Kyla McFarlane
@kmcf.bsky.social
Art educator, researcher, curator and writer in Naarm. Aotearoa born and raised. Views my own - personal account. 🐈🧘♀️📚
I was 11 in NZ and didn’t even really understand cricket but still remember the feeling of outrage and disbelief filling our lounge room. Learnt a quick lesson about lack of grace.
Happy birthday to the Underarm Bowling Incident of 1981
February 1, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I was 11 in NZ and didn’t even really understand cricket but still remember the feeling of outrage and disbelief filling our lounge room. Learnt a quick lesson about lack of grace.
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A tween prodigy who spent decades trying, 29-year-old Madison Keys breaks through for a long awaited major triumph, doing it with guts and gusto.
6-3, 2-6, 7-5 over two-time defending #AusOpen champion Aryna Sabalenka.
Gonna be a huuuugely popular winner in the locker room.
6-3, 2-6, 7-5 over two-time defending #AusOpen champion Aryna Sabalenka.
Gonna be a huuuugely popular winner in the locker room.
January 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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If you are feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend the livestream of the corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Gardens on YouTube. There are currently 1,500 people in chat waiting for a flower to open, and occasionally claiming that it definitely has moved this time.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
Corpse Flower livestream: A plant to die for
YouTube video by Botanic Gardens of Sydney
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January 21, 2025 at 12:42 PM
If you are feeling overwhelmed, I strongly recommend the livestream of the corpse flower at Sydney Botanic Gardens on YouTube. There are currently 1,500 people in chat waiting for a flower to open, and occasionally claiming that it definitely has moved this time.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
WWTF: We Watch The Flower.
Conclave: great workplace drama about the stresses of being a middle manager.
January 18, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Conclave: great workplace drama about the stresses of being a middle manager.
What is the point of an account like this? How can a bot empathise?
January 16, 2025 at 9:54 PM
What is the point of an account like this? How can a bot empathise?
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If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
January 10, 2025 at 11:42 PM
If you don’t have a local library card, it should be your New Year’s resolution to get one. It’s an easy resolution to keep and you’ll actually use it, trust me.
Brilliant and true about the current, freefalling state of things, even if we wish it weren’t.
wrote about the demons (ie how being a writer is only going to get worse and how terrified I am) open.substack.com/pub/thelater...
what the fuck are we doing anymore
yes this is about social media
open.substack.com
January 10, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Brilliant and true about the current, freefalling state of things, even if we wish it weren’t.
Reposted by Kyla McFarlane
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
These extraordinary photos of the LA fires have been shared widely on social media, often without crediting the photographer.
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
These are all the work of Ethan Swope, an LA-based photojournalist working for AP.
You can follow his remarkable reporting here👇
www.instagram.com/ethanswopeph...
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We evacuated but have a live camera by a little fountain. Each time we check, we hope it’s not engulfed in flames. Many have not had the luck we have had so far.
This camera is catching many birds and some squirrels, rinsing off the ash and smoke, chirping and chattering. It’s the little things.
This camera is catching many birds and some squirrels, rinsing off the ash and smoke, chirping and chattering. It’s the little things.
January 8, 2025 at 11:58 PM
We evacuated but have a live camera by a little fountain. Each time we check, we hope it’s not engulfed in flames. Many have not had the luck we have had so far.
This camera is catching many birds and some squirrels, rinsing off the ash and smoke, chirping and chattering. It’s the little things.
This camera is catching many birds and some squirrels, rinsing off the ash and smoke, chirping and chattering. It’s the little things.
David Farrier hikes Griffith Park just before it gets closed and shares his thoughts: ‘there is too much to be concerned about, and it makes my brain hurt’.
January 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
David Farrier hikes Griffith Park just before it gets closed and shares his thoughts: ‘there is too much to be concerned about, and it makes my brain hurt’.
Grotesque. What is wrong with us?
Fuel-hungry utes and SUVs dominate Australian sales, with Corolla the only small car in top 10 list
Fuel-hungry utes and SUVs dominate Australian sales, with Corolla the only small car in top 10 list
Ford’s Ranger ute was again Australia’s most popular vehicle and majority of new vehicles sold in 2024 – about 57% – were SUVs
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Australia’s enthusiasm for fuel-guzzling SUVs and utes is…
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Grotesque. What is wrong with us?
Everyone demonising Konstas for being Konstas four days after loving him for being Konstas need to take a beat. The guy is *nineteen*. #ausvind
December 30, 2024 at 5:50 AM
Everyone demonising Konstas for being Konstas four days after loving him for being Konstas need to take a beat. The guy is *nineteen*. #ausvind
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December 23, 2024 at 11:34 AM
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🎶 🎄 It’s the most time of the yearrr -of the year 🎄🎶
December 18, 2024 at 5:31 AM
🎶 🎄 It’s the most time of the yearrr -of the year 🎄🎶
If you’ve recently come here for wholesome chat this is an adorable entry point. 💫
Hi BlueSky
Here's a post that's a bit of a Saturday night #MeetAndGreet for anyone who wants to drop by and meet new followers or read interesting posts or look at cat pics or . . . whatever.
Grab an adult beverage and post below, or just read and relax, but join in however you want.
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Here's a post that's a bit of a Saturday night #MeetAndGreet for anyone who wants to drop by and meet new followers or read interesting posts or look at cat pics or . . . whatever.
Grab an adult beverage and post below, or just read and relax, but join in however you want.
🙏🏽
a man is standing in a hallway with a cat sitting on a couch
ALT: a man is standing in a hallway with a cat sitting on a couch
media.tenor.com
December 7, 2024 at 9:22 AM
If you’ve recently come here for wholesome chat this is an adorable entry point. 💫
Sends a chill down the spine that this clause is needed. Dystopian energies pervading the whole saga.
The Woolies warehouse strike is over--workers have voted to accept the company's new offer. On the Framework, per the union, a clause will be added “that ensures that the workers will not be disciplined for the speed that they can work at, and an acknowledgement that not everybody can pick at 100%”
A belated post on Bluesky, which seems to be a nicer place! My recent look at how Woolworths warehouse workers are being tracked and measured. They say many are under pressure to meet time standards that are unfair and unsafe: “We’re not robots, we’re humans.” www.theguardian.com/business/202...
December 7, 2024 at 9:07 AM
Sends a chill down the spine that this clause is needed. Dystopian energies pervading the whole saga.
😂 just laughed out loud
Being on BlueSky is like being on X but on painkillers
December 7, 2024 at 5:01 AM
😂 just laughed out loud
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Is this terribly clever, or just plain stupid? (See pt 4)
December 5, 2024 at 6:02 AM
Is this terribly clever, or just plain stupid? (See pt 4)
This is in reference to the Marsden funding change announcement in NZ today but is also the most succinct summary of our current context. It’s old fashioned thinking to believe we all exist in distinct realms.
The real world is interdisciplinary. For example, climate change is a natural science problem with social science causes. There's no real distinction between "core science" vs "humanities and social science". Forcing one through policy is always a step backwards, and always means you'll be overtaken
I do not yet have a comment on this but I ask all New Zealand researchers and businesses read this and consider the full impact of this signal #nzpol www.beehive.govt.nz/release/mars...
December 4, 2024 at 11:19 AM
This is in reference to the Marsden funding change announcement in NZ today but is also the most succinct summary of our current context. It’s old fashioned thinking to believe we all exist in distinct realms.