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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 12h

You ever been in that situation where you order a craft supply for a future project, and by the time it arrives and you've gotten around to putting it away, you've forgotten what the project was you bought it for? Yep. That's me. I have these clasps, that look like tiny carabiner clasps, which […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 13h

Mastery of fire Begins civilization Boon but also doom #DailyHaikuPrompt - 9th Oct - Fire - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 13h

A snapped stem withers As do we all, when broken Cut off from our roots #DailyHaikuPrompt - 9th Oct - Stems - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 21h

There's something very satisfying about getting tangles out of hair.

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

Our light is brighter Than the moon; what care we to Calculate her tracks? #DailyHaikuPrompt - 8th Oct - Full Moon - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 08/10/2026

All wrapped up in my Fluffy dressing-gown, in Spring Turbulent weather. #DailyHaikuPrompt - 8th Oct - Cosy - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026

Looking at jewellery charms... and the most bizarre one I've seen today is the unicorn skeleton. @crafters

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Bruno Nicoletti @bjn.mstdn.social.ap.brid.gy · 05/10/2026

Don’t like Apple Intelligence on MacOS 27 and the multiple gigabytes of space it consumes, you can now remove it all with a command tool. arstechnica.com/apple/2026/10/comma…

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026

#3GoodThings @3goodthings Three good things this day. 1. Dried strawberries (I ate the last of them). 2. Warm bed on a cold day. 3. The folks who have enough of a sense of humour to make quirky/silly watch faces and apps for Pebble watches. (Like, the watch face which is Always Correct […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

RE: mastodon.au/@kerravonsen/1173410705… If you like creating custom craft for charity, here is an opportunity! Marvel fans are gathering from around the world for the annual Marvel-themed charity auction, "Marvel Trumps Hate". And they LOVE soft toys, and gloves, and quilts and […]

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Grace Hill @gracehill.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

There’s still time to join me in offering your skills for carefully chosen charities! This year, I’m offering custom printed pencils (courtesy of OH’s current hyperfixation), and a mini beginner’s Marvel-themed sewing course.

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IFTAS @iftas.mastodon.iftas.org.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026

⚠️ #SW_ISAC_ADVISORY A series of ongoing phishing campaigns are actively targeting people using fake verification and support accounts. Admins will never contact you publicly for verification or access issues. Never open links from unsolicited posts […] [Original post on mastodon.iftas.org]

Example of a phishing post, including the text "ᴀᴜᴛᴏᴍᴀᴛᴇᴅ ꜱʏꜱᴛᴇᴍꜱ ᴅᴇᴛᴇᴄᴛᴇᴅ ɪʀʀᴇɢᴜʟᴀʀ ᴀᴄᴛɪᴠɪᴛʏ ᴡɪᴛʜ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀᴄᴄᴏᴜɴᴛ.

ᴛᴏ ʀᴇꜱᴛᴏʀᴇ ꜰᴜʟʟ ᴠɪsɪʙɪʟɪᴛʏ ᴀɴᴅ ᴀᴄᴄᴇꜱꜱ, ᴘʟᴇᴀꜱᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴇᴛᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴠᴇʀɪꜰɪᴄᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘʀᴏᴄᴇꜱꜱ."

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026

Young hobbits know that Farmer Maggot grows the best And guards them fiercely #DailyHaikuPrompt - 1st Oct - Mushrooms - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

I secretly think that one of the reasons for Methos's success at managing to live for 5000 years is that "he's easily amused". That has got to be helpful for retaining one's sanity. #Methos #Highlander #Immortals

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

#3GoodThings @3goodthings Three good things this day. 1. I snail-mailled the last of my Marvel Trumps Hate fills from last year. 2. A nice barista who gave me a sample of his coconut hot chocolate (made with coconut milk and real chocolate) because I was enjoying his iced mocha (also with real […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Democracy is a system for preventing too much power being in the hands of one individual. Nobody has figured out a system for preventing too much MONEY being in the hands of one individual. And money is power. No wonder the system is screwed up. #AusPol #USPol #UKPol #Democracy #EatTheRich

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 30/09/2026

Wild bees in the tree Where the possum used to be There's no vacancy #DailyHaikuPrompt - 30th Sept - Bee - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026

If you or I hacked Medicare, we'd face jail time. An OpenAI agent did it in June, and right now nobody may ever have to answer for it. Please share the campaign to help us build pressure on the government to act! Sign the petition! Boost! act.getup.org.au/s/2tWi6S4X #NoAI #AICrime

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Tell Albanese: AI crime, CEO time

A handful of tech billionaires are racing to build superhuman AI. Nobody voted for this. Sign the petition: Australia must push for a global slowdown.

