Hel in a hand basket
@helodare.bsky.social
Still sad that I didn’t grow to 5’7” so that I had the opportunity to join the Rockettes. Book trade chica. Trying to understand this world and how to make things better for people. Maybe making Kate Bush and Dolly Parton world leaders would work
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So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
November 26, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So Labor and the Liberals teamed up to pass legislation to give police the power to recommend cancellation of Centrelink payments of people who have not been found guilty of a crime by a court of law. It’s discriminatory financial punishment of people in poverty who are already over-policed
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Government could start by not going out of its way to screw the entire knowledge work sector. Just spitballing here. Maybe back your creatives when they say they've been ripped off by huge tech firms instead of finding ways to give our work to megacorps free of charge? I dunno man it's a MYSTERY...
Ahead of the National Year of Reading, the Education Committee has launched a new inquiry to understand how reading can be nurtured following the decline in the number of children reading for pleasure 👇 #BookSky
MPs launch inquiry into how the joy of reading can be kept alive
ebx.sh
November 24, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Government could start by not going out of its way to screw the entire knowledge work sector. Just spitballing here. Maybe back your creatives when they say they've been ripped off by huge tech firms instead of finding ways to give our work to megacorps free of charge? I dunno man it's a MYSTERY...
Remember when the former government had a plan to send Borderforce into the CBD for visa checks. How the police can claim this new plan is not going to racially profile people is risible
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in move criticised by human rights groups
Victoria police will have the power to conduct warrant-less pat-downs, search cars and move people on in Melbourne’s CBD for six months, in a move human rights and legal groups have described as a “vast overreach”.
Police on Tuesday declared the CBD, Docklands, Southbank, the sporting and entertainment precinct and parts of East Melbourne and South Melbourne as a “designated area” from Sunday, until 29 May 2026. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Remember when the former government had a plan to send Borderforce into the CBD for visa checks. How the police can claim this new plan is not going to racially profile people is risible
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lmfao I love bluesky
November 25, 2025 at 6:06 AM
lmfao I love bluesky
I bought this chair at the Brotherhood op shop yesterday. It’s so glorious
$25, bargain of the century!
$25, bargain of the century!
November 25, 2025 at 6:22 AM
I bought this chair at the Brotherhood op shop yesterday. It’s so glorious
$25, bargain of the century!
$25, bargain of the century!
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I bought a chair today at the Brotherhood. Do I need a chair? No. But is it the most delightful chair? Yes. Did I take a picture of it? No. Did I look at it and say, you’ll regret this if you don’t buy it? Yes. I can’t wait until Wednesday when I pick it up
November 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
I bought a chair today at the Brotherhood. Do I need a chair? No. But is it the most delightful chair? Yes. Did I take a picture of it? No. Did I look at it and say, you’ll regret this if you don’t buy it? Yes. I can’t wait until Wednesday when I pick it up
And if you believe that, I have a lovely Eiffel Tower to sell you
The Bureau of the Meteorology's new chief executive has blamed a "miscommunication" for the furore that has erupted over a costly and controversial website redesign.
BOM boss reveals $96.5m website ‘approved’ by Turnbull government
The Bureau of the Meteorology's new chief executive has blamed a "miscommunication" for the furore that has erupted over a costly and controversial website redesign.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:12 AM
And if you believe that, I have a lovely Eiffel Tower to sell you
Maybeeeee it’s a cost of living crisis. Lordy, I held onto my iPhone 7 until this year
www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/h... "please, buy new phone. the economy is dying" is an incredible gaslight
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever and it's costing economy
Americans are holding onto devices longer than ever before, and while it may be consumer smart, it comes at a cost to work productivity and the U.S. economy.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Maybeeeee it’s a cost of living crisis. Lordy, I held onto my iPhone 7 until this year
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Wind so strong it blew Darwin into Sydney.
November 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Wind so strong it blew Darwin into Sydney.
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Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 22, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪
November 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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I bought her autobiography a long time ago from the State Library of Victoria sale. Really must read. If it’s still raining tomorrow, that is my plan
"My father warned me about men and booze but he never said anything about women and cocaine."
Tallulah Bankhead
Tallulah Bankhead
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I bought her autobiography a long time ago from the State Library of Victoria sale. Really must read. If it’s still raining tomorrow, that is my plan
Same in Australia - but we’re lucky-ish that both the opposition and the Reform-lite One Nation are incompetent nincompoops
The NHS would literally collapse if this mindless anti-migrant bashing continues.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Same in Australia - but we’re lucky-ish that both the opposition and the Reform-lite One Nation are incompetent nincompoops
I just have no idea what anyone is saying about the 🦗- I refuse to learn
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I just have no idea what anyone is saying about the 🦗- I refuse to learn
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It’s a good article that explains the real dangers to students of generative AI and also
November 22, 2025 at 3:42 AM
It’s a good article that explains the real dangers to students of generative AI and also
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Mamdani schmamdami, the actual news is Mohamed Semra being elected mayor of Maribyrnong
November 22, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Mamdani schmamdami, the actual news is Mohamed Semra being elected mayor of Maribyrnong
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Mamdani’s next speech: So this big guy comes up to me with tears in his eyes
November 22, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Mamdani’s next speech: So this big guy comes up to me with tears in his eyes
I just can’t hear 🟠 in any other voice but Ralph’s from the Simpsons
This might be the single funniest thing that has happened during this incredibly cursed year
November 22, 2025 at 2:12 AM
I just can’t hear 🟠 in any other voice but Ralph’s from the Simpsons
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A local unpopular businessman is found permanently socially distanced in extremum. Suspicion falls on Marsh Wood’s barmaid at the Deerstalker and Fife Arms, frightened that inconsistencies in W E Johns’ Biggles books might threaten to interrupt the Miss Potato and Lamb judging.
November 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
A local unpopular businessman is found permanently socially distanced in extremum. Suspicion falls on Marsh Wood’s barmaid at the Deerstalker and Fife Arms, frightened that inconsistencies in W E Johns’ Biggles books might threaten to interrupt the Miss Potato and Lamb judging.
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You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
You're not asking trans people. You're asking all people. This affects us all. Anyone could be barred from services based on appearance. Since, surprisingly we all have a fecking appearance
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...