Melissa
@artistaffame.bsky.social
Artist graphic designer and anti-poverty activist. No time for bigots.
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Hey folks does anyone have a phone they could pay forward. As 3G is being turned off on January 6th there’s someone who needs one as there’s will no longer work on that date.
December 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hey folks does anyone have a phone they could pay forward. As 3G is being turned off on January 6th there’s someone who needs one as there’s will no longer work on that date.
X is asking for selfies to verify age or selfies and ID lol no one’s gonna choose the second option unless you look young I guess
December 10, 2025 at 11:57 PM
X is asking for selfies to verify age or selfies and ID lol no one’s gonna choose the second option unless you look young I guess
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I have been saying that we price too much of the good in and can only see the bad. Without early social media (Slashdot, kuro5hin) there’s a decent chance I’d not be anywhere near where I am now
Social media literally saved my bros life he found friends there when he was being bullied by the kids in our street and at school. He’s still friends with the kids he met on Facebook 13 years ago
December 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I have been saying that we price too much of the good in and can only see the bad. Without early social media (Slashdot, kuro5hin) there’s a decent chance I’d not be anywhere near where I am now
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We need to listen to children’s voices. The social media ban harms us all
December 9, 2025 at 1:23 AM
We need to listen to children’s voices. The social media ban harms us all
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Official #PoveratiXmas thread! 🎅🧵
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
November 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Official #PoveratiXmas thread! 🎅🧵
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
Chalmers won’t be extending electricity subsidies after giving 7 billion directly to electricity companies while prices still increased www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Barnaby Joyce joins One Nation weeks after leaving Nationals — as it happened
Former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce has joined One Nation after leaving the Nationals.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Chalmers won’t be extending electricity subsidies after giving 7 billion directly to electricity companies while prices still increased www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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The worse the Libs are, the worse Labor can be while still claiming to be "the good guys"
December 8, 2025 at 3:57 AM
The worse the Libs are, the worse Labor can be while still claiming to be "the good guys"
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LOL (but accurate) ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Honest Government Ad | Social Media Ban
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
www.youtube.com
December 8, 2025 at 3:33 AM
LOL (but accurate) ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZxRB...
Ngl I thought labor would be bad but I didn't think they'd be this bad.
December 8, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Ngl I thought labor would be bad but I didn't think they'd be this bad.
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New Request
www.gofundme.com/f/from-crisi... please help if you can.
Donate to From Crisis to Safety: We Need Your Help, organized by Cheri M
My name is Cheri or known as Rijsixmj online, and I am a proud Yorta Yorta and Tau… Cheri M needs your support for From Crisis to Safety: We Need Your Help
www.gofundme.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:38 PM
New Request
www.gofundme.com/f/from-crisi... please help if you can.
Donate to From Crisis to Safety: We Need Your Help, organized by Cheri M
My name is Cheri or known as Rijsixmj online, and I am a proud Yorta Yorta and Tau… Cheri M needs your support for From Crisis to Safety: We Need Your Help
www.gofundme.com
December 7, 2025 at 11:19 PM
www.gofundme.com/f/from-crisi... please help if you can.
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Imagine if they just paid people enough to buy the food when it was still on the shelf in the shop.
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Imagine if they just paid people enough to buy the food when it was still on the shelf in the shop.
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Seems to me if welfare payments were above the poverty line people could buy this for full price pre-expiration instead of copping the indignity of being "donated" food unfit for consumption, but hey, it's a tax write off so those corporate profits are fine! This is literally just to fuck the needy!
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Seems to me if welfare payments were above the poverty line people could buy this for full price pre-expiration instead of copping the indignity of being "donated" food unfit for consumption, but hey, it's a tax write off so those corporate profits are fine! This is literally just to fuck the needy!
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NO, the answer is not make all the dono go through mega charities like ozharvest so food standards are adhered to (yeah they try bu they also fail)
it's GIVE PEOPLE MONEY. #RaiseTheRate of welfare above the poverty line.
it's GIVE PEOPLE MONEY. #RaiseTheRate of welfare above the poverty line.
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 7, 2025 at 4:55 AM
NO, the answer is not make all the dono go through mega charities like ozharvest so food standards are adhered to (yeah they try bu they also fail)
it's GIVE PEOPLE MONEY. #RaiseTheRate of welfare above the poverty line.
it's GIVE PEOPLE MONEY. #RaiseTheRate of welfare above the poverty line.
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Poor people and the people supporting them don't have the energy to deal with your garbage. If it's garbage, throw it in the bin, don't try to feel good and write it off as a donation
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Poor people and the people supporting them don't have the energy to deal with your garbage. If it's garbage, throw it in the bin, don't try to feel good and write it off as a donation
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Woolworths
donated $81mil in "unwanted stock", how much of it was inedible and potentially dangerous like this from ALDIAustralia bsky.app/profile/phon...
donated $81mil in "unwanted stock", how much of it was inedible and potentially dangerous like this from ALDIAustralia bsky.app/profile/phon...
$3Mill in "customer donations" and $81mil in "unwanted stock" from Woolies
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dubious...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/dubious...
December 6, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Woolworths
donated $81mil in "unwanted stock", how much of it was inedible and potentially dangerous like this from ALDIAustralia bsky.app/profile/phon...
donated $81mil in "unwanted stock", how much of it was inedible and potentially dangerous like this from ALDIAustralia bsky.app/profile/phon...
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A big feature of hating the poor, is people wildly overestimating how much help is available to the poor, and the quality of that help.
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 6, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A big feature of hating the poor, is people wildly overestimating how much help is available to the poor, and the quality of that help.
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
They imagine welfare is an easy to get, comfortably livable income, or imagine we eat well off charity, when irl rich donors commonly use charity to offload waste
Official #PoveratiXmas thread! 🎅🧵
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
Drop your wishlist links or paylink details with your Xmas wishes in the thread below with the hashtag #PoveratiXmas
Share widely and hopefully some #PoveratiXmasAngels will make some wishes come true!
December 6, 2025 at 10:28 PM
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
December 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
This is my local women's shed every week they get donations to make hampers for people doing it tough. Aldi thought this was acceptable
Cleaning today but having a coffee break
December 6, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Cleaning today but having a coffee break
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Amazing for doing this www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... or my PayPal www.paypal.me/ArtistAffame #poveratixmas sharing the joy
Check out my list on Amazon
www.amazon.com.au
November 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
Amazing for doing this www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... or my PayPal www.paypal.me/ArtistAffame #poveratixmas sharing the joy
Had a massive win today which I can’t share just yet but when you see the work you’re putting in start to pay off it pushes you to keep going
December 5, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Had a massive win today which I can’t share just yet but when you see the work you’re putting in start to pay off it pushes you to keep going
My little roommate for the night
November 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
My little roommate for the night
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November 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
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