2026-10-28T03:23:56Z https://nostr.now DrFriendless 🇵🇸 https://nostr.now/npub1eex2htsejykhqmnmng48xu9vj33ljxg5vf2jk5l3xc5meyenjt8q3w8q7t https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/109/311/817/034/933/153/original/3a90ea10dc937b64.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/109/311/817/034/933/153/original/3a90ea10dc937b64.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfxmt6kuv4sz2jatejdyvntuzsk659gh95dhymg6lg99xtya707mczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuknga5f In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdmx49vst7pvv7335t743t2galpsvag4yez50447j4pffv2rywr9cmjslhx'>nevent1q…slhx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Today I am trying to implement a durable Lambda function for the first time, on Amazon Web Services. It seems to be very difficult - the function being durable means it can run for a while, go to sleep, then wake up and run for a while. So if you want to change it, you can&#39;t delete the old version and try again, because OMG that version might be sleeping and then wake up later! So after my first experiment I am stuck in a nightmare of old versions that were never meant to work. 2026-09-07T05:28:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspfy77aj58ee0kszzq83wqg7pwhjfzw0n2m4jt97md8nus4jw7yqczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvusl25du #MonDog #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>Gray having a good backrub in the park on Saturday, shortly before the wind arrived.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/117/228/018/686/855/576/original/9c901dde29ef6e92.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-09-07T05:08:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8j7rxu0rux438my70rlm84j7nxt9ml80vnjpamzm6tegf4mckreqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuu24xcw #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>Maybe not Gray&#39;s sharpest moment - he dropped his ball in front of Eric The Baby&#39;s stroller, and waited for it to kick it. Eric The Baby wasn&#39;t even there!<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/148/807/218/186/798/original/cb8dae2171f80764.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-09-05T00:17:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8pstgrqgjvl2wh83xfczc7mlj606tcus3ef74jn4yjl464r5rknczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu66h04d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3wcx8jlszzqt0zeasuw9360wfhuwstu7wzxmwywn4t8kkf5sg4czap3pn'>nevent1q…p3pn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>French adds -ing to English verbs to make nouns, e.g. &#34;le parking&#34; is a parking lot, &#34;le smoking&#34; is a smoking jacket.<br/><br/>The time you spent learning what is correct English hasn&#39;t finished yet, you need to keep running! 2025-09-04T23:59:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvjr24unc238x500xhwz9yd3k4m4d4ugx8tcxk06fmermtvkl0wegzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvurmngku In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsw8kqr75vjlws3w0g7gq04cwp8llcvegdpc773yzy4n4dnkt9pnzsdfnxy9'>nevent1q…nxy9</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good afternoon. Today I have debugged some cloud functions, eaten a healthy lunch, and almost done my housework! But soon it will be dog walk time again, and once again my life will be covered in mud.<br/><br/>Which Stevenson are you translating? 2025-08-06T05:58:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxa5e2hfvp49j0rplcklf7wauphyvap32q9ftq8fgswcccnh2vgjczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu443agk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsz634u0ht84epd77pwuqxeqdl27yrnmynv9w9q4vgfa35u48ftncg2ac5mm'>nevent1q…c5mm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>As long as it&#39;s a HOT DATE I&#39;m in, and so&#39;s my dog. 2025-07-15T06:20:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8l2ge7h6etukfv9lplv6u35s4wtmgf5cp4hcxuywhxpad92cm8sczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvul84yzq In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgnhg0c27qlu8e4tms9vdcxq2e5q9f9qcnhfrtzgalmw52dycy5ugpzvkvg'>nevent1q…vkvg</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It&#39;s 14C here today, which is miserable for me, being a child of the melanoma tribe. Gray has managed to talk me into getting roast chicken for dinner, to warm us up. 2025-07-15T05:37:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd9thj604um6469230dvrwv5ctg53hch6pgm8za34vkf2jrgrxp8szyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuuyn5zn In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgz3x7yvdsuaa0pe9rqv9rdqkqdz6fqzl6u8pyywjp2gak5jmtzqq9f0aj3'>nevent1q…0aj3</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Cold &amp; windy here in Sydney. The Dog of Mastodon will soon awake for his afternoon walk, forcing me to go out in it. Then I believe we are having a guest over for dinner tonight.<br/><br/>Here is a photo of the Dog of Mastodon and his mate Parker after the last windy period we had.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/827/413/896/629/736/original/cf39e12918989a91.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-07-10T06:03:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq8mnkwvejz9v5k3ft688fcgr8ne9hzqngapy024rayltwpfjgd6czyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuxkyxx4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstgy7fwrhyu3zjq6mxyurl00zdvevdfhfla7thx9kc6p4dgza7vvqp9fuw0'>nevent1q…fuw0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I was looking for French language social groups on Facebook I accidentally joined a group for brides from the Maghreb. They were planning weddings and dresses and how to find a husband... it was a real eye-opener, but I had to leave the group because I felt like an intruder. 2025-06-30T06:11:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgtwn7689lawvq08rdaevqr9mavphlr33a0c26tca4hmvwc4ulzdgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu8785f8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqwjvwzdtu94kkrczs7kysdxdvmmdal2glshyj9d2zugn4x644d0gqlaxev'>nevent1q…axev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;m marvelling at Swedish place names... I&#39;m pretty sure Grisslehamn is the small village where the adventurers hear rumours that the dragon Fisksätra has been pillaging the countryside. They go to see the village mayor whose name is Ålands Eckerö but they can&#39;t say his name and in a series of unfortunate events are permanently banished from Grisslehamn.<br/><br/>Other than that I am waiting on email from my boss, and cleaning up around the house :-). 2025-06-23T04:35:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspu2nqy6qp2y4emx7k6nd9ltq4x99zfwukmg9ud80gum8thymsvuszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu0qct4c Hmm. I seem to have come to a crossroads in life.