My partner and I met working on the ACT Greens campaign that got Shane (and others) elected the first time. (Spending hours in a small room designing flyers and having endless meetings about budgets and coreflutes is sometimes conducive to romance!)
Shane's a good guy, and he's had a good run, I'm glad he gets some downtime now, and I'm happy to see the space opened up for new voices too.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-20/shane-rattenbury-steps-down-as-act-greens-leader/106582540
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1d ago
Dentist done for another 6 months.
Not my fave, but I'm trying to remember that I'm lucky and privileged to be able to go.
Not my fave, but I'm trying to remember that I'm lucky and privileged to be able to go.
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@mattsheffield
The gall of pulling out the Spice Girls girl power "feminism" as part of the program to entirely subjugate women. Makes me so angry.
Also, a tiny thing, and I don't know about in the US, but none of those hairstyles are uniform standard.
The gall of pulling out the Spice Girls girl power "feminism" as part of the program to entirely subjugate women. Makes me so angry.
Also, a tiny thing, and I don't know about in the US, but none of those hairstyles are uniform standard.
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2d ago
Still sitting outside with my coffee though. I've just broken out the big mug and the fleece trackies.
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2d ago
Oooh, chilly morning.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Apr 08, 2026
@lukasfx a much better use of Polly Pocket than the original, very limited doll toy.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 30, 2026
Hmm, I've been setting a 20 minute timer to look further away and stretch, and wouldn't you know it, it prevents headaches, eye strain and sore shoulders.
Who would have thought every health professional and thousands of peer reviewed studies were right. So annoying.
Who would have thought every health professional and thousands of peer reviewed studies were right. So annoying.
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Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 30, 2026
Is mastodon noisier today? Or is it just all the visible trans people?
Silly, overused jokes aside, hi trans friends and acquaintances. I see you, and the struggle, and your right to be left alone to love your people, do your work, and post about your hobbies.
#tdv26
Silly, overused jokes aside, hi trans friends and acquaintances. I see you, and the struggle, and your right to be left alone to love your people, do your work, and post about your hobbies.
#tdv26
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 30, 2026
Yet another human rights breach.
Either this is war, and Israel is guilty of war crimes.
Or this is an occupation, and this is a discriminatory threat to life.
Israeli has ratified the ICCPR, and various other international treaties which require them to be better than this.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/israel-passes-death-penalty-sentence-nationalist-killings/106514372
Either this is war, and Israel is guilty of war crimes.
Or this is an occupation, and this is a discriminatory threat to life.
Israeli has ratified the ICCPR, and various other international treaties which require them to be better than this.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-31/israel-passes-death-penalty-sentence-nationalist-killings/106514372
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 28, 2026
Three good things today
1. Ethiopian food for dinner at Chercher
2. Mat pilates class
3. Learning that whales help each other give birth: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/27/scientists-film-whale-giving-birth-other-whales-help-her
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1. Ethiopian food for dinner at Chercher
2. Mat pilates class
3. Learning that whales help each other give birth: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/27/scientists-film-whale-giving-birth-other-whales-help-her
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 25, 2026
@joe thanks! I tried but failed to find anything.
Happy not to cross a picket, but it's always good to know of that aligns with the worker's goals.
Happy not to cross a picket, but it's always good to know of that aligns with the worker's goals.
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Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 25, 2026
@negative12dollarbill @joe hence my wondering if a boycott is actually helpful.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 24, 2026
@joe have MEAA or CPSU said they want that?
Asking because sometimes the aim of a strike is to cause workload problems that show how important the workers are, which requires steady demand (common in public service and ngp industry unions). But other strikes are about crashing a day's profit (common in private industry unions). I don't know which one they're aiming for here.
Asking because sometimes the aim of a strike is to cause workload problems that show how important the workers are, which requires steady demand (common in public service and ngp industry unions). But other strikes are about crashing a day's profit (common in private industry unions). I don't know which one they're aiming for here.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 24, 2026
@urbanmicrofarmer thank you!
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 22, 2026
Three good things today
1. Had a friend over for Buffy and brunch
2. Nearly finished the first pass on my first essay.
3. Clean sheets day: partner did all the washing.
#3GoodThings
1. Had a friend over for Buffy and brunch
2. Nearly finished the first pass on my first essay.
3. Clean sheets day: partner did all the washing.
#3GoodThings
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 11, 2026
@hongminhee I had engaged with the thread you link to on a very superficial level, only regarding the poetry and cultural nuance that is missed (and I think I must have logged off before it was finished).
