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a screenshot of the “Export My Data” screen in the Bluesky app – the text reads: “Export My Data Your account repository, containing all public data records, can be downloaded as a "CAR" file. This file does not include media embeds, such as images, or your private data, which must be fetched separately. Button: Download CAR file You can also download your chat data as a "JSONL" file. This file only includes chat messages that you have sent and does not include chat messages that you have received. Button: Download chat data This feature is in beta. You can read more about repository exports in this blogpost.”

reader, guess which button I smashed next…? 💁‍♀️

a screenshot of a Bluesky in-app screen – the text reads: “Age Assurance Due to laws in your region, certain features on Bluesky are currently restricted until you're able to verify you're an adult. Is your location not accurate? Tap here to confirm your location. Verify now Age assurance only takes a few minutes” below this text is the option “Export my data”

welp, guess I’ll be #leavingBluesky soon…

#AgeVerification is #SurveillanceTech that either doesn’t actually work (age estimation) and/or is privacy-invading (requires government ID) for all adults as well as the kids it purports to protect

#AusPol
#privacy
#SocialMediaBan
#BullshitTech

“Timn” 💁‍♀️

Oh god yes, Microsoft continvoucly
morged my diagram there for sure 😬

I humbly submit my contribution to the culture… 👇 🙃

bsky.app/profile/itgr...

I wrote a few words last night. nvie.com/posts/15-yea...

Screenshot of what's apparently supposed to be a "git flow" chart from Microsoft learning materials. It's full of bizarre spelling errors and fucked up diagram elements that make it pretty clear the thing was AI generated.

oh.... my god??

actual chart from learn.microsoft.com/en-us/traini... btw

a version of “The Most Interesting Man In The World” meme – a suave, well-dressed middle-aged white man with greying hair and a salt & pepper beard has one elbow crooked and is looking directly at you the caption reads: I DON'T ALWAYS MORG BUGFIXES FROM REL, BRANCH BACK INTO DEVELOP… …BUT WHEN I DO, I MORG THEM CONTINVOUCLY

💁‍♀️

I don’t have the necessary skills or equipment & tbh don’t really wish to invest the time but will happily exchange money for goods & services…

pls #boost4reach 🙏

I have a bunch™ of #tshirts that claim to be unisex but have terrible, tight neck holes (that’s a word, right? 🤪) that I rarely wear but absolutely would if I can get them fixed

pls #boost4reach 🙏

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hi again #FediFriends 👋

does anyone know of any #tailors / #sewers or online services in #Canberra (or elsewhere in Aus) that can re-do a #tshirt #neckline & insert a proper elasticsted neckband?

pls #boost4reach thx

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itgrrl :donor: is @ the #SovereigntyDay rally in #Kamberri 🖤❤️💛 💚🖤💙🤍 ✊ (@itgrrl@infosec.exchange) 8.27K Posts, 1.72K Following, 1.45K Followers · #CyberGardener 🌱 : #InfoSec : #privacy : #tech : #space : #astronomy : intersectional #feminist : #LGBTIQA+ : #AntiFascist : striving to be #AntiRacist ...

I’m live-tooting(ish) the rally over on mastodon, follow me there for more --> infosec.exchange/@itgrrl

pls #boost4reach 🙏

pls #boost4reach 🙏

the Aboriginal Tent Embassy’s event banner from Facebook with details of today’s events SOVEREIGNTY DAY 26 JAN 2026 RALLY + MARCH ASSEMBLING 9:30AM GAREMA PL CANBERRA

after the rally at Garema Place there will be a march to join the #AboriginalTentEmbassy at Old Parliament house

if you’re able to get down please come & join us 🖤💛❤️ ✊

#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

#InvasionDay
#CBR
#AustraliaDay 🚫

the Aboriginal Tent Embassy’s event banner from Facebook with details of today’s events SOVEREIGNTY DAY 26 JAN 2026 RALLY + MARCH ASSEMBLING 9:30AM GAREMA PL CANBERRA

the #SurvivalDay / #SovereigntyDay march in #Kamberri / #Canberra is happening from nowish in Garema Place, Civic – if you’re able to get down please come & join us 🖤💛❤️ ✊

#AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe

#InvasionDay
#CBR
#AustraliaDay 🚫

A selfie of Jay smiling next to a plane window. They are wearing a gray tshirt blue and turquoise glasses and a baseball cap. Under their cap you can see pink and purple hair

A picture of Jay with their blue ausAir mask on because we wear masks on airplanes!

I’m off to #everythingOpen! See you later Melbourne!
The maskless photo was taken before everyone else boarded.
#wearAMask

A sleepy Jaye and and a wild Jack make an appearance! On a train! Allllll the hair is purple !!

safely made it to Canberra for #EverythingOpen, volunteer briefing has been survived, and i have spent the rest of the day catching up with friends i don’t get to see often.

and got to spend the train trip down chatting to Jack and living vicariously thru a train nerd xD

Picture of a speaker and their slide. IoT, as all insiders know, is blue.

Keynote at #EverythingOpen #eo2016 is Kylie McDevitt talking about IoT security standards and how devices are evaluated. It’s not hard to avoid poor practices.

You can watch this conference online for a small fee, btw, see https://2026.everythingopen.au/

Huge thanks to @everythingopen.au for inviting me to open the conference.

A genuinely thoughtful, engaged community, great conversations, and a reminder of why openness, understanding, and sharing still matter so much. Big appreciation to the volunteer team who made it all happen. #everythingopen

I'm on day 2 of the #everythingopen conference in Canberra.

Good talks so far and I'm meeting and talking to lots of people.

Just got back from #everythingopen (formerly linux.conf.au). Legit was asked a dozen times "is DevOps still a thing" in response to me trying to explain my métier as a systems engineer. Only reply I could think of was to use your notion of feedback between developers and the systems they develop.

Andrew Donnellan - IBM | LinkedIn I'm a software engineer with a background in systems programming, open source and the… · Experience: IBM · Education: The Australian National University · Location: Canberra · 411 connections on L...

Andrew Donnellan (who you may know as @ajdlinux on other platforms) was part of the winding up of #OzLabs in #CBR #Canberra recently.

If you're looking for a standout #Linux #kernel engineer or someone for #embedded pick Andrew.

www.linkedin.com/in/andrewdon...

#EO2026 #EverythingOpen

Really enjoying opening keynote at #everythingopen from @kyliemcdevitt.bsky.social about experiences determining patterns in device security [weaknesses]. What's interesting is although she's using IoT analysis examples, this explicitly all applies to the compute infrastructure we build, too #eo2026

Title slide saying "Chaos Theory and the Limits of Predictability"

Looking forward to Jacinta Richardson speaking about Chaos Theory and how it applies to software engineering. #everythingopen #eo2026.

A slide saying "Observability - revealing the shape of the attractor" which then relates metrics, tracing, logging, and high-cardinality to Chaos Theory mathematics.

This talk is brilliant. Jacinta has linked Chaos Theory to Observability. #everythingopen #eo2026

"Performance engineering isn't about making things fast, it's about making them predictably fast", using percentiles not averages, designing for tail behaviour, feedback loops, and the ability to observe. "Predictability is not the goal, stability is." —Jacinta Richardson, #everythingopen #eo2026