The Gouldian Finch is holding strong in the final moments of Bird of the Year; will this rainbow pom pom take the crown?

Tweets have definitely been louder this week, that’s for sure, after Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp went offline for hours, leaving people to flock to Twitter. What did the outage say about our daily habits and addictions?

Meanwhile an epic long read about a Bad Art Friend has the internet in a tizz, but if you’re seeing it and CBF reading it don’t worry, we got you. Squid Game? That’s another story.

Myf is reading a great piece about how and why our work defines us, and how to break that pattern of self-objectification.

And a thread about a man who has become a bird husband (basically) has us howling. We really are leaning into the ornithology aye?

Meanwhile Zan is watching Summer of Soul, and Myf is digging into The Truth About Anxiety.

Show notes:

Bird of the Year Poll final votes: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2021/sep/27/australian-bird-of-the-year-2021-vote-now-for-your-favourite

Twitter tweet: https://twitter.com/Twitter/status/1445078208190291973

Who Is the Bad Art Friend: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/05/magazine/dorland-v-larson.html

The Guardian summary of Bad Art Friend: https://www.theguardian.com/books/shortcuts/2021/oct/06/bad-art-friend-should-fiction-writers-ever-lift-stories-from-other-peoples-lives

Self-Objectification: https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2021/09/self-objectification-work/620246/

Summer of Soul: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slFiJpAxZyQ

The Truth About Anxiety: https://www.sbs.com.au/ondemand/movie/the-truth-about-anxiety-with-celia-pacquola/1945155651586

Wife Guy / Bird Husband: https://twitter.com/berudenotto_/status/1444915701630705669

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