Hi y'all,

Just a sporadic reminder that I'm not very active here, but I am on the fediverse/mastodon:

cloudisland.nz/@pjf/

If you're wondering what the fediverse is, it's social media run by people, not for-profit corporations. Here's a 4min explainer:

news.elenarossini.com/fediverse-vi...

If you're aged 16–25, not employed full-time, and are interested in learning rare trades, then there are scholarships available¹ at the Australian Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades in Ballarat (Vic, Aust)

#Melbourne #Narrm #Ballarat #RareTrades

¹ www.raretradescentre.com.au/youth-schola...

Discovered that if I apply linseed oil to my tool handles then I can't leave them outside, because the possum will eat them.

I spent two hours yesterday hafting a handle onto a splitting axe head I picked up at a trash'n'treasure, and now that handle has a bite chewed out of it. 😢

I made friends with a highland bull named Finley over the weekend, so that was pretty nice.

Loomed my first piece of cloth, and turned it into my first tiny bag.

CW: Subsistence hunting, food

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Queen Felicia and I caught our first mouse yesterday. In honour of our pact I butchered and cooked it, and we ate it together.

Let me tell you, cooked mouse is *delicious*. Way better than it had any right to be. I would eagerly eat again.

Recent photos from my life:

- Possum with baby almost as big as she is.

- Traditional Australian wildlife encountered on walk.

- Baby's first loom.

- Queen Felicia says "please never travel ever again".

Hello friends!

I'm here sometimes, but I'm on the fediverse more. There's especially a lot there if you want to see whatever neolithic technologies I'm working with at the time.

cloudisland.nz/@pjf

I'm at a sustainability conference, and the view from outside my tent is pretty nice.

Apparently the 3G network shutdown in Australia will no longer just impact 3G phones.

If I understand correctly, the minister is requiring telcos to block phones they can't guarantee will work with E000 out-of-the-box, including those that work fine, but just needed extra configuration (like mine).

As if I didn't already know I had landed in Aotearoa New Zealand, nor the relationship between our countries, there's a sign at the international baggage claim reminding me that it wasn't *Australia* that invented the pavlova.

CW: Australia

Just a reminder that even if you don't close the lid in your own country, you should *always* close the lid in Australia.

Thank you for visiting our beautiful country.

au.news.yahoo.com/hot-and-hung...

Hello friends. If you're looking for a remote position in the games industry, Gardens is hiring.

(I'm not affiliated with Gardens in any way, but they've got a pretty impressive team, their careers page has good transparency, and their art is Nausicaä AF)

https://gardens.dev/careers

Australian police: "We can't get any recruits! Nobody wants to join because of our public image."

Also Australian police:

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/may/18/nsw-police-twice-taser-95-year-old-woman-with-dementia-leaving-her-with-fractured-skull

Progress on the basket I'm making on public transport. This is the base, and once it's large enough, I'll start adding sides at right angles to it.

This piece is a little special because I'm doing it entirely without tools. My dried yucca leaves are tough enough to act as their own needles.

Caught the most perfect autumn day for camping ❤️

lookign for 1200,00 of my , friends

So far my first day on bsky has been a timeline that is 98% @katef.bsky.social posts and replies. Except for the one moment of some very surprising Sonic fanart, this is definitely the service I signed up for. ❤️

Hi everyone. It's me, but things are a little hectic and I'm still setting up my profile.

Recently I've been working with neolithic technologies, because it's challenging to use them for corporate surveillance and disinformation at scale.

Anyway, here are pics of my life recently.