Hear ye hear ye. This has already been mentioned but I'm repeating the PSA:
Our escape pod has (an) impostor(s). Last night one pretended to be epicpillowcase and attacked Hongohones. Another pretended to be MissDarylC.
Please remain vigilant for anyone sus. If in doubt, contact the original crewmate on reddit to verify identity.
Just posted my “resignation” from the reddit Dt. Hopefully it’s not permanent, but I’m confident it’s for the best. I wanted so much to be a part of the gang when I started out, to walk away feels a little like losing some mates. But I don’t know how to stay when I’ve lost respect for the platform, the mods and tbh some of the community members.
Sigh. I actually completely missed whatever went on the past few days. Was on a cat sub from a Google search at 6pm last night and then saw the melb sub was open again.
Part of me really doesn't want to know which regs did what the days prior.... part of me really needs a break from social media altogether. I kind of just vaguely hoped the sub would reopen and things would go back to what they were slowly, but from your comment and seeing some posts here today it seems like there's been an irreparable rift beyond just what the admins and mods are doing.
Anyway it finally got me over the line. Hi guise
Welcome! You might like our thread of pet pictures if you need an extra dose of cats.
Woop woop! You made it!
Yay! 🥳
Thanks for the reminder to set up here.
👋
It's such a damn shame, but at least we can continue to build up the community here. Tbh I was always more of a lurker than a poster, but nothing's really drawing my back right now. It's been nice to have some distance while everything was going down, and maybe I'll just keep it that way.
I don't blame you, I was myself a little shocked at how nasty things got back there. This feels like a haven and I am totally here for it.
Agreed. I'm still between both but I find the lemmy thread to be way nicer with less anger/trolls etc...
Plus there's funky clowns
Yeah, I'm slowly moving away from it too. No matter if you support or don't support the whole Florida thing, some of the community were getting so hostile about it, and it made it into a bitter place I don't want to be a part of.
There have been some really nice folks here, and in the event that this is it and Reddit is dead, I hope they can join us here.
Turns out it's reddit admin making automod remove all lemmy links, not the r/melbourne mods
I'm definitely staying here.
I just watched the clip from LMG reporting that reddit is restoring accounts and comments for users who delete them. Starting to think the mods had the right idea of protesting.
Time to troll reddit with motorhead references I think.
It's time to play the gaaame!
Christ, every little decision they've been making just makes me lose even more respect for them. Maybe all of this would've been avoided if they just offered a fair price for access to the APIs.
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.
reddit admin at their anger phase now
All the dt people!! I've missed you! Thank you for sharing the link Sir Lister!
Welcome home (:
Ta!
Greetings weary traveler
Woohoo! ✨
Happy Winter Solstice Everyone!
Oh, I had forgotten! Happy Solstice.
Happy Winter Solstice!
Happy Winter Solstice!
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Happy Winter Solstice!!!
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Happy thursday. Got up and am just finished chairing my first online AA meeting. Service and volunteering are in my blood. Service is the last step and I have a lot of work to go to get to that bit, but I've been doing volunuteer work since I could. I started in cubs all those years ago. Another place where all the boys called me a girl and I didn't mind at all.
Have the transgender victoria job fair today so I have to try and get some normal looking outfit together. Being female makes this a lot easier than wearing a fucking suit and tie and having that corporate rope around my neck.
Then I have my usual volunteer work to do on a thursday, counselling and another aa meeting specifically for trans people and allies, then probably more aa with my normal 24/7 group.
I'm over what happened yesterday, but everyone be aware that trolls impersonating our old friends from the reddit DT are here spreading their vitriol so if something seems a bit off from a familiar face, message the og so you can confirm who it is I guess,
Thanks to Briongloid for super prompt action dealing with it and for everyone for reminding me that for every doucebag transphobe I have 50 allies or more! Have a beautiful winter solstice everyone and get some dirt under your toes and hug a tree or whatever connects you to mother nature. She's my guide at the moment. Bless her.
I don't know what the comment that was posted said except it was offensive but this is a safe space here (even though it is the internet) and I'd definitely call shit out if I see it. Have a good day today and remember we're in Melbourne wear black with a small pop of colour.
Lotta skewers! Tried to upload the piccy straight but no dice:
Great night. SIL's fambam is great.
That's not what I imagined. I thought there would be one metre long sticks!! Looks delicious tho. :)
I know heh.. all very tasty though.
That's what I had pictured as well!!
