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Daisy Leigh

@asteracute.bsky.social
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Conference organiser emeritus (PyCon AU), computer puppygirl. Narrm/Melbourne. I am more active at @daisy@cloudisland.nz on Mastodon, and this account is mostly reposts from there, but I do try to pay attention to replies and stuff on here too.

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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
SeaLink: for when you want to pay *almost* as much as the Spirit of Tassie, but instead of an overnight journey it’s a roughly 40-minute trip where you can see one side from the other
Two motor vessels are barely visible on the ocean. The Australian mainland is in the distance.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The first time I visited #Brisbane was 2014 or 2015, when Central Station still had CRT screens for their PIDs.
A passenger information display showing a Gold Coast departure. It is a flatscreen TV that lists train stations in white text, with an unpleasant yellow-green-brown background colour.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Me, to myself: one of the small details I’m so proud of that has carried through to subsequent years is the mini venue map on the back of every attendee’s badge
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Me eating breakfast in my hotel in Brisbane before the opening day of #PyConAU while on the TV in the corner, the Premier of the very state I’m visiting extols the virtues of not just AI but also fossil fuels,
Comedian David Mitchell in a military uniform, casting a look of concern off camera, asking “are we the baddies?”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I have successfully made it to Brisbane and onto one of their weird skinny trains
A woman with pink hair peeks up from the corner of the frame; behind her is the interior of a Queensland Rail NGR train
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
I keep seeing shit like this and it’s embarrassing. No wonder our industry is so deeply unpopular.
Quote tweet: ‘It's strange that any feature offered by Al always comes wrapped in a message like "Goodbye artists, say farewell to your jobs. I hope you end up on the street, choking on your own vomit. May the flames of hell be eternal for you. God, how I hate artists."’

Original tweet: “BYE TO GAME ANIMATORS They can already start applying to MCDONALD'S.
NVIDIA just wiped out 30 years of animation technology in one fell swoop....”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Cats are a liquid and mine is pooling between the seats of the sofa #MastoCats #catsOfMastodon #FediCats
A grey cat sits on a brown sofa, her forelegs one atop another in the gap between the seats
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Westbound Rt 86/96 at a standstill this morning because this ambulance is parked about 30cm too far to the right
An ambulance is parked next to a tram track, slightly too close; a tram waits behind itThree trams waiting, with another ambulance off to the sideAn ambulance is parked next to a tram track, slightly too close
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
wake up babe, new Kinsey scale just dropped
A skeet reading “someone commissioned me for a doggirl tf and i had to pull out this chart like i was asking how well done they wanted the steak”, with 5 dog-girls on a scale, where 1 is mostly humanoid and 5 is just a dog
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Several things, but honestly the main one is probably gonna be skill level
Quora search result reading “What’s stopping me, a former high school basketball player, from competing in the WNBA and claiming to be trans?”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
Item get. And X’trapolis 2 set 8x05 is back out of service and will apparently do its second revenue run at the same time next week.
A blue enamel pin that reads “first to ride XT2”, with the outline of a train, on top of a sticker sheet of the same train.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 03/05/2026
The first person to write something with their finger in the fogged-up windows of an XT2 has chosen to write “HAROLD HOLT”. I don’t know what to make of this.
A fogged up train window, with “HAROLD HOLT” written on it.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Okay I am inside new train #melbourne
A blue and grey train waits at Flinders Street Station.A woman with pink hair smiles at the camera on a crowded train.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Web developers are now starting to attempt to mimic Liquid Glass, which is going about as well as you’d expect.
A popover with a glass effect background. The text is illegible except for “Dismiss” and “Learn more” buttons.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
CW: Sex mention, IKEA furniture you haven’t truly lived until you’ve had the legs of this specific IKEA bed break and fall out from under you during sex
The IKEA Leirvik bed, which is a white metal bed frame with flourishes on the headboard.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Does anyone know the history of this Foodland building in Brunswick West? Did The Mighty South Aussies™︎ attempt to expand into Victoria at one point? It even has the faint outline of the boomerang logo that the SA chain uses, surely that can’t be a coincidence? #Melbourne #Adelaide
A heavily graffitied abandoned shop at night. A hand painted sign says Foodland, while another shows the outline of a boomerang logo.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Time for the National War Memorial to update this bit I guess
A plaque about Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith, next to a mounted display of his uniform. A paragraph hastily added to the end mentions the war crime allegations. The highlighted section reads “Roberts-Smith has not been charged with any offence under criminal law.”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Glad to see that even in the world of Resident Evil we have inane corporate bullshit about “self care” pinned up on notice boards, complete with cutesy links into the company’s branding
A poster of the “Self-Care Hexagon”, with six sides labelled Physical, Psychological, Emotional, Spiritual, Personal, and Professional.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
“One of the misconceptions about autistic people is we take things literally” #KiwiPyCon
A conference slide reading “No, that’s kleptomania /j”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
#KiwiPycon
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
sexy personal lubricant that doesn’t feel sticky when it dries out
A post from “lacey”: your halloween costume is "sexy" + the last thing you google searched
this year i'll be going as "sexy bus schedule"
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Did you know that all modern web browsers have a built-in lightbox? Just type about:blank in the URL bar!
Strips of 35mm film being held up to a computer monitor that is mostly white, except for the Google Chrome UI at the top.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
It's a shame that the trans flag doesn't really show up with much contrast on B&W film (or at least, not this film). 📷 Pentax Zoom 105R 🎞️ Ilford Delta 400
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Ouch. #NBA
A worm chart between the LA Lakers and the Minnesota Timberwolves. It shows the Lakers in the lead for almost all of the game, with the Timberwolves gaining a 3-point lead at the bitter end.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
If you're trans or gender diverse, and you've started gender-affirming HRT in Australia in the last 18 months, you could help out with research that could improve the quality of care for trans people in the future! (And if that's not you, boosts for reach are appreciated <3) The lead researcher
Starting Gender Affirming Hormone Therapy?
You may be interested in participating in a long-term study!

