Joanne Jacobs

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Co-CEO of Disruptors Co. Yes I still make my phone number accessible on my bio. +61 419 131 077.

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2026-03-27 07:43:32 UTC

So. Someone today noticed that I use my mouse with my left hand, and assumed I was left handed.
I'm 100% right handed.
I have frankly forgotten that right handed people only use their mouse with their right hand.
The reason I started using a mouse with my left hand was because I had had problems with my right wrist and I also have a scoliosis, and total reliance on the right of my body was bad for musculoskeletal stability.
The thing is that when I need to use a mouse in my right hand, it's totally easy. But I've got so used to using it with my left hand, that it feels like home. Just goes to show: you can change your practice so profoundly that you can't imagine operating differently.

2026-03-23 08:00:51 UTC

So while I do drive, I don't own a car. I walk everywhere. I choose to live where I do because I don't even need public transport to get around (although it's available).
Right about now this seems like an good life choice. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-23/international-energy-agency-second-fuel-release-possible/106485418

2026-03-21 09:20:39 UTC

And Casey Briggs has called it. The SA election is decided.
This is momentous. It is a Casey Call. Not an Antony call. #savotes

2026-03-18 07:55:21 UTC

I live for this kind of thing. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-18/real-possum-found-in-hobart-airport-gift-shop-toy-section/106470246

2026-02-21 22:32:35 UTC

While it's single issue and a bit repetitive, you'd have to say this is an excellent interview from Tony Burke. #Insiders

2026-02-05 07:33:20 UTC

Tasmania is worried about its security given the sell off of defence sites.
Just saying, I live here. I'm not spectacularly concerned. Not a lot of global military powers are kept awake at night thinking they need to eliminate Tassie.
In fact it's probably where everyone will go to recover after the rest of the world is wiped out. Plus: good wine.

2026-02-01 08:15:02 UTC

How is it that we are having feature sessions on the news talking about how to cope with 50°C summers?
This isn't, and shouldn't be, normal. How about features about how to reduce our carbon footprint?

2026-01-27 08:14:42 UTC

So Australian news services are reporting record breaking heat as if it's a novelty instead of acknowledging that this is climate change.
Even here in Launceston - one of the coldest parts of Australia - we got to 28°C today and are forecast to reach 33°C tomorrow.
Most of Australia is going to be unlivable in a generation. Tasmania is going to be overrun with people trying to escape the heat.
Climate change is not a novelty. It's killing people. Wake up.

2026-01-21 10:58:55 UTC

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when all are competing for space in the gutter, we need to find our way among the stars.

2026-01-21 10:45:37 UTC

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clearly, what you need is a Y.

2025-12-10 07:51:18 UTC

To make it clear, I don't agree with the under 16 ban of social media because:
1. It won't remove bullying from teens' lives
2. The age verification tech will actually be used to compromise identity and may actually be used *for bullying*
3. Teens will not learn how to engage with social media.
4. Alternatives to using social media are not "riding a bike" or "reading a book", but actually "talking to Chat GPT". Good luck with that.

2025-09-21 09:45:31 UTC

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actual cheese.

2025-08-03 08:23:45 UTC

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glad it amused even if it wasn't the showstopper!

2025-07-26 10:01:24 UTC

#10 Somebody that I used to know 2011
#9 How to Make Gravy 2010
#8 Khe Sanh 1978
#7 Flame Trees 1984
#6 My Happiness 2000
#5 Don't Dream it's Over 1986
#4 Scar 2004
#3 Untouched 2007
#2 The Nosebleed Section 2003
#1 Tear Us Apart 1987
Oh you are fucking kidding me.
#TripleJHottest100

2025-07-26 09:31:08 UTC

Oh dear lord. My high school girlfriends used to sing this song at parties. That was 40 years ago. #DontDreamItsOver
#TripleJHottest100

2025-07-22 07:57:45 UTC

Well good grief, Launceston has decided to go very wintery indeed. Not cold so much, but blustery with driving rain.

