America has been preying on my mind. I am getting more frightened for the people there each day.
It is safe here in Aust at least. That I know.
Here’s a discussion of non-gmail options: https://aussie.zone/post/18540403
I found the French mailo.com had a few options for my generic name. Got [email protected]
I love cold nights!!!
I’ve missed these so much and it’s not even that cold!
The fabled “void worm”.
We spoke to Patrick. He is very happy about your performance. He sent these:
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Oh yeah, it’s the day off for lent too if anyone is following it closely.
We wissssh to register a complaint 🐍
Ooh delightful thank you
There’s not enough rain in Oklahoma
To wash the sins out of that houseWoof, think I’m going to end up paying a bit for slacking off so much on the weekend. Need to jam in a lot of work in due to a late/fumbled start this morning, but I was banking on having time to prep data for uni fieldwork as well, which I absolutely have to have ready to go out on Wednesday and had meant to do on the weekend… now looking a bit short on time for it all. I guess I can do it if I sat down and really put my mind to it over the next 48 hours. At least I’ll be getting a decent wad of overtime this pay cycle
E: also a bit bummed I have to cancel my psych session this week but between a haircut, dental appt (with no rebate - another task now to call insurance and ask why), 295 in uni fees, and grabbing lunch out during fieldwork days, there’s not a lot left. plus I don’t think I can handle an emotionally intense day this week.
On Sunday my old school friend comes to visit, yay! I’ll spend Sunday and next Wed and Thu with her before she leaves on Friday. Depending on the weather, will need to take leave and crack on with the last of uni fieldwork… I think April and May I’ll have to be prepared to only do the bare minimum of work work, take as much time off as possible, and seriously start vomiting out some words
Today in class, we spoke about the whole male supremacy thing that’s been going on in schools since the rise of Tik Tok. The government started an intervention about ten years ago on respectful relationships, and the evaluations on it are inconclusive - it’s difficult to evaluate something that realistically can’t be measured objectively. Students come from different backgrounds. We can only control what we expose them to in the classroom.
So now I’m doing some thinking on what I can do in this area. Research ensues.
I gotta say, part of it speaks to entitled young men. 25 years ago when I was trying to get laid and struggling I looked at what I could improve about myself rather than blaming women for not being interested. If I could give 15 yo me some advice on the topic it would be to keep doing what you’re doing. Treating women like people and being a good friend got me laid way more than I ever expected given my younger self’s self-esteem. That and loving someone harder won’t make them any more interested, take the no and move on.
Life lessons, wish I could tell my 15 year old self a few things as well.
I got to say it!
“The chaotic situation your organisation finds itself in, is due to the decisions made by your leadership regarding my raise request”.
God that felt good lol
what was the reaction?
“mate, mate, what’s done is done”
did you walk out at that point?
it’s moot
lol ooh burn!
First of the back cushions for the armchiair is complete, the 2nd one is half way.
Looks amazing. Nicely done!
Compression gloves are on too. Been months since I’ve had stiff fingers and hands like this.
Why you do this to us Melbourne?
I receive a call from a random QLD landline number.
Person: I’m [name] from [company]
Me: What’s the purpose of this call?
Person: I can’t tell you, first I need to confirm your identity.
You call ME and can’t tell me why you’re calling until I divulge my personal information? I told this person you can say something very generic about the call reason just so I can confirm you are who you say you are before I hand over my PI, but she refused citing their stupid policies. So I ended the call.
yeah nope no chance. You call me outta the blue and ask for info is gonna be a big fat no.
I’ve had callers tell me I am rude for not answering questions
I just hang up
Nope, I’m giving nothing the caller doesn’t already have. I will confirm they have correct info if they provide it, however. This is just basic phone security - no competent company would expect a cold call recipient to start giving them information.
And if they’re not competent, I have no business talking to them.
That means centrelink is not competent. I have had them call and ask for my details
That means centrelink is not competent.
I am not changing my comment, except maybe to broaden it from “company” to “organisation”. 😃
My company has this too, pretty awkward. I normally already spoke to the person and I start with “Hi it’s Force, I spoke you last week about X - before I can go any further though I do need to ask you for X Y Z.”. Lots of ppl still prefer to end the call and call back on our main phone number though, which is fair enough
At least you give some details, that would have been enough for me. This person gave me absolutely nothing except her name and company, and it’s not someone I had ever dealt with.
The 60 minutes bit on the CFMEU and ties to gangs was pretty interesting. As someone who has worked on sites for several years, it comes as no surprise.
I really hope someone drops the hammer on the dodgy shit. Site culture needs a reboot, but that will take years and years.
It’s weird, I’ve got an overall positive view on the CFMEU as my dad was involved in the union as a rep (BLF) on several sites as I grew up. He faced consequences from employers for taking on this role, but it was an important one. In the 70’s/80’s, the construction industry was a terribly unsafe place to work and my dad contributed to a lot of safety changes that have since become industry standards and policies. He’s proud of the work he did for the union and I’m proud of him for what he sacrificed to keep his coworkers alive.
To see what the union has become is hurtful, but I still see them as an overall force for good in the world.
Personally I am 100% pro union.
However what’s become is a CFMEU is pretty much what they fought against.
Sad, but a change is needed.
careful voicing that opinion online. I got jumped on for my comment on the other site calling out that I thought the union would take a dim view to having both a CFMEU bumper sticker next to a “Fuck off were full” sticker. And yes, It was on a ford ranger. Because of course it was.
The other site is more hellbent on blaming the government for not doing anything about this.
This whole thing is a perfect shit show where there are many guilty parties.
I’m pro union, but some union members are fuck wits that would not survive in the real world.
got the van all set up and cleaned out Saturday. Better nick than you’d expect for 25 years old, but deffo needs some love. Some stains and stuff, more than a couple of scratches and possibly an issue with the roof lifting mechanism. Fridge seems to work (it dropped temp a bit on a 30 degree day, would need more time to be certain) awning still needs to be tested though, as do the bed end flys.
Taking it out in 2 weeks so the clock is ticking for its repairs.
OMG! just discovered AuADHD might be the reason for my vertigo thing. Closing one eye massively helps not feel like the new stairs are DOOM awaiting. How fucking odd but awesome, yaaaar 🏴☠️
