My highly intelligent cat woke up from his nap, walked past his (full) food bowl and came to tell me urgently that he was HUNGRY and he needed to be FED or he would WASTE AWAY AND STARVE.
He would last maybe 10 minutes in the wild.
Tommy:
Oh, but look at that gorgeous mane and regal expression. Sir Tom clearly needs FRESH food that he can SEE YOU SERVE because anything else could be a poisoning attempt on the king
He needs an attendant to watch him eat. Perhaps he might choke? Who am I to question it, His Fluffiness is clearly in charge.
I have a Tommy too. He’s, um, 32 and full of polystuffing but 😺🧸
Oh Tommy. Does no one love you? You look absolutely mistreated and neglected. If you didn't see the food go in your bowl then it obviously didn't happen, poor boy.
But that's not considered food! He wants the good stuff!
He looks so bemused lol
Knock off oodie update. Washed it. Gave it two spins and popped it on the rack in front of the heater yesterday. No need to spin dry - it's basically dry this morning. The cuffs are a bit damp but I'm just gonna roll them.
This has been your PSA from snuggled land ...
Today was good. Lots of great food and family time. Talked to my cousin's daughter, a 4yo middle child, about Pokemon and I think she really likes me now :D
Got my birthday presents, one of which is a book called 'Mickey' and it's about a cat, so I'm stoked.
10/10 day, would do again lol
So I spent 15 hours in bed only to struggle to get maybe 8 hours sleep? Jeez. I just couldn’t get my brain to calm down. I wasn’t raging or anything, but just constantly distracted and unable to chill.
My mental health feels ok… so I wonder if the COVID’s messing with my brain?
I recorded my little guitar jam on my phone yesterday just so I could listen back to it. It's actually good and I'm turning it into a track.
It's kind of about being fucked over by that guy who called me "family" and then turned on me for no reason.
It's cathartic.
I read the last sentence wrong and thought you were talking about the pope
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he's a fucking motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, he's a total motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fucking fuck the motherfucker
Fuck the motherfucker, fuck the motherfucking popethe old school queers have been having tremendous fun with that on tumblr. The eggs, not so much "omg guys it's so bad that he's calling us this, it's not a joke"
I kindly reminded them that I pre-date the AIDS crisis, the pope calling me a removed doesn't even register past background radiation.
The old LT messaged me to see if I wanted to go for brunch today which was really really good. We had a nice egg Benny served on a potato cake type thing (like a potato cake, but closer to the dimensions of a small cake than a frisbee, no clue what the hell it's called). We had a long conversation about things with the new kid, and he said he'd come past over the weekend and had a conversation with the new kid and came to the conclusion that he's an alright kid, just bored and uncomfortable. Which I can understand, I mean they moved him in with nobody to talk to pretty much. That doesn't sound that bad, but when you're coming from intensive 24/7 care with somebody to talk to at any time of day and every day of the week, it is difficult. I'm still struggling to cope with all the changes, and honestly am really resenting my organisation at the moment. They and child protection colossally fucked this up and I actually think the other kid has been fucked over as well as me.
Apparently I'm not the only one, the old LT wrote an angry letter to the CEO of the org who referred him to the operations manager, who apparently took him quite seriously (he has access to a lot more info and operational procedures than I do, so was able to base his complaint on actual operational failings, and areas where they've failed to comply with certain service requirements, so they're probably in arse covering mode)
Maybe the potato thing was a rosti - the scandi take on hash browns or latkes. Rosti are super yummy.
Yeah, I'm pretty sure that's what it was. Was great though!
