Generic weird nerd, queer and trans, and blade witch. I share various bladesmithing and other projects, but this is mostly pet photos and shitposts. Very sober Sense of humor removed to make space for more facts about 1980s Toyotas Member of the aus.social moderation team, but no official stuff on this account Pronouns: She/her Location: Hobart-ish Age: Four discourse cycles Favourite dinosaur: Micropachycephalosaurus
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Last Notes npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen fucking send him to Darwin npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen :bunnecomfhappy: https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/436/282/425/442/651/original/e472b427b845bcb1.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen I spooked Winnie and she went aeroplane mode #Rabbit https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/430/193/461/012/602/original/343505ee48fb47c3.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Given how much rabbit shit there is around here, I'm going to start calling her Grey Poop On (Her guts seem very healthy) https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/424/357/016/093/106/original/8606541c6484091c.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Rabbit hutch update: this is why I made it out of untreated, unpainted pine https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/413/136/492/082/944/original/b7e8031f012e2adc.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Winnie checking for different food outside the hay tub https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/413/119/413/665/317/original/8e8f4a33e8699af2.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Making a rabbit box / watchtower I can't claim to be any good at carpentry, but this'll be ok once I clean it up a bit tomorrow https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/407/722/378/754/840/original/1cdf1ec6f6b9e06e.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "Pat me or I'll eat your pants" #Rabbits https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/385/838/664/537/485/original/ddaac2c2c545d1ee.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Moose tucked into bed with a pillow #Dogs https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/357/730/943/096/204/original/244b560b1e63c361.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen even when open ai go bankrupt we're still going to have shitty people trying to profit off LLMs. The tech is just too attractive to a certain sort of amoral grifter npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen She is very cute https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/238/121/257/406/587/original/addc0803699fa61f.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/238/121/390/050/643/original/f15e78faa0330c9e.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Something I've been thinking about after seeing some bad takes online. I think the common justifications people give for refusing to date trans people should be seen as bad signs for any cis people dating them. These justifications do not show a good attitude towards their partner Note, I am specifically talking about people who refuse to date any trans person, not people who just haven't met someone they're attracted to. We are a very diverse group, so people aren't going to be into all of us "I want to have biological children" is treating the partner primarily as breeding stock, its prioritising fertility. Which raises the question of what would happen if the partner loses their fertility, which is pretty easy to happen through illness or injury? Are they just going to be immediately ditched? "I'm only attracted to [specific genitals]" implies that a priority is doing some specific sex act. What if that stops being an option for all the reasons it might stop being an option? Someone who is getting into a relationship with a focus on doing a specific sex act does not seem like someone who respects their partners as people There are things about biology and sex vs gender, but they all functionally reduce to the above "I'm not attracted to trans people" shows someone who is very stereotyping in their thinking. Remember we are a very diverse group, and this attitude shows they have made up their mind from only being aware of a few of us. I would personally consider that lack of curiosity as a bad sign Whenever I see someone saying these things, it seems like these are not great ways to think about people generally npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Bread posting https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/174/982/166/606/905/original/797ddb6d77cfff11.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen ehh, only technically :blobcatblep: npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen The traditional I tried to take a photo of the rabbit photo https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/116/141/659/632/753/148/original/6a4d39265342a8e1.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Using my leg as a chin rest https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/943/898/863/993/832/original/f88a4470f00090fe.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen She's had a tiring day (apparently) https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/835/067/587/559/398/original/df9201a9fe25f72a.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Fucking Mr/Mrs titles are such bullshit, and more people need to stop using them Expecting people to indicate as part of their name if they're a man, married woman, or unmarried woman is such self evident misogynistic garbage (Dr is ok, because if you're foolish enough to get a PhD we should get some warning :blobcatblep: ) npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen She's burrowed into the bale of hay https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/754/375/367/014/212/original/bec699199ae7beda.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "We hired 10x engineers and now our product sucks" Funny, it's almost like hiring egotistical dudes creates a terrible environment. It's almost like human groups are defined more by their ability to work together than their individual ability at the task But hey, what would I know? I'm just a woman npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Another self serve hay bar photo https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/676/237/830/031/726/original/98506957fc25dd70.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen I had to move Winnie's hay out of the workshop because I was doing stuff with red hot metal, and she is enjoying access to the self serve hay bar https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/669/727/946/318/596/original/7c061977c4d1dc94.