<br/><br/>I got the news recently that there will be major changes at work, so I will need a new job. This should be distressing but actually I&#39;ve felt pretty calm about the idea of not being on support ALL THE TIME. So I will be looking for a job where I don&#39;t become the only person who knows anything.<br/><br/>I also had visits from my baby sister, and my baby boy, both from interstate. Let my clarify I can remember when they were babies but they are grown-ups now. My family is mostly in Queensland, as is my house, and some day I will move back there.<br/><br/>So I&#39;m just wondering how soon some day might be, and what job I could get that fits with moving interstate or whatever DrMrsDrFriendless needs me to do. We are getting old, and should start taking some time for ourselves. 2025-06-23T00:44:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgfhe4yvrv3rqsushcxwakuumm4aq0v4wlhq7xq46a5pwzdh3e6vgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuwxjqh9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgxpqf049z5nxhtjcdhmz7aq3e8shufh3ctqe5qrxndfwvvsv5q9g2yj99q'>nevent1q…j99q</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, you&#39;re illustrating the lack of trust I mentioned excellently, thank you. 2025-06-16T01:21:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst78z938ztc9jdye48pg8v4gkmyhgggan3z4w6tkdds3ht92qf55qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuz3rpgr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrsf4vvzcdepfqwegh67p92e9qzp9sd75y2p0h0mtdwths3emx2sgud360y'>nevent1q…360y</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Terrorism is when you get attacked by someone too poor to afford proper weapons. 2025-06-16T00:42:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz9tpld98w4fnxr8u42rcucc32zc56pcsc4yxkmh9c6dnjpsvws3gzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuh9xnle Inspired by maudenificent&#39;s post, I tracked down some of Andrew Leigh&#39;s PhD thesis. This paper is called &#34;Does Equality Lead to Fraternity?&#34; and is a statistical analysis of the correlation between inequality and level of trust in a society.<br/><br/><a href="https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/68e1edaf-9c7f-4233-9bac-7382c8820839/content">https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/server/api/core/bitstreams/68e1edaf-9c7f-4233-9bac-7382c8820839/content</a><br/><br/>The short answer is yes, it does; the slightly longer answer is that the data analysed is consistent with that hypothesis. So I&#39;m gonna call that a yes as I am not a PhD in economics and I have similar unsubstantiated opinions.<br/><br/>What I see on reddit is an overwhelming opinion that anyone who has money got it by ripping off the little people, and if those people weren&#39;t so greedy then we&#39;d all be content. For example, Woolworths billion dollar profit is a crime against humanity, eveb though it comes out to about $40 per person per annumm (and I probably spend $10K at Woolworths each year).<br/><br/>Similarly landlords, fast food chains and property developers are vilified, with no particular evidence that they are sucking vast amounts of money from the economy. Even Gina Rinehardt even gets abused, though there may be reason for that:<br/><br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Rinehart#Wealth_rankings">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gina_Rinehart#Wealth_rankings</a><br/><br/>I can&#39;t find any evidence that inequality is increasing in Australia over the last few years, but I do believe that the negative attitudes against politicians, supermarkets, boomers, etc, grow from inequality. Ideally our politicians would address that. 2025-06-16T00:40:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszwrhgf255lc4vd8j4mn9fkugz2yrrt0vdu5xl5fvwv93rp2msa0czyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvus2p8qv In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0gga5v5vp0uqdedd8pz7c6aq8sdxp8j27fy7qxg8l9yhncl4cqgsafypfh'>nevent1q…ypfh</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh I see. In Australia we don&#39;t do archaeology much because all of the buildings were built during recorded history. The best we could hope for would be middens or dinosaur bones. 2025-06-04T05:03:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyd7h5e4c9c9etzqauduz40v0ftkwhwm2ccm2u6h4q5p48cj8lzagzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu7huffd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstd7kafxm5pszeqsrf9acfy7njdmsdu0pd4a5heu9uwdpqxks83acpm83g7'>nevent1q…83g7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Were you doing archaeology, or manual labour? 2025-06-04T04:57:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9d7mqdn3qgw4fjuvvgns4jhzls38dpwusz447kf2d3n9p4tuws5qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvupz0506 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfqtd4hhmf6g9hpcw95d9my7thnms3rafx4f3tm7gpqkgcpwhmanqap2ae4'>nevent1q…2ae4</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Whatever they wanted me for was going to take 6 weeks. That&#39;s three release cycles for my software! 2025-06-04T04:50:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs97da3ca4wrsvprfy4dh97vhpg4n7s0tegynzsjhe2s2axp2k0agczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvua9nn4t In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8qxt3jpagjqe6ka0eq34kc5808wm4ud4spgnfprdru7e35xzy2yqdtc8sn'>nevent1q…c8sn</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good morning! Today I have avoided being on a jury, and tonight I shall drink too much and sleep very well without the stress of having to be on a jury! 2025-06-04T04:44:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqaqg5dw2jw5mljdtxw3tz58v6j9xf27zmlk7w435r9u7f0w5n7kqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu06wmpu In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs95s0sy78dd43csfug8lcrfvrge479yxdfzrv3fyr49cqaryl9s8s5tetcx'>nevent1q…etcx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hopefully next time they pick me DrMrsDrFriendless will be around to keep the dog calm. He watched me get ready to go out, and despite the calming presence of our niece, ran quickly through the door to leave with me. But in a way that made it obvious he knew he wasn&#39;t invited.<br/><br/>Niece sent a video of him sitting in his bed, but because I know his face so well I could see he looked worried and lost. Oh my poor baby! So he was very pleased when I came home after only 2 hours with a meat pie and a bacon quiche to share with him. 2025-06-04T04:32:12Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy6mt2jttnms3ql40hqecm8nkke9yfhjka0mcwvfuzmdx9weephrqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu8y2s76 In today&#39;s news, I went to see the Sheriff (who did NOT have a star badge, I am so disappoint!) and he said well yes since you are needed at work you do not have to do jury duty for 3 months but then we will ask you again even if you have the same job. So that&#39;s a massive load off my mind, for 3 months.