Notices by Joanna Holman (joannaholman@aus.social)

@futzle fun semi related australian fact: Tasmania and Victoria have a land border

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boundary_Islet

This service dog in a science lab with their own full PPE is a very good dog
https://alumni.cornell.edu/cornellians/dog-lab-ppe/

The Duolingo merch store is a realm of horrors

Having to use Microsoft teams is awful but it does redeem itself with the legal sticker pack featuring fish in suits. The we got sued hammerhead is one of the most unhinged pieces of corporate graphics I’ve ever seen

@skinnylatte if you have to use Teams at the aquarium you may appreciate this built in legal sea creature sticker pack. Text can be edited

I hope @skinnylatte is secretly working on this for us in their spare moments at the aquarium

For your cultural edification, opera in Swedish (with English subtitles) about getting your Nissan car stuck in a ditch

https://youtu.be/WOMIS4D8-VI

Why does anyone trust the tech industry to make AI when we don’t even have workplace timesheet software that doesn’t suck yet?

I love that in Australia it’s completely normal to see birds that look like they belong in the rainforest on your morning walk through a suburban part of a non-tropical city.

On the excellent BirdLife Australia Instagram one of their scientists recently talked about how Australian birds might be so bright because many tens of thousands of years ago a lot of Australia was covered in rainforest.

#birds #birding

I hope other organisations study the Australian Electoral Commission’s methods. I was at a super busy polling place serving voters from multiple nearby electorates. Every single staff member was professional, friendly, knew exactly what was going on and attentive to people with special needs. That’s especially impressive when they’re employing people who mostly only work with them one day every couple of years. We are a lucky country to have our democracy facilitated and protected by such a high quality organisation.
#ausvotes

Glad to see the ABC is calling out the toxicity of the Liberal's culture warring. I hope the Liberals learn that throwing Indigenous people under the bus will not earn them respect #ausvotes

Something for Aussies to know: unfortunately measles is back. If you're not sure if you're fully vaccinated to it, your doctor can arrange a blood test to determine your immunity and if a further vaccination is required

Any Aussie politicians running on a platform of making it illegal to play videos on loud speaker on the train?

Birbs with cute but vaguely threatening auras

I found in these today in the Jacana Wetlands (Northern #Melbourne near Broadmeadows) while participating the City Nature Challenge bioblitz

#birds #birding #birdsofmastodon #citynaturechallenge #photography #naturephotography

Man sets off on 53-mile walk dressed as a curlew

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cp91knr7ygpo

Realistically it’s unlikely to ever happen, but being a member of the European Broadcasting Union (the organisation that runs Eurovision), Vatican City is eligible to participate in the Eurovision Song Contest

With both #Eurovision and the Papal conclave happening in May, it’s gonna be a big month for Europeans who love overly complex, confusing and dramatic ways to select a winner that are run by international bureaucracies, include smoke for dramatic effect and feature excessively extra outfits

Christchurch woman dressed as chicken runs 10 marathons in 10 days for charity

https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/558736/christchurch-woman-dressed-as-chicken-runs-10-marathons-in-10-days-for-charity

Today in things that seem like a front for something, an entire store of claw machines in #melbourne central (which surely doesn’t have cheap rent) where you can pay $2 to play for low value goods like out of date Oreos. The “store” has been there for more than a year

Werribee zoo has an adorable newborn lion cub!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kL64KM4j6aU

#melbourne