Anyone seeing any #aurora in tassie, vic, or sa tonight? I've been all set up with the camera outside since sunset, haven't seen any yet.

Last night near the vic/SA border

#aurora #AuroraAustralis

After ordering socks he immediately started on how he was raised in a better time before washing machines and dishwashers and hot running water and it was a much better way to live and the women were better then.

I think I need to get more visibly queer so old white people stop dumping this particular trauma on me.

He kept saying "it's a better way to live!". I didn't inform him that he's allowed to not own a dishwasher. I've never been able to afford one, there's no law that you have to have them.

I'm starting to understand why old ladies who sit on porches traditionally keep a pea shooter beside the rocking chair.

Hot tip: if you see a woman doing something, don't walk up and order her to do it for you.

This used to happen constantly when a woman staff member was doing the ironing at the clothing stores where I used to work. A random man would stride up and say "you can do my shirts next, thanks!", this would happen at least once per hour. I had forgotten about this until I got out my crochet while sitting alone* in public.

*alone is key. I sit doing crochet with other people all the time and strange men never approach to make orders for socks. But as soon as I sat alone today: men. Old white men. Everywhere.

If we don't have immigrants, Karen, who's going feed, supervise and to educate your grandchildren?

"if you don't have children who's going to look after you when you're old"

I think the phrase you're looking for, Karen, is "if you don't have exploited immigrants who's going to look after you when you're old?"

Don't mind me in my camouflage bivy bag, nothing sus

A very warmth to all who celebrate the aurora

Do you keep a jar of msg in your pantry?

Finally spun some Finns wool. It's lovely to work with. Much easier to card than fine merino, but seems fairly similar to fine merino once it's made into a garment.

Asking a millennial if they have a TV is like asking a ditch digger if they keep a personal ditch at home to dig in the evenings to help them wind down.

Rural cemeteries appreciation post

Geeze okay

Inspired by US epidemiologisrs mentioning fodmaps as 'an australian understanding of IBS triggers' and 'an australian model showing good success locally but not widely adopted, not the standard in most places'

Fodmaps? Outside australia??

The projection is strong with this one.

He has now talked through about eight topics but they're all "everyone other than me sucks and I'm cool plz validate"

Older white guy at the cafe table beside me just explained how many subscriptions* he has, how very expensive they are, then says "I'm not complaining about the cost of living, it's the sense of entitlement! We didn't have any of this back in our day! Now young people just expect this, no wonder they can't afford houses!"

*(incidentally all things I have never considered subscribing to, all USA based entertainment services)