David Allen 🍠🌰
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One of the reasons I'm a bit quiet on here lately is that I've been drafting a PhD thesis proposal looking at English as a lingua franca, specifically how syntax, lexis, and discourse interact, self-organise, and form stable attractor states 😓🤞
November 29, 2025 at 7:10 AM
One of the reasons I'm a bit quiet on here lately is that I've been drafting a PhD thesis proposal looking at English as a lingua franca, specifically how syntax, lexis, and discourse interact, self-organise, and form stable attractor states 😓🤞
Now reading. Because normal comics aren't nerdy enough
November 29, 2025 at 2:58 AM
Now reading. Because normal comics aren't nerdy enough
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More great clouds at Bald Hill Beach from last weekend.
November 29, 2025 at 12:18 AM
More great clouds at Bald Hill Beach from last weekend.
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Koala
Death Adder
Funnel Web Spider
Skunk
*This is THE meme
Moose
Koala
Death Adder
Funnel Web Spider
Skunk
*This is THE meme
Introduce yourself with five animals you’ve seen in the wild:
Sea eagle
Echidna
Red-bellied black snake
Monitor lizard
Koala
Sea eagle
Echidna
Red-bellied black snake
Monitor lizard
Koala
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Beaver
Skunk
Raccoon (but as I live in Toronto, I don't need to go to the wild for them)
Pademelon (in Australia)
Moose
Beaver
Skunk
Raccoon (but as I live in Toronto, I don't need to go to the wild for them)
Pademelon (in Australia)
November 28, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you've seen in the wild:
Moose
Koala
Death Adder
Funnel Web Spider
Skunk
*This is THE meme
Moose
Koala
Death Adder
Funnel Web Spider
Skunk
*This is THE meme
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The sugar gums are flowering and the air smells like apples
November 28, 2025 at 8:24 AM
The sugar gums are flowering and the air smells like apples
Currently migrating all my files from my old servers and Google Drive to a new Wasabi server that charges per use and has no size limit. I'm not sure I should be allowed such hoarding power
November 28, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Currently migrating all my files from my old servers and Google Drive to a new Wasabi server that charges per use and has no size limit. I'm not sure I should be allowed such hoarding power
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Baby regent parrot 💚
October 27, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Baby regent parrot 💚
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“It’s quite lovely, don’t you think,” Swann said, “that sound can reflect things, like water, or a mirror.”
— Proust, In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom 🌸 (trans. by
@avecsesdoigts.bsky.social)
— Proust, In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom 🌸 (trans. by
@avecsesdoigts.bsky.social)
“Music is the mirror of what is lost.”
— Pascal Quignard, Abysses
(trans. Chris Turner)
— Pascal Quignard, Abysses
(trans. Chris Turner)
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 AM
“It’s quite lovely, don’t you think,” Swann said, “that sound can reflect things, like water, or a mirror.”
— Proust, In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom 🌸 (trans. by
@avecsesdoigts.bsky.social)
— Proust, In the Shadow of Girls in Blossom 🌸 (trans. by
@avecsesdoigts.bsky.social)
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Tawny Frogmouth family
November 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Tawny Frogmouth family
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More kangaroos at Bald Hill Beach.
November 25, 2025 at 9:49 AM
More kangaroos at Bald Hill Beach.
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Immerse yourself in a few moments of the breathtaking ridge top dry sclerophyll habitat and its aural beauty on Wise's Trail in Royal National Park. Look out for this trail on my Nature Walkabouts schedule in 2026.
aussiewild.com.au/nature-walka...
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #hiking
aussiewild.com.au/nature-walka...
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #hiking
November 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Immerse yourself in a few moments of the breathtaking ridge top dry sclerophyll habitat and its aural beauty on Wise's Trail in Royal National Park. Look out for this trail on my Nature Walkabouts schedule in 2026.
aussiewild.com.au/nature-walka...
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #hiking
aussiewild.com.au/nature-walka...
#birds #birding #nature #naturelovers #hiking
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I really couldn't get enough of this guy. He is in peak condition and bound to dominate many other males and get the attention of the girls in this beautiful forest.
