Interestingly no. But it's where there's the TINIEST sliver of sunlight from the window behind 😂
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Interestingly no. But it's where there's the TINIEST sliver of sunlight from the window behind 😂
This floof 🥰 Her favourite spot in the world to sit, if she can't physically sit on Mr GirlGerms 😅
Take your COOKIES and shove them. We have biscuits - and not those weird-arse dry fake-scone bullshit things you lot call biscuits.
I just realised, I never posted my epic 40th birthday present here! The Lego Titanic, in all her glory...and also with the light kit from Light My Bricks!
age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers! age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
If I wanted chocolate, I'd get a chocolate bar. I buy biscuit to get biscuit!
EWWWWW! What the hell. No. Not the real deal. Gross.
This whole thread inspired me to finally get all mine setup downstairs and in the light!
Stuff like this makes me cry pretty much every time These types of people should be the ones in charge of shit
I've got two of these... (I'm totally enabling you; SORRY SAM! 😅) amzn.asia/d/7EUnhnJ
I got a plant stand for mine! Just need to move it downstairs near my front door so other people can admire them 😅
I can't help but get ALL the botanicals - they're all so beautiful.
Mini bonsai set should arrive for me later this week 🥰
Happy Sunday folks 🌺💜🥰
This is giving me warm and fuzzies 🥰 tiltify.com/@ironmouse/i...
Trying not to let work and personal bleed too much into eachother, but want to make sure this gets out and has good reach. If you've got on-prem SharePoint, please go do the things, because this is *nasty*: msrc.microsoft.com/blog/2025/07...
They're definitely not metal fans like me. One of them is a country music fan...I still don't know how we're friends 😅
That's what I thought (also, her music is in about a dozen of my playlists 😅)
Hard judged for the volume of my music in my car this morning by folks at my local coffee shop and honestly? Zero fucks given. It's Sunday, if I want to scream along to my metalcore, I fucking will.
Every. Fucking. Time. She's a little savage. She looks cute, but she's feral as fuck.
"Look at that cute fluffy belly!!!" 😍 Narrator: It was a trap...
It's raining in BNE today, so it's cleaned off a bit...but the note is still there! Oily fingers! 😅
Also yes, I know I need to clean my car. It's getting detailed next week. It's this dirty because we went on holidays to Noosa hinterlands and drove on a lot of dirt roads!
It's booked for a detail - TL;DR: we went on holidays which included bush driving 😅
My feelings exactly! How am I supposed to hear emergency vehicles coming?! Also, I'm often with my kiddo, how am I supposed to hear her! And SHE likes the music loud just as much as I do! 🤘
There's a guy like that here - the whisper network knows ALL about him, women avoid him, yet men seem to think he's awesome 🤦♀️
Drawn into the dirt on the back of my car yesterday morning - didn't notice until today. Guessing due to the volume (and type) of my music. My response? 🖕
🤬🤬🤬 "You should avoid this guy, because he's a predator...but as I'm a guy, and he's not a predator to me, I'm going to still be his friend." It's so fucking gross.
Men in this industry will really be like "Hey, you should be aware this other guy has a bad reputation among women" and continue to publicly support and uplift said guy. And it's honestly exhausting and demoralizing. Your actions are louder than your words.
NEED MORE LADIES 💄💅💜
As the owner of a Siberian (not as big, but still big) I sympathize. The required "cat proofing" for bigger cats is...next level.
This does not make me feel better...
Tough love is bullshit. Emotional honesty paired with empathy is invaluable. And I wish people understood the difference more often than they do.
If you would like to laugh about incurable diseases and cry about a van, watch this incredible TEDx talk about technology by @scott.hanselman.com
I'm too far away for you to catch me 😅
Me, but with sorting (not building!) Lego...
Dropped my kiddo at school today and this was outside her principals office. Figure it's such a good message, I should help spread it further 🫶
I abandoned mine with Mr GirlGerms 😅 I'll have to buy her love tomorrow
At BSides Brisbane today, being around amazing humans in security - *MY* people. It's almost been like therapy. Lots of hugs, lots of knowing "How are you going?" questions, lots of friends 🥹 Representing by wearing my "Hackers In Heels" sweatshirt as well 💜
There are far more security-y-y people than me - I'm just loud and obnoxious, so people remember me 😅
📅 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 - 𝟭𝟲 𝗔𝘂𝗴𝘂𝘀𝘁 🔐 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘁𝗖𝗮𝗺𝗽 - 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱. 📝 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐍𝐨𝐰: lnkd.in/g5gGTvmq 📣 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬: lnkd.in/gXcRGDWw cc @girlgerms.wtf
Mine doesn't either - and the fact it's a Pixel, I find that interesting. Same with Mr GirlGerms Wondering if the use of Work Profiles on myself and Mr GirlGerms' phones is a reason for that perhaps?
