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ada

@ada@blahaj.zone

I'm an Australian woman, based in Meanjin / Brisbane, but in love with Argentina. In a previous life, I was a Trans activist, runner, and RollerDerby player. Now that we are all "post" covid, I feel like I'm still somehow finding my feet, and working out what I want to keep from my old life, and what I want to add to it! I have the feeling I will never get a final answer :)

I'm co-admin blahaj.zone and lemmy.blahaj.zone.

My photography can be found at @ada https://pixelfed.au/i/portfolio/Ada

I can also be found on matrix at ada:chat.blahaj.zone

Estoy aprendiendo español y a veces mi toots estará en mal español!

​:blahaj_zone:​ ​:Blobhaj_Ani_Hearts:​ ​:Blobhaj_Flag_Transgender:​ ​:Blobhaj_Flag_Transfemme:​

Banner image is a wide angle photo of Puerto Madero, Buenos Aires, taken from La Reserva Ecológica Costanera Sur

#Meanjin #Brisbane #Trans #transgender #RollerDerby #queer #español #espanol #BuenosAires #Argentina #runner #parkrun

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violet_origin, to random
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"estrogen"? isn't that a linux distro?

ada,
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@violet_origin I use estrogen btw

alexpsmith, to random

Just admiring these bathing beauties taking advantage of this afternoon's reprieve from the relentless rain. As soon as the rain cleared they emerged from the shadowy woods, the sunlight reflecting off their white feathers adding a sort of majesty to their appearance, like Aphrodite stepping off the scallop shell in the sea foam (if Aphrodite were a noisy clownish parrot with the grace and elegance of a toddler in a feather suit).

Two sulphur-crested cockatoos enjoying the bird bath in the park
Two sulphur-crested cockatoos enjoying the bird bath in the park

ada,
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@alexpsmith I love these doofuses :)

ada, to Fitness
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I got a sub 30 minute parkrun this morning! I thought that was weeks away.

I've missed how good it feels to feel fit!

jasmine, to random
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na na na na na na na na cat-man

ada,
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@jasmine My child turns 19 next week, and my steam account is older than them...

bastardsheep, to random
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@dgar Did you know that people called Lance aren’t very common these days. But back in medieval times people were called Lancealot.

ada,
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@bastardsheep @dgar Wait, are you serious or just horsing around?

jasmine, to random
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okay so clearly I need to buy antihistamines today because I'm hardly even out of bed and already crying tears of itch

ada,
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@jasmine Ok, antihistamines are good, but have you tried anticistamines?

ada, to Fitness
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It's been a really good couple of weeks fitness wise. I set my fastest 5k in years, my fastest 1k in years, and my fastest 5k on the bike in years!

I can feel my strength and endurance coming back, and it feels great!

dgar, to random
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Thanks to everyone who explained “plethora” to me.

It means a lot.

ada,
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@dgar @borisschapira @catdad @benroyce That adds up

ada,
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@dgar @borisschapira @catdad @benroyce Although you can never tell with maths posts... They do get really divisive sometimes...

catdad, to random
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@dgar I'd like to thank my legs for their constant support, my arms for always being by my side, and my fingers - I could always count on them.

ada,
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@catdad @dgar Same, but not sure about my mouth. It talks the talk and says all the right things, but I think it's only giving lip service....

ada, to random
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I liked it so much, I bought all three cans they had in stock ​:Blobhaj_Sneaky_Devil:​

eliocamp, to australia
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Now this is an office. #Australia #Argentina

ada,
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@eliocamp Yes! I just cleaned mine up and put it away for the day, otherwise I'd share mine too!

dgar, to random
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I have a joke about trickle down economics, but 99 percent of you won’t get it.

ada,
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@dgar

You might appreciate this one @internutter

sky, to Matrix
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I'm using so many clients lol

on my phone I'm using

on my laptop I'm using

on my desktop I'm using and

why, why, why does Fractal have no way to receive notifications in the background? I'm stuck using Chatty for notifications and Fractal for actual use

conversely, what's up with images in Chatty? they almost never load from Matrix accounts

ada,
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@sky I want to love neochat and fractal, but I can't handle neochats lack of notifications for spaces (only rooms) and I can't handle fractals lack of spaces! I'm in too many rooms to lump them all together.