<br/><br/>He said work is supposed to be able to give me time off to do jury duty. The place I work for has 6 staff total - one lady in the Philippines who answers the phones, one guy who does data analysis and has a new baby, one account manager who works herself ragged keeping the clients happy; one salesperson; one boss who looks after 2 little kids; and me who does ALL the technology. We are a technology company.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t understand how we are supposed to have enough capacity to spare me for 8 weeks when it would take 3 months to get someone else up to being useful. I also don&#39;t understand how I will ever take all the leave I am owed, but that&#39;s another issue. 2025-06-04T01:56:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdy7g8zq44wvdzcmkhzta07z88g6amqapzzpt37gv839zkg33g24szyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu3unv2g In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvrpl6g07zs3uhhjqnmv8n38qx6w69zj8kvx0hfp3rs3t5tjds6fq8tuk60'>nevent1q…uk60</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Oh goodness, in the last couple of years iPhones have started autofilling names like O&#39;Flaherty with a curly apostrophe, so like O’Flaherty.<br/><br/>So now names can&#39;t be stored using 8-bit ASCII, and if you&#39;re searching a list for all the O&#39;Flaherties you need to understand that the quote can be one of two characters.<br/><br/>For some reason this broke our database so I had to change all the text columns to use a 32 bit encoding, then go through and fix all the orders for the O&#39;Flaherties, O&#39;Connors, O&#39;Deas, O&#39;Briens, O&#39;MFGs!!!! 2025-06-04T01:47:17Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsz465fh0h87m8hkyq04su0xa8jqc20nnl9fxelysv4xccaq7fycpgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuc8dnnf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqs23nkc4rduyuj8fxc38as4tmkjdgu0ykzjydjlrdtk4pzx484tcaezgw7'>nevent1q…zgw7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It has been a very gloomy day in Sydney as well. 2025-06-02T06:03:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxvjtly3sc2uxpcscs0m26f9td7n8h54fevu9fz36a4zys4p2z9dczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu0hg0ye In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqstuzwwjxm7xdj6enzppnrcarynyxe5l25rzstj4q8uzrdst88wsygecnp7d'>nevent1q…np7d</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I had a dog bite on my right thumb a couple of weeks ago, and wore a fingerless glove to keep the bandage clean and attached. Cue Michael Jackson jibes from the other doggy daddies. 2025-06-02T03:37:14Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsq5fnuw866qcy354qa9xaqvw6d027rxj5h6f7ryekp0huz0upfaagzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuqmtfq8 So I&#39;ve been thinking the afternoon snack thing some more, and refining the criteria. Here are the new requirements:<br/>* something I can quickly eat in the afternoon when I need a pick-me-up<br/>* that won&#39;t contribute overly to my already excessive weight<br/>* that I can buy or prepare ahead of time<br/>* that won&#39;t spoil my dinner.<br/><br/>Items 2 &amp; 4 indicate that portion control is a factor. This is why Arnott&#39;s Shapes don&#39;t work very well - everyone knows that the portion size is 1 box, and that&#39;s too much.<br/><br/>After thinking about this for some time I realised that DrMrsDrFriendless&#39;s culture has a meal called tiffin which is exactly what I am thinking of, so obviously I should listen to her more. This also suggests that if I am to make anything for this plan DrMrsDrFriendless will be there with her cup of chai wanting some. So that adds the requirement that the snack be vegetarian.<br/><br/>With that in mind, I realised that I already know a perfect recipe, to wit vegetable cutlets:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/veg-cutlet-recipe-vegetable-cutlet-recipe/">https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/veg-cutlet-recipe-vegetable-cutlet-recipe/</a><br/><br/>In fact that&#39;s what we had for dinner last night. So that introduces a new wrinkle - the food prepared for snacks should be distinct from the food prepared for dinner, so that we don&#39;t just eat it all at once.<br/><br/>So I went to Nagi and asked what she had, and found these sorts of things:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/crispy-zucchini-fritters/">https://www.recipetineats.com/crispy-zucchini-fritters/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/pakora-indian-vegetable-fritters/">https://www.recipetineats.com/pakora-indian-vegetable-fritters/</a><br/><br/><a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/vegetable-dumplings-potstickers/">https://www.recipetineats.com/vegetable-dumplings-potstickers/</a><br/><br/>For the dumplings I would need to learn to cope with wonton wrappers, which I don&#39;t have experience with. But the fritter concept is pretty good, as it can be adapted to use whatever we have in the vegetable crisper.<br/><br/>And that is the extent of my research thus far. I&#39;ll post photos when I make more progress. 2025-05-31T02:51:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy7hupdpuetanhm2v5fxs2ejdl9naknuann6uht2g8n8yupt223ygzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvumkruvd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd4ttx7gsvj5k562q3r40wkjhtdfvyax3draagn62mqtxmvtp6r9gn0uy8n'>nevent1q…uy8n</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think we have the type of muruku that DrMrsDrFriendless had when she was a kid. 2025-05-29T00:50:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswdu6q6vmc8hljj7wdpdklgafwyxksldfaxkhs52r9xx2cmeu73xszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu4xmwqp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswlwdpnl0zhtm05dy4qx7jmcv0pynlperez737d8qu6zm5q8nrw7sav2u6u'>nevent1q…2u6u</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hah, we have a load of muruku here but I find them very dull. I didn&#39;t know there were ikan bilis snacks though, that&#39;s interesting. 2025-05-28T23:15:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0jzxg4d466gup886hy4euwx9q2yqnm33vkcfcwdk9zdjf2mr60aszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuqj3mtp In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsguumvmfxgm54ere93fud59xpgu0l7gq9vx672hq7mskl7yu0hqdc0n57te'>nevent1q…57te</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Good afternoon from cool Sydney. In a few minutes I will finish work, close the laptop, and this wild animal will remember that playing with football in the park with Hank and AJ and Harley and Basil and Polo and Evie is the best fun in the world and I will be dragged out of my warm house on the end of a rope.