2026-07-30T10:27:42Z https://njump.me Kate Bowles https://njump.me/npub1r5fhxd2apr86up4606vqsv3swyv22vk03gpew7k9uudf34v9ewpswp8vy9 https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/000/001/987/original/55a44e790e6a0653.png https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/000/001/987/original/55a44e790e6a0653.png https://njump.me/nevent1qqsw5trasnqnk9ge0slw66qcp46hw8lts5nk3k5zdjf04ja3sjj9z6gzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxdq3lgz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfc94c6u46njpsn8fgflk55rpjgmfzpph9672ph0y2wl88ylnnkss2napnc'>nevent1q…apnc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yesterday I was standing in an artist’s preserved studio, thinking about the visibility of his labour, the physicality of time.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/309/034/781/016/996/original/93bcd4b541b648eb.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-03-28T21:59:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdd45027vzmlhepku7uhxxner95l7tng0x298uz8yj3hzdx5qjjdqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx4qup9f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0zfcjqdh798s33kcpu50jmfj4r9qjkr6vzuatwklrszpfca5nx2g6v4g84'>nevent1q…4g84</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A third vote from me for your videos being produced with care, in a way that draws attention to the etymology of slop associated with carelessness. Slop has original connotations of waste because it’s both low cost and low value, not just low quality. I agree, humans produce plenty of uncaring/uncareful things. AI seems in current promotion actively to encourage this by focusing on being able to produce more and faster. So what is produced is of diminishing value, but also with indifference to the audience. More, faster. 2026-01-15T20:34:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszz624ynlug3a3rgqzqhq5la8s4zc5l539pahn3yhvg2gffdsaulszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxrkzej5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxt4206xvflx5kpfe97qzpuhdcc468wwpe9e3srvraul3wdp7hs2sscznag'>nevent1q…znag</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>So, hmm, this affirms the original point that there’s AI not-slop and not-AI slop and “uniquely AI slop”. My feeling is that this original use of slop is fading •for some• as the Venn diagram becomes a circle. If I say “slop” now, I’m inferring AI. Is that just me? 2026-01-14T00:03:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgg7cxylwx9wm39tmn7u2gkcklcq0xck3y877dgh6y0mxnadxhc9qzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxgrwlw3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsylxzaemrc05dwplr4qqv4tn4xwdqtgm8swwm3xmrka3geakpzjtq22jasc'>nevent1q…jasc</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hello, just disagreeing a bit here. Originally “slop” indicated an issue with quality and quantity, but the term has evolved in use to the point that “AI” is becoming redundant, leaving “slop” to mean more simply “AI content”. 2026-01-13T23:10:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsphw0vjr2khp029k7kaptlvk4qsqspays3mfvzfl8trpw9ck6u6dqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxc3scsd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0asychqdta0cva43dfm2rfgte4y9944vp6rvvhunw45tla5cxppgc6jnzm'>nevent1q…jnzm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Welcome! Check out <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fazu8xs2ammpnr84unqughhtg0hnmh8xaytxu9k87r4wl7k8vmzswkvc22" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dilman Dila</span> (<span class="italic">npub1faz…vc22</span>)</a></span> who openly shares his filmmaking process and works on sci-fi. There’s a lovely community of encouragement for makers here. 2026-01-11T20:36:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdeg0w5ry5ru9tyswpdwmyjzxyugku3krxp22epqynjnx53eqzm6qzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxl5enl0 Tapping all the signs: Greenland’s population is majority Indigenous, the official language in Greenland is Indigenous and connected to other Indigenous languages across the region, Greenland has an Indigenous name (Kalaallit Nunaat) and its own Indigenous Parliament. This isn’t just some random strategic bit of European territory, even if the orange buffoon thinks it would come in handy to “have it”.<br/><br/>#Greenland 2026-01-05T11:00:37Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdy2z0t9c5gvysd3vywg3j0e87l6sxqxkudczmy5cmsc0zkqcuewszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxpl86gp World leaders announcing their official responses to world events on X. What will make this unthinkable? If not now, when? 2026-01-03T22:24:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx77k775p4qt22djr0cgtrdxp9wea6v64wtakmzzzsqfd35frh8qgzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx977x6j RE: <a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/115775957768914553">https://mastodon.iftas.org/@iftas/115775957768914553</a><br/><br/>Shout out to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sshzk090zpdy8l278mdhuz3dm0lqz2l34q2hyepl6qjk2h08d80qpqunja" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aus Social Mods</span> (<span class="italic">npub1ssh…unja</span>)</a></span> as Australia makes it to Christmas. Thank you for dealing with all the stuff we never see, and especially for the last couple of harrowing weeks of #auspol.<blockquote class="border-l-05rem border-l-strongpink border-solid"><div class="-ml-4 bg-gradient-to-r from-gray-100 dark:from-zinc-800 to-transparent mr-0 mt-0 mb-4 pl-4 pr-2 py-2">quoting <br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Article"><a itemprop="url" href="/note1myy2e4q0uyz9gedeqy2hnzg2c2wu8ghncxheee7h9ywa3p0nj0eslrg254" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1">note1myy…g254</a></span><br/> </div> 💙 Season’s greetings to all the Fediverse moderators, admins, and community builders. <br/><br/>Thank you for the time, care, and emotional labour you give to keeping online spaces safer, fairer, and more humane. <br/><br/>Your work often goes unseen, but it truly matters. <br/><br/>Wishing you rest, solidarity, and kindness over the holidays and into the new year.<br/><br/>And for everyone else... send your mods a note today! Let them know you appreciate them 💙<br/> <img src="https://mastodon.iftas.org/system/media_attachments/files/115/775/945/041/038/096/original/9888f5675fdce92c.png"> <br/> </blockquote> 2025-12-24T19:51:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsph25xgypwjl94lupaxdxc5f39fys8etaeweedap6p37n75htszzqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxjaar08 I don’t know who needs this, but this Illawarra Flame Tree is showing up hard in the actual Illawarra region it’s named after. <br/><br/>They flower hardest when anticipating stress.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/615/203/016/730/544/original/5696934c1f9b5d40.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-26T09:09:21Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9ryv44p9532wctcay8fu9lc054de562rtzfw88e5cwwyppfkhudszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxpx72ka We live in an old house and one of the two previous owners planted a gardenia under the bedroom window to catch morning sun at this time of year and bring fragrance into the room. This morning is the morning that gardener was dreaming of.<br/><br/>Times are times. Keep going gardeners.