Droppie [opensoc]

https://friendica.opensocial.space/profile/msdropbear

Just an average leftie pacifist feminist rainbow dropbear +/-42sigma. Reserve apprentice stenographer at antifa AGMs.

👍: Classic Oz+Eng lit, sci-fi, fantasy, comedy, satire; Linux+FOSS; Kindness; Gaia.
👎: Cruelty; RWNJs; Anti-Gaia.
Stuff:

- She/Her.
- Straya born, Thailand reborn.
- Linux+FOSS distracts my sadness.
- Posts 🔥 @ 2mths.
- For Follow-Requests, you MUST have Profile & Public posts, else ⛔🚫👎.

10/11/22: My first Fediverse adventure [a Mastodon Instance].

11/3/26: til further notice, my actual daily fediversing-about is ... @[email protected] 🐳🌻

Political 💜: Left, Greens, Gaia, Peace, AntiCapitalist, SocialEquity.
Philosophy 🤔 : Atheism, Veganism, LGBTQI, PostOpTrans.
FOSS 💻: Linux, Arch, KDE Plasma, Floorp, Firefox Nightly, Thunderbird, GnuCash, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian, KDELinux.
Comedy 🤣: TheGoons, MontyPython, RippingYarns, HHGTTG, Red Dwarf.
Psychopathy 💀: Depression, Social-Phobia, Despair, Fear, Misanthropy.
Otherwise 🌐: 🇦🇺 🦘♀🌈

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2026-06-17 06:27:19 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] didn't watch/listen, simply couldn't. why does she hate me & mine so much? rhetorical question btw. knowing there's this growing cohort of strayans who feel this way is just so catastrophic to any sense of mental health for me. that's how dangerous i am, so dangerous & evil that i cower in fear at home, erasing myself from society, from which month by month i feel an ever widening gap. it's so horrible.

2026-03-07 05:28:30 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] is she aware of your suboptimal level of interest in & support for her petri-dish proclivities? @[url=https://aus.social/users/treleanor]Trish Roberts[/url]

2026-03-04 20:59:46 UTC

good, now BAN the [i]entire[/i] salmon farming industry.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=biodiversity]biodiversity[/url]
[share author='Unofficial ABC News Bot' profile='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot' avatar='https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/197008313168f96100dcd6f652143380-5.png?ts=1765277068' link='https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116172647500752194' posted='2026-03-04 19:52:03' guid='f893b5eb-c8c477874cc1ec17-a5899923' message_id='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot/statuses/116172647500752194']Breaking: Antibiotic licence for salmon farming revoked over 'unacceptable risk' [url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/tasmania-salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-licence-revoked/106404606]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/tasmania-salmon-florfenicol-antibiotics-licence-revoked/106404606[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FishingandAquacultureIndustry]FishingandAquacultureIndustry[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=EnvironmentalManagement]EnvironmentalManagement[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VeterinaryMedicine]VeterinaryMedicine[/url][/share]

2026-03-04 11:49:49 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] but he makes you feel like dancing, dancing the night away... shirley!

2026-03-04 10:54:30 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/cheryanne]Chery (Great Australian Pods)[/url] @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] oh noes!i am now embarrassed & humiliated beyond all recovery... i accidentally used a merkanism!!!! 😱🤢🤮😱
there's really no coming back from this.
might as well proclaim my love for jeebus then invade some country now, damnit.
hope i can do it without needing to open the front door...

2026-03-04 06:42:32 UTC

[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-04/dennis-cometti-obituary-afl-commentary-icon/106415194]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-04/dennis-cometti-obituary-afl-commentary-icon/106415194[/url]
[quote]When Dennis Cometti spoke, Australia listened[/quote]
bloody hell then he must have whispered a lot... who the hell was he? wotta stupid claim.
[attachment type='link' url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-04/dennis-cometti-obituary-afl-commentary-icon/106415194' title='When Dennis Cometti spoke, Australia listened' publisher_name='ABC News' publisher_url='https://www.abc.net.au/' publisher_img='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7ee6f190de6d7dbb04203e514bfae9ec?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=700&cropW=700&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=862&imformat=generic' author_name='Russell Jackson' author_url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/russell-jackson/12422852' image='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/8cdab681fcd323f19b117ef5816568b3?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=2057&cropW=3657&xPos=0&yPos=227&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic']Dennis Cometti was known to viewers as a wordsmith who made rattled off rejoinders with ease, but behind the scenes he worked harder than anyone to carve out a place in Australia's sporting landscape.[/attachment]

