Nathalie
@theuntamedshrew.bsky.social
Conservationist, creative, analytical, curious, verbose, sarcastic, headstrong, feminist vagabond. Fan of adjectives. I just make it up as I go along. Huon Valley, Tasmania
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Nathalie
@theuntamedshrew.bsky.social
· Apr 9
But soft, what fresh bullshit through yonder window breaks?
I'm just a girl, sitting in front of a screen, pathologically replacing every 'like' that should in fact be 'such as', twitching internally and gaining a newfound respect for my grumpy, pedantic, elderly Form 3 English teacher who despised the word 'nice' as a descriptor.
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I'm just a girl, sitting in front of a screen, pathologically replacing every 'like' that should in fact be 'such as', twitching internally and gaining a newfound respect for my grumpy, pedantic, elderly Form 3 English teacher who despised the word 'nice' as a descriptor.
Quite a lot going on here.
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Quite a lot going on here.
Ooo, I actually called this out weeks ago! You mean I was actually ahead of the game on something? (and it was the White House using outdated fonts?) Yeah, sure, that tracks.
Marco Rubio ordered diplomats to return to using Times New Roman font in official communications, calling his predecessor's decision to adopt Calibri a “wasteful” diversity move
Rubio Stages Font Coup: Times New Roman Ousts Calibri
The secretary of state called it a "wasteful" diversity move, according to an internal department cable seen by Reuters.
www.huffpost.com
December 10, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Ooo, I actually called this out weeks ago! You mean I was actually ahead of the game on something? (and it was the White House using outdated fonts?) Yeah, sure, that tracks.
I haven't had to do one of those 'select one of these 3 potentially catastrophic future data breach options to continue' age verification thingies yet, so I'm guessing my profile pic has been scanned by The Machine and there's a self-care package currently winging its way over to me.
December 9, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I haven't had to do one of those 'select one of these 3 potentially catastrophic future data breach options to continue' age verification thingies yet, so I'm guessing my profile pic has been scanned by The Machine and there's a self-care package currently winging its way over to me.
Miss Piggy haiya-ing everything she had a problem with was quite honestly a vibe in my formative juvenile years.
there has to be a scene where Miss Piggy asks a question of tRump at a press conference, and he get mad and calls her Piggy. Which she replies that is her name. Then he insults her by call her disgusting, and then she gets mad and she gives him a karate chop. Then later, he has another MRI.
December 9, 2025 at 4:08 AM
Miss Piggy haiya-ing everything she had a problem with was quite honestly a vibe in my formative juvenile years.
Life is short. It's even shorter for a dog. Just shoot your shot kiddo, and let the chips fall where they may.
December 9, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Life is short. It's even shorter for a dog. Just shoot your shot kiddo, and let the chips fall where they may.
Yes, I realise it would have been smarter to pick one fake date of birth and stick with it across all the platforms but what can I say? I'm impulsively cantankerous in my pursuit to not give away excessive personal data. I've lost track of how old I am, but I believe it ranges from 35 to 70.
December 9, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Yes, I realise it would have been smarter to pick one fake date of birth and stick with it across all the platforms but what can I say? I'm impulsively cantankerous in my pursuit to not give away excessive personal data. I've lost track of how old I am, but I believe it ranges from 35 to 70.
Reposted by Nathalie
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
December 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Tech bros shocked that normal human beings enjoy thinking
Just back from my annual pilgrimage to the post office to send out various seasonal sundries and say 'Jesus Christ WTF?!' under my breath a whole lot. Despite not sending any gifts internationally this year after nearly suffering an existential meltdown last year, the situation remains batshit.
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Just back from my annual pilgrimage to the post office to send out various seasonal sundries and say 'Jesus Christ WTF?!' under my breath a whole lot. Despite not sending any gifts internationally this year after nearly suffering an existential meltdown last year, the situation remains batshit.
Look, right up front I hate using CheatGPT. It's occasional, but I resent that it's the only way I can get on top of my excessive and continually growing workload. But posts like this make me really wonder....how TF is everyone else using it? Because I sure as shit am not using it like this.
November 27, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Look, right up front I hate using CheatGPT. It's occasional, but I resent that it's the only way I can get on top of my excessive and continually growing workload. But posts like this make me really wonder....how TF is everyone else using it? Because I sure as shit am not using it like this.
I can't be the only one who thinks people wearing full.overear headphones in a car is just odd, disconcerting and possibly dangerous right? Right? It gives me vague 'wearing socks in the bath' levels of discomfort.
November 25, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I can't be the only one who thinks people wearing full.overear headphones in a car is just odd, disconcerting and possibly dangerous right? Right? It gives me vague 'wearing socks in the bath' levels of discomfort.
Will never not find this hilarious
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Will never not find this hilarious
I'm surprised the Trump Govt hasn't run a false flag operation yet, maybe there's no-one left who's halfway smart enough to pull it off. Seems to be a flavour of corruption that's relying more on complicity than complexity.
November 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
I'm surprised the Trump Govt hasn't run a false flag operation yet, maybe there's no-one left who's halfway smart enough to pull it off. Seems to be a flavour of corruption that's relying more on complicity than complexity.