Fingers crossed it can be mitigated somehow, and things can settle or he can go somewhere higher support
It's probably too late for that now, but it'll be fun to watch the high ups squirm and figure out how they can try and minimise the issues they've caused
I'm feeling about 90% better now. Still have an occasional cough, but a Strepsil fixes it. I think I'm gonna go ahead with my idea for dinner and a movie tonight. The only movie that seemed appealing was the bad boys movie. I think it's a sequel, but I've never seen whatever the original version is. Oh well. I'm sure I'll figure out what's happening. And indian for dinner. The only time I've had indian food from a restaurant I got food poisoning, but I do like a good curry (even if my spice tolerance is basically a Dorito) and this place is a little less dodgy, so I'm sure I'll be right
Edit: oh, on further thoughts, I won't get back until after the buses in my area finish up for the night. Rip. Guess it'll have to be a taxi home. Oh well
Glad you're feeling better and had a night out 🙂
Not yet! Night out is tonight
The indian food was good, but they managed to sell me into getting more food than I wanted and I ended up paying 64 bucks 😵💫😵💫. I had leftover curry and rice, so they put it in a takeaway container for me and wrapped it up for leftovers. Since I was planning on being out til about 1, I decided I should stop by home and chuck it in the fridge. But in doing that, I've now missed my movie :/
The movie doesn't start until 8:50, but I'll be about 40 mins late by PT (gotta love when it's only 20 minutes longer walking...). Could take a taxi to the station then I'd make it on time, but I'd already need to get one from the station back home, and dinner was so much more than I anticipated I can't really justify it. I'll watch a movie on my computer instead, but I was wanting to go to a movie mainly to get out for a few hours.
Oof, I do find most Indian is expensive to eat out for one person as the curries are really expensive if you want to try a couple but then one serve is enough for two people. You don't get as many set meals or single-dish meals for dinner unlike Chinese or Southeast Asian places. Bring on more South Indian restaurants with thaalis! That's how Indian curries should be enjoyed imo 😋
Flying to Melbourne this morning, boy are my arms going to be tired.
Going to see my favourite comedian who was originally not coming to Brisbane... But then all of about 48 hours after we committed to tickets and accommodation in Melbourne announced Brisbane dates too. Funny joke, this is why he's my favourite comedian.
Jokes on him though - I'm still going to go to Melbourne and get me a parmi, and then I'm going to see him in Brisbane too. Now who's laughing? 😎
Last Parma I had was at The Standard in Fitzroy and it sucked. Try the Union Club or The Napier, also in Fitzroy.
best warm pjs and oodie are on
Don’t forget the Uggs!
I have slipper socks with cat's paw tread and ears.
The sky is so beautiful, sunrise and most the stars are still showing.
It's gonna be a stunning day out there. Can't wait for that sun
It came! And then it went. But now it's back!
Went to the Coburg Farmers Market today (we haven't been there in ages) specifically to get Temple Road Wellness Blend Chai. Miniest absolutely loves it and it's great when you're feeling a bit off colour. Can't resist buying soaps, it's one of my weaknesses, so I bought a rose geranium & grapefruit one and a lavender & peppermint one. Aside from that there wasn't much of interest to me specifically. Elder loves the Gorgeous George probiotics stuff, and there used to always be a stall there, but we discovered that he sold the business to someone (Mumma Made) who will be at the Essendon Farmers Market tomorrow. Funny coincidence was Mr P already said that he wouldn't mind checking that one out tomorrow, so Elder is really excited for that. He loves the chilli hommus and I love the beetroot kraut and the basil pesto 🤤😋 I can see this is going to be dangerous! I like farmers markets a little too much lol.. Sometimes I think that if I had some good bread, cheeses, nice simple hommus and pesto type dips, some pickled vegetables or kimchi or sauerkraut and odd seasonal fruits and vegetables, that I could just live off endless variations of that stuff for the rest of my life.
Sometimes I think that if I had some good bread, cheeses, nice simple hommus and pesto type dips, some pickled vegetables or kimchi or sauerkraut and odd seasonal fruits and vegetables, that I could just live off endless variations of that stuff for the rest of my life.
add tea, coffee and moscado and I'm in
The song is coming along. It's been a while since I've written something whose foundation is guitar.
What I usually do is stop working on it after an hour or so, make a copy to listen to and come back the next day. Less likely to get too caught in the details.
