• melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    When this under 16 ban comes in I’m going to lose all the collected art resources I carefully organised and all my YouTube playlists…

    VPNs get you banned or shadowbanned but kids under 16 won’t care. They could just keep churning through a bunch of new accounts, the disposability encouraging them to do whatever they want.

    But for me when I’m unwell and can’t do much else I spend a lot of time collecting and organising reference photos, art tutorials, and posts with links to free art books. There’s a few years worth that will be near impossible to back up.

    And I don’t know what sites will be affected which makes it hard to even try to start migrating.

    spoiler

    (‘Download account’ options never seem to work - I always end up having to go back and do it manually.)

    Even if I buy a dedicated external drive then screenshot and paste links it will be hard to preserve sources or keep images and related information together. It’s a mammoth task to do manually and the old fashioned way. Archiving is literally a job. And you can’t go back to look at them without a login.

    For the YouTube playlists maybe I can screenshot to be able to find some difficult to search stuff later, or paste the titles into a mega document, but oh man. Not a good solution.

    It will also cut me off from a lot of other artists.

    This crap isn’t going to do anything but punish disabled people who spend a lot of time online and people who care about privacy.

    But that’s the Australian government’s way. Make grand promises (usually involving “protecting the children”) and then do something that doesn’t work - and has unintended consequences.

    I have much more to say about that but I’m tired -_-

      • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        I could but at the moment it might be a bit of a steep learning curve for me. And if it gets picked up as changing where my traffic comes from I’ll probably be banned (so instead of inaccessible everything would just be gone)

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Went to the gym at lunchtime today. It’s 2 doors down, then got some sushi as a treat.

    I usually just wander around aimlessly on lunch breaks so I’m glad I’m getting my workout without having to wake up at 5am or get home late.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Partner officially diagnosed with ADHD, and a treatment plan now in place. I’m so proud of him!

    We got back to Brunswick, had a couple of Doppel Ename from Mokum, and then got some beer from Blackhearts and Sparrows. It’s been a lovely birthday.

    Thank you all so much for your birthday wishes and good vibes!! I don’t know where I would be without you all! 💜💜💜

  • Force_majeure123@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Just saw first comedy show if the season. So so good. Saw: He Huang (absolute best of the night), Nazeem Hussein, Dave Hughes, and an Australian/African girl who’s name I sadly forgot who was second best for me - has her own show and is going to be on taskmaster this season. It was a work social club thing and I almost bailed but I’m so glad it didn’t. Buzzing 😊

  • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Got a new phone and now I’ve been locked out of my banking app in trying to set it up 🤦🏼‍♀️ Will have to sort it out tomorrow. I’m kind of annoyed.

      • Duenan@aussie.zone
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        2 months ago

        Line maintenance apparently.

        Been off since about 8:30am.

        Loaded some movies on an iPad and have podcasts downloaded on my phone for some background noise.

        Just about to go play on my Switch to pass the time.

  • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    Thinking. :(

    There are so many people I have a lot in common with and could get along with really well - if they would treat me with respect.

    They’re always so shocked and angry when you set a boundary or leave, too.

    • TheWitchofThornbury@aussie.zoneEnglish
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      2 months ago

      Akshully, Bunnings has inserts with dog doors that can be put in floor to ceiling glass doors. Basically a long thin strip with a dog door at the bottom. The one in the picture looks pretty amazing though.

      • Rusty Raven @aussie.zoneM
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        2 months ago

        They do, I have one I use at my parent’s place. But if you don’t have a sliding door they are not much use.

  • StudSpud The Starchy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    I’ve been falling asleep to hour+ long videos on space, by Astrum Extra, so I don’t know why I had a nightmare about

    tw blood

    Living alone and finding blood everywhere in my house, running to the neighbours for help, then waking up to find blood everywhere in my house, running to the neighbours for help, then waking up to find blood everywhere in my house, then running to the neighbours for help… And so on. It was a good 15-20 loops before I woke up at 3am.

    The cat came and cuddled me so I fell back asleep and was fine. I’m not upset, just tripped out lol.

    Second ADHD assessment appointment for my partner today, so another trip across the city. Gonna treat myself with a cafe coffee, because it’s my birthday 😂

    My beautiful friend came over yesterday, and made a delicious soup, healing for the mind, body, and soul. I feel so happy to have spent the day with them. They got to meet Mickey, we took a walk, it was great! They gave me their guitar, so I’ve been practicing last night - gonna practice more this afternoon when I return. I do wish I had slightly longer, thinner fingers so I stop flattening the other strings when practicing chords, but I’m sure I’ll get the hang of it with practice.

  • Gibsonhasafluffybutt@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Only 2 3 wake ups so far. Not bad.

    That reminds me. There’s several Simon’s at work. I’m very unaccustomed to having the same name as other people.

    Ive only ever met 1 other person with my real name.

    Feels odd to call someone else by my name.

  • just_kitten@aussie.zone
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    2 months ago

    It took me nearly a month after getting my psych to fill out uni support forms (which she did within 24 hours of asking) to actually submit them to the uni out of paralysis/shame/anxiety/whatever - I did it this morning and then got a response from the subject coordinator eerily quickly… was out doing fieldwork and told myself I wouldn’t read it till I got home because I was fully expecting a “no”.

    Turns out I got 10 days extension no questions asked. Fucking A. Sat with so much anxiety and avoidance for nothing.

    Gonna celebrate by treating myself to an afternoon and evening of yet more PHM. Good good good. Thank!