Lies I tell myself to get through the day: Yes, this is the last reusable coffee cup you will buy. You won’t loose it this time or start hating its texture. It has a place for your name and order. It has nice colours. This is the one. Brain, don’t fail me now… #dejavu #brainfart

My brain has three modes 1. Don’t know, don’t care, you choose 2. Let me tell you my 16 point thesis on why all edible leaves should be classified ‘lettuce’ 3. I think that was a cat. People should keep cats in doors. I should buy Lego minifigures. Did I book accommodation? What’s that sound?

As someone in their mid-40’s, somehow I skipped the concept of grammar and pronunciation at school. There are some things that I know, but I absolutely don’t understand about my own language. So here I am, minding my own business, suddenly learning about the Bossy E… 🤯 #english #justnerdthoughts

You all need to treat Harry Potter IP like we’re treating the Tesla brand.

Picked up Blue Prince on the recommendation of a mate, and it is on point. That said, each time the run is over I’m like:

Lately, I’ve been playing around with knotwork, trying to untangle how to make the lines do swirly cool things. #knotwork #sketching

A slightly odd liminal space…

Not sea glass but fragments of plastic car tail lights, indicators and brake lights, probably washed into storm drains after heavy rain, eventually making their way to the sea. #oceanplastic

Excuse me, sir, you appear to be in wrong seat… #vegetablegarden #amateurgardener #mushroom

Today I’ve planted more things and attempted to seed harvest from the very large patty pan squash from last week. I tried this a few weeks ago, and accidentally made a smell that evacuated the house. The smell startled my dog. Fingers crossed this goes better! #vegetablegarden #amateurgardener

I’ve been with Luke since 1999. Sometimes people ask me, “How does one build a relationship that can withstand the trials and tribulation of life?”… It’s all about effective communication. #protip #relationshipgoals #truelove

Happy 35th Birthday Adobe Photoshop! On February 19, 1990, Adobe Systems released a raster graphics editor called Photoshop 1.0.

I went away for a weekend, and came home to find this monster of a patty pan squash. Wild. I have no idea what the squiggly bits are on it, I’ll have to do some research. Also, a row of carrots has sprouted! #vegetablegarden #amateurgardener

A rainbow lorikeet, spotted this morning while walking to the markets :)

A pretty little mushroom spotted in my garden this morning. A reverse google image search tells me it might be Parasola auricoma? I love the smell of petrichor after a storm, but mushroom spotting is a very close second :) #mushroom #amatuergardener #garden

Second weekend of staggered planting: On the upside, anything that went into a punnet seems happy, and ai noticed the direct planted beans are growing. On the downside, I don’t know if it was the sun or the make-do seed tape, but carrots/beetroots/raddish seem to have stalled. #vegetablegarden

Just started listening to the podcast “Come out, wherever you are”, which is great. As someone who worked themselves out way late in life, resources like these are invaluable :) 🏳️‍🌈 podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/c...

A real test of anyone’s life skills and grit, is eating butter chicken with a white shirt on. #levelup

It is hotter than a volcanic fart, but I sorted out the first week of February’s plantings today. I’m going to try and stagger it a bit, because 400 Brussell Sprouts at the same time seems like a mistake. Hopefully they’ll grow! #vegetablegarden #amatuergardener #thediggersclub

The best part of House Flipper 2 is painting directly onto brick, no under coat, no prep, no specialized paint, and it comes out like perfectly painted plaster. This is the dream. #gamerlife #houseflipper2

In gamedev, we joke about how we shouldn't care so much because "we ain't curing cancer" so chill, right? But you know what? These last few weeks reminded me that the Arts, esp accessible Art like videogames is incredibly important because games have a big place in sculpting cultural norms.

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Whoops! I think I let this one get a little big! I found it hiding at the back of the plant. I think the vine might be towards the end of its season and I’ve just learned what powdery mildew is (dang it). I think I’m going to try saving seeds from these two :) #vegetablegarden #amatuergardener

Plastic ice cream spoons, all picked up from one Cornish beach. These don't float and often wash up with the kelp after winter storms.

Ordered seeds from The Diggers Club for February planting! I’m trying to work out a timed system, so that the food is spread out over the month… the maths is amusing… Meanwhile, check out this crimson rosella snacking in my front yard :) #vegetablegarden #amatuergardener

Great Philosophy Tube and Innuendo Studios crossover video. Really relevant after the last few mad days. youtu.be/IqeFeqInoXc?...

We failed to stop fascism's rise. Now it's dancing about on the White House lawn. I don't know how to fix all this but I do know that the shit we've been doing won't get us out of this one. shatterzone.substack.com/p/we-failed-...

Today I learned this tree is a Cordyline australis! And apparently you are meant to actually give it a prune occasionally by encouraging the bottom leaves to come off. I think it probably needs a bit more, but it’s looking a bit better 🙂 #amateurgardener #gardening

This doggo has never been fed. Unloved. Starved. The saddest. Send help plz. #dog #dogsofbluesky #drama

Mean while, another giant squash appeared on the vine! #vegetablegarden

My least favourite hobby of the last ten years is the one where I briefly wonder how [insert influential person here] is going, and discover they are awful. When the most recent dickbaggery emerged last year, I found a lot of comfort in the linked blog post: whatever.scalzi.com/2024/08/15/p...

MORE GARDEN CRIMES!!! This time, some critter had the nerve to leave the tomato skins after feasting on my garden. How rude! That being said, imagining the little criminal hands wrapped around a tomato, is kind of delightful. Must be a very happy (and full) possum. #vegetablegarden

The things we find. #beachcombing #plasticarchaeology #anthropocene

I started this year thinking; I’m gonna doing a thing! An amigurumi every week? I’ll could do that hex a day thing! I’m gonna do daily gratitude journaling! Oh! I’m going to finish my grad cert! What I have settled on: I will actually take my medication daily. And keep some plants alive. Hopefully.

A huge patty pan squash from my garden 🙂 #vegetablegarden

At the tail end of the year, a (possibly) helpful 🎲 ✂️ 🧵: 1. Start designing games for you, not others. I understand it might not be economically viable (whatever that means), but chasing the next big hit will leave you more frustrated than fulfilled. Game design is more lottery nowadays. 1/?

Searching through my photos, I re-found this image, taken in December last year. A dreamy, floaty reflection, on glossy white tiles… #photooftheweek

Me: So, I’m collecting up these Banuk collectables… Him: Yep Me: And just selling these cultural artifacts to some rando Carja… Him: … ah Me: And the Carja used to subjugate the Banuk? Him: Yes, but this is different. The Banuk don’t know these artifacts exist. And they had exiled him. Me: 🤨

The longer you're married, the more you accumulate, like tree rings, a collection of increasingly obscure and self referential in-jokes that are impossible to explain to others

My first tomato has finally turned red! I’m not sure when to remove it from the vine, I’ll have to do some more research… One of my Christmas presents was a book on monthly garden tasks - it’s delightful to be planning for the new year :) #vegetablegarden

Today, I 100% completed the Frozen Wilds DLC for Horizon. Truly, my year has now peaked.

Two thinkers #dogsofbluesky #dog

Someone randomly left a shoe on a bin. I wish I’d angled this just a little better, but I’m still pretty pleased with it :) #photooftheweek

Yay! A patty pan squash has appeared on the vine! Gosh darn delightful. #vegetablegarden

It’s gonna be a good one. ;) youtu.be/jK0cGKMDMPE?...

Patchy is deeply annoyed by the heat. #dog

A happy little bee on my marjoram 🙂🐝 #vegetablegarden

Playing around with fonts for my new diary, and I am struck by how obstructionist B is. It is the worst letter.

Apparently I listened to a lot of Taylor Swift this year…

Crew members die all the time on Voyager. But no matter what, they always describe the crew compliment as being 150, even in the final episodes The explanation is clear. Janeway has been duplicating crew in "transporter accidents"