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sauramaia

@sauramaia@aus.social

seventeen dorks in a hand-knit trench coat | software hand waver | biomedical engineer | queer lefty crafter | she/they
living in broome/rubibi, remote western australia

PyCon Au 2024 Programs chair

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me: i am well versed in high-level communication
also me: J will be home any soon now

sauramaia,
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@chrisjrn layer 2 yreckon?

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i'm at a talk about post referendum australia by cherie sibosado

cherie was a kimberley delegate signatory of the uluru statement from the heart

some signatories have since died and didn't see the referendum, perhaps a blessing

the referendum here in broome was...hard. the kimberley has 40% indigenous population, cf australia's 3% overall.

in WA, the political warfare for the no vote came in the wake of a few big political things, indigenousleaders exhausted from a slew of recent events

campaigning in derby on voting day, cherie called it by 10am: this town is going to be a no. derby is the town down the road, the previous regional centre. a white woman felt compelled to stand over cherie and her husband to tell them as a 6th gen australian, she's voting no

on monday cherie organised a healing and grieving gathering in broome. if we get 30, she thought, that will be awesome. over 100 showed.

sauramaia,
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cherie is making an excellent point: more recent immigrant and immigrant-descendant settler australians were and are treating aboriginal australians as less deserving than themselves. 'i started with nothing and worked up to where i am' is a common refrain. which is frankly bizarre.

sauramaia,
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south australia has put in place a state-level indigenous voice to parliament https://www.savoiceelection.sa.gov.au/

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workmate: do you have reading recommendations?
workmate two days later: i am hearing murderbot in your voice

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the acknowledgement of country in australia is a beautiful example of a microaggression used for good.

most settler australians rarely have to think about indigenous australians. except now they do. it's exposure therapy.

i don't think the voice referendum would have even made it as far as it had, without the years of the rest of us being forced to consider that aboriginal australians exist, several times a week.

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achievement unlocked: cause building evacuation by burning toast

sauramaia, to random
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democracy sausage

flyer for how to vote YES on the referendum ballot. behind it is a person's torso in black YES tshirt

sauramaia, to random
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in the vein of 'which two good place characters are you', which two deadloch characters are you?

sauramaia,
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@chrisjrn aleyna and cath, got it

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Okay, so of course there's someone in my mentions today with the tired: "You don't ever have to respond to trolls! Just mute or block them!"

We don't owe him examples of course, but I know I'm not alone when I say those options are not always sufficient.

So if you're willing, give me an example of a situation in which blocking or muting was not enough of a response?

sauramaia,
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@design_law "incorrected" wins the internet for me today, thank you

chrisjrn, (edited ) to random
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My WORDLE-related talk from is up on the Youtubes.

You can either watch the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i97sCRCl6h4&list=PLs4CJRBY5F1KwxIxbTmhN9jX4hBtE-OKJ

Or read @sauramaia's deeply accurate one-toot summary: https://aus.social/@sauramaia/110919483625974935

Your choice.

sauramaia,
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@chrisjrn err try this link https://aus.social/@sauramaia/110919483625974935

sauramaia, to random
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@chrisjrn information space halving gets you 1 bit of information blah blah enums are great blah blah no wordle spoilers in this talk blah blah python code runs the outer loop in C blah blah concurrency blah blah generate the future using looping blah blah vehme is a westphalian vigilante society

person on darkened stage with coloured lights, screen showing code

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Would love to be at but I am deep in must finish my territory. Hope you all have a wonderful time, and big thanks to the organisers for the hundreds of hours I know you've all put in. It's appreciated.

sauramaia,
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@KathyReid go well, brave soldier! YOU CAN DO EEEET

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@samfloreani of digital rights watch telling horrifying stories of private data breaches, overreach, misuse

"also here's some info about me, that's my cat"

sauramaia,
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@samfloreani it's not very sexy but this is what's effective - policy reforms currently in train:

  • update the definition of 'personal information'

  • remove political party and small business exemptions

  • create a digital right of action and statutory tort for serious invasion of privacy

  • fair and reasonable test to put the onus of responsibility onto organisations

...followed by a bunch of recent political history of digital controls

private and public surveillance and deeply intertwined

sauramaia,
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@samfloreani marginalised communities like queers and sex workers disproportionately affected by data misuse in the hands of governments and corporations? well that's never happened before

political activism is sorely lacking technical know how!

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anushka vidange, jess moore from ANU talking about decentralising health data using SOLID PODS - SOcial LInked Data Personal Online Data Store used

these are being used to enable indigenous data sovereignty for the gurriny yealamucka health service in north queensland

sauramaia,
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@Korny suspect you're not the only one

sauramaia, to random
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now there's commitment to sparkle motion

@developerjack

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tomorrow: fly to adelaide for @pyconau

tonight: rocky horror

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@pyconau program_final_FINAL_THIS ONE_FORREALTHISTIME is out! https://pycon.org.au/program/

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Ahoy knitters.
I found this pack of vintage yarn today and bought it.

@sauramaia @KathyReid might one of you want / use / appreciate this? It’s 10 balls.

sauramaia,
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@KathyReid @kattekrab sorry just catching up! it's not a colour i use much but an excellent staple yarn! would love to see what you make of it kathy!

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today: community garden work at a nearby indigenous community

the broome growers and food security group come out to bidyadanga early last year and helped put in a community garden, attached to the women's and arts centres. it's looking great!

banana and plantains plants in a garden
tyre swing hanging off a tree, in front of a gazebo
raised garden beds made of IBCs

sauramaia,
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someone set up this fantastic initiative - mobile washing machines and dryers. they're on a mobile trailer out the back of the women's centre next to the arts centre, locked up at night

sign saying: free washers and dryers for you to use and space to yarn monday to thursday 8am - 2pm last wash at 1pm
blankets drying okay corrugated iron fence

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