melbaboutown
@melbaboutown@aussie.zone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 📚 Saturday 23 August 2025 4 hours ago:
Oh hell yeah. There really wasn’t a lot on Peertube but now I found out about Invidious en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invidious
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 5 hours ago:
Personally I favour one of these.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 12 hours ago:
Peertube… a fediverse video platform? 👀 en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/PeerTube
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 12 hours ago:
🎶I always feel like… somebody’s watching me
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 13 hours ago:
Yeah. I wish I had more energy and focus to maybe knit for charity but I’m really struggling right now.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 15 hours ago:
Oh the black cat is outside! And Melbcat insisted I open the door. Uh oh! (Screen door still locked.) Thankfully he didn’t approach so we didn’t get World War III. He’s a big fluffy puddin and looks chill. If the cats got along and I was richer he’d be at risk of a catnapping.
I’ve stopped donating to the food pantry because money has got tighter (pensioner and cat getting sicker) and the local drop off point has closed.
Also I saw the guy that’s been chronically and openly stealing from me down at the op shop near it, trying to get them to hold a flashy pair of shoes for him… So it’s possible the open pantry closed and the donations went somewhere more regulated because he (or someone else) was just taking the lot. Buying cigarettes and alcohol and fancy sneakers from what he could steal and sell, and eating from nearby free snack/meal services. And then still coming to my house to litter and steal my extremely limited foods anyway.
It’s a shitty thing to say (I know about poor shaming and vulnerable people being dehumanised) but I’m really souring on people and it feels like any sort of kindness just gets you used.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 16 hours ago:
I’m so sorry. Melbcat will be squished
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🥠 Friday 22 August 2025 1 day ago:
Big W dicked me around so I went to good old eBay as originally planned. Had the parcels sent to a nearby business for collection due to thieves 🙄
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤯 Thursday 21 August 2025 1 day ago:
Like the magpies here. They’ll wander closer and look you in the eye!
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤯 Thursday 21 August 2025 1 day ago:
That might be the fibre…
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤯 Thursday 21 August 2025 2 days ago:
Melbcat has been cuddling with her head buried in my chest. And now she’s on my lap. 🥰 She’s so beautiful. I hope I get a long time with her yet.
I love cats
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
spoiler
The physical pain is really hard to manage and a lot of things are happening or changing in my life (not in a good way). Worrying about money and Melbcat’s health. Art just seems to be another stressor and a stick to beat myself with. My mental health is going to pieces. I’m spending a lot of time lying in bed watching Bob Ross paint (or falling asleep to it) and scalding myself in the shower for some relief.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
Medieval weapons already had that covered 😬
It was designed to pierce armour
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
Oops, sorry! I know the band but always miss references because I live under a rock
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
Sharpened hammers… 🤔
The hot new weapon for the next horror movie
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
Cloaca
Management are seagulls
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
My investor is keen and often urges this strategy. She will frequently loop me in
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🍔 Wednesday 20 August 2025 2 days ago:
It’s looking very good!
Maybe some oil on it? I once restored an axe head in a similar way and was told that sanding it back to shiny would let it corrode again
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤖 Tuesday 19 August 2025 3 days ago:
Look at it this way, even maintaining a stable weight when someone doesn’t want to eat is an achievement.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🤖 Tuesday 19 August 2025 3 days ago:
Trying to sort everything out after wasting yesterday.
Did the census thing online. Booked a vet appointment for tomorrow, ordered more cat food. Now I’m going to check out the best postage on a replacement shower head and a more reliable hairdryer.
Now I have to try and get some liquid in. Lately my stomach absolutely hates me.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
I installed Adblock on Firefox but occasionally YouTube still detects it. I use Brave on phone
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
Ugh. I’m overdue for doing a census. Anyone else get this
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
Exactly. The wealth disparity is growing
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
Watching YouTube via Brave browser because apparently it doesn’t count views during the blackout, and it has the side effect of blocking ads. Fuck YouTube.
I’ve been exploring Tubi and other legal alternatives but it seems it has the market monopolised (which is why the people in charge feel confident to pull this shit.).
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
The governments have been failing us for a very long time. The current state of things is scary
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
I’ve been spending so much time in bed because it relieves pain/takes the pressure off a chronic injury but I’m going batty.
Went for a short walk because the coast looked clear but now feeling nauseous.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
I’m finding everywhere I hang out can have issues for me if I stay there too long exclusively… I have to have various places and spread myself out/rotate through them.
I wish I was more capable of doing healthier stuff than relying on the internet
- Comment on Discussion Thread 🧙♂️ Monday 18 August 2025 4 days ago:
I’m so fucking sorry. I really hope you’re into another job quickly.
No idea if it helps but I saw this as a safeguard if worst comes to worst (and I hope it doesn’t) unison.org.au/about-us/…/make-room-melbourne
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😎 Sunday 17 August 2025 5 days ago:
No worries!
Low energy problems require low energy solutions.
- Comment on Discussion Thread 😎 Sunday 17 August 2025 5 days ago:
Aye. I’m just trying to live with this shit, not dramatise or glamorise it!
And while disability can be comorbid with or cause mental ill health I’m really looking for some practical ways of managing