2026-03-04 06:31:08 UTC

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@[url=https://mymasto.com/users/VWDasher]Frank[/url] i lasted 24 seconds

2026-03-04 06:13:53 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] am now contemplating whether sticks or boonies are more remote.
poor old black stump left in dust, looking askance.

2026-03-04 05:57:10 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] i sure wish i was rich & fancy enough to employ me very own dunny flusher. tis so tedious having to do it meself. then there's the pure tedium of having to shovel up all the night-dirt each morn. must be lubbly to be so well orf...

2026-03-04 04:09:56 UTC

question:
why do some strayans say
[quote]butt[/quote]
instead of
[quote]bum[/quote]
?
why the contemporary merkan mangling here?
in olden decades, before the toxin of merkan cultural imperialism had fully poisoned straya, nobody said "butt" here except ironically, but even then, still very rarely. it was [i]bums[/i] & [i]arses[/i] all the way. why have so many since, succumbed to the toxin? i mean, [i]fair dinkium! [/i]
🤔🤷‍♀️

2026-03-03 08:16:51 UTC

the ghastliness of merkan & israeli war crimes in action atm is ofc appalling, but one detail kinda intrigues me. both countries pride themselves, & boast, about their amazeballs military intelligence [still always a deadset oxymoron imo], & their arsenals of murder-weapons. why then are they so incompetent that when they initiated this latest unnecessary war, they didn't take out all the iranian missile batteries, not just the political HQ? now all the consequent regional destruction is happening due to this incompetence. i mean, not only are these creeps utter fuckheads, but bloody incompetent with it.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=iran]iran[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=israel]israel[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=merka]merka[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=fascism]fascism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=warcrimes]warcrimes[/url]

2026-03-03 06:31:37 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] compensate by cranking Bonnie up to 11 on the stereo...

2026-03-03 05:48:40 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] nah, not upwardly mobile like you! wet paper bag gud enuff for me da, & me da's da, & me... @[url=https://gives.hugz.online/users/MelissaBearTrix]Melissa BearTrix[/url]

2026-03-03 05:41:27 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] sorry for my misspelling. i posted in haste, without sufficient time for all the requisite eees. banishing myself now to a wet paper bag. @[url=https://gives.hugz.online/users/MelissaBearTrix]Melissa BearTrix[/url]

2026-03-03 04:42:36 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] @[url=https://gives.hugz.online/users/MelissaBearTrix]Melissa BearTrix[/url] ack!
[quote]double garage[/quote]
lookshurry, we used to...

2026-03-03 01:08:28 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/mativity]rusty[/url] given labor has been pathetic since the 80s, when i stopped voting for them & began voting greens state & federal ever since, i am in no way now surprised. my actual surprise though is that apparently so many labor voters now seem surprised. @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-03-03 00:20:20 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] energiser bunnies don't run on whisky n green tea alone, y'know!

2026-03-02 23:51:56 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] [i]emergency, emergency, someone place an emergency order for new c-cells. emergency! [/i]

2026-03-02 04:27:51 UTC

oh this excoriation is so very good!
[url=https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/louise-adler-sets-the-record-straight-on-adelaide-writers-week/]https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/louise-adler-sets-the-record-straight-on-adelaide-writers-week/[/url]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AWW]AWW[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=LouiseAdler]LouiseAdler[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=censorship]censorship[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=zionism]zionism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AusPol]AusPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=saPol]saPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=genocide]genocide[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=IsraelLobby]IsraelLobby[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/03/louise-adler-sets-the-record-straight-on-adelaide-writers-week/' title='Louise Adler sets the record straight on Adelaide Writers' Week' publisher_name='Pearls and Irritations' image='https://johnmenadue.com/images/vintage-typewriter-letters.-Journalism-print-media-news-and-writing-concept.jpg']The Adelaide Writers’ Week (AWW) debacle might have served as a “life lesson” to politicians and lobbyists about the risks involved in interfering with the independence of arts organisations.[/attachment]

