire family stopped walking and burst out in wood duck noises.

Tonight's sunbeam report from the Republic of the Inner North

This is how sunny it was tonight when I lost my ridiculous sunglasses on my run.

Grunge gang gang

Up at sunrise to avoid the 36°C day and to attempt my longest ever run. Still dressed like I ticked "yes" to everything on the player creation screen.

Instead of habit stacking for productivity, on Saturdays I stack tiny delights. Today's edition : riding around Ulladulla to f45, swim at the Sea Pool (24°C!), rambling ride via every beach, stopover for coffee and Australia's finest bagel. Delightful 😊

Today's sunbeam report.

I feel like those mandating return to office didn't give enough consideration for how long it would take me to find a non-havianas based outfit that also fits each day. Ridic.

Today's sunbeam report (no my phone isn't up to the task)

Seen on today's long run

Cold and rainy morning at Ginninderra parkrun today. Hard to believe it was 38°C last week. Today, I was beaten by a sausage dog. Why is it always the short ones? So undignified. I really hope he cheated. #parkrunau #loveparkrun

Well this is an excellent idea dressmyrun.com

Fucken yiiiiiikes!

Just downloaded photos from 2016 to join the fun, but omg no. Turns out some things are better left in the archive.

Delightful www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

I wonder if James Brayshaw channel 7 salary is partly funded by Kayo to make people sign up in hate / frustration. #bbl

Surely the biscoff lobby must be up there with the oil/gas lobby? It makes no sense that it's unremarkable and everywhere

Everything in its right place

At the beach we found a seemingly injured penguin. Called Wildlife Victoria who told us to take it home and keep it somewhere dark and cool until they could get a volunteer out to collect it. So now there’s just a penguin sitting in the garage of this holiday house like this

You should be allowed to work from home if you're trying to break in a particularly challenging pair of business sneakers.

Dietician upped my calorie intake target which is exciting but trying to consume the difference in chilli honey was perhaps a mistake.

Today's Canberra commute report

I don't like to brag about how well things are going but we're a mere 12 days into the year and I have started two separate popcorn fires.

Today's baby galah on my commute. Tiny punk!

From the ABC conversations best of 2025, listened on my commute today, incredible story very well shared pca.st/episode/4c56...

Yes I did see a baby galah this morning. Perfect.

Today's run report though the National Triangle, partially blanketed by bushfire smoke 😶

Everything may be pretty awful, but the arvo sunbeam reports keep coming

Canberra international 🎾 (50km winds / 37°C making it challenging playing conditions)

Windy heatwave for parkrun at Ainslie this morning #loveparkrun #parkrunau

What a year this week has been.

Finally got the chance to swim at the Ulladulla Sea Pool. Cracking spot with exactly the correct number of jetskis and threatening wildlife in the water (zero). Also a great spot to remember how bad I am at doing laps. 26°C water!

Arvo walk report. Unsettling fire skies

Zero paddle zen

I've been dying to get out on the local inlet for ages, and today I decided to finally do it. Wrong tide, wrong wind, high temp stunner. Only a reccy for a couple of km, but worth it.

Today's dunk report. Change of tide was absolutely cranking.

I've been riding past this delightful bus stop every day this week. I love that everything has a face but I REALLY love the awkward kangaroos. Perfection.

Day at the cricket, the pink test in Sydney!

It's cool how Ussie, Marnus and Cameron Green can have the same farewell test. #ashes

Pano ish 😍

As I dived into the water I felt my keys fall out of my pocket and reached down to catch them. That's when I remembered I didn't have pockets and wasn't carrying keys. I looked down and realised I had instead caught a crab bare handed and we were now holding hands. Reflexive yeet followed. 🦀

Neighbourhood kids stopped to ask me why I was taking a photo of a "weird duck" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

My local (tiny!) beach currently has 3 separate ice cream trucks in attendance. This is the correct level of market saturation.

Really hoping too-many-spoonbills aren't a sign of the apocalypse

Always delightful to visit Coombs parkrun. Shaking out my new race shoes and trying to follow a run plan 😱 #parkrunau #loveparkrun

What if I'm an unrecognised world champion at unfinished household tasks?

Found a closer park to my destination but still managed to be late due to who I am as a person. 2026 is for never changing apparenrly

New year Molonglo float