Mike Funnell
@mikefunnell.bsky.social
Former SysProg moved on to being a payments specialist - and now trying to fully retire. — @FunnellMike over with the pachyderms & on what might still be Twitter (sort of).
Sydney, Australia.
Sydney, Australia.
According to Strava I’ve clocked just on 2,000km on push-bikes 🚲 in the last 12mths.
I picked a rather warm day to bring that figure up ☀️
I picked a rather warm day to bring that figure up ☀️
December 9, 2025 at 2:35 AM
According to Strava I’ve clocked just on 2,000km on push-bikes 🚲 in the last 12mths.
I picked a rather warm day to bring that figure up ☀️
I picked a rather warm day to bring that figure up ☀️
“A good walk spoiled..”
December 7, 2025 at 6:56 AM
“A good walk spoiled..”
Sorry: no sale 🖕
Recent experience showed me your business model: accept premiums; deny claims.
“We cover you for unavoidable delays (*)”, eh?”
When claiming:
(*) any delay *not* specifically listed in the fine print is, presumptively, avoidable and so excluded from claims.
Recent experience showed me your business model: accept premiums; deny claims.
“We cover you for unavoidable delays (*)”, eh?”
When claiming:
(*) any delay *not* specifically listed in the fine print is, presumptively, avoidable and so excluded from claims.
December 5, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Sorry: no sale 🖕
Recent experience showed me your business model: accept premiums; deny claims.
“We cover you for unavoidable delays (*)”, eh?”
When claiming:
(*) any delay *not* specifically listed in the fine print is, presumptively, avoidable and so excluded from claims.
Recent experience showed me your business model: accept premiums; deny claims.
“We cover you for unavoidable delays (*)”, eh?”
When claiming:
(*) any delay *not* specifically listed in the fine print is, presumptively, avoidable and so excluded from claims.
December 1, 2025 at 11:34 AM
When Sally and I caught up this arvo she checked the camera out, taking this one with my phone. It was close, but the lens on the camera (barely) survived its stress test:
December 1, 2025 at 6:35 AM
When Sally and I caught up this arvo she checked the camera out, taking this one with my phone. It was close, but the lens on the camera (barely) survived its stress test:
Summer has arrived in Canberra 🥶
I’m about to ride my 🚲 off into this.
At least I knew enough to bring suitable gear while visiting.
If you can’t take a joke..
I’m about to ride my 🚲 off into this.
At least I knew enough to bring suitable gear while visiting.
If you can’t take a joke..
November 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Summer has arrived in Canberra 🥶
I’m about to ride my 🚲 off into this.
At least I knew enough to bring suitable gear while visiting.
If you can’t take a joke..
I’m about to ride my 🚲 off into this.
At least I knew enough to bring suitable gear while visiting.
If you can’t take a joke..
It won’t cover you for the full period, but this might help (🤭):
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It won’t cover you for the full period, but this might help (🤭):
I can hear it approaching .. ⚡️ ⛈️ 💥
November 15, 2025 at 4:40 AM
I can hear it approaching .. ⚡️ ⛈️ 💥
It really is 👍
Coffee on my last morning:
Coffee on my last morning:
November 10, 2025 at 10:16 PM
It really is 👍
Coffee on my last morning:
Coffee on my last morning:
BTW: the holiday was tough (😂) - but somebody had to do it:
November 10, 2025 at 8:04 AM
BTW: the holiday was tough (😂) - but somebody had to do it:
“A [US] federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 AM
“A [US] federal judge explains his reasoning for leaving the bench.
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
By Mark L Wolf”
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
A milestone (kilometre-stone 🤔) of sorts: 9,000km on the odometer of my e-bike (in five years). Not bad when mostly I’m taking short local trips of <5km.
November 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
A milestone (kilometre-stone 🤔) of sorts: 9,000km on the odometer of my e-bike (in five years). Not bad when mostly I’m taking short local trips of <5km.
It’s a choose your own vomit exercise:
November 3, 2025 at 8:49 AM
It’s a choose your own vomit exercise:
Well: this seems like it popped up from almost nowhere. The flashes and bangs are awfully close-together.
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
November 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Well: this seems like it popped up from almost nowhere. The flashes and bangs are awfully close-together.
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
⚡️ 💥 ⛈️
Fortunately: only small hail (so far):
On my return (as it were) from Lord Howe Island, I’ve had to go back to work.
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
October 29, 2025 at 8:13 AM
On my return (as it were) from Lord Howe Island, I’ve had to go back to work.
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
I’ll call that “a tern for the worse”..
(These are all species of tern..)
Very sad - our aircraft has arrived, to take us away..
October 25, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Very sad - our aircraft has arrived, to take us away..
What amazes me is how such a large-seeming bird can disappear down such a small hole.
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
What amazes me is how such a large-seeming bird can disappear down such a small hole.
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
(Also that they dig their holes pretty much anywhere - walking tracks etc.)
Muttonbirds swirl around of an evening, over the dunes by the lagoon, looking for their chick in a burrow.
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
October 23, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Muttonbirds swirl around of an evening, over the dunes by the lagoon, looking for their chick in a burrow.
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
They are elegant while flying - but tend to belly-flop their landings 🤣
This one is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen - saved from extinction by elimination of feral pests from the island (goats and pigs, then cats, then rodents - mostly rats).
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
October 23, 2025 at 12:00 AM
This one is the Lord Howe Island Woodhen - saved from extinction by elimination of feral pests from the island (goats and pigs, then cats, then rodents - mostly rats).
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
They no longer need to count and band them (this one is unbranded) as the population has recovered so well.
They’re everywhere! 😃
Photographing a different bird today, landing then taking off:
October 22, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Photographing a different bird today, landing then taking off:
It’s a Green-Blocked Wrasse (I think).
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
October 21, 2025 at 12:58 AM
It’s a Green-Blocked Wrasse (I think).
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
Even the spiders are colourful here (though the back-light helped):
They sure are! Here’s another, from the other side of the island at Ned’s Beach:
October 20, 2025 at 11:32 PM
They sure are! Here’s another, from the other side of the island at Ned’s Beach:
It’s not all bird life and scenery at Lord Howe Island: sometimes things get a bit fishy..
October 20, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It’s not all bird life and scenery at Lord Howe Island: sometimes things get a bit fishy..
I’d not been able to get close enough to a little White Eye (a close cousin to the mainland Silvereye) - until yesterday..
October 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’d not been able to get close enough to a little White Eye (a close cousin to the mainland Silvereye) - until yesterday..
Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower, later in the day:
October 18, 2025 at 5:43 AM
Mt Lidgbird and Mt Gower, later in the day: