Kerr Avonsen (she/her)
@kerravonsen.mastodon.au.ap.brid.gy
Proudly leftist southpaw. Theist. Great-Aunt. Older than Star Trek, younger than Doctor Who. Artist. Artisan. Programmer. Occasional poet. Liable to spout […]
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#3goodthings @3goodthings
Three good things today.
1. Re-reading old favourites.
2. Spring rolls cooked in the air fryer.
3. Air conditioning.
Three good things today.
1. Re-reading old favourites.
2. Spring rolls cooked in the air fryer.
3. Air conditioning.
November 25, 2025 at 11:28 AM
#3goodthings @3goodthings
Three good things today.
1. Re-reading old favourites.
2. Spring rolls cooked in the air fryer.
3. Air conditioning.
Three good things today.
1. Re-reading old favourites.
2. Spring rolls cooked in the air fryer.
3. Air conditioning.
#3goodthings @3goodthings
(Time to stop rambling and do this)
1. All tyrants fall, inevitably.
2. Puppies and kittens are still being born.
3. Trees.
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute […]
(Time to stop rambling and do this)
1. All tyrants fall, inevitably.
2. Puppies and kittens are still being born.
3. Trees.
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute […]
Original post on mastodon.au
mastodon.au
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
#3goodthings @3goodthings
(Time to stop rambling and do this)
1. All tyrants fall, inevitably.
2. Puppies and kittens are still being born.
3. Trees.
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute […]
(Time to stop rambling and do this)
1. All tyrants fall, inevitably.
2. Puppies and kittens are still being born.
3. Trees.
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is of good repute […]
I'm starting to think that a lot of evildoing is caused by a desire for shortcuts.
"The end justifies the means" is used as an excuse for a lot of evildoing.
It isn't the evildoing which people are tempted by; they are tempted by the good things they think they will get by doing evil. Things […]
"The end justifies the means" is used as an excuse for a lot of evildoing.
It isn't the evildoing which people are tempted by; they are tempted by the good things they think they will get by doing evil. Things […]
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mastodon.au
November 24, 2025 at 3:03 PM
I'm starting to think that a lot of evildoing is caused by a desire for shortcuts.
"The end justifies the means" is used as an excuse for a lot of evildoing.
It isn't the evildoing which people are tempted by; they are tempted by the good things they think they will get by doing evil. Things […]
"The end justifies the means" is used as an excuse for a lot of evildoing.
It isn't the evildoing which people are tempted by; they are tempted by the good things they think they will get by doing evil. Things […]
You know you're really tired when you have dreams about being tired.
November 22, 2025 at 10:33 PM
You know you're really tired when you have dreams about being tired.
#3goodthings @3goodthings
1. My Silkyoak tree is budding.
2. Transforming the cardboard from cereal boxes with alcohol ink while listening to ambient music (another album by deepspace)
3. Cool, clear, water
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just […]
1. My Silkyoak tree is budding.
2. Transforming the cardboard from cereal boxes with alcohol ink while listening to ambient music (another album by deepspace)
3. Cool, clear, water
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just […]
Original post on mastodon.au
mastodon.au
November 20, 2025 at 10:25 AM
#3goodthings @3goodthings
1. My Silkyoak tree is budding.
2. Transforming the cardboard from cereal boxes with alcohol ink while listening to ambient music (another album by deepspace)
3. Cool, clear, water
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just […]
1. My Silkyoak tree is budding.
2. Transforming the cardboard from cereal boxes with alcohol ink while listening to ambient music (another album by deepspace)
3. Cool, clear, water
"Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honourable, whatever is just […]
Reposted by Kerr Avonsen (she/her)
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
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When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
November 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Can we please discuss accessibility at conferences?
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
When organizers and schedules assume that everyone can walk fast and climb stairs, people with mobility issues (visible or invisible) might feel excluded.
/
The album "Water Planets" by deepspace (on Bandcamp https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-planets ) is fabulous. A soundscape, a tour through a set of water planets, smooth and spacey, tumbling from relaxing to eerie to cyberpunk. Really good.
But for the love of Einstein, Newton […]
But for the love of Einstein, Newton […]
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mastodon.au
November 20, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The album "Water Planets" by deepspace (on Bandcamp https://projektrecords.bandcamp.com/album/water-planets ) is fabulous. A soundscape, a tour through a set of water planets, smooth and spacey, tumbling from relaxing to eerie to cyberpunk. Really good.
But for the love of Einstein, Newton […]
But for the love of Einstein, Newton […]
November 19, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Reposted by Kerr Avonsen (she/her)
If you read a story or poem and like it, let the author know. For many of us, publishing feels like throwing our souls into the void. Sometimes it seems like no one is reading our work but our editors. Throw us a bone and make our days. #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bookstodon
November 19, 2025 at 2:47 PM
If you read a story or poem and like it, let the author know. For many of us, publishing feels like throwing our souls into the void. Sometimes it seems like no one is reading our work but our editors. Throw us a bone and make our days. #readingcommunity #writingcommunity #bookstodon
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Yesterday I told my boss that I'm not going to be applying for any funding to stay in Europe (for multiple reasons. Postdocing has to end eventually, and living on the other side of the planet from my friends, family, and the Australian bush isn't working for me). He said, 'Makes sense you want […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Yesterday I told my boss that I'm not going to be applying for any funding to stay in Europe (for multiple reasons. Postdocing has to end eventually, and living on the other side of the planet from my friends, family, and the Australian bush isn't working for me). He said, 'Makes sense you want […]
Five themes I like in fiction:
* Silent faithfulness
* Compassion through suffering
* (Self-)rescue through persistence and cleverness
* Found family
* Hope overcoming despair
What are yours?
#fiction #themes #tropes #bookstodon
* Silent faithfulness
* Compassion through suffering
* (Self-)rescue through persistence and cleverness
* Found family
* Hope overcoming despair
What are yours?
#fiction #themes #tropes #bookstodon
November 18, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Five themes I like in fiction:
* Silent faithfulness
* Compassion through suffering
* (Self-)rescue through persistence and cleverness
* Found family
* Hope overcoming despair
What are yours?
#fiction #themes #tropes #bookstodon
* Silent faithfulness
* Compassion through suffering
* (Self-)rescue through persistence and cleverness
* Found family
* Hope overcoming despair
What are yours?
#fiction #themes #tropes #bookstodon
#3goodthings @3goodthings
Yeah, I've been a bit slack, but I was away.
1. I managed to put the rubbish out while it was still daylight.
2. It was raining while I was doing that, but though I got wet, I didn't get soaked.
3. My silkyoak tree is preparing to bloom.
Yeah, I've been a bit slack, but I was away.
1. I managed to put the rubbish out while it was still daylight.
2. It was raining while I was doing that, but though I got wet, I didn't get soaked.
3. My silkyoak tree is preparing to bloom.
November 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
#3goodthings @3goodthings
Yeah, I've been a bit slack, but I was away.
1. I managed to put the rubbish out while it was still daylight.
2. It was raining while I was doing that, but though I got wet, I didn't get soaked.
3. My silkyoak tree is preparing to bloom.
Yeah, I've been a bit slack, but I was away.
1. I managed to put the rubbish out while it was still daylight.
2. It was raining while I was doing that, but though I got wet, I didn't get soaked.
3. My silkyoak tree is preparing to bloom.
Death by water is your fate.
If you lay it down
He will pick it up,
Springing anew.
If you scream and fight
With all your puny might
The storm will crush
Your stubborn neck.
Life through death
Or death in life
Your choice.
#poetry #spiritual #baptism
If you lay it down
He will pick it up,
Springing anew.
If you scream and fight
With all your puny might
The storm will crush
Your stubborn neck.
Life through death
Or death in life
Your choice.
#poetry #spiritual #baptism
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Death by water is your fate.
If you lay it down
He will pick it up,
Springing anew.
If you scream and fight
With all your puny might
The storm will crush
Your stubborn neck.
Life through death
Or death in life
Your choice.
#poetry #spiritual #baptism
If you lay it down
He will pick it up,
Springing anew.
If you scream and fight
With all your puny might
The storm will crush
Your stubborn neck.
Life through death
Or death in life
Your choice.
#poetry #spiritual #baptism
Road's too long for me
Age and illness sap my strength
My world is shrinking
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 15 - Road - #haiku #poetry
Age and illness sap my strength
My world is shrinking
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 15 - Road - #haiku #poetry
November 15, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Road's too long for me
Age and illness sap my strength
My world is shrinking
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 15 - Road - #haiku #poetry
Age and illness sap my strength
My world is shrinking
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 15 - Road - #haiku #poetry
Today is a recovering-from-my-holiday day. There will be sleep.
November 15, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Today is a recovering-from-my-holiday day. There will be sleep.
