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@stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy
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The world's averagest climber. I make stuff out of wood, metal, fabric, flour, polygons, code and wires. Part human, part bicycle. King of a small but mighty whippet army […] 🌉 bridged from ⁂ aus.social/@stib, follow @ap.brid.gy to interact

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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/10/2026
Hi fern nerds, I saw this beautiful fern growing on a rocky clearing in Garriwerd, anyone know what it is? #ferns #Victoria #NativePlants #AskFedi
a fern with fine straight fronds growing alternately from a central spine. Behind it are grey rocks
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
I have an old SCM table saw that I bought second hand, and it doesn't come with a mitre gauge. Shouldn't be a problem, there is a huge range of after market gauges available, but for one thing: the channels in the bed are 25mm wide, not the much more common 19mm […] [Original post on aus.social]
An SCM L'invincibe SI-12 table saw, it is green and has a funky cursive logo
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/10/2026
The Collins St murder chicken is looking very spooky RN, with the dramatic up lighting #CollinsStFalcons
the north facing Collins St falcon camera. a male peregrine falcon stands on a ledge on a tall building. somewhere on the right a bright light is shining upwards from below
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/10/2026
Grab your jars and containers Merri-bek peeps, it's food co-op day today! Cheap packaging-free, ColesWorth-free groceries. In the uniting church hall (but it's not run by the church so there's no sky-fairy shenanigans) at 212-214 Sydney Rd, Brunswick. #food #cooperative #coop #merribek
jars in a hoping bag, the lids are labeled with things like chick peas and brown sugar and navy beans. I do that so I know what to buy when I get there.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
I have no idea why I really really wants it, but I do wants it, I do
A soviet Reel to reel. It says CTEPEO, or something like that in cyrillic, which I guess means STEREO
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 16/10/2026
For no good reason it occured to me that there must be Soviet era Hi-Fi around somewhere, and yes, there is, and now I think I better put a block on my credit card sudonull.com/post/19163-Soviet-HI-F…
A Brig amplifier, looks like it's from the 70s, with a brushed silver faceplate, wood body, and text in Cyrillic
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/10/2026
"There's no algorithm on the Fediverse". Pshaw, yeah, right. @SallyABL @mattrobertson
2 weather posts above each other on my local feed: post from @SallyABL "Good morning from Melbourne - glorious start to the day. 
Shame I am heading home this arvo. 
3 colour photos taken from 18th floor looking across the city - showing the early stages of sunrise and a bright sunny start to the day."
above a post from MattR @mattrobertson: "You’re looking soggy this morning Sydney
Picture of Rainy train window"
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/10/2026
How to get into nature, by Rosemary Mosco. rosemarymosco.com/comics/bird-and-m…
4 panel cartoon
How to get into nature
Woman kneels looking at a lizard in the forest:
Notice a living thing.
The lizard, surrounded by plants and insects:
Notice some other things
that live near it.
Text panel:
Notice the connections between them, discover the wider ecosystem, learn about its histories, and find yourself following links from bedrock to stratosphere, between biotic and abiotic, at scales both microbial and massive, until you're hopelessly overwhelmed by the wonder of it all.
Woman is being engulfed by moss:
Fall into a daze and let moss engulf you.
"This is for the best"
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/10/2026
Pspspspspss! A Felixor cat trap in southern Garriwerd. Feral cats are a huge problem for native wildlife, and are resistant to trapping and hunting. These devices use lidar and an AI model to detect cats. If it detects a cat it shoots a sticky pellet of 1080 […] [Original post on aus.social]
the felicity device looks like a dog kennel, but instead of a door there is an array of cameras and a little port where the poison comes from. there are warnings about class 2 lasers, and a label saying "AI Equipped"
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 06/10/2026
Does anyone know what this small ground cover plant with bright red flowers is? It grows in garriwerd, western Victoria.
a small prostrate plant with two-lobed red flowers that are yellow at the centers
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
PSA: Have you oiled your Mixmaster recently? #baking #BuyItForLife
Care of Your Sunbeam Mixmaster pamphlet from the 50s or late 40s
MODEL 9B.