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/583/956/775/656/207/original/00186a137afade1e.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-28T06:09:40Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv8t2d89q90r7e7ue2u0290j8u3x00ed5dx2xqazxhzpvc5f5phjgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu0ff4gr What&#39;s an afternoon snack that I can keep in the cupboard and have with a coke, but isn&#39;t chips. Asking for tomorrow as it is too late today and now I have run out of chips. 2025-05-28T05:53:48Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsty3ppknlt5gy85dwz5el2tfvk4752za7axdjsfmfmep598rfg3uqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvughcsgg In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspuvxjsfk9glu45pqhcjzkufxpsk6nq5rcwl3sh3ju0cjexfzx6tgutsy7l'>nevent1q…sy7l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Maybe it hasn&#39;t finished yet. After all, we still have Nazis. 2025-05-26T06:27:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdv6zvlccmfrcye79vjfyuhesg46rhz5tzlx6d3d89wldxwl0smfczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuv5p5us #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>In today&#39;s news, the puppy is happy with the meaty bones from the butcher. My previous bone purchase was &#34;soup bones&#34; from the supermarket, which were weirdly red and which he refused to touch.<br/><br/>If the dog won&#39;t eat them, I&#39;m not making soup with them! His nose is spectacularly smart. He is a puppy dog of refinement and distinction, as you can tell by this photo from Saturday morning when we went to the park after the rain had stopped.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/572/478/703/003/256/original/48f40d6f6af8ba7b.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-26T05:30:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstw8m8tkxy2t7nd0mtcgs8ssk3pdz2xnx304q4tpq3mg0sjkvh7cqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu30528r In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdkq6f6zc47jgygwn9tlt3cv3rvtvad7xq09546nuz3u9mh3rryzg63cuen'>nevent1q…cuen</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I noticed the price of the coffee I usually buy has gone from $40 to $56 in the last month or so. It was on special for $32 two months ago and I didn&#39;t get any :-(. 2025-05-24T08:37:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqrk74s50hpppvjhsaysgxlt4tp8tqshqfe6ergxr2a3srmhfmflczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvun6eun4 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs944vah427c9gcnqvvk466pu0mkch0545eu7s8688zqaq34gx0q3cdalh2j'>nevent1q…lh2j</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Well at least the boss could stop paying me :-). It&#39;s a balancing act to bring in the revenue to pay the wages, adding another developer is completely impossible. 2025-05-23T09:04:39Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvt8rjlepxtr82pz8549jzygpwju3q80x7pugp5ud69s7vlvhdakszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuyj9w48 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsd2p4ge0tnumhvwy37j9wjlqq7acjr3j876edjt57uwld7u4tlk5qvleyp7'>nevent1q…eyp7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been selected 3 times in the last 6 months, and have got exemption based on being required at work. This time they refused that excuse.<br/><br/>So, you know, if a client does something like putting an 80 line paragraph in the Ts &amp; Cs on a ticket, which kills the server, well the server stays dead until I&#39;m available. I spend so much time dealing with urgent problems, and we lose clients if we&#39;re not available. 2025-05-23T06:05:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2rv9z6ltnmkmr7mc0a2f2yyusmqx0sej6yq4t35jh949pjstnyeszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvup2zrg3 Ah, well that&#39;s gonna fuck me. I have to attend jury duty, possibly for an 8 week trial. Work will be screwed without me, the dog will literally not understand Daddy not being home, and I fucking hate going to the CBD and haven&#39;t been there for years.<br/><br/>Jesus H Fucking Christ, leave me alone. 2025-05-23T02:37:05Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsr8kv3af4hugvaf2tu808myev68dzv7lglgtaz36g647cewrdsukczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvurwe5m6 Read the room, bro, nobody wants to be out here in the rain playing with your frreaking favourite red football!<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/550/373/727/451/852/original/eea5aa2ce34604b5.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-22T07:48:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsf2mpjprw25yv63030zkxzzl3la8mn2gph80avtr5t794k6u766tczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuzndzkl #DogsOfMastodon On National Rescue Dog Day (or thereabouts, depending on timezones), this guy is doing OK for himself after having been delivered to the pound at 6 weeks old. His mum is probably out working cattle, but he&#39;s playing with his friends in the park.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/543/160/667/300/080/original/0060b7bf55b3e1ac.jpeg"> <br/> 2025-05-21T01:15:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs897q7pyrv9y0zktdtagtxuwlrd7szeneyr7g48v2yyu8j2sr5hkczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvue5jzle All the weather forecasts for Sydney keep saying &#34;OMFG so much rain you not gonna believe it!!!!!!!&#34; and here it is, still not raining.<br/><br/>Climate change is real and it&#39;s picking on me. 2025-05-16T05:58:41Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs95dm8smvghestx6mfa92wy7numm5jzj2nj9dwnypu0le50f3a9vszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvukkegdx In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswj00zsgsykcugukptcpnytayyh37an2fq5m6ka59svmehm54fl3qhufr42'>nevent1q…fr42</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My prediction is that Albo will remain as spineless as before. A strong majority will change jack shit except maybe the odd anti-social-media bill rushed through parliament without consultation. 2025-05-16T01:13:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs98uq9ge2rnjzh2uwy649pzvmeuk345hxjx83f65337j4f42jru8gzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu2rh6ez In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsquntpxtz52jcnjedthft6qgfu4c0wvdcx2u5kvzkz283rawv73jg5dasjl'>nevent1q…asjl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I always consider it to be a sign of a poor journalist. At best it&#39;s a waste of time, at worst it&#39;s trying to put words into the interviewee&#39;s mouth.<br/><br/>I am always reading about how Leigh Sales was a great journalist, I actually thought she was one of the worst.