msdropbear42

@msdropbear42@venera.social

👍: Classic Oz+Eng lit, sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, satire; Linux+FOSS; Kindness; Gaia.

👎: Cruelty; RWNJs; Anti-Gaia.

Stuff:

  • She/Her.
  • Straya born, Thailand reborn.
  • Linux+FOSS distracts my sadness.
  • Posts autodelete @ 3mths.
  • For Follow-Requests, you MUST have Profile & Public posts, else i'll Reject.

26/8/23: After testing pretty intensively over recent days & nights, i've decided now to give it a go as my new daily home. There's been many accounts, & a couple of ones, since i decided to venture into the Fediverse last November, but none of them quite captured the full Goldilocks essence of what i desire in a Fedi client. Will this one be it? 🤷‍♀️

2/9/23: Unfollowed all my hitherto * hashtags, as just too depressing & pointless 😭

13/9/23: I've broadly enjoyed my UX with Friendica, & admire many of its nice UI features & functions. However, i realised today that many of my posts from my venera.social Instance seem not to show up in my old Mastodon Instance. Whilst i completely recognise that Masto is NOT the Fediverse per se, it's become an important part of it, & i regard it as non-negotiable for my Friendica posts to federate more widely. Hence, from now, til further notice, my primary Fedi home reverts to @MsDropbear .

21/9/21: Ha, flip-around. Have now decided to make aus.social my new daily default [geez i seem to be very flighty!]; @MsDropbear84.

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

msdropbear42, to auspol

Australians Who Don’t Have Fun on Australia Day Should Be Fined, Dutton Says

Australians who are caught not revelling in the delight of Australia’s national day would receive a $149 on-the-spot fine under a Coalition Government, the Opposition Leader has confirmed.Announcing the new measures, Dutton said 26th January was a special day for our nation and people better bloody well enjoy it.

“Australia Day is an absolute privilege and I would be very disappointed, furious in fact, if it wasn’t the highlight of the summer for each and every one of you,” Dutton said.

The Liberal Leader said Border Force and other national agencies would be used to personally ensure both citizens and permanent residents were having an absolute blast. “I don’t care what your excuse is. If you’re not having a fair dinkum crack at having a good time, then you better bloody well start enjoying yourself quick smart”.

Those not showing outward signs of enjoying themselves will be given one verbal warning, before being issued with the fine.

theshovel.com.au/2024/01/17/au…

luciedigitalni, to Canberra
@luciedigitalni@aus.social avatar

Can we have summer back please?

msdropbear42,

@sister_ratched @luciedigitalni Oh you big meanie.

dgar, to random
@dgar@aus.social avatar

is pretty excited about the implications of hardware accelerated ray tracing on Apple devices.

msdropbear42,

@dgar Nah, you've beaten me here. For once, i just don't get the joke...

😜

...something 'bout sowing n reaping, something...

dgar, to random
@dgar@aus.social avatar

Thylarctos plummetus, or Drop Bear, is a large, arboreal, predatory marsupial related to the Koala.

https://australian.museum/learn/animals/mammals/drop-bear/

msdropbear42,

@dgar Damnit, i never gave you permission to use my passport photo here!

...my lawyers, your lawyers, something something...

dgar, to random
@dgar@aus.social avatar

Now listening to:
Cool Magic
~ The Steve Miller Band

https://youtu.be/HXdBnnYu2BA

msdropbear42,

@dgar Methinks there's a bit of a cool theme going on here... 🤭

Linux_Is_Best, to debian
@Linux_Is_Best@mastodon.social avatar

When you can run this:

sudo apt -t experimental dist-upgrade -o DPkg::options::="--force-overwrite"

Follow by:

sudo apt autoremove

sudo reboot

And still have a fully functional system afterward, you're doing alright as a Linux users.

--- Change my mind 😂

msdropbear42,

@Linux_Is_Best Well, ok, i'll try it, but i'm really not sure that my is gonna be terribly impressed...🤷‍♀️ 😜

thelinuxEXP, (edited ) to linux
@thelinuxEXP@mastodon.social avatar

It's this time again: and news time!

This week, we have Plasma 6's release date (I'll spoil the video: it's in 5 months), we have the new App Center, which seems to still not allow users to install anything other than snaps (let's hope this changes), and we have 45 breaking all extensions (yes, for real this time).

https://youtu.be/1AmGJb2V0eI

msdropbear42,

@thelinuxEXP I was ridiculously thrilled when i realised that you & have linked up for sponsorship. It seems to me to be a simply splendid reinforcement, thus perfectly in step with your channel's ethos. 👏

hankg, to climate

In other breaking unforeseen news, you will get fat if you shovel large volumes of junk food into your face on daily basis. We have to have to have to address the addition side of the equation which will not be possible without phasing our fossil fuels.
‘A critical moment’: UN warns world will miss climate targets unless fossil fuels phased out

msdropbear42,

@hankg Yep. I heard some silly rumour t'other day too about water being wet, & fire being hot. Honestly, just where do these gay trans leftie librarians get off!!

timrichards, (edited ) to auspol
@timrichards@aus.social avatar

I keep waiting (as a Yes voter) for some calming clarification of how the Voice might operate - eg video of a boring committee meeting discussing relevant matters. Take the scare out of it.

