It’s been a good week now since I have had to deal with any people receiving DM spam. I don’t want to jinx it, but we may have weathered that particular storm.
Was it that Nicole thing like in World?
Seeing that I kind of wish I could shut my DMs or whitelist. It looked creepy as
Yep. With the generous help from the admin at lemmy.ca sharing his code, I implemented a few layers of defense that blocked the bulk of the DMs. It got to the point where the spam would just be an image (because of our spam filters). That was harder to block and I’m still not sure I managed it, but the DMs have stopped.
Thanks for all you do, it is much appreciated o7
If you miss it I could send a few your way.
Just saw someone whip it out and take a leak right there on the ground with heaps of people around at the Bourke x Swanston st tram stop 🤮
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The city has been feral since lock down.
I saw a guy with it out wanking on same street
i looked away asap
it’s dreadful what has happened to the city and people
I am considering taking a leave of absence from uni next year and getting a job so I can properly treat my AuDHD and issues with procrastination and work avoidance. Any job. I don’t want to sit at a desk for eight hours, five days a week, but if that’s what I have to do, I’ll do it. Very sick of being anxious and stressed all the time when I don’t have to be. Also the thought of going into a classroom for the next few weeks is making me really anxious to the point where I am about to have a meltdown in front of all those kids.
That sounds like a wise choice. A year out could give you good perspective. When do you have to decide? It could be good to set out a job position before giving notice of leave so you don’t cause yourself extra stress and you know what you are going into.
I’ve still got a couple of months to decide. Thank you for the advice! I’m not sure what I’m after just yet, but am applying to all different things, mostly pen pushing jobs.
It sounds like a leave of absence might be a really good choice. Being so perpetually wired up and tense is no good, it doesn’t seem like one of those situations where you’ll get used to it and adapt, sounds like the path towards burnout instead…
I struggle a lot with procrastination and work avoidance myself, but after many years I’ve been able to identify what combination of factors work for me. I can say that the uni setting often doesn’t work for me. Forcing myself to get through it has been like pulling teeth. So I strongly support you finding out what works for you as well and being gentle with yourself (while trying to survive the capitalist hellscape)!
2nd coat of paint is done, table is starting to look good. I think I’ll let it harden , then sand and do one last coat.
Had to stand up to my manager today. He took it pretty well.
Surprised to be honest.
I’ve been watching YTs from the US of people shopping in op shops and yard sales
it’s an amazing view of small town life and everyday people .
nice people
But I have never seen a single Asian, Hispanic or Black person. I don’t think they avoid, they just live in different circles.
this week back from easter has been atrocious. god I miss sleeping in !!!
The three days between long weekends are so unnecessary
Saaaame. I thought a short week would be nice and easy, but it’s still dragging like crazy!
The music part of this might interest you, it’s absolutely captivated me.
A game called Expedition 33 will release tomorrow and it’s come out to glowing reviews and its bits of soundtracks has been released by the developers.
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 - Original Soundtrack - Reveal Editi
oh cool, thank you. I love soundtracks. 🙂
I’m listening to the first song linked, got headphones on and I’m just drowning in the audio experience.
The music interests us greatly also.
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Sent to my symphonic metal loving friend, thanks for sharing!
I’m a symphonic metal fan though that has nothing to do how I came across these tracks.
spoiler
Motivation at rock bottom. Just want to delete any work commitments until I get back. Some other family stuff has cropped up that has me worried about a different relative… they might be in danger of spiralling badly and doing something stupid (but not reportable). Which might set off a bunch of other dominos. Nothing much I can do from here at this stage but it weighs on my mind. Would be nice for all that to hold off until late June thanks.
I’m going to need a lot more potting mix to pack up all the plants I want to take with me. The iris at least can be divided and stored over winter without soil, but most of the other things will need to be potted up.
I’m hoping the landlord will let me plant a bunch of stuff in ground so I won’t need to buy bigger pots etc. for the future. It’s a pretty ratty garden at the moment, so I can’t see why they’d say no. Plus they can’t “unreasonably refuse” permission to have a vegetable garden, and most of my stuff is edible.
I planted up a pot with some flowering bulbs this morning, I should also be able to take nasturtiums, kangaroo paw, borage, comfrey, artichoke, canna edulis (arrowroot), midjin berries, raspberrries, strawberries, lemon, lime, mandarin, apple, pear, thyme, rosemary, mint and maybe a bay tree. I’m sure I’ll find a few others as well.
You are not just renting a house you are also renting the land. You can have gardens.
good luck saving all your plants 👍🙂
DON’T STOP BELIEVIN’
HOLD ON TO THAT FEELIN’
STREETLIGHTS
PEOPLEEEEEEEEEEEE
Man, this behemoth of a laptop has really chewed into my luggage allowance. Can’t take my work laptop, will have to deal with accessing work stuff from SharePoint on my personal laptop instead.
I’ve been in a mad rush trying to clear out the fridge and tidy things up before tomorrow… Plus side is I made a kickass fried rice with all the leftover rice, enough for brunch tomorrow before the flight and for the freezer as an excellent meal for when I get back.
Once again I cannot be grateful enough for my dishwasher. Takes so much out of the chaos. My mind is in a million places… But I’m almost through my Anxiety List!
Woke up at 6, went to the bathroom and a wasp stung me on the back of my neck. Never seen a wasp like it. Fastest most erratic insect I’ve ever seen. Whole right side of the head felt like it was on fire for about an hour. Felt like a bullant sting but went for way longer.
Don’t normally get too upset will little bites but this really tested my limit. Cheaper than a coffee though.
omg, do take care
I guess the silver lining is now I know I won’t die if get stung again by the same one lol.
I wish I knew what sort it was but it was way too fast.
First wasp bite though, so that’s exciting.
I’ve been here at the beach house about a month now
nearly all settled in, still a lot of work but the chaos is receding 🙂
Wow, that time has flown! Glad things are settling down now - moving is such a big deal
I think I’ve spent half the time just resting my mind after the anxiety of inner city living living
there aren’t people screaming at night
my letter box and garage doesn’t get broken into
no porch pirates
no nasty neighbours
it’s just quieter
dreaming
dreaming of …
🎶I dream of a place where I can be free of the bungholes at last…
