Notices by Daniel Reeders (onekind@beige.party)

I'm obsessed with this Indonesian siamese catto with the creaky voice. Another Indo user asked, very politely, 'ur cat get syndrom?'

https://www.facebook.com/reel/2533055643797937

YOOOO my conference is DONE. It was good!! Participants were happy, funder was happy, Board president happy, bosses happy.

I'm excited to present this free webinar from the NAPWHA Learning initiative at the National Association of People with HIV Australia.

It's a digital strategy masterclass for non-profits and public health agencies, focused on cultural safety and AI and featuring adversarial testing specialist Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte).

When: Thurs 30 July 2026 10AM AEST (Syd/Melb time)

Who: Adrianna Tan (https://futureethics.ai)

Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_jfrkpoX2QcenTX0sCGEE1Q

Enquiries: daniel [at] napwha.org.au

@skinnylatte IS POZOLE YUCATAN?? Okay that explains why I tell Mexicans about my obsession with pozole and 9/10 times they're like 'what is that?'

@skinnylatte I fell out of love with the AeroPress real hard because of the way it drips every time I use it. Thank you for sharing this! Is it sturdy enough to chuck it into carry on?

@skinnylatte What! I thought Cambridge was a franchised brand of assessment. You're saying they actually run the program in and from Cambridge itself? That's so quaint.

@kims Where did you find this? It's wrong in about three ways I can spot.

@skinnylatte it's not just a can't digest, it's an allergy, that's how the illness comes on immediately. I've got friends who get neuro symptoms from the allergy, relieved by avoiding milk or only drinking the A2 variety.

@skinnylatte Australia benefits SO MUCH from the exodus of those Singaporeans who do smile a lot and talk easily with strangers.

@skinnylatte Yep, got it. Without disagreeing with your overall take, I note that as recently as my mother's early career, her Irish Catholicism was seen as a marker of being not quite white. 'Micks' couldn't get jobs at the tax office, for example, because of the stereotype they are not good with money. I actually suspect it was racism towards non-white skilled migrants that finally consolidated the Micks and the Prods into one single 'white' category in the eyes of the employment market.

@skinnylatte Ohh got it! So a level of familiarity with capital flows and mechanisms?

@skinnylatte Oh, super intrigued to hear you say that confidence in asking for money is a white people thing. Made me reflect on my upbringing which was 'aspiring middle class' i.e. educated but very poor. We didn't talk about money at all, and when I started to specialise in program design and funding applications I had to work through A LOT of yucky feelings about asking for money. I was 'working the fairground' to use your striking metaphor.

@skinnylatte Do you know the story that tacos al pastor is the Mexican take on the Lebanese shawarma? I love it as a reminder that migration and cultural exchange is massively multiplex not just people from LMICs trying to get Green Cards.

@motoridersd @skinnylatte ohhhh my god that sounds incredible! I need to go visit my friend Ann in Chiapas and Puebla is practically next door on Australian terms — only 8h drive!

@kims Oh yes!! I completely agree on both recommendations.

Did you ever get a chance to watch a bit of Tales From The Loop? That's probably top of my list.

@kims What a beautiful piece — thank you for sharing.

Also, here is a direct link for readers who don't have Apple News:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/living-in-maga-country-transgender-woman_n_696d54aee4b0fb912e9910c9

@skinnylatte hey so I stumbled randomly across a killer argument for persuading white folks to STFU about rice cookers.

White people looove food safety. We temp all our proteins against guidelines that guarantee rubbery chicken and dry meat. We rinse our chicken in the sink and use separate boards to cut it on. We slavishly adhere to best before and use by dates.

So the argument is this: the value of a rice cooker isn't getting the rice cooked, it's keeping the cooked rice at a temperature that prevents B. Cereus producing toxins that will seriously ruin your day.

I've had B. Cereus poisoning twice, both times from eating the same AirAsia meal, a little foil carton of nasi lemak. Slow learner. Bad times all round.

@skinnylatte I'm in the latter category. Morally I know I can't let my folks go through the wringer that is Australia's casualised for-profit aged care sector. But they were so totally disinterested in parenting children — Dad paid the child support bills and washed his hands of us — that it feels like salt in the wound having to parent them for 10-20 years. They've lived such atomistic social lives that there is no community for them to call on to support their independent living in older age. I really do think the Asian *ideal* (recognising the practice varies enormously) of ageing in place with family and community support is a preferable response.

@skinnylatte I am looking forward to reading it!

Happy new year from this lad with his ink, his blacknose sheep, and his iced Americano.