Ben Richardson
@benjrichardson.bsky.social
Residing on Wakka Wakka land. Cishet. He/him.
I want to elevate other voices so I repost mostly without comment.
"Until we are all free, we are none of us free." - Emma Lazarus
(Warning: will post Brisbane Broncos & Tottenham Hotspur content.)
I want to elevate other voices so I repost mostly without comment.
"Until we are all free, we are none of us free." - Emma Lazarus
(Warning: will post Brisbane Broncos & Tottenham Hotspur content.)
Reposted by Ben Richardson
Like all the colonies, Queensland incarcerates children in violent places riddled with abusers, including known abusers on the public payroll.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Number of children under 14 in adult watch houses in Queensland rises 50% in 12 months
Report to parliament the adult cells are an ‘inadequate place to keep young people overnight’ and are ‘harmful and traumatising’
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Like all the colonies, Queensland incarcerates children in violent places riddled with abusers, including known abusers on the public payroll.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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the colony is again announcing its knowledge of the purpose and function of prisons for children, a publicly funded architecture of violence where we pay abusers a living wage and give them access to child victims and impunity. TAS know this. NT and QLD know. All the Aust colonies know this.
December 8, 2025 at 7:25 AM
the colony is again announcing its knowledge of the purpose and function of prisons for children, a publicly funded architecture of violence where we pay abusers a living wage and give them access to child victims and impunity. TAS know this. NT and QLD know. All the Aust colonies know this.
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Had a couple of people sputtering mad (not at me) about how badly the cops fucked up in my last Waverly book and like I don't know what to tell you, I watch a bunch of Canadian true crime and people send me Canadian crime articles and my fictional stuff is just not far off.
December 8, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Had a couple of people sputtering mad (not at me) about how badly the cops fucked up in my last Waverly book and like I don't know what to tell you, I watch a bunch of Canadian true crime and people send me Canadian crime articles and my fictional stuff is just not far off.
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lol but like historically, if you want rights you have to fight for them. There is no silver bullet and there is no messiah.
December 8, 2025 at 3:19 AM
lol but like historically, if you want rights you have to fight for them. There is no silver bullet and there is no messiah.
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lol anybody with a HINT of charisma is suddenly the new "messiah".
*stares in Gavin Newsom and Zohran Mamdani*
*stares in Gavin Newsom and Zohran Mamdani*
December 8, 2025 at 3:18 AM
lol anybody with a HINT of charisma is suddenly the new "messiah".
*stares in Gavin Newsom and Zohran Mamdani*
*stares in Gavin Newsom and Zohran Mamdani*
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If MAGA has taught us anything it’s that people are willing to believe anything you say as long as you hate all the same people they do.
December 7, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If MAGA has taught us anything it’s that people are willing to believe anything you say as long as you hate all the same people they do.
Another disgusting combination of racism and capitalism.
December 7, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Another disgusting combination of racism and capitalism.
I don't know if you've seen it, but Series 1 of Black Snow (on Stan) touched on this issue.
December 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
I don't know if you've seen it, but Series 1 of Black Snow (on Stan) touched on this issue.