Metre of absolute goodness right there
Yuuum.
Damn yo.
Cue the "what's everybody else having?!" joke I always make.
Yum! And great news on the pending in-laws
Woah 🤤 If I let you marry me, will that make her my SIL too, thus opening the skewer party invitation to me?
Got to sleep in, have scrambled eggs, didn't need to rush to make a coffee. Now it's time to get ready and go to work. Start of my birthday is going good! Can't wait for whatever shit show happens later.
Happy Birthday! 🎂
🍴 yum cake!
Happy Birthday!
Thank you!!
Happy Birthday. 🥳🎈
🎉 thank you!
Happy Birthday!!! 🎂🎂
Thank you! My IRL cake day!
Happy birthday! 🎈🎂
Thank you! 🥳💖
Happy b'day!
Thank you 💖
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Happy birthday mate. 🎂
Thank you 💖
Happy birthday!
Thank you!!!!
Happy birthday again lol :) sounds like a nice cruisy start to the day
Thank you! It definitely was.
Happy birthday and hope you have a great day 🥳
I hope so too! Thank you!
Happy Birthday! 🥳
Thank you! I got to finish work early!
Happy birthday!
Thank you!! 😊
Happy birthday legend, hope it's a cracker ❤️
I hope so too! Thank you very much!
Happy birthday fellow Cancerian! Sounds like a good start indeed
Haha hello fellow Cancerian! It's nice being moody lmfao. Thank you!
Oh no, trapped, so sad
Knockout sleep. Woke up before alarm. Caught the early train to work. Made myself a coffee and ready to suck the day's dick at work....and some fucknut comes in all chirpy and shit and greets me with 'Happy Thursyay!!!'
Sometimes violence is the anwer
I started a new job 3 weeks ago and discovered there’s a mothers club in the office. They all come in on the same day and started chatting loudly as soon as they walk in the door. Then non stop talking all day about their kids and anything else related to their kids 🙄🙄
I'm a feeling a bit upset around how things have been going recently. I'm not necessarily disappointed about the sub returning to how it was, but it just all feels so pointless. Like what the fuck was that? Everyone (myself included) hit the roof and there were sub despicable comments about the mods and a handful of others, and what was it even for? The subs just gone back in time 2 weeks, all the hatred, negativity and pessimism was all for nothing. I was all for protesting, and as I said, I don't necessarily think things should've continued as they did, but it doesn't seem like there was any way to win
All the recent goings on combined with the usual mid week blues and wintertime SADs has led to a whole lot of mindfuck for me
I'll be back, probably. Boredoms a mofo and reading what everyone's up to is a good cure.
I wish everyone peace and love ☮️✌️♥️ and I'll catch you all later in the week
undefined> just all feels so pointless Wait 'till the ipo clarity will appear then only then :)
I was an occasional fanatical Redditor but mostly lurker these days, but am a very active Fedi user, and have watched the #Rexxit with interest.
What was it even for? Hopefully to wake some people up: this is just going to keep happening in any online space that is owned by a company expecting to make a profit from the free labour of its users. It feels really shitty to watch people retreat and succumb, go back to the familiar, to those places and people you know. The powerful people pulling the strings are actually betting on that being the majority.
It's been handled more obviously or more stealthily in different spaces, but it is inevitable, and while the Fediverse is clunky and doesn't have the same resources as profit driven entities, it grows in spurts and won't suffer the same fate, even with the arrival of bigger entities, once it is clear enough people have woken up and won't give their social graph and intellectual and emotional labour to them for free anymore).
Email, while "captured" in many ways early on by Hotmail, then later Gmail, continues to function and new players continue to arrive (eg ProtonMail) because the protocols remain open to all.
Leaving walled gardens like Reddit and Twitter and returning to the open, interconnected Internet is the only sustainable path in the long term.
I hope many of you stay =)
Yeah tbh I decided not to go back mostly because I couldn’t unsee the vitriol and hate it exposed in some people. I initially supported the mods, till the fumbled time and time again on the messaging and communication.
Seriously some people just went straight up apeshit at the mere thought they could...no longer continue to passively read a sub and not interact with it.
I get people missing the social interactions but what the actual fuck was with that
I echo a lot of replies, take care of yourself Baku. No point in hanging around somewhere where it leaves you pretty shit.
I voted for the protest, but tbh the mods mishandled it so bad. I think people would've kicked a stink, but if the mods were open and honest about what they were going to do, then I don't think there would've been much outcry from people.
