Limey
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I recently learned (or re-learned?) that the dot over the "i" and "j" is called a tittle and, ever since, my days have become 100 percent more whimsical.
December 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
I recently learned (or re-learned?) that the dot over the "i" and "j" is called a tittle and, ever since, my days have become 100 percent more whimsical.
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If I got to engineer spaces, I’d build playgrounds with teenagers in mind
December 17, 2025 at 11:38 PM
If I got to engineer spaces, I’d build playgrounds with teenagers in mind
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One of the most infuriating things I notice among influencers is the persistent myth they promote that “we all create the life we want and so we all have the life we deserve”.
No. That’s absolutely not true and is an incredibly ignorant and privileged statement to make.
No. That’s absolutely not true and is an incredibly ignorant and privileged statement to make.
December 18, 2025 at 2:44 AM
One of the most infuriating things I notice among influencers is the persistent myth they promote that “we all create the life we want and so we all have the life we deserve”.
No. That’s absolutely not true and is an incredibly ignorant and privileged statement to make.
No. That’s absolutely not true and is an incredibly ignorant and privileged statement to make.
Quote from Rabbi Eli's cousin:
"Eli was murdered on Bondi Beach because of irrational hate, and our response has to be irrational love — irrational goodness.
Eli would be saying, 'Go and do another good deed. Go and help another person. Go and care for another"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"Eli was murdered on Bondi Beach because of irrational hate, and our response has to be irrational love — irrational goodness.
Eli would be saying, 'Go and do another good deed. Go and help another person. Go and care for another"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 15, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Quote from Rabbi Eli's cousin:
"Eli was murdered on Bondi Beach because of irrational hate, and our response has to be irrational love — irrational goodness.
Eli would be saying, 'Go and do another good deed. Go and help another person. Go and care for another"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"Eli was murdered on Bondi Beach because of irrational hate, and our response has to be irrational love — irrational goodness.
Eli would be saying, 'Go and do another good deed. Go and help another person. Go and care for another"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 PM
It’s the first night of Hanukkah and the world seems like a very dark place. But we can bring light to the darkness. We can fight for each other and make goodness, love, and community shine through.
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
Show me your menorahs and let’s light up the timeline!
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Share your shop! All community members are welcome to share a link or tag their shops in this thread.
Whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year, you are welcome to join in and do a little gift shopping or selling!
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicE #Holiday
Whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year, you are welcome to join in and do a little gift shopping or selling!
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicE #Holiday
December 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Share your shop! All community members are welcome to share a link or tag their shops in this thread.
Whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year, you are welcome to join in and do a little gift shopping or selling!
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicE #Holiday
Whatever holiday you are celebrating this time of year, you are welcome to join in and do a little gift shopping or selling!
#pwME #MECFS #LongCovid #MyalgicE #Holiday
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Spoke to my mother this morning about the attack at Bondi.
She summarised the Jewish spirit well:
‘We survive. Go eat.’
She summarised the Jewish spirit well:
‘We survive. Go eat.’
December 14, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Spoke to my mother this morning about the attack at Bondi.
She summarised the Jewish spirit well:
‘We survive. Go eat.’
She summarised the Jewish spirit well:
‘We survive. Go eat.’
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If you're not Jewish and you're having trouble contextualizing the Sydney attack, imagine a shooting at a public Christmas tree lighting in NYC. Little kids running around. Lovely Hanukkah lights. Maybe some singing. That's what these gunmen shattered. That's what we have to carry into Hanukkah.
December 14, 2025 at 6:43 PM
If you're not Jewish and you're having trouble contextualizing the Sydney attack, imagine a shooting at a public Christmas tree lighting in NYC. Little kids running around. Lovely Hanukkah lights. Maybe some singing. That's what these gunmen shattered. That's what we have to carry into Hanukkah.
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So much of the discussion is only seeking to further divide people.
I am concentrating on the tales of those working together to help. The queues out the door of the blood bank in Sydney. The lifeguard running from Tamarama to Bondi with equipment. So many stories.
I am concentrating on the tales of those working together to help. The queues out the door of the blood bank in Sydney. The lifeguard running from Tamarama to Bondi with equipment. So many stories.