2025-06-10 10:08:34 UTC

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you look fab. Glad you got to the session this arvo. And sending you fabulous sleeping vibes for tonight x

2025-06-01 21:09:50 UTC

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probably the same. Once I get my Blundstones on I essentially don't want to take them off till the end of the day! 😄

2025-06-01 20:18:44 UTC

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I guess I wear slippers or shoes about 80% of the time.

2025-05-26 09:23:11 UTC

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Also: let's use a logical date system of small amounts of time (days) followed by medium amounts of time (months) and big amounts of time (years).
And not The Stupid American Date System.

2025-05-26 09:22:31 UTC

Why do people still pander to America by converting to imperial measurements and fahrenheit temperatures?
Almost all the rest of the world is on metric and Celsius. Just ignore the ridiculousness.

2025-05-14 10:26:48 UTC

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I lived in BrisVegas for 6 years and then moved - in December - to London. Now *that* was invigorating :D

2025-05-14 10:21:47 UTC

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It's chilly for a Brisbanite, but it's marvellously cosy down here in Taswegia :D

2025-05-14 10:10:43 UTC

Excellent.
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2025-05-14 03:51:31 UTC

Boarded my 28th flight of 2025.

2025-05-10 23:27:52 UTC

Wow Richard Marles has been marked for removal by Ed Husic on #Insiders

2025-05-08 11:14:41 UTC

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I'm technically post menopausal, and yet I could power the average power plant with my hot flushes.

2025-05-08 10:56:17 UTC

Everyone around me is in puffer jackets. It's 13°C. It feels like about 18°C.

2025-05-03 10:35:33 UTC

Has Antony Green called the election? #auspol #australiavotes2025
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2025-05-03 09:55:44 UTC

Just to put this in context: Australians don't vote out a 1st term government unless something catastrophic has happened. But Australians generally do produce a swing to the opposition.
This election is delivering a swing *away* from the opposition. That's what makes it extraordinary. #auspol #australiavotes2024

2025-04-17 10:11:43 UTC

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I'm not going to the doc. It's totes fine. It's dry and it's going to be okay. It's just - "oh I need this thing over here," and also "I need this other thing," and also "I don't have enough hands", and then, "ouch"..

2025-04-17 09:59:34 UTC

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yeah it's going hang around for awhile.

2025-04-17 09:51:14 UTC

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Also, I'm just saying: don't bake.
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2025-04-17 09:39:52 UTC

Yeah it's right about now when I say... No, no, no, no, no, no. Public holiday so: no.

2025-03-29 22:59:50 UTC

Here's the thing. Electricity and gas prices are actually not the issue. What matters is just how much Australia's climate is changing and how much that impacts the frequency of severe weather events. And how those affect agriculture, housing, insurance, cost of living and health. #insiders #auspol

2025-03-03 07:20:33 UTC

Oh good grief I don't have to work tonight. What on earth shall I do with myself?

2025-02-15 22:26:52 UTC

Oh good grief, I'm so sick of squabbling over established law on electoral reform, when there are *so many* important issues to deal with. #insiders #auspol

2025-02-15 08:20:25 UTC

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it's the eczema on my hands that is most annoying. Check out these middle fingers.
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2025-02-15 07:58:45 UTC

I have had a great day.
And yet my skin is raging with eczema and I've had to moderate airflow to stop sneezing and coughing at various points. Yes, alright, I could have taken more antihistamines, but I just prefer not to if I can avoid it.

2025-01-29 07:33:25 UTC

So I have decided to make this chook my mascot. She has just survived vet surgery to remove eggs that wouldn't come out of her, because she went, "no, I don't care if that's what people keep chooks for: this is not for me".
I love her. Her name is Dolly.
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2025-01-27 10:37:10 UTC

I am HOME! 🏡😍

2025-01-25 07:06:07 UTC

However the cyclone forecast directly in the path of my flight from Dubai is less good news.

