Applied for semi-dream job, wish me luck, etcetera.

oh no. Stephen King. no. why would you come out and say that.

Have to remember that when people are at their worst, other people are at their best.

If you are watching what's happening in Belfast may I suggest donating to the ANAKA Collective's fundraiser for victims of the pogrom.

Songs that make you think of Canadian TV shows from the 90s even though they're not about Canadian TV shows: The Exponents: Victoria.

I miss people all the time. I miss the friends who ghosted me. I miss the friends who didn't ghost me but weren't really friends. I miss the friends who said "I was going to ghost you and then felt guilty so uh bye." I miss the friends who are still friends but not as close as we used to be.

Was talking to a colleague about our... various dissatisfactions and long story short, I found some more jobs to apply for.

“yeah i can tell it was AI generated. how? just vibes, yeah. it has that certain gen-AI sais quoi”

Today in Good Choices I Made Yesterday: I got a serving of pork crackling and didn't eat it all and now I have leftover pork crackling to nom on while I work.

Apparently "owning a microwave" is the new "you ate avocado and so it's your fault you're poor".

Imposter Syndrome is strong in me today. My boss said something nice and my immediate thought was "if you knew who I really am---" Not helpful. Also tired of memories, I wish I could pick and choose which things my brain remembered instead of forgetting important stuff and remembering hurtful.

A fun thing I was explaining to a friend yesterday: not only are birds dinosaurs, they are archosaurs (the group that includes dinosaurs, pterosaurs, crocodilians), which means alligators are more closely related to birds than they are to lizards.

This is actually the secret chord that David played and it pleased the Lord

(The problem with doing a little dance whenever someone's ringtone goes off in the office is that I still do it when I'm on a Teams call and no one else on the call can hear the ringtone.)

reblog to expand his coherency aura and give all bisexuals +10% attack speed

hmmmm, Ōtautahi whānau: if I'm going to the Lyttelton Arts Factory this weekend (1 Sumner Rd) where would be the best place to look for parking? aka where does one park in Lyttelton in general? just drive around until I find one on the side of the road or is there a larger carpark I'm not finding?

Heads up: test of the Emergency Mobile Alert is coming on June 14 from 6pm to 7pm. Find out more at getready.govt.nz

Oh dear, my post about asking for an extension has broken containment, I woke up to ~200 notifications (for me this is a huge amount ok) and they keep coming in. On the other hand, good, let's spread the glorious word about asking for help and receiving it.

Scientifically, a raven has 17 primary wing feathers, the big ones at the end of the wing. They are called pinion feathers. A crow has 16. So, the difference between a raven and a crow is only a matter of a pinion.

With alt text.

I was struggling with this week's uni stuff so I did something really drastic... I asked for help. And then that wasn't enough so I did something even more drastic... I asked for an extension. And my lecturer just emailed back going, "Sure, how long you need?" I'm not always my own worst enemy.

I have so much to do today and I don't want to do any of it.

I drank too much cordial and now my tummy is very full.

you should be real glad I deleted the last post I started to type up, unsent.

Ōtautahi whānau, come along to our Matariki Holiday Card Drive on Sunday 14th June from 11AM at The Undercroft at the University of Canterbury. We are inviting people to come together and share some new year hope with those behind bars this Matariki. www.facebook.com/events/19358...

I have two meetings at 7pm and I still haven't decided which one to go to.

Not the bank emailing me whining that I could be saving more. Bank, what can I say, I would rather give other people my money than you.

There are not one but three first aid kits lying in pieces on my kitchen table as I endlessly seek to optimise them. Yes, I do have other first aid kits elsewhere. My bedroom and my car, for starters. But they can be *better*.

read this as government 'of the corruption' and tbh I see no lie

Did my tax return. Made a face. Did my donation receipts. They cover the tax owed, lol. Nothing much *leftover* of course, but they cover it.

I can't remember if I posted about this already or not but I have a really great earrings idea and I *don't have the right sized pieces* and this is a tragedy.

sometimes my boss asks me for advice and then I feel all useful and snuggly

Yesterday my coworker said she liked silly jokes so I said Knock knock C: who's there? Me: interrupting sheep C: interrupt-- Me: BAAAAAAAAAAAA. She cracked up. Sometimes the oldies really are goodies.

ok that's probably enough coffee 👀

Ask ChatGPT to do this, ask Claude to do that, we're becoming reliant on technology that is inherently unreliable at the cost of traditional systems that worked. At least when you asked the fairies there was a good chance they'd steal your neighbour's butter

ok started typing out a bunch of ~discourse~ but it's just going to make me depressed and annoyed and also fuel more discourse, so I'm going to make another coffee instead

My toxic trait: I just want everyone to see everyone else's point of view, I get frustrated when people argue past each other, and then I go and do it myself. At least I'm self-aware?

It's possible that after the past few weeks of complete murder at work, I finished my key tasks by 8:30 this morning.

I did a bad thing, I replied to someone I disagree with instead of quietly closing the tab and moving on. *facepalm* Well, they wanted "the conversation"...

Ōtautahi, haere mai for a rally on a national day of action challenging the "definition of woman" bill. Hear from a wide range of speakers, cis and trans, and make it clear that it doesn't speak for *anyone*. 1pm 13th June, Bridge of Remembrance

Superheated dinosaurs. Fuck yeah.

Because I said I'd try to be better about advertising in advance, I will be at Ōtautahi Made market at Te Pae Convention Centre on Sunday 21 June! Lots of chainmail jewellery to choose from and as always I love a custom order. www.eventbrite.co.nz/e/otautahi-m...

Cooking way too much dinner so I won't have to cook when I come home late tomorrow.

As requested, here are day old ducklings jumping off a ledge onto a lake set to "Ride of The Valkyries" 🐣 🪶

fuck's sake. the moderation team really does hate everything good about this site.

My brain is confused. What you mean, no big list of things to achieve today? Rest day? What's that? Brain no understand.

Kings Birthday colonial holiday ❌ or... Decolonial, tangata tiriti action, protecting te Tiriti ✅❤️‍🔥 Can we each reach out to 3 people to add their names? Let's get this to 70,000 by 12noon on TUES! Add a name here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... Sunday night update @taniawaikatolawyer.bsky.social

I sleeped. 😇

Excluding a two-hour nap, I've been up since sixish yesterday morning, and I am ready to *crash*. Hard.

ok I have about an hour before big sis arrives for lunch, what other things can I Get Done, oh I can get the bins ready to go out later tonight!