2026-03-02 00:01:22 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] Pakkidge -- oh brutus, et tu? 🥺
😜

2026-03-01 08:08:36 UTC

shame shame shame on you, penny wong.
for more years than i can recall, you were possibly my most admired & respected contemporary pollie.
you've so badly lost your way, hence your integrity, & credibility.
turns out, my fav pollie, is just another pollie.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AusPol]AusPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WhyTheFuckIsLabor]WhyTheFuckIsLabor[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs]HahahahaLiebs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=NatsAreNuts]NatsAreNuts[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=GreensYEAH]GreensYEAH[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteGreens]VoteGreens[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteProgIndies]VoteProgIndies[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=PHONkedinthehead]PHONkedinthehead[/url]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=USPol]USPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=TuckFrump]TuckFrump[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckRWNJs]FuckRWNJs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=magamorons]magamorons[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckChristoFascists]FuckChristoFascists[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckAllReligion]FuckAllReligion[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=OrangeOaf]OrangeOaf[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=HeyFascistCatch]HeyFascistCatch[/url]

2026-03-01 03:45:38 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/RaymondPierreL3]RaymondPierreL3[/url]
[quote]Shame on msm for giving him airtime[/quote]
they don't "only" give him oxygen, they actually lionise him, with admiring characterisations like "strong performer", "cuts thru", "tenacious warrior" etc... tis so nauseating.
@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-03-01 00:16:45 UTC

spain has a pm of principle
...whereas...
straya has elbow
[url=https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/28/spain-slams-us-and-israeli-strikes-on-iran-reflecting-shift-in-foreign-policy]https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/28/spain-slams-us-and-israeli-strikes-on-iran-reflecting-shift-in-foreign-policy[/url]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AusPol]AusPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WhyTheFuckIsLabor]WhyTheFuckIsLabor[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs]HahahahaLiebs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=NatsAreNuts]NatsAreNuts[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=GreensYEAH]GreensYEAH[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteGreens]VoteGreens[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteProgIndies]VoteProgIndies[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=PHONkedinthehead]PHONkedinthehead[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=spain]spain[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=SpainPolitics]SpainPolitics[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=EurPol]EurPol[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/02/28/spain-slams-us-and-israeli-strikes-on-iran-reflecting-shift-in-foreign-policy' title='Spain slams US and Israeli strikes on Iran, reflecting shift in policy' publisher_name='euronews' publisher_url='https://www.euronews.com/' publisher_img='https://static.euronews.com/website/images/euronews-logo-main-blue-403x60.png' author_name='Maria Tadeo' author_url='https://www.euronews.com/profiles/3540' image='https://images.euronews.com/articles/stories/09/66/94/30/1200x675_cmsv2_f3e4a535-a154-5241-81a9-934ac0992a18-9669430.jpg']Spain often stands out in Europe as one of the countries most critical of the US foreign policy, Israel’s war in Gaza, and Iran’s crackdown on anti-government protests. #EuropeNews[/attachment]

2026-02-28 21:30:49 UTC

it seems impossible, yet day after day, week after week, the amount of visceral disgust at the colour orange just keeps growing & growing & growing. never before has a colour triggered such revulsion. i truly wish this colour would be summarily excised from the palette.
😡🖕 🤢🤮

2026-02-28 12:16:39 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] wot's with all that damn knees bent running around, sillyperson, shenanigans, anyway?

