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perkinsy

@perkinsy@aus.social

Writer (technical writing, blogging at stumblingpast.com), digital history, owner of #OfficeKitty (see profile pic). Enjoys gardening in #Melbourne #Australia

Interests:#OzHist #DigitalHumanities #documentation #WriteTheDocs #GardeningAU #Environment and watching a bit of cricket on TV.

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perkinsy, to random
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It seems that a few people in including me, just felt a tremor, possibly an earthquake?

perkinsy,
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@urbaer seemed to me a lot milder than the earthquake we had during the pandemic. I can't remember how strong that was

perkinsy,
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@autiomaa @urbaer we have had a few shakes over the years - pretty mild but you do notice them. Nothing like as bad as in New Zealand

perkinsy, to random
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Further evidence of the historical interaction of the Indigenous peoples of northern Australia with Indonesians: Rock art depicts ceremonial boats from the Maluku Islands of Indonesia

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-28/nt-moluccan-boat-arnhem-land-rock-art/102400042

perkinsy, to random
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Tina Turner's legacy is not just a musical one, as significant as that is, she also spoke out about domestic violence in a time when that was not spoken about. It is important to remember just how hard it is for her and other survivors to talk about the abuse they suffered.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-26/tina-turner-last-interview-vogue-the-guardian-domestic-abuse/102390378

perkinsy, to random
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Catch-22: No pay rise without productivity. But no productivity without more pay:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/why-your-pay-is-not-keeping-up-with-inflation/102379114

perkinsy, to random
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"If economists want more unemployment, will they volunteer to join the dole queue?" A frank article about how unemployed are an important part of current strategies to reduce inflation
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-21/economists-want-more-unemployment-so-bring-inflation-down/102372420

perkinsy, to books
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Indigenous author Debra Dank sweeps NSW Premier’s Literary Awards with memoir We Come With This Place:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/nsw-premiers-literary-award-winners-debra-dank-indigenous-memoir/102375926

perkinsy, to random
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The reason why El Niño predictions differ between US and Australian forecast agencies:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-23/noaa-bom-el-nino-chances-explored/102341466

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Salt harvesting near the Murray River prevents a lot of salt entering the Murray River system. This article also explains why the salt is pink.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-22/murray-river-salt-harvest-saline-groundwater-versatile-product/102352750

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I used to teach a workshop at almost every I attended, and I kind of miss it. It was short (45m), fun, and people seemed to get a lot out of it. Would there be any interest if I ran one online again?

perkinsy,
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@benwbrum I would appreciate it but I am on the east coast of Australia so don't know how the time would work for you.

timrichards, to random
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Much as I love the food of France and Italy, I loathe their habit of closing restaurants for the afternoon. The number of times I've rushed to have lunch somewhere and just missed the 2pm or 2.30pm closing!

alice in wonderland disney GIF

perkinsy,
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@timrichards same kept happening to me with Melbourne cafes. My natural lunch hour is 2pm but I had to change it as I continually faced the 'kitchen is closed, would you like a muffin' lunch offer.

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The we planted on 10th April is going really well. People have taken some of the pot plants we left for people to take home. The nasturtium seeds I planted last spring had not sprouted by April so I gave up on them. To my surprise they have since sprouted.

Today I did some weeding, rubbish removal and moved some of the nasturtium plants to better places.

perkinsy,
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One of the plants is going so well it is flowering

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Australian drop bears are not fiction. They lived alongside flesh-eating kangaroos, tree-climbing crocodiles, lions, and giant-toothed platypuses.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-20/drop-bears-crocs-eastern-australia-millions-of-years-ago-unsw/102360948

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Two thirds of Australia's population lives in temperate weather zones so experience winter. Research indicates that 4 out of 5 homes in temperate Australia fail to meet the World Health Organisation's requirements that indoor temperatures during the day are at least 18 degrees:

https://theconversation.com/feeling-frozen-4-out-of-5-homes-in-southern-australia-are-colder-than-is-healthy-205293

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Approximately 1.3 million homes in Victoria rate a poor 2 out of 7 stars due to thermal 'insufficiency' - they leak warmth during winter. A Victorian program retrofits homes thereby addressing the link between cold homes and poor health:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-16/cold-homes-poor-health-outcomes-winter-temperatures-victoria/102342294

timrichards, to random
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Funny the data issues you can have on Google Maps. It's insistent there's no transfer between the pink and yellow lines on the Lyon Metro, when of course there is. You need to have your wits about you and reject the Google Maps advice sometimes.

perkinsy,
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@timrichards Google maps is often wrong or inefficient for walking. I found in Singapore that knowing the direction of my target destination and following my nose saved me time and made for a much more interesting walk

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When you click "show image" and it wasn't the kind of nsfw you were expecting.

(Dutch safety poster from 1925. Don't smoke near the acetylene storage).

perkinsy,
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@Loukas thanks for the alt text!

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Making some salad for brunch. Yup these salad leaves are from my .
When I lived in Australia, I saw how Aussies had vege patches and fruit trees in their gardens. When I returned to Malaysia, I was swept up by the dreams of having my own urban farm. The dream grew urgent during the pandemic.

I learned by helping out at a community garden. Many killed plants later, here I am with a balcony filled with veges that produce for my own consumption.

perkinsy,
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@liztai Good on you! Plant the ends of spring onions and new shoots will appear so you can add some home grown spring onions to the mix.

perkinsy, to animals
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On night had fun playing under a sheet while I was making up a bed on the couch.

perkinsy,
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@anne_twain 😹

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The PwC (Pricewaterhouse Coopers) scandal in Australia has international ramifications... https://aus.social/@perkinsy/110341345455095692

perkinsy,
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The emails at the heart of the scandal reveal that European countries including the UK and Ireland, as well as the United States and Singapore have been affected because senior PwC staff collaborated to devise tax schemes based on the breach of confidentiality and won new clients and business as a result

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2023/may/12/disgraceful-breach-of-trust-how-pwc-one-of-the-worlds-biggest-accountancy-firms-became-mired-in-a-tax-scandal

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Where the wild claims of an 'encrypted' messaging app are found to be not only demonstrably false, but the message database could be freely accessed online - via @AgathaSorceress

https://crnkovic.dev/testing-converso/

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