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Suzy Jackson

@suzyj.net
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Scary dog lady. Nerd. Transsexual woman. This is a spot where I post about my private life. Posts on recreating old computers, dogs, renovating my house, trans stuff, the usual.

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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 03/10/2026
I didn’t know this. There’s a person who I would love to follow but who reposts rage bait as ninety percent of their posts. This could make them followable.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 02/10/2026
This is totally @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social and me. Shit we don’t care about, we stream. Anything we want to keep we have on physical media. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/o...
theguardian.com
‘If you can’t hold it, you don’t own it’: why media fans want to escape algorithms with CDs, DVDs and vinyl
People describe their return to physical media – whether to protect data, support artists, or retain control of one’s choices
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iknowthezarbi 🏳️‍🌈 @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Flashback to 2022 with @suzyj.net introducing a very-well-behaved young Max to an incredibly chill local horse
A brown horse and a young German Shepherd almost nose-to-nose
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 29/09/2026
Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer xkcd.com/3304/
4-panel comic. (1) April 2023: [JUICE space probe flying away from Earth] FROM EARTH: *JUICE* is en route to explore the icy moons of Jupiter! JUICE: *Wheee!* (2) August 2024: [JUICE flying past Earth] JUICE: ...So which planet was I visiting again? I got distracted. FROM EARTH: Jupiter! JUICE: Right, OK. (3) September 2026: [JUICE flies past Earth again] JUICE: Is Jupiter the one with all the rings? Or... FROM EARTH: No, the big one near it. JUICE: Got it! (4) January 2029: [JUICE returning to fly past Earth again] JUICE: And *which* moons am I looking at? FROM EARTH: Oh my *god*. FROM EARTH: Now I get why we budgeted for so many Earth flybys.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 29/09/2026
So this is what I did with @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social ’s kransky. No, it’s not beige.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 29/09/2026
And our new grass shoots, for completeness.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 29/09/2026
Went out with my big Nikkor 300mm f/4.5 ED to take an up close pic of our newly planted grass shoots. @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social calls “bunny!” So I snap a quick shot of departing vege stealer.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 28/09/2026
Bubble, bubble, toil and trouble. I’m only doing four x 250ml jars, as from experience a lot of the weight comes off in steam.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 28/09/2026
Our mulberries are starting to ripen. We harvested 1200g of fruit, after snipping off the stems with side cutters. I mixed that in with 400g of sugar and 125ml of lemon juice, plus a tea bag of a couple of teaspoons of lemon pips for pectin. That goes on the boil for a while until it becomes jam.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 28/09/2026
Interesting comparison. I think I preferred the flavour of today’s.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 27/09/2026
Honestly, arpanet had a whole 14 nodes when I was busy being born. They haven’t even gotten around to email. I am a fucking dinosaur! In my defense, it was the year of the 4004 and solid state memory.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 27/09/2026
Kids these days.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 27/09/2026
Suggest ducking up to the shops for some coffee beans with @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social an hour before #TOSSatNight . He does a remarkable job of channeling Milton from office space. To the point that I suggested buying a red stapler while we’re up there.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 27/09/2026
Love story: Our wedding was a political statement — and that was the whole point
abc.net.au
Our wedding was a political statement — and that was the whole point
Freddy Grant and Burton Reynolds were married in 2016 using a legal loophole for same-sex marriage. Now celebrating their 10-year anniversary, 41-year-old Freddy reflects on their love, and the political statement of their wedding.   
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
Keep simmering for another hour or so until the consistency is right, then enjoy with pasta.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
Simmer that for an hour, then add half a litre of beef stock along with plenty of chopper herbs (oregano, parsley and basil), plus a generous amount of salt (1.5 teaspoons), and some muscovado sugar. The sugar cuts the acidity of the tomatoes. If your tomatoes are super ripe you won’t need much.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
Get that boiling, then add the wine and crusty bits to the pot along with half a litre of passata.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
Chuck that in the pot also. Add a dozen or so very coarsely chopped Roma tomatoes, and use half a litre of wine to deglaze the pan.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
Stir until it’s properly sticking to the bottom before dropping in a really big pot. It’s super important to properly brown the meat, as this is where much of the flavour comes from. Repeat the exercise with another kilo of cheap mince. Cheap mince is important, as it has a decent amount of fat.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
Cook that until it’s softened, then divide in two (my pan isn’t big enough to do everything in one go). Add a kilo of cheap beef mince, and brown that. At this stage you’ll have helpers. Especially if you occasionally drop bits of meat.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
After that’s cooked for a few minutes, chuck in half a kilo or so of bacon bits.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 26/09/2026
This is how I make Ragu. It’s probably not authentic, but it’s kept my family fed and happy for decades. I start by chopping 3 brown onions, and heating these in a big stainless pan with 3 grated carrots, 3 grated sticks of celery, a crushed head of garlic and a few tablespoons of olive oil.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 25/09/2026
I think the discovery of Vegemite is akin to the discovery of penicillin. Someone’s cleaning out the brew vat, tries smearing the gunk at the bottom on toast. Blows mind.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 25/09/2026
They’re probably fresher than what you get in the supermarket.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 25/09/2026
It’s a reference to a Beatles lyric: I am the egg man, I am the egg man, I am the walrus.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 24/09/2026
Boss: Maremma, look after these small strange birbs that can’t fly. Maremma: Dog protec small strange birbs. Dog would die for small strange birbs to make boss happy.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 24/09/2026
But it was a PS/2 model 30, with a genuine 8512 vga monitor!
