Yarra River wandering - striated pardalote, common bronzewing, platypus(!!), owlet-nightjar
The whole bazball schtick about playing entertaining cricket being thrillingly illustrated here by endless legside bouncers
Every year I get incredibly stressed and every year I get over the line - 451 calendars sold, $10820 donated, thanks for playing everyone!!!!
Unbelievable that beau webster keeps missing out for cam green
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
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
Unfathomable news tonight, look after each other everyone
Didn't find the owlet nightjar at Banyule, but it's always good for a stroll
Been going to my run club for a couple of years and I've met so many of my favourite people
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
Was trying to drag myself away from Twitter, but I guess I've gotta stay now
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)
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!
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
Guardian Australia@australia.theguardian.com · 11mo ago‘A mythical place’: how a Melbourne sewage farm became a haven for 300 species of birds
Laura is basically the loveliest person in the world and also an incredible goddamn writer, how???
Thrilled to be at the launch of Laura Elvery's incredible debut novel - highly recommend it and both her short story collections
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
34km this morning, 90+ for the week, everything is sore and tired
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!)
Me packing my race shoes for tomorrow's track sesh and I once again have this song in my head
Michael L@birdmichael.bsky.social · 2y agoI don't imagine it was what @themountaingoats.bsky.social intended, but every time I put on my fancy race sneakers for a fast run I get Billy the Kid's Dream of The Magic Shoes stuck in my head. 🎶I've got special shooooeesss on🎶 www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOHQ...
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/...
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.....
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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!
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...
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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
