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Proudly leftist southpaw. Theist. Older than Star Trek, younger than Doctor Who. Artist. Artisan. Programmer. Occasional poet. Liable to spout random opinions […] [bridged from https://mastodon.au/@kerravonsen on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
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Let's hear it for Bernie Sanders. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKBM2kS6B8o (Though I'm not sure he's correct about the US being the longest-standing democracy in the world. Wouldn't that be France? Ah well.) #USpol

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👇🏼 New in PN: #AOC shows how to fight back and stand strong "Prominent figures standing up can undermine the climate of fear that MAGA relies on to impose terror. AOC’s work on behalf of her constituents and refusal to be intimidated are models of resistance other Democrats would do well to […]

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Some more interesting info: there are multiple IP addresses involved in this aggressiveness against my website, but they all belong to Alibaba Cloud LLC. Is this a DDOS attack? I don't know. Thing is, the URLs they are trying to get are my bookmarks, and maybe I'm only noticing because that's […]

submitted 16 hours ago • 1 comment

Have temporarily shut down my webserver since someone is hammering it - I noticed when the fan on my computer started going, noticed that the CPU rate was climbing, checked the logs, and... yeah. WHY ME?

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(sigh) So Coles Online is broken (crashes half-way through checkout) and has been since last night and still isn't fixed. So, rather than wasting my precious time "contacting customer care" as they suggest, I'm going to shop at Woolworths online today, even though they aren't as good; the fact […]

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I don't think this pattern designer could have imagined that the title of their pattern could be such a political hot potato: "Gulf of Mexico" https://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/gulf-of-mexico Let's hear it for accidental Craftivism! #USpol #Craftivism #Knitting @knitting

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#WIPWednesday is not actually Wednesday here, but it is Wednesday somewhere, right? This is my rolly stockinette snake. I'm doing it in self-striping yarn rather than the two colours that the pattern calls for. Easier that way. The reason why it is bristling […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

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Trump and Musk are in a race against time. What they are doing is illegal, and they know it. What they hope to do is dismantle the US government before the wheels of justice (which turn slowly) can run them over. ANYTHING that USians can do to slow them down is a good thing. #USpol

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Unions: because if you don’t have a seat at the table, you’re on the menu.* *I have this t-shirt.

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The core of love is Unrequited, persisting Through uncertainty Loving its object For their own sake, without hope of reward or smile. #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 18 - Smile #Haiku #Poetry

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My joy is broken Smashed, as the world drinks down lies And rewrites the maps #GulfOfMexico #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 17 - Joy #Haiku #Poetry

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I have MADE A SHEEP!! It is basically a ball of shaggy scarf yarn with a face. But I did it from scratch, from my own non-design (i.e. draw-string cast on, keep knitting with the scarf yarn until I can't stand it, do the face, stuff it, the end.) I am Quite […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

submitted 5 days ago • 4 comments

They fired the employees so fast, with no notice, that now they CANNOT CONTACT the ones they want to re-hire. I don't even... #uspol https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g3nrx1dq5o

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The eyes are windows Inward and outward, showing Everything, nothing #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 16 - Window #Haiku #Poetry

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Day by day by day The days march, strut, stumble, fall Crawl, rise up, leap, dance #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 15 - Day #Haiku #Poetry

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Heya yarn-lovers! I need your brains. What kind of multi-coloured-ness would you say that this yarn has? It isn't gradient, nor self-striping, nor marled, nor speckled, nor heathered, nor tweed. But it definitely has two distinct colours. So what would you call […] [Original post on mastodon.au]

submitted 7 days ago • 4 comments

This is brilliant -- a pattern which *uses* the curl of stockinette to make a toy snake which doesn't need any stuffing! Basically the body is just curled up stockinette; what I've found from the one that I started (yes, I'm doing this pattern) is that the body cross-section is like an oval […]

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Can you be tranquil Amidst war and injustice? It is beyond me. #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 14 - Tranquil #Haiku #Poetry

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Open my window and smell petrichor. It's raining. The cool change has come. Currently 23C, down from 37C. #Melbourne #Weather

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Mend steel by melting Destruction and creation In one act, by fire #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 13 - Mend, Fire #Haiku Poetry

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So, they're demolishing the house across the street. I expect they will be replacing it with a block of flats. Which means I'll have to be putting up with the noise for months. Oh well.

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Currently 34C Very glad my aircon works. #Weather #Melbourne

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I had a rule of thumb last time around, for figuring out when Trump was telling the truth: is it something an unrepentant asshole would say? Then he means every word. That still seems to be holding true. #UsPol

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To bend and not break To speak without violence To hold faith. Do this. #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 12 - Bend #Haiku #Poetry

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What's the best virtue? Which is the best gold medal? To ask is absurd. #Haiku #Poetry

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A spiral of wind Dust-devil to hurricane Bad weather, bad news #DailyHaikuPrompt - Feb 11 Wind, Spiral #Haiku #Poetry

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Gah! I think I'm going to have to frog my current WIP again. I thought it was okay -- I'm doing cables, but I've never done this many cables before. I thought it was wide enough, because I could stretch it out to the right width (it's a cushion cover) until I saw a video about doing cables […]

submitted 11 days ago • 3 comments