The @aussocialadmin suggested I write an #introduction post so why not he says.
I'm Peter from #Brisbane where The Cat runs the household. A pretty wide range of interests and always keen to learn new stuff.
A life long #doctorwho fan, I love most things #scifi but firmly in the #startrek camp when it comes to Star Trek Vs Star Wars.
Probably have too many subscriptions to streaming channels but have a goal of a minimum 26 books a year to make sure I'm not always staring at a screen.
Other things I find interesting are a good #podcast #food #sustainability #film #wine (love a good pinot noir), hunting down a great gin and cocktail, and '80s music.
I tell people the main reason I go to work is so I can go on holidays as I love to #travel
Today, the Bonfire team is excited to announce our beta release 🔥🎉
We’re aware that Bonfire still needs a lot of work - like ensuring it federates as expected and improving configurability, accessibility and user experience - but that’s the point: we decided to launch at this stage with the intention of building the 1.0 release as a community.
🗞️ Blog post: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/meet_us_at_the_playground/
🌈 Signup on the playground instance:
https://playground.bonfire.cafe
RT @mapbeks@twitter.com
We have globally launched the RAINBOW MAP by MapBeks through #MapComplete today!
Visit https://www.mapbeks.org/therainbowmap
In this map, you can edit, add , update, delete information of known LGBT friendly and primary spaces directly to @OpenStreetMap@twitter.com
I don't know if it as been tooted here but i found this video of a A Swiss wind-up fan from the 1910s. A spring motor provided a light breeze lasting about 30 minutes These were built for tropical countries and areas without electricity.
energy market and supply
It’s increasingly frustrating the way the Australian media and politicians refer to the energy market as if it’s a normal commodity that you can choose to use or not use.
Energy generation and supply should never be in a market, it should be an essential government service but governments of all colours have repeatedly sold off asset after asset. The fact that the price of Australian domestic gas is linked to the export price was a failure by the government of the time.
Daily link: rather nerdy
Does Gandalf know about atoms?
Something a bit different today...
There's a really nice Fediverse admin on here called @stux who provides lots of free decentralised public services (public instances of Mastodon, PeerTube, Pixelfed, Matrix, Nitter, Invidious, Searx etc).
Stux is spending hundreds of euros a month so that these services remain free and operational.
Apparently Stux has had a tough time finding work recently, but has their own small business which provides web hosting.
If you're looking for a small indie hosting provider, this might be a really good choice as the money raised will help keep the Fedi going too:
(I'm sorry to embarass you Stux, but I think you deserve a shout-out for the good work you do!)
climate change
“Integrity is not only about honesty but also upholding moral principles. A principled approach to fossil fuel production is sorely needed. Australia is among the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels.”
Australia has a once in a lifetime opportunity to break the stranglehold fossil fuels have on our politics.
The joys of automated classification, youtube decides that all of Cornell Uni's youtube channel is bad content and deletes the entire channel
Tea drinker in love/hate relationship with coffee, owned by a cat, Doctor Who fan. I go to work so I can go on holidays.