Ah, some not-fun, at the airport. The security screening, the guy wanted to take my inkless pen, because it was "metal and has a point". I was not ready to be nice, I was tired because I often do not sleep well in hotels, and, yes, I had a crappy night last night, and I had to drag my suitcase […]
Original post on mastodon.au
mastodon.au
November 14, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Ah, some not-fun, at the airport. The security screening, the guy wanted to take my inkless pen, because it was "metal and has a point". I was not ready to be nice, I was tired because I often do not sleep well in hotels, and, yes, I had a crappy night last night, and I had to drag my suitcase […]
Reposted by Kerr Avonsen (she/her)
AP: ‘A day without fear': Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every […]
Original post on ai6yr.org
m.ai6yr.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
AP: ‘A day without fear': Chicagoans buy out street vendors amid immigration crackdown
CHICAGO (AP) — The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every […]
CHICAGO (AP) — The cyclists arrive at sunrise, rolling through Chicago’s Latino neighborhoods and stopping at tamale carts, elote stands and candy stalls. They buy out every last item — every tamale, every […]
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November 12, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Glenelg, Adelaide
Having a cuppa at "Little Eatery" while I wait to be able to check in to the Motor Inn
Having a cuppa at "Little Eatery" while I wait to be able to check in to the Motor Inn
November 13, 2025 at 1:11 AM
Glenelg, Adelaide
Having a cuppa at "Little Eatery" while I wait to be able to check in to the Motor Inn
Having a cuppa at "Little Eatery" while I wait to be able to check in to the Motor Inn
November 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Well, rather behind here. I'm currently on holiday in Victor Harbour with my siblings and sibling-in-laws. Yesterday was our first full day here. I went to the beach, jumping against waves. It was fun for a while, but then I lost my footing and BOOM, tumbled and dumped. And every time I tried to […]
Original post on mastodon.au
mastodon.au
November 8, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Well, rather behind here. I'm currently on holiday in Victor Harbour with my siblings and sibling-in-laws. Yesterday was our first full day here. I went to the beach, jumping against waves. It was fun for a while, but then I lost my footing and BOOM, tumbled and dumped. And every time I tried to […]
So. Family holiday in Adelaide. Seems like similar weather to Melbourne, only slightly warmer.
I should therefore have known that it would decide, next week, to be aggressively Spring rather than Summer. But no, I'd packed and planned for summer weather. But (fortunately?) I looked at the […]
I should therefore have known that it would decide, next week, to be aggressively Spring rather than Summer. But no, I'd packed and planned for summer weather. But (fortunately?) I looked at the […]
Original post on mastodon.au
mastodon.au
November 5, 2025 at 7:24 AM
So. Family holiday in Adelaide. Seems like similar weather to Melbourne, only slightly warmer.
I should therefore have known that it would decide, next week, to be aggressively Spring rather than Summer. But no, I'd packed and planned for summer weather. But (fortunately?) I looked at the […]
I should therefore have known that it would decide, next week, to be aggressively Spring rather than Summer. But no, I'd packed and planned for summer weather. But (fortunately?) I looked at the […]
Sitting on the porch
Breathing the scent of pine sap
Summer memories
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 5 - Pine Sap, Porch - #haiku #poetry
Breathing the scent of pine sap
Summer memories
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 5 - Pine Sap, Porch - #haiku #poetry
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Sitting on the porch
Breathing the scent of pine sap
Summer memories
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 5 - Pine Sap, Porch - #haiku #poetry
Breathing the scent of pine sap
Summer memories
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 5 - Pine Sap, Porch - #haiku #poetry
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Does anyone know any #emacs package to auto-expand the prg-mode hidden element? I found `org-appear` but it needs to be toggled manually. I'm looking for a way to toggle that automatically if/when the point goes over the region with hidden elements.
https://github.com/awth13/org-appear
https://github.com/awth13/org-appear
GitHub - awth13/org-appear: Toggle visibility of hidden Org mode element parts upon entering and leaving an element
Toggle visibility of hidden Org mode element parts upon entering and leaving an element - awth13/org-appear
github.com
November 4, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Does anyone know any #emacs package to auto-expand the prg-mode hidden element? I found `org-appear` but it needs to be toggled manually. I'm looking for a way to toggle that automatically if/when the point goes over the region with hidden elements.
https://github.com/awth13/org-appear
https://github.com/awth13/org-appear
Frustrating winters
Mittens muffle the fingers
How will I text now?
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 4 - Mittens - #haiku #poetry
Mittens muffle the fingers
How will I text now?
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 4 - Mittens - #haiku #poetry
November 4, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Frustrating winters
Mittens muffle the fingers
How will I text now?
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 4 - Mittens - #haiku #poetry
Mittens muffle the fingers
How will I text now?
#dailyhaikuprompt - Nov 4 - Mittens - #haiku #poetry