Ross Macfarlane
@rmtheriskmanager.bsky.social
Has seen a grey grasswren in the wild.
Throwback to the last time Liam referrred to Melbourne's laneways aus.social/@liamvhogan/...
January 18, 2026 at 7:10 AM
Throwback to the last time Liam referrred to Melbourne's laneways aus.social/@liamvhogan/...
Blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
January 15, 2026 at 11:46 AM
Blue-winged kookaburra (Dacelo leachii)
Do you reckon she Caesar chance to rehabilitate her reputation?
January 8, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Do you reckon she Caesar chance to rehabilitate her reputation?
Lessons from occupational health and safety, episode 4: the Hierarchy of Control. The highest form of control is (theatrical pause): Elimination.
January 7, 2026 at 10:37 AM
Lessons from occupational health and safety, episode 4: the Hierarchy of Control. The highest form of control is (theatrical pause): Elimination.
can't find it, too long ago🤦♂️
January 5, 2026 at 9:55 AM
can't find it, too long ago🤦♂️
Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus). I've photographed these in the Bhutan cypress in the back yard no 10 metres from where I'm sitting...
January 5, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Rainbow lorikeet (Trichoglossus moluccanus). I've photographed these in the Bhutan cypress in the back yard no 10 metres from where I'm sitting...
Eastern bristlebirds, not rufous bristlebirds.
January 5, 2026 at 5:05 AM
Eastern bristlebirds, not rufous bristlebirds.
I always confuse scrub-birds and bristlebirds. My sister was a Department representative when they captured some rufous bristlebirds in East Gippsland after the Black Summer fires in 2020. Love your work Dejan.
January 5, 2026 at 5:03 AM
I always confuse scrub-birds and bristlebirds. My sister was a Department representative when they captured some rufous bristlebirds in East Gippsland after the Black Summer fires in 2020. Love your work Dejan.
Surely you're not suggesting an arch-conservative pro-Brexit euroskeptic son of a left-wing refugee from Franco's Spain has screwed-up priorities?
December 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Surely you're not suggesting an arch-conservative pro-Brexit euroskeptic son of a left-wing refugee from Franco's Spain has screwed-up priorities?
Last one: listening to indigenous voices (in Canada) niche-canada.org/2017/09/22/p...
Place: A Methodology for Research
Editor's Note: This was originally posted on Merle Massie's blog here.
In June of 2014, I was in my hometown of Paddockwood, Saskatchewan, Canada – population less than two hundred in the village, le...
niche-canada.org
December 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Last one: listening to indigenous voices (in Canada) niche-canada.org/2017/09/22/p...
Another interesting article about an obscure theorist nautil.us/finding-pete...
Finding Peter Putnam
The forgotten janitor who discovered the logic of the mind
nautil.us
December 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Another interesting article about an obscure theorist nautil.us/finding-pete...
I really liked this story which reminded me of my father who was an exceptional amateur botanist news.mongabay.com/2025/07/sri-...
Sri Lanka’s plant messiah spreads optimism for biodiversity & conservation
When the government of Sri Lanka published the National Red List of threatened plants in 2020, my eyebrows shot up. We’ve all become accustomed, after all, to the grim news these reports periodically...
news.mongabay.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
I really liked this story which reminded me of my father who was an exceptional amateur botanist news.mongabay.com/2025/07/sri-...
Carnivorous plants www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
Carnivorous Plants Have Been Trapping Animals for Millions of Years. So Why Have They Never Grown Larger?
Plants that feed on meat and animal droppings have evolved at least ten times through evolutionary history
www.smithsonianmag.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Carnivorous plants www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
My favourites are weighted toward science articles edition.cnn.com/2025/05/14/s...
Once ‘dead’ thrusters on the farthest spacecraft from Earth are in action again | CNN
NASA engineers have revived old thrusters on Voyager 1 to prevent a clog from endangering the mission during a planned communications blackout.
edition.cnn.com
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My favourites are weighted toward science articles edition.cnn.com/2025/05/14/s...
A women's sport one www.cricket.com.au/news/4205580...
'We all want to get out': Mel Jones and an Afghan miracle | cricket.com.au
Three-and-a-half years ago, as the Taliban returned to power in Afghanistan, three women put their...
www.cricket.com.au
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
A women's sport one www.cricket.com.au/news/4205580...
There's a few I've enjoyed this year, starting with this one www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
After 50 years, Melbourne says goodbye to iconic photo booth operator
Alan Adler spent nearly half a century maintaining the iconic photo booth outside Flinders Street Station in Melbourne's CBD.
www.abc.net.au
December 28, 2025 at 8:23 AM
There's a few I've enjoyed this year, starting with this one www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
You don't want to be downwind of that white smoke...
December 27, 2025 at 7:35 AM
You don't want to be downwind of that white smoke...
We'll be battling again tonight don't worry
December 26, 2025 at 6:16 AM
Merry Silly Season to all who celebrate (and Merry Christmas to you and yours Tim)
December 24, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Merry Silly Season to all who celebrate (and Merry Christmas to you and yours Tim)
"Can't park there mate", episode 2
bsky.app/profile/dani...
bsky.app/profile/dani...
Now I don't feel so bad about losing track of things in my house.
Airplane ‘lost’ for 13 years turns up in airport parking bay
The Boeing 737 sat untouched at Kolkata airport for 13 years – quietly accumulating parking fees
www.independent.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:59 AM
"Can't park there mate", episode 2
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bsky.app/profile/dani...
Poms hoping for another moral victory
December 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Poms hoping for another moral victory
I agree - they should add "Through to Town Hall Station" to the sign
December 19, 2025 at 11:30 PM
I agree - they should add "Through to Town Hall Station" to the sign
*posts photos of Tarneit and Williams Landing*
December 18, 2025 at 8:03 AM
*posts photos of Tarneit and Williams Landing*