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Orphaned squirrels - I love the polite fiction that Martha Stewart actually writes her own blog posts. But this post about some rescued baby squirrels (https://www.themarthablog.com/2025/06/helping-orphaned-squirrels-found-at-my-farm.html) was very cute! https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78518

This is awesome. Great to see, @mishmanners.tech !! 👏

Rescuing my Blunnies 🥾 - Back in 2016, I bought myself a pair of Blundstone boots (https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/16652). I got them at Raben Footwear (https://www.rabenfootwear.com.au/) near Central Station, and I paid $180 AUD for them. They las... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78509

Marathon mantras - Fourteen years ago this week, I ran my first and only marathon. I just re-read my race report (https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/9891) and it honestly made me tear up a little bit. It’s honestly one of the best things I’ve ever do... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78502

Personally I love a good workshop and @chrissimon.au is an awesome facilitator- interesting to hear tech leader’s challenges and how similar we are @sydtechleaders.bsky.social

Brutalism in Glebe - The Snook is an avowed fan of brutalist architecture, and after our talk (/archive/78459) today in Glebe he said he wanted to take a slight detour to go look at a building. It was only a few blocks away… WOW. This is the old Bidura... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78461

Textiles that tell a story - Today we went up to the Glebe Library to attend a free collections talk from the Powerhouse Museum on “Textiles that tell a story: Samurai silk to royal underwear” (https://web.archive.org/web/20250612074702/https://whatso... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78459

Remembering that time I ran a marathon, in the pouring rain... 14 years ago today. 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ www.youtube.com/shorts/rqc2P...

Blockin’ bots - A few weeks back I noticed that the WordPress stats for this site were showing massive spikes in traffic that didn’t correlate to actual visitor numbers. Note: I use a CDN, so these stats are a little misleading in that they’re not s... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78405

Random links - Time to clear out the browser tabs… - A surprising trick to making hard choices? Try thinking less (https://www.npr.org/2025/06/03/nx-s1-5406260/a-surprising-trick-to-making-hard-choices-try-thinking-less) – While I tend to be pretty q... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78402

Balloon Dog Lamp/Speaker - You can own a functional version of Jeff Koons’ Balloon Dog sculptures for $750 (https://www.theverge.com/news/685571/jeff-koons-lexon-design-balloon-dog-bluetooth-speaker-lamp) – These are pretty neat, but I’m still salty... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78373

This is so cool. Amazing artwork.

Joining the State Library of NSW - I’m really happy to share with you all that I recently joined the Foundation Board (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/about/foundation/foundation-board-members/kristine-howard) of the State Library of New South Wales (https://... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78370

The Quilters - Don’t mind me – just sitting here crying watching this lovely little documentary on Netflix about men in a maximum-security prison who make quilts for foster children. It’s so good. https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78346

This. - A Company Reminder for Everyone to Talk Nicely About the Giant Plagiarism Machine (https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/a-company-reminder-for-everyone-to-talk-nicely-about-the-giant-plagiarism-machine) – This nicely illustrates the biggest probl... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78343

Give the cat another goldfish - You would think after living together for 25 years, I would have heard all of the Snook’s linguistic quirks. But yesterday at Coles we were discussing some grocery item not on our list, and he shrugged and said “Give th... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78303

🚨 1 WEEK TO GO! Still thinking about coming to #YOWTLS25 in Brisbane next week? This is your final call for a day of real talk, bold ideas & tech leadership that delivers. 🎟️ Grab your ticket now: yowcon.com/tech-leaders... #TechLeadership

Ouch. - > “And no one knew better than I did what it meant to make your own head masculine so that it would be accepted by the culture of men; I had done it, I was doing it.” Elena Ferrante is killing me, again. https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78203

Manly to Bondi Walk – Leg #4 - Yesterday we headed out to continue our epic 80km+ walk around Sydney Harbour from Manly to Bondi (https://www.bonditomanly.com/). This leg would take us from Taronga Zoo all the way across the Harbour Bridge to Circular Q... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78160

Good riddance. - Parent Company of the Big 4 Sewing Pattern Brands Sold to a Liquidator (https://craftindustryalliance.org/parent-company-of-the-big-4-sewing-pattern-brands-sold-to-a-liquidator/) – The online sewing community have been all over this new... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78093

In other big crafting news today, the big four sewing pattern companies have been sold to a liquidator, citing tariffs and the closure of Joann as factors, as well as softening in the craft market generally. craftindustryalliance.org/parent-compa...

