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@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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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!

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 gameboy
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Kenny Rogers was really ahead of his time wasn't he?

"If you're gonna play the Game Boy, you gotta learn to play it right"

ada, to linux
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It's been about a week since I dumped windows and moved to Linux full time.... It's night and day compared to last time I tried 10 years or so ago. There is simply no way I'm going back.

RE: https://blahaj.zone/notes/9rto5r8isi8v02wj

ada, to random
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Gave windows the boot today!

Facebook last week, Windows this week! Feels good!

ada, to random
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What's not to love about the sound of horny possums growling at each other in the tree right outside your window?

ada, to random
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In other surprising news, I actually remembered that today is the anniversary of the start of my medical transition.

ada, to random
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The last few days, there has been a really friendly (and clearly owned and well cared for) cat that just wanders up and says hello whenever I'm walking past the bus stop.

I don't know where she came from, or why she's so friendly, but she brings a smile to my face :)

ada, to random
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Fediadmins, are any of you seeing weird issues in your queues from lemmy instances?

lemmy.world was single handedly backing our incoming queue, as AP events would fail, and then be rescheduled to be re-tried again later. But then whilst waiting for them to re-try, more would come in.

We're seeing the behaviour from multiple lemmy instances, but lemmy.world is the biggest culprit, despite not being the most subscribed to instance by our users.

The activities in question are mostly votes, and Sharkey doesn't know what to do with them, so simply keeps retrying them until they fail

Does Mastodon have the same issue, or is it handling votes differently?

ada, to random
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And like that, my Facebook days are done. I haven't used it for years, but I still had an account. Meta just closed it, and requires me to send them ID to re-open it. That's never happening, so bye bye forever Facebook

ada, to random
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Organising an appointment time for maintenance of my electricity meter, and the lady on the phone says "If your husband is working from home that day..."

The 1950s called, and they want their heteronormative sexist assumptions back!

ada, to random
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Person at work: You're going to think I'm silly

Me, busy putting a headset on a plastic duck: I think you'll be ok :)

ada, to running
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I'm closing back in on a sub 30 minute parkrun.

My first ever parkrun after finishing Couch 2 5K was sub 30, and here I am nearly 10 years later, trying to get back to what I once achieved so easily when I first started!

The combined joys of aging, HRT, injury and pneumonia :P

All that said, I've given myself a new goal! I'll get back under 30 again within 6 months! Hopefully sooner than that, but this gives me space for life to get in the way like it is want to do!

ada, to random
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Day 1 of Meta's Threads federating with the fediverse, and so far, it's business as usual here.

But maybe that's because we blocked them 6 months ago, when it became clear they were welcoming hate groups with open arms?

I am genuinely confused why people who would block any other instance with bigots and nazis decide to make an exception for a fucking mega corp?

ada, to boardgames
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I played my first game of Final Girl today (a board game). Charlie, who looked like she could be the star of an action movie rather than a horror movie, and Gepetto, the puppet master with his evil puppet minions.

Lets just say, it didn't go well. Charlies little brother was killed in the big tent, and then victim after victim fell. Charlie took out several puppets, but eventually, puppets and puppet master ran out of victims and turned on Charlie. She took two minions out, but eventually, she fell to Gepetto himself.

Next time puppet man, next time!

ada, to running
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Another bra free run today! 5.5km today!

Now I just wish I could work out whether it's actually good for breasts or bad for them. The internet appears divided on the topic! I hate sports bras, and would love to keep avoiding them if it's not going to wreck my body

ada, (edited ) to random
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I will never understand social media. Here and on lemmy, I made posts about what milk alternatives to put in coffee, and both locations blew up my timelines with replies!

Who knew this was the topic people were dying to talk about?

Edit - For what it's worth, as a result of bullying from the additive haters, I'm trying black coffee for a week or so and seeing how I go :P

ada, to coffee
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Coffee fedi, help me out.

I'm getting more and more milk/lactose intolerant as I get older, but lactose free milk is too sweet for me.

I don't sweeten my coffee, and even lactose free milk with no sweetener else makes my coffee too sweet.

So, what do I replace my milk with when I order coffee?

ada, (edited ) to brisbane
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This morning, a scrub turkey broke in to my house, knocked shit everywhere in my kitchen, destroyed the guaze in the bathroom window and shat everywhere in my hall, including up the side of the walls.

It's a good thing I love birds, because that bird tested me...

ada, (edited ) to random
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Important poll time

Is your fediverse handle also a valid email address for you?

ada, to fediverse
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Misskey/Sharkey/*key admins, what, if any roles have you configured on your instances?

ada, to YerbaMate
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I forgot my yerba mate today!

This is going to be a long day!

ada, (edited ) to trans
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Trans fems of the Fediverse, what does femininity mean to you?

Over the years, I've seen many folk talking about their relationship with femininity and how it relates to their transition and to their sense of identity, of who they are.

I've never understood it though. I don't feel like I have a relationship with femininity, or at least, nothing beyond pragmatic necessity. It doesn't relate to my sense of identity or who I am. In many ways, it feels like an obligation, rather than a source of empowerment or self understanding.

So, I’m curious how it works for other folk who find empowerment in it. What does it mean to you? How did it help you find yourself? How do you relate to femininity now vs earlier in your life?

ada, to brisbane
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Toombul's days are numbered! Those are some big machines they've brought in!

ada, to random
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Getting flooded and having to evacuate through flood waters a couple of years back has really done a number on me. Now I feel uneasy every time I hear heavy rain...

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