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@grumpysmiffy@aus.social, @smiffy on Bluesky No longer active on this platform after nearly 15 years. See you elsewhere.

Narungga Country, Australia
Joined December 2008
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Hello! Just a quick note to say that I am no longer active on this platform, as I no longer deem it safe (for anyone). I'm @grumpysmiffy@aus.social on the Fediverse/Mastodon, and @smiffy on Bluesky, as a secondary platform.
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Hello, the steaming dumpster fire, formerly known as BirdShite! As you can see from my bio, I'm not here now. Especially now that the PikHoved LortFisse in charge has gone the full what they have become. Sorry to my Swedish friends. having a bit of a Danish phase.
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LOL, but I seriously think that there are people with egos so fragile that they would commit their few remaining resources to filtering dissenting voices. But I don't see a community så toxicly wit og Anglo will have the programming to pick up my language. Serious about invites
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Also, if their filters DO pick up on my sentiment, would love to talk to the responsible dev(s) when they inevitably get laid off, because I want to hang out with language nerds like that. /ENDE
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Anyway, loving the irony. Since LortFisse declared war on bots and spam, I have had nothing in my notifications but bots and spam. Last tweet was IMMEDIATELY fav'd by a bot. To my friends from the (really) good old days, I have some invites for the Blåhimmel place 🖤
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The more I deal with nurses, the more convinced I am that there is NO WAY that they could possibly get paid enough. I have certain expectations of people performing services for me. Nurses very rarely meet them. Because they are exceeding them, All. The. Dsmn. Time.
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It's a professional relationship, where I would rather not have been the client, but it's been a real privilege.
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Shit's getting real, for my trabeculectomy, on Friday! Hopefully THIS time, we can nail my glaucoma.
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My understanding that the neti pot (nasal irrigator) comes from Ayurvedic medicine. Any #HistMed folks know if there was an equivalent practice in Arabic medicine?
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2351 is not an appropriate time to be woken up because someone wants to take your blood pressure, but I'm absolutely fine when a certain little black dog needs an urgent loo break. 🖤 Woof whenever you need me, because I'm actually HOME.
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Not that I'm here much, but I have ceased reporting accounts/tweets here, so goodbye community-led moderation. Because. What. Is. The. Fucking. Point?
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Today is really not a day when I want things to be running late. Desparately trying to catch up with work, so sitting in a corridor is not helpful.
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Hoping to be out of here Thursday.
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Can't wait, haven't had durian in YEARS. There are treats, and there is durian...
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Watching nurses changing beds, and also getting one ready for the next patient, hot on the heals of one leaving, raises a question: why does it take so bloody long to get a hotel room ready? Have mentioned this to a nurse, who found it highly amusing, and good question!
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I've spent far too much time in hospital this year, but this is a tribute to all the amazing nurses who have looked after me, and treated me like a fellow human, rather than a distant client.
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Not the news I wanted to hear. Was hoping to get out Friday, that is now not happening. Very unhappy.
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Nurse referred to the phlebotomy team as "the blood sisters," and I would totally listen to that band! Told the phlebotomist, who was rather amused, and agreed on it being a good band name.
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I've had the ankle of my wounded leg restrained since the 27th of February. Collared one of the more interactive consultants today, asking if this is still necessary as protecting the graft is now out of the equation. No. I am free!
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On a plane. Weird to see your home locality from the aor, although it's only lights, as time is 0200. On RFDS flight from Kadina to ADL. ETA 0220 Then to wait for an ambulance to get me from RFDS terminal to the RAH.
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