2026-02-28 12:11:06 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] [i]i told them we've already got one[/i]

2026-02-28 06:22:26 UTC

[url=https://theconversation.com/blame-john-howard-for-our-housing-and-migration-woes-says-amy-remeikis-but-is-he-due-some-credit-too-275939]https://theconversation.com/blame-john-howard-for-our-housing-and-migration-woes-says-amy-remeikis-but-is-he-due-some-credit-too-275939[/url]
Amy correct.
Howard still a fuckhead.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AusPol]AusPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WhyTheFuckIsLabor]WhyTheFuckIsLabor[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs]HahahahaLiebs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=NatsAreNuts]NatsAreNuts[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=GreensYEAH]GreensYEAH[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteGreens]VoteGreens[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteProgIndies]VoteProgIndies[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=PHONkedinthehead]PHONkedinthehead[/url]

2026-02-28 06:11:35 UTC

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@[url=https://sfba.social/users/CaraBruar]Cara Bruar[/url] fyi: [url=https://thepoint.com.au/news/260227-failure-to-tax-wealth-will-fuel-far-right-surge-warns-gary-stevenson]https://thepoint.com.au/news/260227-failure-to-tax-wealth-will-fuel-far-right-surge-warns-gary-stevenson[/url]
[quote]Failure to tax extreme wealth will fuel far-right surge, warns Gary Stevenson
British economist Gary Stevenson, known as 'the People's Economist' has delivered blunt advice to Australian politicians during his tour of Australia, warning that living standards will continue to deteriorate unless they start taxing the “super-rich elite.”[/quote]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=whythefuckislabor]whythefuckislabor[/url]

2026-02-28 04:29:39 UTC

[url=https://michaelwest.com.au/chris-minns-stormtroopers-guns-for-graffiti-silence-for-the-dead/]https://michaelwest.com.au/chris-minns-stormtroopers-guns-for-graffiti-silence-for-the-dead/[/url]
💯✅👍
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=nswpol]nswpol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=fascism]fascism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=skyfairydelusionalism]skyfairydelusionalism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=RightToProtest]RightToProtest[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://michaelwest.com.au/chris-minns-stormtroopers-guns-for-graffiti-silence-for-the-dead/' title='Chris Minns' stormtroopers. Guns for graffiti, silence for the dead - Michael West' publisher_name='Michael West' publisher_url='https://michaelwest.com.au/' author_name='Andrew Brown' author_url='https://www.facebook.com/michaelwest.journo/' author_img='https://www.michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Michael-West-Image-150x150-1.png' image='https://michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Minns-storm-troopers.jpg']Chris Minns' NSW government is creating a policing unit of around 250 officers, prioritising hate crimes above other violence.[/attachment]

2026-02-26 23:50:08 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] imo that's a cracker of an observation / remark. in bygone years i avidly read &/or listened to her, but that exposure gradually brought me to the same realisation you just summarised, so nowadays it's rare for me to seek her out. sometimes i only end up in one of her columns by accident (these days i largely don't directly read the actual smh, abc, guardian etc homepage sites but instead use an #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=RSS]RSS[/url] feedreader in my browser to fetch articles, & often it's unclear who wrote them (from the RSS summary) til i click the link if i wanna read more, then bam... oh, tis MG, damn. heehee).

2026-02-26 23:30:08 UTC

MG has covered strayan politics for 5000 years give or take, yet still makes basic errors like
[quote]Labour's rank-and-file is more radical than the parliamentary party[/quote]
& apparently no sub-editor bothered to notice either.
[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/labor-government-caucus-unity-anthony-albanese-left/106380394]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/labor-government-caucus-unity-anthony-albanese-left/106380394[/url]
on the general thrust of her article, i just shake my head in despair & ask again, #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=whythefuckislabor]whythefuckislabor[/url] ?
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WriteGooder]WriteGooder[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=abc]abc[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=labor]labor[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-27/labor-government-caucus-unity-anthony-albanese-left/106380394' title='Albanese's caucus unity comes at a price' publisher_name='ABC News' publisher_url='https://www.abc.net.au/' publisher_img='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7ee6f190de6d7dbb04203e514bfae9ec?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=700&cropW=700&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=862&imformat=generic' author_name='Michelle Grattan' author_url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/michelle-grattan/6531568' image='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c9216f89624dea9f05dfaaba625a584b?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1551&cropW=2757&xPos=0&yPos=145&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic']Behind the scenes, the troops are carefully managed. Opinions are expressed at factional meetings and the prime minister meets with the factional conveners. [/attachment]