Bowls.
Remember, your Mixmaster bowls are made of glass, and therefore care is
essential when washing them. It is not advisable to allow very hot water to
four directly into the bowls, particularly in cold weather, or after beating chilled
or frozen foods. With reasonable care, your bowls will last a lifetime.
CLEANING.
Do not place any enameled part of the machine into water. To clean,
only wipe over with a slightly dampened dishcloth, and polish with a dry
towel, Aver washing the Full Mix beaters, make sure they are thoroughly
dry before replacing them into the machine.
OILING.
It is important to follow these instructions for oiling and greasing, to. insure
complete satisfaction from your machine.
The points as indicated in the following illustration should be oiled only once
every three months when the machine is used domestically. Heavy usage
Commercial) necessitates oiling once every six weeks.
Holes 1, 2 and 3 (3 key-shaped) — 3 drops each.
Hole 4 — 1 drop only
Hole 5 (with Mix finder Dial in “OF” position) — 3 drops.
Oil bowl disc spindle occasionally. Use only good quality fine machine oil
DO NOT OVER-OIL

SUNBEAM MIXMASTER PATENTS
[a list of patent numbers from 1931 to 1948]
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 04/10/2026
It means pretty much nothing to nobody I know, but yesterday I ticked my first orange problem at my bouldering gym. I'm in my late fifties, it's really good to still be improving at something. For reference there are 8 grades, from beginner to very, very difficult […] [Original post on aus.social]
the finish hold, coloured orange. It's a tiny crimp but you could get a heel-hook in so it wasn't too sketchy to match both hands on.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/10/2026
There are some folx in Merri bek that run a great poster game. #merribek #streetart
a hand lettered poster that says "See someone sleeping outdoors? R Relax! imagine if you asked if they were ok, and just let them be. Isn't that better? 
Care not Cops"
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 02/10/2026
I'm sorry, but I refuse to believe that Greg Hansford isn't AI generated as part of an elaborate prank by The Shovel or someone
One Nation banner image for Greg Hansford, whose head looks like it has been elongated in Photoshop
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I walked the dogs about three kilometers last night. It wasn't a long walk. maps.app.goo.gl/zvHFZFjjgVMb7PS59
Google maps satellite view of north eastern Gaza, and bordering suburbs in Israel. A measurement has been made on the map, showing 3km separating the shelled-out rubble in Gaza, with the red roofs of the suburbs in Israel.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Ages ago I made a foot-controlled scroll wheel, out of the guts of an old mouse and some printer parts. Today I'm doing some GreasePencil animation and it's proving really useful. The one thing that using a tablet doesn't give you is an easy scroll wheel control […] [Original post on aus.social]
my bare foot scrolling a foam-coated roller that has a rubber band connecting it to the scroll wheel on he motherboard of a mouse that is screwed on to a piece of wood
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
I just hung out a bunch of washing and I look forward to the challenges etc etc #naarm #WeatherPosting
BOM rain radar for melb, showing a lot of rain
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 01/10/2026
Nah, tell me again how forcing me to gamble on the stonks market through compulsory superannuation is better than a proper state-funded pension. Tax time means looking at my super and finding this nice surprise. I love that after costing me over a grand in the […] [Original post on aus.social]
October
01/10/2026 Estimated investment returns since 01 Jul 2026 - Sustainable High Growth: negative $1,103.58
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
If you're a sewist in Australia it's getting harder to find decent fabric supplies in-store, now that Lincraft is going online-only. But give Spotlight a miss (and Anaconda and Harris Scarfe) "It was reported in the news today that Lincraft has gone into […] [Original post on aus.social]
social media post by Just Media Watch. Text is in the main post
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 28/09/2026
Having a look at the official DaVinci Resolve colour grading training and the way it looks is not filling me with confidence.
