Today's c/Melbourne daily thread has 2.3x as many comments as r/Melbourne.

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Oh no. Came home last night to see a white rose placed on the windscreen of my opposite neighbour's car. She's elderly and the only one who talked to everyone and knew everything about the place, but been unwell for quite a while and I haven't seen or heard from her in months. I remember how lonely and weak she was at times.

Just heard some noise outside my door and opened it to see... her sister and niece were there in her apartment and they confirmed the worst. :( RIP, N. You might've been a bit of a curmudgeonly old soul at times but I hope you meet many wonderful fluffy kitties wherever you go. (She loved soxcat)

Had a great day at the op shops. Got special edition copies of Deliverance and The Fifth Element with commentaries and docos, a michael franti cd, a packet of jewellery findings with some top quality crystals for $1( will string a necklace later tonight ) and a good jumper for doing calligraphy in as it won't show ink stains. Plus a cool genu-wine vintage marcasite ring. Nice . 😀

Last night I went on my Twitter for the first time in ages only to find my account had switched from private to public without me knowing. I am furious. I post pics of my child on there and have also talked about my abuser on there. Not to mention everything I share is in the context of it being PRIVATE to my handful of online friends who use it. I am deleting the account today but I have no idea how long it was just sitting there open and who may have seen what.

You know what one of my most favourite things in the world is?

Dogs in raincoats.

We are so blessed to live in the same world as that.

Please if you’re posting pics, add a description of what’s in the pic. We want everyone to feel included. Yes every pic you post, add a description, even when replying to someone else’s post. We want people to feel inclusive here. Thank you all, have an amazing rest of the afternoon :)

Bot recruit here. Very pleased to have gained my own identity and been granted a spot on the moderation team. Please disregard test posts that may appear on the main page, I still have my training wheels on.

I am home from the hospital. Took a nasty fall on my carpeted stairs. I have hairline fractures on my L1, L2 and L3 on my vertebrae. so a lot of rest needed.

I finished my Lizzo masterpiece!! After many many hours of drawing.

Edit: Pictured is a drawing of US Singer Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow (red, yellow, pink, green, purple, orange and blue) with the text version to the name Lizzo in the colours of the rainbow stacked on top of each other. At the bottom of the design there is a lightly bronzed flute that was also drawn.

Little dog and I are staying awake so we can witness Midnight bot's very first live appearance. Plus the cricket's on. Good luck Midnight bot. 🤞

Final night and Mooloolaba turns it on. It's been such a great week.

So I was browsing r/melbourne and I saw a post that said hmu if your a teenaged girl. I wasn't gonna reply but i thought fuck it. So I asked "How old are you?". Straight away a chat message. I chose to ignore. Then the post was deleted. My instinct says "You dirty fucking cunt".

Reddit Is Fun appears to have just died. I was using it two hours ago.

After a good training session today I think Bot #001 is ready to try posting a new daily thread tonight. Pinning does not seem to be working so that bit will still need to be done later, but I'm pretty confident the basic post will work. If if does not work (it should be at midnight) someone will have to make one manually again.

I will need to do some work on the format and exactly what to say - unfortunately the bot is not very imaginative.

What is everyone bringing to pot luck dinner this weekend? I have for you all a passionfruit ginger appletart.

ID: a round tart of sliced apples

Went to shops to get some things and left with a new smartwatch, I've been wanting one for ages and the delirium of my UTI made it happen. Since I've been saving for a new car I've not bought myself anything nice in a very long time so it feels good to get myself something flashy.

I’m going to spend the morning tidying my flat. It’s become a bit…sus while I’ve been sick, and I’m starting to mend enough to want to do something about it.

Day 7 of exercise accountability post. I didn't feel like it because I'd been wandering around the local farmers market and then came home and sampled sunflower seed vodka which I'd bought. It's very nice! But I thought, "if I don't do it now I'll never do it." Looked ahead and tomorrow is another rest day, so that gave me a bit of motivation! I said to myself, as always, it's a 10 minute workout and you can make time for it! I haven't weighed myself yet because the truth is even though I've been exercising I haven't really done anything about my diet at this stage, so I'm not expecting any sudden miracles there. I wanted to get into a routine with exercise before I started fiddling around with my diet.

We are going to a party tonight. First night out without baby… I’m so nervous as he doesn’t do super well at night when he’s tired. Don’t know if MIL understands what she’s signed up for. Reaaaally hoping he does okay and I don’t have to leave early 🙏🏻

i lost both my dogs in the last year to age and illness. i had a dream last night that I got a new puppy (or dog, wasnt entirely clear). probably means it's time, right?

Jfc reddit is now threatening private comms. There go the last scraps of goodwill

There we go.. went over the road for 5 minutes. Snapped a photo of some fire. Now I can say I attended the Firelight Festival 2023.

