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Non-citizens held in indefinite detention in Australia could get millions of dollars in compensation after government’s high court loss by ada in c/australia@aussie.zone

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

What the fuck?

In what world do you think me, of all people, is secretly stanning for the queen of bigots?

Non-citizens held in indefinite detention in Australia could get millions of dollars in compensation after government’s high court loss by ada in c/australia@aussie.zone

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I mentioned the party, because up until that point in my life, I saw Labor as the "good guys". Realising that they specfically were willing to actively hurt people and fuck over the powerless for political gain had meaning to me, because up until that point, I was invested in them. I already knew it about the Liberals, but I hadn't had to confront that truth with Labor, and given that the system is effectively a two party system, it was the understanding that both sides fucking suck that disenfranchised me.

And it's worth pointing out, I'm talking about the 90's here. This all happened a long time ago, when I was younger and more naive about politics.

The fact that the same shit is still happening...

Non-citizens held in indefinite detention in Australia could get millions of dollars in compensation after government’s high court loss by ada in c/australia@aussie.zone

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 2 days ago

Labors treatment of refugees is what "radicalised" my politics way back in the day. It was fucking evil then, and it's fucking evil now

Negative symptoms of hrt by ada in c/mtf

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The truth is, there is virtually no research on the impacts of HRT over that length of time. There is no way for a doctor to be able to tell you anything authorative about your experience, because the best we have is anecdotal experience from folk in the community. Any doctor telling you anything with certainty about the impacts of HRT 10 years in, is coming from a position of bias (whether that bias is positive or negative).

If it is the consequence of HRT, you can experiment with dosages to find out. Reduce your E and/or T blocker and see how it goes. But also, talk to your doctor about possibilities other than HRT that you can explore. If they are absolutely insistent that it's HRT (or if they're absolutely insistent that it's not) then they are passing off personal bias as fact.

The same goes with me. You shouldn't believe me or anyone else when they tell you it's not HRT, because it could be. But it could also be something else entirely, so you need a doctor that is willing to look in to it, because most trans fem folk do not share the experiences you're having.

An eelegant couple by ada in c/pics@lemmy.world

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago

When an eel bites your eye, that's a moray

Negative symptoms of hrt by ada in c/mtf

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 17 points 2 days ago

For what it's worth, I started around the same time as you, and aside from dry skin, I don't experience these, so it's maybe not be as simple as HRT.

Helloooo - HRT is making me tired i thiiink by ada in c/mtf

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 6 points 5 days ago

Are you on a testosterone blocker? A too high dose of T blocker is more likely to be the culprit.

Why do supposedly dentist have a higher suicide rate than others? Also is it worse in the Pacific North West where depressing weather is always going on even higher there? by ada in c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 2 points 5 days ago

Other people prefer equatorial climates with lots of sun, humidity, and storms that rush in and rush out again.

This is me!

conservatism by ada in c/newcommunities@lemmy.world

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 21 points 6 days ago

"their lifestyle"

And in to the bin with you

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A Great Egret (Ardea alba) looking for fish from the end of a pontoon (photos.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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New Blahaj Photo Sharing instance (photos.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/main

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We've just spun up a brand new photo sharing instance, based on Vernissage. It's similar to pixelfed, but more focused on photography (as opposed to general image and short video sharing).

Signups are open. Currently, it mandates an email address, but you can stick whatever you like in there, and it will be automatically verified. Signups do require approval, but you can also generate invites that (I believe) bypass the requirement for approval.

Anyway, you can check it out at https://photos.blahaj.zone/

As a consequence, we will be taking down our pixelfed instance. We'll leave it up until the end of August to give people a chance to migrate, but honestly, it had really low activity in any case, so it shouldn't have too much of an impact on people.

Vernissage may also end up having low activity, but even if it does, I like it so much more than pixelfed, that we'll keep it running even if it's just me using it :)

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New Blahaj Photo Sharing instance (photos.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/meta@piefed.blahaj.zone

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We've just spun up a brand new photo sharing instance, based on Vernissage. It's similar to pixelfed, but more focused on photography (as opposed to general image and short video sharing).

Signups are open. Currently, it mandates an email address, but you can stick whatever you like in there, and it will be automatically verified. Signups do require approval, but you can also generate invites that (I believe) bypass the requirement for approval.

Anyway, you can check it out at https://photos.blahaj.zone/

As a consequence, we will be taking down our pixelfed instance. We'll leave it up until the end of August to give people a chance to migrate, but honestly, it had really low activity in any case, so it shouldn't have too much of an impact on people.

Vernissage may also end up having low activity, but even if it does, I like it so much more than pixelfed, that we'll keep it running even if it's just me using it :)

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Update: Now resolved - Blahaj Piefed Down for security maintenance (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 weeks ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/meta@piefed.blahaj.zone

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Did somene say cormorants? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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These two derps were standing on a rock in my local creek a couple of years ago

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I hear we're doing visibility? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/trans

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This was me yesterday, for TDOV (It's already April 1 here in Australia) sitting in front of the worlds largest trans flag. Photo taken by the wonderful @supakaity@piefed.blahaj.zone.

Today is 9 years since I came out to my then 11 year old kid, and tomorrow is 9 years since I started medically transitioning.

