Michael Irving
@mikeirvo.bsky.social
Science journalist and copy editor at ScienceAlert. Attempted author. Obsessive Simpsons collector.
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Michael Irving
@mikeirvo.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Intro time! I'm a writer, wearing many hats – I mainly cover science and tech at the moment, but I've also written comedy and kids fiction. On the side, I accidentally amassed one of the biggest Simpsons collections in the country. Anyway, here's some of my work!
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January 21, 2026 at 11:31 PM
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Hosted a dinner party tonight, which was surprisingly successful considering that as people were arriving we discovered the roast had been sitting in the oven for 2.5 hours without said oven being turned on
January 18, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Hosted a dinner party tonight, which was surprisingly successful considering that as people were arriving we discovered the roast had been sitting in the oven for 2.5 hours without said oven being turned on
I appreciate my fiancee humouring me today, when I dragged her to the beach near where we were staying to hunt for dinosaur tracks, based on vague directions I pieced together from this article and a handwritten note we found on a sign. www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06...
Footprints of possible new dinosaur species found along Great Ocean Road
Since their find, Kate and Tim Wagstaff have been pulled into an adventure that most fossil enthusiasts can only dream of, working with palaeontologists across Australia to document and further invest...
www.abc.net.au
January 11, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I appreciate my fiancee humouring me today, when I dragged her to the beach near where we were staying to hunt for dinosaur tracks, based on vague directions I pieced together from this article and a handwritten note we found on a sign. www.abc.net.au/news/2022-06...
Away near Apollo Bay for the weekend, sitting out here with a beer and a book and I just heard a koala grunting for the first time. Only ever heard clips before. Can't find the guy but he's out there somewhere!
January 10, 2026 at 9:12 AM
Away near Apollo Bay for the weekend, sitting out here with a beer and a book and I just heard a koala grunting for the first time. Only ever heard clips before. Can't find the guy but he's out there somewhere!
My first article of the year is, of course, about dinosaurs. Or rather, how giant marine reptiles had previously unknown opportunities to EAT dinosaurs
www.sciencealert.com/prehistoric-...
www.sciencealert.com/prehistoric-...
Prehistoric Sea Monster Didn't Stick to The Oceans, Suggests Fossil Study
Mosasaurs were the apex predators of the oceans during the reign of the dinosaurs, but new research reveals dinosaurs weren't safe from them in rivers either.
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January 2, 2026 at 11:21 PM
My first article of the year is, of course, about dinosaurs. Or rather, how giant marine reptiles had previously unknown opportunities to EAT dinosaurs
www.sciencealert.com/prehistoric-...
www.sciencealert.com/prehistoric-...
2025 was pretty good to us:
- Got engaged!
- traveled southeast Asia
- moved to Ballarat, into a weird old church, no less
- started a new job as an editor at ScienceAlert
2026 is already looking like a big one...
- Got engaged!
- traveled southeast Asia
- moved to Ballarat, into a weird old church, no less
- started a new job as an editor at ScienceAlert
2026 is already looking like a big one...
December 31, 2025 at 8:41 AM
2025 was pretty good to us:
- Got engaged!
- traveled southeast Asia
- moved to Ballarat, into a weird old church, no less
- started a new job as an editor at ScienceAlert
2026 is already looking like a big one...
- Got engaged!
- traveled southeast Asia
- moved to Ballarat, into a weird old church, no less
- started a new job as an editor at ScienceAlert
2026 is already looking like a big one...
I know everyone did theirs weeks ago, but here's my PlayStation wrap-up. Blue Prince was my absolute favourite game of the year (and probably the last few years). A mansion full of puzzles is just so unbelievably my jam. Only pipped by me obsessively aiming to 100% Crash Bandicoot 4.
December 28, 2025 at 12:58 AM
I know everyone did theirs weeks ago, but here's my PlayStation wrap-up. Blue Prince was my absolute favourite game of the year (and probably the last few years). A mansion full of puzzles is just so unbelievably my jam. Only pipped by me obsessively aiming to 100% Crash Bandicoot 4.
My partner's family have really outdone themselves with their 11th annual gingerbread build.
December 26, 2025 at 12:01 AM
My partner's family have really outdone themselves with their 11th annual gingerbread build.
Disney investing a billion dollars into OpenAI sounds like a lot, but it helps to remember that that'll last them about 9 days
December 11, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Disney investing a billion dollars into OpenAI sounds like a lot, but it helps to remember that that'll last them about 9 days
Galaxy feels like it was meant to be the third Mario movie in a trilogy. Like, it should have been after a Super Mario World Movie that introduced Yoshi and Daisy and had Wario and Waluigi as the villains.
November 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Galaxy feels like it was meant to be the third Mario movie in a trilogy. Like, it should have been after a Super Mario World Movie that introduced Yoshi and Daisy and had Wario and Waluigi as the villains.