I was trying to find a clever way of making this point but I did have a sinking sensation this morning that we're all about to be subjected to an onslaught of venal corruption and unforgivably bad grammar
look I know this is not the most important issue but why can none of these people even write a one-line email without coming across as borderline illiterate
November 13, 2025 at 12:32 AM
I was trying to find a clever way of making this point but I did have a sinking sensation this morning that we're all about to be subjected to an onslaught of venal corruption and unforgivably bad grammar
I take at least this many steps per day returning to where I was after forgetting what I'd gone to get. And then remembering and going back to get it a second time.
Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health
Walking 3000 steps a day seems to slow Alzheimer's-related decline
Alzheimer's-related cognitive decline could be slowed by taking as few as 3000 steps a day, possibly due to the effects of regular exercise on brain health
www.newscientist.com
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 AM
I take at least this many steps per day returning to where I was after forgetting what I'd gone to get. And then remembering and going back to get it a second time.
Well, I say, I say, I say, anyone want a job teaching AI how to be funny?
I mean, this ad made me laugh but maybe not in the way they were intending.
I mean, this ad made me laugh but maybe not in the way they were intending.
November 11, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Well, I say, I say, I say, anyone want a job teaching AI how to be funny?
I mean, this ad made me laugh but maybe not in the way they were intending.
I mean, this ad made me laugh but maybe not in the way they were intending.
Remember when cheap cane laundry baskets that you got for for about 10 bucks from K-Mart were super common? Well eventually they start breaking and between now and whenever the last time I bought one was, they've vanished.
November 11, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Remember when cheap cane laundry baskets that you got for for about 10 bucks from K-Mart were super common? Well eventually they start breaking and between now and whenever the last time I bought one was, they've vanished.
Even when you avoid them by catching your own fish the Tasmanian salmon industry is still hell bent on ruining it for everyone. Wonder if we'll be able to swim at the beach this summer or if we'll get treated to another round of oily balls of rot www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Antibiotic approved for Tasmania's farmed salmon — but maybe don't eat fish caught nearby
The industry's use of the drug is in response to an "endemic" bacterial disease that caused the deaths of up to 15,000 tonnes of salmon from January to April, resulting in dead fish material washing u...
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Even when you avoid them by catching your own fish the Tasmanian salmon industry is still hell bent on ruining it for everyone. Wonder if we'll be able to swim at the beach this summer or if we'll get treated to another round of oily balls of rot www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Being a person that is very behind the times on what's trending + procrastination mentality + trends being cyclical = Very often inadvertently ahead of the trends
November 6, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Being a person that is very behind the times on what's trending + procrastination mentality + trends being cyclical = Very often inadvertently ahead of the trends
Psst! Did you know I have a blog that I only sporadically post to and barely ever promote? Anyway, it's not behind some annoying substack paywall and it's mostly about growing food and living in rural Tasmania. I hear blogs are becoming a thing again www.applewoodandearth.com
Applewood and Earth – Notes from a garden at the end of the world
Notes from a garden at the end of the world
www.applewoodandearth.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Psst! Did you know I have a blog that I only sporadically post to and barely ever promote? Anyway, it's not behind some annoying substack paywall and it's mostly about growing food and living in rural Tasmania. I hear blogs are becoming a thing again www.applewoodandearth.com
On Monday I got a LinkedIn email from a marketing company. Not unusual. Ignored. Then a request to connect from an employee. Then an email to my work address. Then a phonecall (thanks but no thanks). Then a follow up email to my work. Now I've been added to their mailing list without my permission?!
November 4, 2025 at 11:07 PM
On Monday I got a LinkedIn email from a marketing company. Not unusual. Ignored. Then a request to connect from an employee. Then an email to my work address. Then a phonecall (thanks but no thanks). Then a follow up email to my work. Now I've been added to their mailing list without my permission?!
The inevitable capitalist trajectory www.youtube.com/watch?v=xed-...
Muppet Songs: Business Business
YouTube video by Muppet Songs
www.youtube.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:40 AM
The inevitable capitalist trajectory www.youtube.com/watch?v=xed-...
I'm assuming she dressed as herself
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party
Australia’s richest person Gina Rinehart spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party
The 1920s, Great Gatsby-themed bash also reportedly attracted the likes of One Nation leader, Pauline Hanson, though her office did not confirm
Australia’s richest person, Gina Rinehart, has been spotted at Donald Trump’s Halloween party at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
The mining billionaire, who has never shied from publicly praising the controversial two-time US president, was seen in speaking at Trump’s ear while he read a piece of paper in a social media post at the lavish affair at the weekend, as first reported by the Nine newspapers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 5:45 AM
I'm assuming she dressed as herself
I guess Sussan 'recovering punk' Ley has made a full recovery
If you thought Badenoch was bad, consider that the Australian opposition leader is attacking the PM for having decent taste in music share.google/a00lPpJx9vPE...
Sussan Ley goes after Anthony Albanese’s Joy Division T-shirt as the Coalition tears itself apart, again
While the opposition leader criticised the prime minister’s clothing as a ‘profound failure of judgment’, Albanese posted he was ‘getting things done’
share.google
November 3, 2025 at 5:06 AM
I guess Sussan 'recovering punk' Ley has made a full recovery
I want someone to do a psychological profile on the type of person that thinks it's totally fine to pull out directly in front of an oncoming car cos they're only going an itty bitty little way up the road before turning off. Signed, my brakes.
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I want someone to do a psychological profile on the type of person that thinks it's totally fine to pull out directly in front of an oncoming car cos they're only going an itty bitty little way up the road before turning off. Signed, my brakes.