HEAVY FOG careful erryone :)
Could barely see 200m ahead during this morning's 6am.
Trip was otherwise uneventful. At least 2 people on their phones whilst in motion, and one without headlights.
Uh oh. The next bus departure listed on PTV is 2:46. Which is a time that is in the past. Personally I subscribe to the idea that time only moves forwards and never backwards, however when I ride PT I always end up feeling like perhaps I need to put some stock in that reversing time theory.
Jokes aside, the tracker thing is working now (it wasn't earlier), and shows the bus as being on its way from the depot. So I think the bus that was running before must have broken down so they're replacing it with a different bus. I was on the bus earlier and it was sounding a bit unhealthy. The brake hold thing/handbrake they use when stopped was making a horrid noise when it was released, and the bus hadn't been fitted with a tracker (at least not one hooked into the PTV API)
Edit: the bus showed up, 7 minutes late (unusual for this route). Same bus as I was on before, just with an angrier bus driver. No clue what all that was about, but google thinks my bus is delayed 2 hours and 34 minutes and seems confused about how I'm on a bus at all
Edit edit: he ran a red light and seemed to be a huge fan of braking (why brake in advance when you could just wait until the last minute and slam the brakes as hard as they can go?)
Every uber ride I've had in the last 12 months does that braking thing and it makes me car sick.
The ads for the Silent Hill 2 Remake are getting out of hand!
Don't know how it's Saturday already... Anyways, has anybody noticed that the air quality has gone to shit the past day or so? I swear there's smoke or something, can't open the windows as the air hurts my throat. Seems to be happening quite a bit the past few months every couple of days. Planned burns?
My asthma has been hell lately so you definitely aren't alone
Air quality is 90 at the moment. That's not really bad for most people, but can be triggering for people with allergies or similar. For context, it was about 160 or so in melb during the 2019/20 bushfires, it's currently 230 in new Dehli, but it's 8 in Newcastle and 33 in Sydney
For me it really depends on what the particulate matter is comprised of. I'm very sensitive to some things as I can have issues breathing when PM2.5 is around 5 μg/m³ depending on what's causing it
Craving veggies... no fancy seasoning, just loads and loads of roast broccoli, maybe carrot, and steamed corn. Want to make something with my scotch bonnet sauce so I'm thinking some kind of jerk fish. Plus herbed rice. That'll be tomorrow.
I'd scarf down so much broccolini but that shit is so expensive :c
I'm looking at a watch and think yeah I'd love to buy it. But then I tell myself why? You use your phone for the time, and as far as a decorative piece goes you rarely leave the house and when you do it's only for a few people that wouldn't care about stuff like that. And also you already have a watch.
So I successfully talked myself out of it.
I've gone back to wearing a watch when out, it's just more convenient to look at my watch than dragging my phone out of my bag.
If you end up talking yourself back into getting a watch, I would highly recommend a semi smart watch like a basic Garmin. Notifications and quick replies without getting your phone out of your pocket are a game changer. Plus all the stats, which are cool ...
Time is meaningless; watches doubly so.
Fun little daily game I found in one of the other communities.
4 words of different lengths to be made out of the letters available and all according to a theme.
I’m ashamed todays one took me so long all things considered.
Tried 'story' and 'myth'. Both were incorrect. I give up
Try types of publications that fall under nonfiction
Thanks, that was fun!
Oh no! Only one game per day and I am addicted now! What have you done‽ Jk/ I like this kind of thing a lot.
Mwuhahaha
but first, a cuppa.
People are talking like it's so cold I'm thinking like I should dress as I did when I lived in Detroit where the weather would be -10C for days and days on end. Warm hat under hood, feather knee long puffer, scarf, double layer gloves, knee high socks and snow boots. Jumper, pants and thermals.
For some reason, I feel that -10°C in Europe was a noticeably more pleasant than anything <10°C anywhere in Australia.
That was based on using very similar set of clothes, and measurement taken outdoors.
