this one needs a little bit of tweaking to make it sit a little better, but hoo boy i’m so happy its at a point i can start showing it off. probably should’ve tidy the drawers next to the mannequin before taking photos…

It’s my worst angle but my best outfit! Very excited to be bringing @pyconau.bsky.social to Brisbane next year! Very limited early bird tickets are available now! (And I’ve got some early bird deals for sponsors too! 🤙🏻)

If you’re a #BOTY fan (Bird Of The Year NZ), I have SO MANY THINGS you might like, all designed by yours truly x pepperraccoon.com #NZ #Kikorangi There might be a sneaky peek of a few new things to come soon here 👀

*clears throat* AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Only 1 person in the whole study went from identifying as trans to not identifying as trans. The 1/5 number came from youth going between the binary and non-binary spectrum. This headline and post are misleading on purpose to fit the economist's editorial bent on the political issue.

remembering the super spikey piece i made a few weeks ago and showing off photos of it while i was in melbourne. got so many strong reactions out of people that I think I need to make another soon.

I moderate nsfw I don't fancy seeing out of my own feed via these handy customisation features Bsky has and greatly support everyone else's feed getting to be as sexy as they want it to be because that curatorial freedom was the entire point of this site I thought.💀

pretty sure these are going to make some great little pendants once i get my current project wrapped up. and buy more wire. one of them shifts all the way from a deep purple to a teal depending on angle, very excited to see how that pendant turns out glass game tokens from @nora.zone!

🚀 Blast off! 🚀 Not much time left to get your talk submissions in! 🚀 Better do something about that sharpish! ⏰ Talk submissions closes tonight! 2026.everythingopen.au/programme/pr... #EO2026 #EverythingOpen #conference #openSource #OpenSourceSoftware #OpenEducation

Somehow not the most insane term I’ve seen in a residential lease.

I drew an apple in a blanket and the moderation team slapped a “nudity” tag on it so… either I’m some kind of adult illustration god or the platform shouldn’t be moderating things as vague as consent in a drawings.

This whole thread is worth reading

yes australian law does say to also provide an alternative to id, an alternative that the australian governments own report found doesn't work and has major racial/gender biases feels like if we are going to start demanding context, that context is also important

Ardern resigned when her preferred PM poll numbers dropped to 30%, saying she clearly wasn't what NZ wanted anymore. Luxon is on 20% and still adamant he's doing a fucking brilliant job. Never send a white dude CEO to do a competent woman's job.

Remind me: how is training children to send video selfies of themselves over the Internet an improvement?

I was pleased to chat with @australia.theguardian.com team who actually looked at the Age Assurance trial data, finding racial & other biases of concern before the trial are still very evident in the trial's actual data (downplayed in the official summaries): www.theguardian.com/news/2025/se...

TRUE TRANS TIMELINE

Want a cool Nature, #SciArt, or Dropout Pride pin that helps a trans small business? My designs are available at canopyrobin.etsy.com and ship worldwide* *currently not to the US or Israel

i need more friends who share my taste in music lol there’s a whole stack of bands on the2026 Laneway lineup that i am so keen for

I mean, Andrew Tate? Seriously? That's who you're publishing? Have some self respect and resign if you're asked to publish him.

ChatGPT Goes Completely Haywire If You Ask It to Show You a Seahorse Emoji Wait, there's no seahorse emoji, right? Right? futurism.com/chatgpt-hayw...

Hackers have allegedly breached a Sydney real estate agency, posting a sample of stolen tenant and agent data online – while threatening to release more over coming days www.realestatebusiness.com.au/tech/30638-h...

honestly, disaster waiting to happen sooner or later. (and likely a disaster finally unfolding based on the article @asherwolf.bsky.social posted)

Honestly, fuck DC. And I am so goddamn disappointed in every freelancer working for them who saw this play out and said nothing.

Gorillaz say FREE PALESTINE

The buff-tip moth (Phalera bucephala) has mastered a very particular kind of camouflage. When they close their wings up, they resemble a broken twig. Native to large parts of Europe, there's regional pattern variation that reflects the local tree species. This one best resembles birch twigs?

It's time to do that thing you've been wanting to do

Reminder that in the 9 years that Adolf Hitler was rising to power everyone appeased him and tried to work with him, because they thought "Actually he won't be that bad." Guess what? He was worse.

A producer told me once she has to warn young crewmembers to avoid being alone with Aykroyd. "Not because he's a creep, he's a gentleman. But if you let him strike up a conversation the next thing we know all the PAs will be huddled in his dressing room learning how humans evolved from dolphins."

It's a little absurd that I'm actually deeply touched that a goofy mascot takes the time to support people like me but sometimes it feels like we're all alone. Having anyone willing to tank the hits a bit means a lot

NEW: The ACT Legislative Assembly has today moved to enshrine access to adequate housing as a human right, in an Australian-first decision that passed with bipartisan support WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fP4-...

The number of times I feel like dudes invent and adopt shit and women are just like “please do not, obviously cursed” and we end up stuck with it ffs

live your life so that when you die everyone talks about how hot you were and not how you were a hateful bigot

got the delivery notice on this package literally a few hours after reaching Melbourne, have been wondering all week if the package would still be there when i got home 😅 Thanks @canopyrobin.com i love them!!

Is anyone else inspired/energised by #PyConAU? I've thought of an idea for a talk for #EverythingOpen in January - and the CFP is still open until Anywhere On Earth Sunday 21 September. (Also I just saw the little penguin in the promo artwork and it's so cute)

Today’s best, most ungovernable pigeon.

Yes ha ha ha YES! I made stickers of my little comic about what happens, in my experience, when you and a seal perceive each other

re-arfing this

My take: it was hardly just that it challenged norms. To accept that handwashing was necessary meant accepting that prior to that they'd all been spreading disease and killing patients. The challenge was to their very identities.

@pepperraccoon.com is there a version of your email newsletters that i can link to in a discord server? There are a couple people heavily invested in the BOTY comp in one of my little communities i’d love to show it to (tho they’re going to bat for the piwauwau)

and that’s a wrap on #PyConAu for another year. looking forward to Brisbane next year, but first, kiwi pycon! being a volunteer might have been a more enjoyable experience for me than just being an attendee. and first time trying out this name IRL. i think its gonna stick.

I think we had this exact subject and shape of #pyconau keynote exactly 10 years ago. It's a great talk, but what a shame that we're getting a talk with more – and more egregious – examples of AI bias. We have learned, as an industry, precisely nothing over the last decade. Now sad.

One thing that everyone with any sense will have to do over the next few years is to refuse to accept lies and bullshit.

this advertisement has become funnier with every single management decision

touched down in melbourne ready for #PyConAU !! lets see how much energy i have left by the end of a few days on the volunteer team. so far its just real nice being away from Sydney’s rain

Attention fellow AUSTRALIANS! 🇦🇺 We now have an official petition to parliament to STOP MASTERCARD and VISA from its campaign of censorship, restricting what legal products we can buy. Please sign it now, and if you're not an Aussie, spread the word! www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...

If you are collecting sensitive information about users, like, I dunno...their sexual orientation...you need to take securing user data seriously.

Anyone in the press pack got the spine to ask the PM about Israel attacking six nations in a single day (not to mention, Greta Thunberg, and an Australian, Bianca, from Josh Burns' electorate, that was on the same boat)? Maybe tag the journo you'd most like to hear ask it?

Bring. Back. Captain. Angel. So. She. Can. Shoot. Spock. Again. but this time, set the phaser to 'gay'