Nostr notes by Jean, the bird lady

TIL that theres a Bird Olympics where people compete who has the ...

2026-10-26T05:55:27Z

TIL that theres a Bird Olympics where people compete who has the best talent in bird call mimicry

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-26/bournda-bird-olympics-2026-merimbula/107298364

LOL updated my firefox and it defaulted to turning on all AI ...

2026-10-21T04:06:49Z

LOL updated my firefox and it defaulted to turning on all AI #notlol

The baby tawnies have arrived!! <3 <3 < 3 ...

2026-10-05T08:29:28Z

The baby tawnies have arrived!! <3 <3 < 3

#BirdPhotography #BirdsofAustralia #BirdsofFediverse #FediBirds #Photography #Wildlife #BirdsofMastodon #AustralianBirds #BirdWatching #Fedibird #birdbot #Birding #darktable #wildoz #melbourne #oz #australia #birds

Folks, would appreciate if u let me know you're using my ...

2026-09-26T22:49:21Z

Folks, would appreciate if u let me know you're using my photos on my #vernissage account Jean (npub1aw9…l53e) before using it to promote/post your new apps/clients. I don't have problems with it, but just weirded out by seeing screenshots of my account appear randomly on the Fediverse.

Just found out about the Cookatoo Kitchen in Richmond #Melbourne ...

2026-09-25T02:48:59Z

Just found out about the Cookatoo Kitchen in Richmond #Melbourne #Victoria. Its an all #VEGAN place thats surrounded by cockatoo artworks! Definitely one of my favourite places now

Meeting prompt: 'If money wasnt an issue, what would you guys ...

2026-09-24T05:30:12Z

Meeting prompt: 'If money wasnt an issue, what would you guys be doing? '

Simps be like 'Oh I loVE ThIs JoB sO WiLL sTiLL do It'

Fuck off liars

Who has right of way? ...

2026-09-24T00:49:54Z

Who has right of way?

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2026-09-17T01:03:01Z

Trickle down. More like Tickle down my balls

My favourite part of living is when I used to do 4 ...

2026-09-10T04:15:27Z

My favourite part of living is when I used to do 4 extracurricular activities in highschool whilst managing to top the examinations and now I need caffeine to make coffee.

OMG. FOUR out of X photos that ebird uses in rotation as their ...

2026-09-08T05:07:27Z

OMG. FOUR out of X photos that ebird uses in rotation as their main banner are mine. Atleast from screenshots Im receiving from people in Australia (which means I am not just seeing them in my own page). In fact, I personally have only seen one

But Im so flattered esp as someone who is very insecure about her art.

I grew up in a family that doesn't celebrate ...

2026-08-31T05:11:43Z

I grew up in a family that doesn't celebrate 'mediocrity'. And for a long time I thought that was good. I thought that winning a bronze medal in a quiz bee was not something worth celebrating. And looked down on kids my age whose parents celebrated 'losses'. This is always accompanied by my mother overcomparing me with my cousins who got ahead of me somewhere.

Now, I wish my family celebrated placing third, or fourth or not even at all. Because Ive tied my worth on how many first place and gold medals I win.

Celebrate your kid's 'mediocrity' or whatever you wanna label it. It grounds them on the reality that not everything has to be a competition. Cause right now I don't know how to even start.

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2026-08-29T07:13:11Z

Colombia wtf

Just because someone can carry it well doesn't mean it aint ...

2026-08-26T10:28:45Z

Just because someone can carry it well doesn't mean it aint heavy.

Two of my photos on ebird are on the Top 100 photos in Australia! ...

2026-08-22T23:34:48Z

Two of my photos on ebird are on the Top 100 photos in Australia! Yeyyy #Joy

The world is ending now because none of you forwarded the chain ...

2026-08-17T23:40:58Z

The world is ending now because none of you forwarded the chain message to 40 people in 2006.

Did you know how USA's only parrot was hunted to extinction? ...

2026-08-14T06:58:38Z

Did you know how USA's only parrot was hunted to extinction? The Carolina Parakeets were known to grieve their fallen comrades. Hence, when one bird gets shot by stupid motherfucking hunters, they will stop and mourn. And of course, the hunters will kill them in larger numbers.

Humans are disgusting.

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/article/carolina-parakeets-extinction-birds-united-states

Oh wow the anus is just 2.5 kms from here ...

2026-08-01T22:07:50Z

Oh wow the anus is just 2.5 kms from here

Every single corporations these days: Let's milk these ...

2026-07-22T01:43:23Z

Every single corporations these days:

Let's milk these nostalgic geriatric millennials to the bones by selling them the same shit over and over again.

Cooked Kangkong in a Pak Boong Fai Dang-style meal, but added ...