Woooo! AusCERT Speed Debate for 2025 is up - y'know, the one that I jointly one with the other amazing Jess! www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7c3...
The feeling of finally being "up" and then have something kick you back down again. There's always got to be *something* doesn't there.
Ooooof. Talk about punching folks in the guts. www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7SO...
My kiddo is 7 nearly 8, so hoping it's a good sweet spot for her! Also, I *ADORED* the original, so I really want to see it!
New from the makers of robodebt, facial biometrics for your teenagers that work about as well. I've used age classifiers before, they rate me anywhere between 13 and 55. They are not reliable. They certainly won't be reliable for the diverse range of teenagers here in Australia.
The look on the face. That is the look of murder.
RT if u agree
I love this, I love the photo, I love the two of you together - you both look so happy! 🥰💜
Was it good?! I am considering taking my kiddo to it on our school holidays.
thank you @girlgerms.wtf for doing your national duty, it is a day I will never forget 😆 the video is too long for Bluesky but here are a few screenshots that tell the story
I've got a copy somewhere!!!
I have slowmo footage of someone trying the Vegemite I brought. It's GLORIOUS! 🤣
I'm so glad someone else thought of @threddyrex.com for this one 😁
"So yes, I do think I have a better insight than the president of the company." Fuck me, what I wouldn't give to have the confidence of a mediocre white man in tech... 🤦♀️
As a woman in tech, you are absolute GOALS - thank you for this glorious giggle. 100% behind Signal, this has inspired me to donate 💜
I just found it hilarious - especially because it's not hard to look me up and see that's the case! 😅 Also, WHY WOULD I LIE?!
Dawwwww! 🥰💜 Honestly, I'm still a sysadmin at heart. Always refer to myself lovingly as a "recovering sysadmin". Don't think I'll ever lose my love of Ops!
I don't think I could've rolled my eyes harder if I'd *TRIED*. I just nodded and said "Uh, yeah" and laughed. Mainly because I was so stunned, but also because my immediate response wasn't appropriate for a 7 year old...
I have to post this because it's just too bizarrely funny to *NOT* share. I just got asked by one of my kiddos friends, when I was picking her up this afternoon, if I "ACTUALLY" work at Microsoft because (and I quote) "my mum and dad don't believe you".
Look at these two smooshy floofs 🥰
My kiddos drink bottle FROZE overnight - so it got below 0℃ INSIDE MY HOUSE.
Brisbane - what the actual fuck. I am not built for these temperatures.
And her book would be a brilliant place to start: www.amazon.com.au/Alice-Bob-Le...
Oooooh, go speak to @shehackspurple.bsky.social ! App security is her JAM!
Gods I hope so - it's pretty awful. Just glad it's the weekend soon and we can all just die in our respective Oodie puddles quietly 😅
And now the whole house is down with it, wheeeeee 😑
I've got my fingers and toes crossed that it won't be too bad, as I've already had my flu jab (a month ago) and I'm also now on Tamiflu. 🤞
Because nothing says "Fun!" like getting the flu...
My floof and I say good morning. Yes, she's inside my oodie. Yes, I have awful bed hair.
It's totally acceptable to leave the house wearing an oodie, right? ...totally asking for a friend >.>
Nooooooo! That's awful - though I guess it does beat the alternative of *not* being on the blood thinners...
Yeah, it wasn't a pleasant experience. Because I'm immunocompromised, new cartilage piercings always take a long time to heal - usually about a year. So I've set myself back 7 months, it'll be June next year when it's FINALLY healed 😅
Oh, I got it done in October last year - but the piercing fell out so I needed to get it put back in. Took 15 minutes, multiple swabs, lots of blood. The ring that's in there now is NEVER COMING OUT.
I love them so fucking much!!! 😍 I hope they bring out more in this line!
The BEST kind of afternoon 🥰
Who knew that cartilage piercing would be such a pain in the arse?! 🤦♀️ My poor tragus is SO FUCKING SORE.
ALL THE THINGS!
Will depend on how I go doing my dump run today cleaning out my garage 😬 Though tomorrow looks better, as there is a trip to my local Lego shop to pick up the new releases that I pre-ordered 😁
Honestly, I'm regretting opening my eyes this morning and just want to go back to sleep... 😴
It's not even 7am on Saturday morning and I am awake due to EVERY. LIVING. THING. in my household making a fucking racket.
Holy shit, what the hell did you feed your strawberries?!?!
It's okay, we still love you.
Well, this happened 🥹🥰 womeninsecurityawards.com.au/nominees-2025/
No lies detected.
It's not even lunchtime on Monday and I'm ready to call the week...
#AusCERT2025 photo dump 1/n
I swear I only won because of my cheer squad! #AusCERT2025
Speed debate crew checking in! #AusCERT2025
I do like a good colour coordinated outfit. And purple *is* my colour 💜