Given a few trolls have followed the team here, I was thinking if someone is sus on an account, send a confirmation message to their counterpart account on reddit.
Might be worth whoever has the spreadsheet taking it down. We’re basically advertising potential people to try imitate.
Done. If anyone wants access DM me on reddit.
You know what. I'm really not too keen on microwaved potatoes
you don't like them... you love them. Illicitly so. We're onto you!!!
i really like how modlog is public and searchable
It's a cool feature huh, great way to get a feel of how the Lemmy powers-that-be operate and find interesting new stuff.
I also found a nifty little link to see what subreddits crossed over. Is alphabetical and searchable
Yes
I think that's a good thing too, but it would be nice to be able to filter it by community or instance.
Day 2 of stress leave and I think I'm going to order lunch in and then spend the arvo working on my Dutch. My lessons are getting a little harder as I get into verbs, pronouns, and formal/informal language. Also "de" and "het" and the rule for which one to use being "you sort of just memorise which goes with what" is so fkn funny.
There are surprise bikkies
Much better than surprise bikies!
Tell that to that girl with the lemonade stand in rural America...
Are they as good as unexplained bacon?
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Yep, required today.
yes, yes and yes. i am struggling to decide what precise variety but the overall answer is yes and in the next few minutes
yesyes
yesyes
may I add a luscious, rich chocolate brownie to that pile please.
thank you
So the one thing I've noticed about here in Indo is that there are no public bins. But people don't just chuck their stuff. I've asked a bunch of people what's the go and they thought I was mad.
It's the opposite in my local park where there's a few public bins and people just chuck their stuff on the ground. Some cunt leaves their up and go on the top of the bin... regularly.
Ugh is it really that much more effort to put it IN the bin??
It's worth a stake out just to catch em and tell em to up and go eff themselves 😎
Same in Japan. Public bins are uncommon.
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Do I get reported to a mental health bot if I ask for whiskey & cheese?
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One brekky please. Hold the impostor.
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I'm getting Very Hungry Caterpillar flashbacks 😍
I'm listening to the music to Dune, it's so hypnotic
I've been listening to The Lord of the Rings MMO soundtrack
The cats are going to kill and eat me. No breakfast by order of the V.E.T.
Well, you are not giving them much choice. They are probably on the legalcatadvice sub confirming they can get away with it now. Watch your back.
also on AmITheAngel
Biscuits now administered. Death and pawsuits begone.
If anyone else was wondering, I just tested if you can put a spoiler inside a spoiler, and the answer is yes.
nice
very nice
super nice
ultra nice
Next time let’s warp digivovle from nice to ultra nice though. Saves the animators money, you know?
Fire lit and burning well. Cats are happy.
Tinyest is so funny. I was trying to unzip his stupid jammed Wondersuit the other day, my hand slipped off the zip and I (very lightly) bonked him on the nose. He stared at me for 2 seconds before slowly screwing up his face and screaming “bahhhhhhhhhhhh” at me. Mrs b just dropped a toy near him and he did the same thing cause he was scared. I swooped in to calm him till she started laughing at how funny it all was which set him off again cause I think he felt mocked. Poor little fella, but it is hilarious! It’s like he has to charge up the cry before he unleashes it.
I'm a fairly heavy gym-goer and feel pretty good with my deadlifting as of late, but I still have issues with my mobility when squatting. I keep listing to one side which is preventing me from progressing. My PT has been recommending mobility warm ups/exercises to do before my set...but I'm also just sooo lazy when it comes to doing them so I just...never do them. I should try and fit them in before I go to the gym so I don't have to worry about them once I get there.
Yoga is another option for you. My squatting mobility definitely improved when I was consistent with going to a weekly class, but YouTube at home is just as good. Consistency is key though, any improvements fade away if you don't keep at it.
That's a good tip! I saw Netflix just released some new yoga series which I've been meaning to try out
Nah just lead a stretching and balance class on the train home after work 😄
Haha i'm sure the peak hour commuters would love that
really enjoyed julia reppel mobility workouts off youtube, this reminds me to get back into doing them
Two Birds Brewing and their Spotswood taproom is being shut down. I wasn't a great fan of their beers, but it's a shame to see independents taken over and then spat out by the big conglomerates.
Brrr. Zooks woke me fiveish and proceeded to her 'feed me, bitch' mode rapidly i.e. biting at my fingers. Horror.
All fed now and I'm back under the doona with more tissues.
