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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 07/10/2026

At the ABC to film a segment for Behind The News, answering kids questions about AI. And hoo boy! such questions!!

Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 06/10/2026

I have experienced this face! Emerald requires us to come back to bed in the morning so she can nap. She gets extremely salty when we don't follow the schedule and starts chewing books and important documents and pushing things off tables.

small black cat sitting upright on an orange cork floor, behind an open door.Her head is slightly tilted and she is clearly very unimpressed with the person behind the camera.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 22/09/2026

"cos she's addicted to the sunshine, alright"

black cat sprawled across a leather armchair. her head is weirdly tucked into the arm, and she is deeply asleep in the sunshine

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 14/09/2026

Finally! It's about blooming time!

a newly opened cymbidium orchid bloom, vivid maroon and cream

tiny pinky purple australian native orchids on a stem. the lower two blooming, the upper ones still in bud

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 13/09/2026

Took the time on the weekend to email qantas about the really exceptional service I received from the flight attendants on board my recent flight to Sydney. Looks like they really appreciated it and read it carefully 🙄

screenshot of an email that reads: Dear Linda
Thank you very much for contacting us about the assistance you received from our Contact Centre staff. We believe that a great journey starts with a great booking experience so we're very happy to read feedback like this.
We're committed to giving you the best service as well as value and advice, and are always keen to hear how we're going. I've sent a copy of your comments through to our Contact Centre Management to pass on to the staff who assisted you, and I know that they will be really pleased to read what you have to say.
We are grateful you took the time to write and look forward to welcoming you aboard soon.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 13/09/2026

From morning to evening... visible progress! They're late this year, but there should be blooms for my birthday on Friday!

a cream and pink orchid bud among chaotic foliage, just peeking open a teeny bit

the same cream and pink bud, still not quite open, but visibly more open than before

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 13/09/2026

marmalade time! Mandarin, lemon, and orange

a large cast iron pot with a bubbling orange mixture and a wooden spoon

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 19/08/2026

It's pet thread day! For several years now I've started a pet thread to cheer me up on August 20, the arse end of winter. So please share your fuzzy little gremlins with the world! To kick things off, I give you Emerald, the gremlinist gremlin of them all.

A small black cat, lying on her side, partially curled up on an electric heatpad. Her front paws are tucked under, but her ears are erect abd she is giving the camera some suspicious side eye

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 16/08/2026

and then the sun comes out and we start to think we might actually survive the winter...

small black cat on a deck on the sunshine, wearing a lavender fabric harness with a green lead. She is staring back at the camera

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 16/08/2026

for a moment I thought this was an unsettling way to refer to you suffering from writer's block...

screenshot of a bluesky post from john birmingham with a photo of a desk with page of writing on it, and a lounging cat in the sunshine. the desk id disturbingly clear. underneath it is a postfrom Dr Sarah Parcak saying "Birmingham is drier than Shapiro's wife right now"

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 14/08/2026

Presenting today at Geography Teachers' Association of Victoria's Annual Conference with @jimthegeologist.bsky.social on Data-Driven Coasts: A Geospatial Approach to Climate Change I always love building data literacy into different curriculum areas, and Geography teachers are all over this stuff!

Jim and Linda smiling in front of a GTAV banner

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 16/07/2026

The phenomenal @kelamb.bsky.social describes the most conscious, intentional, and supportive approach to professional development and support that I have ever seen. I am constantly blown away by her humane approach to statistical consulting.

Karen standing in front of a big screen containing her slide show, which reads: Supporting early career statisticians develop critical skills for successful academic collaboration.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 11/07/2026

hiiii Brisbane! looking forward to a week of the best ideas in stats education at #ICOTS next week!

astonishingly fluffy white clouds against a vividly blue sky, with suburbs below. There's a teensy bit of plane wing & engine at the edge of the photo, for bonus authenticity

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 26/05/2026

Pick a Bond villain from the pictures you have already on your phone

a black cat, lying on a green pillow, paws folded, tail tucked, staring sternly past the camera.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 14/05/2026

fluked an action shot of the galahs snacking on our liquid amber this morning

two galahs in a very autumnal liquid amber tree. partially obscured by the tree, their wings are spread wide

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 14/05/2026

This was a blast. Can't wait to share! Coming soon: me talking with Myf Warhurst about the realities of AI for her fab podcast, The Moment.

Myf Warhurst in a sensational outfit, green jacket & knee high black boots, on a couch near me, a tall curly haired woman in a long blue and white summery dress. we both have microphones

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 29/03/2026

A successful day's work extracting this monster from its pot, splitting it into four and repotting the pieces. I don't think I will need to do weights today. oof. but my orchid collection is getting quite impressive!

a massive, incredibly root bound orchid lying on the ground, next to the pot it was extracted from. The pot is, against all expectation, perfectly intact

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 24/03/2026

some days I literally have to take my voidling to bed and lie down with her until she falls asleep. it's attachment parenting for cats. Get a cat! they said. They're so independent, they said!

small black cat in a round cat bed, surrounded by, inexplicably, by socks, one of which she has dragged into the bed with her

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 15/03/2026

oh baby! that's such a mood! have a picture of my sister's new puppy in return.

tiny, fluffy, golden retriever puppy, sitting on a paved path, tongue out, looking alert.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 15/03/2026

Emerald finds this extremely relatable

small black cat, sitting upright, looking quite devastatingly neglected

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 14/03/2026

once again I have proved a terrible disappointment to my furry overlady

small black cat sitting neatly upright on a beige couch, her head cocked slightly sideways, giving the camera a stern look

