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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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engagedpractx, to random
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I don't watch much TV but I'm going to have a crack at watching Red White and Royal Blue, because TikTok is stuffing it down my throat.

engagedpractx, to random
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The framing is counterproductive but this is a solid list of foods with known associations with cancer.

https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/tips-and-advice/the-foods-that-cancer-experts-want-you-to-stop-eating-20230830-p5e0sh.html [$]

antlerboy, to random
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Why do I always get a cold when I start doing more serious exercise?

engagedpractx,
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@antlerboy There was a data point during the pandemic that suggested runners were more likely to get Covid-19 — hypothesized it was due to them inhaling more deeply than others...

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Róisín Murphy revealing herself as a TERF has given me a bad turn. I have loved her since the heyday of Moloko. I have been rocking out to her recent collab with Jessie Ware. UGH.

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I need an app with basic chat or forum functionality for a community of practice that includes some participants with very basic tech (e.g. only a phone or tablet) or minimal tech skills.

engagedpractx, to random
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Wired is doing some good work here filling in the missing 'history of the present,' telling the absolutely brutal story of where the uranium that fuelled Oppenheimer's bombs was mined: the Belgian Congo. https://www.wired.com/story/the-dark-history-oppenheimer-didnt-show/

engagedpractx, to random
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Flying to Albury this morning on a Saab 340 which is the smallest commuter plane I've ever been on. Excited for this!

theconversationau, to random

Season 2 of Heartstopper has been released.

LGBTIQ people who watch may feel anger, grief, and sadness as they compared the show to their own relatively painful adolescence.

Here are some tips from the archive on navigating those feelings:
https://theconversation.com/heartstopper-depicts-queer-joy-heres-why-that-can-bring-about-complicated-feelings-for-those-in-the-lgbtiq-community-183729?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1691638450

engagedpractx,
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@theconversationau 'While there’s nothing wrong with wine or casual sex, they often mask problems rather than offering solutions.'

Errr... that would be something wrong with wine and casual sex, then.

This is a generally great piece where the editors missed some stigma about sex and singledom.

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I rate Adam Liaw as a food and cooking writer. His dishes are easy but not over-simplified — for instance, he (correctly) insists on using fenugreek leaves in his recipe for butter chicken. And his research is great — I never realised what a recent invention tandoori chicken is. A bit like pizza and ciabatta, which were both invented in the 20th century.

https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/recipes/fakeaway-favourite-adam-liaw-s-home-made-butter-chicken-20230725-p5dr3g.html

engagedpractx, to random
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I've just been invited to 'cast aside some time to... [task]' and that framing really tickles me. Sure, I'll chuck out some time!

engagedpractx, to random
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Last for , this pared back techno perfection.

Fatima Yamaha — What's a Girl to Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vLH5YVZLw

Minimalist beat, synths all the way down. Slowest of slow builds but the payoff is dreamy.

theconversationau, to random

In 1959 Reagan was asked to return as SAG president. He called for a strike in February 1960.

He is the only union leader to serve as US President. Paradoxically, he was also one of the most aggressively anti-union presidents of the century.
@Flinders
https://t.co/RvTrUwkJMF

engagedpractx,
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@theconversationau It may be paradoxical but it presaged Hawke absolutely shafting the unions with the Accord.

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What it feels like wearing regular fit jeans after a decade-plus of skinny jeans.

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Getting my nails and hair done in preparation for a big work conference this weekend and next week. And banana bread and spiced chai because I'm making an afternoon of it.

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    engagedpractx,
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    @Binder My Spotify year in review called me out for this. My type is 'the Replayer.' /sigh (it's not wrong)

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    for the fediverse to live up to its potential, you do have to report accts that violate rules. when you hit block you have the option of sending a report to the user’s admins, which is what it takes to remove abusive accts.

    if someone is invoking systems of oppression in their posts or replies, it’s not just words, it’s harm that causes real stress, anxiety, ptsd etc, all of which are physically unhealthy and/or change a person’s ability to express themselves or seek and find community here

    engagedpractx,
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    @seachanger The version of community that Mastodon supports and pursues is entirely compatible with neoliberalism — particularly the work of FA Hayek on small self-organising totalities.

    engagedpractx, to random
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    Recipe notes to live by!

    engagedpractx, to random
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    Far out... I did a Pilates class yesterday for the first time since I injured a facet joint doing Pilates. Felt great for about 6 hours then something popped in my back, straight back to pain. Ughhh. Bodies. Why are they like this?

    engagedpractx,
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    @jpm so true

    engagedpractx, to random
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    Mildly stressful doing numbers even just for a comment on tiktok.

    mcnees, to random
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    Astrophysicist Jocelyn Bell Burnell was born in 1943. As a grad student at Cambridge in 1967, she discovered an entirely new type of celestial object: Pulsars!

    Photo: National Science & Media Museum / Science & Society Picture Library

    engagedpractx,
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    @mcnees

    engagedpractx, to random
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    Fasting bloods this morning. I was only awake for 2h without coffee but that was long enough to develop a stonking caffeine withdrawal headache. I've had two strong lattes but it's not yet in abeyance.

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    antlerboy, to random
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    Nonrelativistic pragmatism and systems thinking https://stream.syscoi.com/2023/07/10/nonrelativistic-pragmatism-and-systems-thinking/

    engagedpractx,
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    @antlerboy oh my god why won't people just relax about constructivism

    engagedpractx, to random
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    Ugh. If you cancel an annual Evernote subscription they don't give you a pro rata refund 😒

    engagedpractx,
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    @jpm no but it has been a thing for long enough to be deeply embedded in one of my workflows, which now has to be thoroughly re-engineered

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