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engagedpractx

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PhD researcher in regulation and governance at ANU RegNet, studying how communities mobilise to reconfigure the regulation of licit and illicit drugs. I'm queer and trans (nonbinary, they/them pronouns) and a person with disability.

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In case this is of use to you, I developed a very simple free training module on the skills older people can use to connect with others via Zoom calls/meetings.

Feedback is most welcome! (But I am aiming for 80-20, brief instructions only.)

https://napwhalearning.org.au/courses/essential-skills-for-connecting-and-engaging-with-online-community/

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Making my favourite dish for dinner with a friend tomorrow — lamb shanks very slowly cooked in tomato and stock with preserved lemon, green olives, garlic and harissa. I actually don't slow cook a lot as I find it often results in a same-y caramelised sweetness but you don't get that with this dish, not at all.

skinnylatte, to food
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Starting a thread on the different types of tofu and how to cook them. (Some of these are vegan, some are not. In Chinese cooking, tofu is not a vegan protein):

  1. Egg tofu

This is one of my fave tofus. It isn't vegan. It's made with soy beans AND eggs. It has a eggy taste that egg lovers will love; but that goes way entirely when it's panfried lightly.

And this is the egg tofu dish I always order at restaurants (and now make at home) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uthY_SuR_7w&pp=ygUec3BpY2VzIG4gcGFucyBzaXpsaW5nIGVnZyB0b2Z1

a photo of egg tofu, sliced

engagedpractx,
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@skinnylatte how do you feel about tiktoks claiming that freezing and thawing your firm tofu before cooking gives it a 'better' texture?

NanoRaptor, to random
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On my second workday medicated. One of the best and surprising parts is confidence and trust in what I've already done.

Before, in essence I couldn't trust that my intent was what I actually managed to do.

I don't have to double check myself over and over. I just remember, and it's there. The live thoughts of tasks I performed still exist in my head and are accessible in moments.

engagedpractx,
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@NanoRaptor This is so familiar and I'm delighted you're getting the same benefits I did. Coming from further along in the journey, a quick question: if you're on the amphetamine type of stimulant, has your doc prescribed you a top-up dose? You may otherwise find that the dose lasts a workday but you want your brain to continue to function for the whole day.

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My PhD is on nodal governance, a proudly neo-Hayekian research framework and governance agenda. I use the framework — Hayek's analysis of market signalling is basically sound — but I heavily question the agenda, e.g. devolution of peace-making to grassroots initiatives.

I just caught up on the "tech Zionism" thing. It's... not good:

https://newrepublic.com/article/180487/balaji-srinivasan-network-state-plutocrat

However, it is nodal governance on steroids. A really vivid case I can use as a framing device for the thesis.

brunoph, to random
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People, please. The "Mastodon Board" (whatever that even means) could have Mr Satan in it, and you'd still be able to fork the software and/or run your own instance. None of y'all have ever had problems defederating from large instances, so don't even think about throwing that argument in.

Whatever your opinions are about this, it's unrealistic to expect this to remain a hobby project for two engineers. Maybe this is not the best way to solve this problem, but (again), Just Fork It™

engagedpractx,
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@brunoph I think you're missing something important here — funders can set the agenda for positive developments in the feature set, architecture, federation, etc. We might not even recognise the forks in the road, the paths not taken because someone had a vision for something else.

Also the vast majority of users are not in a position to just fork it. An elite few can do that. Do the rest of us just not count?

engagedpractx,
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@brunoph You're suggesting there's an easy solution — 'just' fork it.

I am fine with Boards and funders, I'm just pointing out the risks are opaque and the solutions are not easy and probably not technical either. They are about activated communities placing demands on the funding entity and its governance.

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ooooooooft.

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engagedpractx, to random
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Lehrmann and BRS are two sides of the same coin and the currency is toxic masculinity. On one side, traditional hard masculinity and its power over life and death, and on the other side, 'soft' masculinity, driven by careerism and sexual entitlement. Neither could face the prospect of backing down even though not doing so meant almost-certain ruin.

engagedpractx, to random
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Apparently I disliked that Providoor meal so much that I ate about a quarter and then CHUCKED THE REST OUT. ‼️

I went to get the leftovers out of the fridge for dinner tonight and they weren't... there...

