joannaholman

taylorlorenz, 10 months ago to random

The Twitter account just officially rebranded to X but they can’t figure out how to change the handle

stux, 10 months ago to random

That's an awesome swing! This bear mus be heavy. Write a positive review: "This swing was tested by bears”

A bear keeps getting on a swing of someone who puts up a camera to film it

joannaholman, 10 months ago to melbourne

#Melbourne folk: Don't miss Open House next weekend. It's your annual chance to see inside some of the city's most interesting buildings. While the tours are mostly booked out, there's a stack of cool places you can go without a booking https://openhousemelbourne.org/the-weekend-2023/

joannaholman, 10 months ago to melbourne

Melbourne's famous graffitied laneways are going green. Here's how greening permits could transform the city

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-22/green-laneways-melbourne-plants-council-sally-capp/102631426 #melbourne

joannaholman, 10 months ago to random

T2 stores are probably meant to be calming environments but they terrify me. Scared I’ll turn round wrong and knock down $2000 of colourful teapots

joannaholman, 10 months ago to random

I love this grandmother who was bothered to hear some families couldn’t afford pencil cases for their kids to take to school so started sewing them

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-09/grandmas-wish-for-children-in-poverty-to-have-pencil-cases/102569130

mariyadelano, 10 months ago to fediverse

Okay, question for the #Fediverse and #Mastodon:

What is social media for? Both as you see it in general and for you. Why are you on here? Why are you / aren’t you on other social media platforms?

Thank you all!

mattgrayyes, 10 months ago to random

Music from a quarter of a century ago…

… is an accurate description of some of my favourite albums that I’ve been listening to pretty much since they came out

liztai, 10 months ago to Amazon

Totally didn't see this coming!

Jokes aside, it was bad before but now I have completely given up on buying ebooks or go through Kindle Unlimited as a result. Instead, I do it the slow way, via Goodreads or social media recommendations. That's the only way I know to cut through the noise, and I feel bad for the #WritingCommunity because they have to battle through this trash to be found 😔

#Amazon #Books #AI #BooksOfMastodon #EBooks

https://www.extremetech.com/computing/amazon-is-full-of-ai-written-novels-that-dont-make-sense

joannaholman, 11 months ago to melbourne

There’s a Lego state library in the state library and it’s very cute

#melbourne

The inside of the state library done and reading room modelled in Lego

decryption, 11 months ago to random

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joannaholman, 11 months ago to random

Just thousands of people in Fed square playing kazoos. #Melbourne is as weird as ever

Thousands of people in a city square playing kazoos

debcha, 11 months ago to random

I'm so excited to share that my book, HOW INFRASTRUCTURE WORKS: INSIDE THE SYSTEMS THAT SHAPE THE WORLD, will be out on October 17th of this year, on Riverhead Books. It's about the globe-spanning systems we've built to meet our needs: what systems like electricity, water, transportations and telecommunications have in common, how they work, and what needs to change to make them resilient, functional and equitable.

You can preorder it now at:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/612711/how-infrastructure-works-by-deb-chachra/

ajsadauskas, 11 months ago (edited 11 months ago) to politics

From now on, anyone who's not from New Zealand is banned from making a government ad about cybersecurity.

I'm sorry, but the Kiwis have nailed it:

https://youtu.be/6c3Edm8NdGs

#cybersecurity #television #marketing #advertising #advertisement #politics #auspol @technology #cyber

joannaholman, 1 year ago to photography

Studying into the night

#melbourne #photography #libraries

joannaholman, 1 year ago to random

I am passionate about Eurovision to a degree that most people find kinda weird. I was at an event last week and a friend was asking me for my thoughts about the recent show. Someone else who'd just joined the conversation asked my friend if she was into Eurovision and she said "not really, but I love that she loves it"

The conversation quickly moved on but that comment stuck with me. It made me feel so cared about. I want to be the kind of friend who loves that my friends have found things in life they love deeply, even when they're those aren't the same things I love. I want to delight in other people's particular joys

joannaholman, 1 year ago to random

Why is this a thing? Who asked for this?

joannaholman, 1 year ago to random

Meet Zelda, an Auslan-speaking virtual assistant for Deaf people, and her developers

https://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2023-04-25/deaf-people-virtual-assistant-auslan-development-zelda/101789566

joannaholman, 1 year ago to Eurovision

Finally getting to an #introduction!

I'm Joanna. You might have known me on twitter as joannamuses. I live in Melbourne on the lands of the Kulin Nation.

I work in banking deceased estates (which is a stressful and morbid way to make a living) but am interested in a bunch of other things. I'm obsessed with #eurovision, get a lot of joy out of trashy dance music and have been getting into #MusicalTheatre lately. I'm always interested in non-fiction #book recommendations. I post quite a bit about things happening in #Melbourne and love discussing what might make this place better. I'm an amateur #photographer, mostly of #architecture and cute animals (instagram links in bio). Long walks through Melbourne make me happy. I'm also currently trying to learn to speak #indonesian

Some other interests I probably won't post that much about but would be interested to follow discussions on are #christian #theology and spirituality, #linguistics and Indigenous history and culture.