Thisfox
@thisfoxhere.bsky.social
Aussie teacher, traveller, musician. She/her. I like cats. I hate caffiene.
Kingdom of Lochac, embroiderer, bard.
Kingdom of Lochac, embroiderer, bard.
And, more importantly, dog sized predator, and not a rodent. We have had our chicken coop raided by eastern quoll.
Wondering if lyrebird will get a look-in now. That could be fun :)
Wondering if lyrebird will get a look-in now. That could be fun :)
November 14, 2025 at 12:25 AM
And, more importantly, dog sized predator, and not a rodent. We have had our chicken coop raided by eastern quoll.
Wondering if lyrebird will get a look-in now. That could be fun :)
Wondering if lyrebird will get a look-in now. That could be fun :)
Got no idea what a darning loom is (my grandmother taught me to darn using an orange as the mushroom, and needle and thread, but I suspect the results are the same).
Really glad you are darning, it is a very excellent thing to be doing with your time.
Really glad you are darning, it is a very excellent thing to be doing with your time.
November 14, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Got no idea what a darning loom is (my grandmother taught me to darn using an orange as the mushroom, and needle and thread, but I suspect the results are the same).
Really glad you are darning, it is a very excellent thing to be doing with your time.
Really glad you are darning, it is a very excellent thing to be doing with your time.
Seems to me you were thinking of mahi mahi?
I am really very much enjoying these, they are really fun to watch.
I am really very much enjoying these, they are really fun to watch.
November 14, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Seems to me you were thinking of mahi mahi?
I am really very much enjoying these, they are really fun to watch.
I am really very much enjoying these, they are really fun to watch.
Yeah, if you were looking for contextual cues as ti what the unknown word means, you should not be guessing "insulting".
November 13, 2025 at 11:34 PM
Yeah, if you were looking for contextual cues as ti what the unknown word means, you should not be guessing "insulting".
Certainly feels very A.I. generated, like no human was consulted for any expertise. How odd that there is Queen and no Tom (one doesn't expect a Gib in this format at least) and the Riussian Blue looks black, oddly.
I have actually seen "ichabod" used for a tuxedo cat colour before somewhere.
I have actually seen "ichabod" used for a tuxedo cat colour before somewhere.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Certainly feels very A.I. generated, like no human was consulted for any expertise. How odd that there is Queen and no Tom (one doesn't expect a Gib in this format at least) and the Riussian Blue looks black, oddly.
I have actually seen "ichabod" used for a tuxedo cat colour before somewhere.
I have actually seen "ichabod" used for a tuxedo cat colour before somewhere.
Yep. All there in the movie.
November 13, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Yep. All there in the movie.
Wow.
We tend to buy them in cheap 5 kilo bags (there's only the two of us, and we don't want them to sprout before we eat them all) but they're never that cheap. Impressive.
We tend to buy them in cheap 5 kilo bags (there's only the two of us, and we don't want them to sprout before we eat them all) but they're never that cheap. Impressive.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Wow.
We tend to buy them in cheap 5 kilo bags (there's only the two of us, and we don't want them to sprout before we eat them all) but they're never that cheap. Impressive.
We tend to buy them in cheap 5 kilo bags (there's only the two of us, and we don't want them to sprout before we eat them all) but they're never that cheap. Impressive.
...Meanwhile it is a compulsory year of a postgraduate course here in Australia. Alongside numeracy, and special education, among other things.
November 13, 2025 at 3:14 AM
...Meanwhile it is a compulsory year of a postgraduate course here in Australia. Alongside numeracy, and special education, among other things.
I do comprehension tasks with stage 4 (age 12-14) students regularly. One was recently a few paragraphs about physics that (it eventually turned out) were written by a LLM "A.I." Among other errors, it said they could "jump off the moon if you jump hard enough".
A.I. for education is very awful.
A.I. for education is very awful.
November 13, 2025 at 3:08 AM
I do comprehension tasks with stage 4 (age 12-14) students regularly. One was recently a few paragraphs about physics that (it eventually turned out) were written by a LLM "A.I." Among other errors, it said they could "jump off the moon if you jump hard enough".
A.I. for education is very awful.
A.I. for education is very awful.
Ah, right, the dictionary.
We and the rest of the world don't use Merriam-Webster, as their spelling is wrong outside the US. It didn't occur to me what it was getting abbreviated down to in its home country, so thankyou for explaining.
We and the rest of the world don't use Merriam-Webster, as their spelling is wrong outside the US. It didn't occur to me what it was getting abbreviated down to in its home country, so thankyou for explaining.
November 13, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Ah, right, the dictionary.
We and the rest of the world don't use Merriam-Webster, as their spelling is wrong outside the US. It didn't occur to me what it was getting abbreviated down to in its home country, so thankyou for explaining.
We and the rest of the world don't use Merriam-Webster, as their spelling is wrong outside the US. It didn't occur to me what it was getting abbreviated down to in its home country, so thankyou for explaining.
Well, the obvious answer is politicians, but it is likely it was someone who could not remember learning to read, and had never taught anyone else. Those who can't teach, administrate.
