If you've lost a head of broccoli, it's on the bike path.
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
mastodon 4.7.2Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country.
Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python)
Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber)
Privacy enthusiast (#privacy)
One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack.
Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation.
Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things.
Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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Joined November 07, 2022
A reminder that if you rely on Google Maps for people to find your business, it just got less useful.
You can't access reviews or even opening hours now without signing in. Just like Facebook.
#FuckBigTech #monopolies
Yikes.
I'm not as concerned about the origin of the tomatoes (although it's annoying if you're trying to buy home grown, or paying a premium for a specific region).
But lead and salmonella in the spices and methanol in the vodka is another issue entirely.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-27/food-fraud-investigation-reveals-truth-behind-labels/106960116
#food #cooking #ausNews
Food photo, vegan
I know all the tech people know this, but just in case: if you have the choice between an internet connected thing and one that isn't, pick the one that isn't.
I get that it's not always a choice, for money or disabilty reasons.
And if you happen to be a policy or law influencing person, for the love of God would you please crate decent security, privacy and data use rules, with teeth, for IoT products?
How is this what we're doing? Fighting over who can be the least compassionate to children in trouble?
Wtaf.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-31/vic-opposition-adult-crime-adult-time-policy/106980158
Respirator ✔
Goggles ✔
Ear muffs ✔
Boots ✔
Concrete demolition under way.
I'm not actually doing it, my job is to remove small bricks and be available in case someone needs to call and ambulance, lol. But still, exciting!
Has anyone already added "Pool for Cats"?
1.2 paths removed!
And the blueberries and artichoke were relocated.
No tree planted, it will wait.
#gardening kinda. Preparation!
Oh Farrer.
I'm having more feelings than I thought I would.
I don't even live there anymore, haven't for decades. But I still feel vaguely responsible. And reminded of why I left (fled, more like) and the pressing, stifling way the place felt as a young lefty. And reminded of friends being beaten for being gay, the time swastikas were spray painted all over our school, and girls blamed for assaults, and the absolute certainty among us teens that you could never trust the teachers, police or parents with anything real or even vaguely political (at a time when the existence of sexuality or assault or racism was political).
I hope the brown people, Aboriginal people, queers, feminists, unionists and lefties are OK tomorrow.
Today's big garden checklist:
- remove the concrete paths
- dig up the blueberries and pot in acidic mix
- plant the mandarin tree
- move the tall artichoke (it fell down for the second year in a row, it needs to be moved closer to the fence for support)
Where's an eccentric billionaire looking to fix an emerging global problem by hiring me, a random woman with a weird skill mix who is willing to travel and work with a cast of global oddities?
It's as if all the Gibson books were fiction.
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DV. AusPol. That horrible Hanson woman.
And three good things today
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Started my day with Zumba, the fun and silly middle-aged ladies play session at my local leisure centre.
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Finally did a puzzle I got for Christmas, and it was soothing and pretty.
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Went for a walk in the sunshine to do some groceries. I'm grateful for the sunshine, and for living walking distance to the shops, and being able to afford my groceries.
We were told about this at uni today. They took pains to tell us they "only" had access to out names, emails, and messages between people. But don't worry, not our passwords or bank details.
I mean, yes, if they had access to passwords (which ought to be encrypted), or bank details (which ought to be handled separately by someone with better creds than the beleaguered uni IT team), that would be a monumental fuck up bigger than the one that actually happened. But also I* can change a fucking password. I can't change my uni address. And who knows what people have put into "messages".
- yes, I understand passwords matter because most people reuse them and don't change them. It's just a less big deal to me personally.
Apparently I need to be wearing shoes in my house, which I am vehemently against.
I have soft slippers, but I need to see if I can find some that fit raises and orthotics and don't scuff the floor.
Boo hiss.
Three good things today
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Finally decided on the first step for backyard food growing overhaul, so it will start soon.
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Partner is feeling a lot better after bring very sick for a few days, and it seems I didn't catch it (knock on wood).
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Watched Terminator 2 and it was good.
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@leigh@lgbtqia.space mu personal preference is a new tab, because I'm generally doing some sort of research and I want to keep track of where the information was (and I'm good at closing tabs).
But more strongly as a former customer service person - new tab always as the default. So many less tech savvy people get extremely lost, and worry they are being scammed, and are unable to get help specifically because the links open in the same page and they don't realise they're not still a website A. I get why people want to make their own choice, but it's a real dark pattern for tricking people into engaging with companies and organisations they wouldn't have chosen.
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@moss@kind.social basically, I'd be keen on any revolution that didn't involve anyone being told the equivalent of "bitch make me a sandwhich, for the revolution"
Once again looking for, but unable to find, any evidence that there was an episode of Sooty in which Sweep joined the fash (possibly he became a police dog? Or joined the army? In any case he marched around the house singing a marching song).
I know it existed, because both my sister and I remember it, well because Nan had a VHS recording and we saw it a lot. We both still hum the time, and it comes up every time a baby does that arm straight out thing they do in their sleep.
We might not have understood the context, perhaps Sweep didn't become a dictator, but that's what I vaguely remember.
#sooty #nostalgia #KidsTV
Honestly, 7am brain should really be able to tell 2am brain a thing or two.
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@sundogplanets@mastodon.social in Australia, that'd be a truck. Semi-trailer and lorry would be understood too, as would 18-wheeler, but unless someone was in transport, they'd most likely just say truck (or "B-Double" for the double ones).
The car you'd call a truck or pick-up is called a "ute" here (short for utility vehicle). The giant ones from the US are called "Yank Tanks" or giant utes.
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@joannaholman@aus.social good call, it's so associated with MLMs and those train-the-trainer large group awareness training sessions. Culty vibes.