2024-12-22 04:34:03 UTC

It begins. At least there's wine.
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2024-12-19 18:57:16 UTC

Last day of work for 2024.
It's been a strange year.

2024-12-16 09:00:54 UTC

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I'm just glad I've got one of them. Better than nothing at all.

2024-12-16 03:32:16 UTC

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might actually be a good idea to get out of the country, too. I wouldn't put it past El Orange to lock up journalists as dissidents.

2024-12-15 22:15:34 UTC

Covid Vax and flu vax done. Now the boring 15 min wait till I'm allowed out into the world.

2024-12-15 09:28:20 UTC

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it's our childhood.
Also musk sticks are awesome. 💕

2024-12-15 08:48:14 UTC

I have a musk scented candle. I have unfortunately lit said candle and now I want to eat musk sticks. This is a conspiracy.

2024-12-09 09:08:12 UTC

I love tiny homes. He's not on Mastodon, but just want to thank Bryce Langston for the YouTube series, Living Big in a Tiny Home. It's such a joy to watch.

2024-12-03 11:14:43 UTC

Is it only Tuesday?

2024-12-02 06:56:06 UTC

Yeah this is fine. #not https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-12-02/australia-weather-hottest-spring-on-record-temperatures-soar/104673886?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

2024-11-23 22:24:22 UTC

Yep. Sarah Hanson Young is correct on this: a ban is a blunt instrument. And a ban till 16 is not addressing the preparation and education issue which is hard to do and requires educators to understand the tech.
However I wish her luck in getting the social media companies to vary their algorithms based on age. That's spectacularly difficult to implement. #insiders #auspol

2024-11-23 21:57:48 UTC

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it will pass into law. Several children under 16 will be found to have been bullied on social media in the year after it becomes law. Then it will be challenged and dismantled. It will take 5 years - time that could have been spent ensuring that teens were adequately prepared for social media - and then it will be reconstructed.

2024-11-23 21:54:30 UTC

I'm kind of amused that news media are just picking up on the fact that there are multiple pathways to University, and that the HSC is actually a really rubbish preparation for University, no matter what the officials say.

2024-11-21 08:34:31 UTC

Okay just saying, I get a lot of startups who start their pitches to me asking, "when was the last time you experienced being lonely?".
This is a spectacularly bad start to a pitch for me. Mostly because I have NEVER felt lonely in my ENTIRE LIFE. I have missed people. I have been sad because a relationship has ended. I have wanted to share my positive experiences with others. But I have not ever felt uncomfortable about being alone.
Now I know that's unusual. Most people do feel some kind of loneliness. But that doesn't mean I *should* ever feel lonely.
And when you are trying to pitch a product or solution to loneliness, it is literally never a good idea to assume that people must have once felt lonely. It's actually kind of judgy. And that's ironic.

2024-11-21 08:22:29 UTC

I still have had to work every night this week, and every night next week. After that I'm looking forward to a time when I get my evenings off.

2024-11-15 08:04:50 UTC

Good grief, I have an evening where I am not getting ready to work later in the evening.
What does one do when one is not working???

2024-11-08 08:33:54 UTC

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I'm so sorry. I know you know this but it matters to say it: this is outrageous. It is unacceptable. It is evil.
Please let me know if I can help.

2024-11-08 07:57:03 UTC

I'm just going to ask the obvious question.
How many women out there have had men tell them they are going to sexually assault or kill them? This can be anywhere. In the workplace, at a traffic intersection, in the home, or on social media. It's not about how seriously you took the threat. It's about whether the threat was expressed.
How many women have experienced this? A show of hands please. ✋
And I'd appreciate it if you helped me gather this information on multiple social channels.

2024-11-04 09:56:00 UTC

I've had a lovely birthday. Mostly because I stayed off the socials. Sorry folks, but time on my own has been fabulous.

