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A beret with swirling lines from the top centre in Noro wool in greens and russet. Pattern Slouchy Beret by Sandra Oakeshott

A beret with swirling lines from the top centre in Noro wool in greens and russet. Pattern Slouchy Beret by Sandra Oakeshott

A knitted cap in green Noro wool. A forgotten pattern.

A knitted cap in green Noro wool. A forgotten pattern.

A lace beanie unblocked. The pattern is Thicket by Alana Dakos in Woollahra wool in Celadon colour.

A lace beanie unblocked. The pattern is Thicket by Alana Dakos in Woollahra wool in Celadon colour.

#ShowMeYourKnits 🧶 still time to post a few small green knits 🐸 from the past made while commuting

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Partially finished knitted jumper displayed on a charcoal coloured metal table. The jumper yoke features colourwork using brown wool and a multicoloured contrast yarn featuring grass green, mint green and peach colours. Pattern is Do Ewe Yoke? #2 by Zanete Husaina.

Partially finished knitted jumper displayed on a charcoal coloured metal table. The jumper yoke features colourwork using brown wool and a multicoloured contrast yarn featuring grass green, mint green and peach colours. Pattern is Do Ewe Yoke? #2 by Zanete Husaina.

Newly cast on WIP for this week’s #showmeyourknits is so addictive and begs me to complete just one more round before I can put it down. 🧶
#knitsky

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Developer Creates Infinite Maze That Traps AI Training Bots "Nepenthes generates random links that always point back to itself - the crawler downloads those new links. Nepenthes happily just returns more and more lists of links pointing back to itself."

I just wonder if things like this and the "mad cow disease" effects of ai self consumption, will ever pop the bubble of the billions being spent. There is value in ai in specific areas, but maybe not the golden bullet/bubble justifying stealing all web content.

www.404media.co/email/7a39d9...

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A painting sketch of a failed drawing sketch.. Oil on copper, 15 cm * 15 cm.

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The emergence of Becky, whose fingers and toes get cold but her tail prefers a breeze.

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We must stop peace protesters from terrorising our war criminal guests

We must stop peace protesters from terrorising our war criminal guests

Editorial: Tell me Australia, which is worse: signing bombs or making anti-bomb signs? preview.mailerlite.io/emails/webvi...

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A garden bed of yellow buttons, Australian perennial plant Chrysocephalum apiculatum with some orange marigolds sneaking in among them.

A garden bed of yellow buttons, Australian perennial plant Chrysocephalum apiculatum with some orange marigolds sneaking in among them.

Nothing, just a lot of yellow buttons and a couple of marigold interlopers

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New art book alert! Juliette Aristides' "The Inner Life of the Artist" comes out tomorrow! Juliette is a fantastic teacher and each of her books deserves a place on your shelf.

In her newest book, she shares personal stories as an artist, inspiring quotes, and pairs them with her gorgeous art.

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About 80% of my grammar suggestions from Microsoft Word are “why not use a simpler word here for clarity?”

No. Fuck you.

I will use a complicated word for evocative precision whenever the muse’s clarion song demands ebullience, vivacity, torpor, or solemnity, you shit-ass suck machine.

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Interesting…🤔
🧶 #knit

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Unfinished coloured pencil drawing of a raccoon resting in a large tree.

Unfinished coloured pencil drawing of a raccoon resting in a large tree.

Given how long it takes, why would I compose a drawing that contains more tree (in square inches) than raccoon? Because I’m increasingly aware of how much our urban wildlife depends on big old trees. Yes, animals adapt — but they won’t thrive if we get rid of the trees. #SciArt #UrbanWildlife

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A small brindle tabby rescue cat 8 years old. Named Picot by us due to her delicate breed features, lives indoors with sister and two captive humans.  She is curled up half upside down in the crook of my husband's arm. As the days are getting slightly longer here she is shedding a bit of her fine silver undercoat with each pat.

A small brindle tabby rescue cat 8 years old. Named Picot by us due to her delicate breed features, lives indoors with sister and two captive humans. She is curled up half upside down in the crook of my husband's arm. As the days are getting slightly longer here she is shedding a bit of her fine silver undercoat with each pat.