Am I eligible?
To participate you need to:
• Be Trans, Gender Diverse, or Non-Binary
• Have had a first consultation to start hormones or received a prescription in the last 18 months
• Be aged over 18 years old
• Be proficient in English

What are the aims study?
This is a trans-led study aimed at comparing experiences undergoing different models of care to receive hormone therapy, which will increase understanding of the differences between models of care.

What is involved?
A baseline survey that will take about 15 minutes, and a similar survey 6, 12, and 18 months after the baseline survey.
You will also be able to participate in an interview to describe your experiences. A $20 gift card will be provided for your time.

How do I join?
Joining is simple. Just scan the QR code and fill out the survey.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
This is Oscar! Photographed on a camera that was given to my grandmother for her 11th birthday in around 1950. 📷 Kodak Brownie Six-20 C 🎞️ Lucky SHD400
A blurry, black and white photo of a ginger and white cat.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Oh look. Equality Australia, an Australian LGBTQIA+ advocacy organisation, have published a travel advisory for the US. equalityaustralia.org.au/wp-content…
UNITED STATES TRAVEL ALERT
This document is based on the best available information as of 27 March 2025.
www.equalityaustralia.org.au
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
I'm not normally the sort of person to complain on social media whenever apps I use make UI changes, but hey Discord what the fuck is this
A close-up of the user toolbar and message editor in the Discord desktop app. They don't line up.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
weirdest moment of any #NBL game is easily the bit where the announcer goes (and this is genuinely word for word) "ladies and gentlemen, please be upstanding for the Australian national anthem, brought to you by Chemist Warehouse!"
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
With the power of AI, you too can take your startup from “fucking around” to “finding out” in as little as two days!
Twitter post from 15 March: “my saas was built with Cursor, zero hand written code. Al is no longer just an assistant, it's also the builder. Now, you can continue to whine about it or start building.
P.S. Yes, people pay for it”

Followed by Twitter post from 17 March: “guys, i'm under attack
ever since I started to share how I built my Saas using Cursor. random thing are happening, maxed out usage on api keys, people bypassing the subscription, creating random shit on db. as you know, I'm not technical so this is taking me longer that usual to figure out. for now, I will stop sharing what I do publicly on X. there are just some weird ppl out there”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
mastodon.social/@glyph/113879644607…
tweet from “taber (@cakesandcourage)”: a popular myth is that people who are Very Computer have computers that work. nothing could be further from the truth. the Very Computer are capable of generating much more novel and fascinating ways to make computers not fucking work and exercise this capability wantonly
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
auspol, transphobia, meme
The “epic handshake” meme. The handshake says “tearing the entire party apart over transphobia”, one arm says “Australian Greens Victoria”, and the other says “Victorian Liberal Party”
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Bold move from Rahul here, sliding into a stranger’s DMs and expecting a response within 5 minutes Dunno what he wanted, but he didn’t get it
A Signal screenshot in which a person called “Rahul” has sent a message reading “heyy” at 7:55 and “You there??” at 8:00.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 01/09/2023
Today in Auspol transphobia leaking into unexpected places: my takeaway fish and chips came wrapped in conservative pearl-clutching, complete with Mark Latham quote.
Chips wrapped in fake newspaper. Circled in magenta is an article on the fake newspaper about "Cricket Australia's transgender policies", which quotes (then-) One Nation MP Mark Latham.Donut balls wrapped in fake newspaper. Circled in magenta is the continuation of the article from the previous photo.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 28/08/2023
Today’s breakfast is tiny pancakes. Also, fun fact, those gymbro protein shakers are really good for easily making whipped cream.
A very small stack of pancakes on a plate. The top one has strawberry jam and a dollop of cream.
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Daisy Leigh @asteracute.bsky.social · 23/08/2023
Boop! Goodbye, Tarntanya/Adelaide! #PyConAU
A finger is booping the snoot of a NR class locomotive.
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