On another note, during the daily 6am drives in the recent 2 weeks, I would feel like I'm burning up while my wife is still shivering in the passenger seat while I got the heater on.
I've been thinking about how Coles has introduced an egg buying limit due to bird flu and what it's doing to cattle in the states.
We'll probably end up with vegan diets, not because it's the right thing to do, but because we completely destroy animal products through factory farming
Yeah. I'm not vegan (because my body can't tolerate a lot of the staple foods you need to stay healthy on a vego diet). But factory farming is cruel, excessive and leads to high density environments that mean serious problems with containing outbreaks and zoonosis. I'd rather things dial down a little and people eat less meat than whatever the hell this is.
Yay, the fog has lifted to a beautiful sunny day - so much easier to deal with even if the air temps are cold. Am vindicated in putting my sheets out to dry before heading to meet a friend.
Energy levels are temporarily elevated from socialising, coffee, and sun. I NEED to get some physical movement in to keep it going... making all sorts of excuses not to do other things but I find sone enthusiasm in getting the carport cleaned. So it shall be done!
It certainly feels a lot warmer than 13 degrees out there right now!
Got my washing out as well! Probably the last decent day we'll have for a while for drying.
Gosh, it's been lovely so far. The forecast looks disgustingly grey so I'm spending as much time outside as I can. I'm thinking my next load might have to go to the laundromat to be dried, I just dont have enough to wash this weekend.
Call me a conspiracy theorist but
https://www.reuters.com/investigates/special-report/usa-covid-propaganda/
They totally did this to us too, right? The anti vaxxers were waving those american flags/trump flags for a reason? Urgh.
Yep, they definitely did it here. Seems like there's no bounds for U.S. propaganda. It's seemingly as far reaching as microplastics are—we've all been exposed to it. I've had some "friends" get sucked into it a while ago, very scary stuff.
Crazy how the US can just admit to things like this and nothing ever happens.
I think there was already some anti government psychosis the pentagon could have easily exacerbated. The anti Vax movement here was also supported by most of the Murdoch newspapers and TV channels as well.
I heard a good take about this on Chapo that most people are not used to government intervention being a good thing in their lives. Neoliberal governments have spent so long stepping back and trying not to be involved in things that they were ill equipped to step in when they had to and people weren't used to having the government in their lives in that way
Pretty therapeutic cleaning out my carport after 3.5 years 😬 binned a whole lot of old crap from my old work car, swept up a huge pile of leaves, dust and debris, removed the years of neglect. Now it's unrecognisably clean and tidy! So much less depressing to look at! I'm sure my neighbours will be happy too.
Aint much for a Saturday but I definitely feel like I've earned the right to chill for the rest of the day. Not gonna push myself too hard this weekend...
You've achieved something you wanted to get done, don't belittle that! Enjoy your chill afternoon 😊
Aaaand I changed my mind again and I'm now at a resort in NSW which looks suspiciously like a motel. Nice though. Has Foxtel so I've got the NRL on and a nice cold beverage.
They even have stubby holders! Cheers!
Try The Sebel next time. Slightly better views
home now, it's getting cold, sat down with some hot coffee and those nice strawberry wafers . oh noes, I accidentally picked up the peanut flavoured ones 😵
Coffee so late? Isn’t that going to make it hard to sleep?
Bummer about the wafers :(
half a cup and weak
reminds me, I better take some nurofen while i have that little bit of caffeine in me
Coming away was the right choice. Just pulled $1000 profit out of the club.
Motel was $160 and this trip uses about half a tank of fuel so let's call it a $790 winner. I've got enough points on my RSL member card to get a big free breakfast tomorrow.
Almost finished restoring the kukri (gurkha knife) last night. Interestingly when placed in vinegar several times overnight, it's the edge (hardest bit) that's most affected chemically.
A word of advice is don't tackle the edge after a few drinks. Looked like a murder scene.
Told ya.
I can't do paper straws.
I was very against them and bought steel straws to carry around but now I can tolerate them with my iced coffee on the road.