A woman in a Blackmagic Design branded polo sits at a computer. The image has a greenish, under-saturated look that really looks like it need a LUT applied.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/09/2026
Liquid ass is looking great* in the new MacOS. How did Apple go from being the gold standard in UX to this continuing dumpster fire? The window manager is even worse than Windows these days, and that's a low bar. #MacOS
The Spotlight search pop-up which has a bunch of information about searching, but the window is clipping the content, with no way to scroll to see it. Also, the outline has a rim of crunchy looking black pixels where it should be blending over the desktop picture
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/09/2026
Came for the food co-op, stayed for the absolute scenes at the Franco Cozzo reopening. #Meribek #FrancoCozzo #naarm #MegaloMegaloMegalo
a wall painting of Franco Cozzo, under the original sign from Footiscray that says Franco Cozzo house.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
Today's surprise cardio was courtesy of the mulch fairy* who left a half ton or so of woodchips all over the footpath, so I got to move it all about three metres back on to our property by hand. * getchipdrop.com
1 hour and 23 minutes in the vigorous zone, according to Google health. peak BPM 165, average 110a large pile of pine mulch behind a gate, in front of which is a less large pile of mulch. there is a Greens poster on the gate.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 17/09/2026
*me, quietly humming the ICAC holding music loop as I go about my daily biz* #ICACRadio
The 2MMM logo from the 90s, but it's ICAC Radio
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 15/09/2026
I made a little thing for Blender. If you have an IK chain, by default the target will be able to move out of reach, meaning that the control doesn't stay with the items being controlled. You can add a limit distance, but you have to calculate the distance […] [Original post on aus.social]
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
POV you helped install a dozen placards and hosted a barbecue for the Merri-bek Greens. PS If you live in Victoria and you want to host a placard for the state election, let me know, and I can hook you up. #VicPol #DogsOfMastodon #ThisIsDemocracyManifest
a very sleepy blue whippet having a snooze on the couch.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/09/2026
The best thing about volunteering for our local Greens candidate's election campaign is that I get to say "the Party says" I have to do this or that. The Party says make Bob Brownies to feed the brave door knockers; I do what the party tells me. #Greens #VicPol #AusPol
a 1950s sunbeam mixmaster (model 9b) and a bowl full of dark brown battera tray of brownies with sugar dusted on top
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
We had the most Brunswick night possible: the Greens campaign office-warming, then literally across the road to an art gallery opening. And then — of course because Brunswick — round the corner to another one, which was super fancy (drinks: free, art:expensive […] [Original post on aus.social]
An art, that looks a bit like a gumnut or a jet engine. It's patinated bronze and cost $44,000. Some people who know their shit about bronze casting are inspecting the other end of it, out of focusa weird looking fellow, holding a phone, as seen in the distorted reflection in a very shiny bronze Art. A bunch of people dressed in vibrant shades of black are in the distance. The room is a bright white cube with a polished concrete floor.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/09/2026
Unknown object in the collection. Mystery: solved. #GLAM #Animation
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 03/09/2026
I am a Natural Person, and I do not Consent to your Toast Tax — the Corporation of Dog has no Jurisdiction on my Sovereign Personal Entity etc., etc. #DogsOfMastodon
Two whippets being the Goodest Dogs and staring at me like they've never been fed ever, because I have toast.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/08/2026
The view from my office tonight. #garriwerd #FieldTrip #WhenYouWorkAtAMuseum
a green plain surrounded by mountains in the last light of day
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 30/08/2026
It's late August and I'm in a t-shirt. It's glorious, but it's also why I spent a good part of the day putting up placards for the Greens.
a montage of corflutes on fences showing the face of Adam Pulford, Greens candidate for Brunswick in the Victorian state elections. Victoria Australia, because that could probably be Canada or some other part of the empire where the colonists showed their usual lack of imagination about names.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 29/08/2026
Me too, little metal peeps, me too
three pieces of steel that have been drilled and countersunk so that the pareidolia kicks in and they look like three shocked faces
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 26/08/2026
Ugh. Did the conversion from inches to proper units and my brain was like "10 inches, that's a foot, and a foot is 30cm, sooo …“. Thanks, online shopping late at night brain. Now does anyone want a 250 x 100mm air vent cover?
a black metal air vent cover that doesn't cover the air vent in a wood floor completely.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
I'm prolly late to the party, but pleased to see this when I logged into my codeberg. They are good eggs. blog.codeberg.org/protecting-our-fl…
Codeberg has changed its Terms of Use. View complete changes.

