Sean Wright 🇦🇺🏳️⚧️♿
@sbwrightpoet.bsky.social
Teacher Librarian | Disabled |Social Democrat | Prokopton of Stoic Phil. | Poet | Ditmar Winner | Living on Narungga Land | Born on Yolgnu country|He/Him | https://ko-fi.com/sbwright|@sbwright linktr.ee/sbwright
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I’m tired of the manufactured hate toward disabled people the lies about “luxury cars,” the attacks on ADHD, the yearly reassessments for conditions that will never change.
This is hate
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/drabbiem...
#StopDisabilityHate #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabledLivesMatter
This is hate
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/drabbiem...
#StopDisabilityHate #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabledLivesMatter
The Manufactured Hate Against Disabled People
I am exhausted by the constant stream of bile directed at disabled people on social media.
open.substack.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I’m tired of the manufactured hate toward disabled people the lies about “luxury cars,” the attacks on ADHD, the yearly reassessments for conditions that will never change.
This is hate
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/drabbiem...
#StopDisabilityHate #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabledLivesMatter
This is hate
Read here: open.substack.com/pub/drabbiem...
#StopDisabilityHate #DisabilitySolidarity #DisabledLivesMatter
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Rubio is against Calibri's improved accessibility for readers with disabilities, such as low vision, dyslexia, & assistive technologies, such as screen readers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
At State Dept., a Typeface Falls Victim in the War Against Woke
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Rubio is against Calibri's improved accessibility for readers with disabilities, such as low vision, dyslexia, & assistive technologies, such as screen readers.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/u...
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“Let them be kids”
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
December 10, 2025 at 12:11 PM
“Let them be kids”
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
[Except if they’re queer, disabled, rural or from a CALD community relying on social media to connect and communicate with peers and remote support and family]
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For ppl who won’t or can’t verify on Bluesky
Well that’s even more fucked. I can confirm my muted word list is empty now
December 10, 2025 at 12:08 PM
For ppl who won’t or can’t verify on Bluesky
Social media ban has fucked the teen disability community, I suppose it will prepare them for the abuse, neglect and trauma you get as an adult, the ones that survive, that is. #disability.
December 10, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Social media ban has fucked the teen disability community, I suppose it will prepare them for the abuse, neglect and trauma you get as an adult, the ones that survive, that is. #disability.
Billionaires destroying the very societies that sustain them.
December 10, 2025 at 11:51 AM
Billionaires destroying the very societies that sustain them.
Speaking as a rural teacher. This 👇
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 11:50 AM
Speaking as a rural teacher. This 👇
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This was incorrect
I cannot stress enough to any other Australians to please avoid KWS verification like the plague.
I was checking through what bluesky's verification was and just immediately with this.
If you don't know, KWS had a data breech and it was confirmed user data was stolen that was supposed to be deleted
I was checking through what bluesky's verification was and just immediately with this.
If you don't know, KWS had a data breech and it was confirmed user data was stolen that was supposed to be deleted
December 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
This was incorrect
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Here in the U.K., of course, Murdoch’s Sun regularly put topless 16-year-old girls on Page 3.
December 10, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Here in the U.K., of course, Murdoch’s Sun regularly put topless 16-year-old girls on Page 3.
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interesting choice to project "LET THEM BE KIDS" onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the celebrations of the teen social media ban
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
December 10, 2025 at 11:13 AM
interesting choice to project "LET THEM BE KIDS" onto the Sydney Harbour Bridge as part of the celebrations of the teen social media ban
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
It's not a line that came from Albanese or the government — it's the name of News Corp's campaign for the ban.
That NDIS is the only government scheme that requires teams of multi-disciplinary experts to support applications, then to ignore said applications. Once the NDIA is sued by its own staff for creating a work culture that creates and sustains moral injury. I hope there's a class action that targets
December 10, 2025 at 8:41 AM
That NDIS is the only government scheme that requires teams of multi-disciplinary experts to support applications, then to ignore said applications. Once the NDIA is sued by its own staff for creating a work culture that creates and sustains moral injury. I hope there's a class action that targets
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Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media.
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
The November monthly temperatures have been released and 2025 looks set to be the 2nd hottest year on record.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
Remember when warming apparently stopped in 1997?
That is more than 0.5C ago.
December 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Were I in a govt that really cared about kids, I’d be banning new coal and gas mines with rather more fervour than the current ban on social media.
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
Probably wouldn’t get the same boasting front pages in the Herald Sun and Daily Telegraph though…
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I’m so tired.
Tired of having to fight for basic decency.
Tired of having to fight to remain housed and fed.
Tired of having to fight for medical care.
Tired of having to try and convince the world that I matter even though I’m disabled.
Tired of having to fight for basic decency.
Tired of having to fight to remain housed and fed.
Tired of having to fight for medical care.
Tired of having to try and convince the world that I matter even though I’m disabled.
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I’m so tired.
Tired of having to fight for basic decency.
Tired of having to fight to remain housed and fed.
Tired of having to fight for medical care.