<br/><br/>There can be more ideas in the world than just the Liberal one and the Labor one. 2025-05-02T04:53:06Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdqpdeeqt3tw2zwakr6e8zqfw3npysjvjr2n772kxwmvg0mmfjtyczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuhc3j6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst0xvwxr5y93s6mxesdzh2nu6nuq0mdq6l4j8q0jz2mkvcrqgkeqslxvqev'>nevent1q…vqev</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was a willing participant in a huge argument on reddit yesterday on this very issue. The bad guy (i.e. arguing against me) was convinced that Labor was entitled to Green preferences even though they do things like this. He was bitter that about 15% of Green preferences leak to the LNP.<br/><br/>Today, Albo pushes through this bullshit and all of the greenies who were saying &#34;BOTH THE SAME&#34; and now chanting &#34;TOLD YOU SO!&#34;<br/><br/>It&#39;s fucking dumb. The guy is just fucking dumb. He is 100% bought and paid for and has no allegiance to the people of Australia. Un-fucking-believable. 2025-03-25T06:08:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhan99ck80qv8kvpjkjln70spp05f985wfj6t09qe3953j4jdy5qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvus238r3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqs7xyayaf7kpslxqfvsgrd7y28q0dcssmjs3x57sfmkjx7lag4kqwk84tk'>nevent1q…84tk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>My wife is a Hindu vegetarian and I love SE-Asian food, so I&#39;m always on the lookout for recipes where I can easily take out the meat and put in some brussels sprouts for her.<br/><br/>If I can&#39;t find a way then that becomes a food I only get as takeaway :-(. 2025-03-25T04:05:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyvmtd7uvzenazyjxrg6kurpmfp8fqpayek9hyferkn6z6urdtw3szyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuu83dq8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswh596h57nm5em02jyrlvkel7925m7m4mjjfpmqhvcsagl2zqhrrqygmdkk'>nevent1q…mdkk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I liked Kevin Costner in &#34;The Untouchables&#34;, but &#34;Dances With Wolves&#34; was way too long. After that I started considering how long a movie was before I bothered to watch it, and at 3 hours there&#39;s no hope. It was also the end of Kevin Costner for me, he just seemed to be this person who liked seeing himself on the screen, and I was looking for actual entertainment :-(. 2025-03-11T02:50:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw5yqfeuucen9jltdn40un8s047lpf2v3gx25p9d4apakt5rnmfngzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvudtkyf2 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqk9t7r3ff0ek9myet3rpq7fat50885jlyytf99ypqpu8wctye7dq932uuf'>nevent1q…2uuf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I have family in SEQ, so I&#39;m very interested in what the weather is. My sister sent a photo of sunshine at her place. She has better weather than I do. 2025-03-07T02:24:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxde89vcrmccrd433ecxatqatx9w8u6ptfsk9ma7c2wxmv9ks5y5qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuawdk87 #DogsOfMastodon<br/><br/>The news from our house is that the dog&#39;s toe is mostly better. OTOH when I stepped onto the black plastic in the picture to show him where it was safe to enter the water, I slipped and now have a bruised second toe and foot.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/056/311/346/903/571/original/91d7b18a057ea92a.jpg"> <br/> 2025-02-24T01:42:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs826a2xkknlzvw65cz69mp5wlmw0j5dyv52hwn5zmeql59sajxm4qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvujgy7e9 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrapfgy70xn37jvdntgx38mcy5xeeehuu0sjvcygv8ssqga9p7fhgusdzps'>nevent1q…dzps</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I&#39;ve made &#34;blondies&#34; from recipetineats a couple of times recently. They&#39;re like brownies but they&#39;re white.<br/><br/>I was disappointed with how soft they came out, but I got nothin on you.<br/><br/>In the latest batch I added white chocolate buttons, macadamia nuts, and ginger. 2025-02-20T05:33:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp5q3dqgnku755k04ft9grkme4pek9gxf70kf36drd5g4k6xv8xzczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvurthkae In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8aj3js7sqtf8m6cehzx5fst7wj87ly47vz559u2xggcu4exlaztcspgygx'>nevent1q…gygx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>OTOH if Albo and Jim have discussed it they&#39;re not going to say anyway. I don&#39;t have a lot of respect for journalists who try gotchas like that. 2025-02-18T23:47:32Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8hepn3z7j3uv2nk0trd9x9ujv2eq7fws8sqzc0xr2g4t5uct0xlgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu76emac In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr3snyq4a85evktzullv2wp0qksgu7kugqsp9yp6ttvsh0hqwdgms7hapnm'>nevent1q…apnm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>When I went to Japan I was very keen to try the local food and decided to have something new no matter how weird it was. That was when I realised that I ate at a Japanese cafe in Brisbane several times a week, and most Japanese food was very familiar to me. 2025-02-18T22:57:24Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy8nnh09cltctdhtul2kaqafr0phh9jrs56v0y62yuj37wkwp7k8czyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu6mevx3 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyvaw8gkerzezy00sdrk7r7uktnrgyea5sx60nltca4uvnna2f2tg0d9l67'>nevent1q…9l67</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I think there&#39;s a portion of the Zionist community that amplifies such incidents. I dunno about instigating, they&#39;re not as bad as the Murdoch press for example. 2025-02-18T06:29:20Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstkz35q6mztauv6fdlhmejrdayl33mkfv2keucy5kryxcahwvru5gzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuk8yrkl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsg6hwwcec3xspxzf5m2em2zvkatjrsd9plglemnju0xy9tu043lngrkl7zx'>nevent1q…l7zx</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yeah, the trouble is that if you send expired food to a charity and a whole bunch of poor people get poisoned because the use by date was actually true, all of a sudden *you&#39;re* the bad guy. Sheesh.<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been very wary since that time my wife and I ate the old taco sauce and for one glorious afternoon the one year old was ruler of the household. 2025-02-18T05:06:28Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrwgn4k4wtx69z953a0n8yeurf8zhlv8wzdtt7shqwrlnlfm20c7qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvufgmz2q In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsxpchtm8ms34077vssq5jl9hrhs69jxwqvdcnac59740qp368md4st7u5jz'>nevent1q…u5jz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>But how many MCGs of that was food people actually wanted to eat? Or was it all just broccoli?