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Dr Alexandra Marley

@bulletproofling.bsky.social
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Linguist. Living on Ngunnawal and Ngambri country. Researching: Australian Indigenous languages, sociolinguistics, ethnobotany, decolonisation and epistemologies. Always was, always will be. Also post about other random stuff.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Nooo! RIP Tim Curry. He'll always be Hexxus to me. Arguably one of his best roles.
Hexxus from Ferngully. A pouting face made from black oil and smoke
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
It's actually hilarious. The misdirection of the pyramids coming into frame then speed of the zoom into the detritus instead is comic genius.
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Why's it called Presidential alert!? #nationalemergencyalert
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
I submitted this for review and publication 3 years ago and it has finally been published this week! 🥳 (Probably a bit out of date by now! 😅)
5 copies of a CSIRO report titled Caring for Indigenous Knowledge in the ANH
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
If anyone is really into birds, sign up to the Bird of the Week newsletter! It's the only newsletter I've ever signed up for and ACTUALLY read. Very short, great photos, funny quips. Totally recommend. Just email <nathan@weeklybird.net> to get birds like this badass direct to your inbox:
Short-toed snake eagle eating a snake. A large brown eagle with piercing yellow eyes and a snake coming out of its mouth like a giant tongue.
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Noticed this today:
Venn diagram of Martian death noise (from War of the Worlds) and Irishman selling apples and the middle segment is ÚLLA
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Panangsky
Panang curry with tofu, Snow pea, carrot, baby corn and bok choy but it looks like a Kandinsky painting
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Just got sent this handy explainer to tonight's budget, so sharing in case anyone else needs it
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
As I am leaving Canberra later this year (my home for almost 10 years) I had one request for mother's Day:
A mug with a picture of a classic Canberra bus stop with the graffiti 'big fat poo'
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Some people at the bus stop next to me just collected their granddaughter from fancy private school and put her in one of these:
Shopping cart typical of old ladies
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The hunchback of Mariah Carey: Just learned that the Italian word for 'teleprompter' is the same as their word for 'hunchback' - 'gobbo'. Points if you recognise the song from the "phonetic" lyrics on the screen.
Screenshot of Mariah Carey singing at the opening of the winter Olympics with the "phonetic" lyrics to Volare on a teleprompter behind her. Over the top of the video are the words 'il gobbo di Mariah" (English trans: Mariah's teleprompter)
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 11/01/2026
This juvenile eastern Koel just arrived in our birdbath. First time overt ever actually seen one (we can hear them all the time though in early summer). They are parasitic nesters, and sure enough after a minute, a poor wattle bird turned up with a meal for its gargantuan imposter baby...
Juvenile eastern koel in a birdbath
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Weird cloud behind Mt Majura. Anyone know anything about clouds? If it's of any use, it was very hot here today (35°C) and I'm at 500m above sea level. #clouds
Massive cloud rising from behind a mountain
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Meanwhile, in Australia tho 😒:
Australian and USA flags blended into one
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Horrified but transfixed, we watched as the wasp speedily nipped off all the spider's legs, leaving them in a grisly pile and heaving away its body into the bushes to finish its work. And so now you know that as frightening as you are to a spider, you are nowhere near as terrifying as a wasp.
Pile of spiders legs
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
Turns out female spider wasps like to lay their egg in the body of a spider for their larva to feed on as it matures. The wasp was about 2cm, so in order for her to take the spider back to her nest, she set about dismembering the spider.
Spider wasp dismembering garden wolfspider
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Keen to grab a copy but I'm a bit confused when I search as there is another version with a different subtitle? Are they different editions?
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
More aerobatics! This is the main positive I have to report from #summernats.
Biplane doing corkscrew turns with smoke trail during aerobatics show
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Going through some old photos and found this photo I took of a canary that looks like Trump. I'm sure there's a joke here somewhere...
Canary that looks like Trump
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 25/08/2023
Nesting season for sulphur-crested cockatoos and this tree has a great hollow that there was a bit of argy-bargy over this afternoon. Took a tonne of photos, but here are some highlights. You can imagine the noise... But if you're not familiar: youtu.be/62kBystcpOg?si=MlogDN8pnEq…
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