I have absolutely no memory of doing that, and I never chuck out perfectly good food.*

  • except the vegies I routinely forget in the crisper drawer because ADHD

It's so out of character perhaps my brain erased the memory??

engagedpractx, to random
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Getting the nails done. Going with a faintly metallic blue-grey colour that will complement my conference outfits.

engagedpractx, to random
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Mathematical crochet artist Shiyong Dong is offering classes at the National Museum of Mathematics.

Pictures show crochet of complex topological forms using multicoloured yarn.

Personal relevance: I am bipolar, trans and autistic, three things frequently represented as 'spectrums.' But I strongly hold they are more like manifolds — their surfaces and extensions loop and fold back upon and through themselves — as shown in these crochet artworks.

https://momath.org/onlinecrochet/

hat tip @consumablejoy

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NanoRaptor, to random
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Sometimes I forget how beautiful The Trout is, and someone has to come up to me in a parking lot, point to it and go "Nice. I really like it... Nice" and then I'm proud again.

engagedpractx,
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@NanoRaptor Have you read the Pattern Recognition trilogy by William Gibson? This is what I imagine the Sigil t-shirt looking like.

engagedpractx, to random
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The laugh I just snorted

engagedpractx, to random
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I just have to share this with you.

@chozari, you especially.

Bendigo residents made a QUEER AND TRANS PRIDE DRAGON YO!!!

I am not a huge believer in the notion of a cultural melting pot but this is some delightful fusion and collaboration.

engagedpractx, to random
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Transgender Day of Vengeance is coming up soon (March 31, 2024). You have been warned.

engagedpractx, to random
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Ugh, I follow a lot of mental health professionals on LinkedIN, and my feed there has just shown me three posts in a row about mental health conditions that I have being associated with poorer life expectancy.

I already have high cholesterol and heart disease. Should I bite the bullet and begin taking a statin? Green tea? Red wine? (Don't say regular exercise.)

engagedpractx,
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@jonobie Oh gosh, I just checked and I follow 505 people! I don't think there's a public list of them I can share. I can recommend two people who consistently post interesting stuff with thoughtful comments, though:

Sarah Stokely — ADHD and neurodiversity
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarahstokely/

Joël Murray — trans and neurodiverse issues and experiences
https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelamurray/

antlerboy, to random
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what are the problems with systems thinking? – a book bringing together a big, old, LinkedIn thread https://stream.syscoi.com/2024/03/18/what-are-the-problems-with-systems-thinking-a-book-bringing-together-a-big-old-linkedin-thread/

engagedpractx,
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@antlerboy This is not a book, it's a bloody corpus. And it certainly captures the pluralism and eclecticism of systems thinking, which can be strengths but also pose huge problems for anyone starting out in the field. I wrote about some of those challenges in this piece for New Directions for Evaluation:

https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/ev.20467

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Time for the annual soaking of the shower curtain in a CSIRO-approved 70:30 mix of water and vinegar to kill off mould.

engagedpractx, to random
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Do I know anybody with access to stats on the international education market in Australia?

I have data on:

  • countries of origin

I need data on:

  • % in each sector (uni, VET, language, secondary) FOUND

  • % at each level (secondary, VET, undergrad, postgrad) FOUND

  • % who apply for PR vs leave Australia

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HUH. 'Keen-Minshull and Jones are represented by Katherine Deves, a lawyer-turned Liberal candidate whose public comments on transgender issues split the party during the 2022 federal election campaign. Deves’ involvement in the cases, combined with the decision by a number of conservative, Liberal Party donors to cover Deeming’s legal costs, has morphed the defamation proceedings into an internal party culture war.'

https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/disunity-but-not-deterred-why-pesutto-still-wants-to-lead-20240309-p5fb32.html [$]

antlerboy, to random
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Can anyone help me find the article I once found through Twitter which suggested that finding out how their organisation actually worked (through IIRC something as simple as process improvement) was like arcane knowledge which often derailed careers and led to people leaving their orgs?

engagedpractx,
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@antlerboy @Meaningness super interested to read this!

engagedpractx,
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@antlerboy makes me think of the anthropology on 'taboo' topics — enormously salient knowledge that is nonetheless quite dangerous to possess

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