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 12/02/2026

ooh a present from past me! @premeemohamed.com am I going to regret reading this at bedtime?

photo of the front cover of The Siege of Burning Grass by Premee Mohamed. It has a red, somewhat flamey looking background, with a crow head rising out of a dark green jacket. It definitely bodes.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 17/01/2026

What could POSSIBLY go wrong? 😳

Screenshot of an email from OpenAI recommending asking chatGPT for wellness tips such as devising a gym program or creating a menu from a photo of fridge contents

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 12/12/2025

this one too! Absolute gremlin monster! Literally walked on her chosen one's forehead in the night, among other havoc wreaked. Completely trading on the fact that we adore her, the little monkey butt. perhaps a black cat thing? @fiascothecat.bsky.social would never.

small black cat, lying on her side on a beige arm chair. Her head is raised and she is giving the camera an extremely jaundiced look.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 06/11/2025

is this the most photographed cat in Sydney, and do you recognise him? :)

a pretty tortoiseshell cat, sitting on an old style dining chair in front of a bookshelf. he is fluffy and has fabulous green eyes

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 13/10/2025

I am so thrilled to be shortlisted among such a fascinating set of pieces!

A picture of the short list announcement for the UNSW Bragg prize for science writing:

SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED
THE UNSW PRESS BRAGG PRIZE FOR SCIENCE WRITING 2025
The unexpected poetry of PhD acknowledgements'
TABITHA CARVAN
'The night I accidentally became a corpse flower's bedside manservant'
ANGUS DALTON
""Earth poetry" in the Arctic'
LUCINDA DUXBURY
'From hypnotised to heretic: Immunising society against misinformation'
LINDA MCIVER
'A freediver finds belonging without breath'
SALLY MONTGOMERY
'Air conditioning quietly changed Australian life in just a few decades'
JAMES PURTILL

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 28/09/2025

Ok, so it hasn't made it to 15 degrees today, but something's coming...

bright green leaves and pine tree shaped buds bursting forth in front of a blue sky with fluffy clouds approaching

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 13/09/2025

love you, #PyconAU! (see? easy done! take note!)

a slide on display in a fancy ballroom, labelled as part of PyconAU, that says "Restrooms are marked thusly"
with pictures of All gender ambulant stall, all gender stalls and urinals, all gender stalls only.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 06/09/2025

I got home late last night after listening to Karen Hao talking about Empire of AI, and Emerald very earnestly tried the "poor starving cat, no one has given me treats in YEARS" routine, unaware that the beloved had ratted her out via text not 20minutes before.

small black cat, sitting upright on a black and white cow foot stool, looking extremely hard done by

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 24/08/2025

no matter how stern & magnificent the cat, the washing of the tum is fundamentally hilariously undignified.

small black cat, sprawled on a crumpled rug. legs akimbo, she is licking her stomach

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 23/08/2025

I fail to see your void, and I raise you a tube with eyes and a foil ball

a bright blue fabric tube, deep in the shadows of which, if you squint, you can see green eyes guarding a silver foil ball

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 19/08/2025

It's pet thread day! Show me your darlings, your princesses, your wicked gremlins. Emerald is all three!

Small black cat, sitting upright in a circular catbed, looking distinctly unimpressed.

Crinkly blue play tube with, if you look very very carefully, some glowing green eyes and a silver foil ball inside.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 04/07/2025

Sky was being very dramatic this afternoon

bare wintery tree branches in front of a cloudy sky whose dappled clouds are lit from behind by startlingly bright sunshine

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 02/07/2025

Surely, SURELY this is not the face of the gremlin who decided 4:30am was up & at em time.

small black cat, lying on a floral cushion, paws neatly arranged in front, staring intently at the camera.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 01/07/2025

Weird. why are strangers smiling at me so much today? ohhhh right.

A leg clad in black tights with sparkly green and sparkly gold frogs leaping about on them.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 28/06/2025

portrait of a cat abandoned by her beloved

close up of a black cat's face, green eyes staring pensively off to the side.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 27/06/2025

is this a black cat thing?? Emerald does the same! it's as though she is an air based instrument and sometimes the air gets squooshed out.

small black cat sitting on a coffee table, reaching up with one paw to bat a toy about

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 25/06/2025

Travelling is wonderful. Hugging all of the people is The Best. Also, coming home to my own bed, our own kitchen, and our own (hah, who am I kidding, our Owner) cat is divine.

small black cat, sitting upright on a box of lego on a table. She is staring intently at the camera and clearly judging you.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 12/06/2025

aa I would like to contribute this magnificently round and absurdly large fluff ball that I saw recently. I looked at it and thought "almost looks like a chive flower, only giant!"... turns out it is the imaginatively named "giant allium". Fuzzy bumblebee for scale. Larger than a baseball!

A very large, absurdly ball shaped purple flower on a long green stem. There is a fuzzy bumblebee appreciating the flower on one side

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 02/06/2025

We might not be getting clear skies for the Aurora, but the sunsets aren't too shabby!

Vivid orange Autumn sunset, framed by almost completely leafless branches of a liquid Amber, with some evergreen trees as dark shapes in the background.

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Dr Linda McIver @lindamciver.adsei.org · 26/05/2025

Deeply suspicious of my motives...

small black cat lounging on a glossy red blanket. She is giving the camera an extremely suspicious look.

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