I was 41 years old then. Trans awareness was just on the upkick. Everyone knew Caitlyn Jenner. Laverne Cox had appeared on the cover of TIME magazine... Yet I was still the first trans person most people had met.

At the time, my understanding of gender was very binary, and my own goals pretty much consisted of "Get transition out of the way, blend back in to the world, and get on with life without much talking about the trans thing"

But, I went to my first Pride, and I was changed forever. I was surrounded by my people, which wasn't something I'd ever felt before. And with time, I came to have a more nuanced understanding of gender, and the artificial nature of the binary. And I also came to appreciate my own queerness, and completely lost the desire to blend in and hide amongst the society that had made it so hard to accept myself in the first place.

And now, I can't help myself. I run gender diverse events, I create spaces and help foster queer communities. I stand loud and visible and proud, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I see all of you glorious bitches, bastards and ne'er-do-wells, and I love you all!

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I hear we're doing visibility? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/mtf

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This was me yesterday, for TDOV (It's already April 1 here in Australia) sitting in front of the worlds largest trans flag. Photo taken by the wonderful @supakaity@piefed.blahaj.zone.

Today is 9 years since I came out to my then 11 year old kid, and tomorrow is 9 years since I started medically transitioning.

I was 41 years old then. Trans awareness was just on the upkick. Everyone knew Caitlyn Jenner. Laverne Cox had appeared on the cover of TIME magazine... Yet I was still the first trans person most people had met.

At the time, my understanding of gender was very binary, and my own goals pretty much consisted of "Get transition out of the way, blend back in to the world, and get on with life without much talking about the trans thing"

But, I went to my first Pride, and I was changed forever. I was surrounded by my people, which wasn't something I'd ever felt before. And with time, I came to have a more nuanced understanding of gender, and the artificial nature of the binary. And I also came to appreciate my own queerness, and completely lost the desire to blend in and hide amongst the society that had made it so hard to accept myself in the first place.

And now, I can't help myself. I run gender diverse events, I create spaces and help foster queer communities. I stand loud and visible and proud, and I wouldn't have it any other way.

I see all of you glorious bitches, bastards and ne'er-do-wells, and I love you all!

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The Worlds Largest Trans Flag (tube.blahaj.zone)

submitted 2 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/trans

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TDOV 2026 Meanjin, Queensland, Australia

Coffee ☕ by ada in c/science_memes@mander.xyz

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 169 points 2 months ago

There was even an entire standards document drawn up (as a practical joke), called the Hyper Text Coffee Pot Control Protocol (HTCPCP 1.0). To this day though, there the server status response 418 - I'm a teapot still exists. It was defined as part of HTCPCP as the error code returned when you tried to get a teapot to brew coffee :)

Web nerds took their coffee seriously! Or maybe they didn't? Does doing up an entire standards document as an april fools joke count as serious or unserious?

Why is checking age at os-level that bad? by ada in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 167 points 3 months ago

You aren't setting up your childrens accounts. You're setting up your accounts to show that you're not a child. And suddenly, every single thing you use, from apps to websites, is gatekept behind an API that is controlled by the government. If checking age on social media is all it ever does, then sure, whatever. But that isn't all it will ever do. It will creep further and further, and the details you need to provide will increase, one shitty government term at a time. And then one day, they'll able able to decide that people in your country shouldn't be able to see safe sex information, or abortion information, and the framework to deny the whole country access is already there, and just one small tweak away from locking you out of information that is deemed inappropriate.

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Lunar Eclipse from Brisbane, Australia [OC] (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/pics@lemmy.world

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Blood moon

The lunar eclipse at its peak, as seen from Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia.

1 second handheld exposure on an OM-1 Mk II / M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO, so it's not quite as crisp as I would have liked.

Post processing done in Darktable

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Pacific Black Duck (Anas superciliosa) [OC] (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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Keith Boden Wetlands, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia

Taken with an OM-1 Mk II / M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO

Post processing completed in Darktable

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Royal Spoonbill (Platalea regia) [OC] (pix.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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Keith Boden Wetlands, Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia

Taken with an OM-1 MkII / M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO

Image post processing completed in Darktable

#RoyalSpoonbill #BirdPhotography #Brisbane #Meanjin #Wildlife #Wetlands #OM1MkII #Olympus #Darktable #Australia #bird #AustralianBirds

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Juvenile Brush Turkey (Alectura lathami) [OC] (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

submitted 3 months ago by ada@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/birding@lemmy.world

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Taken with an OM-1 Mk II / M.Zuiko Digital ED 300mm F4.0 IS PRO

Noise reduction with RawForge. Image post processing done in Darktable.

What wisdom from someone else has stuck with you? by ada in c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

[-] ada@piefed.blahaj.zone 150 points 5 months ago

I grew up in a racist town, and was indoctrinated on racism in my youth. It never sat right with me, but even so, I still struggled with racist thoughts that would jump in to my head when I encountered indigenous folk.

Someone said to me though that it's not the first thought that jumps in to your head that matters, because that's what you've been trained to think. What matters is what you do after that thought has appeared.

And that's stuck with me. It helped me be aware of the impact of indoctrinated hate, whilst also not getting tied up with guilt over my inability to completely purge myself of the indoctrinated bullshit.

It allowed me to retrain myself, and to make sure the shit I was raised with doesn't get passed on to my own kid.