<br/><br/>#gardening<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/612/397/301/329/973/original/1950f40b7a19ee6a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-11-25T21:16:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2jqyqgyz79c7mp49eru42azrtev5z3z2pe3art3terg9s9z5dh9szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx6cqt4m In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyx272kp2cvj38c3mplgcxqs0g6xm96gculy9vkzdc2xlxde5ej7s0lcacv'>nevent1q…cacv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OMG. It’s that time of year for me too. This is exactly how it is, how it has been the whole way.<br/><br/>And now I’m picking up the phone to stop avoiding booking the scan. Thank you, truly. 2025-11-25T02:06:42Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrzlhpv7gpdly38ndjsg7kxa2e9t5qk7ygyhkzxdhv5vvnv28yw2czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxv49zc4 Black Friday in Australia is just such a fucked up nonsense. Make it stop. 2025-11-21T23:42:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgpnw9mcjp0kuts4zr4403zctcvls8pslmx5x4ejt8l9ua0v570sszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxkm8wv5 #threegoodthings to end the weekend.<br/><br/>1. Chaired the lived experience panel for the annual trans and friends festival in our regional city, and as ever we all learned that community is the key<br/><br/>2. My adult children being each other’s siblings in loyal and loving ways<br/><br/>3. Jacarandas and flame trees, just wild. 2025-11-09T07:52:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsff0dqhwn634e5kda74u6u4ef3ysxpm27yhzd8pyecvwjtg9ymlgqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx28cg9x The maker culture on here is far from isolationist. What you do builds hope for others.<br/><br/>I watch people making, repairing, drawing, sewing, crafting knives and pots and short films and solutions and community and compost heaps and seed collections, and when my day begins all those actions and ideas stay with me. <br/><br/>Your labour of bothering to photograph it, alt text it, send updates about it, share frustrations and success, it’s just fantastic. You have no idea who’s watching and thinking: hey, maybe I could sew on a button after all. 2025-11-02T19:25:46Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswlj934xa2nr94vqzvr8wm2mm4fdtfgvp7a5v8ysxrrm3ggpt7x0czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxdj8san In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspjkeustrrwkws3vhflu56y56qya044xpc9gltkz0chffetjehdvc0jj968'>nevent1q…j968</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>This applies to many other professions also. Ripping out entry level writing and analysis jobs means no one is learning about the culture of thinking work itself. This is about deskilling human capability. 2025-10-15T05:42:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspqnh8pypy92hscnh0p5xju4ce9ext3vzfh9ampz7laskmm6qne0gzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx96vm0d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspgvx38afn626npmcmqfk8gpxr0zxnuj0g77vmpy9d7fjt7fet3jqgmkrtz'>nevent1q…krtz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The secret is to see what’s in homes around you, and have a go. Most houseplants need more light than you think and less water. All gardening is experimenting and learning from failure. Welcome! 2025-10-07T19:24:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszc7jknhfarmytlu3rf2as96y40lk84fuj0537tf0fus25jm9cnggzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxygetm0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv606sze0ac9fq3cau579pmxkqv0l87mxpu7lcdug4t490cydwsjs9ryrrd'>nevent1q…yrrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Like other gardeners I think this is euphorbia milii if it has spikes. Depending on your phone your camera app might have a plant identification feature. But you also have 1000 gardeners in your pocket right here. We love the sleuthing. Gorgeous flower! 2025-10-07T04:50:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfpw5qqvvd8xtnjaz63s9u3fz7wd099wrvt3xuudkzf5f98n43u9qzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx986hw0 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg72vketyr2n59ayhzh4nsy0l6puk2y7kshu0pmurgglppf7f43vgw5h39v'>nevent1q…h39v</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks to you both. Done. 2025-09-20T21:17:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr73vlynk3sjs0wm2cpzr7u9064sttktmcyje9vpex0x3ytzm7wwszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxnj076a Shout out of appreciation for all the work <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1p095l6jcegr5j3zz0zjg2zukf7aq34awuetvkkpc8z78qwlvwavs5hm5vl" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Aral Balkan</span> (<span class="italic">npub1p09…m5vl</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1nv8q2yqahmvqgl00vwx5wrd3lv3tzq7g4kdwa577sd8ual87vdxqdyza59" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Joy</span> (<span class="italic">npub1nv8…za59</span>)</a></span> are doing to provide supportive care to the Palestinians of Gaza showing up here in terrifying times. Thank you both, and to everyone here who has been raising Gaza in our thoughts all along. <br/><br/><a href="https://gaza-verified.org/">https://gaza-verified.org/</a> 2025-09-09T10:19:40Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspgw27kn8jyrhxfvs6ypg0m4cdpllc9gukwjj4vpz57ta3vdgydcqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx4k80rr No words.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/19/in-gaza-city-we-are-saying-goodbye">https://www.aljazeera.com/opinions/2025/8/19/in-gaza-city-we-are-saying-goodbye</a> 2025-08-22T07:08:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszfjagpapql7h6wqypycwrdxct68wenwjkrhyk0wj3eqn40tzfk8szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxan4n8z In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspx6d8cayqkd0k5enjqs20zhexas98nz7txphrtpc9dn6224hw6ksrdapef'>nevent1q…apef</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>US labour market data makes the news, in a predictable way, by confounding the Tantrum in Chief. The thing to notice though is that the science of estimation always makes people testy because labour market vitals feed into consumer confidence and political futures. Meanwhile behind the data, every point is a person, a family, a community. #underwork<br/><br/><a href="https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hiring-expected-slowed-july/story?id=124238397">https://abcnews.go.com/Business/hiring-expected-slowed-july/story?id=124238397</a> 2025-08-01T21:50:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspx6d8cayqkd0k5enjqs20zhexas98nz7txphrtpc9dn6224hw6kszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxlcjr2p In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0ea5emwjlaaffn33x6340gehyjwtsmeh6x29xw9nq580f5xxkchqwzgv2h'>nevent1q…gv2h</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why this matters: if you hear that 150 workers have been ejected from their seats, but you just heard that employment levels are both high and stable, you might think: that’s ok, there will be another job.<br/><br/>But when you factor in underemployment, which includes people already losing sufficient work and people who didn’t have sufficient work to begin with, things look tougher.