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skua

@skua@mastodon.social

Civil responses to my posts sought.
If I want to express myself without response I'll talk into my pillow.

Watching, wrestling, working, dreaming and sleeping in Australia.
Not always clear which is which. #AgedCareBusinesses #WhatHappensAfterYouDie #ArchiveElon #AgedCare #Robodebt #TheColorOfDistance #Dance #PinaBausch #ContactImprovisation #SeaKayaking #HannahNyala #Schnapsen #LibertarianBillionaires #RePurposeMyEducation #HellScapeTheBioSphere #GraeberAndWengrow #DawnOfEverything

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StillIRise1963, to random
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"Following the Republican National Committee's takeover by Trump loyalists, the party will be shuttering a heavily-touted program designed to boost minority engagement."

GOOD. STAY AWAY.

FULL NAZI IS IN EFFECT.

https://www.rawstory.com/rnc-2667501622/

skua,
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@StillIRise1963

Thinking of my beginner level goals when playing chess.

  1. Don't make stupid moves.

  2. Take advantage of stupid moves by my opponent.

skua, to random
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Here is #TimDunlop writing about the Australian ethos that may yet lie under all the hype, celebrity and bullshit that our TVs tell us is so very important.

Or maybe it doesn't.

https://tdunlop.substack.com/p/australians-all

skua, to random
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It is

"I am found far away from others like me.
Who, or what, am I?"

Your answer might be the best yet.
Please share it.

This is part of one of the oldest riddles in English.
It is from a 10 century manuscript, . Other riddles in it are about spears, slaves, flood, sex and nature. The riddles of and would fit in with these riddles.

So have at it.
https://www.exeter-cathedral.org.uk/learning-collections/explore-the-collections/the-exeter-book/

skua, to chess
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As prev posted we've got a vertical in an old shop window.

And we play a slow game with passers by.

See the photo for how passers-by get to play.

angeidheal, to queer
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Google Delists Sites Providing DIY Hormone Therapy at Behest of UK Government

https://www.404media.co/google-delists-sites-providing-diy-hormone-therapy-at-behest-of-uk-government/

Google has removed two websites providing “DIY” hormone replacement therapy used in gender-affirming care from search results at the request of the UK government, according to legal letters viewed by 404 Media (@404mediaco).

@lgbtqia

skua,
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@angeidheal @404mediaco @lgbtqia

The sites Google has delisted do not appear in the non-paywalled preview section of the article.

It verges on the edge of being when is paywalled like this. More so when it is .

Below may be one of the two sites delisted in the UK.

If I was using this information I'd do a site rip now as a precaution.

https://diyhrt.wiki/

skua, to Windows11
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Currently resetting/reinstalling #Windows11.

#MicrosoftThreatening me with,

"Good things coming your way."

Chilling feeling with this coming from a company with #Microsoft's record.

skua, to random
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Hey, look what I found.

Wondering if Kerry Stokes was looking at or already had this investment back when John Howard re-jigged the Australian aged care system into something that could produce serious profits for private operators who could stomach mistreating the elderly?

And if Kerry conferred with Ol' Brown-nose Johny about the details of the second rate system that Johny set upon the frail aged?

https://www.crikey.com.au/2020/07/30/will-seven-ever-address-kerry-stokes-coronavirus-debacle/

skua, to repair
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#Repair

1/?

Thought a U-bend seal was why there was water dripping onto the undersink shelf.

But no, it was a disintergrated sink waste seal #SinkWasteSeal.

And no the local plumbing suppliers no longer stock them. Maybe in the UK but not Australia.

Bought a roll of nitrile rubber sheet.

skua, to abc
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🧵 1/4

The has stopped - last episode was on Tuesday 7 November 2023.

No explanation was given for the sudden end.
Link below

At timestamp 12:00 asks : "What is your kinda main take-away from the pandemic?"

skua,
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🧵 2/4
replies:

My main disappointment is that I don't think that the country is ready for the next pandemic, unfortunately.

Um. So we still have resistance at government level to the idea that is spread [ ] in respira...

The next pandemic will be a respiratory virus. It'll be flu or another coronavirus.

skua, to random
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@melissabeartrix
Hi Melissa, have you got any ideas about where I can go with this?

https://mastodon.social/@skua/111735514919680555

skua, to random
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Thread: 1/√-1
I'm a bit askew after work.
Wanting to write and "all over the place", discombobulated to use that ? Scientologist-prefered word that seems to have very recently got a new life.

A good time for a story of the .

This'll take months - you'll want to keep an eye on the investment/pay-off ratio and watch you don't get stranded in a billabong (ox-bow lake) as the waters rise and fall.

skua, to random
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has been politicised. Leading to some weird stuff.

Been to some "big box" large warehouse-style stores - hardware and whitegoods/appliances.

They appear to have high airflow going on with their ventliation/air conditioning systems.

measures to fulfill legal obligations?

Possible Secret Indoor Air Quality Improvements - an absurdist element in a critique of ?

(I can imagine high air flow being misused too.)

skua, to internet
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Hard words for Democrats from Marcy Wheeler, lead writer at Emptywheel.

Add this to certainty that Democrats are being #RageFarmed on #SocialMedia and consider what real world actions available to you might help save American democracy?