    LLM-generated content is being restricted. View change or read the blog post
    Cryptocurrency projects are no longer allowed. View change
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 21/08/2026
Recently switched from making loaves in the Dutch oven to making them in a loaf tin, by request—for ease of toast making—and after a shaky start I'm starting to dial in the process. Probably could go one more scoop of flour to get the right volume. #sourdough #baking
a somewhat rectangular loaf of bread on a cooling rack. The scores in the top have split open while baking showing great oven spring. the load is a beautiful golden brown, (texture like sun).
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 18/08/2026
The marketing genius who named this product had a sheltered upbringing.
a Rube of Aveda "Hand Relief" cream that I saw on the ground.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 09/08/2026
So what do I have to do to get Waterfox to display this correctly on Arch? #Linux #fonts #Unicode #FediTechSupport #AskFedi aus.social/@decryption/117064251119…
A post about Four Tet's new album, with the unreadable unicode title, but half the characters are missing.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 07/08/2026
Haven't made any sourdough for a while, I got too busy and my starter went feral. But someone gave me a new one that's supposed to be 200 years old [citation needed] and now I'm back on my bullshit. If you're in the north of naarm, let me know if you want some […] [Original post on aus.social]
a load of sourdough, showing really good oven spring
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 31/07/2026
Yet another free service that seems to have moved to a paid subscription
billboard that used to say #free Assange, but the word free has been blacked out
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 19/07/2026
Finally found one of these on eBay that wasn't ridiculously expensive, so now all I eat is toast. Beautiful, perfectly browned toast. #BuyItForLife
a Sunbeam Radiant Control toaster, all shiny chrome with a slider that controls how dark the toast is.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026
Finally got to B-Pump in Tokyo. It's bigger than anything in Australia, but I gotta say, the bouldering gyms in Melbourne beat it in lots of ways. Spoogy holds, OK but not brilliant setting, and the facilities were pretty poor. My gym in Melbourne has a sauna […] [Original post on aus.social]
a climbing hold shaped like a skull. it has not been brushed since the Meiji era
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026
Today we went to not only the best contemporary art galleries I've been to in Tokyo, but possibly also the strangest. Without any prior knowledge and just because it was close to where we were we thought we'd give the Ueshima Museum in Shibuya a go. It didn't […] [Original post on aus.social]
the side of a building is covered in shiny steel AC vents branching out in every direction like tree roots.
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 14/07/2026
[Auspol, talented progeny] Poster by a very talented person and featuring a very cool DJ, both of whomst may or may not be daughters of mine. Pacco folx, help turn Pascoe Vale green! Angelica Panopoulos Pascoe Vale Launch Party Music from 6pm: Free Entry Supa […] [Original post on aus.social]
poster featuring silhouettes of birds against a green background, with sparkly stars and the Greens triangle logo on the bottom. Text is in the main post. at the bottom it says Authorised by M Shield, Australian Greens Victoria, Suite 1.05, 1/50 Queen St, Melb, 3000
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
Hmm, is someone gonna tell them … ?
jars of curry paste labeled "Indian curry", but the picture is of an American First Nations warrior with a feather head dress
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 13/07/2026
That's the itinerary for the rest of the morning sorted.
Google maps showing the route from the Japanese communist party central committee HQ to the Extinct Media Museum via public transport
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 12/07/2026
Fun police are gonna getcha
a poster showing a rock band and carousing drunk people inside red circles with a slash through them to indicate that rock n roll and parting are prohibited, with the subtitle 迷惑行為 (騒音や客引きなど) "no nuisance"
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
3 perfectly equidistant birds on a wire #MagicInTheMundane
a wire insects a cloudy sky over some small Japanese apartment buildings. three small birds sit on it at regular intervals
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
こんにちは!
the drain cover looks like a manga robot face
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stib @stib.aus.social.ap.brid.gy · 11/07/2026
They let me drive the train again. #DenshuOtaku #foaming
the view through the driver's compartment in a local train in Tokyo
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