<br/><br/>Political choices that favour business and growth are long-term social choices about how we live, who gets to flourish, who gets by, who gets trapped in #underwork. 2025-08-01T04:04:28Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0ea5emwjlaaffn33x6340gehyjwtsmeh6x29xw9nq580f5xxkchqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxcccgzt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp096afpufgt696grn6k546qh02f7x37wk7ljpvectjsfeuekgn6gvt7gqu'>nevent1q…7gqu</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And the threshold of being countable as employed in Australia is one hour paid work a week, and can be not even that. So the unemployment rate references this number, not any common sense understanding of sufficient work to live on. It includes all the teenage workers 15 and up.<br/><br/>Within this are nested the underemployed who report themselves in a monthly survey of around 50000 Australians as employed and either having had expected working hours reduced, or preferring to work more than their normal working hours.<br/><br/>So this is how we get an official underemployment rate of 5.9% in Australia.<br/><br/>#underwork 2025-08-01T03:59:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp096afpufgt696grn6k546qh02f7x37wk7ljpvectjsfeuekgn6gzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxzlnqru In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs90g60u7yxdxqu68zlhh2p072lnu92kqsg9m3asxt6wjzpk76p5ssmxy7cg'>nevent1q…y7cg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Why think about this as #underwork not underemployment? Because underworking is a human condition with human impact, like overworking. Underwork is a social situation.<br/><br/>And unless the sparkly new futurey jobs show up, AI driven underworking will expand the demographic of an established and generationally impactful underworking class: working under the level of wealth creation, working insecurely, with fewer protections, weaker access to fair work provisions, solidarity or safe protest.<br/><br/>These are long term political choices. 2025-08-01T00:45:33Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs90g60u7yxdxqu68zlhh2p072lnu92kqsg9m3asxt6wjzpk76p5sszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxqv4yjf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgnuk0nxzmznfsdv9e5r9es7fnst8dqw30smyeh5wquhveq3v7haq5533px'>nevent1q…33px</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Beginning a thought about the prospect of mass global #underwork.<br/><br/>The definitions and thresholds of employment used by governments are way more granular than just “in work” or “has job”. So underworking is likely to be far more prevalent than the data derived from self-reported survey responses. And the vision of labour market transformation thanks to sparkly new futurey jobs is very light on detail about new job stability or income sufficiency.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/labour-force-australia-methodology/jun-2025">https://www.abs.gov.au/methodologies/labour-force-australia-methodology/jun-2025</a> 2025-08-01T00:37:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgnuk0nxzmznfsdv9e5r9es7fnst8dqw30smyeh5wquhveq3v7haqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx5xyxpz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfp89qrt77adas7r2c8d8zavddlwlpc8y420225k6ll4lqzs8vhps4dl3gv'>nevent1q…l3gv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>And as a painful coda to Scott Farquahar’s #npc shenanigans shared earlier by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub160s3jaqxg0whs28mz44h6wsuva0amxvpf52kk29dz9cc2h6scxzsxfrss9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Emma Davidson</span> (<span class="italic">npub160s…rss9</span>)</a></span>, here’s the other half (apparently the less warm one) firing 150 workers by video.<br/><br/>Sparkly new futurey jobs? No sign.<br/><br/><a href="https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/114949668927182961">https://mastodon.social/@campuscodi/114949668927182961</a><br/><br/>#underwork 2025-08-01T00:24:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfp89qrt77adas7r2c8d8zavddlwlpc8y420225k6ll4lqzs8vhpszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx4hpdtu Thinking about this, and the future of global #underwork.<br/><br/><a href="https://gizmodo.com/the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-2000635294">https://gizmodo.com/the-end-of-work-as-we-know-it-2000635294</a> <br/><br/>The End of Work as We Know It 2025-07-31T07:06:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstxpjduw23r5fzjujlqj4k3gupq9klfe22hpsaqjjevne64qflsnqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxzwutt7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cqph69u5sgkzecglusnhnmxffrtkmrzu7wvhzwymhkschsf70equaujxj'>nevent1q…ujxj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Living in a small place (albeit attached to a city), I think Phil is my neighbour. I love this tale so much. 2025-07-23T21:25:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxue2h8ml39s9rllt4q2ppe33ca58ervwzcc2suq2ufd43kw737ggzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxwyf5pp Watching LA, watching #madleen put their life jackets on, thinking about the safety and peace that you happen to live in that is precisely shaped by threat to others who are not you, and also by their courage. 2025-06-08T23:20:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvuna37l4hv96uln9s4gde4lv4d8u03lukm00324awsgyqnhep2agzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxf2c6uz I’m curious about a thing that’s appeared at the beach that I think is a rock. I feel a rock scientist will know why it has this pattern. It’s rock heavy in the hand. But it’s clay adjacent.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1993xh9d6y8k3qhp9hx48a652fhee7u3glwzz5frdq5esaac3qctshvymcw" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pottery by Osa</span> (<span class="italic">npub1993…ymcw</span>)</a></span>?<br/><br/>Anyone? I’d love to know. Please boost.<br/><br/>Location: east coast Australia just north of Wollongong.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/531/506/658/477/982/original/3bd009897bc41acd.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/531/506/829/529/682/original/5e28cad15c2cbb26.jpg"> <br/> 2025-05-18T23:53:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvkft7wu0huzl2gsdjswy0skn3z9q7rd6ue5dct353zded67r0vqczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx50daaj In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8ngammtlt0pl3p4au66lttmrdzcq7wdzcz3p9rszuqqdx6z6n3nqw3pzl5'>nevent1q…pzl5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>it’s very cute on mobile! I don’t know enough about accessibility standards so someone else could advise you. But my favourite robot is there so that’s a win. 2025-04-24T07:00:00Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszlgpkk8ncj7700gun50sz87cgzyycd2n843m6j6ct8ltlzwjjlvszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx39xwcg As <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1c84vgjq5xzdm4f5p9y748teyt2l3t8xls0u0f4aheqfkppvx6cnqf7j3t9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>The Boxing Kangaroo</span> (<span class="italic">npub1c84…j3t9</span>)</a></span> says, this is a great article. But it misses the other social and small factor in hospo: “labour cost” is also labour market. These businesses going under are workplaces, often where local teens are getting their start (without which they don’t have a job history) or they’re the second or third job for older workers, and in cities they’re the mainstay of the gig economy for delivery riders. There’s a lot at stake here.