Dani Brown
@danster69.bsky.social
Sweary post-menopausal single Mum with a liver transplant, an appreciation of dark humour and chocolate, and a commitment to fairness. I live on Whadjuk Noongar boodja, and pay my respects to the traditional custodians and owners of the land and culture.
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1. European and UK ministers are still talking as if their biggest potential security problem is a withdrawal of US support. But that is not their biggest potential security problem. It’s that, under Trump, the US will back Putin not just diplomatically but also militarily. 🧵
February 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
1. European and UK ministers are still talking as if their biggest potential security problem is a withdrawal of US support. But that is not their biggest potential security problem. It’s that, under Trump, the US will back Putin not just diplomatically but also militarily. 🧵
Sitting outside after dinner, the end of another hot Perth day. Sounds drift from the oval nearby. Corellas, pink and grey galahs, and parrots fly through the trees. Lulu barks at the people walking their dogs. Against the backdrop of a world gone mad, moments like this are precious, jewels in time.
January 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Sitting outside after dinner, the end of another hot Perth day. Sounds drift from the oval nearby. Corellas, pink and grey galahs, and parrots fly through the trees. Lulu barks at the people walking their dogs. Against the backdrop of a world gone mad, moments like this are precious, jewels in time.
If you ask me she would have been a much better choice for Time's Person of the Year.
December 14, 2024 at 4:00 AM
If you ask me she would have been a much better choice for Time's Person of the Year.
Not surprising at all, my Spotify Wrapped. Number 1 song? Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. Top artist? Johann Sebastian Bach. Why? Baroque music gets me in the zone at work, it's my trigger for flow state. It can only be Baroque, Renaissance, or early mediaeval. Mozart = itchy brain.
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December 4, 2024 at 11:52 PM
Not surprising at all, my Spotify Wrapped. Number 1 song? Brandenburg Concerto No. 6. Top artist? Johann Sebastian Bach. Why? Baroque music gets me in the zone at work, it's my trigger for flow state. It can only be Baroque, Renaissance, or early mediaeval. Mozart = itchy brain.
December 3, 2024 at 12:07 PM
We back on to the local park, lots of jarrah and marri trees, so there's lots of bird life (Perth, WA, Whaduk Noongar country). The resident butcherbird couple have young chicks who came for a shower in the retic, fluffing themselves and having a great time. #Birdsofbluesky #Australianbirds
November 24, 2024 at 5:41 AM
We back on to the local park, lots of jarrah and marri trees, so there's lots of bird life (Perth, WA, Whaduk Noongar country). The resident butcherbird couple have young chicks who came for a shower in the retic, fluffing themselves and having a great time. #Birdsofbluesky #Australianbirds
I got excited today when I realised I was about to actually perform a task I'd decided to do 5 minutes before, and I'd focused really hard, and I remembered it, and then I was about to do it, and then I did it, and I was happy I remembered it. Anyone else's brain do that?
November 23, 2024 at 12:53 AM
I got excited today when I realised I was about to actually perform a task I'd decided to do 5 minutes before, and I'd focused really hard, and I remembered it, and then I was about to do it, and then I did it, and I was happy I remembered it. Anyone else's brain do that?
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The International Criminal Court has announced that it is issuing international arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, alleging war crimes.
November 21, 2024 at 1:37 PM
The International Criminal Court has announced that it is issuing international arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, alleging war crimes.
It's national Fairy Bread Day in Australia this Sunday, 24 November, celebrating the quintessential Australian birthday party treat 🧚♀️🍞 So get out there buying your hundreds and thousands! And help raise money for The Pyjama Foundation looking after kids in foster care: www.fairybreadday.com
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Every day is Fairy Bread Day, we just celebrate it once a year! So get your 100's & 1000's, butter & fresh bread, & celebrate with us every 24th November.
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November 21, 2024 at 12:16 AM
It's national Fairy Bread Day in Australia this Sunday, 24 November, celebrating the quintessential Australian birthday party treat 🧚♀️🍞 So get out there buying your hundreds and thousands! And help raise money for The Pyjama Foundation looking after kids in foster care: www.fairybreadday.com
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Palestinians in northern Gaza face “diminishing conditions for survival” as Israel’s military has “denied or impeded” all UN support efforts.
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November 20, 2024 at 2:35 AM
Palestinians in northern Gaza face “diminishing conditions for survival” as Israel’s military has “denied or impeded” all UN support efforts.
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Looking forward to when BlueSky is normalised and people stop commenting on how difficult it was to leave all their followers on X/Twitter and isn't it nice here instead 😒
November 19, 2024 at 9:46 AM
Looking forward to when BlueSky is normalised and people stop commenting on how difficult it was to leave all their followers on X/Twitter and isn't it nice here instead 😒
Been spending too much time on social media over-consuming US election news. Not great for someone with anxiety.