2024-11-03 08:15:33 UTC

Darn. My 17km walk yesterday generated rather a nasty blister. Thankfully I have a blister treatment on it, which will mean it will recover quickly. But goodness it is rather large.
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2024-10-19 10:48:07 UTC

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worried about you. I know the ED is horrific, just wondering if you can get to an urgent care centre?

2024-10-19 09:41:06 UTC

So it's looking like Labor will remain in government in Canberra for over a quarter of a century. And regardless of what various interviewees say on the matter, that really *is* a problem for democracy.
But it's not Labor's fault.
What it means is that there is no credible opposition. And unless the Liberal Party stop capitulating to the far right, there will never *be* a credible opposition. #auspol #CanberraVotes24

2024-10-11 07:32:09 UTC

I seem to be in a rather unhappy period of my life. It's not anyone's fault. I've just lost some people who I have cared about, and there's a bunch of other stuff that isn't going terribly well.
I'm genuinely not looking for sympathy. I'm just observing that a combination of unsettling factors can make one rather beset.
I'm looking after myself. I'm okay. I'm just acknowledging that everything is not tremendous right now. And I think we should acknowledge these things when they are - as they are.

2024-09-22 12:48:19 UTC

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drive safe my dear!

2024-09-22 11:32:18 UTC

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hope you get home soon sweety x

2024-09-22 08:23:32 UTC

Boarded. Just noting: I absolutely loathe Jetstar.

2024-09-22 08:19:38 UTC

Who the fuck designed this. Left to right: Gates 48, 50, 52, 51, 49.
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2024-09-17 11:24:52 UTC

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thank you! It is pricey to keep short, but as I don't dye my hair at all - natural greys, FTW! - this is my one luxury!!🤩😊

2024-09-17 11:06:08 UTC

So here's the thing. I know my haircut, done yesterday, is technically too short.
But I love it.
I know it makes me look like a mangy rat. And that - as far as I am from any kind of conformity with norms of attractiveness - it's not attractive. In fact it's challenging.
But still - I love it.
And I know in 3-6 weeks when it might grow to a length that is more conforming with acceptable aesthetic standards... I will absolutely wish it was shorter. I will ache for the length I have right now.
I love having super short hair. I would rather have a bald head than hair that touches my ears. And for anyone who says they think it makes me ugly, I say: then don't look at me. Because I love it. And that is all that matters.
I've had long hair for a lot of my life. But every time I grow my hair, I just ache to cut it all off. And when I do, it's like getting into a warm bath. I just think: OMG YES.
I'm reveling in my short hair tonight. It feels like velvet. And I love it.
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2024-09-09 09:53:35 UTC

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Ollie Jay was in the ON Accelerate team, EMU systems, developing kit to measure this heat. So proud of the commercial and research teams!

2024-09-06 10:52:14 UTC

I have zero confidence in my ambition tonight of discovering why I get a random Bing-bong! tone on my phone at just before 11pm almost every night.
I have tried every notification application, every system wide tracking device. I can find the notification. I just can't find *why* I get it.

2024-09-01 21:09:42 UTC

The next day after the wild weather: still got power, found the section of my carport roof that tore off last night in my back yard, all else is fine. But what a night.

2024-09-01 12:04:18 UTC

So my carport roof has not survived. Bricks used to weigh it down are now smashed on the ground. Roof is torn off. I have no idea where it is. Wind is screaming. Power is still on but lights keep dimming.

2024-08-29 08:19:39 UTC

Today I met with a fellow old tech and education advocate, and he noted the absolute efficacy of phishing to (school age) young people who use Apple products. Send them an email with a red button on it that says "log in", and these unbelievably trusting young people just click the red button, and enter their login details.
Apple products make users lazy and stupid. There is value in forcing users to understand the tech behind the user interface.
Stop advocating for ignorance. Advocate for understanding of how the tech you use, actually works.

2024-08-27 09:29:53 UTC

To everyone recommending I connect to a WhatsApp group:
Ummmm, no. No. No. No. And furthermore, no.
If you're not prepared to use Signal, I'm not prepared to join. Period.