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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 2d

TIL that having the "exchanging stuff we left at each other's places" meeting following a breakup is made slightly less shit when the selected location is outside a gelato shop.

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Larissa Waters @larissawaters.bsky.social · 7d

DFAT has now confirmed Australians and others have been abused by Israeli authorities after their abduction from the flotilla.

Assaulted and injured. Deprived of sleep and medication. Still illegally detained.

The PM and Foreign Minister must urgently demand their safe release.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 7d

It's literally the same people

2 frame comic. first we see a guy with a thin mustache. 2015 : you're just a feminazi if you think women deserve equal rights. second frame, it's the same guy, with a fuller mustache like a certain dictator. 2025 : oh, of course, everybody you disagree with is a nazi, huh?

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 7d

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.

I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · 7d

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed

student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism

teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 7d

Last night, I had to explain the concept of video rental stores to my 11 year old mentee.

I have never felt so old.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 13d

A useful glossary for 2025.

4 frame comics. in the first frame theres a MAGA hat. text reads : fascism is a "cult of the leader
who promises national resto-
ration in the face of humiliation
brought on by supposed commu-
nists, Marxists and minorities and
immigrants who are supposedly
posing a threat to the character
and the history of a nation."
(j. stanley, 2018)
2nd frame we see Trump's silhouette. text reads : authoritarianism is a
political system that revolves
around a central figure, a
party or the military. it rejects
political pluralism and the
rule of law.
in 3rd frame we see the Texas proposed congressional districts. text reads : An illiberal democracy is a
governing system that "hides
its nondemocratic practices
behind formally democratic
institutions and procedures"
(bonet & zamorano, 2021) while
suppressing opposing views.
4th frame we see Curtis Yarvin. text reads : the neo-reactionary movement,
or dark enlightenment, is an
anti-egalitarian ideology advoca-
ting for a return to monarchy
and a dismantlement of the
state. yarvin, its founder, is
backed by peter thiel and an
influential friend of jd vance,
as well as the thinker behind
elon musk's d.o.g.e..

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 15d

I wonder how the painkiller market will go, given half the world's licit opium comes from Tasmania. I can't imagine them flying the raw poppies to the USA for manufacturing.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 15d

That's only worked for me once, despite all my attempts! 😆

Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 15d

This will be interesting, given half the world's licit opium for codeine and morphine comes from Tasmania.

Maybe Trump will accidentally help reduce prescription painkiller use in the USA?

Donald Trump imposes 100 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals from October 1

The United States will impose a 100 per cent tariff on imports of branded or patented pharmaceutical products from October 1, unless a pharmaceutical company is building a manufacturing plant in the U...

www.abc.net.au

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 16d

Just had my first mammogram.

While chatting about the procedure, the technician told me about mammogram machines with flowing water & lights to make patients feel better. Because that's definitely the medical priority, rather than finding ways to reduce the discomfort of having your boobs squashed.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 20d

Now that you finally recognise it's a nation, recognise it's being attacked by Israel in a genocide and stop working with Israel!

Australia formally recognises state of Palestine

The historic decision foreshadowed last month has now become a reality, as Australia moves with Canada and the United Kingdom to join the growing list of countries to recognise Palestinian sovereignty...

www.abc.net.au

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 23d

Sorry, "by lipstick-wearing suspect"? And they expect this document to be taken seriously?

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 23d

Hi my lovely Canberrans. Sadly, the series of unfortunate events that had been my life over the last few years is continuing, so I've not been up to socialising as much as I'd like. However, I would love to see your gorgeous faces at this event on Tuesday.

The Queer Variety Show

Fitness event in Canberra, ACT, Australia by Smith's Alternative and Arachne Art - Megan Munro - Artist on Tuesday, September 23 202512 posts in the discussion.

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MartIn The Mouth Of Madness @martindunlop.bsky.social · 25d

Weird seeing talk about the magic power of debate to solve conflict. You can make an argument that it's ok to fuck dogs, and present well constructed, thoroughly researched performance and rebuttal, and whatever the outcome of that debate, it's still not ok to fuck a dog.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 24d

A friend just referred to me as a "font slut" regarding my love of ordered formatting and appropriate use of typefaces and heading levels.

That might be one of the best compliments I've ever received.

Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

Oh, same on the Bumble swiping! Though I'm Australian, so it means something slightly different here.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

Every time I see a person call themselves 'apolitical', my brain translates it to "my rights as a person aren't constantly up for debate and I don't care that yours are."

Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 26d

It’s telling that it’s mainly cis, straight, able-bodied people crying, “How dare someone lose their life over politics!” That reaction shows they’ve never had skin in the game. For them, politics is abstract. For the rest of us, politics is survival—how we navigate the world just to stay alive.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

Every time I see a person call themselves 'apolitical', my brain translates it to "my rights as a person aren't constantly up for debate and I don't care that yours are."

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

I'll also be in this show reading the first chapter of my novel, Just Human.

Megan they/them @arachneart.bsky.social · 26d

The Queer Variety Show is on next week. Tuesday the 23rd of September at Smith's Alternative. 7pm until about 9 - 9-30pm. Tickets from Smith's Alternative
www.smithsalternative.com/events/the-q...

For accessibility and further info go to
www.arachneart.com.au/general-6

#Queer #Disabled

The Lost Larrikin is standing with a microphone in front of them. He is playing a cream coloured guitar. They have pale skin, short dark hair and dark eyes, they are looking intently outwards as they sing. He is wearing a short sleeved, printed, dark coloured shirt with braces and blue jeans. The background is black. The whole image is in a square queer variety show, pride colours, themed frame. Along the top in a white text box is : The Queer Variety Show. In a black box, in white text on the bottom is: 23rd September 2024, The Lost Larrikin.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

I love how these types think the popularity of an idea changes its truth.

The Earth orbiting the sun was an unpopular idea for a long time.

Trans people exist. That is a fact. It is being taught because it is a fact. People who speak against it are being corrected because it is a fact.

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

The latest in "news that we all fucking know that people in power are continuing to ignore".

Mehreen Faruqi @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social · 25d

How many reports and inquiries confirming Israel is committing a genocide against the Palestinian people will it take for Prime Minister Albanese and Minister Wong to face the evil they have allowed to continue unchecked for the past two years?

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 25d

The government won't tell you that they are fascists, but they will tell you that anti-fascists are their enemies.

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Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social · 25d

"Why are people saying that Charlie Kirk's murder is MAGA's Reichstag Fire?"

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Angel Hellyer @angelhellyer.bsky.social · 25d

I just threw up a little in my mouth looking at that image.

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