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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 13h

This lil fella on the stump of a felled tree in the heart of Brisbane between the river George square

Same stump, zoomed out to show a multi-lane highway flyover and the Brisbane wheel on the other side of the Brisbane river in the background

Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Boil the vinegar and water mix with a tablespoon of sugar and a teaspoon of salt and then pour the boiling mixture over the bay leaves, garlic and peeled hardboiled eggs.

Glass jar with the eggs and bay leaves in the vinegar and water mix.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Prick through the whites of the hard boiled eggs, just as far as the yolk, with a fork.

A fork stabbing into a peeled hard-boiled egg surrounded by other eggs.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

A generous half-handful of whole black peppercorns.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Crush some garlic and throw it in the jar along with the bay leaves.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Three leaves from our baby bay leaf tree.

Three small dark green bay leaves about to go in a glass jar

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

Hard boiled the eggs, peeled them, and popped them in the fridge.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/10/2026

8% vinegar diluted 50% with water.

A bottle of double strength, white vinegar

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

Australian headlines sometimes are exactly how I imagined Australian headlines would be before I moved to Australia.

Gaurdian headline:

What field price is rise ahead of interest rate decision; whale carcass prompts shark warnings at Perth beach

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

A section of trunk with lichen, small epiphytes, and a climber I can't name, on the Northern side of a palm tree trunk. #mosstodon

Epiphyte is bright green.
Lichen is blueish green.
There is also some actual Moss.
Only a little of the palm trunk is visible under all the plantlife

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

... And an iced bhang before sunset to round off a constructive Sunday.

Same garden scene.
Iced bhang in a glass in my hand in the foreground

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Strong coffee. Spring sunshine. Cowboy Bebop soundtrack over the crowing of our new rescue rooster. Good morning #Nimbin

Coffee mug.
Grey metal table & chair.
Garden with OATH hive.
Blue sky behind.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Interesting gmail spam. Sender is from a US domain - listings@jobuliet.net. Opening the email shows "job listings" (lol) in Charleston, South Carolina. Clicking on any job opens identically titled "job listings" in Australia.

Page displayed after clicking on a listing - jobs in Australia

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I've lived in Aus for years now. When I first immigrated, I noticed there is a particular kind of fake smile you see in ads here that would be seen as too fucking weird elsewhere. It's a subtle difference in advertising, but real. Exhibit A.

Bathhouse ad featuring a woman with an exaggerated rictus grin/laugh

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

I wonder if that food truck 's wrap is AI... ... Brazilian flag says yes.

Brazilian food truck with acai berry and flags design

Brazilian flag with Ordem e Progresso hopelessly mangled

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Brisbane café : I mean, obviously we'd never suggest you use this on a #BinChicken - they're a protected species.

Spray bottle label
"To discourage pigeons that approach"
Ingredients: "water, lemon juice"

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

The Australian government should "discuss" instructing what's about to be the WORLD'S SECOND BIGGEST PENSION SYSTEM (smcaustralia.com/media/australians-…) to divest from these lawbreakers.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026

Changing the battery on the backpack sprayer in #Australia

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

Sddenly a LOT of this on my feed. German coz VPN there rn, but it follows me wherever. Wondering if it's somehow linked to my hate-mentioning them.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/09/2026

These Pornhub Laundromat fantasies are really scraping the barrel

Laundrette ad:
Double load $7
Free detergent injection

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/09/2026

We got here one tiny step at a time, but now you need to show ID to enter the monopoly bookstore in this fash dystopia

Microsoft Store. Age verification required to update Kindle app on my PC

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026

Found this 1954 Scrabble variant in the op shop and had to try it.

A vertical board with a grid featuring words such as hop, urn, gasp, blows, and hex

The same vertical board, seen from the other side.
From this side, the board contains words, such as toke, equally, Jew and zip.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/08/2026

Gluten free and halal but very much not vegetarian. Dammit I wanted to steal the kids' lollies.

A packet of colourful mini marshmallows marked halal and gluten free.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 25/08/2026

Why is Microsoft like this? So I made a typo in my Link, now I have to delete and go again?

In a SharePoint online document library, you cannot directly edit the target URL of a link object...

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

Clicks through on a chess video a friend sent. YouTube immediately fills the other 2/3 of the screen.

Massive preview of another YouTube titled who is responsible for the Islamization of Europe

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/08/2026

When monopoly government owned providers of a core service like letter delivery, want a Net Promoter Score, our society is in thrall to a bizarre ideology that has no bounds.

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Bonus - I also set aside 9 seeds to see if I can germinate a cumquat sapling. 9/8

3 small plant pots in a Sistema tupperware, labelled cumquats Aug 11

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Into sterilised jars, plus some straight into ramekins to eat this week. That's it for today. 8/n

A jar of marmalade, lid on but not yet labeled

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Let it cool a bit so the peel unclumps 7/n

Pan is on a metal trivet. Fruit can be seen floating in the mixture

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

Pips in a tied - off scrap of Chux cloth

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/08/2026

The lovely couple we buy our winter firewood from gave us a couple of kilos of cumquats and I'm home alone procrastinating about filling in the Australian census form... So, it's marmalade time! Quartered into the water, pips reserved 1/n

Pan with water and the chopped fruit, cutting board in front

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Jay @jaystephens.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 10/08/2026

Amateur Theatre troupe asked me to search Temu for a fake hand as a prop.

The word fake has triggered a no counterfeits warning as a banned term

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