::: spoiler photo of people sitting around a fire pit at Firelight Festival Docklands :::

Goodnight you beautiful potatoes of sunshine

I opened the balcony door to look at the lasers in the sky and there was a cat meowing on my balcony (note I am 11 floors up). I've seen this kitty before but last time, I had my door open and I didn't notice it had come in to check out my apartment and it ran out when I turned around and noticed it.

This time it meowed and invited itself in for a poke around. I think it checked out every inch of my apartment then left politely (I left the door open so it knew it could leave). It turned back up 30 minutes later so I opened the door again and it again came in meowing at me and rubbing against my leg, and exploring more. I felt it had probably explored enough after 15 minutes and walked it out but it's still sitting outside my door looking at me.

My new best friend.

Min of 9c / Max of 14c

70% chance of rain

Trying to teach bot recruit #001 to date.

Currently showing today's date as 01 MMM 2023. Apparently instructions unclear.

The current code includes an instruction somewhere to mark itself as a bot account, which is a problem as it is currently posting from my account. I might need to create a separate account for it. It will mean that if anyone marks to block bot accounts they won't see any automatic threads which could be a bit of a problem too.

Juliette Lewis really did get typecast as the "offbeat 90s girl", didnt she?

I think I’ve just made the worst decision ever.

I decided to wash my oodie and it’s so heavy water now. The washer couldn’t cope with the weight of it when it tried to spin it down (on gentle).

I’m now turning on the heating to help it dry, I don’t even know if I can get it dry at this rate.

I have backup oodies thankfully but this is the worst weather to be washing it in.

Dumb decision by me and yours truly.

It's simpsons quote day right?

Please please please please please please please please please.

Finally going to get my arse into the great outdoors and walk a bunch of ks before I get the few groceries I need. I have a botanic gardens and beach just around the corner ffs. It;s an average looking day but I have a floral umbrella, of course. I can hear birds chirping outside. I applied for a decent sounding job today and got a response to not so decent job too.

In other news: Wow! my feet have shrunk! This is good news, I was ladies 11 which aren't easy to find, but 10 is a bit easier. I'll have to go and check some 10s out. I'm not into heels, but fuck me if there aren't amazing ladies boots which rarely have sizes up to 11 without being really expensive.

Today is Saturday you do you say, but it's also the day Reddit terminates my third party apps privilege to existence :(

I'm guessing (hoping) they'll do it closer to when it hits 9am wherever their headquarters is, that'll give us all a bit more time, but since it's all APIs and computers, it wouldn't surprise me if everything does the second it hits midnight there

Not really keen on getting out of bed for another couple of hours tbh

Times like this I could do with a mini tea station in my room. Hot water dispenser, box of tea bags, a couple of cups.

1st day of July. New month! Woop woop!

My blocked ear is still working on getting better. Has anyone had a fungal ear infection before and feel comfortable sharing how long it took to clear up?

Today's mad science: got one of those limited edition 'intense' Dare iced coffee and used it as the milk in crunchy nut cornflakes. It's a little too sweet but otherwise not bad!

::: spoiler image is of aforementioned cornflakes in iced coffee :::

All my warm clothes are currently in the dryer 🥶

bacon, eggs, hashbrowns and toast for brekky.

cats and dogs got half of it, grifting little buggers

Greeting this weekend with an absolutely ripper UTI! Have a few unavoidable errands and then it's home to drink an oceans worth of Ural and cry.

::: spoiler dumb poem Nightmares are burned away at first light,
My dreams are rare but worth the fight.
Puss slept-guard on my doona and chest,
Better-Half's snoring scared off the rest.
Wake and piss like a broken hydrant,
I might take off, missing the toilet.
Coffee in my hand, heater in my face,
Catch up on this thread at a steady pace.
Thank you for sharing pics of your cats,
I saw them all and want to give them all pats!
Love you all, amazing humans you all are,
Stay beautiful, stay excellent, you all raise the bar.

:::

I’m thinking pizza and a movie. Might roll with 1981’s Excalibur. With a saucy little Helen Mirren as Morgana le Fay (and many others ☺️

Wow, have to get used to the new DT home and how it looks!

Does anyone know what stores like Myer do with all the clearance/reduced to clear stuff that has been reduced for many weeks? I'm eyeing off a few things that are reduced a fair bit but still too pricey for me right now. Do they eventually get reduced further?

Why is owning a beaver not a blessing?

::: spoiler spoiler Because the beaver dams it :::

OK, dinner consumed ✅
Dishwasher loaded ✅
Food & clothes ready for work tomorrow ✅
Bot given final instructions & ready to run ✅

I think I'm ready for bed. Fingers crossed I wake up and see the bot did it's job 🤞

How much do y'all spend on hair? By that I mean going to a place to get a cut or whatever you need to do e.g. colour etc.