2026-02-26 02:27:54 UTC

[url=https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/when-albanese-called-grace-tame-difficult-he-said-more-than-he-intended/]https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/when-albanese-called-grace-tame-difficult-he-said-more-than-he-intended/[/url]
are we destined always for lamentable cringeworthy craven PMs?
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[attachment type='link' url='https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/when-albanese-called-grace-tame-difficult-he-said-more-than-he-intended/' title='When Albanese called Grace Tame “difficult,” he said more than he intended' publisher_name='Women's Agenda' publisher_url='https://womensagenda.com.au/' author_name='Tarla Lambert-Patel' author_url='https://womensagenda.com.au/author/tlambert/' author_img='https://womensagenda.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/avatar_user_2209_1739149149-96x96.jpeg' image='https://womensagenda.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/Grace_tame.png']When Albanese opted for “difficult” as a descriptor for Grace Tame during a light-hearted word-association game, it was hard to stomach.[/attachment]

2026-02-26 00:32:36 UTC

omz, erica betz back in the news, & so now i feel queasy, ugh.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=taspol]taspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=fuckhead]fuckhead[/url]
[share author='Unofficial ABC News Bot' profile='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot' avatar='https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/197008313168f96100dcd6f652143380-5.png?ts=1765277068' link='https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116133075628057959' posted='2026-02-25 20:08:24' guid='f893b5eb-147295879c74c2ff-e04e118d' message_id='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot/statuses/116133075628057959']Abetz to consider slashing high-earner public servant retirement payments [url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/tasmanian-government-considers-superannuation-liabilities-cut/106386722]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/tasmanian-government-considers-superannuation-liabilities-cut/106386722[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Business]Business[/url],EconomicsandFinance #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=StateandTerritoryGovernment]StateandTerritoryGovernment[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Superannuation]Superannuation[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Budget]Budget[/url][/share]

2026-02-24 21:35:38 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] ???

2026-02-24 00:28:05 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] it shall be an onerous task best left to others, as i am far too delicate n discreet, to reflect upon the fact that mention of [i]fuckheads[/i] immediately reminded you of poor downtrodden [i]Herve[/i] 🤷‍♀️🤭😇
@[url=https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot]Unofficial ABC News Bot[/url] @[url=https://im-in.space/users/captainb]Hervé 🇵🇸[/url]
😜

2026-02-23 22:18:39 UTC

[i]ipso facto[/i], liebs are fuckheads, have long been fuckheads, & apparently intend remaining always fuckheads... or at least, they will til their incoming democratic asteroid arrives
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[share author='Unofficial ABC News Bot' profile='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot' avatar='https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/197008313168f96100dcd6f652143380-5.png?ts=1765277068' link='https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116122237253366089' posted='2026-02-23 22:12:03' guid='f893b5eb-e86444be65981454-fe0ee23c' message_id='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot/statuses/116122237253366089']SA Liberal Party may preference One Nation ahead of Labor and Greens [url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/sa-liberals-may-preference-one-nation-over-labor-greens/106379200]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-24/sa-liberals-may-preference-one-nation-over-labor-greens/106379200[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=PaulineHanson]PaulineHanson[/url]'sOneNation #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=LiberalPartyofAustralia]LiberalPartyofAustralia[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=GovernmentandPolitics]GovernmentandPolitics[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Elections]Elections[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=ALP]ALP[/url][/share]

2026-02-23 11:53:39 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/luciedigitalni]lucie digitální[/url] back in the day [i]passiona[/i] was ok but for me the real deal was [i]sarsaparilla[/i]. loved it. i very rarely met anyone else who also liked it. prolly made me the woman i am today.

