heavy sweater

high heel shoe

i wore these (gorgeous!) heels to work on tuesday and, no joke, my knees, ankles and back have been fucked ever since

oh no another weird twitter map

I read that Harmeet K Dhillon, the current Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, was also a knitter, so I went looking to see if she had a Ravelry profile.

Helsinki Syndrome alert

@neonwario.bsky.social

this implies that i’m the dog poisoner!!!!

Statement from Michael and Susan Pretti Parents of Alex Jeffrey Pretti “We are heartbroken but also very angry. Alex was a kindhearted soul who cared deeply for his family and friends and also the American veterans whom he cared for as an ICU nurse at the Minneapolis VA hospital. Alex wanted to make a difference in this world. Unfortunately, he will not be with us to see his impact. I do not throw around the ‘hero’ term lightly. However, his last thought and act was to protect a woman. The sickening lies told about our son by the administration are reprehensible and disgusting. Alex is clearly not holding a gun when attacked by Trump’s murdering and cowardly ICE thugs. He had his phone in his right hand and his empty left hand is raised above his head while trying to protect the woman ICE just pushed down, all while being pepper sprayed. Please get the truth out about our son. He was a good man. Thank you.

Kare 11 local news just read, in full, this statement from Michael and Susan Pretti, the parents of Alex Pretti.

"Please get the truth out about our son."

Alex Pretti from his early days working at the VA

Alex from our time working together, while he was in nursing school. Later, he moved to ICU, working as a nurse to support critically ill Veterans. He had such a great attitude. We’d chat between patients about trying to get in a mountain bike ride together. Will never happen now

If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here.

When it happens, you're probably not even going to learn about it directly before you feel it in the air. You'll just hear car horns and cheering in the streets. You'll feel confused, annoyed. You'll check your phone. Huh, 41 new texts.

This guy cannot get to the Hague fast enough.

yes, it has a pleasant citrus scent and is also vegan 😋

Note is on Bunnings stationery and says “Jen- Hope your day is going well!”

I ordered a specific solvent from my local Bunnings but they didn’t actually have it in stock so a different Bunnings shipped it to me instead and included this note and some lollipops which is very cute, given that it’s just a bottle of oil thinner.

will check it out!

yeah ideally. i think maybe i want an international relations podcast rather than a natsec specific one tbh

Not really interested in anything that is hosted by former US military personnel I guess, but I still want something that is informative, from people who know the operating environment(s) more broadly. Surely such a thing exists?

Are there any good natsec podcasts that are easy/informative to listen to and aren’t run by either govt agencies or weird right wing men? I do enjoy the ANU’s National Security Podcast (and recommend) but looking for something else that is more tactical/less strategic.

It’s also the sixth anniversary of the extrajudicial assassination of Qasem Soleimani

Yacht I saw earlier this week called Nauti Buoy. It was also for sale.

it’s time to get into owning a boat and calling it something really stupid

i wish i still had the brainfog

i think i’m fine now, or at least ‘doing ok’! my hair started growing back too so i have such a funny halo of baby hairs. also it reveals too much about my character that i thought i was going through early menopause AND somehow also had CTE, but forgot about ‘seeing a doctor’. i’m ok now tho!

forgot to follow this up bc i deactivated for a bit, but shortly after posting this i found out i had a dire thyroid situation and it was prob also why my hair started falling out for a bit too. i started taking iodine supplements and coincidentally the headaches and brain fog went away lol

Falling down a rabbit hole so deep that I have opened a Wikipedia page for ‘Australia’.

it’s really disappointing bc the new bike lane is otherwise lovely, seems to incorporate bus stops well,
and should make everyone using the road feel more safe

oh my god, i assumed it was privately owned by the same people but i think you’re right. appreciate this, thank you!

i bike every single day bitch

that’s very satisfying

lol well in fairness i didn’t assume i was in the wrong per se, i just wanted to do due diligence and confirm i was absolutely in the right

i was fine (just angry) until i got home and i called AT to check if there was any parking loophole i didn’t know about and they were like “no? it’s always illegal to park in the bike lane” and THEN i burst into tears. It did feel good giving AT the exact coordinates and the car rego tho 😈😡

A large black car parked illegally in the middle of a bike lane.

I tried to go around this car that was parked in the middle of the brand new bike lane on Great Nth Rd, and managed to skid on the road bumpers in the rain or something and went absolutely flying. I’m quite bruised & was in shock, but otherwise ok. I do hope this cunt gets towed, however.