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/05/stop-treating-rule-of-law-like-a-magical-sparkle-pony-and-get-busy/

skua, to random
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1/2
How to evaluate opinions?

Below is one approach. (It is decontextualised and so not a fair example of the aufhor's position.
But still it is worth looking at IMO.

"Anyone who is excessively optimsitic or excessively pessimistic about AI is someone who hasn't engaged with AI critically."

Let's consider this appraich by replacing "AI" first with "government under Stalin", then "clean water and sanitation", and finally "a second term for DJT".

...

melissabeartrix, to random
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These guys are good choppers ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

Underhand chopping

skua,
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@melissabeartrix
Are you out visiting timber towns?

melissabeartrix, to random
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I'm thinking now, that when I make an appointment for some to see me ... I'm going to ask ... Is that 11 am, my 11 am where you turn up at 10.55 am or your 11 am where you show up at or after 11.30am ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

skua,
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@melissabeartrix

Hmmmm, I fantasise about,
"I'm getting overbooked, so to be fair to everyone I'm charging a $60 consulataion deposit, prepaid. It's refundeable in full when you arrive no later than 5 minutes after your appointment time. There's a seat in the shop foyer if you want to wait there. Or a non-bigotted cafe just round the corner. But no more than 5 minutes late or the fee is not refunded.*

But I'd need a chutzpah boost to fly that flag.

melissabeartrix, to random
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Already in bed ... Yeah, 3.40 pm ... Exhausted, aches all over ... It's either the heat and/or fibromyalgia ... Mental heath not the best as I can't do anything ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

skua,
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@melissabeartrix

Hugs to you too Melissa.

Post more when you're up for it.

And please ask your boss to take the best care of you that they're capable of.

18+ skua, to random
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Negative User Experience on "Chat with us".

Previously had hours wasted by Optus chat workers.
Not going down that path again.

Start chat.

Put in details and specific request.

Optus tells me a operator is reviewing my message to get an understanding of what I'm wanting.

Operator comes on line, asks for details.

I say "Already entered".

Operator posts that they're reviewing my message to get an understanding of what I'm wanting.

skua,
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And ... it took over 80 minutes to have a human operator engage in the "Message Us " chat support this morning.

The person says they're very busy.
But I can with another complaint person!

I'm thinking Enshitification has a history back to the privatisation of like electricity, gas, sewerage, water, & .


Binder, to random
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Degenerative AI.

skua,
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@Binder

Just blocked an otherwise useful world statistics account when they used what appears to be a fake image.

Better sprinkle some coffee on crumpled wastepaper and post a pic of that if you need an image folk. Least its not misleading.

And then there are the search results for:
how long for a soft boiled egg?

swamped by a filled with 10 to the 20th power of electronic monkeys hammering on virtual keyboards.

melissabeartrix, to random
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I want to drive my truck where I want

He should be fined a lot more

Hugz & xXx

https://au.news.yahoo.com/big-fine-owner-ripped-mangroves-062704306.html

skua,
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@melissabeartrix

  1. What's the name of this ?

  2. This is the - it's finally happened, but not as claimed by the chump.

melissabeartrix, to random
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Lunch ... With sides of anxiety

Hugz & xXx

skua,
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@melissabeartrix

Knowing those sides all too well recently - I've got to remember, "And that's without anxiety sides today" when I order at the counter.

melissabeartrix, to random
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Just walked into a room, turned the light off and then walked into the door jam ... Nobody has moved the door ... I've been here for 23 years, I built the place ... You'll think I would know the layout ... But no ... Giggles

No blood ... Maybe a fat lip ... I always wanted big fat lips ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

skua,
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@melissabeartrix

Back when the pandemic was new I got a N95 injury!

Adjusted my mask as I turned around, got it tangled over eyes and walked forehead into the doorjam.

Really jarred something neural as I had super olfactory sense for over a year - until I got COVID and lost sense of smell for month plus.

melissabeartrix, (edited ) to random
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I may have tested the Coles security gate at the self check out ... It wouldn't open ... I thought it was one of those push to open sliding doors .. it wasn't ... It may have suffered an injury ....giggles

Hugz & xXx

skua,
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@melissabeartrix
LOL
auto entrance gates in Canberra went bad a while ago - kids ramming at them with shopping trolleys, customers walking into the surprisingly solid steel and getting hurt.

But ACT WorkSafe not interested.
Actually WorkSafe ACT seemed not to figure in the thinking of construction site managers quite often.

Norobiik, to random
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We should have known. It took a deadly pandemic to wake us all up.

This view of and their potential long-term impacts may lead to research that will also help people with other little understood conditions, such as syndrome and , which experts believe might be triggered by viral infections, Al-Aly said.

: Like , can also lead to lingering symptoms
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/long-flu-long-covid-influenza-can-also-lead-lingering-symptoms-rcna129787

skua,
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@Norobiik

I had (being very fatigued or otherwise debilitated for more than one month after catching the flu) three times in the ?six years before Covid arrived.

I want regulations to stop more folk catching these .

The ongoing denial of the spread in the air of serious debilitating and lethal diseases by a small sub-section of the medical profession is a .
did . Others have done similar.

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