So, now, quietly, couch-laying, cold-drinking, petrichor-inhaling, snack-eating, jarrah-admiring, self-caring. And starting The Diplomat S2 tonight 🩷
So, now, quietly, couch-laying, cold-drinking, petrichor-inhaling, snack-eating, jarrah-admiring, self-caring. And starting The Diplomat S2 tonight 🩷
November 18, 2024 at 9:56 AM
Been spending too much time on social media over-consuming US election news. Not great for someone with anxiety.
So, now, quietly, couch-laying, cold-drinking, petrichor-inhaling, snack-eating, jarrah-admiring, self-caring. And starting The Diplomat S2 tonight 🩷
So, now, quietly, couch-laying, cold-drinking, petrichor-inhaling, snack-eating, jarrah-admiring, self-caring. And starting The Diplomat S2 tonight 🩷
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At least 43,846 Palestinians have been killed and 103,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, says the enclave’s Health Ministry.
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Israel kills at least 72 in north Gaza, orders more evacuations from Beirut
Medics are unable to reach the wreckage of a residential tower in Beit Lahiya due to the presence of Israeli troops.
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November 17, 2024 at 11:47 AM
At least 43,846 Palestinians have been killed and 103,740 wounded in Israeli attacks on Gaza since October 7, 2023, says the enclave’s Health Ministry.
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
🔴 LIVE updates ⤵️
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Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
November 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM
Blocking Nazis, trolls, and fascists doesn’t make it an “echo chamber.” People need to stop gaslighting us into thinking we have to listen to Nazis and debate trolls in order to be informed.
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‘Band-aid’: debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees, university students say
‘Band-aid’: debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees, university students say
Albanese’s plan is viewed as a ‘last-ditch effort’ to win votes but students also want the vexed jobs ready graduate scheme reversed
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Ngaire Bogemann was in year 12 when the Morrison government announced drastic changes to increase the cost of arts degrees by 113%.
Now, more than four years later, she’s among hundreds of thousands of students who will have to wait until after the next election for any reprieve on their now-$50,000 arts degrees – despite the policy being slammed by Labor at the time as “deeply flawed”, “irrational” and an act of “economic and cultural vandalism”.
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November 17, 2024 at 1:24 AM
‘Band-aid’: debt relief fails to address inequitable pricing of degrees, university students say
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The similarities between MAGA and China's Cultural Revolution is hard to ignore.
Fanatical disciples behind an aging leader, purging the Party of anyone who denies his infallibility, only those loyal to the movement remain.
Hopefully the similarities don't continue...
Fanatical disciples behind an aging leader, purging the Party of anyone who denies his infallibility, only those loyal to the movement remain.
Hopefully the similarities don't continue...
November 15, 2024 at 11:08 PM
The similarities between MAGA and China's Cultural Revolution is hard to ignore.
Fanatical disciples behind an aging leader, purging the Party of anyone who denies his infallibility, only those loyal to the movement remain.
Hopefully the similarities don't continue...
Fanatical disciples behind an aging leader, purging the Party of anyone who denies his infallibility, only those loyal to the movement remain.
Hopefully the similarities don't continue...
A little labradoodle #dogs light relief on a Friday night, at the end of a week going too far down the shitshow/clusterfuck/nightmare-scenario US election rabbit hole. Lulu Lollapalooza is our self-care therapy puppaluppa #dogsofbluesky
November 15, 2024 at 11:21 AM
A little labradoodle #dogs light relief on a Friday night, at the end of a week going too far down the shitshow/clusterfuck/nightmare-scenario US election rabbit hole. Lulu Lollapalooza is our self-care therapy puppaluppa #dogsofbluesky
Not all of us thinking this is just another great Onion headline 👏 😁❤️
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Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with help from Sandy Hook families
Families of Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims say the satirical news publication The Onion won the bidding for Alex Jones’ Infowars at a bankruptcy auction.
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November 14, 2024 at 2:35 PM
Not all of us thinking this is just another great Onion headline 👏 😁❤️
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I really don't think a lot of Americans who are still saying "it's only 4 years" haven't really comprehended what's coming for them. There are no checks and balances now, MAGA Republicans and the Trump team have almost unlimited power. Vale American democracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
Republicans secure House majority in yet another blow to Democrats
Party has won 218 seats in lower chamber after Democrats unsuccessfully campaigned on need to curtail ‘dysfunction’
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November 14, 2024 at 5:36 AM
I really don't think a lot of Americans who are still saying "it's only 4 years" haven't really comprehended what's coming for them. There are no checks and balances now, MAGA Republicans and the Trump team have almost unlimited power. Vale American democracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024...
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The Middle East North African (MENA) Chamber of Commerce wants to know why Trump broke his promise to them to call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Lebanon on Nov 6. They actually believed him.
November 13, 2024 at 12:14 PM
The Middle East North African (MENA) Chamber of Commerce wants to know why Trump broke his promise to them to call for an immediate ceasefire in Palestine and Lebanon on Nov 6. They actually believed him.