The Luck Factor 🍀 - I was engrossed in this article (https://richardwiseman.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/the_luck_factor.pdf) (PDF) by Richard Wiseman that I discovered on Metafilter (https://www.metafilter.com/209054/On-the-nature-of-luck)... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/78066

Meet our keynote speakers for ADAConf 2025: Diana Montalion and Dr Linda McIver! Both are pioneers in their fields: Diana in systems thinking and architecture; Linda in data and computer science education. Get early bird tix now and join us on 14 Nov: adaconf.org

Cooked up an example of real world bias leaking into algorithms for my lesson on Ethics in DS next week, and I just love what Gemini did here: 1. Explain why determining a woman's salary is complex. 2. Of course we should adjust for gender-gap. 3. What gender-gap? Oh, this one! #stats #datascience

Curators’ talk on Flinders letters - A couple of months ago Rodd and I became Friends of the State Library (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/become-friend). This gets you their newsletter as well as access to the Friends Room (https://www.sl.nsw.gov.au/visit-u... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77939

Cozy AF - Wine and Murderbot in front of the fire… https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77932

AWS Summit Sydney - (This feels so weird.) If you’re at the Summit today, I’ll mostly be hanging around the Developer Lounge. Come find me and say hi! https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77931

Vivid Festival - While normally I make a point of staying away from the Vivid crowds, my old AWS team are in town this week for Summit. It was so great to catch up with them. https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77924

Yarn Theory - A short story (https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/vibbert_05_25/) by Marie Vibbert involving a message from an alien civilisation, math, and knitting. It reminds me of that time I knitted the WOW! Signal (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wow!_s... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77875

Palia update - I’ve been having a lot of fun playing through the new Elderwood expansion of Palia (https://palia.com/), and I’ve basically finished the initial set of quests. Now I’m just grinding “infected essence” and trying to complete my set... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77871

We have destroyed the bombers that were on the airfield and which you were probably saving for attacking us Forgive me they were irresistible so exposed and so flammable

On giving up em-dashes because of AI

Newcastle and SlashNEW - A few months back I got a message from my friend Klee up in Newcastle asking if I wanted to speak at SlashNEW (https://slashnew.tech/). I offered him the choice of my AI rant, or a talk about financial independence for tech worker... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77751

Dinner tonight - My turn to cook! RecipeTinEat’s Country Harvest Root Vegetable Soup (https://www.recipetineats.com/country-harvest-root-vegetable-soup/). Perfect for the first night of winter! As the Snook said, the celeriac makes it. (Good thing becau... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77753

LinkGaslighting? - For several months now I’ve continued my project where every day I go back through my archives and clean up broken links in old posts. If something is broken and I can find it in the Wayback Machine (https://web.archive.org/), I repla... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77747

Spring Cycle 🚴‍♀️ - I’ve been mostly failing at getting back on my bike since I hurt my hip last year, so I’ve just thrown down the gauntlet (to myself): I’ve registered for the 50km Spring Cycle (https://springcycle.com.au/50km/) on Octobe... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77679

Never change, Penzeys

Glad to see my fellow Michiganders use the F-Word

E-ink bus arrival sign - Are these being trialled or something? One appeared at our stop on Broadway and it’s *brilliant*. Haven’t seen any others though… https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77678

Dinner tonight - Chinese eggplant and minced pork (https://www.recipetineats.com/chinese-eggplant-and-minced-pork/) from RecipeTinEats, cooked by the Snook. https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77609

Hotel review: 291 on King, Newcastle - For a long time now, I’ve thought about reviewing hotels based on a small but limited set of certain criteria. Today I’m using it for the first time on the place we stayed in Newcastle, 291 on King (https://291on... https://www.web-goddess.org/archive/77601