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Simone Bye
@simonebye.bsky.social
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Aussie/Kiwi. Later in life mum. 14 yrs sober. Crochet. US politics & English history nerd. LGBGTQI+ ally. AuDHD. Feminist. Chronic pain (PsA). Living on Cadigal land. Proud political lefty
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Peaceful Protest THE SIT DOWN WAVE Some pointers for peaceful protest if violence breaks out: 1) SIT DOWN. Lower yourself to the ground. Stay where you are 2) SILENCE IS POWER. Stop chanting, put down signs and stay silent 3)SPREAD THE SIGNAL. Gesture or quietly tell others to sit. Let the action ripple through the crowd like a wave 4) DO NOT ENGAGE. Don’t argue, confront, engage with the aggression. Discipline speaks for itself 5) MAKE PEACE VISIBLE. A calm seated crowd is a powerful image for the world-and the cameras-to see
June 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
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Protest Some pointers for peaceful protest if violence breaks out: 1) SIT DOWN. Lower yourself to the ground. Stay where you are 2) SILENCE IS POWER. Stop chanting, put down signs and stay silent 3)SPREAD THE SIGNAL. Gesture or quietly tell others to sit. Let the action ripple through the crowd like a wave 4) DO NOT ENGAGE. Don’t argue, confront, engage with the aggression. Discipline speaks for itself 5) MAKE PEACE VISIBLE. A calm seated crowd is a powerful image for the world-and the cameras-to see
June 11, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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Protect the Peaceful Protest Some pointers for peaceful protest if violence breaks out: 1) SIT DOWN. Lower yourself to the ground. Stay where you are 2) SILENCE IS POWER. Stop chanting, put down signs and stay silent 3)SPREAD THE SIGNAL. Gesture or quietly tell others to sit. Let the action ripple through the crowd like a wave 4) DO NOT ENGAGE. Don’t argue, confront, engage with the aggression. Discipline speaks for itself 5) MAKE PEACE VISIBLE. A calm seated crowd is a powerful image for the world-and the cameras-to see
June 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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THE SIT DOWN WAVE Some pointers for peaceful protest if violence breaks out: 1) SIT DOWN. Lower yourself to the ground. Stay where you are 2) SILENCE IS POWER. Stop chanting, put down signs and stay silent 3)SPREAD THE SIGNAL. Gesture or quietly tell others to sit. Let the action ripple through the crowd like a wave 4) DO NOT ENGAGE. Don’t argue, confront, engage with the aggression. Discipline speaks for itself 5) MAKE PEACE VISIBLE. A calm seated crowd is a powerful image for the world-and the cameras-to see
June 11, 2025 at 1:00 PM
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Some pointers for peaceful protest if violence breaks out: 1) SIT DOWN. Lower yourself to the ground. Stay where you are 2) SILENCE IS POWER. Stop chanting, put down signs and stay silent 3)SPREAD THE SIGNAL. Gesture or quietly tell others to sit. Let the action ripple through the crowd like a wave 4) DO NOT ENGAGE. Don’t argue, confront, engage with the aggression. Discipline speaks for itself 5) MAKE PEACE VISIBLE. A calm seated crowd is a powerful image for the world-and the cameras-to see
June 11, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Hehe. The Queen hated him
Image of the late Queen standing between Trump and Melania. She has turned to Melania and says “I am not fond of your husband, however It is very nice to meet you Stormy”
June 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
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Trialling my 7th biologic. My last chance for remission. But each monthly jab so far has given me such extreme exhaustion it feels as if my bones have gone soft and can’t hold me up. Mostly bed bound for a week now. My cat has not left my side 🥹. #psoriaticarthritis #chronicillness
Photo of a beautiful brown Burmese cat with a wonderfully grumpy expression on her face as only a cat can make
May 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Fixed it.
Crossed out ‘may’ and changed it to ‘will’
May 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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#auspol thank goodness that the culture war stuff didn’t grab. Thanks Australia!
Photo of Peter Dutton looking relaxed with a woman looking stunned standing next to him. Caption says “When Antony Green says you’ve lost without working computers before 8.30pm”
May 3, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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All those savings! #doge 🙄
Photo of Elon Musk with the headline “What Elon Musk didn’t budget for: firing all those workers costs money” A header says the cost is estimated to be $138 BILLION dollars. All that winning!
