Sheepie

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Shy, introvert, anti-gambling sport lover who watches way too many movies & tv shows.

Strong advocate for "you do you" where it doesn't impose on others, and Wheaton's Law (aka don't be a dick).

Find me:: https://sheepie-au.carrd.co/
Location:: Sydney, Australia

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2024-10-12 07:05:47

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Ultimately IMHO just leaving the metro terminating at Chatswood and setting up a new metro going to the northern beaches would have been a better option. It really does need some kind of rail line.

2024-10-12 07:04:41

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I remember when they rolled out this new line of bendy busses people saying this would absolutely happen even with regular maintenance.
I’m curious as to whether they turned a blind eye or whether they decided cost/benefit it was worth just dealing with it when it happened.
If truly there was better options, or just dealing with this was the best way to go.

2024-10-12 04:38:04

You mean it’s not already 100% automated?
I could have sworn it was because 99% of the reports I made for the most blatant of blatant bot & content stealing accounts got a response saying no action taken because no violation of their rules was found. https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/113292576423004047

2024-10-11 22:41:34

VicPol doing a nazi salute? Is anyone surprised? Anyone?
They have a LONG history of high-5ing Nazi’s, throwing other nazi gestures during BLM rallies, escorting and protecting nazi protests while using any excuse to crack down on and injure people in BLM rallies.
If anything what amazes me here is how long it took for someone to get caught in a way that couldn’t be hushed up.
https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/113290925133856695

2024-10-11 08:32:21

“Ignorance is becoming socially acceptable”
I feel like this was the statement back when a faction of the GOP started calling themselves the “Tea Party”. And they’ve just found new levels of stupid year on year ever since. Tea Party GOP are absolute genius intellectuals compared to what now.
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/hurricane-milton-misinformation-meteorlogist-death-threats-1235130352/
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2024-10-11 04:00:06

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2024-10-09 06:19:55

Huzzah! Discord for iOS have introduced back the bug where scrolling to the bottom of chat doesn’t mark it read. You have to long-press the channel and select “mark as read” -every- -single- -time-.
This is, at the very least, the 6th time they’ve re-introduced this bug in the last 12 months.

2024-10-03 00:49:49

The incel-superhero movie was ridiculously overrated IMHO. Was recommended to watch alongside King of New York (1990), and the latter was definitely a similar-ish story MUCH better told.
Letting this one wait til it's on a streamer I'm already subbed to. #CineMastodon📽️
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-10-03/review-joker-folie-a-deux/104418370

2024-10-02 22:23:55

If companies weren't such shitcunts with our data then they wouldn't be in this situation. Sew, reap.
Way back when I'd always tell social apps to go through my contacts to see who they could find. Now I won't let them touch that shit. Look for people manually. https://9to5mac.com/2024/10/02/this-ios-18-privacy-change-could-spell-doom-for-new-social-apps/

2024-10-02 02:53:30

Can I just point out how much I love the word "trendcels"?
I have not seen it used before but I will absolutely be using it a lot moving forwards.
Thankyou [@burgerdrome](https://aus.social/@burgerdrome ) for introducing it to me.
https://aus.social/@burgerdrome/113235529484467174

2024-09-30 22:10:22

No, it doesn't even make you janitors. Moderators on Reddit are interns, or less. Free labour.
Reddit was built by community for community, but it's now run by capitalism for board profit. Community needs to realise it's no longer part of the equation and stop giving it free shit.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/09/policy-change-lets-reddit-veto-user-protests/

2024-09-29 00:39:16

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I’ve trained my mum well in to not believing any cold calls. Treat them all as scammers if they call her. If there’s even remote suspicion otherwise she calls them back.
And she even teaches this to her friends.