Tired of having to try and convince the world that I matter even though I’m disabled.
Tired of having to fight for basic decency.
Tired of having to fight to remain housed and fed.
Tired of having to fight for medical care.
Tired of having to try and convince the world that I matter even though I’m disabled.
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“Offshore gas companies pay no royalties, which means they get the product that they’re selling for free.” – Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens
✍️ Add your name to the petition calling on the government to fix our gas export laws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Add your name to the petition calling on the government to fix our gas export laws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
December 10, 2025 at 2:41 AM
“Offshore gas companies pay no royalties, which means they get the product that they’re selling for free.” – Senator Larissa Waters, Leader of the Australian Greens
✍️ Add your name to the petition calling on the government to fix our gas export laws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
✍️ Add your name to the petition calling on the government to fix our gas export laws: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/fix_gas_expo...
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Jesse Mack Butler raped & strangled two underage girls.
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
December 10, 2025 at 2:50 AM
Jesse Mack Butler raped & strangled two underage girls.
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
One of them was put in hospital and required vascular surgery.
He received community service for violent sex crimes that almost took a life.
He will reoffend, and everyone who helped him go free should be held accountable
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Queensland's social housing register has reached a record high of 54,922. Signing a lease to live in a tent at a caravan park will disqualify people from the crisis accommodation category. They remain on the housing department's register. #qldpol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Queensland family living in a tent says they're not considered homeless
Simone Owen is living in a tent with her husband and two children, but she says they are not considered homeless so do not qualify for crisis accommodation.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 3:08 AM
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December 10, 2025 at 1:44 AM
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Framing the teen social media ban as standing up to big tech to protect the children is such bullshit.
If they had any desire to stand up to big tech they’d tax it properly.
If they had any desire to stand up to big tech they’d tax it properly.
December 10, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Framing the teen social media ban as standing up to big tech to protect the children is such bullshit.
If they had any desire to stand up to big tech they’d tax it properly.
If they had any desire to stand up to big tech they’d tax it properly.
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DV survivors are right. Social assistance should not be determined on your relationship status. Everyone is entitled to financial independence.
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 PM
DV survivors are right. Social assistance should not be determined on your relationship status. Everyone is entitled to financial independence.
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People deemed to be in a relationship receive less financial support from Centrelink than singles, which domestic violence survivors say undermines safety and financial freedom www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Abuse survivors say Centrelink's 'couple rule' puts women in danger
Financial and domestic abuse survivors say the way Centrelink assesses benefit payments for people in a relationship makes it harder for women to leave dangerous relationships.
www.abc.net.au
December 9, 2025 at 8:23 PM
People deemed to be in a relationship receive less financial support from Centrelink than singles, which domestic violence survivors say undermines safety and financial freedom www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
Japanese Short Forms with Maeve O'Sullivan - Irish Writers Centre
4-week online writing course looking at Japanese poetry forms with Maeve O'Sullivan. Starts Tuesday 12 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8.30pm.
irishwriterscentre.ie
December 9, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Announcing my upcoming online workshop in #haiku and related forms @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. It will run (in the evenings) for four weeks from Monday 12th January. All likes / shares / mentions much appreciated! 🙏🏻 irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/japa...
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Remember that Elon Musk, the man who’s about to become the world’s first trillionaire, is an immigrant who avoids paying taxes.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
December 9, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Remember that Elon Musk, the man who’s about to become the world’s first trillionaire, is an immigrant who avoids paying taxes.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
He wants you to hate immigrants because it keeps you from recognizing that he’s the problem.
Don’t fall for it.
Abolish the billionaire (and trillionaire!) class.
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Our poet laureate
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Our poet laureate
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In the midst of a tide of misinformation, it does sometimes feel like a pointless fight, especially as the structures that could combat misinfo—from fact checking to regulations to platform policies—are being dismantled. That doesn't mean it's a fight that's not worth having.
The disinformation wars are here
How Joe Biden’s administration caved to the right in the battle for truth.
www.theverge.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 PM
In the midst of a tide of misinformation, it does sometimes feel like a pointless fight, especially as the structures that could combat misinfo—from fact checking to regulations to platform policies—are being dismantled. That doesn't mean it's a fight that's not worth having.
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Emeritus Prof Terry Carney delivers "Australian Social Services Scandals: Towards dystopia? Or equity and justice for the vulnerable?" Inaugural Carney Public Lecture at USyd on Thurs 6pm. Few tix to this free event left. I'm responding via Zoom after www.eventbrite.com.au/e/inaugural-...
Inaugural Carney Public Lecture
Emeritus Professor Terry Carney delivers "Australian Social Services Scandals: Towards dystopia? Or equity and justice for the vulnerable?"
www.eventbrite.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Emeritus Prof Terry Carney delivers "Australian Social Services Scandals: Towards dystopia? Or equity and justice for the vulnerable?" Inaugural Carney Public Lecture at USyd on Thurs 6pm. Few tix to this free event left. I'm responding via Zoom after www.eventbrite.com.au/e/inaugural-...