2026-07-11T04:21:11Z

Cooked Kangkong in a Pak Boong Fai Dang-style meal, but added cashews and tofu. #Vegan #VeganFood #VeganFortheAnimals

You dont hate Mondays, you hate capitalism. Here's a guide to ...

2026-07-05T22:28:58Z

You dont hate Mondays, you hate capitalism. Here's a guide to all 57 species of parrots native to Australia 💗 Happy Monday

https://www.thewildlifediaries.com/australian-parrots-guide-to-species-of-parrots-in-australia/

PSA #Australia With the arrival of H5N1 in Australia, please do ...

2026-06-26T11:37:14Z

PSA #Australia

With the arrival of H5N1 in Australia, please do consider to take down your bird feeder. Bird feeders are hotspots for the virus. Our parrots are at risk.

#BirdFlu #H5N1

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2026-06-08T02:58:03Z

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-08/tsunami-threat-after-philippines-earthquake/106771808

Unpopular opinion, but Id rather have 90s style work cubicle than ...

2026-05-30T12:27:07Z

Unpopular opinion, but Id rather have 90s style work cubicle than have open office work space. No, I dont need to see Becky frowning at her screen whilst reading an email.

1975 is 30 years ago. Nope. Im not listening. Its always gunna be ...

2026-05-26T13:37:00Z

1975 is 30 years ago. Nope. Im not listening. Its always gunna be 30 years ago. Shut up.

FYI Folks, Pink Cockatoo is no longer being listed as Major ...

2026-05-20T06:33:35Z

FYI Folks,

Pink Cockatoo is no longer being listed as Major Mitchell Cockatoo, atleast by Birdlife Australia--the largest bird organisation in the country.

The name change was due to Thomas Livingstone Mitchell's leadrship in the massacre of First Nations in 1836.

Pls name a good horror film to watch on a Friday night. +++ if I ...

2026-05-15T09:47:01Z

Pls name a good horror film to watch on a Friday night. +++ if I haven't seen it lol (which you wont know in the first instance duh lol)

The council is one of the cruellest. Last year, they voted to ...

2026-05-07T04:56:19Z

The council is one of the cruellest. Last year, they voted to make rough sleeping and homelessness illegal.

This year, they can now seize personal items of homeless people including beddings.

We are at a time of global inflation and erratic weather. You could have extended your hands just a little further to people who are already drowning from exclusion, lack of support and stigma.

How fucking evil are you

Https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-07/port-phillip-council-encampment-laws-homeless-belongings-impound/106651672

I was 27 when I first got here back in my very first instance. I ...

2026-05-07T04:31:04Z

In reply to nevent1q…kvg2
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I was 27 when I first got here back in my very first instance. I didnt feel anything less, but of course there are perverts, reply guys and more perverts to the point I got a personal email from a dude who reported that a certain Jean (me) on Mastodon is stealing my identity (me again) hahaha. They have since stopped not sure if its because Im 32 now lol

Would be keen to know gender disparity differences too cause I dont think what happened to me is unique

RE: https://aus.social/@HeathC/116462055386028951 Nature is ...

2026-04-25T00:26:15Z

RE: https://aus.social/@HeathC/116462055386028951

Nature is healing ❤️❤️❤️❤️

quoting
note17ye…jy2t

Oh, no! Anyway...

Australia is probably the only country that waged a war against ...

2026-04-22T12:04:21Z

Australia is probably the only country that waged a war against the animal they so proudly put in their coat of arms.

TIL that Australia has 56 parrot species (including true parrots ...

2026-04-13T09:05:37Z

TIL that Australia has 56 parrot species (including true parrots and cockatoos) making it the fourth in the world in terms of that category. First in the list is Brazil (82), followed by Indonesia (77) and Colombia (57). Amazing. I love 🦜

So not only has Facebook stopped allowing unlogged browsing for ...

2026-04-13T05:49:02Z

So not only has Facebook stopped allowing unlogged browsing for public forums and public pages, it has also redirects you automatically to the signup page.

Before, I can just close the big window that asks for you to sign in/log in and can access the latest two (or three) posts in the group. That seems to be impossible to do anymore unless of course you have Meta accounts (Ive deleted mine in 2017). Now, how the fuck do I know if the event on Sunday is happening and if so, where.

Stop using social media as websites!!!!!!!!!!

This is the brightest part of the rainbow and it kinda stayed ...

2026-04-11T05:43:54Z

In reply to nevent1q…pthg
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This is the brightest part of the rainbow and it kinda stayed there for over 7 minutes. Beaut!

#Naarm #Rainbow #Melbourne #MElbourneWeatherToot

Melbourne is showing off after 5 minutes of rain. ...

2026-04-11T05:39:56Z

Melbourne is showing off after 5 minutes of rain.

