Clare McKenzie
@ccmcknz.bsky.social
People leader, librarian, sometime runner, coffee lover, art maker, dogs are better than cats, twitter refugee
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Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
Perennial runner up finally claims the crown in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll, ahead of Baudin’s black cockatoo and gang-gang cockatoo
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The tawny frogmouth has been named Australia’s 2025 bird of the year, after taking second place in the biennial Guardian/BirdLife Australia poll three times running.
More than 310,000 votes were cast after polling opened on 6 October and the tawny led the charge from the start, despite being hotly and persistently pursued by two cockatoos: the Baudin’s black cockatoo and the ever-popular gang-gang.
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October 16, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Tawny frogmouth named 2025 Australian bird of the year winner
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do brands recognize that if i see their ads so often they start to annoy me i’m less likely to buy from them, not more?
May 4, 2025 at 2:44 AM
do brands recognize that if i see their ads so often they start to annoy me i’m less likely to buy from them, not more?
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Peter Dutton: I don’t want to stand in front of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at political press conference anymore.
Dickson voters: okay.
Dickson voters: okay.
May 4, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Peter Dutton: I don’t want to stand in front of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at political press conference anymore.
Dickson voters: okay.
Dickson voters: okay.
Prioritising myself for a few minutes. Some life admin with a coffee rather than getting on the road with a takeaway. Will delay me by 15 mins but might just save my brain from a meltdown. It's been a long, long year.
December 17, 2024 at 8:46 PM
Prioritising myself for a few minutes. Some life admin with a coffee rather than getting on the road with a takeaway. Will delay me by 15 mins but might just save my brain from a meltdown. It's been a long, long year.
Starting team Xmas lunch with ice cream? Don't mind if I do #LibraryLife
December 11, 2024 at 8:58 PM
Starting team Xmas lunch with ice cream? Don't mind if I do #LibraryLife
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I have been informed that western NSW health have recorded 10 000 cases.
#WhoopingCough is spreading keep your young babies safe and away from anyone who could be a spread risk until they can be #vaccinated.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
#WhoopingCough is spreading keep your young babies safe and away from anyone who could be a spread risk until they can be #vaccinated.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
newsGP - Whooping cough epidemic reaches record numbers
GPs are urged to ensure patients have had their vaccine, as ‘staggeringly high’ cases soar to a record-breaking 41,772 so far this year.
www1.racgp.org.au
November 14, 2024 at 8:35 PM
I have been informed that western NSW health have recorded 10 000 cases.
#WhoopingCough is spreading keep your young babies safe and away from anyone who could be a spread risk until they can be #vaccinated.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
#WhoopingCough is spreading keep your young babies safe and away from anyone who could be a spread risk until they can be #vaccinated.
www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clini...
Because WFH days are all about having lunch in the backyard with my home office companion #ThrowTheDamnBall
May 17, 2024 at 2:58 AM
Because WFH days are all about having lunch in the backyard with my home office companion #ThrowTheDamnBall
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wow...5 million+ users on bluesky now
March 14, 2024 at 3:12 AM
wow...5 million+ users on bluesky now
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Take 4 minutes to watch the winner of this year's “Dance your PhD” competition. The winner of what?
It’s gorgeous, local, you’ll learn things about Eastern Greys and it will lift your spirits. 🧪
#AusPol #TimelineCleanse
It’s gorgeous, local, you’ll learn things about Eastern Greys and it will lift your spirits. 🧪
#AusPol #TimelineCleanse
Watch This Year's 'Dance Your PhD' Contest Winner, a Musical Celebration of Kangaroo Behavior
“Kangaroo Time” took home the competition’s overall prize, while interpretive dances on early life adversity, circadian rhythms and streambank erosion were also honored
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 29, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Take 4 minutes to watch the winner of this year's “Dance your PhD” competition. The winner of what?
It’s gorgeous, local, you’ll learn things about Eastern Greys and it will lift your spirits. 🧪
#AusPol #TimelineCleanse
It’s gorgeous, local, you’ll learn things about Eastern Greys and it will lift your spirits. 🧪
#AusPol #TimelineCleanse
Hello. I'm new here. Cautiously optimistic about (re)building the networks I lost by leaving that other place. Nice to have found some old friends to follow already #LibraryLife
March 1, 2024 at 12:39 AM
Hello. I'm new here. Cautiously optimistic about (re)building the networks I lost by leaving that other place. Nice to have found some old friends to follow already #LibraryLife