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
Quite a lot going on here.
December 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Quite a lot going on here.
See?! And it was actually months so y'know...follow me for more breaking trivial news that will be ignored by everyone until Reuters talks about it I suppose.
December 10, 2025 at 1:28 AM
See?! And it was actually months so y'know...follow me for more breaking trivial news that will be ignored by everyone until Reuters talks about it I suppose.
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.
All of this as another way to say it costs THREE WHOLE SCREAMING INSANE DOLLARS TO SEND A CARD OVERSEAS. A CARD.
December 8, 2025 at 1:27 AM
All of this as another way to say it costs THREE WHOLE SCREAMING INSANE DOLLARS TO SEND A CARD OVERSEAS. A CARD.
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.
They've said this exact thing not that long ago. I even remember the cartoon I shared at the time. Yeesh, I don't even have time to cull my joke pics folder before I need to use them again.
November 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
They've said this exact thing not that long ago. I even remember the cartoon I shared at the time. Yeesh, I don't even have time to cull my joke pics folder before I need to use them again.
Will never not find this hilarious
November 13, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Will never not find this hilarious
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.
Well, by vanished I mean they've moved to a different tax bracket
November 11, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Well, by vanished I mean they've moved to a different tax bracket
Look I'm not a mosquito (last I checked) but this seems like an obvious choice.
September 22, 2025 at 5:06 AM
Look I'm not a mosquito (last I checked) but this seems like an obvious choice.
'Would you like to switch off your upcoming alarm?'
September 21, 2025 at 6:49 AM
'Would you like to switch off your upcoming alarm?'
This is no longer a beach. It's a 4WD parking lot.
God I loathe cars on beaches with the passion of a thousand suns.
God I loathe cars on beaches with the passion of a thousand suns.
September 8, 2025 at 3:02 AM
This is no longer a beach. It's a 4WD parking lot.
God I loathe cars on beaches with the passion of a thousand suns.
God I loathe cars on beaches with the passion of a thousand suns.
My neighbour keeps giving me a ridiculous amount of lemons because I just live in one of those kinds of quaint rural situations, so it's lemon drizzle cake time! (And preserved lemons, and lemon curd, and lemon sorbet)
August 25, 2025 at 4:35 AM
My neighbour keeps giving me a ridiculous amount of lemons because I just live in one of those kinds of quaint rural situations, so it's lemon drizzle cake time! (And preserved lemons, and lemon curd, and lemon sorbet)
I entered a new decade this week. Boy, they do just keep piling up don't they? Anyway, this was me trying to look cool as I hurtle ever onwards towards geriatric mayhem.
August 2, 2025 at 11:10 AM
I entered a new decade this week. Boy, they do just keep piling up don't they? Anyway, this was me trying to look cool as I hurtle ever onwards towards geriatric mayhem.
What in the dystopian fever dream kind of game is this? You're supposed to unbolt the cage before the dog drowns? BEFORE THE DOG DROWNS?!? Think I'll skip the trauma and just keep matching candies and smashing bubbles thanks game devs, also please go and see a doctor.
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Seriously wtf?
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Seriously wtf?
August 2, 2025 at 6:34 AM
What in the dystopian fever dream kind of game is this? You're supposed to unbolt the cage before the dog drowns? BEFORE THE DOG DROWNS?!? Think I'll skip the trauma and just keep matching candies and smashing bubbles thanks game devs, also please go and see a doctor.
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Seriously wtf?
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Seriously wtf?
Meals of note, Darwin edition: Laksa at the beach, tropical fruits (jackfruit, guava, plum apples, dragonfruit), sticky rice with banana,Thai pawpaw salad.
July 13, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Meals of note, Darwin edition: Laksa at the beach, tropical fruits (jackfruit, guava, plum apples, dragonfruit), sticky rice with banana,Thai pawpaw salad.
July 11, 2025 at 8:42 AM
I'm in Darwin this week and it's just lovely. Silting in a cafe about 2km from where I was born.
July 5, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I'm in Darwin this week and it's just lovely. Silting in a cafe about 2km from where I was born.
This is the second time being an amateur plant geek has won me a prize - I did kinda ok on a plant ID quiz (the other one being a 1kg pot of honey for the best guess on the number of seeds in a eucalypt pod back in the late 90s). This is such a gorgeous book, I'm super chuffed #COCE2025
June 26, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is the second time being an amateur plant geek has won me a prize - I did kinda ok on a plant ID quiz (the other one being a 1kg pot of honey for the best guess on the number of seeds in a eucalypt pod back in the late 90s). This is such a gorgeous book, I'm super chuffed #COCE2025
Once upon a time the vacuum cleaner disappeared under the couch and came out with a ball. Every vacuuming session since has had to be monitored closely. Very Closely.
June 19, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Once upon a time the vacuum cleaner disappeared under the couch and came out with a ball. Every vacuuming session since has had to be monitored closely. Very Closely.
Still life with a sleepy spaniel
June 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Still life with a sleepy spaniel
And also, how do I get $750k in retirement savings? Asking for a friend. Asking for a lot of friends. And me. Asking for me and a really large number of friends.
June 12, 2025 at 6:37 AM
And also, how do I get $750k in retirement savings? Asking for a friend. Asking for a lot of friends. And me. Asking for me and a really large number of friends.
A glass of red, pasta puttanesca made wirh my own tomatoes, olives and nasturtium capers, and a couple of very contented couch hounds
May 30, 2025 at 9:29 AM
A glass of red, pasta puttanesca made wirh my own tomatoes, olives and nasturtium capers, and a couple of very contented couch hounds
It has begun...
(and because no-one can rest easy until the question is answered, the penguin is fine)
(and because no-one can rest easy until the question is answered, the penguin is fine)
April 11, 2025 at 9:18 PM
It has begun...
(and because no-one can rest easy until the question is answered, the penguin is fine)
(and because no-one can rest easy until the question is answered, the penguin is fine)