Avery
@averixus.bsky.social
Multi-purpose nerd, queer, autistic, disabled, etc. Wales, UK.
Knitting, sewing, and otherwise making things. Sheep, bryophytes, birds, and other wildlife. Tradescantia and houseplant research.
Quiet online and off.
Knitting, sewing, and otherwise making things. Sheep, bryophytes, birds, and other wildlife. Tradescantia and houseplant research.
Quiet online and off.
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Avery
@averixus.bsky.social
· Nov 18
I'm fairly quiet on social media, but here is an intro thread with some tags.
👋 I'm Avery, I live in west Wales.
#wales
👋 I'm Avery, I live in west Wales.
#wales
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Developer: Yeah I reckon the AI coding tools make me about 20% faster
Narrator: The AI tools made them 19% slower
Narrator: The AI tools made them 19% slower
We ran a randomized controlled trial to see how much AI coding tools speed up experienced open-source developers.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
The results surprised us: Developers thought they were 20% faster with AI tools, but they were actually 19% slower when they had access to AI than when they didn't.
July 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Developer: Yeah I reckon the AI coding tools make me about 20% faster
Narrator: The AI tools made them 19% slower
Narrator: The AI tools made them 19% slower
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Ready, set, Springwatch! 💚
Starting in ten minutes...
Who's tuning in for more amazing nature?
Starting in ten minutes...
Who's tuning in for more amazing nature?
May 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Ready, set, Springwatch! 💚
Starting in ten minutes...
Who's tuning in for more amazing nature?
Starting in ten minutes...
Who's tuning in for more amazing nature?
shout-out to this hand-drawn recycling sign at my local pride festival. I love how you can tell that they drew the first two right angles before realising that three right angles does not make a triangle
May 17, 2025 at 2:43 PM
shout-out to this hand-drawn recycling sign at my local pride festival. I love how you can tell that they drew the first two right angles before realising that three right angles does not make a triangle
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🏳️⚧️ NEW 🏳️⚧️
We don't think the interim guidance published by the EHRC and pushed by Bridget Phillipson is lawful.
So today we've started legal proceedings against them.
We don't think the interim guidance published by the EHRC and pushed by Bridget Phillipson is lawful.
So today we've started legal proceedings against them.
May 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🏳️⚧️ NEW 🏳️⚧️
We don't think the interim guidance published by the EHRC and pushed by Bridget Phillipson is lawful.
So today we've started legal proceedings against them.
We don't think the interim guidance published by the EHRC and pushed by Bridget Phillipson is lawful.
So today we've started legal proceedings against them.
just in case this is relevant to anyone, here is a printable PDF of A6-size notes to give to people who seem surprised or unhappy to find there are men in the women's toilets jmp.sh/s/5Q812BonEW...
#transphobia #supremeCourt #uk
#transphobia #supremeCourt #uk
Supreme court toilet notes.pdf
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April 26, 2025 at 9:32 AM
just in case this is relevant to anyone, here is a printable PDF of A6-size notes to give to people who seem surprised or unhappy to find there are men in the women's toilets jmp.sh/s/5Q812BonEW...
#transphobia #supremeCourt #uk
#transphobia #supremeCourt #uk
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🚨 The Tradescantia Hub shop is now open! 🚨
Over 100 types of tradescantia and Commelinaceae, including many rare and brand new, available for worldwide delivery!
Shop now at: shop.tradescantia.uk
#plants #houseplants #succulents #rareplants 🌴🪴
Over 100 types of tradescantia and Commelinaceae, including many rare and brand new, available for worldwide delivery!
Shop now at: shop.tradescantia.uk
#plants #houseplants #succulents #rareplants 🌴🪴
March 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
🚨 The Tradescantia Hub shop is now open! 🚨
Over 100 types of tradescantia and Commelinaceae, including many rare and brand new, available for worldwide delivery!
Shop now at: shop.tradescantia.uk
#plants #houseplants #succulents #rareplants 🌴🪴
Over 100 types of tradescantia and Commelinaceae, including many rare and brand new, available for worldwide delivery!
Shop now at: shop.tradescantia.uk
#plants #houseplants #succulents #rareplants 🌴🪴
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Exciting news! After years of work, my research paper has just been published. It shows that adding a layer of gravel at the bottom of a plant pot really DOES improve drainage.
#houseplants #plants 🌴🪴
#houseplants #plants 🌴🪴
February 26, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Exciting news! After years of work, my research paper has just been published. It shows that adding a layer of gravel at the bottom of a plant pot really DOES improve drainage.
