2026-04-01T21:56:32Z https://yabu.me Dan https://yabu.me/npub15229na6xvy8getf5x7cxrfd37dl8w0zhdpncuuvzksmvxt3re6ds6w65g8 https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/108/195/915/859/457/451/original/3334206d7651bbee.jpg https://mediacdn.aus.social/accounts/avatars/108/195/915/859/457/451/original/3334206d7651bbee.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9mk7xhxznxsae33kwj3jt6dzg3lk995ey45jm339auw2rw0r0y4czyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkgx0l24 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvy22xyze9rs7y7s99euyn8qvsd8q8gdrfvqj7mnuzrwl43v4lyrs73a7u2'>nevent1q…a7u2</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>now everyone is feeling the pressure to come up with something witty 2026-03-11T02:22:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpew6cjfajyvnx0vmjrqgxs87jf80r25jl0f3wywfj498d0tklxczyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk3e5puv I don&#39;t think I&#39;ll ever manage to make food that looks more like a #blender tutorial than this. <br/><br/>Found some random vegetarian lychee jelly at our local Asian grocerer and tried to experiment with food dye and the only mould we had.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/948/379/392/497/869/original/754929dc3e4510b2.jpg"> <br/> 2026-01-24T05:24:05Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqst942f67zmn5q0cmcnt5lxp8htk2gvpfjaje6qglsycf678m83uuszyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkznxqf8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9cuuphyduguwljp6pkmefpyrau2lh0qf4muewqahmdf3z7tx77agy63uqp'>nevent1q…3uqp</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Argh, not only are flights stupidly priced but also terrible times... Looks like I miss out. <br/><br/>Will go and see Cosmic Psychos just down the road on Wednesday as a completely non-equivalent substitute :( 2025-11-09T20:37:20Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9cuuphyduguwljp6pkmefpyrau2lh0qf4muewqahmdf3z7tx77agzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkr7eg6p Omg just discovered on Reddit that somehow I missed that Blood Incantation have been touring... partner seems to suggest flying CBR to ADL on a Thursday night for a #metal show is a reasonable idea. 2025-11-09T11:58:11Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspv62c6swhkrfukjjffvlscp4yxxy8v9eqc8tuj3rw4tm2gm4xn7szyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkgc9nq6 My partner is away for a few days so Louis gets a couch to himself, hasn&#39;t quite figured it out yet #dogsofmastodon<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/115/185/851/522/327/674/original/30dde0059c5b8997.jpg"> <br/> 2025-09-11T13:20:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsdpzyzvm9m979lg5k9xutvwh5g5d6dghkwsttwjup9mqx6feyl4uqzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkr4r52a I wonder if anyone on here from #canberra is or has been involved with Canberra Makerspace?<br/><br/>I&#39;ve been interested in getting involved, but being somewhat introverted and never actually meeting anyone in &#39;real life&#39; who is particularly maker-inclined I&#39;ve never done it. 2025-08-06T04:27:41Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsx0dze7rdc89kwdsa40mm9syvc9tqzp25v6mscsck32w3zr4th6vczyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fklupe85 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqszzszh9f3vmrzjplyzpetmwerq6hss9smprjagk5ey56zh0x798dgyst6tv'>nevent1q…t6tv</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>It lives!<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/945/302/152/560/639/original/6458827a3ce8518c.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-31T01:42:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszzszh9f3vmrzjplyzpetmwerq6hss9smprjagk5ey56zh0x798dgzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkmv875r Please be advised Dan will be returning to normal functioning as soon as this solenoid can be installed... #coffee plz<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/944/869/651/471/793/original/f25f5ff077714798.jpg"> <br/> 2025-07-30T23:53:15Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszqqx34cdltjeu9p2y2qfgu4aqwamvuwl9vmyep0ec2k0nexwvctgzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk3u7s0c In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqx6vt0y4syn2xxqethpf23lrtzt3hqpyy8jl4lfvrhp73lk692tq2uvgju'>nevent1q…vgju</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>was just talking to my partner about Recovery and it seems crazy it only went for 4 years! 2025-07-26T04:21:01Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsrf3d8jm4hq8grytvx3r8hz8auqr3qqj4lyzeh7e6e6qtw9n42q7szyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fklfeavv Biggest surprise so far in the #hottest100ofaustralia ? That Dylan Lewis still exists! (To be fair I don&#39;t really listen to double J much) 2025-07-26T03:39:10Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswxwucgt022yx294uy6c652a6n37ha648sjeza2egqpd5gqufertszyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fklqr25x In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsqd3cc6t4p2gdg6km6w04rv3c45l0jn8kntpun2rpkuqmtepswg6ggh9mz0'>nevent1q…9mz0</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Not to forget the beans...