@anne_twain@theblower.au

ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@agreeable_landfall@mastodon.social @joXn@wandering.shop @benfry@information.garden @cstross@wandering.shop @mjtsai@mastodon.social @mwl@io.mwl.io Yes. Thinking wistfully of those perfect for my purpose, neat little apps that are no longer available.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@teledyn@mstdn.ca This is so often the fate of truth-tellers, especially the female kind. A good article for the non-techy to read. Many of us have deep doubts and suspicions but don't have the language to express them. #TimnitGebru #AI #AIEthics

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@blogdiva@mastodon.social There's definitely something wrong if a thing of that scale can be imposed without even a little bit of consideration of the pros and cons.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@fritzoids@mas.to Excellent suggestion. In fact, men could learn to recognise when a woman or girl feels uncomfortable about a man moving in on them and watch that conversation and be ready to intervene and pretend the woman is your sister. It's not the glasses turning the guy into a predator.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@parismarx@mastodon.online Lady, you ain't seen nothin yet!

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt Thank you.😂

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@IndyRichard@mastodon.scot It is nuts and the State of South Australia, where I live, recently put a cap on political donations. The government that did that was re-elected in a landslide, so no-one can claim it's political suicide. Fingers crossed that the Federal Government does the same. SA has always been a leader in electoral reform.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@NanoRaptor@bitbang.social Love it.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@kimlockhartga@beige.party You're wise to be cautious. We're getting these destructive storm cells in Australia too. Roofs and cars destroyed. Small rural towns wiped out in the space of 20 minutes. 😳

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@bebadefabo@mastodon.social I don't think making generalisations about a whole generation of people is helpful here. @Daojoan@mastodon.social

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@futurebird@sauropods.win Well, you did provide a pedestal right next to the doorknob. This can only be for her to make announcements of this nature.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@historyofpunkrock@sfba.social Any man willing to wear a jelly mould as a hat deserves congratulations. 🥮

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@yvanspijk@toot.community Personally I'm done with writing " through" when " thru" serves just as well and can't be confused with any other word.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@IveyJanette@mastodon.social 🙁

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@joannaholman@aus.social I remember the hype when the internet came to Australia. We were all going to be "living in cyberspace". The first websites were garish and chock full of gimmicks. Fortunately we worked out how to make it useful. Nobody talks about cyberspace any more.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@IveyJanette@mastodon.social That'll keep the punters away.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@futurebird@sauropods.win @jackemled@furry.engineer There are "technology tragics" who will buy these.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@alexanderdyas@mindly.social Could lead to a lot of confusion.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@DailyHieroglyphs@archaeo.social It says "Strait of Hormuz, Trump has done a u turn on. What a turkey."

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@Saket@appdot.net @jessta@aus.social A pedestrian refuge where I live has physical barricades, as in this photo. They're placed where there is no pedestrian crossing.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@DrALJONES@mastodon.social Ms Albanese has a Mastodon account, so we can congratulate her directly. @FranceskAlbs@mastox.eu

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@kimlockhartga@beige.party I think you're right.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@beandreams@friendhole.social You can pay a social price for that, though. People can interpret your self-protective behaviour as anti-social, they may decide you don't like them, are angry or impatient. Even if you tell them you have a chronic illness, they don't have the experience to be able to connect your actions to your illness. So going home early might be "going off in a huff". Sitting quietly might be "a bad mood" and so on.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@SeaFury@aus.social Sorry to hear you're crook. Soup should fix it. 🩷

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@kimlockhartga@beige.party Sounds awful. 30k feet! Sheesh!

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@kimlockhartga@beige.party Yeah, the weather people tell us they can predict the general area where there'll be possible severe storms but they can't predict the exact location of these "mini tornados" that pop up. Likewise they'll say " possible large hail" and that can be anything from the size of a cherry to the size of a tennis ball. Or maybe none at all.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@ahimsa_pdx [laughing very loudly]

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@TheEddieShow@beige.party She looks so sweet curled up asleep.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@Alice So, it's cauliflower cheese with tomato?

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@varx @monkeyborg @sashin Would you untag me from this thread please? I'm not interested.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 3mo ago

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@n_dimension@infosec.exchange @broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca 🎻

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@drrimmer@aus.social You'd think there would be some protection for them, at least within this country. I'd like to see the retailers banned from advertising here if they won't stop this practice.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 3mo ago

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@jannem@fosstodon.org @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange Also the movement of the fabric around your legs helps keep you cool. Speaking from experience. A nice fabric to wear in hot weather is rayon. It feels cool on your skin.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@ApaulD@aus.social Suspending exploration and mining licences would be effective. I bet companies would suddenly discover they were able to be ~much~ more careful with wildlife habitat, water sources and Indigenous heritage.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@Bronwyn@sfba.social First thing to consider - is it 100% wool?

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@jessta@aus.social I guess the tramline prevents the placement of pedestrian refuges?

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@zeank I think that training must be quite rare. The dominant creed seems to be that technology is good for its own sake and better if it makes money.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@aredridel@kolektiva.social Thanks for this. Bookmarked.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@mhoye@cosocial.ca They could gather in the Strait of Hormuz and create even more confusion.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@regendans@todon.eu @DrALJONES@mastodon.social @FranceskAlbs@mastox.eu I didn't notice that. Thanks.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange You're not alone in this.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@Gh0stlyM0use@mastodon.social We need laws that take away their licences to mine when they do this kind of thing.Then I bet they suddenly discover they can prevent this kind of vandalism after all! It makes me so mad!!

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@joosteto@mamot.fr @jessta@aus.social See my reply to Arthur Dent.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@mcc@mastodon.social In the 1960s I used to read with a torch, under the bedclothes at night. Might work for you?

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@exocomics@mastodon.world Yep. And now let me tell you about having 2 cats on the bed.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@LovesTha Try adding a couple of hashtags, eg #Brisbane #Australia

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 3mo ago

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@broadwaybabyto@zeroes.ca Fancy having that much money and *not* using it to relieve suffering.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@owlsintowels@mas.to It looks most indignant!

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 5mo ago

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@mfru Would you untag me from this conversation please? I'm not interested.

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ChookMother 🇦🇺🦘 @anne_twain@theblower.au

· 4mo ago

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@susankayequinn@wandering.shop Had a chuckle because my town in South Australia, planned in the 1830s, has a designated space for a canal between the city and the main port. Construction never got started. Now we have a very, very wide Port Road separated by huge traffic islands mostly used to park cars. #Adelaide

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