Our least effective lecturer was the one reciting classroom management skills to us without demonstrating.
Our least effective lecturer was the one reciting classroom management skills to us without demonstrating.
November 13, 2025 at 2:35 AM
Well, the obvious answer is politicians, but it is likely it was someone who could not remember learning to read, and had never taught anyone else. Those who can't teach, administrate.
Our least effective lecturer was the one reciting classroom management skills to us without demonstrating.
Our least effective lecturer was the one reciting classroom management skills to us without demonstrating.
m-w?
Spouse? Or... Something?
Spouse? Or... Something?
November 13, 2025 at 2:21 AM
m-w?
Spouse? Or... Something?
Spouse? Or... Something?
...What the hell did they think condolences means?
November 13, 2025 at 1:25 AM
...What the hell did they think condolences means?
...It is in the same font as the rest of Bluesky. Do you mean the book is in a different font?
November 13, 2025 at 1:06 AM
...It is in the same font as the rest of Bluesky. Do you mean the book is in a different font?
"miss, what do I do next?"
"Check the recipe."
"but what do I do to the food next?"
"The recipe will tell you that."
"But what do I do?"
"Read the recipe."
The students in question were 14-16 years old, mid high school, and they could read. Post-covid teaching is weird though.
"Check the recipe."
"but what do I do to the food next?"
"The recipe will tell you that."
"But what do I do?"
"Read the recipe."
The students in question were 14-16 years old, mid high school, and they could read. Post-covid teaching is weird though.
November 13, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"miss, what do I do next?"
"Check the recipe."
"but what do I do to the food next?"
"The recipe will tell you that."
"But what do I do?"
"Read the recipe."
The students in question were 14-16 years old, mid high school, and they could read. Post-covid teaching is weird though.
"Check the recipe."
"but what do I do to the food next?"
"The recipe will tell you that."
"But what do I do?"
"Read the recipe."
The students in question were 14-16 years old, mid high school, and they could read. Post-covid teaching is weird though.
Yeah, I'll blame the system for not telling parents to potty train their kids before they go to school age 5-6. And never giving their kid a pencil (we have watched 5-6 yr olds try both ends of a pencil before working out it can make a colour. The kids had been trying to touchscreen the paper.)
November 13, 2025 at 12:27 AM
Yeah, I'll blame the system for not telling parents to potty train their kids before they go to school age 5-6. And never giving their kid a pencil (we have watched 5-6 yr olds try both ends of a pencil before working out it can make a colour. The kids had been trying to touchscreen the paper.)
I meet students whose parents didn't even teach them to count the change they have, to know if they can buy a pie at the tuck shop, and if they can afford sauce. This year my mother had students whose parents didn't potty train them (she teaches primary). Parents aren't teaching their kids anything.
November 12, 2025 at 11:57 PM
I meet students whose parents didn't even teach them to count the change they have, to know if they can buy a pie at the tuck shop, and if they can afford sauce. This year my mother had students whose parents didn't potty train them (she teaches primary). Parents aren't teaching their kids anything.
Kindle has a nice word-lookup-function that I wish was more accessible to my students (1 in a 1000 even knows what a kindle/ebook is, most just use their phone, school has no ebook devices for students to use).
November 12, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Kindle has a nice word-lookup-function that I wish was more accessible to my students (1 in a 1000 even knows what a kindle/ebook is, most just use their phone, school has no ebook devices for students to use).
We still do that in stage 4 here (first two years of High School, grade 7-8, approx child age 12-14) in the compulsory English classes. Presumably they also do it in primary school (stage 1-3, approx age 5-12) but some kids don't know how to use their alphabet to look up a word...
November 12, 2025 at 10:34 PM
We still do that in stage 4 here (first two years of High School, grade 7-8, approx child age 12-14) in the compulsory English classes. Presumably they also do it in primary school (stage 1-3, approx age 5-12) but some kids don't know how to use their alphabet to look up a word...
That's what entry exams were meant to solve. "You must be this tall to enter" but for general knowledge.
November 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
That's what entry exams were meant to solve. "You must be this tall to enter" but for general knowledge.
Yeah, my money has been on TB also.
November 11, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Yeah, my money has been on TB also.
Ah, part of the amusement for me is that it is not the original crown, so it is gold-coloured, not made of pure solid gold. Like the weird wall decorations. The look on Trumps face is pure avarice. He certainly likes gold-coloured stuff, but doesn't see the joke is there.
November 11, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Ah, part of the amusement for me is that it is not the original crown, so it is gold-coloured, not made of pure solid gold. Like the weird wall decorations. The look on Trumps face is pure avarice. He certainly likes gold-coloured stuff, but doesn't see the joke is there.
Not certain about royalty-free, but I honestly listen to the radio these days. Human-moderated music collections. ABC-Listen by preference here in Australia, but other countries might have other examples.
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Not certain about royalty-free, but I honestly listen to the radio these days. Human-moderated music collections. ABC-Listen by preference here in Australia, but other countries might have other examples.