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I really couldn't get enough of this guy. He is in peak condition and bound to dominate many other males and get the attention of the girls in this beautiful forest.
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I encountered this king amidst the splendour of the rainforest in Royal National Park yesterday. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful male Eastern Water Dragon than this guy. I've also added couple of photos below . . . check 'em out 👇 🧵 #nature #reptiles #herping #naturelovers
November 15, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I encountered this king amidst the splendour of the rainforest in Royal National Park yesterday. I don't think I've ever seen a more beautiful male Eastern Water Dragon than this guy. I've also added couple of photos below . . . check 'em out 👇 🧵 #nature #reptiles #herping #naturelovers
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I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Tareq. Tareq was a graphic designer for a laptop company before this. He’s lost his home and job and is struggling to survive after being displaced a dozen times with his wife Samar and his three children Sham, 7, Masa, 4 and little Wateen, 1
November 21, 2025 at 9:42 AM
I’m sharing a Palestinian account every day and today is Tareq. Tareq was a graphic designer for a laptop company before this. He’s lost his home and job and is struggling to survive after being displaced a dozen times with his wife Samar and his three children Sham, 7, Masa, 4 and little Wateen, 1
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Stopped at Jeonbuk National University to look for the large mural of General Jeon Bong-jun, who led the Donghak Peasant Revolution, holding up a world of democracy, independence, and unification on his shoulders.
November 22, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Stopped at Jeonbuk National University to look for the large mural of General Jeon Bong-jun, who led the Donghak Peasant Revolution, holding up a world of democracy, independence, and unification on his shoulders.
Very cool new release for a Saturday afternoon 🎧
November 22, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Very cool new release for a Saturday afternoon 🎧
I just had a dream I was a farmer at the market and I named one of my cows Winnie the Moo. The other farmers thought this was very clever
November 18, 2025 at 11:22 PM
I just had a dream I was a farmer at the market and I named one of my cows Winnie the Moo. The other farmers thought this was very clever
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🐍White-lipped pit viper (Trimeresurus albolabris).
Max. size males 60 cm (23.6"), females 81 cm (31.9").
Found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
Max. size males 60 cm (23.6"), females 81 cm (31.9").
Found in Bhutan, Cambodia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Laos, Macau, Myanmar, Nepal, Thailand and Vietnam.
Considered Least Concern by the IUCN.
📷by kuritafsheen77 on Freepik
November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Since I didn't make it to the planned exhibition again this weekend, here is one of the paintings I might get to see eventually: Toma's The Rope-Makers of Torre del Greco
November 17, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Since I didn't make it to the planned exhibition again this weekend, here is one of the paintings I might get to see eventually: Toma's The Rope-Makers of Torre del Greco
I have a cold so I spent the weekend home resting. Of course, now that it's Monday morning, I want to get out there and do fun things, and the next weekend is a whole week of work away
November 17, 2025 at 1:00 AM
I have a cold so I spent the weekend home resting. Of course, now that it's Monday morning, I want to get out there and do fun things, and the next weekend is a whole week of work away
I must have this book
Some thoughts on Caravaggio's inventive representations of dress in a blog for @reaktionbooks.bsky.social.
#earlymodern 🗃️🪡
reaktionbooks.co.uk/caravaggio-a...
#earlymodern 🗃️🪡
reaktionbooks.co.uk/caravaggio-a...
Caravaggio and the Language of Dress | Reaktion Books
In this blog, author Elizabeth Currie talks about the subject of her new book, Street Style, Caravaggio, and his works in relation to the language of dress.
reaktionbooks.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I must have this book
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The recently opened Fragonard Fashion and Costume Museum in Arles, with some beautifully displayed 18th-19th century outfits.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The recently opened Fragonard Fashion and Costume Museum in Arles, with some beautifully displayed 18th-19th century outfits.
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It must be ten years ago that I met Alice on Twitter. She did more good in those years than most people do in a lifetime. I will miss her very much
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
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November 15, 2025 at 11:06 AM
It must be ten years ago that I met Alice on Twitter. She did more good in those years than most people do in a lifetime. I will miss her very much
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November 13, 2025 at 2:14 AM