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Dickhead: "stop complaining about capitalism and propose a better system" Every time we do that we get shot by fucking capitalists npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Ok, this one is finished if anyone is interested Carbon steel blade (80crv2, ~62rc), recycled iron bark handle, black micarta and fake ivory spacers. All hand made by me (happy to talk about the process if you want) Weighs 150g I'm asking aus$250 plus postage #Handmade #FediArt https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/585/463/794/199/065/original/a194b667062c0b29.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/585/464/203/485/021/original/221b5481a3fd505a.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/585/464/744/239/761/original/41aecc159a03b4f4.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/585/465/257/078/924/original/bb2ab08167bd6539.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Ooh, I got a knife featured in Blade magazine over in the US! npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen I got into loose leaf tea when I stopped drinking booze, swapping my booze snobbery for tea snobbery npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Bunny https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/321/429/761/689/940/original/4ac562e696c0714f.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/321/429/956/401/694/original/ed60dc263974ef0f.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Kitchen knife with octagonal handle, and carved butt. Handle is brown micarta, Jarrah, and sterling silver. Blade 80crv2 carbon steel Not for sale, just showing off 😛 #Handmade #KitchenKnife https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/228/954/434/859/195/original/a4d0e9a930c1ee93.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/228/954/976/653/376/original/b6fea871014e0e9c.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/228/957/028/888/018/original/5327dd5df0d7b901.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Job ad: "Lead GenAI and Agentic system design and development" for a fucking bank Seems like a place where you don't want your computers doing fuzzy maths unsupervised Maybe i'm just old fashioned npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen thank you They did seem desperate and unaware of how things worked here (totally fair given their situation), i'm gald someone has finally gotten in touch with them to help npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen How to learn to touch type Get keyboard, get cat, cat will position themselves in front of keyboard forcing you to type around them without seeing what you're doing https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/150/657/916/586/975/original/b39970e41cbf49e2.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen yeah, I'm getting bored of this. Things seem to be settling down slowly npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Medication change effects continue. Today has been bad for the nausea npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "I"m using ChatGPT to design my forging press" ooh, this will be a novel "person killed by ChatGPT" headline npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Someone is feeling pressured to get more user numbers for their "AI" https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/126/458/078/994/569/original/5378bd534f3914c0.png npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Also a reminder that when you hear about traffic incidents in the media to consider the novelty bias. People get hurt and killed in incidents with cars all the time, bikes ect are far less common, so make for a more interesting story If various media companies had any ethics they would include context notes in every story npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen It's interesting that people perceive motorcycles as dangerous but cars as safe. Obviously sitting on top of a 100hp engine that'll do daft speeds and potentially backflips is not something you can call safe, but you are unlikely hurt anyone else. Collisions involving motorcycles and cars tend to be caused by car drivers, collisions between motorcycles and pedestrians or cyclists are really uncommon So what we have is one thing that is dangerous for the person doing it, but creates a safer environment for others, and another thing that is safer for the person doing the activity but creates a less safe environment for others It's an attitude of safety as something you create for yourself, vs safety as something we create as a society. I think you can see this dichotomy in a lot of other discussion npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen It's still spam if you're selling Jesus npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen This one is all done. It's a well balanced knife, incredibly sharp with a fine edge. Very good for vegetables. Asking aus$500 plus shipping 170mm hand forged blade, 26c3 carbon steel around 63-64rc, roughly a santoku profile. It tapers down to 2.4mm at the tip. Handle is sterling silver and ebonised jarrah Weight is 190g Note this is a hard, somewhat brittle steel with a fine edge, so a bit of care is needed in use Happy to answer more questions if you're curious, and I'll add alt text in a second #handmade https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/104/701/026/750/721/original/94ed18f999be4fd9.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/104/701/453/955/650/original/197cfd058c55ab9a.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/104/701/956/301/828/original/5283f58b4e5fae15.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/104/702/469/847/040/original/c8d64ca4c9e49fce.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen That point where you've spent 10 hours staring at something, and practicing making it, so all you can see are the flaws 🙄 (I'll sharpen it in a bit and put up another post with more details) https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/098/950/895/601/139/original/7abb578e847eb941.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen ew, harry potter themed mint chocolate npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Walks into living room Sees bunny "It's a bunny!" Pats bunny npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen :subtoot: "Defederation is mean because I want to talk to my racist mates without joining Not Another Server" npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen pretty sure that was for pissing off the English, they were just after an excuse npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen seems to me this is just asking "what are cities for?". Historically I think they've been centers of culture, industry, and trade. Culture is probably is probably the hardest to write around, people like gathering in groups for cultural reasons npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen No remorse #RabbitsOfMastodon https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/951/011/787/023/332/original/992857add885ca48.