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Posts from February 2022
2022-02-01 : 💉 Micro post:
Really not loving the side effects I’m having from my booster shot 😔 My original vaccine course was Pfizer, which … 2022-02-01 :
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“Pacific nationals working on Queensland farms claim they are barely making enough money to survive” 2022-02-01 :
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“Gwen C. Katz on Twitter” 2022-02-04 :
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“People Share Their Worst Experiences With Centrelink On Twitter” 2022-02-04 :
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“Hollywood Discovers the Middle-Aged Woman” 2022-02-04 :
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“Teaching Humans and Machines to Listen to Arrernte, an Indigenous Language of Central Australia” 2022-02-04 : 🤔 Micro post:
Sauce bottles where legitimately the last 10% of the sauce refuses to come out and just gets stuck on the sides of the … 2022-02-05 :
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“Glenn Youngkin Set Up a Tip Line to Snitch on Teachers. It’s Only Gotten Weirder Since.” 2022-02-06 : 🐱 Photo post:
Since that long heatwave ended, Gidget’s been a lot more cuddly, almost like she’s remembered how nice it is … 2022-02-08 :
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“NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet wants to shake up school hours — this is what it could look like” 2022-02-08 : 🎬 A Short Review of Every Harry Potter Movie :
On Saturday, Vivian and I completed a goal that at one point he didn’t think we’d ever achieve: we have now … 2022-02-08 : 🐱 Photo post:
This is how Gidget kept us company as we watched the last Harry Potter movie, for what it’s worth! Unfortunate for … 2022-02-09 : ⌚️ Micro post:
In the past few weeks I’ve been having this issue with the sleep tracking feature of my Fitbit, which is that it … 2022-02-10 : 🪶 Photo post:
Woke up this morning to find this magpie watching me sleep!! This chair it was perched on is effectively right next to … 2022-02-11 : 🔍 Micro post:
I liked this quote, attributed to Rebecca Solnit, from this article ruminating on the longevity of … 2022-02-11 :
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“Publishers Are Taking the Internet to Court” 2022-02-11 :
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“A recent history of Sydney’s frequent public transport” 2022-02-12 : 🍱 Photo post:
Had a go at a new recipe today – jollof rice, working from this Kitchn recipe (external link). I did add chicken … 2022-02-12 : 💻 Site update:
On the off-chance anyone is interested, I just published a big batch of languages-related pages from my Obsidian vault … 2022-02-14 : 🐱 Photo post:
A couple of pics from last night: the sleepyheads 😉
2022-02-15 : 🌅 Valentine’s Day :
Viv and I went out to a local Vietnamese restaurant for dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day last night, then took … 2022-02-16 :
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“Time Period of the word “cool” and its synonyms” 2022-02-16 :
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“It could be last drinks at famous John Curtin Hotel as owners put iconic pub up for sale” 2022-02-17 : 🖥 Micro post:
I’m really tempted to try out Vivaldi (external link) as my daily driver for a while. I’ve been … 2022-02-17 :
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“This lawyer should be world-famous for his battle with Chevron – but he’s in jail” 2022-02-18 : 🐱 Photo post:
Looking out through the porthole! 🐱 This cat igloo is located on top of a box, too, so that’s like double points … 2022-02-19 : 🪶 Photo post:
I’d been perplexed and even a little concerned the last few days, because our magpie friends who are usually such … 2022-02-19 :
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“Multilingual Europe” by Ingrid Piller 2022-02-20 :
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“Media Websites: 70% of the Carbon Footprint Caused by Ads and Stats” 2022-02-20 :
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“An Antifascist’s Position on Ukraine” by Emily Gorcenski 2022-02-20 :
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“Cristina Calderón, last speaker of Yaghan language, dies in Chile at 93” 2022-02-20 :
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“Magpies face bleak future as heat rises with climate change” 2022-02-22 : 🎬 Movie Adaptions :
When my folks visited on the weekend, we channel-surfed a bit and ended up watching portions of two movies that were … 2022-02-22 :
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“Altruism in birds? Magpies have outwitted scientists by helping each other remove tracking devices” 2022-02-23 :
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“Google Search Is Dying” 2022-02-23 :
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“Cincinnati Built a Subway System 100 Years Ago–But Never Used It” 2022-02-24 : 🇺🇦 Micro post:
Distressed to see that Russia has launched its all-out invasion of Ukraine. I’d really hoped that some kind of … 2022-02-25 : 🇷🇺 Micro post:
It was heartening to catch up on social media this morning and see just how many Russians protested against their … 2022-02-25 :
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“The marvel of the Pilbara cooperative movement” 2022-02-25 :
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“Ukraine: Between Two Fires” 2022-02-26 :
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“I’ve been waiting 15 years for Facebook to die. I’m more hopeful than ever” 2022-02-27 : 🐶 Photo post:
Last night Viv and I went to a housewarming party – one set of his aunts and uncles moved house recently and wanted to … 2022-02-28 : 🚗 Micro post:
Having an annoying morning dealing with bureaucratic bullshit today. Late last week, Vivian got a parking fine for … 2022-02-28 : 🇧🇾 Micro post:
Ohh, I love this. Belarusian hackers launched a cyber attack on their country’s railway …
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.
Jessica Smith is a left-wing feminist who loves animals, books, gaming, and cooking; she’s also very interested in linguistics, history, technology and society.