December 15, 2025 at 12:20 AM
So much of the discussion is only seeking to further divide people.
I am concentrating on the tales of those working together to help. The queues out the door of the blood bank in Sydney. The lifeguard running from Tamarama to Bondi with equipment. So many stories.
I am concentrating on the tales of those working together to help. The queues out the door of the blood bank in Sydney. The lifeguard running from Tamarama to Bondi with equipment. So many stories.
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Socialist Party statement on last night's horrific attack in Bondi.
December 15, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Socialist Party statement on last night's horrific attack in Bondi.
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Getting a blood donation slot may be challenging but will be an ongoing need in the coming days and weeks
Anywhere in Australia you can donate and it will help as stocks are moved around the country to replenish what has been used
Christmas time is always hard for the blood bank
Anywhere in Australia you can donate and it will help as stocks are moved around the country to replenish what has been used
Christmas time is always hard for the blood bank
December 15, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Getting a blood donation slot may be challenging but will be an ongoing need in the coming days and weeks
Anywhere in Australia you can donate and it will help as stocks are moved around the country to replenish what has been used
Christmas time is always hard for the blood bank
Anywhere in Australia you can donate and it will help as stocks are moved around the country to replenish what has been used
Christmas time is always hard for the blood bank
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Masks are incredibly effective when they’re actually worn.
They’re not effective when they’re in your hand, in your pocket, under your chin or under your nose.
If you upgrade to a respirator like an N95? Even better!
Mask up to avoid Covid, flu and stay healthy this holiday season.
They’re not effective when they’re in your hand, in your pocket, under your chin or under your nose.
If you upgrade to a respirator like an N95? Even better!
Mask up to avoid Covid, flu and stay healthy this holiday season.
Ok this is important. A big myths
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
out there is that studies show masks don’t work. When you look at what the studies measured, what they actually show is masks don’t work *if you don’t wear them.* They didn’t measure the tool, they measured the wearers behavior. www.independent.co.uk/news/health/...
Does wearing a face mask stop you catching flu? Experts give verdict
Wearing a mask is inconvenient, but not as inconvenient as lockdowns
www.independent.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:11 AM
Masks are incredibly effective when they’re actually worn.
They’re not effective when they’re in your hand, in your pocket, under your chin or under your nose.
If you upgrade to a respirator like an N95? Even better!
Mask up to avoid Covid, flu and stay healthy this holiday season.
They’re not effective when they’re in your hand, in your pocket, under your chin or under your nose.
If you upgrade to a respirator like an N95? Even better!
Mask up to avoid Covid, flu and stay healthy this holiday season.
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There's a queue of people down two flights of stairs to the front door of the building for the Parramatta blood donation centre. They are booking people in for later appointments one by one, so still worth doing.
December 15, 2025 at 2:54 AM
There's a queue of people down two flights of stairs to the front door of the building for the Parramatta blood donation centre. They are booking people in for later appointments one by one, so still worth doing.
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In a year when humanity has done everything it can to show its worst side at every level and in every place, I will remember Ahmed al Ahmed - brave hero of the Sydney tragedy, who fortunately came out alive - as a beacon of hope.
I will remember the courage and kindness.
I will remember the courage and kindness.
December 14, 2025 at 3:20 PM
In a year when humanity has done everything it can to show its worst side at every level and in every place, I will remember Ahmed al Ahmed - brave hero of the Sydney tragedy, who fortunately came out alive - as a beacon of hope.
I will remember the courage and kindness.
I will remember the courage and kindness.
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Anyone feel like their institutions have never recognized this?
Between starting as new faculty in 2018, then pandemic/online learning, then transition back to 'new normal', then AI proliferation, it's been 8 years of non-stop new prep/reimagining full course loads every semester, and just continually chasing moving targets. I love teaching, I'm just so tired.
December 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Anyone feel like their institutions have never recognized this?
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My bewbs getting a rerun for this milestone:
"For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families than ever."
"For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families than ever."
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
My bewbs getting a rerun for this milestone:
"For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families than ever."
"For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families than ever."
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"New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the brink of collapse."
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"Australia and New Zealand 'offloading' care crisis to Pacific neighbours: report" #ThePoint
An excellent and vital report by Fiona Macdonald
thepoint.com.au/news/251211-...
