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Claire B

Claire B

@claireb30.bsky.social

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Avid traveller. Master's in conflict archaeology. Still searching for a way to make 'professional student' a viable career.

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Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · 11d

Was interested as well so did a reverse image search and came up with this as the source
angusreid.org/carney-asia-...

Most Canadians say they know little of Asian countries, prefer closer trade ties with more familiar regions - Angus Reid Institute

E.U., Mexico lead as choices for closer trade ties, Japan, South Korea & SE Asia further down the list October 23, 2025 – As Prime Minister Mark Carney travels to Asia on a quest to build trade ties w...

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jul 28

From my work, ages from 20s to mid-40s, approx 50% of the artists on our lists overlapped. Angels, INXS, Midnight Oil, Paul Kelly, H+C, Cat Empire came up multiple times. My experience is young voters know the older songs and older voters don't know the newer ones. So old songs have a bigger pool.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jul 21

I really would love to but sadly don't meet the language requirements. Unless you take Duolingo as a certification!

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jul 8

Oh wow, didn't know you were retiring! That's big news.
If you'd like to spend more of that time travelling I've got a business proposal for you 😄

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jun 10

When your favourite podcasts turn your trip to London into a quest for a bit of wall in a carpark, and an old water pump.
@theresthistory.bsky.social @tpwky.bsky.social

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 7

I also found commentary about the Teals misleading. Journalists seemed to want them to commit to a side for a minority govt. But as a Teal voter I'd want her to wait to see the preference flows locally and have policies she was/wasn't prepared to negotiate on rather than picking a side in advance?

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 7

Not my question, but a younger person in a politically engaged Slack channel was confused on Saturday night about why results were being called when only 30% of votes had been counted.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 3

Everyone was talking about the Labor brand being toxic in Victoria but didn't seem to recognise the Victorian Liberals are also a total dumpster fire.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 3

Thanks for your work! Definitely chose my first choice of polling place based on your map and who had the vegan sausages!
I imagine it would be difficult but it would be great to be able to crowd source wait times at each location for a future iteration. It was out of control today!

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 3

Not here. Quiet first thing but from around 11 it was 2 hours. Same story at at least 6 different places in the area according to people online. I only tried two personally

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 3

We didn't really have any pre-poll options in our area and are on the border of 3 electorates so I'm guessing there's a large number of people who weren't really able to vote early.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 3

Queues in my area are apparently 2 hours long so I'm not surprised!

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · May 2

Haven't voted yet? Pre-plan your ballot here before you head to the polls tomorrow
@buildaballot.bsky.social #BuildABallot

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you're voting in the Aus election, check out the Build A Ballot tool @buildaballot.bsky.social. Helps you build your own personal how to vote card based on the policies you care about. Non-partisan and includes all those minor parties in the Senate!
www.buildaballot.org.au

Build a Ballot - Get election ready

Everything you need to do your research before voting at the 2025 Federal Election. Discover your local candidates & see how they're approaching key issues.

www.buildaballot.org.au

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 23

And ABC Australia and SBS Australia.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 22

If you're voting in the Aus election, check out the Build A Ballot tool @buildaballot.bsky.social. Helps you build your own personal how to vote card based on the policies you care about. Non-partisan and includes all those minor parties in the Senate!
www.buildaballot.org.au

Build a Ballot - Get election ready

Everything you need to do your research before voting at the 2025 Federal Election. Discover your local candidates & see how they're approaching key issues.

www.buildaballot.org.au

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 20

You can also try Build A Ballot to build an individualised how to vote card for your electorate, including all the mysterious minor parties in the Senate
www.buildaballot.org.au

Build a Ballot - Get election ready

Everything you need to do your research before voting at the 2025 Federal Election. Discover your local candidates & see how they're approaching key issues.

www.buildaballot.org.au

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 11

I'm from Melbourne and I know it!

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 3

I'm working with an organisation that's trying to help young people connect with policy rather than voting on vibes. We'd love to talk to you if there's any interest.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Apr 3

He looks absolutely insane in the photo too so if you had no idea who he was it is a very strange picture

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Mar 26

Would have thought that being able to scheme your way into a national security group thread is the exact reason that you shouldn't be discussing such things on Signal in the first place. So I'm not sure this is actually helping him.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Mar 6

What's happening to young men online was the top-voted audience question at the Wheeler Centre's event with Kara Swisher last night so there's obviously public concern about it too, so extra odd that there's no appetite to tackle it.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Feb 28

I donated. Would love to see them have a record-breaking day of donations today. Call it the JD fund. More productive than punching a wall.

UNITED24 @u24.gov.ua · Feb 28

You’re the ones who have all the right cards to support Ukraine.

u24.gov.ua/armored-ambu...

Save the heroes. Fundraiser for armored evacuation vehicles

A life-defining fundraiser for 5 armored medevacs that are needed on the frontline right now.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jan 26

It's not so much that using Copilot is frustrating, it's being sent an email saying my subscription was increasing by $50 but good news, I now get Copilot. No option to opt out unless it was buried in fine print somewhere. Had to find out from some guy on BlueSky. After you'd already taken my money.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jan 8

IG was the first one I got rid of. Don't see any benefits to it at all. Facebook unfortunately has some useful groups. Would love to transition them to Slack or Discord or something similar which are better platforms for that kind of thing anyway, but unfortunately they're not where the masses are.

Claire B @claireb30.bsky.social · Jan 7

I'm reading it now too. Finding it very accessible for a conflict I've always struggled to fully understand.