Dr Alexandra Marley

In the car driving home and triple J played the prodigy which made my millennial heart happy. Wound the windows down and blasted it. Then when I got home and told my partner, he brutally pointed out that that was like listening to the Beatles in the 90's. 💀

Completely out of the blue today my 3 year old told me that she was feeling scared. Of what, I asked? Scared of robots. I comforted her but internally was going "me too, kiddo, me too..."

Do you find that your name is often miscalculated when using Swype? Hi I'm airbags market

Losing my words to sleep deprivation. Just told my partner that my mum "vacuumed the grass with blades" My students are going to have a fun ride deciphering me when I return to teaching next year...

the tech industry is about to invent books

👀 2 funded linguistics/anthropology/environmental science PhD positions going at UQ. Get in on it folks! study.uq.edu.au/study-option...

Under Labor we have seen wages flat line, the rise of the far right and record war profits from fossil fuels going untaxed. We think these are ‘somewhat concerning’.

Is anyone here in Brisbane and know of a rental that would suit a family of 4 (incl baby and toddler) and within a 30min bus ride of UQ? We have applied for 10 places now and been rejected for all. Starting to get worried that we won't be able to find a suitable place to live...

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My daughter's friend (aged 3) just asked me for a glass of "spicy water" 😂

Further proof that Spelling Bee is not written for Australians.

This is a long shot, but do any of you happen to be looking for tenants to rent a property you own near UQ in Brisbane? It's hard to find a place to rent when you can't attend inspections 😩

My Boomer parents have each independently discovered Substack. I'm now getting a lot of: "Did you see this on Substack?" "Look at this video [clearly AI slop] I found on Substack" "Oh yes, this was mentioned on Substack"

In honour of Dolly Parton, encourage your children to read books. In honour of Tim Curry, encourage them to play near an open storm drain in the rain.

You know that a university's website is fundamentally useless when even the stupid AI search agent gives up.

"Millions delay or skip appointments as specialist care become too expensive for many Australians – new research" by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social australiainstitute.org.au/post/million...

Nooo! RIP Tim Curry. He'll always be Hexxus to me. Arguably one of his best roles.

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ABC country are playing Dolly all day for those who need it www.abc.net.au/listen/live/...

Parton was probably the only one of the ultra-rich whose passing makes the world worse off.

Asking toddlers about time is a riot: [In the car, noticing that the baby has woken up] L: Hey M., how long has F been awake? A big bit or just a little bit? M: Um, he's been awake for 4 days

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Just heard a hilarious AI story: Apparently a journal used AI to generate the key terms in a recently published linguistics paper and the multiple mentions of the Australian National University's team (i.e. ANU's team) led to the AI identifying the very important key term 'anus'

I think I just saw my 11 y.o. laptop finally die: the screen filled with fine horizontal black lines and then it slowly faded to black. And now it won't turn on. Goodbye ThinkPad e560. I'll never forget our time together watching 100s of hrs of Star Trek and writing my PhD thesis. RIP

Thousands of languages have disappeared throughout human history. New research is shedding light on why. A study coauthored by Yale linguist Claire Bowern finds that widespread language loss began not with European colonialism, but roughly a thousand years earlier.

Look fair enough the govt isn't taxing gas exports and instead decide to cut NDIS funding. Afterall those gas companies are going it tough right now. live.thepoint.com.au

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does anyone here work at a movie theater because if so I have a proposition for you

If you're suddenly inundated with clothes moths, they probably came from my place. I just threw out a continent's worth of grubs and moths living in rolled up carpet scraps and a bag of bean-based heat packs 🤢 Working in collections has made me hate moths more than any other insect.

Why's it called Presidential alert!? #nationalemergencyalert

I submitted this for review and publication 3 years ago and it has finally been published this week! 🥳 (Probably a bit out of date by now! 😅)

I have not read the NYer article but this is a most excellent thread.

ABSOLUTELY DEVO. 😭 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07...

Did you know that you can get after-hours bulk-billed telehealth appointments!? My whole family is laid low at the mo, and I got a dr straight away on the phone who diagnosed us all then sms'd me our scripts. All on #Medicare. #protectmedicare 13sick.com.au

Entered that phase of toddlerhood where silence is ominous. Found 3yo behind her bedroom door carefully using an eyedropper to decorate the carpet with bright blue ant syrup.

3 year old wakes up at 2am: Daddy... I can't sleep! Her father: why's that? 3yo: Because of the creature. The creature in the bed. 😱

If anyone is really into birds, sign up to the Bird of the Week newsletter! It's the only newsletter I've ever signed up for and ACTUALLY read. Very short, great photos, funny quips. Totally recommend. Just email <nathan@weeklybird.net> to get birds like this badass direct to your inbox:

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