<br/><br/>This holiday weekend if you can afford a coffee you’re being served by a very young one because the labour cost goes up by age, so when holiday pay rates kick in the older teens are benched in favour of the youngest (especially in small family businesses) as everything is marginal for everyone.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/can-australia-still-afford-the-pub-coffees-and-friday-takeaway/105115938">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04-21/can-australia-still-afford-the-pub-coffees-and-friday-takeaway/105115938</a> 2025-04-20T23:58:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs287ss4yfnx57n3xswavgguww2p8msgagjapvafzesru628h743eczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxc7lfu7 I’ve been following <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fazu8xs2ammpnr84unqughhtg0hnmh8xaytxu9k87r4wl7k8vmzswkvc22" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dilman Dila</span> (<span class="italic">npub1faz…vc22</span>)</a></span> since seeing Lanyonyo on here.<br/><br/>Read about the fundraising and system challenges facing this beautiful filmmaker. And there’s a link to Lanyonyo in there, a haunting short film he’s shared so you can watch for free.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.dilmandila.com/the-plight-of-african-filmmakers-seeking-film-funds">https://www.dilmandila.com/the-plight-of-african-filmmakers-seeking-film-funds</a> 2025-04-10T22:23:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsr8ecwdvquy8wt3vf2l233utklwpffgexeghhwtnuljlwfmm5gryczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxv0hte0 Even as I’m messing about hand stitching a quote boost of something <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hajv5552xxlft3us53naww5myk5t584w8t3ccwhq8jgngxwn6avs8vhv9x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>damon</span> (<span class="italic">npub1haj…hv9x</span>)</a></span> said, I still find the fediverse far more engaging than BS. I’ve always felt it was the effortful part — people here are working on it, giving each other grief, adapting, adjusting, keeping going.<br/><br/>So it’s some combination of the people and the friction. In the nine years since I came here entirely by accident people together made major mistakes, and people together keep working to repair and renew, and despite all the stereotypes the people doing this are all kinds of people.<br/><br/><a href="https://aus.social/@damonism/114214050619648963">https://aus.social/@damonism/114214050619648963</a> 2025-03-30T20:15:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq3aqrr2agpgpfph6n2cg5m0fx26puvllh7xrrt4zjxa3jrx7sekqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxqz3t76 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstupsva5ms2e5dhv0mmlwtumhz3gct5ylx8dmgjdzy5pu46rspd6gv54t5y'>nevent1q…4t5y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>The questionnaire has landed here too. Extraordinary overreach.<br/><br/>Australia has effective mandatory reporting of foreign influence in university research, and while the US was never the intended focus, this is now very messy. <br/><br/><a href="https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trump-ideological-vetting-of-local-uni-research-a-slippery-slope-20250314-p5ljk3">https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trump-ideological-vetting-of-local-uni-research-a-slippery-slope-20250314-p5ljk3</a> 2025-03-16T20:40:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp52zwlfupuesda7f0xswkymx8k899k5xpl930vvkmhag8mq542mszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxnd2573 In this terrible world, this stupidocracy of buffoons, I’m finding the nightly presence of a small frog outside my window very comforting. 2025-03-15T10:33:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8kdn2tm48dug3lx5cjpfarlkkt3dj3nlvwfcpplxhfrtt9yc98nszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxd6fnew In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9lpay7yluhlmkn9eqm7kfjzwrceew7k0myg9uj8p47frqh3mph4cc4v7ml'>nevent1q…v7ml</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Stay safe up there. 2025-03-07T05:13:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsg7dswjy2e4fpf0xq0ql4ejjudvut9upm4fkqehsucp8q5lha86pszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxnxdtrg A little more on the UA government donation website: you can choose where your donation goes including non-military options like rebuilding schools, land mine clearance, medical evacuation. Even just studying the site for a while is useful.<br/><br/>For me it was the absolute nonsense about wearing a suit. He didn’t need a ride when this began, he doesn’t need a suit now. FFS, he is the most deliberate and constructive of political communicators. He’s not playing, and never was.<br/><br/><a href="https://u24.gov.ua/">https://u24.gov.ua/</a> 2025-02-28T21:45:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsra4sxsfksmuctl23mc9lqw9xrswq8mpncccrs70qurxknjsza67szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxhwk4wc Moonlight. That’s enough.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/996/438/491/663/406/original/faa8e9cac4e0d85b.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-13T11:55:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsz8q5p5rlpknp9vrz4nntvuaspcf75xayj4ermx45gx4zrxngkuaszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx3vzrpe In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsp2swzvzzxy0u036c2k04clucgq4gc7lfkvvcgxn8rvfm2eeqa74qvwrkjn'>nevent1q…rkjn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Have you seen #monsterdon? It’s a lovely thing of movie co watching. It’s Sunday night for many, but here in Australia it happens on Mondays so I don’t watch the movie but I watch the hashtag while I’m working. 2025-01-26T20:30:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszdycfm9vt2ytzradrxf35lh8ydrr3pyct8pu4qevjc8y6kknd30szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxwlwnfx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvjccjesenkdyvzj6xr7n5k3lzyt3qmpdz3qlz4yz24ay3dhfymhga2xwzs'>nevent1q…xwzs</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My neighbours are currently sitting in their backyard watching tennis on their TV which they’ve carried out to the lawn. They’re under the stars on a warm night, it’s nice. 2025-01-26T10:44:23Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsv4qwfmy00rfdt9kt79n2hphwu0ke2kxujtpxxcj3fad6ee0zckyczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxhvd2z8 #silentsunday<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/894/177/918/805/270/original/320d0c4ecda70fff.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-26T10:29:20Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs243974q3rfzscgahsf7cusur8enh46xm7s6uhayu7mdk2lf4w47szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxtcfxqz The more that AI promises to do the work of reading, summarising and composing for us, the more I’m searching for signs of human writing. That’s what this hashtag is to me: respecting the effort and craft and all the signs of life, the writer’s own handprint.