"I'm a leftist and grew up in Democrat liberal politics ...

2026-04-03T21:12:34Z

"I'm a leftist and grew up in Democrat liberal politics since birth"

Me:

Wow, the audacity of European countries (Belgium, looking at you ...

2026-03-26T02:52:04Z

Wow, the audacity of European countries (Belgium, looking at you Leopold cunt) to abstain on the UN resolution declaring the Transatlantic slave trade as gravest crime against humanity is through the roof.

This is the Europe and Anglosphere countries who keep portraying themselves as the police man of the world. Take a mirror and look at your history.

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2026-03-12T12:25:11Z

The USA is the embodiment of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

People leaving ChatGPT for Claude because the latter refused to ...

2026-03-05T10:17:03Z

People leaving ChatGPT for Claude because the latter refused to surveil American citizens. Mate, Claude has been used to kill children overseas, but you dont give a fuck until its in your doorstep. Hypocrites.

Okay, the debate is over. Final Fantasy 9 is the best Final ...

2026-01-08T23:15:50Z

Okay, the debate is over. Final Fantasy 9 is the best Final Fantasy! Even Hironobu Sakaguchi believes it 😅😅

Nah, 8 stan here!

https://youtube.com/watch?v=dKBz1KsQY1Y&pp=0gcJCTIBo7VqN5tD

UK peeps (Scotland to be exact), is there another website to use ...

2025-12-26T03:18:46Z

UK peeps (Scotland to be exact), is there another website to use to look for short tern rentals. I dont think those big companies are willing to rent out something for 2 mos.

We have flatmates.com here in Oz. I checked out sparerooms.com, but its very expensive to get verified. Would appreciate any help. #boostwelcome

Almost find the self-centredness of Global North (for the lack of ...

2025-12-16T21:47:37Z

Almost find the self-centredness of Global North (for the lack of better term) people hilarious. Comments surrounding this news is met with 'oh no, thats bad', 'Im not gunna go' blah blah blah

Biometric data being collected on borders are now trending amongst all of you, people, because its now affecting people who have historically floated through borders on imperial privilege.

Suddenly, theres talk of surveillance, Orwellian and freedom. For most of us, especially people from Africa, Asia, Latin America, the colletion of biometrics have been baked into mobility for decades. We want to visit a "First World" "Developed Country"? Were expected to hand over our fingerprints, a scan of our iris, a full financial history, and proof well go back home, as if were guilty until proven worthy of tourism.

You didnt mind when the surveillance state was brown, Black, poor or stateless people being stripsearched by algorithms. Now that you’re facing a diluted version of the same system, you expect outrage, sympathy, solidarity. Own the system you benefited, let grow. U dont get to pretend this is something new.

Not saying your point that biometric collection is bad, but where was the fucking outrage when we with poor passports, have to basically give our autobiography for entry. Double standard hypocrisy.

Next

https://travelnoire.com/29-european-countries-ees-biometric-entry

My postcards have arrived! Didnt realise it would print this ...

2025-12-15T02:50:18Z

My postcards have arrived! Didnt realise it would print this dark. Guess it looks brighter on screen because of the screens backlight. Oh well. I also overprinted 🤣🤣🤣

The Philippines braces for the 21st typhoon to hit the country ...

2025-11-09T08:18:18Z

The Philippines braces for the 21st typhoon to hit the country this year. This is the second typhoon in ONE WEEK, after the recent one a couple of days ago left 200+ people dead.

Enough with the glamourisation of 'resilience'. The Filipino people are tired of being labeled resilience. We want environmental justice which not only slapa the wrist of mining corporations and greedy politicians.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-09/philippines-evacuates-100-000-people-as-fung-wong-intensifies-in/105989236

For next Melbourne Cup, replace the horses with billionaires in ...

2025-11-03T23:41:33Z

For next Melbourne Cup, replace the horses with billionaires in horse costume. Whip their arses out

Filipinos are patient. But should you wait until the patience ...

2025-09-12T05:10:36Z

Filipinos are patient. But should you wait until the patience snaps? The people are ready to erupt.

The first sign of a civilisation was NOT a pointed shard of rock, ...

2025-08-31T06:24:41Z

The first sign of a civilisation was NOT a pointed shard of rock, but a broken bone that healed.

Look after your community. We are in a very dangerous time.

Jesus. I totally forgot how much invasive and annoying android ...

2025-08-13T23:44:36Z

Jesus. I totally forgot how much invasive and annoying android phones are. I got an android for work, and damn, I totally do NOT miss the ads and Google relentless request for me to share more. Its popping up every few hours like a poisonous mushroom.

Nope. So glad to have degoogled. (With a second hand Pixel, in case a 'im so smart guy' comments again.