2024-09-23 21:33:42

When satire sites get it 100% right. https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-department-of-energy-wants-you-to-know-your-conservation-efforts-are-making-a-difference

2024-09-22 00:58:22

A project that analyzes human language usage has been shut down because generative AI is polluting the data. https://www.404media.co/project-analyzing-human-language-usage-shuts-down-because-generative-ai-has-polluted-the-data/

2024-09-21 13:17:17

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Testing requires putting something on before midday and removing late afternoon / well after the sun has gone down. The longer it lasts before a reaction and the more active I can be during that time the better.
Scenarios that fit that aren’t as common as expected. Especially when you become sun-scared when the reactions first hit in because you think it’s due to the sun, not the sunscreen.

2024-09-21 11:34:48

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I don’t know what I’m reacting to, I just know certain brands of invisible zinc are all I can use on my neck upwards.
Some don’t work.
Woollies invisible zinc 100% works & is cheap but if I can’t find a Woollies I can’t find it. It’s my go-to.
Banana Boat sensitive (clearly zinc based going by texture) worked on my recent holiday.
Nivea sensitive is what I opened a tube of today thinking I had already tested it & found good - now thrown out.
I thought it was Cancer Council sensitive that failed in the past and Nivea was good? Maybe it failed too? I should make a note of this rather than rely on memory.

2024-09-21 11:20:08

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My ears (including the back of them) and my whole forehead both lower and upper, all red & burning hot & slightly swollen, reacting. All covered by the hat I took selfies with earlier, either under the brim or under the main body of the hat.
Equally reacting to areas exposed to sun (nose, cheeks).

2024-09-21 11:16:41

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Hoping I cleaned it off soon enough (a few minutes ago) that it won’t keep reacting and I won’t go through the week long reaction experience that everyone assumes is sunburn but is subtly different enough I can tell it isn’t.

2024-09-21 11:16:35

DAMMIT!
The sunscreen I used today (fresh tube) was one I thought I had tried before and found to be good.
But my face & ears are burning red. Obvious signs of skin reacting to sunscreen. Areas that were covered by a hat all day just as bad as areas exposed.
-throws tube in bin-

2024-09-20 10:10:40

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Just give everyone A’s?
Except Christopher. He doesn’t deserve one.

2024-09-19 06:29:27

Why are men? https://social.chinwag.org/@guardian_bot/113162787444527197

2024-09-18 01:29:49

Dear interwebs,
Is there any reason I should avoid Vivaldi browser?
Kagi searches aren't bringing much up. Wondering if it's my google-fu being weak.
Looking for things like Brave's issues (founders are shitlords, antitrans, and alt-right). Or their claims about privacy being demonstrably incorrect.
Everything I'm finding reads like an advertorial, or could potentially just be old.

2024-09-12 08:32:15

And, done. That’s 10,378.3km driven over 3 weeks. Second image is this trip. Third image is all trips since the covid times give or take. #SheepieRoadTrip
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2024-09-08 02:10:28

Cape Tribulation Beach. #SheepieRoadTrip
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2024-09-07 07:10:15

Was rough on the way out. At least 2 needed baggies. I’ve never been seasick but took a tablet just in case.
By the time I came aboard from the first swim the sun was out and remained out the rest of the day.
This was EXACTLY what I wanted from coming here. Happy Sheepie is happy. #SheepieRoadTrip
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2024-09-06 08:23:12

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100%. When I was in Alice Springs I didn’t even think I had brought the camera. I grabbed my swimming gear to use the pool and found it was in that bag. Without charger. And it’s an unusual CB-USB8 cable.
If I put off the snorkeling until Sunday I can probably grab one in Cairns, but I want to snorkel sooner rather than later. And have an extra day in case tomorrow is in fact rain and they have to postpone. I don’t want to book Sunday to learn I should have booked Saturday.

2024-09-06 08:00:36

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Most places appear to use a moulded bit of meat that isn’t great. I like it to still have obvious signs it’s been through the mincer or bought as mince, then hand seasoned & shaped.
Plus I’m a big fan of the ol’ fish & chip shop style “with the lot”. Everything missing from that is something lost.
This one was moulded bit of meat with just lettuce, tomato, beetroot, cheese, caramelised onions, bbq sauce. Missing the egg, pineapple, probably a few things I’m forgetting.