I do still have a stash of plastic ones I brought home from America last year in my pantry. I haven't thought to use any yet (don't use straws at home).
Hungry Jack's soft drinks now have a cool flippy spout thing on their plastic lids so you don't need a straw and I wish everyone had them.
Edit: after writing this I tried to drink from my can while laying down and spilt it all over my beard. Luckily I have a steel straw with a bend in my travel cutlery kit!
I can't either. It's the texture. Bamboo is okay though if you can find them.
Of the 8 hours I’ve been trying to sleep, I reckon I’ve slept for 2 maybe 3 hours. I’m going slowly insane.
I've had three or four of those nights in the last fortnight. Very not fun 😔 I don't really have any advice, just sympathy. It's brutal
I haven’t been sleeping well the last 2-3 nights, Was really wired yesterday at work.
Going to get some food and coffee and see if that makes me feel better this morning.
Disease or baby?
Nah kid is fine, but don’t think it’s the Covid either.
I fell asleep to this and it was perfect:
I fell asleep to this the other day by accident:
Naawwwwww
Today's question: i know you can get sub-meter circuits for mains. But can you get ones with safety switches built in? 🤔
In other news, mordialloc vintage market was a terrible place to take me to and his lordship has no right to complain about what happened when he did. Not when I literally just bought a pikestaff
A medieval pikestaff type pikestaff? Cool. 👍
technically a pike pole I suppose, but this looks like a home built jobbo of the kind designed to do horrible things or possibly someone who got way into their kid playing Roman Centurion #3 at easter and had genX levels of child safety in mind.
......but let's be honest, who's gonna argue semantics with the woman wielding a chunk of spiked and curved metal on a 50mm diameter shaft?
Great. Meta (Instagram and Facebook) are using user's data and photos to train their AI and Australians can't opt out https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-06-10/instagram-facebook-train-meta-ai-tools-no-opt-out-australia/103958308
just another reason I am glad I have neither
I used to use FB to keep in touch with friends but don't use it now because it's turned to garbage. Getting really sick of mainstream social media
Yeah that tracks. A reminder: if a product is free and you cant figure out how they make money then YOU are how the product makes money.
Just for the benefit of anyone who doesn't know: aussie.zone is "free" because we (the users) pay for it. We don't need to serve you ads.
We won't sell what you say or upload, either - but keep in mind that everything you say here is federated and essentially public. Someone will probably come along at some point and scrape all our data. We won't know it has happened and the open nature of the fediverse makes it impossible to prevent. So keep all that in mind.
Indeed, and I did hear that many years ago. I interpreted that to mean that ads would be served. And potentially they would also spy on you to serve targeted ads. Furry nuff.
However they're taking data and personal photos from as far back as 2007 and nobody knew about AI back then. Changing the terms (often retroactively) and not allowing opt out is not cool and you won't convince me that anybody signed up for this. The overreach is insane.
I fully fell asleep on the couch in my oodie while I had the radio on listening to the footy.
Just started to feel waves of drowsiness taking over me then I was out like a light for maybe an hour.
Also the garlic toast I made and had might have had too much garlic.
I have the breath of death now.
Sounds like your body needed the rest to recharge from the week's stress? It's good that you were able to relax though. This weather definitely makes it easy to not do very much at all. It's not even 5pm and I'm seriously feeling like falling asleep as well. Low power mode...
I've got all my ingredients for my full english breakfast it's just a matter of when (which won't be for breakfast because I can't be bothered in the mornings).
beautiful day out there, those rays are going to do a world of good 🌞
I’m surprised by the sun. It’s nice when it comes out.
Makes me feels slightly brighter and happier.
Went out and managed to pick up some chicken drumsticks early in the morning with a gift card.
Also scored a free hash brown, yay.
Couldn’t sleep so went out early while it wasnt crowded so chicken’s on the menu tomorrow I think.
Had mostly vivid weird dream as well.
