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I saw the crescent, but you saw the whole of the moon.
Or perhaps we both saw the whole of the moon, but only you tooted about it.

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dgar, to random
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FYI: "Toe the line"

The idiom is toe the line, not tow the line.

The phrase derives from track-and-field events in which athletes are required to place a foot on a starting line and wait for the signal to go. Race officials used to shout “Toe the line!” where now they shout “On your marks!”

Since entering the language, the idiom has developed to mean do what is expected or act according to someone else’s rules or expectations.

ibk,
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@dgar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qNV8mbn_1A

perkinsy, to random
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Today we went searching for koalas in the bush in the Otway Ranges. It reminded me of Michael Rosen's poem...

ibk,
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@perkinsy Not sure where you are, but if you ever head east of Melbourne and want some more koala adventures I can recommend Raymond Island.

https://www.parks.vic.gov.au/places-to-see/parks/raymond-island-gippsland-lakes-reserve

ibk,
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@perkinsy we were pleasantly surprised by how much Gippsland has to offer.

mativity, to random
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Why do pharmacies sell so many jellybeans? Prominently displayed?

While getting a blood test today in a nearby medical centre, I passed by the pharmacy and saw they had a dedicated table out the front of Glucojel jelly beans and bears. Inside there was another whole stand.

Do they serve some medical purpose?

ibk,
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@luciedigitalni @mativity The local pharmacy was a regular haunt when i was younger, because they could supply a whole bag of just black jellybeans (the only ones worth eating).
It was years before I realised there was a good medical reason for this.

Unixbigot, to random
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Yaas, I found the drive belt for my lathe that I lost about a year ago, and had to order a new one from the UK. It was in the box of safety equipment (gloves and visors etc) in which I clearly never look. :sus:

ibk,
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@jpm @Unixbigot the Safety Squint is known to be far more effective than any protective eyewear.

ibk, to KDE
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Plasma donation time.
A bit delayed today because of so many new donators.
#donateBlood #lifeBlood #lifeBloodAu #plasma #donate #donation #blood #criticalShortagw

ibk,
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Australian Red Cross Lifeblood has issued an immediate call for donors as their reserves of most blood types drop to critical levels.

https://www.lifeblood.com.au/news-and-stories/media-centre/media-releases/immediate-call-blood-donors-lifeblood-reserves-dip-critical-levels

ibk,
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@chestas @Fury There are lots of very valid reasons why some people can’t or don’t want to donate (for example my partner gets a bit woozy when we just talk about the procedure).
Luckily, I have no valid reasons!
It still hurts a bit every time, including the autolancet haemoglobin test. But against that: free snacks, and a good chance to properly listen to a fiction podcast.

arstechnica, to random
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Gmail’s AI-powered email summaries can dig through your inbox for you

Gmail will soon be able to summarize recent emails from a contact.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/gmails-ai-powered-email-summaries-can-dig-through-your-inbox-for-you/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

ibk,
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@tinydoctor @arstechnica proton @protonprivacy

dgar, to random
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Stationary supplies turned up and they’ve given me cardboard instead of paper.

I’m writing them a stiff letter.

ibk,
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@dgar trying to decide if the misspelling is intentional or not, and if it is whether that makes the joke better or worse.
Big questions for a Sunday morning...

ibk, to Tasmania
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Everyone else is doing it, so why don’t I.

KilKerrin, to auspol
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Doing everything you can would involve voting against the party line.

I look forward to Josh Burns voting with the greens!

ibk,
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@luciedigitalni @KilKerrin “I looked at the floor and mumbled ‘erm maybe this isn’t the best idea?’ Then I voted along party lines because that’s the most important thing. Really, what more could I possibly have done?”

jpm, to random
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Anyone need a blimp? https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32834335693.html

ibk,
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@jpm Anything that helps use up helium, I guess.🤔

ibk,
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@jpm https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005006277426646.html
It doesn't fly (at least, I don't think so), but it does have sidable bottomtires and hligh powered artillery.
It's also apparently good for STEM learning (probably that's the dragon).

jpm, to random
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Was I fucking drunk when I designed this board? I completely missed 2 GPIOs to control a LED and a switch on the schematic, and I used the wrong SERCOM for the I2C lines which means I now need to swap SCL and SDA.