Obligatory cat photo

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Photograph of a lake taken at 1 degree celsius,with trees reflected either side, rocks resting in the water foreground, blue sky and clouds reflected in the still water, mist rising in the distance and dry brown grass leading into the water

Photograph of a lake taken at 1 degree celsius,with trees reflected either side, rocks resting in the water foreground, blue sky and clouds reflected in the still water, mist rising in the distance and dry brown grass leading into the water

Our morning walk around Wentworth Falls lake provides a new vista every day

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Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and takes leap into AI Country at top of education charts aims to equip students and teachers with ‘world-class artificial intelligence skills’ While many schools in England have banned smartphones, in Estonia – regarded as the new European education powerhouse – students are regularly asked to use their devices in class, and from September they will be given their own AI accounts. The small Baltic country – population 1.4 million – has quietly become Europe’s top performer in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s programme for international student assessment (Pisa), overtaking its near neighbour Finland. Continue reading...

Estonia eschews phone bans in schools and takes leap into AI

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Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson? The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election

Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has won the seat of Dickson from Peter Dutton? France is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an Australian election

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Australia’s mini and micro-parties: how to avoid a vote you might regret in the Senate Behind unassuming names lurk parties with some hair-raising and eccentric views. And others that are pretty much what they say they are * Polls tracker; election guide; full federal election coverage * Anywhere but Canberra; interactive electorates guide * Listen to the latest episode of our new narrative podcast series: Gina * Get our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcast The most recent federal election proved politics is no longer a two-horse race, with a record 16 independents and minor parties elected to the crossbench, as well as 10 in the Senate. This time around the teals are no longer unknowns, and there are plenty more independents hoping to make a mark in lower house contests. Continue reading...

Australia’s mini and micro-parties: how to avoid a vote you might regret in the Senate

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every person involved in this needs to be in prison

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🚨EMERGENCY LIVESTREAM🚨

Following the shocking scenes in the Oval Office, @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social and Rory will be going live at 8pm UK time to discuss what this means for Ukraine, the US, and the Western alliance.

Link to the livestream is below.

See you there.

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Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen:
"Dear Zelensky, Denmark proudly stands with Ukraine and the Ukrainian people."

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Elon Musk to keep having kids until one eventually likes him

Elon Musk to keep having kids until one eventually likes him

“Statistically speaking, if I have enough kids, one of them has to like me right?” said Elon Musk

Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news...

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Amy is wearing a cabled hat in warm lavender and a matching scarf in cool lavender. Their head is tilted down to show off the hat’s texture

Amy is wearing a cabled hat in warm lavender and a matching scarf in cool lavender. Their head is tilted down to show off the hat’s texture

I have two new patterns to share today, a cabled hat and scarf duo with a satisfyingly intricate cable pattern! Parterre Hat and Parterre Scarf are available now on Ravelry and Payhip. 🧶

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Thank you so much, I will use beer first and follow up with ethanol. Good paper. And I am not keen on them freezing either.

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Oh this is beautiful!!!

And I want a story of that border guard's thoughts!

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Lovely little brioche hat...with a sneaky error

Lovely little brioche hat...with a sneaky error

zoomed in version of the previous pic with the error circled to draw attention to it

zoomed in version of the previous pic with the error circled to draw attention to it

in progress pic of the other error i noticed being fixed (because apparently i was too cranky while fixing the first one to take a pic of it, but did manage to take a pic while fixing the second one)

in progress pic of the other error i noticed being fixed (because apparently i was too cranky while fixing the first one to take a pic of it, but did manage to take a pic while fixing the second one)

After the fix, not yet blocked, but once it is, the error will all but disappear!

After the fix, not yet blocked, but once it is, the error will all but disappear!

Series of thoughts, more or less in order:

1: Ohhhh, pretty!
2: God fucking dammit...oh wait, there's another one on the other side...do I even actually know how to knit?
3: Hold on, I can fix it...
4: I shall now be smugly satisfied that at least my mistakes teach me to be good at fixing things.

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Ciar meet the first pattern from Making Light!

Ciar - the hew pattern from Making Light katedaviesdesigns.com/2025/01/23/c...

1 year ago 18 2 1 0

We have them too, what do you do with the ones you collect?

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View of the 3 Sisters from Eagle Hawk Lookout, Katoomba in the Blue Mountains on a clear morning with gum tree in foreground

View of the 3 Sisters from Eagle Hawk Lookout, Katoomba in the Blue Mountains on a clear morning with gum tree in foreground

Sisters look fine today

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A photograph taken near my home in the Blue Mountains last weekend of a bright orange female cicada resting on a wooden post. Her wings are transparent resembling beautiful lacework

A photograph taken near my home in the Blue Mountains last weekend of a bright orange female cicada resting on a wooden post. Her wings are transparent resembling beautiful lacework

Cicada resting

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