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2020-11-10 : ๐ป Hello World! :
Greetings! My name’s Jessica, and I’m a twenty-something leftie from Melbourne. A couple of days ago, I โฆ
2020-11-10 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Staring down her enemy cat in the drivewayโฆ
2020-11-12 : ๐ป Site update:
My big job today has been (and is) laboriously converting an old blog to static pages, so I can keep the content up โฆ
2020-11-12 : ๐ป Site update:
Honestly, much as it pains me that I’ve wasted my whole morning working on this, I think I’m going to give โฆ
2020-11-12 : ๐ Book review:
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia (โ
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2020-11-13 : ๐ฆ๐บ Micro post:
Last night I watched an item on this Sri Lankan family in Kempsey who are facing deportation because their father โฆ
2020-11-13 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget likes to spend a lot of time hiding behind our neighbours’ aircon exhaust fan. When she hears her humans โฆ
2020-11-13 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
The misir wot I ate for dinner tonight! ๐ I basically follow this Spice Cravings recipe (external link), but I โฆ
2020-11-14 : ๐ฆ Micro post:
Today Victoria marked 15 straight days of no new Covid-19 cases (external link). It’s taken a long, hard โฆ
2020-11-15 : ๐ถ Photo post:
This sweet boy is one of the dogs of my brother-in-law and his wifeโฆ and also the father of my parents’ dog! โฆ
2020-11-16 : ๐ Micro post:
The Victorian govt’s announced funding for prelim work on Melbourne’s long-overdue loop line, along with the โฆ
2020-11-16 : ๐ถ Photo post:
Gizmo on my parents’ armchair, caught between his need to rest and his need to guard his pig’s ear! ๐คฃ
2020-11-17 : ๐ Native Australian Crops :
Earlier this year I read Bruce Pascoe’s Dark Emu (external link), which is a pretty interesting primer on โฆ
2020-11-17 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Tonight I cooked this Thai-style lemongrass and coconut soup. The link to the original recipe is long lost to me, but I โฆ
2020-11-18 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Always flattering when Gidget chooses to spend some time with me in the mornings, in between her patrols and snack โฆ
2020-11-18 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Upgraded my MacBook Air to Big Sur this afternoon! (I like to wait a few days for any glaring problems to be reported on โฆ
2020-11-19 : ๐ Micro post:
Just had the fright of my life hanging out laundry, when I realised A FREAKING WASP was walking all over me without a โฆ
2020-11-19 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Over the last couple of days I’ve read numerous discussions of the new M1 Macs, including this John Gruber โฆ
2020-11-19 : ๐ Book review:
Armistice by Lara Elena Donnelly (โ
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2020-11-20 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Took advantage of the cooler weather today to whip up a batch of chicken stew in my pressure cooker. Packed full of โฆ
2020-11-21 : ๐บ Killing Eve, S3 :
Last night Viv and I finally finished all the episodes out so far of Killing Eve (yes, we were sleeping on it for a โฆ
2020-11-21 : ๐ Micro post:
The Victorian government has decided on a route for the Melbourne Airport rail link (external link). It’s โฆ
2020-11-21 : ๐ถ Photo post:
Today we caught up with my partner’s niece and immediate family to celebrate her recent birthday! A certain dog โฆ
2020-11-22 : ๐ฎ Micro post:
We played the family edition of Cards Against Humanity yesterday, and tbh I like it better than the โฆ
2020-11-22 : ๐ Book review:
Mรกs allรก del invierno by Isabel Allende (โ
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2020-11-22 : ๐ถ Photo post:
Gizmo, looking up attentively at one guest pre-thunderstorm and seeking shelter on the lap of his second guest โฆ
2020-11-23 : ๐ฉ๐ป Photo post:
Twenty-four days now since Victoria’s last new Covid-19 case, and as of today we’re finally allowed outside โฆ
2020-11-24 : ๐ Micro post:
After a bewildering iCloud calendar reminder, today I learned that Norfolk Island, a remote Australian territory, โฆ
2020-11-25 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Love to have a lazy morning with my baby girl. Of course this was not thatโฆ she woke me up at 5:15, again at 6:55, and โฆ
2020-11-25 : ๐ฅ Two Weeks on Micro.blog, and Some Discussion of โLikesโ :
As of yesterday, I’ve now had this site on Micro.blog for two weeks. So far, I’ve really been enjoying the โฆ
2020-11-27 : ๐ฆ Interring My Grandma's Ashes :
Yesterday, my family gathered at Box Hill Cemetery to inter my grandma’s ashes. The funeral itself was held back โฆ
2020-11-28 : ๐ฏ Photo post:
Made these enchiladas for dinner last night ๐ Vivian keeps raving about them, and threatening to gobble up all the โฆ
2020-11-28 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
After two and a half weeks running my own blog at this subdomain, I feel energised to start making a static site to go โฆ
2020-11-29 : ๐ป Site update:
Having worked hard over the past 24 hours, I can now link you to my static personal website! โบ๏ธ As of right now the site โฆ
2020-11-30 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget loves to soak up the sun’s warmth on our concrete porch.
