It's so nice out, I feel guilty for sitting at my desk. Lunchtime walk in the sunshine is on the cards methinks.
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Griselda, from the people who brought you Narcos and Narcos Mexico.
The first series, Narcos, was from the viewpoint of the two DEA officers who hunted down Escobar. ( I read the book, these true life guys are national heroes in Colombia ) Narcos Mexico was from the point of view of the guy who created the Mexican cartel system, third series view point of local police trying to save forgotten victims and Griselda is the view point of a drug lord.
I really recommend these stories, they are violent tho. 4.5 hobbits
The Vault. It was boring. Made me really appreciate the story telling of Uncharted, which this movie unashamedly stole from. 1 hobbit
Nobody Knows I'm Here. The lead character, I just didn't care. 1 hobbit
Carpet moths and nests have been sprayed with cleaning solution (because bug spray is exxy and unsafe for the cat, this cleaning solution is meant to be safe though) and they seem to be carking it. I hate myself for not realising sooner - depression is a hell of an illness ๐
Edit: also located small handheld vacc so I can clean the exhaust fans in the bathroom.
I can see why people hire cleaners.
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I have to hem some pants. I thought I had grey cotton but no. I have every other colour though. Black will have to do.
Ok random things update on random question:
The FOI dude provided me with their logic on not releasing AV locations. The crux of their argument boils down to "ambulance stations have less staff than police stations and store medication, and rather than calling 000, people may go to an ambulance station instead"
On the one hand that sounds sorta reasonable, but A. Some locations are listed publicly already, B. Ambulance stations are usually marked as ambulance stations and usually have... You guessed it.. ambulances in the vicinity. Also NSW ambulance locations are public, and I take it other states would be too
Hmm, it's not like the physical locations have giant, unsubtle signage or anything. And noisy ambulances coming in and out. The locals definitely know where the ambulance station is.
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No, Sheep Dip is not a new culinary marvel of meat ๐น
Inspection on Thursday, so I have many chores to do before then.
My apartment is the physical manifestation of depression and untreated ADHD. I've written a list for each room and general cleaning, and will start from the back and move to the front.
Pray for me.
Edit: my big fat heavy Dyson vacuum has cracked. Wtfโฝ
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If you can't extend its life with duct tape or get hold of a new vacuum in time it is possible to sweep carpet with a broom. It's not perfect but works surprisingly well and is better than nothing.
Thank you! Will try that for sure!
I cannot believe how many fucking carpet moths there are. Serves me right for leaving my beanbags on the floor.
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So random question time
When it comes to freedom of information requests, can I still lodge one if I only know what information I want, without knowing if a document containing that specific information exists?
For reasons, I'd like to get a list of the current Ambulance Victoria branches. I'm not entirely sure they'd have one document that neatly outlines each branch they have, so I don't really know if I can go to the ombudsman to request that, if it would involve them digging through other files and collating my requested information into one single file
Ordinarily I'd just ask their FOI office, but unfortunately their FOI office isn't very nice. They've been asked publicly at least twice, and completely ignored both FOIs, and when I emailed to ask for guidance they told me such information can not be released to the public and that's just the way it is, that's why I'll probably go to the big buddy
Yes I know it's weird but..
I don't see why an FOI request wouldn't cover this. The CFA and VicPol both have public pages listing all active stations. And you can pull all the ambo stations from VicEmergency (there's little station icons on there), that's just inconvenient and time consuming, and they're a public agency and FOIs exist for a reason and I'm stubborn
Yep. It's about the information, not the document. Go for it.
And I am shocked that that info isn't readily available on their website.
Thanks mag. It is a bit bizarre. It's on a map, some of them are on Google, but when it comes to an actual list that's not allowed, for some reason. Oh, and, the ones that have been recently upgraded are listed here
Here's the public requests they ignored, if anybody was curious: https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/av_branchstation_locations
https://www.righttoknow.org.au/request/locations
Granted, those guys seem to have given up, at least in their public pursuit. I, however, am stubborn and have experience in fighting government agencies tooth and nail over minor things. If they ignore my request, I'll just go one level higher until somebody doesn't ignore me, or I run out of levels lol
Edit: also this should be public knowledge imo, so when I get it, I'll publish it everywhere I can
The only thing that occurs to me is protecting privacy of ambo staff ( i.e. you need to know where the cop station is but you don't want randos going to the ambo depot for treatment or because of some perceived slight against one of the staff).
The other realistic reason would be that there's restricted drugs stored at some (most?) of these depots and so, while you need some level of openness about where the depots are, making all those addresses available publicly would probably be perceived as a major risk. Although you can get it now, there's at least a barrier.
Likely there's a bunch of politics wrapped up in this and the lack of comms about why its restricted info is shite but I can see why it might be refused.
I'd say it's probably because of concerns about drugs, which is a fair point and the only reason I'm slightly hesitant about pushing the matter - I most definitely don't want to endanger AV staff or risk yet more ambulances needing to be pulled out of service to be resupplied and sterilised. But at the end of the day, you can still find the locations if you wish, it just takes some searching
I just wanted to remind people if anyone is struggling due to the craziness of the last couple of days speak up.
Anyone working from home today because of the protests?
I wanted to but had to head in. I think we are a bit away from it so hopefully will be fine and all over before evening trains ... Hope they can protest and it's peaceful enough. Its all been a bit crap out there lately.
I'm sadly still at work despite the happenings of the last few days.
Taped to the front door of my workplace this morning - wtf?
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My workplace does not have a dog of any sort.
Um maybe you, as a company, need to come together and train the dog that is annoying that random person. So inconsiderate /s lol
Pakige
Pakige ๐ though it means I have to dash into the office when I was having a nice cosy WFH day. I am wearing trackies in protest
I haven't told anyone in my life (outside of work) that I have a small medical procedure today. I haven't told my parents because I don't want them to unnecessarily stress out and they're enjoying a holiday in Spain. It's an annoying cyst that needs draining. Hope it goes well.
I now need to fast until surgery ๐ฉ ate 2 โจ_kwossants_ โจ and a protein shake. Might get some orange juice later as I can have clear liquids until 2 hours before.
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be sure to video and post on one of the disgusting subs on reddit
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Well wishes for a speedy procedure and recovery.
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There is a random black cat wandering around my back yard and is currently sitting on top of my shed. I had a brief moment of fear until I confirmed Miss Meow is still safely curled up in her basket snoozing.
There's a black cat that lives on my street that walks me home when I come back late. My local bus round the corner finishes at 9pm, but there's another bus at the end of my street a 10 minute walk away that runs til midnight. 9/10 times I'm walking home, the kitty runs up behind me and walks alongside me for a few blocks then sits on the corner and watches me go home
Best photo of the kitty I've been able to get so far:
Morning
G'day AJ, how's life?
Morning mum, how did you sleep?
I have a zit right on the lip of my nostril. It's like my body doesn't want me to be seen today. Gorram it
Just pop a mask over it - hidden!
Itโs showtime folks!
Nooooooooooooooooooo! Turn that spotlight off - I haven't got my stage face on yet....
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I would like a hot dog please.
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Spaghetti with sardines, peas, corn and chilli please
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Yum. You remembered the lemon too!
One cappucino and the will to go on, please ๐
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Is that robot milk from the Alien film? I'll take it!
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