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Captain

@gazztron.bsky.social

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Prematurely grey. Former Fukushima resident. Born on Bindal country, grew up on Jinibara/Gubbi Gubbi country, now living on Ngunnawal/Ngambri country. Fandom Old. Too exhausted to be passionate about anything.

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Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 6h

Happy birthday Tessica Bess!! ♡♡

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 6h

You've got roses, chrysanthemums, carnations, maybe some gerbera daisies, and I can't remember the name of the little pink pompoms

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Ify Nwadiwe @ifycomedy.com · 14h

I think we really should stop using antifa and just fully say anti-fascist and get them saying they are against anti fascism. Using antifa is giving them some distance and I genuinely think some of their base don’t even know that’s what it stands for.

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Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 12h

Here's some of my rules of thumb:

> If its more than three paragraphs, make a dedicated PDF

> If its more than ten pages, make a covering letter

> If its more than twenty pages, make an executive summary, table of contents and recommendations list

> If its more than fifty pages, get an editor

Travis Jordan @grugstan.bsky.social · 12h

I can’t stress enough that if you’re writing anything longer than a couple of paragraphs, spend time thinking about formatting, layout, readability and design.

The amount of work it takes to get to “compelling and professional advocacy” from “unhinged rant” is ten minutes of using a style sheet.

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sleepyzane @sleepyzane.bsky.social · 10h

the person to the left of you has pain that matters exactly as much as your pain. beneath the pain, the two beings doing the experiencing are identical.

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 7h

You have a new message in your MyGov inbox - Robdodebt and the culture of fear that governs welfare recipients in Australia. phonakins.com/2023/07/09/y...

You have a new message in your MyGov inbox – Robdodebt and the culture of fear that governs welfare recipients in Australia.

I didn’t get a Robodebt. I’ve had Centrelink debts before – the main one was when my stepdaughter went back their mother after attempting to live with us for a year – $500 o…

phonakins.com

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David J Prokopetz @prokopetz.bsky.social · 19h

Bethesda RPG protagonist trying to fuck, but every time they stick it in the game engine detects that two physics objects have intersected and ragdolls them into the ceiling.

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Nobody Deserves Poverty @nobodyinpoverty.bsky.social · 16h

"Which again, brings us back to the question: If $400 was all the money you could count on every week and it didn’t get paid, how do you think that would impact your life? How well do you think you could cope?"

New from @amyremeikis.bsky.social

www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...

Shame and harm at every JobSeeker turn – and now added AI slop

The system is so convoluted and stacked against people that even if it worked as intended, it would still be not just harmful, but useless.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

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A Little Thought @alittlethought.bsky.social · 14h

All unemployed people should get payments. No waiting times, savings limit or any of the hundreds of other gotchas. Apply, get paid within days, be able to eat.

Benefits: so many! less stress, find work easier, less bureaucracy, less cost to taxpayer, less healthcare costs, people stay alive!

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Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 1d

Dayum, wouldn't that be a fun table to chat up!

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 1d

WTC???

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 1d

Rikishi en route

Patriciajaydee @patriciajaydee.bsky.social · 1d

The boys and their luggage.

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 1d

Is that Ichiyamamoto spending time with his ichiban?

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Alleen Brown @alleenbrown.bsky.social · 1d

An anti-protest law in Australia that was first used to go after climate activists is being used to go after pro-Palestine protesters

7news.com.au/news/south-a...

Pro-Palestine protesters locked up under strict ‘draconian’ laws

Protesters may have to miss national rallies under strict bail conditions.

7news.com.au

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Pride Was A Riot, Sacramento @pridewasariot.bsky.social · 1d

Now with #AltText

A black background has white text at the top that says “amphifa.” Two flags over each other, common antifa flags, have a black flag and a green one. An image of a green frog facing left with a blue ascot sits on the black flag. Circling the flags is the text, “amphibians against fascism.”

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mossworm.bsky.social @mossworm.bsky.social · 1d

still amazing to me the number of movies, games, etc. which have Venus Flytrap-based creatures in some form compared to the actual native range of Venus Flytrap, which is like, the great untamed jungles of a few wet pine savannas in North Carolina

map illustrating the native range of Venus Flytrap plants, just a little half circle around coastal North and South Carolina in USA

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Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 1d

一番搾りFTW

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LDP/Komeito drama

Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social · 1d

've seen this breakup referred to as a jukunen rikon 熟年離婚, a "divorce in mature years," using a phrase in Japanese to describe couples who split decades after they get married.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 1d

Trans people are constantly seen as a reasonable sacrifice so that everyone else will be left alone. We might as well be thrown into a volcano.

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Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 2d

I'm still dithering

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 2d

Alas, cassowary eliminated 😢

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 2d

Well, well, well...

The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 2d

New Australia Institute analysis reveals there is no financial crisis at the Australian National University.

Audited accounts show the ANU made a $90 million surplus in 2024 and increased the value of its net assets.

#auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

Captain @gazztron.bsky.social · 2d

Radioactivity!

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You're right and you should say it.

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Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 2d

There was a meeting at our city hall about trans safety and these are the notes I wrote for an impromptu speech I gave, one of about 20 that evening. I'm definitely gonna be attending more meetings and giving more speeches in the future.

Text that reads:

I am set to perform at the Avenue Cafe on Saturday, to use my freedom of speech, but I've never had more stage fright in my entire life. In 15 years doing drag, burlesque, and performance art, I've never been this scared.

The first amendment is not equally applied to everyone. Some people have more freedom to speak than others and some of those people have used their free speech to threaten the trans community.

We have laws against hate speech, but laws that aren't enforced fail to be laws.

Why we have hate speech laws is because hate speech is terrorism. An act of terrorism has been committed in Lansing. One man's words have terrified the queer and trans people of this entire city. The terrorism doesn't start with the gun, it starts with the words.

A balloon popped at the Ave and people thought we were about to be the next Pulse massacre. And it got me wondering, if that gunman had given warning that he was coming, would anyone have taken steps to prevent it? Would anyone be proactive about it, or would they also be met with a shrug?

Ally is useless as a noun. It's a verb. It requires action. Reaction is almost always too late.

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