Damien Evans
@damienevans.bsky.social
he/him. Asexual, Autistic, partially tetraplegic disability pensioner. Hates capitalism, loves cricket, car and bike racing and fishing
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Nothing could be more naïve than to imagine that Donald Trump's effort to put the military on the streets of US cities has anything to do with "fighting crime." He himself is very clear: this is an act of war against the part of the population that does not support his autocracy.
Resist or perish.🏴
Resist or perish.🏴
![A "Truth Social" post by notorious misogynist Donald Trump, reading:
'I love the smell of deportations in the morning...' [single quotes sic]
Chicago about to find out why it's called the Department of WAR [concludes with three helicopter emojis]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:usktoienjig6rm5cxm46j3zl/bafkreia6powzatv62xd2t5viksibkexlgzhs6pij3hdr6x6cxs2hoipreq@jpeg)
September 6, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Nothing could be more naïve than to imagine that Donald Trump's effort to put the military on the streets of US cities has anything to do with "fighting crime." He himself is very clear: this is an act of war against the part of the population that does not support his autocracy.
Resist or perish.🏴
Resist or perish.🏴
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"Australians lose $13 billion to pokies each year. At least $10 billion in poker-machine losses (84%) come from at-risk gambling according to this calculation"
Just so gross how much pokie profit comes from the vulnerable. New @australiainstitute.org.au analysis:
Just so gross how much pokie profit comes from the vulnerable. New @australiainstitute.org.au analysis:
Most gambling losses are from at-risk gamblers
Australia has some of the highest rates of gambling in the world, with a third of Australian adults using poker machines at least once a year. But it’s a
australiainstitute.org.au
July 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
"Australians lose $13 billion to pokies each year. At least $10 billion in poker-machine losses (84%) come from at-risk gambling according to this calculation"
Just so gross how much pokie profit comes from the vulnerable. New @australiainstitute.org.au analysis:
Just so gross how much pokie profit comes from the vulnerable. New @australiainstitute.org.au analysis:
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Amazing 😂
June 19, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Amazing 😂
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Every time people talk about reading their kids Harry Potter, i look at my copies of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching books and want to scream.
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
April 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Every time people talk about reading their kids Harry Potter, i look at my copies of Terry Pratchett’s Tiffany Aching books and want to scream.
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
You don’t have to read your kids the terf books! Stop funding her campaign of hate!
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Here’s another pointer to just how fast geopolitics are changing.👇 The US is no longer a reliable ally. Yet here the ALP/LNP duopoly have got their heads in the sand, hoping it can still be business as usual. Wishful thinking is no strategy. #AUKUS #auspol
Germany’s Merz vows ‘independence’ from Trump’s America, warning NATO may soon be dead
Election winner likens the Trump administration to Putin’s Russia as he bids to take Europe in a new direction.
www.politico.eu
February 24, 2025 at 9:53 AM
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This is a threat
February 18, 2025 at 5:18 AM
This is a threat
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fucking furious that the very term "antisemitism" has been rendered meaningless by 14+ months of applying it to genocide resistance
February 6, 2025 at 12:50 PM
fucking furious that the very term "antisemitism" has been rendered meaningless by 14+ months of applying it to genocide resistance
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Here's me. 'What would Grace Tame do?'
What would Grace Tame do? - The Shot
Grace Tame wore our Fuck Murdoch T-shirt to meet the Prime Minister. Let's just acknowledge how much that rocks.
theshot.net.au
January 28, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Here's me. 'What would Grace Tame do?'
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Brianna Wu calling for Eli to be criminally charged and imprisoned is tantamount to saying she should be repeatedly raped and tortured in prison under Trump's administration.
January 27, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Brianna Wu calling for Eli to be criminally charged and imprisoned is tantamount to saying she should be repeatedly raped and tortured in prison under Trump's administration.
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I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
There Is No Safe Word
How the best-selling fantasy author Neil Gaiman hid the darkest parts of himself for decades.
www.vulture.com
January 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I wrote about Neil Gaiman, and the women accusing him of sexual coercion, assault and abuse. www.vulture.com/article/neil...
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[RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN ATTEMPTS RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN COUP IN COUNTRY WITH A PROLONGED HISTORY OF RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES] what are we a bunch of communists?
i didn’t have south korea briefly becoming north korea on my geopolitical bingo card
December 3, 2024 at 9:08 PM
[RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN ATTEMPTS RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN COUP IN COUNTRY WITH A PROLONGED HISTORY OF RIGHT WING AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES] what are we a bunch of communists?
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Wow that’s a pretty dirty move from Canada Post. Rather than negotiate with the workers, it’s violating the Canada Labour Code and laying people off during the strike. The strike going on longer is going to be at their feet. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
Canada Post says it has been temporarily laying off striking workers | CBC News
The union representing Canada Post workers says the Crown corporation has been laying striking employees off as the labour action by more than 55,000 workers approaches the two-week mark.
www.cbc.ca
November 28, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Wow that’s a pretty dirty move from Canada Post. Rather than negotiate with the workers, it’s violating the Canada Labour Code and laying people off during the strike. The strike going on longer is going to be at their feet. www.cbc.ca/news/busines...
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This is on Bill Shorten
He's made no secret how he wants to throw autistic people under the bus
And now he's done it to kids
He's made no secret how he wants to throw autistic people under the bus
And now he's done it to kids
100%! "Advocates for autistic children and their families told a parliamentary committee on the NDIS in August that 100% of the autistic children with intensive support needs who they helped access the NDIS were initially rejected." www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Disability advocate hits back at ‘misleading’ claims that NDIS funding is incentivising autism d...
Chief of Children and Young People with Disability Australia says families are simply seeking help for their children, with the NDIS ‘the only place to turn’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2023 at 5:46 AM
This is on Bill Shorten
He's made no secret how he wants to throw autistic people under the bus
And now he's done it to kids
He's made no secret how he wants to throw autistic people under the bus
And now he's done it to kids
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Australian Financial Review having a fine time with AI images of real live people like Sam Kerr.
September 28, 2023 at 4:49 AM
Australian Financial Review having a fine time with AI images of real live people like Sam Kerr.
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Ronald Reagan died 6969 days ago today. 1 reskeet is 1 piss on his grave
July 6, 2023 at 1:40 AM
Ronald Reagan died 6969 days ago today. 1 reskeet is 1 piss on his grave
About to watch Oppenheimer, I hope it's good
July 25, 2023 at 6:06 AM
About to watch Oppenheimer, I hope it's good