<br/><br/>It’s the moment where you see the palm shape of the potter in the pot, the typo, the irregularity in the quilt. I once saw a boot print in paint on the margin of a huge Pollock canvas and I’ve never forgotten it. I think we can see it in digital writing too.<br/><br/>#WordsWorthWriting 2025-01-15T21:15:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9n5umrtz84dltxttl9hz7m2nesjx26yvll5arnryv36pq4f7hp8gzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxchymfa In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst5uvh4kkfs43ga0wjmsd4n4yhjnnepj6vltteru6yw0xjjvep4fsfklytn'>nevent1q…lytn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Even the big servers are a fine place to set out from, if that helps, and changing later is straightforward.<br/><br/>I’m trying to choose an email service and it’s making my head spin so I’m really sympathetic to the feeling that the first step is both difficult and deal breaking. I hope your friend feels welcome here. 2025-01-06T05:41:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspglpft79qm6u47crmecfzhp5jakqeser4wrgrulxrfdx2wjgz86czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxeh86eu As an older woman, I’m just sitting quietly with the fact that the nine year period of sustained sexual assault and rape of Gisèle Pelicot began when she was 59, and continued until she was 68.<br/><br/>This is a very specific genre of sexual violence. Her courage in exposing it is formidable. 2024-12-20T07:31:55Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdplepjrlj8q7me8jmzwwsnxwlkmecjpss9tqea3u8erzec8zxj9gzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxuzrwv2 This backstory to the creation of food deserts in the US is useful for Australians as we’re also focused on grocery retail price fixing and similar geographies of poor access. We don’t have the same policy settings, so how did we get here?<br/><br/>Via <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1eldj6w5lu93kclzstykerh4lp96snr6xzwlqkrcmsvy9n2zkx5ds6xrjsh" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Mel</span> (<span class="italic">npub1eld…rjsh</span>)</a></span> and <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub18x75k7r3stplr9jylm2eyn8jfhudvnteyv0c6u76y9hc3y37cpuqqsp6e7" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦</span> (<span class="italic">npub18x7…p6e7</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/><a href="https://mstdn.social/@mjg/113658331136118580">https://mstdn.social/@mjg/113658331136118580</a> 2024-12-15T20:42:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy7c3lkmzl6222hx7reywu6ze55fuxdl0gydmzs8ul2x8mlfsxm4czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx3sgrm4 My neighbour who spends every waking minute mowing his lawn has put Christmas lights around his fuse box and I need you to know about this strange and beautiful action.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/631/669/069/148/107/original/1107a11441638a1b.jpg"> <br/> 2024-12-11T01:49:26Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyrnxq0eaqdul7jz72edpdtrzd82q5xh987a7penk2zqepg9kwulczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxhrzx8s The joy of slow discovery: this morning I was stopped in my browsing by <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1hr7087sk4yxl25nmx9c42p0zgk5kyfyvar5xeklezs23hjuenr7qr3jxyc" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Baldur Bjarnason</span> (<span class="italic">npub1hr7…jxyc</span>)</a></span> posting photographs of fog (fog!) and then by wandering I also found this:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2024/interim-1/">https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2024/interim-1/</a><br/><br/>We are so used to direction, we need to remember how to explore. 2024-12-09T20:02:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9rns5hm348w69vf8rwyzkcezzn902lqhvwu8ugcfvff32vmngsmqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxelrnht In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2nm9cwcqv3gtytncljm2t8x6uu4889ls7vrwk7976u5h6ner7eus49gnrf'>nevent1q…gnrf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>see also: <a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-lawsuit-ai-deny-claims-medicare-advantage-health-insurance-denials/">https://www.cbsnews.com/news/unitedhealth-lawsuit-ai-deny-claims-medicare-advantage-health-insurance-denials/</a> 2024-12-04T20:57:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspf0th8axctagpwz0p02ql5mjmdqkd682mkz7wrwkd65gcnf9mddszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxavg8gm In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfmsal3axxlmc0qg2gtfz97lnqlrkasa7fck5xjn9gsuvf4nmrkgsl7wm2n'>nevent1q…wm2n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But wait! Help is coming to us all.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.artisanai.me/index.html">https://www.artisanai.me/index.html</a> 2024-12-04T20:51:05Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsfmsal3axxlmc0qg2gtfz97lnqlrkasa7fck5xjn9gsuvf4nmrkgszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxl3acdt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfdyqt0j2c54fgmgudw9wnnrcuxrmcgh7zzz0hzgqhmwy5xhn0hnsnkpt7r'>nevent1q…pt7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Feeling all of this with feelings today, as both work-supported computers I use are becoming such a tangle of authentication workarounds and update clashes that I’ve started to fear closing windows. 2024-12-04T20:25:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf9f2yulazkwydc2yk4prmgrauaskrydtcwgxezg09554zt65ra6czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx7dsx6j <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sacl4yvfyeurcng493dnfsq4w0hnelqcs9fzk2fk60rn3mpj49ds90kcpe" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Erin Kissane</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sac…kcpe</span>)</a></span> I wonder, did you see this report?<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theengineroom.org/library/new-report-exploring-a-transition-to-alternative-social-media-platforms-for-social-justice-organizations-in-the-majority-world/">https://www.theengineroom.org/library/new-report-exploring-a-transition-to-alternative-social-media-platforms-for-social-justice-organizations-in-the-majority-world/</a> 2024-11-29T01:24:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsqecpnagrjdrrzmydkgzz8k6jhylucvn8u5pppkza4ys07s5nxpfqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxghk95t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs05a7puez2gdy268ccqzwu8c9kxyeg5d9gn9cwt2zkdftxzma3gxgkffrre'>nevent1q…frre</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>For me diversity is the why too, so what jumps out here is the how: “welcoming more people”. I’m thinking about the step from a welcoming UI and actually welcoming people—the human scale work. Thoughtful UI can help more people arrive but if their earliest interactions are irksome or no one responds at all or they get hassled or hustled, they’ll go again.<br/><br/>This has helped me think a new thought, about welcoming work as an accountability. Am I making it harder or easier for this person I don’t know to feel like they want to be here? 2024-11-24T20:30:39Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9gt2tqyzmat6v7t2m9u6ah5w8k9kpvwzsqlknj4hpgjn95pc89aszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxkhfxrc Shout out to #risingtide for courageous action in Newcastle today. Huge cheer to you <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub160s3jaqxg0whs28mz44h6wsuva0amxvpf52kk29dz9cc2h6scxzsxfrss9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Emma Davidson</span> (<span class="italic">npub160s…rss9</span>)</a></span>!