@harrysaddler.bsky.social
Wrote a book about a bird (the Eastern Curlew, 2018), a river (A Clear Flowing Yarra, 2023), and a global existential crisis or three (Questions Raised By Quolls, 2021).
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialPaddington looks like he’s taking a dump in the street, and the expressions on the faces of all the people behind him support this
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialThankyou, that’s very kind. Though I can’t claim any credit for the title - that was all the Meanjin editor’s idea!
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialOne of the greatest and proudest moments in Canberra history
@asherwolf.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialThis is not some Jimmy Wales-Wikipedia style forever-appeal. Either people donate and subscribe to Open Australia Foundation now or it’s gonna have to be shut down. It can’t operate without adequate funding
@james-bg.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialVery strangely the 10 trade unions calling on the government not to approve the Rosebank oil field are getting a lot less coverage today than the one trade union calling on the government to green light more fossil fuel projects. www.businessgreen.com/news/4537337...
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialAlways good when the sacreds return back south. I’ve heard some rufous whistlers lately too, and an oriole, plus all the cuckoos of course - another year rolls around!
@stilgherrian.comReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.social“Where movies and TV series take place — and when. Find a story by its place, its decade or its occasion: 1940s London, Christmas in New York, a train across Siberia.” titleatlas.app
@julieslalonde.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialBeing GenX/Millennial is such a trip. In our lifetimes, we saw people our age getting wild criminal penalties for pirating music and now have to sit and watch as companies gobble up our work with impunity.
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialIt was such a relief when @meanjin.bsky.social was saved by QUT. I was humbled to be asked recently to write a short article for them about how it feels to be someone who loves birds, now that bird flu has reached this continent. You can read the article here: meanjin.com.au/latest/hope-...
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@exoplanetdinosaur.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialTime for all decent people to flood the streets in protest
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialThis man is living his best life. Not even going to click on the article, it’s perfect already
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialSorry, I was asleep. They’re here! bsky.app/profile/harr...
@eliasgreig.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialBeen said by better than me, but the ongoing debate around immigration, language and culture here continues to erase First Nations presence, history, and culture. This continent has been multilingual and multinational for far, far longer than it's been a settler colony.
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialIt’s worth keeping in mind that the Greens in the ACT are actually a party of government, having been in a coalition with the Labor Party in the Legislative Assembly there. This isn’t like Greens proposals in other jurisdictions.
@6newsau.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialNEW VIDEO: The Greens have proposed extending voting rights in ACT elections to permanent residents and 16/17-year-olds, telling 6 News that it result in better political decisions made for all Canberrans
@humanrightsindex.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialThis post got 10K likes. This is fake news. The image is AI-generated. The reality: a small team in Germany developed a sleeping cabin in 2019, and they don’t look like this at all. Only 2 are confirmed in use in Ulm. Stop spreading AI-generated fairy tales.
@okwonga.bsky.socialReposted by @harrysaddler.bsky.socialThe editors let Nigel Farage write for the Jewish Chronicle. Nigel Farage. A man who got a standing ovation from Nazis (www.dw.com/en/nigel-far...) before they were mainstream. What a shameful day.
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialThey’re not, but there are a lot of them planted in Canberra where I grew up. I haven’t had a chance to go looking for platypuses lately, though there have been very large baby owls around!
@harrysaddler.bsky.socialThey’re also a great tree to climb. We had one in the front garden when I was a kid - I’d go right up to the top of it and survey the neighbourhood!