I click the "keep me logged in" checkbox
Hoping that tomorrow is the day
It finally does something

I always wash brand new clothes before wearing them, so don't care about wrinkles

It says a lot that this post could be about any of several other social media networks

... learning mode where I look up in the dictionary every word that I'm not sure about, then write the word and meaning in a notebook. This is why I've been working away at An Táin Bó Cúailnge for over a year - while satisfying, it's very slow progress. I've been leaning more into the other modes

As a learner, I have 3 modes when reading - one where I just want to read for enjoyment and if I don't know a word, I just guess based on the context and keep reading (Dún an Airgid). Another mode where I look up words that seem critical/interesting (Cath Fionntrá / Conaire Mór), and a dedicated...

In 2025 I read the Irish language books Dún an Airgid, Cath Fionntrá, a few chapters of Táin Bó Cúailnge (an ongoing project), and I'm halfway through Conaire Mór (only started a week ago!). My low stakes new year's resolution is to finish more than 3 Irish books in 2026

This is what happens when editors no longer have younger staff members to run headlines past before publishing. "'Bricked up' means the same thing as 'Bricked', right?" 😏

Lisdexamfetamine is way more! AU$31.50 for 30, but that's subsidised under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Without PBS the full price is nearly AU$100

The full retail price (i.e. not govt subsidised) of 100x5mg of dex is AU$11.99 in Australia. US drug prices are an absolute scam and in no way reflect global market prices

What sort of irony is it when the age verification system doesn't work because of your long white beard?

In Australia, boxing day is the traditional start of a cricket test match played in Melbourne. The slowest, longest form of the game, perfect for half-watching from the couch. In fact many people have been known to watch it while napping

"no worries, I can chop all the salad" - the words of a man who thinks he's getting off Xmas meal prep lightly until he remembers that he's in a holiday rental and all the knives are blunt as a hammer

I feel l flew Ryanair for the first time this year and didn't hate it, because they didn't try to pretend to be anything other the cheapest airline out there. Want to use the overhead locker? Pay more

(also I often use this story as a metaphor when trying to talk to men who don't understand or appreciate the additional baseline stress that a lot of non-men carry just existing in spaces where potentially untrustworthy men are present, and the corresponding need for safe spaces)

A Zimbabwean coworker once told me about the anxiety she didn't realise she was carrying in Zim/ZA until she moved to Australia and could feel her phone vibrate and get it out immediately without needing to check her surroundings for potential thieves. It's something I think about a lot

Kawaiicon NZ New Zealand's cute infosec con (& book publishers) ✨

Wanna re-live the ✨kawaii ✨ magic? Well lucky ducks, guess what we have prepared!

All of the Kawaiicon 3 talks are up on YouTube! Check em out!

youtube.com/@kawaiiconnz

"If you have a soft backpack, please place it under the seat in front of you"
With respect - fuck no. I took the time to check my larger bag. I'm 6'3". The only thing going under the seat in front is my feet. I'm not going to be punished because I didn't bring the biggest allowable cabin bag

your knowledge of antipodean drinking-vessel size controversies is impressive and I apologise for ever doubting you

This was probably a pure accident but this is an absolutely devastating comeback question to ask of a South Australian

Stop trying to force AI into everything - web browser edition

Holy shit, haven't heard that one in a good while

Don’t forget the Segway!

The funny thing is there are absolutely traits skills and characteristics that financially super successful people have and they are:

money
being born into money
knowing other people with money

Tourists to US would have to reveal five years of social media activity under new Trump plan Plan would apply to countries not currently required to get visas to the US, including Britain and France

Just in case I'm kicked in the head by a horse in the future and decide I want to revisit the US, this is a pre-emptive declaration that the current administration is insane, harmful and is getting worse. Chilling effects on free speech can get fucked🖕 www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

We’ve seen other orgs attempt 3rd party bug bounties, thinking it will help their ecosystem become safer. Inevitably, the safety of software depends more on the maturity of the org producing it than how many bugs are reported to it. Bug foie gras isn’t the safest path to maturity

Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.

Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.

All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.

www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...

I am sad to inform you that Calibri is now officially woke

"GenAI images look like shit hurr" isn't a great argument to make. Not because AI slop doesn't look like shit (it does), but because as soon as the tech incrementally improves and looks less like shit, your main complaint has been refuted. GenAI images are shit because they're built on theft

... that's a jpeg