<br/><br/><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/climate-activism-rising-tide-protest-newscastle-coal-port">https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/nov/24/climate-activism-rising-tide-protest-newscastle-coal-port</a> 2024-11-24T04:31:08Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9vg7evgqjq07vcw64wlf08we5tazk9rxxymnfavphdgmnshn5fcczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxa4rkxh Ok, this from <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1sacl4yvfyeurcng493dnfsq4w0hnelqcs9fzk2fk60rn3mpj49ds90kcpe" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Erin Kissane</span> (<span class="italic">npub1sac…kcpe</span>)</a></span> is genuinely extraordinary. It’s extraordinary. It gets more extraordinary as it goes on.<br/><br/>Read this. It is not a quick read. It’s a read and come back to and read again. <br/><br/>Read this. Don’t think of it as a post or a hot take, you’ll give up. Hold it in your hands like a slim book. Take it to a park. Read it with a whole pot of tea. Invite friends over to mull it with you. Follow every link. Write notes in the margin. See where you disagree. Talk about it.<br/><br/>Read this.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/">https://www.wrecka.ge/against-the-dark-forest/</a> 2024-11-22T20:48:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvfa4yn5v946ku8vj6gdgh0m5r2gssv8wetuwzge6prewpfqp2tngzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxw9lp9j In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs28a8lyc738dq0chpwu9jzgqcu6cy2rcf24kwjs8z8fgsm5jtqjmq4sx46t'>nevent1q…x46t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Last night while I could barely see to type: scintillating scotoma to scintillating Scotsman. 2024-11-21T00:07:53Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy6cx4gs4azxwpwwvn7xsh6tfdmzmqqah6evhl8qt28ht3j0yq4hczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxedn72p Here’s <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1lrqq7g0mzygss3gcuudug79snpd5gku6u24fghfj3u8kqtp573rqtjpn8w" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ben Werdmuller</span> (<span class="italic">npub1lrq…pn8w</span>)</a></span> on being open-minded about platform co-existence, instead of the very tedious smackdown triumphalism that’s a tech product norm.<br/><br/>“This dynamic offers a promising future for users, with both worlds learning from one another in a productive tension that has the potential to strengthen the open social web.”<br/><br/><a href="https://werd.io/2024/bluesky-the-fediverse-and-the-future-of-social-media">https://werd.io/2024/bluesky-the-fediverse-and-the-future-of-social-media</a> 2024-11-14T21:17:57Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs97kvcr9hs4x43q5352euhg0thgt5076h35avcdjd5srsesragsxgzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxvyfyxm Putting a university workforce through change management at the business end of the year is having exactly the result you’d expect: chaotic decision making, don’t operate machinery levels of fatigue, deadlines in flames. People are trying to plan next year when no one knows who or what will survive the present cull, with a second phase of loss to come in February.<br/><br/>We are all so tired. 2024-11-13T08:21:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8y3tartzwd2a8a60a4mcmq2edrljluzwma8gruca2w05uf28h4kgzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxgxs0ef Among the terrible things in my workplace is a proposal to disestablish languages and linguistics. We’re a regional university serving a regional community—this risks language study at university level for students over a really wide area.<br/><br/>If you work in languages or linguistics, especially in Australia, please consider supporting my hardworking colleagues who are fighting back with a petition. Time is pressing, and boosts are welcome.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.change.org/p/fight-the-closure-of-languages-at-the-university-of-wollongong/c">https://www.change.org/p/fight-the-closure-of-languages-at-the-university-of-wollongong/c</a> 2024-11-12T09:55:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9lw6ru3fg7rsnkq9vr8ncjf0axvntsxnlykgqcw494xz8r2j0p2czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxu7yxwj Our local edible garden trail is on. I met a woman who’s turned a plain grassy slope into terraced and mulched raised beds with many types of citrus, pomegranates, almonds, every vegetable, and salvias to bring in pollinators. It took her five years from grass slope to the capacity to feed her neighbours in community dinners, her next move. I came home with a salvia cutting I don’t have and I’ll send back to her some of mine. She gave me so much hope. <br/><br/>#bloomscrolling #gardening<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/450/847/418/960/045/original/4bd3252ea1b34c06.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/450/847/534/541/550/original/bfc1e61fd9f964a8.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/450/847/839/463/706/original/1ffc0493a6aa652c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/450/848/196/833/457/original/2d59205e315aaba1.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-09T03:28:07Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqspjyr96wj2fj0flr2akyajns0s77w0hwyqv8vrl7tsal634r83t4qzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx0c6exj While the rest of the world is on edge waiting to see what Americans do next, willing support and strength to American friends, here’s a small detail of something ordinary happening: a flowering kangaroo paw (anigozanthus).<br/><br/>#bloomscrolling #gardening<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/415/576/459/968/663/original/d7e3687dcaed2c73.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-02T21:58:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqstj2wg3ff72xgzrdrkag0wxr5uqqf78ws98qsv78eahe5h3tl7npszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx9n7nr9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9k5t8q57nem800hmlm6txypwywaluhgmf8hh86jnlv4xjyl4gkpclfkpru'>nevent1q…kpru</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I second that one, and add <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1wl5sn7hvyczng9shjha043nc87phu7qvjv5kymmy5vh8hxtzjccs8xvs4x" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Pauline von Hellermann</span> (<span class="italic">npub1wl5…vs4x</span>)</a></span> for #ClimateDiary 2024-10-31T07:24:54Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszp4c5gmssj2wcmcp66qgelxl2lv448dakx6llzrs7cg8sgqarzeqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx49zj7k Yesterday the dentist asked “have you been clenching your teeth?” I told him I work at the university. He’s read about our coming job losses in the local paper. We agreed that not working at the university could solve my dental problem. #upside 2024-10-30T20:15:51Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy2xep6vs55pcl32ue4jdndqqycfrhllwx3vefgw5vfgr8klc225czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx3npttn My neighbour the taxi driver is fastidious about yard maintenance and all living things offend him. His pride and joy is the metal Colourbond fence that separates us. I am his neighbour, his rewilding nightmare. He is currently outside my window trying to cut back a jasmine of mine in full bloom. He will be covered in sap, poor guy.