engagedpractx

engagedpractx, 3 days ago to random

Oh this is a nicely targeted tax policy intervention! And incredibly the AMA are onboard with it. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-22/sa-doctors-on-bulk-billing-services-exempt-from-payroll-tax/103878604

engagedpractx, 3 days ago to random

One of the research centres in my field released a survey research recruitment advertisement targeting Chinese Australians and it was emblazoned with the words 'ni hao.'

I reposted it on FB with the words 'ni hao is essentially a racist slur' and they were stung and retracted it instantly.

It is FREQUENTLY used by people who know only those two words in Chinese, who say it mockingly and assume all Asian people are Chinese.

It also screams 'too cheap to pay for a translator.'

engagedpractx, 5 days ago to random

Ugh. I opened an incognito window to search for a medical symptom I don't want ad networks knowing about, because we know that life insurers buy data from them. Nekminnit, there are products for it advertised in my FB feed. We already knew incognito doesn't keep your data out of Google's hands but the networks have clearly worked out how to reidentify users from their browser characteristics alone.

engagedpractx, 10 days ago to random

Oh dear, my Dad is letting people in a Facebook bird photography group know he is not happy with people nicking his shots and it's going about as well as that time Josh fronted the press corps with a secret plan to fight inflation.

engagedpractx, 11 days ago to random

LAPD Foundation sends a DMCA takedown to an indie artist selling 'Fuck the LAPD' t-shirts. He promptly engages a lawyer and things escalate rapidly from there.

I need a cigarette after reading this.

https://bsky.app/profile/cola.baby/post/3ksffq2k5kb22

engagedpractx, 11 days ago to random

The horrible shit that neurotypical parents pull on their autistic kids, I swear. 🤬

engagedpractx, 12 days ago to random

Today's vibe is angery!!!

Credit: https://www.instagram.com/mossy_hollow_/

A honey badger drawn in crayon and watercolour front-on with a huge snarl beside text saying 'THIS MEETING COULD HAVE BEEN A FISTFIGHT 💥'

engagedpractx, 12 days ago to random

The Apple M1 processor remains a beast. I have a complex edit rendering in AviDemux and I'm doing real time editing in Premiere Rush and it hasn't dropped a frame. Meanwhile my GDrive backup is running in Forklift and it's finally hit 1Mbps.

engagedpractx, 14 days ago to random

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/

engagedpractx, 14 days ago to random

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.

engagedpractx, 27 days ago to random

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.

engagedpractx, 1 month ago to random

ooooooooft.

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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, 1 month ago to random

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, 1 month ago to random

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

engagedpractx, 1 month ago to random

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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engagedpractx, 1 month ago to random

The laugh I just snorted

engagedpractx, 1 month ago to random

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, 2 months ago to random

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

engagedpractx, 2 months ago to random

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.

• Autism https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2023/nov/premature-death-autistic-people-uk-investigated-first-time

• ADHD https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38470385/

• Bipolar https://psychcentral.com/bipolar/longevity-and-bipolar-disorder#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, 2 months ago to random

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, 2 months ago to random

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

engagedpractx, 2 months ago to random

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 [$]

engagedpractx, 3 months ago to random

I think the thing that is going to drive me off Mastodon is the one-eyed fedi superfans.

I've always known twitter can read my DMs but I also know they have a privacy policy backed up by strict privacy regulation in the US, EU and Australia.

The chap who runs my local instance is lovely but there's no privacy policy and no regulatory oversight. I don't even have a contract with him. I'd have to sue him in a private capacity if anything happened.