Morning all. shiversHaha awesome track, the polos and khakis line cut deep tho
I may or may not have been sipping from a flamingo cup when the fireworks went off dec 31st 1999.....
What a great track! Tyvm for sharing. This is mine
Welp.. it has been a day. Suddenly I have flights booked to the US in 7.5 weeks time. Premium Economy baybeeee lessgoooo!
Turns out Citibank got sold to NAB so their excellent debit card is no longer the best option for cash withdrawals overseas. My Latitude 28 Degrees credit card is still going strong for purchases, although I'm reading I might not be able to use it at any venue (food etc) inside a casino which is a bit shit. Been doing research into what's the best for cash now but I'm not loving any option I can find.. RIP Citibank debit card 😭
Just noticed there is a Bot Blocker on the aussie.zone registration page. Neat.
Can penisbot make a glorious return though?
Went to one of the RISING festival events last night, the shadow spirit. Really enjoyed it and there were a lot of interesting works on display. Some of the works are a lot better than some I saw at the Dark Mofo this year
I really have to check out Dark Mofo in this lifetime.
Do it! The key is to book flights and accomodation early before they become ridiculously expensive ! I think the winter feast itself is worth the trip to Hobart !
RISING's been fun, but yeah, I must check out Dark Mofo some time.
I saw Weyes Blood a few weeks back as a part of RISING, now that was fantastic.
I am so goddamn done with today. I’m going to eat my chicken nugs and my mash and my peas and my gravy….and then I’m going to bed
Decided not to waste the day and took mini peelers to Broadmeadows shopping centre. Aah, suburban shopping centre food court Asian food, how I have missed you! I know some people hate it but it's like the bogan Chinese food of my childhood and I have a soft spot for it when it's tasty. Mmm black bean beef 😋 Got myself a Dr Strange tshirt as well!
Unconsciously coloured coordinated my outfit today lol. Usually I’m that oddball but grabbing clothes to wear in this wimdy day, I just so happened to pick black and gray and I’m 😆
I'll tell you what, I'm pretty over this seemingly constant cycle of my kids being sick and needing to stay home from school. Too many people in the house all the time make familycalhoon go crazy!
Same here! Mine seem to be at school for a couple of weeks and then home for a week :(
My eldest got home from a 4 day camp. Probably slept a total of 16 hours I think. This does not work if you are ten.
I'm old, young miss seagoon took few days off and I didn't when I was small either. That's not just an anecdote, it's just my experience of what has been noted in proper studies.
BECAUSE schools had fewer students and that meant less spreading of germs.
Thanks Jeff for closing half the schools. Cunt.
( we need more schools )
Tinyest starts daycare in 2 months and I gotta be honest, I’m not looking forward to this part!
I feel sorry for Tassie, completely absent from the Aussie Zone logo
Wiley isn’t here so we don’t have to worry about it haha
I thought maybe the circle cut it off. Nope it's just not there.
Aussie Zone logo full image
It's a Taswegian plot to keep the tourists away I reckon.
This following post is well overdue due to the protest.
Indonesian village life:
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Chickens everywhere. Sometimes playing games of chicken with motor traffic
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5 minute trips turning to 20 minute ones. The extra 15 minutes comes from pulling over multiple times for chats because you just passed a friend or family member
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Wood fire cooking
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Motorcycles everywhere
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Congested 4G mobile internet
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Greeting almost everyone you pass by. Special emphasis on the elderly.
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Well water. OR walking to fetch water from a nearby river or creek.
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Burning rubbish (for waste disposal)
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Use of water and leaves to clean yourself after shitting (no toilet paper)
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Groups of kids asking passing truck and bus drivers to blow their (sometimes musical) horns, then cheering them on once they do.
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More chickens everywhere.
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I found the place that makes Sandos and now I’m salivating so much I regret not wearing a dark shirt today.
It is certainly a cold day today to remind us it is winter solstice. A good day for warm food and lots of extra layers I think!
Congee in the slow cooker as we speak. 🤤
my final serving of lap cheong rice is in the fridge and ready for tonight
Have woken up with what feels like really inflamed tonsils. That's a new one for me. Cough reflared a few days back. Thanks, body!
I've been away overnight so the heater has not been on for a while, came home to 12 degrees inside. 🥶
Miss Meow is making up for lost time, demanded lunch & and has now claimed my lap.
I overslept and I don't like it
Didn't get back to sleep although I had a nice snuggly doze sandwiched by the kitties.