#houseplants #plants 🌴🪴
#houseplants #plants 🌴🪴
This article perfectly captures a vibe I've had but haven't been able to put into words. Large language models talk like psychics, and that's why people get drawn into believing they're really "intelligent".
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#AI #llm #chatgpt
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#AI #llm #chatgpt
The LLMentalist Effect: how chat-based Large Language Models rep…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviour
softwarecrisis.dev
February 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
This article perfectly captures a vibe I've had but haven't been able to put into words. Large language models talk like psychics, and that's why people get drawn into believing they're really "intelligent".
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#AI #llm #chatgpt
softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llme...
#AI #llm #chatgpt
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🚨NEW 🚨
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
February 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🚨NEW 🚨
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful.
Join us in writing a complaint to Ofcom to force them to take action 👇
t.co/3b5UH9zuOR
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Announcing #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
Fri 7th – Sun 9th February 2025, Zoom + Discord
Featuring a performance by the great autistic stand-up poet Kate Fox, a presentation on “The joy of autistic parenting”, and much more!
Schedule and registration:
www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
Fri 7th – Sun 9th February 2025, Zoom + Discord
Featuring a performance by the great autistic stand-up poet Kate Fox, a presentation on “The joy of autistic parenting”, and much more!
Schedule and registration:
www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
![[Autscape logo: orange and black swirls]
Online Autscape 2025.
Theme: More Autistic Joy.
Friday the 7th to Sunday the 9th of February.
On Zoom and Discord.
[Image of Autscape 2024 presenter Joanna Ławicka, a dark-haired woman, wearing a white shirt and black trousers, speaking into a microphone, next to a flip chart full of Post-It notes]
[Image of nine Autscape 2024 participants in the park, standing near-ish each other but somewhat scattered about, apparently in conversation]
Autistic-friendly.
Presentations.
Music.
Comedy.
Lightning talks.
Activities.
Discussions.
Website: www.autscape.org
E-mail: info@autscape.org](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kgql7tymocmsiivpswrr5yd/bafkreifaxk7npork73rqblfqhbgagjp5knvj2dtrfjczjvnmc3pgum4xoa@jpeg)
January 18, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Announcing #OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
Fri 7th – Sun 9th February 2025, Zoom + Discord
Featuring a performance by the great autistic stand-up poet Kate Fox, a presentation on “The joy of autistic parenting”, and much more!
Schedule and registration:
www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
Fri 7th – Sun 9th February 2025, Zoom + Discord
Featuring a performance by the great autistic stand-up poet Kate Fox, a presentation on “The joy of autistic parenting”, and much more!
Schedule and registration:
www.autscape.org/2025/registr...
A story about #disability discrimination:
In November, me and my friend made a train journey, as we often do. We were both using wheelchairs, so we booked passenger assistance in advance (as is recommended). We were told the wheelchair spaces on our trains had been reserved for us.
In November, me and my friend made a train journey, as we often do. We were both using wheelchairs, so we booked passenger assistance in advance (as is recommended). We were told the wheelchair spaces on our trains had been reserved for us.
January 31, 2025 at 9:15 PM
A story about #disability discrimination:
In November, me and my friend made a train journey, as we often do. We were both using wheelchairs, so we booked passenger assistance in advance (as is recommended). We were told the wheelchair spaces on our trains had been reserved for us.
In November, me and my friend made a train journey, as we often do. We were both using wheelchairs, so we booked passenger assistance in advance (as is recommended). We were told the wheelchair spaces on our trains had been reserved for us.
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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
Declassified CIA Guide to Sabotaging Fascism Is Suddenly Viral
The World War II-era "Simple Sabotage Field Manual" is full of steps that office workers can take to resist leadership.
www.404media.co
January 29, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet:
www.404media.co/declassified...
www.404media.co/declassified...
I got this ~1950s mini sewing machine when someone was giving it away locally, and I've just finished restoring it. Here's a quick before and after, lots more process details in the thread...
#sewing #restoration #vintageSewing #craftsky #repair #sewingMachine
#sewing #restoration #vintageSewing #craftsky #repair #sewingMachine
January 23, 2025 at 7:57 AM
I got this ~1950s mini sewing machine when someone was giving it away locally, and I've just finished restoring it. Here's a quick before and after, lots more process details in the thread...
#sewing #restoration #vintageSewing #craftsky #repair #sewingMachine
#sewing #restoration #vintageSewing #craftsky #repair #sewingMachine
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“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”
Apple has opted iOS and MacOS users into an AI photo scanning feature which tries to extract landmarks from your photos called Enhanced Visual Search by default with little notice.
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
www.theregister.com/2025/01/03/a...
