Pat Bradley
@patb49.bsky.social
CMHN, carer, cricket lover.
Artyfarty type, treehugger.
Aging disgracefully.
Artyfarty type, treehugger.
Aging disgracefully.
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A trifle hypocritical, coming from someone whose party can only ever govern in coalition. #auspol #election2025
April 23, 2025 at 11:52 PM
A trifle hypocritical, coming from someone whose party can only ever govern in coalition. #auspol #election2025
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This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
April 24, 2025 at 2:26 PM
This is your regular reminder that executive orders are not royal decrees. Because America has no king.
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Only humanity could take something as beautiful and harmonious as life, and turn into something as dull and petty as capitalism.
April 21, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Only humanity could take something as beautiful and harmonious as life, and turn into something as dull and petty as capitalism.
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After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
Mental health workers go on hunger strike, demanding better pay and benefits
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
www.npr.org
April 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
After months of striking, some therapists with Kaiser Permanente stopped eating for five days to bring attention to their union's demands for parity with how the company's other workers are treated.
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These are the high prices that Dutton says Australians are paying
He has no idea
A millionaire doesn’t know the cost of fuel obviously!
He has no idea
A millionaire doesn’t know the cost of fuel obviously!
April 1, 2025 at 6:19 AM
These are the high prices that Dutton says Australians are paying
He has no idea
A millionaire doesn’t know the cost of fuel obviously!
He has no idea
A millionaire doesn’t know the cost of fuel obviously!
Wyoming Bans Pronouns, Madam Chairman Objects When It Applies to Him
SMITE!
www.thegodpodcast.com
February 27, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Finding it hard to tease out the difference between a 'prejudice-motivated attack' and a 'hate crime'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
Pregnant woman choked with own hijab in Melbourne attack speaks out
A pregnant woman choked with her own hijab in a Melbourne shopping centre in what detectives believe was an Islamophobic attack says she remains traumatised, as Muslim leaders call for more action fro...
www.abc.net.au
February 19, 2025 at 2:53 AM
Finding it hard to tease out the difference between a 'prejudice-motivated attack' and a 'hate crime'.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...
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MAGA Logic:
-TikTok: Ban it
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Public Schools: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black or LGBTQ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
-TikTok: Ban it
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Public Schools: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black or LGBTQ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
January 19, 2025 at 8:42 AM
MAGA Logic:
-TikTok: Ban it
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Public Schools: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black or LGBTQ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
-TikTok: Ban it
-Abortion: Ban it
-Marijuana: Ban it
-Drag shows: Ban it
-Immigration: Ban it
-Public Schools: Ban it
-Dialogue on racism: Ban it
-Books by Black or LGBTQ authors: Ban it
-Guns: BANS DON’T WORK YOU SNOWFLAKES
We are misusing the word oligarchy. What we are seeing is the *visible* rise (again) of a plutocracy.
The US system was deliberately skewed toward the wealthy from the word go.
theconversation.com/what-is-an-o...
The US system was deliberately skewed toward the wealthy from the word go.
theconversation.com/what-is-an-o...
What is an oligarchy, and is the United States poised to become one?
Outgoing United States president Joe Biden has warned ‘an oligarchy is taking shape in America’. What is an oligarchy? And is America becoming one?
theconversation.com
January 20, 2025 at 2:03 AM
We are misusing the word oligarchy. What we are seeing is the *visible* rise (again) of a plutocracy.
The US system was deliberately skewed toward the wealthy from the word go.
theconversation.com/what-is-an-o...
The US system was deliberately skewed toward the wealthy from the word go.
theconversation.com/what-is-an-o...
It doesn't really matter how refined, transparent and simple a system may be - if people can't afford the first step, it fails.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
NDIS access fails at first financial hurdle, advocacy group says
The cost of the assessments required to simply access the process to get on the National Disability Insurance Scheme is making it hard for families like Shontay Mulcahy's to get support.
www.abc.net.au
January 10, 2025 at 4:46 AM
It doesn't really matter how refined, transparent and simple a system may be - if people can't afford the first step, it fails.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-01...