I'd jump on either of them if I could navigate my number of spaces and channels more effectively!

lira, to random
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Someone bless me with initiative

ada,
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@lira Sorry, Bless only works on attack rolls and saving throws

ada, to linux
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This weekend, I discovered that DigiKam has built in functionality to export images to iNaturalist!

Looks like I'll be spamming iNaturalist even more than I have previously, because now it can be part of my image processing workflow!

#linux #digiKam #iNaturalist #photography

ada, to Birding
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I saw a Royal Spoonbill when I went for a run yesterday. That made me pretty happy. I didn't have my camera with me, but I stopped my run and grabbed a photo with my phone.

I love birds :)

dgar, to random
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Modern reptiles don’t usually explode but a dino might.

ada,
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@dgar Another banger

ada, to Fitness
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I did my fastest parkrun in many years yesterday. It has been hard to keep my progress slow and steady, instead of rushing in and overdoing it like I am inclined to do, but it's starting to pay off!

A month, maybe two, and I'll be back under 30 minutes again!

#parkrun #fitness #training #running

ada, to photography
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Linux photogs, help me out. What does your workflow look like? What apps do you use?

I've found that digikam is really good for managing my keywords and metadata, and organising photos post shoot, but the image editing is limited.

And using seperate image editing software leads to problems, because my camera's raw files (.cr3) aren't very well supported.

I can make it work, by using lightroom online, but it's not exactly an integrated system due to Lightroom onlines cloud based design.

I've tried running Lightroom in a VM, but ran in to trouble giving the VM access to my GPU...

So those who have made it work, what does it look like for you?

ada, to brisbane
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The great Toombul demolition continues!

buffyleigh, to random
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Decided to look up "Blåhaj" because I didn't get why so many people on Mastodon post about a stuffed shark, and finding out why is my new favorite TIL thing.

ada,
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@buffyleigh ​:Blobhaj_Ani_Hearts:​​:Blobhaj_Ani_Hophop:​

jo, (edited ) to fediverse

Moved to a , , or instance and missing watching ? Well do I have something for you!!

Antennas.
Antennas are effectively custom timelines. They work approximately like watching hashtags, but they can look for normal text as well. You can add as many phrases as you like and the results can be filtered with an ignore list.

You can make an antenna that just shows posts from specific users and notifies you when they post something new, you can make an antenna that collects posts containing or excluding certain key words, or you can make an antenna that collects only posts with files attached. You can even make an antenna consisting of “Posts from specific users” with “Show replies” checked.

Setting up
You can set up antenna by going to the More! section on your sidebar, and selecting Antennas. Press Add + to create your first. This is where you can also manage & edit previously created antennas.

Images:

  1. Where to find More! on the sidebar (highlighted)
  2. Where to find Antennas in the More! menu (highlighted)
  3. My antennas page showing Add + button and my previously created antennas.
    4 & 5) When you click Add + you get this page to set up your antenna. I've set one up as my Calckey antenna and another to alert me when PastaThief posts. There's a lot to go through here. Expect a separate post sometime soon.
    6 & 7) What those antenna feeds look like.
  4. On our progressive web app you can access your antennas by selecting the UFO in the top right corner.
  5. Clicking on the UFO button brings up all my antennas and the link to manage/edit them

I plan on writing up a fuller explanation soon, but happy in the meantime to help anyone wanting to set them up.

ada,
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@jahtnamas @jo @lira Oh, sorry, I was talking about search, not antenna.

Yeah, you can't do an antenna without keywords.

But you can just throw a random string of text and numbers in the exclude section and save it. And as long as they don't use that exact string, you should see all of their replies :)

gemini, to random
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​:neocat_legs:​

ada,
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@lira @gemini @supakaity I also added this one! ​:blobcat_longleg:​​:blobcat_longleg:​​:blobcat_longleg:​​:blobcat_longleg:​​:blobcat_longleg:​

bumpus, to random
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It’s not trans on trains, but it is trans on transit, so maybe it counts?

ada,
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@bumpus Yep, that was pretty much the same for me :)

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