Vaxxed to the maxx* * well second shot done. I’ll take a booster when it’s needed. Only painful part was wearing my easy-vaccess tank top on a very chilly winter morning. ❄️

If I were on the #beachhandball team I’d grow out my pubes really really long and fluff them up so the poked out the sides and over the top of the stupid small-bum bikini bottoms and then see if the committee still wanted to fine me for wearing shorts.

I always feel sad hearing people talk about valuing education by paying thousands for private school. That isn’t valuing it. Why not show a little faith in gov schools? - accessible to all. Nicer to mix with kids from diff socioeconomic backgrounds anyway.

According to ABC News there are fears that coronavirus is circulating undetected in St Kilda. Meanwhile this poor bastard has been waiting patiently for hours for his COVID swab. #covidaus

There are no plot spoilers to the film in this essay, as I haven't seen it yet. This was supposed to be a background teaser for the film, though I don't give away much about the poem's plot either! The poem behind the Green Knight pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/the-p…

Students from disadvantaged backgrounds outperform more advantaged students with the same academic ability in their first year of university, a study has found | Jordan Baker smh.com.au/national/disad…

First day back on campus and found out that University of Melbourne has new wardens enforcing a strict recycling policy.

This year’s Christmas construction was initially behind schedule, but after some 24-hour works and replacement busses, the new Coburg Station was ready. Level Crossing Removal Project

Heading into the third year of the pandemic feels grim, but there's been worse. We dip into the #UniMelbPursuit archives for experts' take a look at some of the other thoroughly difficult years in human history – and how we made it to the other side → unimelb.me/36eYaVJ

Excellent presentation by @babybumpproject on managing menstruation during Antarctic fieldwork. Nuts to hear that fieldwork guides didn’t include info on what products to use, how to carry + incinerate them nor how to change pads without freezing yer bits. Terrible taboo #GSWC22

Adventures of The Schlong (tromboncino zucchini): Today I harvested and cooked some early autumn herbs and veg. The Old Schlong still lurks in the garden. I’m waiting until it looks like something I could take to a Wallace and Gromit vegetable fair type thing before picking. 🍆

On weekends across Australia, you’ll see them: the long queues outside feted eateries. Some people even look like they’re having fun. What are they thinking? | Osman Faruqi and Carla Jaeger theage.com.au/lifestyle/life…

The Splitwise app is excellent for divvying up the bill, but it can’t fix human nature | Imogen West-Knights theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

"An invitation to walk with the oldest living culture in the world and to work together is a privilege," writes @UniMelbPoche A/Prof Shawana Andrews. Read more about listening & learning at Australia's premier Indigenous cultural exchange event #Garma → unimelb.me/3R2A3Oj

The schlong lives on! Excited to pick up my copy of peppermint magazine where I’ve written a little piece about being a novice gardener and taking on tromboncino zucchini. Delighted to get the word schlong in print.

The roar of the creek was quite something this morning #melbourneweather

“The UK was a cautionary tale.” You betcha. Treasurer Jim Chalmers MP. #OutlookCon22 Melbourne Institute

Jess was referred for a surgery to prevent a fatal complication. Her Catholic hospital refused to do it abc.net.au/news/2022-12-0…

Gingerbread constructions 2019, 2020, 2021. After the COVID years and some hyper-local landmarks, we’re heading overseas again for 2022. What will it be? Apologies no new Level Crossing Removal Project this time even though the new Preston Stn could be done nicely with liquorice allsorts.