This thing is a fucking mess.

ibk,
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@jpm and no one will ever suspect there was a problem...

luciedigitalni, to random
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Are you sure that's a good idea?

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/26/melbourne-second-ferris-wheel-south-wharf-docklands-star

ibk,
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@luciedigitalni you’re all just jealous because was promised the world’s biggest chocolate fountain as part of the recent election in .
We laugh at your piddling Ferris wheel!

jpm, to random
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You’re allowed to put more than one breakfast cereal in your bowl, it’s not illegal or anything.

Go on, you’ve always wanted to make salt & pepper bubblepops by mixing rice bubbles and coco pops

ibk,
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@jpm I keep three types of cereal in the cupboard at all times, giving me four tasty combinations to chose from every morning.
I thought everyone did this.

timrichards, to random
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Am I right thinking that it's just plain WRONG to charge the same price for a sausage roll as for a pie? To my mind, sausage rolls should be about two-thirds the pie price.

Discuss.

ibk,
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@timrichards unless it is a Gourmet Sausage Roll (which I think means it has poppy seeds on the outside), obvs.

Ooze, to random
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Bwahahahahahaha!!!

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/apr/06/make-up-of-tasmanian-parliament-finally-settled-as-anti-politician-independent-takes-last-seat

Rockcliff is so fucked. He can't deal with the Greens and Lambie hates his guts. He's toast. Probably Abetz will take over and swing the party harder to the right, thus dooming any future electoral success.

ibk,
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@Ooze @TasDave It looks to me – but I do not have the patience to confirm – that preferences from excluded Liberals flowed less strongly to Abetz than others on that ticket. Certainly Petrusma overtook him fairly early. And similarly with Behrakis (who was being pursued by Ogilvie).
So, maybe, perhaps, possibly most Liberal voters aren’t really that keen on that wing, despite quite a few being very keen.

(Hmmm ... looks like a job for @kevinbonham )

ibk, to Tasmania
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A green rosella (Platycercus caledonicus) in the rain.

projectgus, to tv
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PSA for Aussies who watch SBS on Demand:

SBS is trialling a feature where you opt out of one category of advertising. Register here:

https://help.sbs.com.au/hc/en-au/articles/360002023835-Information-on-ads-and-ad-preferences-on-SBS-On-Demand

This information brought to you by my partner writing to complain about the relentless and mind-numbing gambling ads they show. (Although not I noticed, top shelf advertisers on that programme!)

ibk,
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@projectgus I would pay for an ad free SBS On Demand.

dgar, (edited ) to random
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I’m still not sure if I’ll do an “album” because I have too much fun sharing songs as I finish them, as singles. All the same, if I do, I’ll need a good name for it. So, just for fun…

https://on.soundcloud.com/6kQvAVc5wjgCHy1R7

ibk,
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@NormanDunbar @dgar Alternatively, some riff on “ When Is A Door Not A Door”

ibk,
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@dgar @NormanDunbar or maybe hold that in reserve for the “difficult second album”

mightyspaceman, to random
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Having to do some X-prize symphony thing for school and this is painful.

ibk,
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@mightyspaceman faaaark. I pity you. Are you sure you are not joining a cult?

EXCITING use Of WEIRD CapitalisatioN!
Word makeupering!
Pointless background images!
Incentivised competition!

dgar, to random
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Linux is user friendly.

It's just selective about who its friends are.

ibk,
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@dgar
[insert po-faced reference to gnome|mint|xfce|kde|blahgood|snzbrot here]

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