GPT is PhD-level. So its not really that special then? Has keen ...

2025-08-13T05:48:09Z

GPT is PhD-level.

So its not really that special then? Has keen interest on ONE specific topic. Chronically underpaid, depressed, overworked and underpublished? Any PhDs know a 'PhD level' attached to anything is NOT a compliment lol

The main principle in Age-gating policies that frames children as ...

2025-08-13T02:28:56Z

The main principle in Age-gating policies that frames children as innocent, apolitical and pure is only reserved to white children. Black, indigenous, poor and migrant children are never guaranteed the same innocence. The unfaltering carcerality, criminalisation and killing of poor children rarely get into the policy radar. And when it does often through actions on the street that call for justice, the protests are deliberately shut down and framed as violent. But, there has never been an admission on the same systemic violence that our kids face on their everyday.

This is the world we live. Any forms of paternalism that they want to put us on is an extension of their grip.

Question. For people who require Alt-text, I want to know if the ...

2025-08-03T03:48:01Z

Question. For people who require Alt-text, I want to know if the 'AI'-generated ones actually help. Ive been seeing this as the go-to method for many recently.

I know my alt-text isnt perfect either. And 'AI' alt text probably better than no alt text at all (citation needed)

But I feel like they're somehow counterproductive given how the resulting text dont usually take into account the nuances of the image. I could be wrong.

But if you ask 'AI' to process an image of a woman smiling. It will just describe it as such, but if youre the photographer and you know that was taken after a typhoon or something, youd write it differently from the way the machine did.

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is calling ...

2025-07-30T02:12:20Z

The Office of the Australian Information Commissioner is calling for inputs for the Children’s Online Privacy Code.

I just have submitted my input. You still have until tomorrow:

https://www.oaic.gov.au/engage-with-us/consultations/childrens-online-privacy-code-consultation-for-industry,-civil-society,-academia-and-other-interested-stakeholders

literally all the basic human needs are political. Food? Check ...

2025-07-29T06:59:45Z

In reply to nevent1q…hykz
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literally all the basic human needs are political.

Food? Check
Clean air? Check
House? Check
Where to shit? Check
Water? Check
Safe environment? Check
Money to afford all the above? Check

The Philippines is once again hit by another typhoon. One couple ...

2025-07-27T11:59:55Z

The Philippines is once again hit by another typhoon. One couple decided they wouldn't cancel their wedding despite the weather.

This is the future, I guess?

There's always rainbow and beautiful sunset after the rain. ...

2025-07-02T07:37:39Z

There's always rainbow and beautiful sunset after the rain.

If youve never been, Melbourne Musuem houses the most complete ...

2025-06-24T23:51:39Z

If youve never been, Melbourne Musuem houses the most complete fossil of a Triceratops. It's surprisingly massive. It's been here for awhile, but only got to see it recently.

Extremely privileged to see such creature's fossil.

Cindy Crawfish ...

2025-06-24T10:27:51Z

Cindy Crawfish

Yonder's vegan butty is so filling. I think I gained 10 kg ...

2025-06-07T01:58:57Z

Yonder's vegan butty is so filling. I think I gained 10 kg after eating this lojk

the graphic was on lemmy, but the un votes are here ...

2025-05-21T10:16:49Z

In reply to nevent1q…daah
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the graphic was on lemmy, but the un votes are here

https://digitallibrary.un.org/record/4061739?ln=en&v=pdf

Heres the so-called international community aka the countries ...

2025-05-21T09:09:01Z

Heres the so-called international community aka the countries that get visited when pop stars say they will have a world tour, aka countries that decide on world issues, aka countries that label themselves important and thinking the world revolves around them, aka colonisers or allies

They are abstaining and voting no.

So much about the western world being a bastion of progress.

We, 'the third world'

Millenials who 'miss the good old days' were just upper ...

2025-05-20T02:35:01Z

Millenials who 'miss the good old days' were just upper middle class kids who didnt need to knock on neighbour's door to ask for money so you could go to school.

It shows. I dont miss the good old days because they were non existent

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based ...

2025-05-19T07:31:19Z

Google, Microsoft, Amazon, X, and the entire tracking-based advertising industry rely on the “Transparency & Consent Framework” (TCF) to obtain “consent” for data processing. This evening the Belgian Court of Appeal ruled that the TCF is illegal. The TCF is live on 80% of the Internet.

https://www.iccl.ie/digital-data/eu-ruling-tracking-based-advertising-by-google-microsoft-amazon-x-across-europe-has-no-legal-basis/

Would you take a -16k paycut for a job that you may like? Given ...

2025-05-15T08:44:07Z

Would you take a -16k paycut for a job that you may like? Given that the current one is absolute shitfuckery and everyone there is just 'ai, ai, ai'.