<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/249/984/589/406/251/original/2bb7b312a5545676.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-30T06:33:57Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqd3cc6t4p2gdg6km6w04rv3c45l0jn8kntpun2rpkuqmtepswg6gzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkk4d044 Our mid autumn #canberra #garden is still producing plenty, heaps of pickles already done, need to find time to make pasata with all the tomatoes in the freezer...<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/249/929/435/416/026/original/bc4f41b9c4883001.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-30T06:20:28Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs9qp6y9ncnnl97yxjhqvn45js702henfh8c2svkn5d4d6fzkpvw8qzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkpcly3m A fun creation in our #canberra garden, a trellis made from a couple of pieces of temporary fencing. <br/><br/>It&#39;s a bit over two metres high and has half a dozen nice little pumpkins and a huge climbing tomato, and around the base some surprise carrots and beetroots, zinnias and alyssum<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/156/944/495/208/026/original/7b1999159a40453c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/156/944/584/620/928/original/bb0c0c3b267c8157.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-13T20:15:45Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqszs6cwpj5wskvr40tvqk9sxwxgnm6302s0dd7dcd3em7ly88lugkqzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk9kcl97 Setting up a new WFH space. Pretty sweet hey?! 😭<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/114/146/935/619/631/226/original/a6907aef97c56a72.jpg"> <br/> 2025-03-12T01:47:09Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsxp5yex72aaqp0cv9tcnckj5kzcr5ax2se09wyp6tynmhgwa3tjxgzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk4n76xr My parents were medical students in the era when people acquired skeletons of questionable provenance to learn anatomy.<br/><br/>A bit over fifty years later, I&#39;m standing in the unit my mother is moving into as removalists bring all her stuff from interstate.<br/><br/>One of the burly gentlemen just brought in an old wooden box that&#39;s taped shut, with a surgical theatre drape covering it, with &#39;Fragile&#39; written in texta. Much like the one in this ABC story. <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-12/human-bones-teaching-skeleton-medicine/103763388">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-05-12/human-bones-teaching-skeleton-medicine/103763388</a><br/><br/>It&#39;s wild that this box of bones has travelled across three continents to this new housing development. It would be so incomprehensible to the person the bones originally belonged inside.<br/><br/>I know my mum would like to &#39;dispose&#39; of them in a thoughtful way, but what does that even look like and would it be legal? 2025-02-18T04:36:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsp7lqjc967g48a6ry0pzzwv0fvmpcah7hcrlc8j8duwefq6p3444gzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fksk4ghw In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsr9gfgvq0anrwf7eavk4kremayh9yjs2peqk4hl3tsgvlcquaavvqhcmayj'>nevent1q…mayj</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Second party for the day. Possibly this one is a dress up, but not sure. Vampire witch!<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/847/437/942/333/673/original/2e5dc61e89986b70.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-18T04:21:29Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsr9gfgvq0anrwf7eavk4kremayh9yjs2peqk4hl3tsgvlcquaavvqzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkr93flm Daughter is off to a 4yo birthday party. It&#39;s not a dress up party but is insisting on going as Bank Job Jasmine.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/846/306/547/758/435/original/a3e60019d1558dfd.jpg"> <br/> 2025-01-17T23:33:34Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsf49snx56p0rcw5sw889qsptmps5784d0knn04rnqm7p5xs2zjvjczyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk3vvq9c At my mum&#39;s for Christmas. She is moving away from the small town where I grew up and she has lived for about 48 years.<br/><br/>There are so many amazing things in this house. Vintage surgical equipment. A beautiful little John Braidwood and sons boudoir grand piano, circa 1897, that needs a loving home. So much heavy furniture that came out from Kenya in the 80s with my grandparents, including a set of shallow draws containing a sea shell collection.<br/><br/>My favourite things though are the slightly preposterous and pointless things, like this swizzle stick. How I wish I lived in an age when such things were made.