engagedpractx

engagedpractx, 4 months ago to random

If bills did two things really well it was avo toast and scrambled eggs.

Aussie 'smashed avo' isn't smooshed — it should be big chunks of avo. Bills does quarters: https://www.smh.com.au/goodfood/recipes/how-to-make-bill-granger-s-original-and-best-avocado-toast-20231227-p5ettt.html

engagedpractx, 4 months ago to random

Holy moly it is POURING down. #SydneyWeather

engagedpractx, 4 months ago to random

The word 'chubblenauts' has come to my attention and it pleases me greatly.

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Ok, we know that Portuguese sounds like Russian and there's a good linguistic explanation for that that I can't remember right now.

But I also want to know why Kazakh sounds so much like Icelandic.

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, 5 months ago to random

Sticker made by Scott Marsh. I'm buying two dozen of these and sticking them all in discreet places in my childhood parish church.

Buy: https://scottmarsh.com.au/collections/shop-stickers/products/prey-sticker

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Much cooler today, which is great, because I need to put the oven on full and roast some tomatoes til they blacken and give up their juices.

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 😅

ct_bergstrom, 5 months ago to random

A rare moment of tenderness with Australia's most dangerous bird (really).

/because this is the internet, I want to make it abundantly clear that I adore magpies. Absolutely adore them. Rooted for bloody Collingwood as a kid I loved them so much. Imagine that.

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

We're at 93.8% fully vaccinated and some people want to make a crisis out of vaccine hesitancy.

https://www.theage.com.au/national/lingering-mistrust-as-child-vaccination-rates-fall-for-second-year-20231204-p5eouf.html?btis= [$]

The reason we use the word 'hesitant' is because there is fucking good evidence that treating people as anti-vaxxers actually hardens their beliefs, confirms their prejudices and diminishes subsequent vax rates.

If you keep lines of communication open and don't use shaming and stigma, subsequent vax rates improve.

timrichards, 5 months ago to random

Fun piece. I don't know about cities beginning to look the same though, if that happens you're in the wrong part of the city IMO. Get away from the shopping malls!

From overcrowded cities to overhead bins: These are the 10 annoyances only modern-day travellers would understand https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/the-10-most-annoying-things-about-modern-day-travel-20231212-p5eqts.html

chozari, 5 months ago to random

Seriously, the whinging about marks from a cohort who don’t do their frickin work and carry all the red flags of a group who have achieved cohesion but for all the worst reasons. They would recognise those flags, but OH WAIT they don’t take responsibility for their learning and blame everyone but themselves for poor results.

oysta, 5 months ago to random

@engagedpractx apparently projects like Free Pascal can be used to write server based web apps but I have no experience with it and practitioners would be very niche I think (not sure if your original question stands)

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

I went shopping and bought a ton of spices to make harissa paste for my friends' XNY pressies.

Plus spanakopita and galaktoboureko from Athena Cakes. I think they might be under new ownership because I have a faint memory they used to close on Mondays.

I also bought 4 tall cans of Four Pillars' Fresh Yuzu Gin & Soda and I'm sorry but it just tastes like shower cleaning fluid 😩

timrichards, 5 months ago to random

Had friends around yesterday for a pre-Xmas gathering and was impressed by how neat the apartment was! It's good to give it a thorough clean and tidy now and again.

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Slackers of Facebook, we need to talk. It's 'a belated happy birthday,' not 'happy belated birthday,' unless their special day arrived late by some temporal anomaly.

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

I grew up with, in hindsight, an insanely restricted diet, but I didn't realise at the time that this sucked as it was just normality for me. A 'treat' was cordial and 2 (two) gingernut biscuits. My parents were not pro-nutrition so much as militantly anti-pleasure. As an adult this has meant certain difficulties (binge eating for one) but occasionally I discover something I've just never tried (tonight: onion rings) and it brings me pure joy every time. 💜

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Good grief. I believe in informed consent which is why I'm upfront about some vaccinations having unpleasant but temporary post-vax reactions. That doesn't make me a bloody anti-vaxxer and I don't appreciate toots implying I don't understand the value of vaccination. Only been working in public health for 20 years... big frown, end of toot

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Extreme 'Pooja, what is this behaviour' voice: Sydney, what is this humidity?

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

Lucrative payouts for sacked bureaucrats quietly cut ahead of Pezzullo probe outcome — the ruling appears to revoke the compensation owed to department secretaries if they are found to breach their code of conduct duties (!!!) https://www.theage.com.au/politics/federal/government-quietly-changes-secretary-payout-requirements-ahead-of-pezzullo-findings-20231125-p5emqs.html

engagedpractx, 5 months ago to random

I'm all for technical innovation but that's an awkward shape and I can't see how it would fit in a strap?