Jeff Goldblum's interjections in Jurassic World Evolution 3 are made all the more unnerving by the life-size cutout of him standing in the corner of our living room
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Jeff Goldblum's interjections in Jurassic World Evolution 3 are made all the more unnerving by the life-size cutout of him standing in the corner of our living room
Dangling this in front of Trump and then also giving it to Maria Corina Machado would be history's greatest feat in trolling
November 6, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Dangling this in front of Trump and then also giving it to Maria Corina Machado would be history's greatest feat in trolling
It's an absolute crime that I can't host a Halloween party tonight when I live in this place
October 31, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It's an absolute crime that I can't host a Halloween party tonight when I live in this place
The Simpsons did it again youtu.be/GQW8ll1fi1A?...
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
The Simpsons did it again youtu.be/GQW8ll1fi1A?...
Looked over my shoulder and my cat Gary is just... randomly admiring the lower shelves of the Simpsons collection. The good stuff is higher up, bud!
October 24, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Looked over my shoulder and my cat Gary is just... randomly admiring the lower shelves of the Simpsons collection. The good stuff is higher up, bud!
This sign doesn't fill me with confidence about the food I just ate
October 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This sign doesn't fill me with confidence about the food I just ate
Reposted by Michael Irving
I had to, okay.
October 12, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I had to, okay.
Hey Tim Curry, what week is it? youtu.be/g1Sq1Nr58hM?... #WorldSpaceWeek
Tim Curry is escaping to the one place that hasn't been corrupted by capitalism.
YouTube video by geoff EXE
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October 9, 2025 at 3:53 AM
Hey Tim Curry, what week is it? youtu.be/g1Sq1Nr58hM?... #WorldSpaceWeek
Reposted by Michael Irving
Jane Goodall accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human. 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
How Jane Goodall Changed Our View of Chimps (And Humans) Forever
Jane Goodall, the world's most famous primatologist, accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Jane Goodall accomplished an astounding feat in her 91 years of life: She fundamentally changed the world's view of what it means to be human. 🧪
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
www.sciencealert.com/how-jane-goo...
I will never tire of being able to professionally nerd out about dinosaurs with paleontologists
www.sciencealert.com/new-megarapt...
www.sciencealert.com/new-megarapt...
New 'Megaraptor' Species Found With Shocking Last Meal Still in Its Mouth
Paleontologists have discovered a new species of megaraptor dinosaur in Argentina, along with a startling clue about what it ate.
www.sciencealert.com
September 24, 2025 at 10:52 PM
I will never tire of being able to professionally nerd out about dinosaurs with paleontologists
www.sciencealert.com/new-megarapt...
www.sciencealert.com/new-megarapt...
Maybe just because I had low expectations, but this new season of Dexter turned out to be a blast. You gotta crank that suspension of disbelief up to 11, but it's kind of stopped pretending to be prestige TV and just embracing the shlock.
September 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Maybe just because I had low expectations, but this new season of Dexter turned out to be a blast. You gotta crank that suspension of disbelief up to 11, but it's kind of stopped pretending to be prestige TV and just embracing the shlock.
Nothing pulls me out of a movie faster than realising it was filmed in Melbourne and spending the rest of it trying to figure out where. Like, just saw Together and it was all over the second I saw a damn Vline train
September 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Nothing pulls me out of a movie faster than realising it was filmed in Melbourne and spending the rest of it trying to figure out where. Like, just saw Together and it was all over the second I saw a damn Vline train
Couple years ago I was interviewed about my Simpsons collection, and how my partner found out about the room. Two years and an engagement later, they came back for an update:
uk.news.yahoo.com/simpsons-fan...
uk.news.yahoo.com/simpsons-fan...
Simpsons fanatic who hid memorabilia from dates now engaged to fellow fan and will wear themed accessory on wedding day
Michael Irving began collecting The Simpsons memorabilia when he was in high school.
uk.news.yahoo.com
September 1, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Couple years ago I was interviewed about my Simpsons collection, and how my partner found out about the room. Two years and an engagement later, they came back for an update:
uk.news.yahoo.com/simpsons-fan...
uk.news.yahoo.com/simpsons-fan...
I never realised there was so much gambling in airline tickets. I failed the first roll: I didn't pay for cancellation insurance, then had to cancel. But if I told the airline in advance that I was cancelling they'd just pocket my money and sell the seat again.
August 22, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I never realised there was so much gambling in airline tickets. I failed the first roll: I didn't pay for cancellation insurance, then had to cancel. But if I told the airline in advance that I was cancelling they'd just pocket my money and sell the seat again.
All else aside, surely editors and proofreaders are about to experience a boom
Just a reminder this list is drawn from a piece written by four researchers for MICROSOFT (data scientists, CS people, economists) who have never stepped foot in an archive/never taken an oral history/studied material culture, by their CVs.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
Unlike them, I do my research, and don't talk out my ass.
August 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
All else aside, surely editors and proofreaders are about to experience a boom