Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 04/01/2026Yarra River wandering - striated pardalote, common bronzewing, platypus(!!), owlet-nightjar 2424
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 19/12/2025The whole bazball schtick about playing entertaining cricket being thrillingly illustrated here by endless legside bouncers 130
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Every year I get incredibly stressed and every year I get over the line - 451 calendars sold, $10820 donated, thanks for playing everyone!!!! 0160
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Unbelievable that beau webster keeps missing out for cam green 010
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Seems crazy that the NYT games wrapped doesn't give me any statistics for the mini, the main reason I have the NYT games app 030
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 16/12/2025Told 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 5200
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Unfathomable news tonight, look after each other everyone 0190
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Didn't find the owlet nightjar at Banyule, but it's always good for a stroll 0250
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Been going to my run club for a couple of years and I've met so many of my favourite people 1100
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 10/12/2025Gang! 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 021
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I wish the government would ban me from social media 0121
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Was trying to drag myself away from Twitter, but I guess I've gotta stay now 0100
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 08/12/2025While 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) 1181
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Every 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! 3300
Reposted by Michael LStephanie Convery @gingerandhoney.bsky.social · 21/09/2025I "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 56014
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Laura is basically the loveliest person in the world and also an incredible goddamn writer, how??? 2232
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Thrilled to be at the launch of Laura Elvery's incredible debut novel - highly recommend it and both her short story collections 0110
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I'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 5510
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 16/03/202534km this morning, 90+ for the week, everything is sore and tired 1180
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Pleased 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!) 4190
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 10/03/2025Me packing my race shoes for tomorrow's track sesh and I once again have this song in my head 030
Reposted by Michael LNic Taylor @nic-alcohol.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Fantastic 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/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comA systematic review of adolescent alcohol‐related harm trends in high‐income countries with declines in adolescent consumptionBackground 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..... 12312
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The 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!buttondown.comThe Ed's Up - Radiate OutwardsPhoto 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... 151
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Time for my annual failed attempt to predict @thestellaprize.bsky.social longlist! What have I missed here gang? Gimme your hot tips and predictions 270
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 20/02/2025Googled 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? 381
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 18/02/2025Started 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?? 200
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 17/02/2025Thrilling 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...abc.net.auVictorian duck shooting to last almost three monthsDuck 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. 84513
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 16/02/2025Absurdly boring for everyone else, but god I'm loving feeling noticeably fitter and stronger each week of this marathon training block 1190
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 15/02/2025Me responding to doodle polls for meetings I probably won't attend anyway 0170
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 11/02/2025Pleased 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) 5271
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 11/02/2025This 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...theage.com.auCurfews, time delays on alcohol delivery urged after woman drank herself to deathKathleen Arnold, 30, was found dead with a blood alcohol reading of .54. Her death prompted calls for a crackdown on alcohol home delivery services. 2111
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 09/02/202528km in the tank this morning for a 75km week, training block is intensifying 140
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 07/02/2025What's everyone's favourite parrot, and why isn't it purple crowned lorikeet? 20996
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 05/02/2025We are getting 2025 off to a frankly insane start running-wise gang (I am only gonna get more boring from here, please mute me) 180
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Would 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!) 030
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 05/02/2025On a good night, when you play well against a friendly but competitive team, there's nothing better than social netball 3161
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Instagram is crashing whenever I try to reply to stories, which does feel like a critical commentary on the way I use the app 040
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Hey look, my friend Ruby has another fucken brilliant song out: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLDy...youtube.comRuby Gill - Touch Me ThereYouTube video by rubygillVEVO 362
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 04/02/2025I 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 2110
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 03/02/2025How can we get skimmers to migrate to Australia?? I would like to see one 3132
Michael L @birdmichael.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Great that all my hot single 20-something followers who were 'looking for something serious' on twitter have also migrated to bluesky 4100
Reposted by Michael LChris Somerville @chrisomerville.bsky.social · 02/02/2025talking to a guy who says he's so overworked he needs to use chatgpt to help, brother have you thought about just unionising instead 216532
