Lisa
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Lisa
@lcwesthaven.bsky.social
Healthcare NFP/membership, parent of a trans kiddo, adoptee. Living and working in Naarm. Always was, always will be Aboriginal land.
wild things are happening...bsky seems to be using the age gate to harvest facial data
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
you can't be DM'd *totally understand why* but as a mother of a trans kiddo, you deserve all good things and thank you xxx
December 10, 2025 at 7:59 AM
small contribution sent xx
December 10, 2025 at 7:53 AM
This is another data harvesting wheeze.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
ACCEPTED
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I went through facial recognition...
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
- DECLINED -
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I popped in my credit card deets - accepted everywhere
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Bsky asked for age verification to unlock my DMs.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
I'm 48 years old and have been chronically online for more than 20 years. My captcha is rock solid.
December 10, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Wotcha. I tried to DM, but Au social media laws have me - a 48 year old - in a holding pen. So, do you have a GFM/Kofi?some means of direct support?
December 10, 2025 at 7:35 AM
I look back on a novel like What a Carve Up!, which was extremely polemical, and from a literary point of view, very one-sided, and I stand by its politics but I’m not sure I stand by it aesthetically any more. www.theguardian.com/books/2023/a...
Jonathan Coe: ‘People say, where’s the anger? It’s still there’
The acclaimed author on writing his most personal novel to date, finding inspiration on Twitter, and why he was horrified by Granta’s list of the best young British writers
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:13 AM
I know he's somewhat disowned it, because he feels it leans far too heavy on the satire to be a work of art, but What A Carve Up! by Johnathan Coe feels more and more on the nose as time goes on.
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Reposted by Lisa
Reporting from Politico:

"Around £700,000…has been spent on ads set to run in the Telegraph, Times, Sun, Mail, Metro and iNews, featuring a 'letter to the nation' signed by Farage."
November 27, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Have you heard of the Royal Rota. Access journalism, but make it *special*
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_R...
Royal Rota - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
November 27, 2025 at 7:34 AM