<br/><br/>Quite apart from the stupid units, these stories annoy me for the lack of actual information they provide. They are just there to support the dumb headline.<br/><br/>The food being thrown out is probably things like pumpkins in Shepparton, which can&#39;t economically be shipped to Rockhampton where they could be fed to cows. It&#39;s not going to be ham &amp; cheese toasties in Newtown. 2025-02-18T01:25:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2sw6yyrs2tyx2mtvghf4y8mlk95hukz6hddlmuuf7avlz0gxwy5szyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvut7axs7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0p33kgzgpfvemdgn4w8z767ukrswyfvn2qfvw5a5gu449ach4gpql3qa0x'>nevent1q…qa0x</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>He&#39;s not even a shadow of Gough&#39;s fart. 2025-02-13T22:58:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsd0m987t39yjhl39q8j3rchdepjetc3hknek9cf0ty9ayvywlapuczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvueplwaf In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsryg89yrxwlsthcqkzj2vw9at04klz9a3xap3d4z9p0ndj0vagqkc9l3cus'>nevent1q…3cus</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Meh, I have a puppy. Nobody gets into the front yard without them and me being terrified by loud barking. 2024-12-31T01:06:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsw4wpmf3qmz2zfrtrjpg6hs5gj0j2k9kdqjtk3ymqnz4hvl3p2yagzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuhls0yw #FirstWorldProblems<br/><br/>So last Friday I had my work Christmas party. I jumped in an Uber with a full esky and went and did the party thing. Then in the afternoon I went to get an Uber back, and my credit card had been blocked. Google Pay didn&#39;t work, Paypal didn&#39;t work, so I checked my bank app and there was nothing obvious there. I had to get a mate to pay for the Uber.<br/><br/>The next day I sent my bank an email asking them to fix my credit card. And then some hours after that, while idly fiddling with my phone, I found the SMS from them saying &#34;did you make this payment? Reply yes and we&#39;ll unblock your card.&#34;<br/><br/>Well sheeit. Mixed in with 3 2FA messages and one from my boss, there was the clue I was missing.<br/><br/>They replied to my message saying &#34;we did this for your security!&#34;<br/><br/>Well, fuck off, bank, fuck right off. I don&#39;t use Uber much but I expect to be allowed to. It&#39;s not a dodgy service. Yes, it could be used by someone stealing my card, but so could all of the other crap I buy.<br/><br/>I actually write the fraud detection code at work, so I told them that their system was overzealous and that was a way to lose customers. They tried to convince me it was for my own good.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t fucking think so. I&#39;ve banked with them for 40 years and they&#39;ve seen me pay off my house and for fuck&#39;s sake don&#39;t randomly block my credit card. Let me buy shit!<br/><br/>So they have elevated my message to a proper complaint, which is very nice of them because that was what I was going to do anyway. I&#39;m torn on whether that&#39;s good service or not. 2024-12-19T06:03:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8dta3sj0hwlxp2e0jqes7uhr6ad6lk3zaysewawjc9sthfs69wpszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuwvplu5 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspvjm6qjnafa7mek693x2fz0mqndwxxtfaesv55spk4eaurjnkgtc7qlh5l'>nevent1q…lh5l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Hmm, Vegetarian Girl would definitely go for that, I&#39;ll have to think about how to adapt that to my tastes.<br/><br/>I find carrot to be one of the rare vegetables that&#39;s just as bad cooked as raw, so I really need to chop it small and hide when I put it in my own food. 2024-12-17T05:19:02Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstgzyek2asl7e9qmxq4qlgwgfn6wep55a2l0d9aej389yqcm3008gzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu5j38rw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqst7tf8h4xsgn3t30czlgte43lkky780l2zul8azeummdn8w9066mshxtwrz'>nevent1q…twrz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Yes, I&#39;ve put mushrooms on pizzas so I know about the mush. I fried them in butter before putting them in the quiche. 2024-12-17T04:26:55Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8gh9q6j4p2rfhkn933pdfr5d076atman7r43jr828j2x5r04qghgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuk2rypc #cooking<br/><br/>Update on the purchase of pie and quiche trays. The plan was to make shepherd&#39;s pies for Vegetarian Girl, aka DrMrsDrFriendless, and then make quiches for myself as she wouldn&#39;t eat those anyway.<br/><br/>I concocted a vegetarian shepherd&#39;s pie recipe from the Women&#39;s Weekly:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipe/baking/cheesy-lentil-pies-18937/">https://www.womensweeklyfood.com.au/recipe/baking/cheesy-lentil-pies-18937/</a><br/><br/>and mashed potato from RecipeTinEats. The first problem was that the pastry shrank during pre-cooking so that it was only half the height of the pie tin! I hate it when it does that! Luckily the mashed potato topping can cover many sins, and there happened to be exactly enough filling and potato to make 7 pies. <br/><br/>Next time I&#39;ll cook the potato longer, as the mash could have started a bit wetter - I&#39;ve never really liked mashed potato, so I rarely cook it.<br/><br/>For the quiches I had to feed a &#34;pescatarian&#34; as well, so I made 3 quiches lorraines, and 3 mushroom quiches. I was ready for the walls to shrink so I made them tall. So one of them collapsed instead of shrinking. And then the interior was really too small for all the filling I had.This was the recipe I sort of followed:<br/><br/><a href="https://www.recipetineats.com/mini-quiche-4-ways/">https://www.recipetineats.com/mini-quiche-4-ways/</a><br/><br/>I wasn&#39;t optimistic about the quiches, as sometimes mushrooms seem to turn into tasteless goop, and they were really quite small, but OMG they tasted good! I ate two of the lorraines and &#34;pescatarian&#34; ate the other one. Next time I&#39;ll just cook what I want!<br/><br/>Even the mushroom ones were very good. I ate them all cold, as it&#39;s way too hot here to be heating things.<br/><br/>Would I do it again? Well I certainly want to eat the quiches again, but I hope I can make the pastry process a bit quicker.<br/><br/>As for the shepherd&#39;s pies, VegetarianGirl ate one, then decided to eat another one. Yes, we ate too much. Her second one was upside down and she noted that this one had red filling whereas the previous one was white - yes VegetarianGirl really had no idea what was in a shepherd&#39;s pie! So I feel quite pleased that I was able to educate her like that.