I appreciate the time and care you've taken to make the case for the equity and access problems that machine translation might ammend. You're right, of course. If LLMs stick around (and don't bring about a world-ending situation), I hope their use is focused on extending access and increasing cross-cultural and cross-language information exchange. Whether they can reverse the flow of information so that it's not just English-->others, relies on us Anglophones doing a better job than we're doing right now at making space for the rest of the world.
It is absolutely a bias and equity issue that I "got to" think about it so superficially in the first place.
I appreciate the time and care you've taken to make the case for the equity and access problems that machine translation might ammend. You're right, of course. If LLMs stick around (and don't bring about a world-ending situation), I hope their use is focused on extending access and increasing cross-cultural and cross-language information exchange. Whether they can reverse the flow of information so that it's not just English-->others, relies on us Anglophones doing a better job than we're doing right now at making space for the rest of the world.
It is absolutely a bias and equity issue that I "got to" think about it so superficially in the first place.
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Mar 03, 2026
My partner is looking for work. I'd appreciate boosts.
He's looking to move into #appsec, but will accept short #webdev or #devops contracts (<12 months). Location: Melbourne Australia, or remote. For a short enough contract he'd go anywhere though.
He's a senior full stack web dev (Linux/python/django/js/elm, ~12 years).
Experienced in dev ops, dev sec ops and automation (ansible, selenium, etc etc).
He has experience with OWASP ZAP, bandit and Snyk, and is part way through the PortSwigger academy.
FOSS contributions include writing a django authentication function for OWASP ZAP, making a wrapper to improve accessibility and usability for selenium (Elemental), and other bits and bobs.
He isn't on any socials, but if you want to get in touch I can share his email or signal ID (or give him yours).
He and I have been the security people for little apps without any dedicated security team, for the last decade or so. If you're in security you might have met him (or me) at conferences (Disobey, BSides, CCC, Defcon and Ruxmon), because we've been attending since we launched our own app in 2014, picking up everything we can to protect our users.
(Yep, he is aware a move to security from senior dev roles will be a step down in seniority and $. He just really likes security.)
#python #fedihired #getfedihired #jobs #cyber
He's looking to move into #appsec, but will accept short #webdev or #devops contracts (<12 months). Location: Melbourne Australia, or remote. For a short enough contract he'd go anywhere though.
He's a senior full stack web dev (Linux/python/django/js/elm, ~12 years).
Experienced in dev ops, dev sec ops and automation (ansible, selenium, etc etc).
He has experience with OWASP ZAP, bandit and Snyk, and is part way through the PortSwigger academy.
FOSS contributions include writing a django authentication function for OWASP ZAP, making a wrapper to improve accessibility and usability for selenium (Elemental), and other bits and bobs.
He isn't on any socials, but if you want to get in touch I can share his email or signal ID (or give him yours).
He and I have been the security people for little apps without any dedicated security team, for the last decade or so. If you're in security you might have met him (or me) at conferences (Disobey, BSides, CCC, Defcon and Ruxmon), because we've been attending since we launched our own app in 2014, picking up everything we can to protect our users.
(Yep, he is aware a move to security from senior dev roles will be a step down in seniority and $. He just really likes security.)
#python #fedihired #getfedihired #jobs #cyber
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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Keira (She/Her)
@keira_reckons@aus.social
Mammal, Australian, living on Wurundjeri country. Feeelance web dev professional (#django, #python) Security hobbyist (#infosec, #cyber) Privacy enthusiast (#privacy) One half of meetniq.org, friendli.io, redandblack. Looking for work in product, project, and tech- translation. Into #vegan #baking, #painting, #lifedrawing, #dance, #kindness, #scifi, #mystery, #pottery, #gardening and various social justice things. Typos abound in phone-written text, I have dodgy hands. Toots auto delete.
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@keira_reckons@aus.social
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Feb 26, 2026
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/feb/23/15-year-old-girl-misogyny-social-media-online-abuse
"Consider the use of the word “female” in these posts. It is not a neutral term here, it is a term of abuse. It’s used by teenage boys to degrade us and equate us to animals. Boys are never described as “males”, but girls are always “females” – the equivalent of sows or calves, creatures that are less than human."
^ That's not the major lesson in the post, but it goes to some confusion I've come across among my peers who are dudes, about why "female" is a problem adjective.
"Consider the use of the word “female” in these posts. It is not a neutral term here, it is a term of abuse. It’s used by teenage boys to degrade us and equate us to animals. Boys are never described as “males”, but girls are always “females” – the equivalent of sows or calves, creatures that are less than human."
^ That's not the major lesson in the post, but it goes to some confusion I've come across among my peers who are dudes, about why "female" is a problem adjective.
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