An excellent and vital report by Fiona Macdonald
thepoint.com.au/news/251211-...
Australia and New Zealand 'offloading' care crisis to Pacific neighbours: report
New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the b...
thepoint.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 11:21 PM
"New research from the Australia Institute’s Centre for Future Work has revealed that Australia’s poaching of skilled health workers from Pacific Island nations is leaving their health systems on the brink of collapse."
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Has anyone noticed clothing companies are going back to SUPER thin models? Quince ads are bothering me. We are not doing this again. Not just for representation. Most people shop online now, and I’m not buying jeans for my size 10 body having only seen them on a 00.
December 12, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Has anyone noticed clothing companies are going back to SUPER thin models? Quince ads are bothering me. We are not doing this again. Not just for representation. Most people shop online now, and I’m not buying jeans for my size 10 body having only seen them on a 00.
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Australia should put GLP-1’s on the PBS for long term treatment of obesity to ensure equity of access to healthcare
📢 Ozempic-style medications have been endorsed as long-term treatments for obesity under new guidelines released by the World Health Organization.
What you should know about Ozempic and other GLP-1s
www.smh.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 3:09 AM
Australia should put GLP-1’s on the PBS for long term treatment of obesity to ensure equity of access to healthcare
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This is timely. I visited Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria yesterday and got my first ever box of state-funded vending machine tampons. NSW should get with the times
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is timely. I visited Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria yesterday and got my first ever box of state-funded vending machine tampons. NSW should get with the times
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Every day another #pwME advocate dies. I keep wondering when human rights organizations will wake up to #GreatestMEdicalScandal.
Even 'mild' #ME is wild suffering, loss, neglect.
#SevereME and #MEKills is beyond horror.
#HumanRights4ME
@lastweektonight.com @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Even 'mild' #ME is wild suffering, loss, neglect.
#SevereME and #MEKills is beyond horror.
#HumanRights4ME
@lastweektonight.com @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Every day another #pwME advocate dies. I keep wondering when human rights organizations will wake up to #GreatestMEdicalScandal.
Even 'mild' #ME is wild suffering, loss, neglect.
#SevereME and #MEKills is beyond horror.
#HumanRights4ME
@lastweektonight.com @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
Even 'mild' #ME is wild suffering, loss, neglect.
#SevereME and #MEKills is beyond horror.
#HumanRights4ME
@lastweektonight.com @johngreensbluesky.bsky.social
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Gov said social media ban would only affect 16 yr olds. But most Aussies are being asked to perform age verification and some platforms have also restricted the comms of 16-18 year olds. The social media ban has a chilling censorious affect beyond the ban and imposes a blanket of mass surveillance
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Gov said social media ban would only affect 16 yr olds. But most Aussies are being asked to perform age verification and some platforms have also restricted the comms of 16-18 year olds. The social media ban has a chilling censorious affect beyond the ban and imposes a blanket of mass surveillance
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And you know what really scares me? That offline, particularly in low income rural communities there’s the far right rising fast. And young leftists are losing the chance to organise resistance online because of the social media ban
December 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
And you know what really scares me? That offline, particularly in low income rural communities there’s the far right rising fast. And young leftists are losing the chance to organise resistance online because of the social media ban
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Same society that sends hundreds of children aged 10 to 13 *to prison each year* (approximately 600 last time I looked) and forced thousands more through the criminal justice system?
“Freeing them to grow up in a society that protects them.”
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
The fuck is this
December 10, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Same society that sends hundreds of children aged 10 to 13 *to prison each year* (approximately 600 last time I looked) and forced thousands more through the criminal justice system?
Funny thread 🤣
Conversation in my house this morning:
Me: Kris is coming to fix the bathroom.
Child: Who's Kris.
Me: He's a man who fixes things.
Child: Is he the one who pulled all the bras out of the wall?
Me: No.
Let me make this conversation make sense for you...
Me: Kris is coming to fix the bathroom.
Child: Who's Kris.
Me: He's a man who fixes things.
Child: Is he the one who pulled all the bras out of the wall?
Me: No.
Let me make this conversation make sense for you...
December 10, 2025 at 3:58 AM
Funny thread 🤣