@skyalin.bsky.social
Plain, simple, Cin Australian (Naarm) non-binary nerd, 25-year veteran of the IT industry, former Microsoftie, life-long space enthusiast who actually got to work with rockets for a little while.
Trying not to let work and personal bleed too much into eachother, but want to make sure this gets out and has good reach.
If you've got on-prem SharePoint, please go do the things, because this is *nasty*: msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07...
I have one of the Webb image umbrellas and it's really great.
17.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Reducing to the correct length had the added advantage of allowing me to hide the clasp almost entirely.
04.07.2025 14:01 — 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
A long delayed commission for a dear friend. Blue, pink and frosted aluminium scales and stainless steel rings and clasp.
03.07.2025 11:44 — 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
Digital driver's licence anti-fraud technology described as 'cheap coding trick' - some outlets, pubs and clubs are refusing to accept digital ID because they’ve seen it faked too many times already www.abc.net.au/news/2025-06...
24.06.2025 21:01 — 👍 35 🔁 18 💬 5 📌 0Because I went to school in the middle of nowhere, we also got eye tests and basic heart checks on immunisation day, it was great.
24.06.2025 02:06 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Dream team!
22.05.2025 10:09 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The death or the coffee? Because instant coffee is definitely suffering
22.05.2025 10:00 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Why does Samsung insist on making my phone less accessible with each update. 😡
21.05.2025 02:23 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0😯
20.05.2025 11:06 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
This might sound paranoid, and it’s still hypothetical. It’s a truism someone is always watching on the internet, but the worst thing that comes of it for many people is some unwanted targeted ads. Right now in the US, though, we’re watching the impending collision of two alarming trends. In one, tech executives are encouraging people to reveal ever more intimate details to AI tools, soliciting things users wouldn’t put on social media and may not even tell their closest friends. In the other, the government is obsessed with obtaining a nearly unprecedented level of surveillance and control over residents’ minds: their gender identities, their possible neurodivergence, their opinions on racism and genocide.
Exactly this. www.theverge.com/policy/66568...
13.05.2025 15:20 — 👍 1112 🔁 489 💬 20 📌 37One of the fun things about being 41 is when you start listing your ailments for a new medical professional and they're shocked you've just been living with the pain for 33 years.
13.05.2025 06:09 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Awesome news, congrats!
13.05.2025 04:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This is incredible. This computer science professor makes his students play a game that simulates the risks and repercussions of getting Long COVID, and then he's like, hey anybody want a mask? And: "approximately 95 to 100% of students who’ve played the game now wear masks in his classroom."
08.05.2025 15:19 — 👍 1407 🔁 653 💬 10 📌 10eSafety is inviting consultation on the best way to implement social media age restrictions for under-16s...
Expressions of interest will close on 18 May 2025.
www.esafety.gov.au/about-us/ind...
Yesterday would have been mum's 62nd birthday, last month was 2 years since she lost the fight against FTD. She gave up any desire for a life of her own to raise 4 kids from a young age, banking on having her older years to travel and enjoy herself. She didn't get to do any of that.
08.05.2025 01:52 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0In case it’s unclear: products like this strip everyone of consent.
It means that one person in a public space wearing these glasses has made a decision for everyone else.
When you have to pack an extra layer of clothing because the train aircon is set to deep freeze
06.05.2025 10:37 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Manual #wheelchair users, how often are you replacing bearings? What else is wearing out? What brands (of parts) are working for you?
(boost please!)
Soooooo many hours of multiplayer. I remember running our single CD down the street to a friend so we could play over the internet back in the 90s.
30.04.2025 04:58 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The top 3 I have tattoos of, planning to get one/some related to number 4 soon.
30.04.2025 04:30 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Ten of my favourite video games of all time, in no particular order:
- American McGee's Alice (absolute fav)
- Portal/Portal 2
- Untitled Goose Game
- Zelda (any/all)
- Total Annihilation
- Homeworld
- Neverwinter Nights
- Assassin's Creed (Syndicate and Odyssey)
- Chu Chu Rocket
- Master of Magic
Just went and voted early, and they had blocked all the accessible entrances with this crap, and the volume of people shoving wasted paper in our faces meant we couldn't walk down the really narrow path that remained.
29.04.2025 06:14 — 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
📢 31,000 passwords belonging to Australian banking customers, have been stolen and are being shared online by criminals.
👉 Report issues, make suggestions
Can you volunteer in #Wannon at a booth for #election2025
@voicesofwannon.bsky.social
How to votes and a chat
on the day
at a booth
can and do make a difference
A community selected and supported candidate
Want change, step up
#auspol
Sticker Mule is the Uline of stickers. Don’t use either ever. There are so many alternatives.
15.04.2025 22:20 — 👍 421 🔁 162 💬 10 📌 9
No, your real estate agent doesn’t need your pet’s name and five years of employment history.
15.04.2025 04:59 — 👍 20 🔁 12 💬 1 📌 1Hard to believe today is 2 years since mum died.
Nan (paternal) also gave up her battle this morning after breaking her hip over the weekend.
Gonna be a tough week. 😔
