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I am an old woman, Australian, Democratic Socialist, Feminist, love the natural world "Some things just don't add up, I'm upside down, I'm inside out" Middle Kids No DMs No OF or crypto! Public discussions ✓
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WYOMING: “Thank you, Madam chairman.” “I prefer ‘Mister’ chairman.” “Well you all voted preferred pronouns cannot be compelled speech.”

#ClassConsciousness 101

Government-Owned Steelworks in Whyalla Not Viable Says Guy Behind $600B Nukes Plan

Righto, they’re just taking the piss now. #AusPol

‘Misleading’: Gina Rinehart’s mining firm breached environmental code with ‘clean gas’ job ad, panel rules www.theguardian.com/media/2025/f...

So if you criticize Elon Musk, Trump’s DOJ will send you this letter. Members of Congress must have the right to forcefully oppose the Trump Administration. I will not be silenced.

this broke me "Before they left their home, Hijazi recalled, one of the girls had insisted on taking pictures of the cats in the garden “because maybe we won’t see them again.” In the end, she said, “the cats survived and the girls are gone.”

Excellent. And if the crossbenchers can make this happen, they should also require that the current NACC bosses are replaced. #auspol

We don't need puff pieces on Dutton, suggesting we don't know the "real" Dutton. The reality is that Dutton's been an MP for a long time - we know the real Dutton: he's a visionless, racist thug.

This is where we are now: An elementary school at Fort Campbell has removed all books from its library that so much as *allude* to slavery or the civil rights movement. The wholesale erasure of history in real time.

AirByeBye 🖕

In the first case to reach the Supreme Court arising from the blitz of actions taken in the early weeks of the new administration, lawyers for President Trump asked the justices on Sunday to let him fire a government lawyer who leads a watchdog agency.

This is GREAT news...& why I have been pushing the govt to expand the size of the Housing Australia Future Fund which I supported with changes to add $6.5bn to its value already There IS capacity in the sector to build more social 🏘️ - let's get it done. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-02...

Wow! This illustration is spot on…

Oh yes they did! The monster told them he was going to do all that he is doing. They didn't believe he would do it to them. Just to those on the left.

Dear Leaders of the Free World, We're not with these maniacs. Sincerely, Decent Americans johnpavlovitz.substack.com/p/dear-world...

“There’s also a lot of Québécois who would usually fly the Québec flag are now flying the Canadian flag.” You Americans will never appreciate how pissed we are at your country that Quebecois are flying Canadian flags.

This is big!

I'm reviewing applications for our Science IRL grant. The application pool is stupendous with a lot of fantastic & frankly weird ideas for how to connect people w/critical science info. I want to be able to fund more than we currently can. Wanna throw a few bucks at the pool? givebutter.com/29Ow9Y

youtu.be/xMKVevZ-vUw?...

Remind you of anyone? [Cartoon by Brendan Loper]

It is perfectly legal to know your rights and to educate others about them, too. EVERYONE in the United States, citizen or not, has rights. I will not allow this administration to intimidate us from helping you know about them. Here’s our shareable guide ⬇️: (pt. 1/2)

People on X are calling for AOC's arrest for posting this.... so I am posting it everywhere!

Marital rape: India anger as judge frees man accused of raping wife who then died

Stand with science. Always.

Me: BATMAN BEGINS is great, but I was amused by the writers’-fiat plot device that a place can be SO corrupt that some reasonably-organized foreign actor can just puppeteer it on a whim. Me, 20 years later: fuck

Woof

You might have missed it, but Amazon warehouse workers in Raleigh, NC are voting this week on whether to form a union. If they win, they'll be the first unionized Amazon facility in the South. Remember that we can always find hope in the labor movement.

The removal of a transgender reference from the National Park Service’s Stonewall website wasn’t done by NPS staff. Elon, care to elaborate?

Across the government, probationary employees and Schedule A workers—including individuals with severe physical, psychiatric, or intellectual disabilities, as well as veterans—are being let go.

DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY SCIENCE: 1. Chickenpox 2. Diphtheria 3. Measles 4. Pertussis 5. Pneumococcal Infection 6. Polio 7. Tetanus 8. Typhoid 9. Yellow Fever 10. Smallpox DISEASES ERADICATED OR DECIMATED BY RFK JR. OR PRAYER: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

Dear America, THIS 👇 is what you should've done. #DonaldTrump #USPolitics