<br/><video controls width="100%" class="max-h-[90vh] bg-neutral-300 dark:bg-zinc-700"><source src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/689/233/662/089/914/original/a42506a9087bf4a8.mp4"></video><br/> 2024-12-21T05:49:48Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs0vys9aus7l9k0sgh2huuf09ke70226ckuymd42ewyuf47mx54q2qzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk24k62t Just got an email that told me I&#39;m not fired.<br/><br/>&#34;The University has determined that your position will not be disestablished.  Instead, it will be realigned to the...&#34;<br/><br/>I really would have appreciated it if they&#39;d determined this before telling me I was unnecessary. 2024-11-11T07:53:25Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsyj6qkf0hz93ae8guwu9u9nrmm5gy2xxx8he05gf5drgtas793ydczyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fktqvfht Reptiles on campus - feel like the tails on these two balance out...<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/440/360/256/250/917/original/317c2f3c7e55272c.jpg"> <br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/440/360/403/513/005/original/1d80f190d7f571fb.jpg"> <br/> 2024-11-07T07:06:12Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs284rl9ssw0ktug5sr4swc576hv059x9y9ypnr0e2388409rcm75szyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk5nvefj So now that google insists that we receive their AI garbage every freaking time we search... what alternatives do people recommend? I did google it and their AI suggested duck-duck-go and Ecosia which I guess I&#39;ll give a try. I&#39;m dying inside.<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/428/393/774/964/024/original/a369948602b507c8.png"> <br/> 2024-11-05T04:15:38Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs2f6lhynj5kz7erd5ztlvmqm2y38g3338qpljfzd5yrnq4ty2ysrgzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkpf6uwz I&#39;ve had a lot of shit days at work through my odd assortment of jobs through healthcare and the public service.<br/><br/>Today is assured to be amongst the shittest but for all new reasons 2024-10-01T22:37:43Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqswze5sm3wmegzvn5ky5qd9le42qjcqpwu99rqjmnlag3jurynsrnczyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkqy6r0l So I do wonder if there is a better way to do this in #rstats <br/><br/>I&#39;m relatively new to dealing with large survey data but I have been do a bunch of stuff with these WHO surveys that have anywhere between 600-4000 columns.<br/><br/>Finding the variables I want (lacking particularly good data dictionaries) can be challenging - but the great thing is they are generally in Stata files with labelled columns. So I have this handy function that writes them all out to the clipboard to dump into xl to make it a bit easier to look through<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/202/221/430/367/251/original/7646913ca4e4ebc4.png"> <br/> 2024-09-26T05:34:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsy2a5kux7plw0zjm3xyp7k4duux8vnjgv2kw9xy9se6hzna0rx0sczyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fk6nae2n I knew working at a #university as an #academic was going to have it&#39;s ups and downs, but I didn&#39;t think I would spend so much time baffled by how the places runs.<br/><br/>So my uni doesn&#39;t have two cents to rub together, literally operating at over $100M deficit and we are reminded of this in every (however infrequent) communication for the organisations leadership.<br/><br/>Yesterday they announced that they had &#34;identified the need for an independent external review&#34; of the college I&#39;m in, to be led by a prominent Australian. <br/><br/>I can&#39;t imagine how much that must cost, but I certainly assume they are expecting to make the money back through the outcome of the review... Wouldn&#39;t it be more efficient just to ask people to leave politely? 2024-09-13T01:34:21Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8h2324fnm50v6fc6z0wj3uked44hzlj0cql3m4yk6wjnkwx5hwpszyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fky4qelk Met this very sedate kookaburra this morning, sitting on a handrail in the middle of the busiest part of campus. <br/><br/>Didn&#39;t seem injured, as it flew away after a while, but not quite right. Has to be one of my favourite #birds I think<br/> <img src="https://mediacdn.aus.social/media_attachments/files/113/122/305/295/430/526/original/a6c358602ed6e650.jpg"> <br/> 2024-09-12T02:51:51Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsq5alk00y4kp3ldw4vxnnemtrcy35wwft903qgayjpg90ssu2yxvgzyz3fgk0hgessar9dxsmmqcd9k8ehuaeu2a5x0rn3s26rdsewy08fkekqwc8 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsyj6c0dkc2krxkpf63a3amfutl3ka7t5ju9gwtfwn6tljlkzprn6qcf095l'>nevent1q…095l</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>as a dad of a 4yo girl, I get a bit of imposter syndrome from the fact that I have never actually seen Frozen 2024-09-11T11:06:19Z