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A person, grappling with extreme empathy, parenting, invisible illness and a driving need to connect with community and advocates đź«‚
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Oh hey, happy equinox. For me it's always a nice reminder to ponder the interrelatedness of everything on Earth. The cosmos is lots bigger than us, but this is still the only home we know. What we do here matters.

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Free speech is no longer free in America.

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#RaiseTheRate #AusPol

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Dr. Mohammad Abu Salmiya, Director of Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza, reports that hospitals are operating with severely limited resources. He warned that with Israel’s renewed genocidal assault on Gaza, lives are being lost by the minute due to the critical shortage of medical supplies.

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With our local cyclone downgraded to a low, yet still causing so much damage, I so hope that those in Mozambique are safe and help continues đź«‚

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I’m horrified and not surprised that this is what happened after the Voice referendum was voted down, once again using fear as a tool. 💔 I still wear my “vote yes” shirt…when my kid asks why, I say it’s the adult version of “sweet or salty” and I find my people 💔🫂. The ones that care and know 🫂

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Might save a life.

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"The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism." Hannah Arendt

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The cruelty is the point. Fascists take pleasure in the pain of others. Trans Americans should be offered asylum as a persecuted minority. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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We are experiencing an assault on science unparalleled by anything I’ve seen in my life. It’s not one issue or another anymore, the entire institution is under attack by the most powerful individuals in the country. This Friday, where will you be? standupforscience2025.org

submitted 23 days ago • 678 comments

Here are a few things we can do today. Joy is a form of resistance. I made this in Canva (for free) That’s another way to make messages and share them. Wishing you a gorgeous day. ✌🏼🇺🇸💗

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Well now we’ll see how seriously corporate CEOs take their “fiduciary” responsibility to their shareholders.

submitted 27 days ago • 25 comments

Hi #agsky It’s been a minute! Hope this article might be of interest as I celebrate ten laps around the sun minus grog and the many many learnings across the bush: www.linkedin.com/pulse/observ...

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Young refugees freed from Australian detention are then trapped by bridging visas that ban them from studying, deepening the damage inflicted by the immigration regime. A must read by Dr Saba Vasefi. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/immigra...

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Overburdened legal services are turning away 1000 women escaping men’s violence every single week in Australia womensagenda.com.au/latest/overb...

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Thank you @govpritzker.illinois.gov!

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#BREAKING New poll shows majority of Australians expect fair and humane approach to refugees. “Jana Favero, ASRC Deputy CEO said results showed voters had “compassion” & “a desire for humanity” when it came to people fleeing danger and how out of touch some politicians are” tinyurl.com/mtky7bc2

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A fight for our lives’: Trump’s USAid freeze is harming millions of women and girls. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Kept working until her knees gave out, close to having to live in her car, but doesn’t want to be a “burden”. We’ve made it impossible for renters to survive retirement, and yet Lyn feels like she’s “letting people down”. Can't do anything to upset the landlords tho! www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

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I feel so sick. Watching Trump talking about Gaza like a real estate development that he was going to clean out, ethnically cleanse. There he was saying that the two state solution is officially dead & claiming Gaza unliveable forever for Palestinians 1/2

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“These kids just sit in foster care,” a family law attorney said, “because mom and dad are working at Subway and can’t afford a four-bedroom house.” With @wabe.org (Published April 2024)

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