2020-11-30 : ๐
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Here’s an interesting map of what’s considered the first day of the week in different โฆ
2020-11-30 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Five years ago I decided to stop eating mammal meat, and while this has mostly been no hardship, one thing I have missed โฆ
2020-12-01 : ๐ณ Cast-iron pans: my thoughts, five weeks on :
I grew up in a household that used cheap, non-stick pans and replaced them when they stopped being non-stick enough to โฆ
2020-12-01 : ๐บ Micro post:
Ever read Harry Potter and found yourself longing for the delicious-sounding beverage Butterbeer? Well have I got good โฆ
2020-12-02 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Yooooo, I just found out what Micro.blog’s “New Test Blog” function under “Edit Custom โฆ
2020-12-02 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Someone is very pleased with herself for stealing my spot on the couch while I was cooking dinner ๐
2020-12-02 : ๐ป Site update:
My custom layout is live! Click through to my blog’s front page if you’d like to see. Converting the theme โฆ
2020-12-03 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
I came across this interesting article today: How the Blog Broke the Web (external link). That’s not to say โฆ
2020-12-04 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget likes to pretend she’s a wildcat in the savannah, hiding amidst the tall grass in pursuit of preyโฆ (even โฆ
2020-12-04 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Today I started teaching myself how to use Hugo! The Quick Start guide on the official site is indeed a good quick โฆ
2020-12-05 : ๐ Micro post:
I’ve started reading La pasiรณn segรบn Carmela by Marcos Aguinis! As far as I know, it’s a doomed love story โฆ
2020-12-05 : ๐ Photo post:
Today was a humid, overcast day, but the wind was fairly still and we enjoyed a scenic walk at the local dog beach!
2020-12-06 : ๐ช๐ธ Micro post:
Interesting article on Catalan nationalists joining the Esperanto movement (external link) early last century. โฆ
2020-12-07 : ๐ฌ On Australia's Devaluing of Foreign Language Learning :
Suffering from the pandemic and decades of government policy, many Australian universities are axing programs in โฆ
2020-12-07 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Tonight I cooked Colombian chicken and rice, using this recipe from Skinnytaste (external link). It says you can โฆ
2020-12-07 : ๐ Book review:
The Invisible Life of Addie Larue by V.E. Schwab (โ
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2020-12-08 : ๐ถ Photo post:
My paparazzi stunts woke Sleeping Beauty from his slumber ๐ Taken the other night, when I was visiting my folks.
