quinsibell

quinsibell, 2 days ago to linux

I've been toying with the idea of switching to Linux for a while, and its just getting to that point now, you know? I hear Mint is the best for beginners?

#Linux #Windows

AnarchoNinaWrites, 5 days ago to random

Just to be clear, Gina Rinehart is a prototypical example of the type of predatory billionaire maggot accountable to no government on earth and directly responsible for boiling your planet like soup. Folks out here are bringing up the Streisand Effect and saying "you'd have never heard of her before she cried about a painting" but the fact is you SHOULD have heard of her because her mines and the politicians she buys are both truly global in scale. She can get in the fucking sea; ASAP.

quinsibell, 1 month ago to random

Mastodon is depressing today. It's like: "the ocean is boiling, Isreal shot another aid truck, Trump is part of an international alliance of would-be fascist autocrats, and just as a little garnish, your favourite Star Trek show is cancelled."

quinsibell, 1 month ago to random

I'll be working with kids at a museum over the school holidays, and I want to wear a proper mask, but I also need to be unintimidating and approachable.

Anyone know where in Australia I can get reputable n95s (or equivalent) that are patterned or fun colours that fit an adult with a large head? Bonus if they have dinosaurs on them but I'm not in a position to be fussy.

#covid #CovidIsNotOver #WorkingWithKids #masks #RecommendationsPlease

quinsibell, 1 month ago to random

April Fools should officially end at Midday UTC+14.

quinsibell, 2 months ago to random

I love that the word "chilling" can mean both "relaxing" and "terrifying on a deep level you feel in your gut". It's like the word itself has anxiety.

quinsibell, 2 months ago to cycling

Dear male cyclists, I promise you that using your bell will not cause the bulge in your Lycra pants to spontaneously invert. As a trans feminine cyclist I have rigorously and enthusiastically tested this for you! A bell has the advantage of being audible at greater distance and interpretable even to pedestrians, whereas bellowing "on your right" directly in someone's ear will give them a fright and could be mistaken for a very angry birdwatcher.

#cycling

quinsibell, 2 months ago to BNE

A few years ago @TashTaylor and I were shocked to find some pliosaurs swimming in the river. An artwork had been set up using projectors to create a surprisingly realistic impression of marine reptiles swimming just below the surface, and we had walked right past the sign. I think it should be made permanent, without signage, and Brisbanites should swear not to tell any tourists, but to look afraid if any mention the creatures in the river.

#dinosaurs #MarineReptiles #pliosaurs #bne #meanjin

gay_ornithischians, 2 months ago to random

do you know an artist that used to draw a stylized but well observed Psittacosaurus character? it looked like an anime version of the Bob Nicholls recon

molly0xfff, 2 months ago to random

super cool that all these companies have decided to make customers opt OUT of having their data sold for AI training purposes

"but no one would do it if it was opt-in!"

yeah, THAT IS THE PROBLEM

quinsibell, 2 months ago to random

Sometimes humans have hobbies like "I'm going to look at as many dinosaurs as possible." And I think that's neat.

#birdwatching #birdsaredinosaurs #dinosaurs

futurebird, 3 months ago to random

Aw yeah ban teens from social media but make it legal for them to work the night shift in the cold chopping room at the meat-chopping factory.

These kids will hate us all forever and we will deserve it.

The active shooter drills, failing to protect trans teens, taking their damn phones, burning their books and sending them to the factory. Fail fail fail fail fail.

quinsibell, 3 months ago to random

AI gives regular people the opportunity to experience life as a mediocre creative director: you give a vague b̶r̶i̶e̶f̶ prompt, reject a few early attempts to fulfil the b̶r̶i̶e̶f̶ prompt, and then pass the final result off as your own creativity!

quinsibell, 3 months ago to coffee

First day of my second year of honours. Having mushroom brekkie before orientation. Watching the noisy miners being silly little goblins at the cafe.

#wildOz #cafe #uni #birds

futurebird, 3 months ago (edited 3 months ago) to random

Which of the following are bugs?

futurebird, 3 months ago to random

They chewed a hole in the tube connecting their log to the outworld so I took the opportunity to have my husband take a photo of me holding the colony. Fixing the tube now and getting everyone back inside.

quinsibell, 3 months ago to auspol

Coles partnering with Palantir is very Foucault's boomerang.

#auspol #SurveillanceCapitalism

quinsibell, 3 months ago to random

Here's my pitch: live action Daria starring Allison Janney and Carrie-Anne Moss as middle-aged Daria and Jane. In flashbacks all the characters are played by age-appropriate actors except Daria and Jane who are always played by Allison Janney and Carrie-Anne Moss with no de-aging beyond costuming.

#Daria