<br/><br/>He mows and mows his lawn all weekend and before he can put his lawnmower away the jacaranda (the one surviving tree in his yard) has already ruined it, to my quiet delight.<br/><br/>Neighbours, hey.<br/><br/>#gardening<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/376/917/108/522/505/original/ed4a95d7e206b2f9.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/376/917/372/629/411/original/d7036ba44f6e57c0.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-27T02:05:43Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyw6evvthffwmfndvj9a8e6956gd3s9l3twywqq6n4fcs3htp935szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx7gd0cx Perhaps someone could ask Australian University vice chancellors not to say “bright future” when interviewed about sector wide layoffs. Just think for a moment.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-21/university-of-canberra-to-cut-200-jobs-cost-savings/104496984">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-21/university-of-canberra-to-cut-200-jobs-cost-savings/104496984</a> 2024-10-21T21:56:58Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqswa9vvhupq9akk6mhgl9q7zyd7z6al22mw2pm56n83mta654e3wxszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx2jg3sm Very demoralised by everything but especially the behaviour of my employer. That line got crossed. If you work in a uni you won’t have to guess. 2024-10-18T07:12:35Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsp8nc6uv64vh4ehr0etz7s7cuys3v9hxgn9vf386aggyt3pdl59vszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxe80mq3 Thanks to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1myuqazdr00xypr2nv98wk2llnae0lgrjk3fy8um9plc4h8wt9wxqsyhwn4" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Ren Wyld</span> (<span class="italic">npub1myu…hwn4</span>)</a></span>, I’m learning about this initiative to mentor students from Gaza to get through the application process to reach our universities (see previous boost for more detail including why Karen vouches strongly for this). This has to challenge us to do more on our end. Where (in the world) are the best tuition fee scholarships for students from Gaza? Where is the best safety and support for students escaping genocidal trauma? <br/><br/><a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-the-scholarships-for-ghazza-initiative">https://www.gofundme.com/f/donate-to-the-scholarships-for-ghazza-initiative</a> 2024-10-15T20:53:38Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs2vjgtz6ctletnt8m7ul7wk29c9am4pc6mx5n7q9uv2c0gt4rzguczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxa85e0l In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswkrhgeqx97nufjhfvyder5w6emq6vm5xlec8h3c52d35n9ajpegg8z543d'>nevent1q…543d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh that’s an amazing shot. Go little bee. 2024-10-03T21:01:18Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsf9hsnac0xy8lp0vph2l8lch2jur43uxq8mmrxk9hals4nfysg20czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx4njvq2 Take a breath, it’s a lot.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/235/849/371/159/694/original/508248d2aae8dfd9.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-02T04:06:50Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsdg5v87jzrctj3mwcf06pe3q226tcnk7svmayh8n4e02n8zz2vflqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxwc8qq7 #silentsunday astonishment<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/220/532/924/901/145/original/7892dadc0e756999.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-29T11:16:12Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsgynmzgjc99686ej2pjva2x42jtduj4e845ndpc2tezh97e02jrsqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxkl60lv There’s something about seeing a passing whale just hanging out and playing. People stop to watch, strangers talk to each other.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/212/372/830/669/513/original/c0b3518a10aa3967.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-28T00:37:41Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsrgt0jr0n0gjjy6mddamqq9ldcv4w3u2mehrkyqk7w9agq69pmmsqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxlrnye3 Shout of appreciation for <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1upl6eewsmmqfpmpaxq0drn4x32wq9gku7pdaazhs7942ddmxuymqjljakp" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Agroecology Map</span> (<span class="italic">npub1upl…jakp</span>)</a></span> <br/><br/>Honestly, it fills you with hope. 2024-09-21T11:00:13Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsweafx7jhw0w4chgawv9ngyq8a58javf8ryqvkx4pkye5vv3h3vgqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxjzugw6 So, ok, the Australian social media thing.<br/><br/>In the draft legislation included at the end of the 277 page French Review commissioned by the South Australian government, there’s this:<br/><br/>“9-Complaints about a breach of the duty of care<br/><br/>If a person has reason to believe that a child [domiciled in this State] has been or is being provided with access to a social media service which is not an exempt social media service contrary to the duty of care imposed by section 8(1), then the person may, on behalf of the child, make a complaint to the Regulator about the breach.”<br/><br/>If this draft evolves into actual legislation, this is how enforcement will be triggered: via complaint. Any person, any child. So now all the parents who want to block their kids’ social media access can report other teenagers too, and the onus shifts to the platform to demonstrate reasonable steps, and to the families of the other teenagers to prove age or consent. This is a recipe for all sorts of messed up antics.<br/><br/>This idea isn’t workable because it’s watertight and unevadable. It’s just workable. It’s political calculation cosplaying as conscience.<br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub160s3jaqxg0whs28mz44h6wsuva0amxvpf52kk29dz9cc2h6scxzsxfrss9" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Emma Davidson</span> (<span class="italic">npub160s…rss9</span>)</a></span> 2024-09-11T12:09:27Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsq5ysnrc85gdahvt5ku3m8jmzt9wuhlch5vftm8mpnp846c30c26gzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxrc2lld In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszp3dgaszrx0y0esdjgahyhf7mveua37eyevsyvs25yv6gwcfw6ns9vkrdf'>nevent1q…krdf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Something in the quietness of Ayo Akingbade’s films reminded me of <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1fazu8xs2ammpnr84unqughhtg0hnmh8xaytxu9k87r4wl7k8vmzswkvc22" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Dilman Dila</span> (<span class="italic">npub1faz…vc22</span>)</a></span>’s Lanyonyo: The Metal Person, so I’m pretty stoked to find his work here: <a href="https://video.ploud.jp/c/dilstories/videos">https://video.ploud.jp/c/dilstories/videos</a><br/><br/><span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15kxynqhwmyj046hv68umxytxzf0alvp6mgtn4s3px4py5ngjqn5spmwult" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Frances Bell</span> (<span class="italic">npub15kx…wult</span>)</a></span> 2024-09-06T17:02:44Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszp3dgaszrx0y0esdjgahyhf7mveua37eyevsyvs25yv6gwcfw6nszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxg7ad5z Still thinking about this installation by Ayo Akingbade that I visited yesterday with <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub15kxynqhwmyj046hv68umxytxzf0alvp6mgtn4s3px4py5ngjqn5spmwult" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Frances Bell</span> (<span class="italic">npub15kx…wult</span>)</a></span>.