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen There is a cat lying on me and a rabbit biting my feet for attention 🙄 npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen There's a quote from a Nazi in Jacob Geller's recent video on Nuremberg blaming their success on the development of radio and mass media. Like literal fucking Nazi's understood the influence of giving them a media platform back in the 1940s The question of should you give fascists a platform was answered 80 years ago by fascists npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "I disapprove of your advocacy for genocide, but I will defend to the death your right to advocate for genocide" - ancient moderate proverb npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen It's interesting that the black box aspect of these algorithmic systems is often a selling point. I'm reminded of all the crime prediction ones, where the fact that it's just digitized racism doesn't seem to be a problem. May even be the selling point It's like the thought process is "how do we do unethical shit without taking responsibility?" https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/07/will-ai-end-cheap-flights-critics-attack-deltas-predatory-ai-pricing/ npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Luring Winnie back in from the pet run with a salad #RabbitsOfMastodon https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/838/305/650/320/185/original/46167b7e9e3bd687.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen for some reason i'm reminded of people who complain when service staff aren't friendly enough npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen You think people who made this song might have feelings about Palestine, and states in general? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh1UXPrf_84 npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "[Bob Vylan's] US visas revoked. “Foreigners who glorify violence and hatred are not welcome visitors to our country,” said Christopher Landau, the deputy secretary of state." But they're letting Netanyahu in next week? You know, the guy who's heading this fucking genocide npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen is trad-wife stuff still allowed? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen From what i've seen that sort of language is more common among queer communities, but i'm sure that's just a coincidence... npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen We are here to confiscate your sense of humour as you have been making "jokes" that punch down on marginalised people Hold still, this will hurt npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen time to get some lucador masks? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen we need a credit card processor that doesn't impose it's puritanical morals on people. In a sensible world this is the sort of thing that a government could start also wrestling? WTF? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen It is true, you have a very nice arse npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen i hadn't heard about Nancy, but from the Wikipedia article I'm guessing there's something there that's not known about. Sadly Nancy can't tell her own story A lot of people don't really care about kid's mental health sadly npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Maybe we can fund this 2.5 million service out of the 4,500 million allocated to Victoria Police? Take their guns to pay for it https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/30/victoria-sex-workers-non-payment-southside-justice-ntwnfb npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen I'm excited to be doing some brewing again too! It's nice having some energy for various hobbies again npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen always cheaper to just include more air (i've been making my own ice cream for years) npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen chocolate ice cream most of it is made from bad chocolate, combining large amounts of dairy and sugar with chocolate doesn't do anything for good chocolate, and there's just better things to do with the ingredients npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen I'm sorry sir, but we are not serving dinner, and you may NOT "order the rabbit" https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/589/777/118/329/368/original/e2a71865422cedbe.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen 😂 so angry! npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen urgh, jerks npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Finished a knife 80crv2 santoku style, figured blackwood and black micarta handle #Handmade https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/549/746/118/972/430/original/fa0f357c0725e760.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/549/746/087/658/048/original/749fa287d57184e8.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/549/746/141/373/065/original/2a55335474ab56f6.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/549/746/108/049/610/original/1cab4a8a44d63f9c.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen that's a lot of work npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Anyone know about the sustainability of different wax options? Waxes seem best sealant when aging wood for turning, but the available things seem to be petroleum derived. I would rather something that's plant based and biodegradable, since i stick the shavings on my garden I think soy wax might be a good option? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Seems to be bedtime https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/506/145/750/614/986/original/e5d553e3de625bc7.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "Do the cats get on with the rabbit?" No, the rabbit bullies the cats and steals their food npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Apparently Winnie wasn't done with the hay i cleaned up #RabbitsOfMastodon https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/429/806/247/053/820/original/79eb035e6b191b5c.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen See how cute this is? https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/358/824/540/702/943/original/8b40d7f1b92e74bc.mp4 npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Winnie: "You're near the thing where the food is stored, where's my treat?" The problem is i'm reinforcing this, because giving her some food is really cute. She grabs it and then runs off across the living room to eat it npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen The irony with the above is that I am pretty passionate about a lot of the work I do But I still expect to be paid and don't work hard npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "... you will be passionate about working..." No i won't, fucking pay me npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen This one is fixated on Winnie. Sorry mate, not happening https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/350/407/787/304/341/original/e92b5d3c8700593d.