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Rob Beschizza @beschizza.com · 23/09/2026
The time is nearly perfect for a movie about the famously chaotic and dramatic 1976 production of Star Wars, starring Ewan McGregor as Alec Guinness and Hayden Christiansen as David Prowse.
Ewan McGregor looking a lot like Alec GuinnessHayden CHristiansen looking a lot like Dave Prowse
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 24/09/2026
Went to the doctor this morning for treatment for a chest infection. Ticked the ”female” box for sex at birth, and the “female” box for gender. Received good care. Haven't seen any evidence of the world ending this afternoon.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 24/09/2026
I’m older :) I remember visiting an electronics store with my big brother to buy a pair of 2114 1k x 4 RAM chips so we could double the memory on this puppy and run space invaders.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 24/09/2026
Don’t get me started!
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 23/09/2026
You might feel like it’s a fix, but only because it’ll make you more stupid.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 23/09/2026
Hugs babe.
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iknowthezarbi 🏳️‍🌈 @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Please throw it, dad!”
German Shepherd on grass, with a somewhat used dog toy
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 22/09/2026
I changed mine in Victoria in 2003, but the process was excruciating.
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ESA Space Science @science.esa.int · 21/09/2026
Juice is returning to Earth, again 🛰️ On 28 September the spacecraft will fly by Earth, coming within 8640 km of our planet. The closest approach will be over the Indian Ocean at 13:45 CEST (11:45 UTC) 👉 www.esa.int/Science_Expl... 🔭 🧪 #planetsci
Illustration showing Earth seen from space, the Juice spacecraft and its trajectory during the flyby.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 22/09/2026
That’s gotta be some sort of record.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 22/09/2026
The joys of climate change. Where will the fires be this year?
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 22/09/2026
You’re the most gorgeous old guy I know. And I’ll have you know your wife is no oil painting either!
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 21/09/2026
@iknowthezarbi.bsky.social checking on our herbs and veggies.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 21/09/2026
I was taking photos of our planters. Max was perfectly backlit and looking majestic, so I snapped this lovely portrait. Nikkor 85mm f/1.4 ai/s at f/1.4, on a Sony a7rv.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 21/09/2026
And to think @iknowthezarbi.bsky.social complained about a proxy four tomato plants!
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 20/09/2026
“Do you want mummy to pick you up?” “Meow!”
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 20/09/2026
Buy Mobile router. Get Aldi sim. Profit.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 20/09/2026
It was good to catch up on Rick & Morty tho.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 20/09/2026
They’re gonna need to find another minority to scapegoat.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 20/09/2026
Trying to decide between a Sony Vaio C1 and Macintosh Powerfriend. I really like the 0.27Mp camera on the Vaio, but it’s let down by the power hungry Pentium MMX processor. I think the powerfriend really nails the subcompact form factor perfectly. It’s G3 processor is perfect.
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Kasey Gifford @kaseygifford.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
This PSA by the Norwegian consumer council is absolutely brilliant. Its so cathartic to see enshittification explained and laid bare for all to see. youtu.be/d6SPV4GZp-U?...
youtu.be
The Life of Death and the Ensh*ttificator
YouTube video by Forbrukerrådet - Norwegian Consumer Council
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 18/09/2026
I read this one, then I read another about tiny homes that “fit in the back of a ute” and realised this is how we’re going to solve the housing crisis. Everyone gets to live in their car.
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Suzy Jackson @suzyj.net · 17/09/2026
Not sure. I just read they were invented in South Australia by Alfred Goon. www.atlasobscura.com/foods/goon-s...
atlasobscura.com
The Inflatable Wine Bags That Australians Use for Games, Pillows, and Rafts
The least interesting thing you can do with this boxed wine is drink it.
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