Apple opts everyone into having their Photos analyzed by AI
Homomorphic-based Enhanced Visual Search is so privacy-preserving, iPhone giant activated it without asking
www.theregister.com
January 4, 2025 at 10:27 PM
“To turn off, go to Settings > Apps > Photos on iOS and turn off Enhanced Visual Search. On Mac, open Photos and go to Settings > General to do the same. You must do it on each of your Apple devices.”
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#Autscape (the European “autistic conference” in the UK) has a brand new account on BlueSky. Please spread the word!
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
January 10, 2025 at 12:20 AM
#Autscape (the European “autistic conference” in the UK) has a brand new account on BlueSky. Please spread the word!
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
#OnlineAutscape2025 “More Autistic Joy”:
7th-9th Feb 2025, Zoom + Discord
In-person #Autscape2025 “Evolving Autistic Space”:
4th-7th Aug 2025 @ The Hayes, Derbyshire
the makerspace printer has been jamming a lot lately, so we decided to print a reusable sign for when it's not working. it jammed at the perfect point while printing the sign so we laminated it and now have the best out of order sign ever made
January 7, 2025 at 6:37 PM
the makerspace printer has been jamming a lot lately, so we decided to print a reusable sign for when it's not working. it jammed at the perfect point while printing the sign so we laminated it and now have the best out of order sign ever made
I did a sympathetic restoration on this very well-used stocking by adding a lining, and reinforcing damaged spots. Now its life is still visible on the outside, but it's strong on the inside and shouldn't fall apart any worse.
#sewing #craftsky #craftiverse #christmas #repair
#sewing #craftsky #craftiverse #christmas #repair
December 18, 2024 at 11:09 PM
I did a sympathetic restoration on this very well-used stocking by adding a lining, and reinforcing damaged spots. Now its life is still visible on the outside, but it's strong on the inside and shouldn't fall apart any worse.
#sewing #craftsky #craftiverse #christmas #repair
#sewing #craftsky #craftiverse #christmas #repair
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Physicists are fascinated by knitting because there's a lot of applicable science. A simplified model of how yarns interact shows that a piece of knitted fabric can have many stable resting states depending on its history of deformation. physics.aps.org/articles/v17...
Predicting the Behavior of Knitted Fabrics
A simplified model of how yarns interact shows that a piece of knitted fabric can have many stable resting states depending on its history of deformation.
physics.aps.org
December 16, 2024 at 9:26 PM
Physicists are fascinated by knitting because there's a lot of applicable science. A simplified model of how yarns interact shows that a piece of knitted fabric can have many stable resting states depending on its history of deformation. physics.aps.org/articles/v17...
it's been quite a horrible day, but I'm pleased with this cushion cover I knocked up in a few hours
#craftsky #craftiverse #sewing
#craftsky #craftiverse #sewing
December 11, 2024 at 10:56 PM
it's been quite a horrible day, but I'm pleased with this cushion cover I knocked up in a few hours
#craftsky #craftiverse #sewing
#craftsky #craftiverse #sewing
December 6, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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Today in Hell Yes, Research!
When autistic children learned about autism "in a neutral and non-stigmatizing manner," & from autistic people with lived experience, it improved their self-understanding, sense of belonging, and their communication/self-advocacy skills.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
When autistic children learned about autism "in a neutral and non-stigmatizing manner," & from autistic people with lived experience, it improved their self-understanding, sense of belonging, and their communication/self-advocacy skills.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
“I like being autistic”: Assessing the benefit of autistic-led psychoeducation for autistic children
Background Despite receiving autism diagnoses in early life, autistic children are not routinely supported to understand these diagnoses post-diagnostically ([1][1]). Consequently, they typically grow...
www.medrxiv.org
December 2, 2024 at 9:58 PM
Today in Hell Yes, Research!
When autistic children learned about autism "in a neutral and non-stigmatizing manner," & from autistic people with lived experience, it improved their self-understanding, sense of belonging, and their communication/self-advocacy skills.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
When autistic children learned about autism "in a neutral and non-stigmatizing manner," & from autistic people with lived experience, it improved their self-understanding, sense of belonging, and their communication/self-advocacy skills.
www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1...
Throwback to these third-generation sashiko repairs I did. It was a couple of years ago and some of them are still intact now. :)
#visibleMending #craftsky #craftiverse
#visibleMending #craftsky #craftiverse
November 29, 2024 at 6:47 PM
Throwback to these third-generation sashiko repairs I did. It was a couple of years ago and some of them are still intact now. :)
#visibleMending #craftsky #craftiverse
#visibleMending #craftsky #craftiverse