Joanna Holman

Bird nerd. Also has thoughts on books, Melbourne happenings, music and culture with bonus architecture, and cute animal pictures.

Pronouns: She/Her (they/them also fine)
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Location: Melbourne, Australia

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2026-04-23 07:58:09 UTC

People have been putting some pretty wild out there fiction in the local Little Library
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2026-04-21 11:19:09 UTC

It is SO GOOD to have Tom Scott back making videos. No clickbait or hype, just sincere curiosity about people with interesting jobs and hobbies. His current series has him finding interesting things in every county of England. This week's youtube episode has him visiting a mine rescue service training centre
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wp-TX1FoEN4

2026-04-11 10:37:11 UTC

Sometimes I see events and think wow, it's like Mastodon in real life. Today's thing that prompted that thought was the Fish Creek Tea Cosy Festival
https://teacosyfestival.com.au/

2025-11-25 08:03:30 UTC

Came across this striking art piece in Bourke St Mall, #melbourne called Paid Attention by Huei Yin Wong. It’s designed to comment on the way the advertising industry profits from constantly taking our attention at no benefit to us. If you sit making unbroken eye contact with the messages about our attention choices on the screen, it pays out the equivalent of minimum wage for the time watched. Sitting there conspicuously staring at something silly in public for even less than 2 minutes was weirdly unsettling even though we’re constantly looking at silly stuff on screens
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2025-09-12 23:30:54 UTC

I think in light of the horrors my task for this morning needs to be to walk out into a field and stare at some birds for a bit

2025-09-12 05:59:23 UTC

Make sure you’ve cleared your calendar tomorrow to watch the world championships of the greatest sport in existence: precision tram driving
https://www.tramwm.com/

2025-09-01 09:59:45 UTC

At #melbourne zoo they let you go into the lemur enclosure. Might be the most delightful place in the city (except for the person who has the stressful job of stopping toddlers from touching them)
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2025-07-11 09:31:46 UTC

What’s cuter than a ringtail possum? Two ringtail possums!
#wildoz #wildlife #possums
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2025-07-11 07:40:59 UTC

I have suspicions about if this is an official City of #Melbourne marker
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2025-06-28 07:59:25 UTC

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a strange time indeed. I do feel sorry for the other breakdancers though. The one time their sport is going to be in the Olympics gets overshadowed by that.

2025-06-22 00:39:01 UTC

Deciding if you should check on the developing omnishambles or go back to bed and pretend it’s not happening like….
#birds #birding
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2025-06-18 06:06:12 UTC

Sports betting is such a blight on our society. Tennis players are now getting death threats when gamblers loose bets on matches
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06-17/katie-boulter-says-abuse-rife-in-tennis/105429240

2025-05-18 07:33:59 UTC

I come bearing pictures of dinner time at the #Melbourne zoo Red Panda enclosure today
#redpanda #redpandas
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2025-05-17 01:21:22 UTC

This week in Aussie dilemmas: wanting cheap snacks from Aldi but realising it is the day of the annual Aldi snow gear riots

2025-05-10 01:05:41 UTC

Americans PLEASE put relevant hashtags when you’re talking about the actions of your politicians. Those of us outside the US know it’s important for you guys to talk about but would also sometimes like to be able to stop our timelines from being overwhelmed by horrors in your country we have no ability to impact

2025-05-08 23:17:54 UTC

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
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2025-05-07 09:30:05 UTC

Big fan of my neighbourhood birds being a little ridiculous
#birds #birding #photography
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2025-05-05 08:23:09 UTC

Took a tour of the #melbourne Manchester Unity Building on the weekend. Tour tickets are a bit expensive but so cool to see inside this art deco fever dream. Parts of it are occupied by a very fancy dental practice which is a funny juxtaposition
#artdeco #architecture
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2025-05-03 12:06:38 UTC

And in extra good news, ABC currently has Trumpet of Patriots with zero wins, zero likely in the senate
https://www.abc.net.au/news/elections/federal/2025/results/senate
#ausvotes

2025-05-03 10:37:08 UTC

It's truly a wonder of logistics and mathematical savvy that we have an election result just 2.5 hours after the earliest poll closures, 30 minutes after the last poll closures with no pre-counting.
#ausvotes

2025-05-03 10:11:12 UTC

I realised I've now been around here for several years and tooted a ridiculous number of things so it's time for an updated intro to pin to my profile.
I'm Joanna. I live in Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin Nation.
I'm a legal administrator for a conservation not-for-profit. It makes me really happy that my spreadsheet wrangling helps protect threatened creatures and landscapes. In my spare time I'm a (very) amateur but enthusiastic birder- I'm sure neighbours who see me pointing cameras up at trees think I'm strange. I'm obsessed with #eurovision, get a lot of joy out of trashy dance music and have been getting into #MusicalTheatre. I'm always interested in #book recommendations. I post quite a bit about things happening in #Melbourne and love discussing what might make this place better. Long walks through Melbourne make me happy. I'm an amateur #photographer, mostly of #architecture and cute animals (instagram links in bio). I'm also currently trying to learn to speak #indonesian
Some other interests I probably won't post that much about but would be interested to follow discussions on are #christian #theology and spirituality, #linguistics and Indigenous history and culture.

2025-04-22 12:30:43 UTC

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

2025-04-15 22:49:25 UTC

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brilliant

2025-04-15 11:16:05 UTC

Already dreading the cliche pop music Katy Perry is gonna write about the 10 minutes she spent in space

2025-04-13 06:33:08 UTC

Fascinated by the confidence of people who think their music taste is so good everyone at the beach wants to hear it pumped through a Bluetooth speaker

2025-04-03 23:14:23 UTC

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For real. I have a family member who travels a lot for work. A recent conversation was like oh you're going to (country in the middle east with an iffy reputation and not much tourism)? No big deal, just be respectful and you'll be fine. At least you're not going to America.