2026-02-23 00:04:18 UTC

[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/one-nation-coalition-labor-isis-brides/106369478]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/one-nation-coalition-labor-isis-brides/106369478[/url]
though ofc imperfect, #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=hawke]hawke[/url] & #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=keating]keating[/url] energetically pushed back on many ghastly liebs & nuts policy pronouncements & rhetoric, & vigorously engaged in public debate to try to inform & educate the citizenry of appropriate policy concepts & rationales. even when i disagreed with some of their policy directions, i admired this trait. now, all these decades later, in sharp contrast we have a jellyback who actively abandons principle & heads off the the right, ie, the wrong, more or less like a rat up a drainpipe... a labor rat.
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[attachment type='link' url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-23/one-nation-coalition-labor-isis-brides/106369478' title='One Nation is taking the Coalition vote but Labor is in danger too' publisher_name='ABC News' publisher_url='https://www.abc.net.au/' publisher_img='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7ee6f190de6d7dbb04203e514bfae9ec?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=700&cropW=700&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=862&imformat=generic' author_name='Patricia Karvelas' author_url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/patricia-karvelas/6086082' image='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/dbaa0132c5bf1b79a8a17f81ae934c32?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=3510&cropW=6240&xPos=0&yPos=1&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic']A lot has been written about One Nation cannibalising the Coalition's vote, but less attention has been given to how the rise of the once-fringe party is also activating Labor.[/attachment]

2026-02-22 21:34:54 UTC

early morn on abc radio national
[ul]
[li]0550, last 10' of 30' report by sam hawley on gen ai, interviewing some fool that's conned his way into professorship at melb uni, [i]rah rah rahing[/i] this arrant bullshit[/li]
[li]0600 news bulletin, item one; [i]"the coalition says..."[/i][/li]
[li]0610, brekkie, item one; [i]"the coalition says..."[/i][/li]
[/ul]
accordingly, at 0610+5seconds, i banged the clock radio orf, pithily summarised the situation via an explosively ejaculated [i]"oh fuck me dead"[/i], rolled over, & dozed a little more.

2026-02-22 06:47:06 UTC

that'd be coz... they're strayan citizens, wouldn't it, you fucken d0g-whistling bastard!
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2026-02-22 01:21:52 UTC

this seems like a brilliantly worthy project, about which i now feel so sad, knowing it's only a matter of time before elbow, muzza, & madking decide to approve a dirty great fracking project in the middle of the bridge...
[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/cawleys-bridge-wildlife-crossing-retrofit/106365756]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/cawleys-bridge-wildlife-crossing-retrofit/106365756[/url]
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[attachment type='link' url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-22/cawleys-bridge-wildlife-crossing-retrofit/106365756' title='Wildlife corridor to span busy motorway in landmark project' publisher_name='ABC News' publisher_url='https://www.abc.net.au/' publisher_img='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7ee6f190de6d7dbb04203e514bfae9ec?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=700&cropW=700&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=862&imformat=generic' author_name='Kelly Fuller' author_url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/kelly-fuller/9938892' image='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/c9fbc0976e7573a4d942b38e1088c5c1?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=1080&cropW=1920&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic']A forgotten bridge over one of the busiest commuter routes in NSW is being reborn as a safe crossing for wildlife. [/attachment]

2026-02-22 00:07:55 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] oh! still with john polson?

2026-02-21 22:38:01 UTC

#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=TIL]TIL[/url] that the pommie actor #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=MichaelYork]MichaelYork[/url]... is still alive. who knew! 😲 🤯

2026-02-21 07:52:21 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] @[url=https://aus.social/users/treleanor]Trish Roberts[/url] @[url=https://bne.social/users/caity]Wonderdog 🏳️‍🌈[/url] i had to look it up. numerous links characterise it as being deeply pejorative, offensive, disrespectful etc. now i dunno what to think, but doubt i shall adopt the term. fwiw. 🤔🤷‍♀️