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@moss@kind.social it deeply depends on which one, you know?
Anarchist scindicalist where we maintain autonomy and set up systems of mutuality etc, sure.
Socialist and kind, and not lead by narcissists, sure.
Socialist hierarchical and lead primarily by men with guns.... No. There have rarely been good outcomes for women and others when men hold guns, regardless of their stated ideals, and somehow every hierarchy of this kind finds a way to put off actually addressing issues of privilege and power until later. "We'll handle your oppression after mine, thanks very much".
Right wing (which seems the most likely). No, of course.
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@MsDropbear42@blahaj.zone thanks. All my young cousins and several nephews and other loved ones live there.
True, a lot of people, definitely including my people, are to blame for this outcome. More had a hand in it but were also victims of poor education and influential media (3AW, Sky). But some are just living there in a sea of nonsense. It's more difficult than people realise to end up thinking critically if it's actively discouraged.
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@skinnylatte I have so many signs that I don't know which came first.
I'm using enameled so it doesn't apply to me. But my corresponding one is when you have guests over for dinner, and after they leave (even at 1am) you say "let's just pop a load through the dishwasher. Might as well do the hand washing too, don't want to wake up to this in the morning."
Update: there is an evidence based web app to help you choose a safe sports bra: https://bra.edu.au/
Original:
Does anyone here have D cup + sports bra reccs?
My beloved Berleis no longer fit, and before I replace them with a size up, it'd be good to know if the options have changed.
I've stuck to that black and white Berlei jump-proof one for ages. The only time a celebrity endorsement has worked on me - Serena Williams knows what's up with strapping down.
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@Hyperlynx yes please! I want to turn up the dialogue and turn down the explosion noises in every film since the late 90s
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@NilaJones@zeroes.ca @moss@kind.social and that's the trouble. I know very many good and safe anarchists, but there are definitely some who are blinkered against the oppressions they benefit from.
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@GuillaumeRossolini@infosec.exchange @nnungest@fosstodon.org @hacks4pancakes@infosec.exchange experience suggests many people do not think so
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@NilaJones @cobalt123 @skinnylatte I think there is a "right-est" age for everyone. Maybe yours is middle-aged?
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@earthmothering9@aus.social I'm sorry to hear that, it's hard to lose a furry family member.
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@skribe@aus.social it's such a common thing. All the fashion images show cute little crop tops and matching leggings, and they don't cut it.
It doesn't help that only a few places go above a D cup in undrewire, and practically no one does in a crop.
Three good things today
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Can afford to see a podiatrist, and got to, at short notice, and he was nice.
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Made delicious sweets.
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The upside of being less mobile was that I have had a lot of time to watch doctor who.
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@stanikomania@mastodon.com.pl @stfn@fedi.stfn.pl as it happens I've solved my problem, but I was looking for recommendations for sports bras.
Three good things today
- A walk in the sunshine
- I'm getting less unco at pilates
- I'm learning at lot in my research class
Three good things today:
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Niece cuddles and nephew wrestles (more an age thing than a gender thing, it is frowned upon to wrestle newborns).
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I am one in my own bed tonight.
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Managed to impress a 9yo just by being older than her mum, and being able to explain 4yo behaviour.
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@AncTreat5358@lgbtqia.space this sounds like exactly what I need, thank you for sharing.
Like Midsummer Murders, but femme.
Three good things today.
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One friend had his last chemo treatment today.
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Another friend won a Victorian Civil Justice Award for giving 6+ years of his life and effort to fighting for police accountability for illegal use of force (pepper spray). I'll put links to read in a reply.
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I booked my trip to meet my baby niece (she gets born next week).
Three good things today
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Photos of nearly-4yo nephew holding his new sister, looking ecstatic. Pretty cute.
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I'm enjoying my library book, The Echo Wife, by Sarah Gailey. Diabolical.
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Had a good chat with a horticulturist who sold me a peach tree and showed me how to prune it.
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@stanikomania@mastodon.com.pl thank you! Those grands aren't here, but I will take a look and see what they resemble locally.
I didn't have so many issues when I was younger and smaller, but it's definitely harder now at an E cup. It appears bra manufacturers assume no one exercises above a C cup!
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@bpettis@mastodon.benpettis.ninja we received an email from the provost, and a notice in the dashboard of the main uni-run app (not canvas), saying it's an unscheduled outage due to the "cyber breach".
Canvas themselves just have the maintenance page up, as others have shown you.
I'm not in the US though, this is a global thing (Griffith university, Australia).
Three good things:
- I think today might be the last day of reatong my foot.
- Home made pzza for dinner.
- Starting season 3 of the Capture (It's on iView)
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@Caiotekit@convo.casa if I want something substantial I have an English muffin with tofu or a vegan burger pattie and avocado. Or scramble tofu on toast.
Otherwise, porridge, or fruit and yoghurt, or just Vegemite on toast (an Aussie favourite but an acquired taste).
Three good things today
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Three hours of lovely alone time in the car on a solo road trip.
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Seeing family (this is not purely good, but I will take the good with the complicated)
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Rain
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@Troggie I'm so interested in the results of this. I haven't had one because I've had a lot of gynae trouble requiring surgery, and I don't trust my body to react gently, or doctors to take me seriously. (previously a surgeon, who was fab, called me her "one percenter" - we decided to just assume from then on I'd have the weird reaction to future things, lol).
Three good things today
- My teeny neice is extremely cute and has learned to giggle
- Video phones exist so I can see her even though I live 800kms away
- Persian lime and bean and herb stew
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@crazypantz6@aus.social that looks comfy. Unfortunately I'm an E cup now and they don't do that.