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Small furry creature, lives in the garden. Always curious. she/her
Naarm, Wurundjeri land
#AutisticElder
#sociologist
Mostly at🐘
The map is not the territory. Where we look from & our #ToolsToThinkWith determine what we see. We can choose kindness 💜
Naarm, Wurundjeri land
#AutisticElder
#sociologist
Mostly at🐘
The map is not the territory. Where we look from & our #ToolsToThinkWith determine what we see. We can choose kindness 💜
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The trial, day one.
December 10, 2025 at 4:11 AM
The trial, day one.
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For academic friends researching fantasy and mythic/folkloric literature:
Call for papers for a special issue of Humanities journal, edited by Professor Bartłomiej Błaszkiewicz. Here are the details:
www.mdpi.com/journal/huma...
www.mdpi.com/journal/huma...
www.mdpi.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:18 PM
For academic friends researching fantasy and mythic/folkloric literature:
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Feeling holiday stress?
A psychologist (and native Dane) shares how Denmark relies on two words to stay grounded: overskud (the energy/space to take something on) and pyt (to let it go).
This season: say no when you lack overskud and say pyt when things don’t go as planned 💛
A psychologist (and native Dane) shares how Denmark relies on two words to stay grounded: overskud (the energy/space to take something on) and pyt (to let it go).
This season: say no when you lack overskud and say pyt when things don’t go as planned 💛
How to deal with holiday stress, Danish-style
Denmark, despite its cold and gloomy winters, is full of people who consistently rank among the happiest in the world.
buff.ly
December 6, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Feeling holiday stress?
A psychologist (and native Dane) shares how Denmark relies on two words to stay grounded: overskud (the energy/space to take something on) and pyt (to let it go).
This season: say no when you lack overskud and say pyt when things don’t go as planned 💛
A psychologist (and native Dane) shares how Denmark relies on two words to stay grounded: overskud (the energy/space to take something on) and pyt (to let it go).
This season: say no when you lack overskud and say pyt when things don’t go as planned 💛
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okay australian government: now take the direct incentives you did for household batteries and do it for massive, large-scale renewable energy
December 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
okay australian government: now take the direct incentives you did for household batteries and do it for massive, large-scale renewable energy
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Download the Australian Bites and Stings app and keep a couple of pressure bandages handy at home, in the car and when walking or out exercising
Teach your kids to apply a pressure bandage
Teach your kids to apply a pressure bandage
Emergency advice about snake bites now at your fingertips
As a new app is launched to provide first-aid advice for venomous bites and stings, a reptile expert urges people to learn how to respond in an emergency ahead of an expected spike in demand for antiv...
www.abc.net.au
December 6, 2025 at 12:14 AM
Download the Australian Bites and Stings app and keep a couple of pressure bandages handy at home, in the car and when walking or out exercising
Teach your kids to apply a pressure bandage
Teach your kids to apply a pressure bandage
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Tell you what .. black friday and cyber Monday are good for one thing only: figuring out who has your email address and UNSUBSCRIBING
November 30, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Tell you what .. black friday and cyber Monday are good for one thing only: figuring out who has your email address and UNSUBSCRIBING
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The toll keeps rising but I am not sure what penetration the story is getting
Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water
Floods in Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand leave close to 1,000 dead
Torrential rain has left Sri Lanka and parts of Indonesia's Sumatra, southern Thailand and northern Malaysia under water
bit.ly
December 1, 2025 at 7:14 AM
The toll keeps rising but I am not sure what penetration the story is getting
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...
Hands off our State Library!
Library workers deliver essential services to 2.8 million people in our community each year. They run information services, connect people online, hold free workshops, develop community connections an...
www.megaphone.org.au
December 1, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/ha...
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I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
CSIRO 350 job cuts a damning indictment on Government priorities, misses 'golden opportunity' on research
The announcement this week that CSIRO are to cut 350 research jobs is another damning indictment on Australia’s ongoing failure to prioritise research and development.
thepoint.com.au
November 19, 2025 at 10:37 PM
I seriously cannot get over how stupid it is to be cutting back on research right now #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
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This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
November 15, 2025 at 2:18 AM
This week in Art I Am Obsessed With: this self-portrait by Suzanne Valadon. It looks so incredibly contemporary (I would literally wear that exact outfit on hot summer day) but it’s from 1923. Anyway, love a queen with flowy pants and a dangling cigarette!
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If you’re living with #MECFS, #LongCOVID, or want to volunteer as a ‘healthy control’ for medical research studies, becoming an AusME Registry participant is the simplest way to get involved in research!
Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs
Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs
November 2, 2025 at 9:00 PM
If you’re living with #MECFS, #LongCOVID, or want to volunteer as a ‘healthy control’ for medical research studies, becoming an AusME Registry participant is the simplest way to get involved in research!
Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs
Sign up today and make a difference! zurl.co/KiZQs
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A reminder - governments *can* do things.
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A reminder - governments *can* do things.
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
A progressive government *should* do things.
A better country is possible.
Governments *choose* what they do (or do not do).
#ThePoint #Gough
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
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He was a vain, dishonest fool, too sexist and racist even for the likes of E.O. Wilson. Like many 'great' 20th-century scientists, his credulous and craven colleagues repeatedly forgave him for his shitty personality and vile opinions, all because he was associated with a much overblown 'discovery'.
November 8, 2025 at 4:51 AM
He was a vain, dishonest fool, too sexist and racist even for the likes of E.O. Wilson. Like many 'great' 20th-century scientists, his credulous and craven colleagues repeatedly forgave him for his shitty personality and vile opinions, all because he was associated with a much overblown 'discovery'.
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Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
November 8, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ketan Joshi's Irrational Climate Reset
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
I am calling for a return to the wild, unacceptable and unthinkably weird idea that we can decide not to live under the thumb of an expensive, deadly and ancient fossil fuel economy
No more hand-wringing about pragmatism. Be idealistic, and don't be sorry 🤜🏽
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DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read:
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
October 31, 2025 at 2:49 AM
DEWR's annual report was tabled yesterday. Let's have a read:
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
$1.2b was spent on Workforce Australia (employment services) last year
You'll be shocked to see its again failed it's basic performance measure to put people into jobs www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentar...
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Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said the ATO had failed to learn from the robodebt scandal by using strong-arm tactics against vulnerable people www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
ATO rebuked by tax watchdog for using debt collectors on people ‘doing the right thing’
Inspector general of taxation and ombudsman says she is receiving an ‘increasing number’ of complaints about tax office
www.theguardian.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said the ATO had failed to learn from the robodebt scandal by using strong-arm tactics against vulnerable people www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the average age of death for people who've experienced homelessness is 55 - almost three decades younger than the general population www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... cc. @purplepingers.bsky.social
New data on links between early death and homelessness - ABC listen
The Institute of Health and Welfare has examined the link between death and homelessness.
www.abc.net.au
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare found the average age of death for people who've experienced homelessness is 55 - almost three decades younger than the general population www.abc.net.au/listen/progr... cc. @purplepingers.bsky.social
Or media reporting the LibNat 🤡🎪 as if they were a credible opposition maintains a lazy narrative that positions the fictional ‘centre’ as the only game in town
Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry
If only #AusPol
Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry
If only #AusPol
October 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Or media reporting the LibNat 🤡🎪 as if they were a credible opposition maintains a lazy narrative that positions the fictional ‘centre’ as the only game in town
Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry
If only #AusPol
Imagine if they gave equal time to greens & cross bench members whose views are not beholden to the fossil fuels industry
If only #AusPol
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If you wrote for Bitch and are interested in participating in our reprint series, please reach out to us! flyteam at theflytrapmedia dot com.
We were wondering... what Bitch Media pieces are you all eager to see republished? QT with your faves that have been lost into the ether--maybe we can rescue them!
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
If you wrote for Bitch and are interested in participating in our reprint series, please reach out to us! flyteam at theflytrapmedia dot com.
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October 18, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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At a time when the value of research is being questioned, Richard Robson’s story is a powerful reminder of how scientific research leads to real-world impact. #auspol #NobelPrize
An Australian chemist just won the Nobel Prize. Here’s how his work is changing the world
The 2025 Nobel Prize in chemistry has been awarded for the development of metal-organic frameworks: molecular structures that have large spaces within them, capable of capturing and storing gases and other chemicals.
johnmenadue.com
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
At a time when the value of research is being questioned, Richard Robson’s story is a powerful reminder of how scientific research leads to real-world impact. #auspol #NobelPrize
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Today, Friday 26 September, is Stanislav Petrov Day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...
And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...
And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
Stanislav Petrov - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
September 25, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Today, Friday 26 September, is Stanislav Petrov Day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...
Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...
And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
Also, Situational Awareness Day. www.daysoftheyear.com/days/nationa...
And it’s happy 66th birthday to professional racist Andrew Bolt. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_...
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I have cystic fibrosis, and I don't know many others here on Bluesky, but I'd like to make cf friends. If you have the cfs, then comment and say hi.
September 21, 2025 at 4:02 AM
I have cystic fibrosis, and I don't know many others here on Bluesky, but I'd like to make cf friends. If you have the cfs, then comment and say hi.
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For more analysis from @emmashortis.bsky.social and friends on the decline of the US, tune in to our podcast After America.
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The mindless menace of violence
Instead of trying bring Americans together after the latest act of political violence, the Trump administration is fanning the flames of division.
australiainstitute.org.au
September 19, 2025 at 1:13 AM
For more analysis from @emmashortis.bsky.social and friends on the decline of the US, tune in to our podcast After America.
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