Decided it was the perfect day to make the congee recipe from recipetineats - with brown rice, yet. Now settled on the couch in my hoodie with a chai latte and a cat.Oooh I've never tried brown rice congee!
Ugh. Mr Peeler got his medical appointment date wrong so I have taken the day off for no reason. The mini peelers have a curriculum day at their school today (the day before the end of term- my god, why?) Will probably engage retail therapy to compensate for the grey mood 💸
I’ve woken up to a sore & kinda blocked inner ear that is relieved when I blow my nose. Hoping to just drink a lot of water & nasal rinse later on will deal with it cos another GP appointment is too expensive right now. Home remedies welcome!
Bowl of very hot steaming water, float a drop of eucalyptus or teatree oil on the top. Drape a towel over your head to enclose the bowl as well and breathe in the steam. Your nose will run like Cathy Freeman and relieve the pressure a bit. Massage the joint at the top of your jawbone gently with fingertips on both sides to release ear/sinus pressure too. Repeat every couple of hours.
Thank you, will give it a try 🖤
Antihistamines to help dry things up can help, too. I’ve got something similar atm and finally went to the dr, who said fluid on the inner ear, take telfast daily for a bit.
If it does get really painful do get it checked, though. You don’t want a burst eardrum from infection
Oh this is such a good point…thanks!
Didn't sleep enough last night, got cat hair in my eye and seriously irritated it. Almost home for a nap before work again tonight 😴😴 Bonus bit of happiness tho, a coworker gave me a lemon from her tree!
It's not often I am bored, I suppose I could read a book.
Ooh! What are you reading at the moment?
a book on depression by Yapko. ( sigh 🥺 )
and I've got 3 books for leisure reading I could start. The Treasures of Time by Deuel ( archaeology ), With Love and Irony by Lin Yutang ( social commentary ) and The Isles of Unwisdom by Robert Graves ( Strange philosophical historical novel about exploration )
Since it's a book of excerpts I've already read half of Treasures of Time in the original texts ,I might finish that one then. It's a lovely book too, nice embossed gilding and it has maps photos and illustrations. :)
@[email protected] omg your Asian blue bowl does it have dragons on the bottom because if yes I hit jackpot and there’s several different shapes
Oh, and happy FF XVI to those who play it. Mrs B is super duper excited.
370 comments rn on r/melb dt. 560+ here.
I'm going to be making a German meatloaf called hackbraten. Pretty straightforward until you get to the part about the GHERKIN. The idea about squishing meat inbetween my fingers does not appeal but eating meatloaf does. Ah the things we do for love.
If it's a German dish, perhaps try to source gherkins made in Germany or Poland. They're quite different to other counterparts. Oh and don't fall for the 'Polish style' or 'German style' ones made in India or Turkey. They're good. Just not as good as the original versions.
Fingers are the best tool for the job imo. Just follow the 2 Fat Ladies' advice and make sure said fingers are scrupulously clean (and remove rings). I also like their idea of making a union jack with bacon strips in the pan, and then folding each strip over the loaf to keep it moist inside and crispy outside. No need to baste then, and this bacon wrapping is in your recipie too.
I was thinking doing bacon. Oh my the man would be so happy with that.
I don’t have to go back to work until Monday after getting back from a two week holiday in Fiji yesterday. I’m not looking forward to the shit show I come back to as I know it will be a thing and then training a new hire remotely a few days after I get back.
Oh well, I’m currently just enjoying my wine and later me can worry about that.
Edit: It’s also fucking cold here and I want my warm island life back :(
Anyone else getting those romantic (read: horny) ads for Gold Coast? It’s got a couple romantically frolicking in pretty locations and I’ve gotta be honest, that’s kicking me on 2 fronts at the moment.
calligraphy done, oodie on, might make a warm drink
also, slipper report. $50 slippers from peter alexander lasted 2 months and were so so $8 slippers from woolies are just as warm and practical
That's it. I'm out
Just found out I need to provide proof of an agreement I've made with my manager, and that he has never responded via email for this particular thing, always just verbal...surprise surprise I still think he is a dick
you know what's annoying? mucktorok
Anyone been watching From? I got into the first series and was excited for the second, but I'm finding it a little laborious tbh. I haven't seen the most recent 2 episodes but I'm trying to persevere.
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Which jacket should I wear tomorrow with a black sweater dress and probably black shoes but also possibly olive green boots. Haha. I'm going out straight after work and I can't decide.