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engagedpractx

@engagedpractx@sciences.social

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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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, to random
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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.'

antlerboy, to random
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My experience a few years ago, after we caught a member of the team persistently (£250 a day cash withdrawals) and fraudulently (faking receipts) stealing from us (and uncovered pathological lies and likely other plans).

We went to court for his trial as the Crown Prosecution Service had failed to acknowledge or understand our evidence.

Turned out they'd reached a plea bargain on the basis of lies and therefore he got off lightly - and without having to pay us back!

engagedpractx,
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@antlerboy I'm so sorry that happened to you. Plea negotiation by manipulating the agreed facts is a total scam but it's almost ubiquitous.

engagedpractx,
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@antlerboy it happens in the vast majority of cases... the judicial system would collapse if more than a tiny percentage of defendants insisted on their right to a trial

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

NanoRaptor, to random
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Having a charge-the-collection day. Every time I do this iPod I forget it's a HD based machine until partway through it fires up the drive with a noise that sounds like the ones that early morning huntsman spiders make when they click to each other on the walls.

engagedpractx,
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@georgeharito @NanoRaptor I was quietly praying this was one of those urban legends Aussies tell to strike fear into the hearts of visitors.

And I'm an Aussie myself.

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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.

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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, to random
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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, to random
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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.

skinnylatte, to food
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Starting a thread on the different types of tofu and how to cook them. (Some of these are vegan, some are not. In Chinese cooking, tofu is not a vegan protein):

  1. Egg tofu

This is one of my fave tofus. It isn't vegan. It's made with soy beans AND eggs. It has a eggy taste that egg lovers will love; but that goes way entirely when it's panfried lightly.

And this is the egg tofu dish I always order at restaurants (and now make at home) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uthY_SuR_7w&pp=ygUec3BpY2VzIG4gcGFucyBzaXpsaW5nIGVnZyB0b2Z1

a photo of egg tofu, sliced

engagedpractx,
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@skinnylatte how do you feel about tiktoks claiming that freezing and thawing your firm tofu before cooking gives it a 'better' texture?

NanoRaptor, to random
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On my second workday medicated. One of the best and surprising parts is confidence and trust in what I've already done.

Before, in essence I couldn't trust that my intent was what I actually managed to do.

I don't have to double check myself over and over. I just remember, and it's there. The live thoughts of tasks I performed still exist in my head and are accessible in moments.

engagedpractx,
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@NanoRaptor This is so familiar and I'm delighted you're getting the same benefits I did. Coming from further along in the journey, a quick question: if you're on the amphetamine type of stimulant, has your doc prescribed you a top-up dose? You may otherwise find that the dose lasts a workday but you want your brain to continue to function for the whole day.

engagedpractx, to random
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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.

brunoph, to random
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People, please. The "Mastodon Board" (whatever that even means) could have Mr Satan in it, and you'd still be able to fork the software and/or run your own instance. None of y'all have ever had problems defederating from large instances, so don't even think about throwing that argument in.

Whatever your opinions are about this, it's unrealistic to expect this to remain a hobby project for two engineers. Maybe this is not the best way to solve this problem, but (again), Just Fork It™

engagedpractx,
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@brunoph I think you're missing something important here — funders can set the agenda for positive developments in the feature set, architecture, federation, etc. We might not even recognise the forks in the road, the paths not taken because someone had a vision for something else.

Also the vast majority of users are not in a position to just fork it. An elite few can do that. Do the rest of us just not count?

engagedpractx,
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@brunoph You're suggesting there's an easy solution — 'just' fork it.

I am fine with Boards and funders, I'm just pointing out the risks are opaque and the solutions are not easy and probably not technical either. They are about activated communities placing demands on the funding entity and its governance.

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ooooooooft.

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