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Fuck capitalism fan boys are tiring npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen My "all the people in the un-credited porn i'm sharing are totally consenting and over 18 bro" t-shirt is raising a lot of questions answered by my "all the people in the un-credited porn i'm sharing are totally consenting and over 18 bro" t-shirt npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Hey #FediHire Anyone after a remote data nerd, around east coast / central Australian time? Ideally 4 days per week Lots of experience with data analysis, liaising with stakeholders about what information they actually need. Can design and build ETL processes and databases, and do the documentation for them Experience working with older, poorly documented systems and trying to understand them Also a lot of experience with sensitive data about people, like medical records Technical skills: SQL, SAS, some exposure to R. Happy to learn new languages My preference is for building things that are simple and robust. Infrastructure should be boring npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen she doesn't like being handled, but does like being around people and will harass you for attention npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen She insists on hanging out near me https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/220/421/505/976/038/original/31fe382d1e03829f.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen If you're in Australia and have long covid the National Centre for Neuroimmunology and Emerging Diseases at Griffith uni are after research participants. I spoke to one of the Drs involved yesterday, i'm volunteering for stuff, and he mentioned that they are struggling to get enough participants https://www.griffith.edu.au/research/health/national-centre-neuroimmunology-emerging-diseases/participate #LongCovid npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Grumpy fish is grumpy https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/174/759/081/371/543/original/bdaf3a4a331ca510.webp npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen A quick intro into care for transgender kids, and some of the more common regressive talking points. Feel free to share if you think this is useful (and suggest improvements) Care for trans children is about giving them agency to decide who they want to be. For young kids this is social transition; clothes, hair, names, sparkly tiaras. There is usually some degree of counselling and socialisation through all this, as appropriate for the child Once they reach puberty, puberty blockers are used to delay changes and give the person time. Puberty blockers buy time by preventing permanent changes from puberty. Internal puberty will resume if they stop blockers (they were developed to treat early puberty in cisgender kids) Eventually they will probably start Hormone Replacement Therapy, but the point is to give them a choice on what puberty to go through. HRT is broadly safe Surgery is only done if the person wants it, and generally after 16 or 18 depending on the type. There are a lot of different options here All of these processes were developed to treat various medical issues in cisgender and/or intersex kids. What's happening here is that it just centers the child's choices, rather than impose society's values on them The whole process is driven by what the person wants. It's about children's agency and bodily autonomy You can't force transgender kids to be cisgender. That just results in traumatised or dead trans people. This is all about supporting children to be happy Some common BS talking points: Desistance / detransition - generally children who come out as trans continue to be trans. The claims otherwise are based on a terrible study had too low a threshold for inclusion and falsely classified people as cis The point is to give children agency, so if they do decide they're cis then that's fine. The treatment has worked Rapid onset gender dysphoria - this is just bullshit. What's happening is that parents are assuming dysphoria started around when the person came out to them, when what actually happened is the person doesn't trust their parents enough to be open about this. The trans person doesn't trust their parents because their parents are bigots Social contagion - people are just more aware that you can be trans, and that includes being non-binary. People have more knowledge and control over their lives, seems good to me "There are only two sex/genders" - this is just a bullshit assertion, equivalent to "the earth is flat" or "we didn't come from monkeys". Biology and psychology are far more complex than that #Trans #TransRights #Auspol npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen "Just roll your own cryptographically secure messaging software and convince all your contacts to use it" Ah mastodon, never change npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen pfft, just launch anyway what's the worst that can happen if you launch in the wrong weather? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen eh, just go full archivist and go for a compactus :P https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/016/772/124/196/034/original/9a123308aa6cb38c.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/977/191/047/561/120/original/2611bc1040117984.png npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Me to coworker: What tone are we going for with this? Do i have to pretend to be serious? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Ok, lets hit something with a hammer npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Her food is cheap, but her chewing my bedsheets adds up https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/781/291/627/019/379/original/d1ab76c55b88191b.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen I've got the professional photos of that knife back. It still suffers from the problem that since it's my work I'm hyper aware of all the flaws 😅 #Handmade https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/773/183/384/623/716/original/2a2e7f8b0b89349a.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen 30 degrees npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen Prepping some wood with the hand plane https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/541/593/713/201/209/original/630fe319b999474e.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen does it have a chronological feed of people you follow like here and early twitter? npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen One of the bottle brushes is flowering #BloomScrolling https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/423/201/758/880/049/original/e0397928e5aec2a0.jpg npub10zejgwxe82scns7wat36cepve0vx7wy5uemv4qgg000rhq5cd3fse80l9x Alex von Kitchen the coconut oil has a higher melting point, closer to that of butter. So it gives a texture more like a cake with butter in it