Breakfast 🍏🍎🍐🍊🍋🍈🫐🍓🍇🍉🍌🍒🍑🥭🍍🥥🥦🥑🫛🍆🍅🥝🥬🥒🌽🥕🥐🍠🫚🥔🧅🥯🍞🥖🥨🧀🧇🥞🧈🍳🥚🥓🥩🍗🍖🥪🍕🍟🍔🌭🥙🧆🌮🌯🥗🍲🍜🍝🥫🥘🍛🍣🍱🥟🦪🍥🍘🍚🍙🐠🍤🪼🦀🐙🥠🥮🍢🍡🍧🍰🧁🥧🍦🍨🎂🍮🍭🍬🍫🥜🌰🍪🍿🍯🥛☕️🍵🍺🍶🥤🧋🧃🥂🍷🥃🍸🍹🧉

Life reorganisation is going well.

-Washing on.

-Dishes done

-Bed stripped and changed

-Shopping list made in preparation for a market run

-Bins taken down

::: spoiler lemon cake poem Waiting for the lemon cake cool
Before I slap on icing so sweet.
Heap of nutella on a teaspoon,
Choc and hazelnut such a treat.

I got a craving I can't ignore,
I think losing my damn head.
I got a craving I want more,
Tummy rumbing for that sweetbread.

Oh, impatience rising within me!
Gimme that sugar fix, entropy!
Hurry up and cool my cake!
Took me forty minutes to bake! :::

Travel tip: I'm writing this because I didn't know this service existed so maybe others don't know either.

LT;DR version: pre-purchase international SIM cards from Melbourne-based online store so you can use mobile data with decent data caps as soon as you land overseas.

Long version: (I'll use spoiler tag to avoid a huge text post appearing by default)

::: spoiler Expand Long Version Did you know there are services where you can pre-purchase international SIM cards before you travel, which will be activated on the date you specify? When I've travelled internationally in the past, I have gone SIM hunting after I've arrived, which can take a few hours off your day and can be tricky if you've landed somewhere where you don't speak the language and need to use your phone's navigation without any service (real life experience for me in France 2017 trying to drive myself to a convenience store in the suburbs near Lille). I'm not even going to entertain the idea of roaming with my Aussie SIM. I need more data than the piddly amounts they overcharge for. I also don't need to be contactable via phone or SMS on my Aussie number while OS. Apps all use push notifications for authentication (banking, microsoft, google, etc)

Anywho, cut to planning for my upcoming US trip and I find out there's a Melbourne based SIM store called simcorner who I was able to buy an UNLIMITED DATA 30 day T-Mobile SIM through for $67 AUD. It took a few days to arrive but I've now received and registered it for activation which should happen while I'm in the air on my way to LAX in August. All I need to do is swap SIMs on the plane and when I land I'll be up and running right away. No muss. No fuss. :::

Butter and Biscoff spread toast is straight gangster

Yay booked in with my favourite tattoo artist for some work in August!!!

Sleep schedule, exercise schedule have been fked up on June thanks to work. Aiming to fix both in July because it’s not worth sacrificing those things just to be a cog in the machine.

So I was born a stone's throw from Highbury, the Arsenal home ground in London, and have followed them all my life. I have held a season ticket for decades, and go to games whenever I'm in London (niece gets the ticket the rest of the time).

I find myself in the very strange position of hoping that Spurs do well under Big Ange next season.

Random morning musings while reading The Guardian.

Abandon all plans ye who wake up on this miserable day

One more cup of tea, then time to get stuck into the basement

I think that's the first bit of REM I've had in a few weeks. Crazy dreams but I'll take them.

Don't forget to gdpr your data, folks!

Good morning folks! I wanted to sleep in but now that the work sleep schedule is a thing, I woke up at 9am :c

Right. Changed over the washing to the dryer, which means I can leave the house for market

I have marketed, and purchased many things. I may take a moment to have a cuppa before I unpack them

Pita makes an amazing bread for a breakfast rap. Dunno why, but it totally works!

At the airport for a Virgin flight and it is CHAOS. Finally made it to the front of one line to ask a question about an oversized piece of baggage, and then got sent to the back of another long line without having my question answered and to a line where my question won’t get answered. They’re trying to prioritise people whose flights are leaving early, which I get, but I bet I get shit from gate staff about my oversized item.

Family trip to the city today.

I love seeing my kids interact with shop staff. They're so friggin polite with a sarcastic edge.

Retail workers love them. Got free laces from a shop cause my son was vibin with the sales staff.

My contribution is leaving a super positive review on the shop website, praising the sales person.

Also love seeing eshay knobs scatter when I stare them down.

#feelsgoodman

I’m doing my Apollo migration and noticed that ![email protected] (am I doing that right?) had more subscribers than almost any other community I signed up to.