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/661/008/316/055/114/original/76a25122f3babe57.jpeg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/661/008/325/120/018/original/c7cc936848ca5f32.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-16T06:25:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdyphtaef7dds2c9ep0w4ajt7tggjgejxry706zk4rz0jcrydn82czyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvusukxwg #cooking <br/><br/>I just got some new toys in the mail! 6 mini quiche trays, and 7 pie dishes (I ordered 6).<br/><br/>Everybody I will be cooking for who eats eggs also eats bacon, so I can make quiche lorraine.<br/><br/>That leaves the pie dishes to feed Vegetarian Girl. I could make haloumi pot pies, or something like a pie with masala dosa filling, but do you vege connoisseurs have any other ideas? No eggs no mushrooms. 2024-12-11T02:09:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdl9u9e4qd97wvex9mq7ugdjrljqj8qlafxl9tta0zdxglc78sdsqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuz2pnye #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>This is our friend Dumpling, a sheepdoodle. She&#39;s 11 months old.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/631/656/813/632/397/original/63e9d66ce4e1dc4c.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-12-11T01:45:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv85reg077vfje3xmvxal3yk6wzcpax7k3tqyypq4njtjrkgszn4gzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu3n7g66 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsts6qx6v2u8jnz5dn47h2dk5kvx5lu9wa2k5plw4llc77ce7jq2qgk8w32e'>nevent1q…w32e</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>After their too-little too-late effort at the U.N. they revert to type. 2024-12-09T05:40:53Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsww6p5q3ca9lwn6ez9vu2chg7x0seyd8tpp9vht2wq0k997dw9aaszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu33w3av Hello tooters. It&#39;s Friday arvo and my software is released and I am Not Going To Tempt Fate By Screwing With Stuff, so it&#39;s story time.<br/><br/>A few years ago DrMrsDrFriendless was a visiting scholar at a university in Japan, so I went over for a few weeks to visit her and help figure out how the recycling worked.<br/><br/>We were staying at the visiting scholars residence, and one evening a Bangadeshi couple invited everyone around for dinner. There were many young postgrad women who had decided that they would make a traditional meat dish of their country and were very keen that I try it (to this day, I don&#39;t get why I was Big In Japan). So I had a wonderful dinner and made a lot of friends.<br/><br/>I was talking to one guy who was doing a PhD in Ag science, and I asked where he was from. His answer was &#34;Pakistan, Afghanistan, somewhere like that.&#34; I was obviously confused that he didn&#39;t know, so we got chatting. He&#39;s a Pashtun, and in 1893 Mortimer Durand drew the Durand Line, separating Pakistan from Afghanistan, right through the middle of their homeland. So the Pashtuns have never much cared for those two nations, nor the imperialists who confected them (note: check with a real Pashtun for better information).<br/><br/>Meanwhile, back in Australia, Man Haron Monis was conducting a siege at the Lindt Cafe in Sydney. One of my uncles back in Australia commented on my holiday photo post &#34;what do you think now of Tony Abbott&#39;s warnings about Muslim violence?&#34;<br/><br/>In responding to him, I was faced with a choice - to hate Muslims, and carry on my family traditions; or to accept all people and especially the ones who made nice dinner for me. So that was when I unfriended my uncle and decided that I&#39;d live in a world where people who did bad things were not representative of their race, religion, countrymen, or any other classification we might choose to demonise. And if my family didn&#39;t like it then they could go fuck themselves. 2024-11-29T04:53:23Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrxywn0r48ymtsyew8j95an6v79rtxktcr7saqzmplecls4xzskzqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuugw0vl In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs878pa0qgnaksk2sgpt2szaza3j2f4k2j59fe2g2gage400l3msxcdqw0yr'>nevent1q…w0yr</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I love rainy days at home. I leave the door open so I can see the rain. When I was a kid I used to sit in the doorway to watch.<br/><br/>My mum used to chase me away because she wanted to walk through the door. My wife just closes the door because she doesn&#39;t appreciate rain. My dog says I should walk through the door and go to the park in the rain.<br/><br/>I can&#39;t have nice things. 2024-11-27T01:51:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst8aqwey0yyx8sr47w7retxxkmjunw6wzutu4r32gt428r3xxye5szyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu7qu62u #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>It never ceases to amaze me, as my dog stares at me, how rewarding it is to try to understand what he&#39;s telling me. He&#39;s trying to get me to understand just as much as I do the same to him. Just now he told me that I should make the air conditioning cooler.<br/><br/>Yesterday afternoon I watched a mate have an argument with his dog about whether the dog was allowed to go swimming again. The dog of course had to do his half without words.<br/><br/>This morning at the beach I eventually figured out this kelpie was in the &#34;waiting for you&#34; pose, so I had a look around at what he was waiting for. There was a stick in the water, and he was patiently waiting for me to throw the stick - his mum couldn&#39;t because she had nice shoes on and couldn&#39;t go in the water. I never met this dog before, but he knew eventually I would understand what he was telling me.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/552/361/103/329/893/original/b797eaa648e05518.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-11-27T01:44:49Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyv0plcxaaxg7xhm0w8fg90whhjdzf49uvukug78qy3ngsw53qekqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvunsdhdn Now that Chicken Girl has moved out into her own flat, DrMrsDrFriendless and I can reset our diet. She is culturally vegetarian and I am culturally alcoholic with snags. But anyway, this was the thing I found to make on the weekend.<br/><br/>The carrot stubbornly refused to soften, so disrupted the shaping of the cutlets and some chunks fell off. I think next time I&#39;ll cook the carrot first, and separately, until it submits. But other than that it worked just fine and was a good dinner.