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You can’t waste your vote in Australia, thanks to the genius of preferential voting. It’s what helps set our voting system apart from the US and the UK. @richarddenniss.bsky.social explains how it works. 👇

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Legends in Canberra protested at the NGA today

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Stolen Land

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Remember where this idea came from. Remember when Trump met with Malcolm Turnbull and was so impressed with Australia’s cruelty to refugees.

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Imagine being rich enough to do anything you want and choosing to take food and medicine from starving children to give yourself even more money.

submitted 13 days ago • 1929 comments

⚠️ IMPORTANT ⚠️ Disabled people in this so-called Aus DO NOT have marriage equality. If they are reliant on govt payments, their payments will v likely get reduced/completely stopped if they get married to someone with their own income. BUT!

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The Washington Post refused to run this ad. Sure would be a shame if it went viral.

submitted 14 days ago • 130 comments

You can do it. I’m staring at you supportively because I believe in you

submitted 18 days ago • 87 comments

Standing up for trans kids in Naarm today. We must and we will overturn the Qld ban on gender affirming care.

submitted 24 days ago • 0 comments

I am happy to say the "Followers only" reply setting is getting implemented. We're also adding a way to set default reply settings If you want your posts to default to "Followers only," that'll become an option

submitted 25 days ago • 867 comments

This is very good. Clear and succinct.

submitted 27 days ago • 83 comments

My latest:

submitted 30 days ago • 49 comments

YET ANOTHER STUDY shows that a tiny number of children are diagnosed with gender dysphoria and an even tinier fraction receive puberty blockers or hormones. Anyone still pretending there is a "debate" about this is willfully ignoring all of the available data. gidmk.substack.com/p/gender-dys...

submitted 31 days ago • 24 comments

GenAI being forced into everything is like if all the food companies starting putting a pinch of sand in all their products.

submitted 32 days ago • 11 comments

Next Saturday

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Comrade card for 1/30/2025. Evergreen from @prisonculture.bsky.social.

submitted 32 days ago • 3 comments

'Why is my t-shirt more offensive to our prime minister than a 50-year assault on democracy?' www.crikey.com.au/2025/01/29/g...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

If you're doing life well, you'll always be in a process of learning and unlearning.

submitted 36 days ago • 37 comments

At the Invasion Day rally in Naarm. From the River to the Sea, Palestine will be Free, and Always Was Always Will Be Aboriginal Land are the same message. Great to see huge numbers turn out in solidarity

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

White friends—if media approaches you to interview at an ID march decline to comment and direct them to Blak organisers. If you’re donating funds make sure it goes to a Blak org (and not a settler org leeching off Blak organising)

submitted 37 days ago • 0 comments

Honestly guys. I dunno how many times you gotta be told not to use “our” in relation to discussing Aboriginal people. YOU DON’T OWN US FFS.

submitted 37 days ago • 2 comments

Hey friends, the Invasion Day Rally is on Sunday at 10am Parliament House in Narrm. Will I see you there?

submitted 39 days ago • 2 comments

One reason the "do diets work?" debate interests me is because so many things that are terrible for fat people (and others) rests on that foundational belief that fat people could stop being fat if they wanted to. (thread)

submitted 39 days ago • 12 comments

I'm pleased that people are observing and writing about the weirdly pigheaded bots trying to overrun Bluesky so that we can be more alert. So remember: if someone you don't know 'respectfully disagrees' with the most benign thing you've ever written on here, just block 'em and move on.

submitted 42 days ago • 5 comments

You cannot make sense of criminalization of anything while assuming 1) it won’t be enforced selectively 2) it will stop the targeted behavior from happening.

submitted 44 days ago • 1 comment

Gotta love ppl who work in book shops

submitted 50 days ago • 380 comments

This is your periodic reminder that: "AI" is artificial, but not currently intelligent "hallucinations" are actually incorrect or misleading output (errors) "AI" cannot "join the workforce" any more than a broken clock can When we use their marketing terms we only help them perpetuate the scam.

submitted 50 days ago • 34 comments

A reminder as Musk-bots, Trump-bots, and other bots start hitting Bluesky: blocking users removes their replies from your posts entirely. The correct way of handlin antagonizing parties is to block. Not reply. Not dunk. Not mute. Block. It stops their reach and effectiveness right there.

submitted 50 days ago • 81 comments

Occasional reminder that there’s no, “it’s too late, its over” for anthropogenic climate change. Every molecule of CO2 that doesn’t go into the atmosphere makes a difference. Preventing 0.1 degree of warming makes a difference. Every bit of climate resilience we build together makes a difference.

submitted 54 days ago • 457 comments

Does it feel like tech is ceasing to evolve in ways that are useful to everyday people, and instead functions to control, placate and diminish us?

submitted 57 days ago • 175 comments

I don't want my fridge to have a camera or Wi-Fi. I don't want my dishwasher to be smart. I don't want my washing machine to text me. In fact, I kinda miss knobs and dials and knowing big appliances would last 20 years and could still be repaired.

submitted 57 days ago • 1385 comments

Won't hear this on the News ir read it in the Newspapers...😏🤨

submitted 58 days ago • 13 comments

Mandatory age checks are the wrong approach to protecting young people online. In 2025, EFF will continue urging politicians around the globe to explore less invasive approaches to protecting all people from online harms.

submitted 66 days ago • 1 comment

Apparently a troll has been rounding up a lot of trans and queer folk and adding them to a deceptive list. Do NOT follow this block list if you're genuine about wanting to block people like this, as it's a troll block list!

submitted 74 days ago • 0 comments

I see this argument (AI is good for disabled people) from techbros over and over, and NEVER from disabled people. We hate this tech more than anyone, in part because as artists, AI hurts us most of all. The claim SOUNDS like it could be true, so it's important for people to know it's 100% not.

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Today's newsletter: How ABC News and Disney just made every journalist's job more dangerous www.readtpa.com/p/abc-news-j...

submitted 77 days ago • 24 comments

This is actually never going to be over, is it. Not for decades. The repercussions of what Israel is doing and the West’s full support are as heinous as colonisation and Nazi aggressions. No one will be safe from this insanity as it sets the standards for the new normal

submitted 77 days ago • 1 comment

Children do not “belong to parents”. Children are not property. They are people with rights and parents and guardians are responsible for upholding those rights

submitted 78 days ago • 12 comments

Damn…. Called out.

submitted 79 days ago • 0 comments

Homeboy stopped the wrong lady (H/T @agirlhasnopres.bsky.social )

submitted 82 days ago • 2137 comments

A request for cis allies: Report and block Jesse Singal. In addition to his highly problematic history in journalism, he's now actively calling on his Twitter followers to harass trans women he disagrees with on Bluesky.

submitted 83 days ago • 54 comments