<br/><br/><a href="https://youtu.be/4rnSJDovrjA?feature=shared">https://youtu.be/4rnSJDovrjA?feature=shared</a> 2024-09-06T17:01:04Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxyxffvxy66nxsnm3au06ruue9evu8xxjcl8p0n4lrf6ae5sp8ewqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxhepe4u I don’t usually get to do this but thanks to the great yews of Chichester, I’m in #ThickTrunkTuesday<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/073/882/199/070/180/original/4bd8a4104e7a65f3.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-03T13:35:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsx8uqelx88gthxa2s637cumylfxdr3hyr57zp24zhk36ktaa3wzwgzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxn9hnsp Today’s chalk paths made by walking.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/064/185/059/061/206/original/33b78c059d831ec8.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/064/186/305/966/962/original/0b8fe1afb7a4ee91.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/064/187/153/021/190/original/ebb4ccba223da560.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-01T20:31:32Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyt96ezhd9ytjt70pwla0mntgmlq2jmj4qlxx3mn9f6ffsf07u88qzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx3g0awc Scotland, truly. Arrived in the dark, waking up to this.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/027/120/891/379/040/original/0fba9e6b4cde4ce5.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/027/121/611/000/065/original/acae454dbf236670.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/027/122/162/621/020/original/60a0bd47ca32fa4f.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-26T07:29:22Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0va4dafyd7ejdxdehkggud3mxzy8tlerp5lhaqgs8kfp3jddsapczyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxlanhng In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs29ggm84dlaale8u42hft9k8tqghm3uq7v9j75c672e50qk3mxgkgg9lac4'>nevent1q…lac4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>for metaphors, see also this Australian movie:<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana_(film)">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lantana_(film)</a> 2024-08-22T07:16:03Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsyx9lf8f88grw5lkrh36qdzkcsgyttd8nn278gpjpl5aly2l4tdnszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx8usxud In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszud7s8l3qyzr7zcvmvnm8ssy8mdwdr4uz9gn5lpfr0axr52sz6us58jx7r'>nevent1q…jx7r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But maybe that’s the movie to make! Like WaterWorld, but with lantana. Planet Lantana. 2024-08-22T05:05:11Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqszud7s8l3qyzr7zcvmvnm8ssy8mdwdr4uz9gn5lpfr0axr52sz6uszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxw242tx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvh62apyp8g72reusywktfvsmwnddcwu7utk6zvykr80t0czrtzjsa08qm9'>nevent1q…8qm9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>A less delightful feature of this plant is that it eats whole hillsides! Because it spreads via birds so easily it is really hard to contain. I’ve shared this picture before—lantana management is a constant struggle around the creeks and bush areas near me. Lantana won’t save the world except by outperforming everything else.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/003/901/689/514/302/original/98ec9f15ea1ae406.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-22T05:03:48Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsy609jrhu2lyqh69fn7kk7m9vv5ekyjs4gj88l5vjxs3sf8mtjhpgzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxyfxmva This day, on the eve of travel.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/977/239/708/938/578/original/6f9b265355fd7af1.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-17T12:01:36Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsvyevza8fy6fm29mhl8hemfctec3cqgeuqpqmzrx7zjjj6k9uwuaszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxehvunh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd5yv2lqyazwaktp9sndkrhjg49r2522t2d96re9pthnnu23jgxugtmyark'>nevent1q…yark</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I really appreciate this idea of the craft of compost, thank you. 2024-08-15T21:32:52Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqsxjlfsns7yg7afydlqxe5wq860y3jkguwhn40qvymww6gkh889eqszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxexsx02 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgf0k940dp8ecsfl34v9lxn3kth3lpr3hf30hggv64uz7euf4cxeca0kf0g'>nevent1q…kf0g</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Wordpress might be the one (never Facebook, no longer Twitter, not GitHub), and I’d like to get involved as I really love memorial benches, it’s a thing. 2024-08-10T09:02:10Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs8jfgc9rm6l3hvsdz08v0rlz7pgtva9klq5w0n55ahslu6dzljlwszyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxkaw083 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzqu8xc5lau6924edxcdzx0tzhj6ygs4246p45yasqs8xerfzpmgupxnn8'>nevent1q…xnn8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Thanks for the answer! I’ll keep hoping, and I do see the problem. I’m collecting benches in the meantime. 2024-08-10T07:11:14Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs9x424sjlj9j3e9jdrhrsn7h0suna6r7j7pjnqg2d4a2cd42h05eqzyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxvjgx5y Hey hey <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1x595mggkh492xtl25nfk5j4xnd2yuscfgmp2n7s6csanxsn99vlq5egect" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Terence Eden</span> (<span class="italic">npub1x59…gect</span>)</a></span> could it be possible to log in to Open Benches from mastodon? It’s the most beautiful project. 2024-08-09T21:46:02Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0k07uvfzuuaduugsfgfh2qazdvnng9u0un58tgl8a2t76spp0w9czyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cxknptm5 The world is the world and mostly we are trying to unfuck our corner of it in whatever way we can.<br/><br/>After a really difficult week I just came home to this beauty.<br/><br/>#bloomscrolling<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/112/890/761/008/860/921/original/b2bc6b935cbb32cc.jpg"> <br/> 2024-08-02T05:27:29Z https://njump.me/nevent1qqs0062mwltdaf790ekgnftnk9tyan5arm46pcealpfael75e2zqs5szyqw3xue4t5yvltsxhflfszpjxpc33ffje79q89m6chn34xx4sh9cx9kax62 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8jqzav99ejawcgamrfl7gtdrzw64mkz873p5mwu9dfkamp77zvuq2l7tpr'>nevent1q…7tpr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think this is a less common cotoneaster (trap for the unwary: it’s pronounced “co-tone-ee-ASta” not “cotton Easter”). The berries should turn pink.<br/><br/> <img src="https://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&amp;photo=29&amp;file=99/862/IMG20180220101140.jpg"> 2024-07-19T20:57:03Z