2024-09-06 07:42:46

OK, booked in for a snokeling tour tomorrow. No waterproof camera to bring with me as I don’t have the charging cable for it. But going on this was the main reason for returning via here. #SheepieRoadTrip

2024-09-06 02:12:52

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Not the best I’ve had. Still very enjoyable.

2024-09-06 02:04:23

When they have a sign like this you know there’s only one option for lunch.
At Mount Surprise. I don’t yet know what the surprise is. #SheepieRoadTrip
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2024-09-01 01:32:06

How good is this view from my hotel? #SheepieRoadTrip
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2024-08-31 10:38:21

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I still got to see all the kangaroos, pat quite a few of them, and CUDDLE TWO BABBIES FOR 10 MINUTES EACH!!!
The important goals were achieved. Photos are very much secondary.

2024-08-31 10:33:43

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Anyway, that explains so many failed photos at the Kangaroo Sanctuary. 😞

2024-08-31 10:33:35

It’s been so long since I’ve gone out to do photography that I didn’t notice my OM-1 was set to Single-AF, not Continuous-AF as it should be. When you use back button autofocus there’s no point using s-af, no idea how/when that turned on.

2024-08-30 06:57:26

Big.
No, no. BIG!
No, bigger still.
I knew you could see Uluṟu from the resort. I expected it to be the size it actually was, TWENTY SIX KM OUT FROM THE RESORT!!!
From the resort it’s the size I expected from the dedicated photo spots.
I won’t get to those until tomorrow. #SheepieRoadTrip
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2024-08-22 06:37:04

Tonight’s destination. Now for a shower to freshen up, then kill time until dinner.
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2024-08-21 10:35:08

Sheepie: Shorn.
Clothes: Washed.
Bags: Packed.
Sheepie (mascot): In car already.
Hockey jerseys: In car already.
Alarms: Set.
All I need now is a good night’s sleep, put my iPad & toothbrush in my clothes bag, take it, my camera, my phone, & me to the car and I’m good to go.
What am I forgetting?

2024-08-16 12:01:56

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Sorry, I don’t know Australian.

2024-08-16 08:09:06

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2024-08-02 08:43:49

First met @npub1tmr…ue9e in 2000, at some party in Gladesville. I was having a deeply introverted moment. Unable to social. Unable to people. Feeling incredibly uncomfortable just being there.
He had to remind me last year that we had even met, I had forgotten. I’ve been meaning to try to catch up again, but always fearing the introversion and sucking at small talk that I still have today, I never did reach out to do so.
Now never will.

2024-08-02 04:23:15

Fuck me.
Just found out a guy who I've only met once, don't even remember the occasion, who only lived one suburb over from me, but knew very well online, passed away last night in his sleep.
I'm just in a bit of shock right now.

2024-07-31 09:57:20

Skype still exists?
https://flipboard.com/@theverge/tech-news-e3qmqbb8z/-/a-9ngG7eeqT5a5oBNvJmwvSw%3Aa%3A43611565-%2F0

2024-07-26 03:22:49

It was bad enough that Crowdstrike offered measley $10 Uber Eats gift cards to teammates & partners who aided in the IT outages they caused.
But many of the gift cards have been rejected and flagged as potential fraud.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-07-26/crowdstrike-gift-cards-blocked/104145562

2024-07-24 08:48:28

Oh yay. Another week another FB notification. For a post made 7 days ago. Promoting an event that took place on this weekend just passed (ie, has already happened).
Continuing your decline from being a useful site to one that’s less than useless.

2024-07-01 22:40:42

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It was $80-90 for me each time. I'm fortunate I can afford that. It lasts 10 years and is worth it.

