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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 8h

👀 2 funded linguistics/anthropology/environmental science PhD positions going at UQ. Get in on it folks! study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

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Amplifying Indigenous Ecological Knowledge in Western science with language

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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’.

Albanese says new Greens leader's remarks 'somewhat concerning'

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Is anyone here in Brisbane and know of a rental that would suit a family of 4 (incl baby and toddler) and within a 30min bus ride of UQ? We have applied for 10 places now and been rejected for all. Starting to get worried that we won't be able to find a suitable place to live...

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

My daughter's friend (aged 3) just asked me for a glass of "spicy water" 😂

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Nick Miller @nickdmiller.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Further proof that Spelling Bee is not written for Australians.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

This is a long shot, but do any of you happen to be looking for tenants to rent a property you own near UQ in Brisbane? It's hard to find a place to rent when you can't attend inspections 😩

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My Boomer parents have each independently discovered Substack. I'm now getting a lot of: "Did you see this on Substack?" "Look at this video [clearly AI slop] I found on Substack" "Oh yes, this was mentioned on Substack"

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Janel Comeau 🍁 @verybadllama.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

In honour of Dolly Parton, encourage your children to read books. In honour of Tim Curry, encourage them to play near an open storm drain in the rain.

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Simon J. Greenhill @simongreenhill.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

You know that a university's website is fundamentally useless when even the stupid AI search agent gives up.

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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 · 25/08/2026

Parton was probably the only one of the ultra-rich whose passing makes the world worse off.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Asking toddlers about time is a riot: [In the car, noticing that the baby has woken up] L: Hey M., how long has F been awake? A big bit or just a little bit? M: Um, he's been awake for 4 days

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Just heard a hilarious AI story: Apparently a journal used AI to generate the key terms in a recently published linguistics paper and the multiple mentions of the Australian National University's team (i.e. ANU's team) led to the AI identifying the very important key term 'anus'

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I think I just saw my 11 y.o. laptop finally die: the screen filled with fine horizontal black lines and then it slowly faded to black. And now it won't turn on. Goodbye ThinkPad e560. I'll never forget our time together watching 100s of hrs of Star Trek and writing my PhD thesis. RIP

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Yale University @yale.edu · 12/08/2026

Thousands of languages have disappeared throughout human history. New research is shedding light on why. A study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern finds that widespread language loss began not with European colonialism, but roughly a thousand years earlier.

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Study uncovers lost ‘golden age' of languages

A new study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern suggests that tens of thousands of languages were spoken between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Look fair enough the govt isn't taxing gas exports and instead decide to cut NDIS funding. Afterall those gas companies are going it tough right now. live.thepoint.com.au

Share price change since the Iran War started

Santos: +20%
Woodside: +18.7%
ASX-200: -1.1%

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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 · 10/08/2026

My 74 year old father is in Cairo and just sent me a video of the incredible view from his hotel roof-top restaurant. I can see the pyramids right there in the background, but instead he zooms in on the building sites and rubbish on the top on neighbouring buildings. 🤦‍♀️

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Nvidie @dervine7.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

does anyone here work at a movie theater because if so I have a proposition for you

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

If you're suddenly inundated with clothes moths, they probably came from my place. I just threw out a continent's worth of grubs and moths living in rolled up carpet scraps and a bag of bean-based heat packs 🤢 Working in collections has made me hate moths more than any other insect.

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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 · 22/07/2026

"...book authors who object to their writing being scraped for training purposes can now easily poison AI models by producing writing designed to manipulate and sabotage the resulting AI models." I'm listening...

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

I have not read the NYer article but this is a most excellent thread.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Almost forgot. The replacement bus hit a low tree branch and got damaged. The driver was instructed to deboard all passengers and return to base immediately which is why he wouldn't take anyone back into Yass town after arriving at the station. Such a nanny state!

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Dunno what happened to the man and little kid at Yass station. He wouldn't've even be able to organise a taxi back to Yass town because in NSW taxis aren't allowed to transport small kids without a car seat. Just a NSW state government & Telstra SNAFU

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

One guy mum gave a lift to still needed to go further. Went to the train station. Trains still not running and no buses. The stationmaster had to argue with transportNSW to get the guy accommodation in town but couldn't get him money for food SO SHE TOOK OUT HER OWN WALLET AND GAVE HIM SOME CASH.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Yass station is like 7km outside of town too, surrounded by paddocks. Lousy bus couldn't even drop them off in town where they could at least get food etc. Mum's partner drove over an hour to pick her up and also gave lifts to 3 others.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

#telstraoutage meant my mum's NSW trainlink *bus* couldn't go(?) So they replaced a bus with a bus(?), but only to Yass station (where the trains weren't running cos of the outage) and so she and 7 others (including small child) stranded at the station with no way to get to their next destinations.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Entered that phase of toddlerhood where silence is ominous. Found 3yo behind her bedroom door carefully using an eyedropper to decorate the carpet with bright blue ant syrup.

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

3 year old wakes up at 2am: Daddy... I can't sleep! Her father: why's that? 3yo: Because of the creature. The creature in the bed. 😱

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

wikiHow on overthrowing fascist oligarchy wikiHow on redistribution of wealth wikihow on cleaning the house with toddler and baby

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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 · 18/06/2026

YES! I heard @emilymbender.bsky.social and @alexhanna.bsky.social on the @techwontsave.us podcast last year... Love it when we all cross paths like this...

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

There's so much distressing and depressing news that I am feeling the need to just share some of the funny videos I've seen while sitting on the couch breastfeeding. Stay tuned...

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Dr Alexandra Marley @bulletproofling.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Oh yeah I have that! Physio got me massaging the top of my forearm, like from back of wrist towards crook of arm. Almost instant relief. (As well as scooping to lift and weight exercises, but the massage was a life saver).

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