April 30, 2025 at 8:09 AM
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#uspolitics
A felon, a billionaire, an alcoholic, multiple sexual predators, a puppy killer, a Russian spy, and a heroin addict with part of his brain eaten by a worm, walk into the White House. Oh wait, this isn’t a joke
April 28, 2025 at 4:38 AM
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Meme showing Darth Vader leading a group of Storm Troopers through a corridor in formation. With Big Bird from Sesame Street (a giant bright yellow fluffy bird puppet in case you don’t know Sesame Street which is a kids program) 😂. Caption reads “When you’re accidentally included in a war plan group chat”
March 27, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Fark decorum, saved this last year. Tick ✅ Tick ✅ tick ✅ etc etc etc
Authoritarian checklist by Verfassungblog. Authoritarian checklist, from Rastern European countries who get this. Verfassungblog
March 24, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Authoritarian checklist. I remembered I saved this last year. He doesn’t care that he’s ruining the economy, it’s part of the plan.
Authoritarian Checklist: They will try to take control of the judiciary, They will assault your highest court. They need to remove checks and balances. Preserve the independence of your courts at all costs! Authoritarian check list via the Verfassungsblog has a list of all the tactics would be authoritarians use Authoritarian checklist list via the Verfassungsblog
March 24, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Large typeface says Theiyr’re….then smaller typeface says Take that, grammar police!
March 19, 2025 at 4:48 AM
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My thoughts on the orange evil one.
Photo of my comments on another post describing trump as a weak individual who cannot stand with his world peers so seeks power and domination through destruction
March 7, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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My reply on instagram to a similar post
Photo of a post I wrote on instagram explaining as an Aussie I see Trump as someone incapable of standing among his world peers as a builder, an inspiring individual so he gains power and notoriety from destruction
March 7, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Photo of an old fashioned looking book with the satirical title “How to Avoid Vaccines and Die Like a Medieval Peasant” by R.Kennedy
February 17, 2025 at 4:49 AM
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This is me! I always wondered why it’s so farking hard just to make a phone call! #audhd
Cartoon about how hard people with Autism find it to make an actual phone call. 2 characters. 1st cartoon: 2 cute little people. One on the left says “just call them” the one on the right (looking ashamed) says “I sent them an email” 2nd: figure on left looking frustrated says “it’s better to call them” figure on right (starting to sweat a bit) says “I sent them a text” 3rd: figure on left totally frustrated now says firmly “Just CALL them”and figure on right (sweating profusely now) says “I’ll send them another email”
February 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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@oliviajulianna.bsky.social 🙌🙌🙌 why do the rich or well known always think they won’t come for them? #transrightsarehumanrights
Picture of Caitlin Jenner and a Twitter comment she wrote saying Congratulations Mr President, thanks be to God and a reply by Olivia Julianna that says “He just ordered the Government to call you Bruce”
February 3, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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Squee! I wonder when this is coming to Australia? I’ll watch anything even remotely Jane Austen. (Except 2005 Pride & Prejudice, just awful and don’t come at me…1995 BBC series all the way 🙌) #dontletthemtakeyourjoy
Photo of 4 women in period costume. Pic says Miss Austen. It’s advertising a new BBC adaptation of the book by Gill Hornby, seen through the eyes of Jane Austens sister Cassandra.
February 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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How tariffs work #tariffs
Cartoon that shows trump trying to pee on Canada, which is represented by a working fan which is blowing the wee right back in trumps face. Titled, “How Tariffs Work”
February 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
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Screenshot of an instagram post by @theguiltyfeminist that shows a person holding sign that says ‘If you think that you love freedom, but you don’t care if it applies to everyone, what you actually love is privilege’
January 26, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Lots of them! I’m actually reading this! ADHD meds have me reading AN ACTUAL BOOK not on a screen for the first time in a decade!
Female hand holding a book called ‘The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy’ by Robert P Jones
January 20, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Feels a bit prescient reading this on this day. As an Australian hoping to unpack my white privilege/supremacy a bit more and gain insights I can see transferred to the Colonial genocide of First Nations people of this country I find to be my home. It’s an engrossing read too.
You can see part of a women’s hand holding a book called ‘The Hidden Roots of White Supremacy’ by Robert P Jones.
January 20, 2025 at 11:01 AM