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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 45m

I was quite thrilled when work was cancelled this morning, ngl.

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1h

Two dead as severe weather brings down trees and powerlines in Tasmania

Severe weather warnings have also been issued for Victoria, southern New South Wales and parts of South Australia Two people have died, a hospital has been damaged and thousands of properties left without power in Tasmania, as severe winds buffet Australia’s south-east. Weather warnings were also in place on Friday afternoon in parts of Victoria, New South Wales and South Australia as the weather system moved towards the country’s east coast. Continue reading...

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 50m

Regurgitator in the NW were under $50 which surprised me.

Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 2h

Lol I was thinking 2 figures seemed cheap for 2025!

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 2h

I was going to post something incredibly inflammatory about the whole autism thing but instead I’m going to drink a hot chocolate.

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 2h

(My brain rejects it wholesale lololol)

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 2h

!!!!!!!!!!!! Okay!!!!!! I’m going to process this information!!!

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 4h

Look. I think only the brave people of Sydney can answer that question

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 4h

Australia were we all aware that Tyra Banks is in Sydney because she has an ice cream shop there called SMIZE & DREAM?!?!?!!!!!! And it sells HOT ICE CREAM?????!?!?!!!! Idk if she lives down here now or what but !!!!?

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 20h

!!!!!! Lena!!!! Makes me wonder about the small powdery mass I found in an op shop handbag the other day 😂

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 20h

If you lost your pink earrings in the Devonport Splash carpark they’re behind the counter inside.

Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 23h

In the establishing montage of the movie of my life, at least 30 seconds would be dedicated to a supercut of me lining up my nipples before I go to the pool 😭

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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 1d

A petition to save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania. chng.it/rm5zKmX7RX #politas #auspol

Sign the Petition

Save affordable arts and screen training in Tasmania

chng.it

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Grudgie the Whale @grudgie.bsky.social · 1d

“People have been fighting us Nazis for 100 years.”

(Everyone nods)

Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 1d

"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."

- Jack Posobiec at Trump's roundtable on antifa

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Andrew Wilkie MP @andrewwilkiemp.bsky.social · 2d

Today the Tas Govt officially binned the Planning Commission’s damning report into the proposed Mac Pt AFL stadium. But if the knuckleheads actually knew anything about ‘future prosperity’, they’d be focussed instead on essential infrastructure and services #auspol #politas

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 23h

Oh that’s fine it’s not like it’s been one of THE conduits for online misogynistic radicalisation of young men for DECADES. But please, take all my data!

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 1d

4chan unlikely to be included in Australia’s under-16s social media ban, eSafety commissioner says

Julie Inman Grant says message board will need to comply with other codes which will also include age assurance for sites hosting violent and adult content * Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The eSafety commissioner is not expected to block children from accessing 4chan as part of the under-16s social media ban, despite it being labelled one of the “darker” places on the internet. The eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, was asked by independent senator Fatima Payman in Senate estimates on Wednesday night whether 4chan, the message board often referred to as the engine room of the internet, would be considered one of the sites required to prevent under-16s when the social media ban comes into effect from 10 December. Continue reading...

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Karl Bode @karlbode.com · 1d

twice a year the entire U.S. press becomes a marketing extension of a single billionaire-owned retailer, and nobody in any position of editorial power thinks it's weird or gross

photo of Google News search results for Amazon Prime Day (the second this year)

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 23h

“We all told you this would happen” round 2850372749

Guardian Australia @australia.theguardian.com · 23h

Google blocked STI awareness ads as ‘adult content’, Senate estimates hears

Search engine added ‘STI testing’ to list of sensitive topics, censoring important public health campaign, Greens leader says * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast Google has blocked ads for a commonwealth-funded STI awareness campaign as “adult content” in a move sexual health organisations say frustrates efforts to share evidence-based public health information online. The Greens leader, Larissa Waters, told a Senate estimates hearing on Thursday that the tech company’s moderation practices had recently undermined the reach and cost-effectiveness of the national campaign, run by Sexual and Reproductive Health Australia (SRHA). Continue reading...

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

PS I could not have attended that arts course if it wasn’t subsidised & neither could my classmates who ranged from 18 to 70yo, none of whom had thousands for fees. Meeting them was priceless. The variety & depth of life experience in that classroom was incredibly enriching. TAFE builds community.

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

I did one semester of interior design at TAFE when I was 18 freshly out of high school - and despite dropping out sans qualification I’ve used those skills every year of the 25 years since. Most recently YESTERDAY. And I didn’t even enjoy learning them!

Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

TAFE focusses on practical & necessary skills - for arts this means navigating business too. Intellectual property, public liability, etc. The employment effects may be less obvious than a trade apprenticeship, but they are still present. ALL entry level skill building is important to the state.

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

Even the classmates who didn’t aim for immediate employment in the arts used the skills in other jobs. There’s no such thing as wasted education. As a middle-aged millennial I can tell you every seemingly silly arts skill I’ve even partially learned in my life has come into usefulness at some point.

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

I did Cert 3 arts at the NW TAFE pre covid, had freelance gigs as a result, watched my classmates get jobs or start small businesses - one of which directly contributed to the Spirit of Tasmania children’s entertainment program, which is a major public face of state tourism. The arts create jobs.

Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 1d

“The AEU warned that removing subsidies for 12 courses, including those in the creative arts, will cause a devastating fee hike of up to 5400%, effectively ‘killing courses’ and locking out young Tasmanians.”

Disgraceful decision, must be reconsidered.

#politas tasmaniantimes.com/2025/10/tafe...

TAFE Arts Crisis - Fees Skyrocket, Exodus Feared - Tasmanian Times

The decision by the Minister for Skills and Jobs, Felix Ellis, to redirect TasTAFE course subsidies was defended as an essential move for “long-term viability” and to better meet the state’s growing d...

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

I’m actually still going to bed and naturally waking up at a reasonable time, it’s just that Big Daylight has moved the clock an hour to make me look bad. I’m good and normal you see, but The Summer Industrial Complex is against me personally, and all of you who participate in it are wrong.

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CAMERON WILSON @cameronwilson.bsky.social · 1d

We're now finding out that as many as 70,000 people had their government IDs provided to prove their ages leaked by Discord. Like I wrote last week, this is an inherent risk (and made greater by a rushed process) of getting platforms to do age checks

Discord says 70,000 users may have had their government IDs leaked in breach

The ID pics had been submitted as part of age-related appeals.

www.theverge.com

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Jen @juniperlilacs.bsky.social · 1d

Shout-out to the Reddit thread where somebody said the best stain remover for food stains is actually dishwashing liquid. I just saved a pale pink wool and cotton jumper I got from the op shop, not realising it had several washed in stains on the front. Better results than actual stain remover!

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