2024-07-01 03:12:05

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I only found out a couple of years before my nephew was born and just kept putting it off until we found out he was due. Made sure I got it sorted out before his birth. That's why he's how I track it.

2024-06-30 21:25:26

A lot of people don't realise you have to take the booster every 10 years. So if you don't remember having one, go out and get it.
Whooping cough is nothing to sniff at. And it's very easy to pass it on to the elderly or infants, who could die of it.
https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/112707675606725508

2024-06-28 00:47:29

FB doesn't like you deleting your history and old posts.
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2024-06-14 09:03:46

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2024-06-04 02:41:46

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2024-06-03 08:34:17

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For those playing at home, this is the 23rd week of this year, and tonight is the 29th cinema watched movie this year. #CineMastodon📽️
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2024-06-03 08:29:25

With tonight’s movie it’s 34 weeks straight of seeing at least one movie per week in a cinema. This is where the run ends as there’s NOTHING I’m willing to spend money on next week. #CineMastodon📽️ And this movie has rules so I can’t even tell you which movie is closing out the streak. It’s a re-run of something I haven’t watched in over a decade and isn’t available in 4K. #NowWatching https://trakt.tv/movies/fight-club-1999

2024-06-02 02:12:06

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The compression artifacts makes that look horribly fake, but I’ve seen better quality versions and I’ve seen interviews with the creator. All forced perspective, well lined up shots, long telephoto lens to make the moon look so big.

2024-05-23 08:56:05

15 years ago, the Greens started warning that we needed to start preparing and planning the transition from coal to renewable energy.
The Libs responding by gaslighting and saying things like “You can’t shut down coal energy overnight!”, something the Greens were in no way shape or form asking for.
The media simply quoted the Libs. Their excuse? “We WeRe JuSt TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId!”. Never quoted what the Greens actually wanted, or actually analyzed the situation, just QuOtEd WhAt ThEy SaId! The Liberals and those talking complete and utter horse shit. While burying their heads in the sand about energy transition.
Now, we’re in a situation where coal plants are shutting down ahead of the 15 years ago schedule, renewable sources have been delayed massively, and many don’t have power lines heading to them nor are connected to the grid properly. We are in the EXACT problem situation the Greens were warning about 15 years ago.
The media won’t take responsibility for their one-sided citing and TeLlInG yOu WhAt ThEy SaId. They’ll just write articles pretending that never happened, glossing over their part in it.
We’re in for hard times. All caused by the Liberal governments of the last 15 years. And Labor especially now aren’t exactly any better. And caused by the media failing to do their actual jobs.
https://theconversation.com/clean-energy-slump-why-australias-renewables-revolution-is-behind-schedule-and-how-to-fix-it-229514
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/article/2024/may/22/scaremongering-wont-keep-australias-lights-on-picking-up-the-pace-of-energy-transition-will

2024-05-22 06:55:36

It’s Red Shield Appeal time again.
Remember - friends don’t let friends donate to the Salvos. They claim to be equal opportunity helpful while protecting homophobic and transphobic staff who cut off gay & trans people out of bigotry.
There are other charities out there. It’s not like the Salvos are the be all and end all. Donate elsewhere.
https://libcom.org/article/starvation-army-twelve-reasons-reject-salvation-army

2024-05-21 02:42:50

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It's the perpetual growth model that stock trading investors often demand that simply leads to the rot economy. It's unsustainable.
The company starts rotting their product & driving consumers away for the sake of perpetual growth, until it reaches a point of no return and inevitable collapse. But the CEO would have gotten their golden handshake long before this point and moved on to rot the next company.
This is the rot economy. This is late stage capitalism.

2024-05-09 20:49:06

Warning: Put your irony meters at a safe distance.
Mass scraper of copyright work is trying to claim copyright over the use of their logo on a subreddit.
https://www.404media.co/openai-files-copyright-claim-against-chatgpt-subreddit/