Something involving me telling someone off for blocking and emergency vehicle and not letting them pass then my boss pulled me aside to tell me I shouldn’t have been so angry with them and to calm down.
I was wondering if there was a function for threads to be bumped back up to the top when posted in? Just so it's easy to see active threads, there isn't a lot of duplicates, and similar stuff is more easily consolidated into one thread. (ie. Cheap eats)
No worries if not - I don't know how much work implementing that would be or if there's even the option on Lemmy.
I'm not sure if it is. Activity will bump threads when the person looking is sorting by active, but I don't think there's a way to bump them otherwise.
That's good, maybe not as easy to encourage other people to add to the threads but it's good for when you want to find active threads yourself
After some vacuuming, mopping and cleaning the outside of my windows I honestly feel like I'm boiling!!!
Windows aren't perfectly spotless on the outside but I've gotten the worst off.
What does everyone carry while out and about on a normal day?
For me, the standard keys, phone, wallet... and a 20k power bank, charging cables, tissues, mints, and a couple of items for my wife.
cards, phone, keys, water, juice box, compass, whistle, a few coins, twist ties, bulldog clips, power bank, cable, pills, mint, plushie, hand sanitiser, toothbrush, toothpaste, tissues, plastic bag, shopping bag, pens, book, headphones, watch, laminated cat photo
My people (turtles) demand I show reverence to our ancestors, so I carry a backpack everywhere at all times:
Wallet, giant water bottle, journal, keys, iPad or kindle, pens, portable USB battery, headphones, vape juice, vape, tissues, sunnies, small tin of ADHD meds and sometimes a spare jacket or coat, random receipts, shopping bag, chewing gum, protein bar.
🐢🐢🐢
Remember, Gibson is also your boss. 🐱
Phone, wallet, nicotine lozenges, couple of tissues
I'm a wallet, phone, keys guy. No bag, and nothing more than my pockets can carry
Toss in AirPods and yep that’s me too.
Phone, house key, every receipt I've absentmindedly shoved into my bag over the years
Now's the time to clear it out. 😅
Keys, phone, calico bag, mask, meds, lip balm!!!, work pass, purse, powder, loops, emergency sew kit, nail file, chewing gum.
Phone, keys, ear buds, reusable bag.
Haven't carried a wallet around in years.
Phone wallet keys, notebook, pens, water bottle, mask, earbuds, sunnies (I live in hope)
Edit: and a shopping bag that rolls up small
Phone, keys and a go-get'em attitude usually
Phone, keys, wallet though I want to carry that less and less these days.
Depends if I'm travelling light or heavy. Light day out (shops or quick trip) phone, wallet, keys, maybe headphones or earbuds. Heavy (all day outing) phone, 2 powerbanks, charger (cable + brick), panadol, headphones, water bottle, light snack (unless I'm planning on eating out), change of underwear and sometimes shirt
I also keep a go bag in case things go south and I need to bail quickly which contains all of the above + 2 changes of clothes, some cash, a few snacks, and an extra powerbank (so 3 in total)
And I don't usually carry (but should): jacket, umbrella, and tissues
Phone and keys mainly, a Myki card and headphones if I’m using PT. If I’ve got a shoulder bag with me, might have my wallet, gum, tissues, a snack.
Does anyone have suggestions for vacuum space bags that stay compressed please? The budget ones I bought somehow keep reinflating themselves no matter how carefully I seal them and suck out all the air.
Ps. Is there any difference between the Sard brand laundry soap bar and the pack of generic laundry soaps next to it? Is it just the inclusion of eucalyptus?
Slightly different fats used in its construction. Velvet is just as good and much cheaper imo. Velvet is lard based, Sard uses the lighter fraction hydrocarbons left over after petrol production. As does Pears soap. Generic brands usually use either lard or palm oil - you pays your money and takes your pick.
If you want something specific for stains, I find the Exit Soap sticks work better than sard. Can’t comment on regular wash usage though, for that I rotate between whatever powder or liquid is on special.