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 27/09/2026

Marvel Trumps Hate sign-ups are open!!! If you want to create Marvel-centric fanworks for charity, SIGN UP! It is awesome! I will be signing up myself. www.tumblr.com/marveltrumpshate/828… #Marvel #Charity […]

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kralcttam ☕️ @kralcttam.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

Happy Stanislav Petrov day! Today marks 43 years since Petrov decided to wait for confirmation before escalating a missile alert up the chain of command in the Soviet Air Defense, preventing nuclear war. A hero for not trusting automated systems fully […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 26/09/2026

The wind tells us that Gaia is breathing, and her Cloud-lungs wash the air #DailyHaikuPrompt - 27th Sept - Wind - #Haiku #Poetry

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M.S. Bellows, Jr. @msbellows.c.im.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

I'm so old, I remember when software that spread into the wild and infiltrated other people's computers and did harmful things to them that the users didn't ask it to was called "malware" instead of "AI" and the people that spread it were prosecuted instead of given billions in venture capital […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 25/09/2026

Ah, today is one of those days where I am in a pre-pre-pre-do-stuff rabbit hole. I'm about five layers deep right now: 5. Make an entry about a finished craft piece 4. Add photo of finished craft piece to personal gallery 3. Remove a bunch of obsolete pieces from personal gallery 2. Update […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Civilization A braid bound from many strands Cut at your peril #DailyHaikuPrompt - 24th Sept - Strand - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Bury a body The ground will cry out, saying You reap what you sow (Inspired by a short documentary about forensic botany) #DailyHaikuPrompt - 24th Sept - Harvest - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 24/09/2026

Quote of the day: "I'm learning to draw, at 33, because even bad art is better than AI art" -- Holly Auna. #Art #NoAI

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

#3GoodThings @3goodthings Three good things this day. 1. Good progress made on my MTH jewellery piece. 2. Lovely chat with the machine-operator demolition guy (whose name, I forgot to mention, is Ahmed.) 3. Sky 🎶

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 23/09/2026

#Australia #LuckyCountry #Demolition Just had a nice chat with one of the demolition guys next door. I praised his skill at the pincer machine, he said he'd been a machine operator for ten years, and he loved doing it. Been doing it since he was 18. Swarthy complexion and an accent, obviously an […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

Pivoting seasons Half-way between burn and freeze Have the best weather #DailyHaikuPrompt - 22nd Sept - Equinox - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 22/09/2026

I had six things on my list of things to do today. The third thing was "Go to local shopping centre to pick up prescription." I have now replaced items 4,5, and 6 with "Recover from outing." (sighs over lack of spoons). #ChronicIllness #GrowingOld

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026

Looking at the blokes demolishing the house next door, it's like a giant game of Pick Up Sticks played with a pincer-dozer. I have to say I'm impressed with the skill of the guy running the machine. #Demolition #Tradies

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

#3GoodThings @3goodthings Three good things this day. 1. Being able to listen to recordings of symphonies while sitting at my computer. 2. Beautiful sunshine today. 3. Perl. "Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

I am sniggering at what Coles have put into their "Health & Dietary" category. It looks like it is completely random, because they certainly have a lot of things there which could not be classified as either healthy or dietary (or allergen-free): - Vanilla Ice Cream - Sour Cream - Thickened […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Looking at fanfic just now, I've realised there are two things in summaries which are an instant "skip this fanfic": 1. MCU fanfic where the author does not know the difference between "rogue" and "rouge". 2. Harry Potter (crossover or AU) fic in which Harry is renamed to something exotic […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 20/09/2026

Reed, quill, nib and brush Transforming ink into words Thoughts made manifest #DailyHaikuPrompt - Quill - 20th Sept - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

One thing that continues to baffle me, is this insistance that heroes must be perfect, without doubts, flaws, or mistakes. I've seen it in movies, I've seen it in fanfic, I've seen it in BIOGRAPHIES for goodness' sake! Yes, in biographies ("inspirational" biographies), where the writer carefully […]

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Terrible Maps :bot: @terriblemaps.zpravobot.news.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Australia mapped by comparable climates

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026

Spill over the edge Refracted lingering light In long latitudes #DailyHaikuPrompt - 19th Sept - Twilight - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 18/09/2026

Bleached white shadowed light The bones of day, reflected It's time to go mad (Luna - moon - lunatic.) #DailyHaikuPrompt - 18th Sept - Full Moon - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

I have revised my world clock widget, and I can now declare, that it is two minutes past the hour, and it is Thursday from Honolulu to Auckland. #TimeZones

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Bright yellow puff-balls Bold pollen bearers, herald Season of sneezes (If you've ever seen a Wattle tree, you know what I mean.) #DailyHaikuPrompt - 17th Sept - First Blossom - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Currently faffing around with my phone, trying to find a better ssh server, because the one I'm using (sshd4a) keeps on stopping; which is only a recent development. No, I don't know why. No, I don't want to spend my time debugging it. My ancient (Android 10) tablet is running SSHelper, but […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026

Days since rebooting my PowerLine network: zero. (sigh)

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 16/09/2026

Deer steps daintily Quiet on the forest trail Silence means safety #DailyHaikuPrompt - Deer - 16th Sep - #Haiku #Poetry

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

Ugh. Coles will not allow me to delete my mobile number, just replace it with a new one. What if my phone had been stolen, you assholes?!

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026

I am amused: the caffeine tracker app that I just installed assumes that nobody can go without caffeine (coffee? tea?) for a week, since it has a setting "send you a reminder if you haven't logged caffeine for 7 days" - the implication being that if you haven't logged your caffeine, you MUST […]

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Kerr Avonsen (she/her) @kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy · 14/09/2026

One of the follies of modern government is the persistent but irrational belief that adding more paperwork saves money. #Government #beaurocracy #RedTape #paperwork

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