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/veg-cutlet-recipe-vegetable-cutlet-recipe/">https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/veg-cutlet-recipe-vegetable-cutlet-recipe/</a> 2024-11-11T01:34:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszcecqpnexgsjkmpp4nsrqasvemr6yxgtymq6lsg2ren6vhk66hfgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvutjc96n In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsy4n7hgv2f3ms6xvhj62wzwwcmt0ksrqvdpyqftwr0fgsfydwud6g8ulrz6'>nevent1q…lrz6</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I can&#39;t vote for this idiot. He was the worst opposition leader and he&#39;s a useless prime minister, he has to go. 2024-11-08T01:55:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxpa85kdmt36f66ls555jtgcaywfvxmdx6ymtk0w2c0373p3g687szyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvupwsns0 #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>Gray and Black Betty love to wrestle. She&#39;s the dog walker&#39;s dog so she&#39;s very well socialised, and he&#39;s very gentle with the little ones, while still putting up a fight.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/275/395/264/602/399/original/5adbcd7227685c66.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/275/407/146/161/174/original/6638997892c8d0b0.jpg"> <br/> 2024-10-09T03:46:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvqc5y75mc0wzs2emfp88xj4ev8j2xa7l43a7e4z0szmw9tlsvphczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvumm9jzh At work we use a messaging system where I can react with a thumbs up to indicate agreement or acknowledgement. That&#39;s not the reaction I usually need. How about these?<br/><br/>🤔 🥱 🤡 👺 2024-10-09T03:18:09Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp0qqree85numwguhuegrknkup2u8y8mhs63nnzj3xz2mme23v6yszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuny8vcz In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs93drxjauly8z60wx97plr6smufzmr8ay4hrcrrz3jyaaatc5ayjc0cr6mv'>nevent1q…r6mv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Tingo, AFAIK, at the start of this thread. 2024-10-02T05:31:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxhcnn2sllfj7sxvkn3ztu0267vmt6wpxnh8463mg6ep9w7z3ss5qzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvudpq7sc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgkuxk833500vn58cy2vqp4wplyv8vza7r6awl7psftyqpdytvmesgwx4tz'>nevent1q…x4tz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I was amused enough to propagate it! 2024-10-02T05:24:22Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsya3ys5mypwpl8km04naaacmake7qfutvaxx6lq2hyc90hfej4luczyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu7wk0f7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswx2lrw5wguwjds82nkhz58vgd77dttq4x8d3zsmsu47ctz8ct5zgal06na'>nevent1q…06na</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>I thought Jim&#39;s Mowing spoke very well - the bits I saw he related the problems to his own and KH&#39;s personal experience, and tried to show that they wanted to act in the interests of the American people. 2024-10-02T05:00:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsxfq6stgp32xfzzkdm3mqqt2zzjh79zpqaprr6hqh02lya0mwv8qqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvua3lx6y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsfh8tj8dmt3hfm5senuxgjqrz2lsp9xvkwgyqatwegrs0zc9gkrssxsj2pp'>nevent1q…j2pp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>#DogsOfMastodon Does this help?<br/><br/>Sorry no chihuahuas.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/225/115/932/713/880/original/eb494383cd95d8b0.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-30T06:36:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqspgjhvnak6rm7zl7xla32zqqrsr2zxyv9nc3y730t0ptdv0a6nlzqzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvusscm58 Aww, #DogsOfMastodon. We met Jimmy on our walk this morning. I don&#39;t know what his story is except that his back legs are plainly malformed.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/207/730/744/785/373/original/5cdaaf7b5e04d8ed.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-09-27T05:06:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0u597w5p26cngnmdrgk36c9us6gneazaf3zqz07rf5mdftnx2acgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvuccc4dk In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqswnktm9a9dmmegh97y5prx0n0sfwuuk5yq6kh6d2axhqdsh0fk8hcgvd2sz'>nevent1q…d2sz</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>How come you&#39;re the same age as me (judging from the first photo) yet when you were a teenager everyone drove &#39;60s cars? Did you age 15 years in 2 years? Were &#39;60s cars the fashion in the &#39;80s? 2024-09-24T06:59:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrn3luazp7kavdn7a4k4vh0tpyrrw09sf26jtp89zeu4wjauu90wgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvujzfnca In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsgy69d94x464kaj7chj3ylsqy7gw49xa5g04q3xjycddlpt8q0zmc88paqp'>nevent1q…paqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Removing judges is generally considered undemocratic. I believe what he can do is say there are now 11 justices of the supreme court, and appoint two of his own. But if that has to go through Congress then he can&#39;t. 2024-09-23T05:00:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8ltp5xclqfkdj6aq3lhvg2zj2ahmuxjnelerj2kh8pd9krxkk8hszyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu7nfrf7 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs0umjslglnk6ztjx05zfskk5t56ueh8c0aayafnz7r5fqpv3q08mcw3dq2a'>nevent1q…dq2a</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Speaking as an idiot, good weather is really dull. My dogs, who are even more idiotic than me, prefer to be outside in a storm because there&#39;s stuff to see, puddles to play in, and no danger that the house will fall on you.<br/><br/>30 years ago I went white-water rafting on the Tully River, when it was 3 metres in flood. That of course meant that the hard bits the guides knew about were way below us, and there were new hard bits invented just for the day. It was a great day 10 out 10 would do again especially if I could be 30 years younger for it. 2024-09-03T04:54:36Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrrwtud5cg808neq7pppg5esuywp0h7mtzelktfvspmanfdewgcrgzyr8ye2awrxgj6urw0wdz5ums4j2x87gez339226n7ymzn0ynxwfvu9lasak #DogsOfMastodon <br/><br/>On Saturday I had jobs to do in the neighbourhood so I decided Gray&#39;s afternoon walk would be past Cafe Bones where we sometimes have breakfast.<br/><br/>Of course he lined up to wait for his puppacino, which I hadn&#39;t planned on ordering. AFAICT it&#39;s just milk sprinkled with liver treats, and he doesn&#39;t even like milk, but he&#39;s learned it&#39;s also a symbol of prestige to the other dogs, and that&#39;s as important as good food. So he got his puppacino.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/026/540/895/232/543/original/bec73a333e64cdf2.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-08-26T04:59:57Z