engagedpractx

engagedpractx, 1 month ago to random

The laugh I just snorted

georgetakei, 3 months ago to random

Can’t stop progress.

engagedpractx, 4 months ago to random

Apart from being true as fuck, the line-work in this cartoon is really elegant.

engagedpractx, 3 months ago to random

Context: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am_I_Ever_Gonna_See_Your_Face_Again#Call_and_response

#Aussie

engagedpractx, 3 months ago to random

NY designates social media an 'environmental toxin' for young people... there are some valid regulatory concerns around predatory marketing in and of apps like Instagram to children, but this is just a bit too cute. https://www.axios.com/2024/01/24/new-york-city-social-media-environmental-toxin

engagedpractx, 6 months ago to random

This is such an elegant solution to the problem of tumbling satellites, although 100g will add tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars to launch costs. https://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Airbus_Introduces_Detumbler_Device_to_Address_Satellite_Tumbling_in_Low_Earth_Orbit_999.html

engagedpractx, 7 months ago to random

Finally submitted the annual report I've been working on solidly for a month. I would say 'whew' but that would be a lie — I am far too caffeinated to feel relieved or relaxed just yet.

engagedpractx, 8 months ago to random

Stock photograph.

engagedpractx, 10 months ago to random

Recipe notes to live by!

engagedpractx, 12 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, 7 months ago to random

How do you gently call out someone very well meaning who performs their love of their job so frequently and so loudly across multiple social media that they are contributing to the culture of overwork in the human services?

engagedpractx, 10 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, 6 months ago to random

One of my neighbours cut the lock off my bike, moved it around the corner and locked it up with their own chain. They thought it was abandoned and wanted to teach me a lesson. I've spent the morning making a police report. 😤

engagedpractx, 9 months ago to random

Last for #TuesdayTracks, this pared back techno perfection.

Fatima Yamaha — What's a Girl to Do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5vLH5YVZLw

Minimalist beat, synths all the way down. Slowest of slow builds but the payoff is dreamy.

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Ok, pay this one.

'“I’m pleased Andrew Cohen (C8) had a pleasant experience at the grocery store, for mine was the complete opposite,” laments Kenneth Smith of Orange. “The fellow was cranky, rude, couldn’t scan the items properly, was slow and muttered foul language under his breath. I am never using self-checkout again."'

engagedpractx, 4 months ago to random

Here's a legal technicality of which I was not aware and that will assuredly boggle the minds of my techie friends: courts presume that computer systems are reliable and if a defendant wants to argue otherwise it's on them to prove it.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/jan/12/update-law-on-computer-evidence-to-avoid-horizon-repeat-ministers-urged

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, 6 months ago to random

The cracker crisis has been averted.

By which I mean the shortage of carbohydrate discs in my household, not the tendency of white people to call the police on Black people.

engagedpractx, 7 months ago to random

I follow this friend of mine who's a legit pornstar on tiktok and I was just about to take a screenshot when a lozenge dropped down at the top of the screen saying [PORNSTAR] IS LIVE NOW! and thank god I caught that happening before posting...

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Talking to my friend in Mumbai and I was complaining it was too hot and he was complaining it was too cold.

Then we established it's 30ºC in both places 😅

engagedpractx, 8 months ago to random

The Age are not even pretending to hide their sympathy for and identification with the propertied élite. Oops, am I indulging my 'bloodlust' by criticising them? Gasp, what a leftie of me.

engagedpractx, 8 months ago to random

Ooh gosh this article made me narky.

"Foods to eat to beat stress!"

Then you read the list and it's quite clear what they are recommending is being affluent and upper middle-class.

https://www.theage.com.au/goodfood/tips-and-advice/six-ways-food-can-help-battle-stress-20230908-p5e35u.html [$]

engagedpractx, 8 months ago to random

I keep going to type 'ADHA' and typing 'ADHD' instead.

This is not as bad as my bowel/bowl substitution that persisted for many years after I worked on the national bowel cancer screening program.

As in, 'tonight I went for a hot bowel of noodles.'

engagedpractx, 1 day 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, 20 hours 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