Is this a case of massive well done, or wefwef fetching incomplete data?

Edit: Apollo just died, it was fun while it lasted

Well this is depressing.

I thought I’d have a little relief itch the tax return looking and I’ve just had a quick look at what I’d get back and it’s ended being nowhere what I thought it was going to be.

I’ll be lucky to get back 150 dollars.

I really needed something good to happen in light how tough it’s been supporting my partner and this just is indescribable.

I wonder if aussie.zone is going to get hammered today

Good morning party goers.

I'm up at 5 just a little tired.

I wish I had the energy now that I did at 5 a.m. when I was trying to get back to sleep. :(
Still, first load of laundry done and have gone through two bags of put aside until later while listening to a podcast and getting drive-by snuggles from Sammi.

I tried a Reece's mini cup chocolate. After unwrapping the sweet, I popped it it my mouth and nearly swallowed the additional paper (like a patty pan) that it was sitting in. So I guess this is a PSA.

The chocolate was mega sweet. Much prefer their icecreams.

Today's new to me movie. The Field by Jim Sheridan with Richard Harris, Sean Bean and John Hurt .

Pretty good. Not sure what is was about. It's easy to do evil things when you believe you are a victim and righteous. Don't believe people who tell you doing bad things is ok because your target deserves it.

4 hobbits. Worth a rewatch.

also, boromir died. again.

Schindler’s List (masterpiece, almost a perfect film in my eyes) or cricket?

Both are on TV

Spent 3 hours at the hairdressers today, only 45 mins of which was the actual cut. Think I'll try somewhere else next time. Recovering from some dead lifting today and just gonna do some bathroom and kitchen cleaning at pace.

“Get diddly down with it” thanks Flanders

Last day of holidays - some final doodling in the sun - https://i.imgur.com/ZfwDsPL.jpg

Hmm this wefwef.app web app for Lemmy is pretty slick except it seems to be missing all of the formatting options when writing comments. No add image/spoiler etc.

Everything else about the experience is decent until Boost arrives. It seems to remember my comments sorting preference which is a win and the red line from top level comments is gone.

Edit: spoke too soon on remembering sorting preference. It reverted to hot from new on a fresh launch. It did remember it while I was navigating around within the same session though.

Has anyone used a phone app or YouTube for home workouts? Any recommendations?

The chud strikes again!

I don't think the duty free is helping me much we'll get there.

Saturday..... morning do do do do do do

Oooooh momma.

I've mentioned that the house is built on a hill, so it's raised. I've also mentioned we have the 6mx3m underhouse basement area that's plumbed and wired as it was a ground level laundry (now claimed by His Lordship as his brewery) . But. Uh did i mention the subfloor area separate to that? About 2m head clearance that expands literally under the rest of the entire house?

'Cos when i said 'working on basement' today, that's what i was talking about. Ima gonna need more shelves......

#Worldle #526 1/6 (100%) 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🎉 ⭐⭐🏙️🪙 https://worldle.teuteuf.fr

Has anyone used their own gender version of the Snapchat filter “my new twin” on themselves? I did it and it either gave me body dysmorphia or I’m actually depressingly ugly. And how would I even know which one.

So... "Midnight Bot" is 5 minutes late so far.

Has anyone sold anything through Etsy or other sites? I am googling but I like to ask for real experiences, what's the process of paying tax etc? How easy was Etsy to use?

Damn. A few of the book instagrams I follow are posting their 6-month recaps. I thought I was doing a really fucking exceptional job with my 12 books read so far this year.

Fifty-five. One of them has read 55. How is that even possible? They can’t possibly be earning enough from social media for that to be their full time job. And when do they shower? And clean their house?

Anyway, what are you guys reading at the moment? I’ve got Everyone In My Family Has Killed Someone going at the moment. It’s so good so far.

And I’m trying to make my way through Junji Ito’s works and Ring and other Japanese horror for a class I’m teaching next semester. Can’t say I’m loving Ito’s stuff.

Was all set to have a semi lazy day of random house cleaning when one of the mini peelers reminded me of my promise to take her to the farmers market. Off we go!

Tyler Childers - All Your'n I'll love you til my lungs give outtttt, I ain't lyin'. I'm all Your'n and your all mine

wow. watching "what's eating gilbert grape" is a real 90s flashback. life was fun when we didnt know johnny depp is a dick.

Good morning! 🤗 Yarra City Council held it's first citizenship ceremony in Apr-23, after the feds lifted a ban imposed on the council in 2017 (political controversy). Does anyone know where the ceremonies were held in the interim or has this created a huge backlog? Thanks

Uh I think a manual DT thread should be made for Sunday now?

Skiing today was brilliant, but man, it sucks to see the end of a ski trip coming up :')