2020-12-08 : ๐ฑ Micro post:
When I’m feeling unwell (like today), my cat likes to curl up on my lap and administer the “cuddle โฆ
2020-12-09 : ๐ฅ Algorithmic Discrimination :
I came across an excellent (if disturbing) article today on the hidden algorithms that trap people in โฆ
2020-12-10 : ๐ฅ Moving My Journal from Notion to Standard Notes :
Everyone likes the idea that when you put your data into an app, you’ll be able to get it out again easily. โฆ
2020-12-11 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Gidget spent a little time on the couch on me before resuming her adventures for the day. (She refuses to confirm or โฆ
2020-12-11 : ๐ฅ Truncating Only Posts With Titles on Micro.blog :
When I first got started on Micro.blog, one thing I wasn’t satisfied with was that my long posts appeared in full โฆ
2020-12-12 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
Today I’ve been metaphorically running around, changing the listed email address on my online accounts to one of โฆ
2020-12-13 : ๐ Photo post:
Waiting for a train.
2020-12-14 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
TENNIS BALL MUST DIE!!
2020-12-15 : ๐ Perfection Isn't Necessary, Just Try Your Best :
Several years ago I had a friend who identified as a vegetarian, but every once in a while โ when she’d had a bit โฆ
2020-12-15 : ๐ฌ Micro post:
I feel like this is an underappreciated fact: the American South is not the only place where people say y’all. My โฆ
2020-12-16 : ๐ฌ Double Object Pronouns in English :
When I was studying linguistics at uni, one constant refrain was that native speakers (not grammarians) are the arbiters โฆ
2020-12-16 : ๐ Micro post:
An eight-year-old blog post (external link) on many points of internationalisation developers screw up, including โฆ
2020-12-17 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Enjoying some morning sunbeams!
2020-12-17 : ๐ฅ Micro post:
For the next week, I’ll be giving the free trial of Inkl (external link) a go. It’s a news โฆ
2020-12-18 : ๐ Micro post:
An interesting article here on the history of utopian science fiction: How Sci-Fi Shaped Socialism (external โฆ
2020-12-18 : ๐ Book review:
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers (โ
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2020-12-19 : ๐ Micro post:
Every year I find Christmas shopping so stressful, but now that I’ve actually bought some nice things for the โฆ
2020-12-20 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
She saw one of the cats from unit 2 walk up to the cat flap of unit 3. Straight away her body language was all โฆ
2020-12-22 : ๐ Book review:
How to Adult by Anna Blackie (โ
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2020-12-23 : ๐ Micro post:
Apparently there’s a water outage in my local area and it’s doing my head in. Gotta ration toilet trips. โฆ
2020-12-23 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Oh, that look of instant terror when a delivery man comes to the front porchโฆ ๐
2020-12-24 : ๐ฑ Upgrading My iPhone :
After using my trusty old iPhone SE for 3ยฝ years, yesterday I took the plunge and switched over to an iPhone 12 mini. โฆ
2020-12-24 : ๐ค Micro post:
Great article on the cyberpunk genre, which emerged as a critique of technological development under neoliberal โฆ
2020-12-25 : ๐ Photo post:
Even though the weather was cold by Melbourne summer standards, Viv and I went on a walk last night to admire all the โฆ
2020-12-26 : ๐ Photo post:
Christmas was a busy day this year! We had lunch with (predominantly) my mum’s side of the family, and dinner with โฆ
2020-12-28 : ๐ฑ Photo post:
Poor Gidget got quite distressed when we were out of the house nearly all day on Christmas and Boxing Day. Now โฆ
2020-12-29 : ๐บ Thoughts on Gender and (My) Pronouns :
Recently I’ve been spending a little more time browsing Mastodon, and one of the things that’s caused me to โฆ
2020-12-29 : ๐ฌ Three Quick Links :
I found these through Mastodon and Twitter, and while each could have sustained a linkpost on its own, the fact that I โฆ
2020-12-30 : ๐ Photo post:
Haven’t had the chance to walk down to the nearby beach lately, but I might have to plan on changing that soon, โฆ
2020-12-31 : ๐ฆ Micro post:
Yesterday Melbourne reported its first locally-acquired Covid-19 cases in two months. Today we found out the common โฆ
2020-12-31 : ๐ฆ Reflecting on 2020 :
It’s the last hour of 2020 now as I’m writing this, and it’d be far from an original comment to say โฆ
Jessica Smith is a socialist and a feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; sheโs also interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.