Albanese bet big on his everyman schtick. Can it go the distance?

https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-bet-big-on-his-everyman-schtick-can-it-go-the-distance-20230906-p5e2d9.html

msdropbear42,

@timrichards Oh geez! 🤦‍♀️

I keep waiting (as a Yes voter) for some calming clarification of how the Voice might operate

I do not [keep waiting], given i have sufficient constitutional & legislative comprehension to grasp the basic, damn-obvious fact that details are not within the purview of the constitution, but of parliament, & the legislation it creates. I shall never cease being amazed at the duplicity & or wilful ignorance of all peeps naively or disingenuously demanding the cart, when we do not yet have the horse. FFS! 🙄

dgar, to random
@dgar@aus.social avatar

She may not look like much, but she's got it where it counts, kid.

msdropbear42,

@skyfire101 @dgar Had to borrow the Falcon, coz the Kingswood was off-limits...

The Kingswood?
You’re not taking the Kingswood – I just polished the dipstick!
I just Mister Sheened the roof rack!
I just put new air in the tyres!
I’ve just glad-wrapped the aerial!
I’ve just ducoed the tyres!”
I’ve just Mr Sheened the number-plate!

Apols for mixing my pop cultural memes, but i couldn't resist. The Farce is strong with this one.

msdropbear42,

@dgar @skyfire101 Money on the fridge!

msdropbear42, to nature en-gb

Out of pain, comes some welcome joy. 💜

www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-01…

GW, to climate
@GW@newsie.social avatar

Every species reaches a point where it either has to change to keep living or go extinct. We’re on our way to ours right now. I don’t know exactly what this adaptation will look like if and when it happens, but I think we can probably expect that it will involve a rapid increase in awareness of the forces that drive our behavior, both individually and as a group.

https://gwfoto.medium.com/human-extinction-through-constant-violence-and-reliance-on-fossil-fuels-938fbf83841b

msdropbear42,

@GW I agree

has to change to keep living ... don’t know exactly what this adaptation will look like

& so have already taken proactive steps, by mutating to a 3rd arm & 2nd head. Next i need to attend a party where i can steal the Heart Of Gold, after which i'll be free of our criminally self-induced , for which there is now no terrestrial hope of escape, due to our decades of mendacity, laziness, greed, selfishness & collective idiocy.

🐳🌻


msdropbear42, to random en-gb

Really reeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeally wish i could find a way in my shiny new account/s to:

  1. Set all threads to be collapsed into the parent post by default, unless & until i click to expand.
  2. Hide ALL of EVERYONE's voluminous Reshares from my Network timeline. I simply don't wanna see them at all. I only wanna see (a) my followed , (b) my followed peeps' original posts [which, per above, if subsequently spawned a thread, is collapsed].

ChristineSaysHi, to random
@ChristineSaysHi@mastodon.au avatar

I asked my friend why bees stay in the hive in winter. She said "Swarm".

msdropbear42,

@accretionist @ChristineSaysHi Nice work, but now you've made rods for your backs. Wotya gonna pun now for Autumn & Spring, huh? 😜

ChristineSaysHi, to random
@ChristineSaysHi@mastodon.au avatar

The company that manufactures yardsticks has decided they won't be making them any longer.

msdropbear42,

@ChristineSaysHi Am now hunting around for a suitably sized venue to get you & @dgar into the ring for a no holds barred Pun-Off. It'll be excruciating um i mean exquisite!

dgoldsmith, to random
@dgoldsmith@mastodon.social avatar

Some about a pet peeve, feel free to ignore. 😊

Memory aid: no possessive pronoun in English contains an apostrophe. If it has an apostrophe, it's a contraction.

Possessive pronouns: his her/hers its their/theirs whose my/mine
"Her umbrella" vs. “That's hers” (same with their, my).
"It’s” is a contraction: “it is.” "It's a shame.”
"Who’s” is a contraction: “who is.” "Who’s up for pizza?”
Her's and their's are... just wrong.

msdropbear42,

@dgoldsmith Strongly agree, but the ignorance is just everywhere. Look at the pic, & weep with me. 😭🤦‍♀️

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