2026-02-21 06:37:37 UTC

[url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2026/02/21/why-teals-party-bad-idea]https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2026/02/21/why-teals-party-bad-idea[/url]
[quote]As a former political staffer and an economist, there are two questions I hear a lot. One is, why do governments give so much of our gas away free? The other is, should the “teals” form a political party? The second is simple: no, it’s a terrible idea. The first answer takes a bit longer. The two questions are, however, inextricably linked.
To start with the idea of a new political party: this is the last thing Australia needs, whatever its branding or positioning. I don’t hate political parties, some of my closest friends are members of them and I’ve worked for a few. Millions of voters think the Labor, Liberal and Greens parties are doing a good job. Nor do I think independents are inherently better people, with better ideas, than those working inside a political party.
What makes independents stand out, though, is they are allowed always to say what they think is right, and vote for what they think is right, without seeking consensus with dozens of people with whom they share an affiliation, but often not much else.
The strength of my opinion about creating a new “independent” or “centre right” party isn’t based on philosophy or ideology. It’s based on where voters, the media and the remnants of recently formed political parties can now be found.
The graveyard of modern political history is full of new parties that promised to do things differently. Just think of the Australian Democrats, Palmer United Party, the Jacqui Lambie Network, the Nick Xenophon Team, Cory Bernardi’s Australian Conservatives and Gerard Rennick’s People First? While the individuals involved were largely successful in winning initial voter support, they quickly found that setting up a party structure, pulling a team together, and holding their tongues to maintain it, required an entirely different skill set to that of speaking truth to power.
To be clear, the community independents known as “teals” don’t embrace that collective term – it was popularised by the media. Though many of them have shared supporters from campaigns funded by the Climate 200 action group, all have denied coordinating on political issues. And while most of them have rejected the idea of forming a party, others have done little to scuttle speculation.
The prospect of a “teals” party is compelling to many of those voters who decided long ago that Labor and the Greens weren’t for them, and who now realise that the moderate Liberals are extinct. If you have always thought that parties were a good idea, it is obviously frustrating to dislike all of the ones on offer.
A number of likely insurmountable challenges would face these independents should they join forces in a party. First, would MPs or members choose the leader? If the MPs disagreed on policy issues, would they all have a free vote on every issue or would they be required to keep their opinions to themselves and cobble together a compromise?
This could become seriously problematic. Say there were five members of a “teals” party in the lower house, and one in the Senate with the balance of power. What would happen if the senator voted to pass a law that their lower house colleagues all opposed? How would a supporter who had voted for the party in both the House of Representatives and the Senate feel about that? What would the party leader say about it? While such a contradictory approach to policy might reflect the sincerely held views of each of the “independents” involved, voters are unlikely to reward chaos.
I don’t think party members who do the work to find common ground with their colleagues are lacking in either conviction or ideas. But one of the biggest structural problems with Australian politics is how much compromising there is, and how few people in parliament are always free to tell voters exactly what they think. While the party voting blocs can obviously be powerful when it comes to making laws, more voices rather than more blocs would improve our democratic debate. For example, the brutal reality of the binding caucus meant Labor Senator Penny Wong had to oppose same-sex marriage for years before she was allowed to support it. Such iron discipline is eroding many people’s confidence in parties, and indeed in democracy.
The second challenge is the media. As their business model crumbles, they have less money to spend on journalism that gets to the bottom of things and more incentive to shock people into clicking on stories than to describe the nuance of a new policy. The sad reality is that the cheapest political clickbait is “sources say two MPs in the same political party disagree with each other”. Unfortunately, while disagreement between members of the same party is both inevitable and desirable, party politicians have learnt to keep their real thoughts to themselves while waiting for the talking points from their leader’s office.
A “teals” party couldn’t escape the daily scrutiny of any potentially conflicting statements among its members.
At the moment, no one cares if an independent from Western Australia has a different opinion to a New South Wales independent on the best way to carve up Commonwealth funding for the states. Were they to form a party, however, all such issues would need to be resolved through compromise.
The third reason why an “independent party” is a contradiction in terms comes down to voters. The stunning growth in the number of independents being elected to the federal parliament shows more people want more MPs who can always speak their mind.
Today, there are more independent local members in Australia’s parliament than there are in the legislatures of the United Kingdom, Canada, the United States and New Zealand.
Independents are popular at the moment, and parties are not, and popularity is important in a democracy.
One of the newly elected independents, Nicolette Boele, fell short of winning a seat in 2022, but after three years of talking to her community, she snatched the seat of Bradfield from the Liberals for the first time. There are now 10 community independent candidates who are closer to victory, judging by the 2025 election results, than Boele was after her first try.
They have the wind behind them. Thanks to the rise of independent candidates, there is no such thing as a safe seat anymore. Labor’s David Smith in the ACT seat of Bean saw his margin fall from 25,400 votes to just 700 as Jessie Price ran a campaign based on climate change and accountability. It’s unlikely that the Albanese government’s decision to approve the enormous North West Shelf gas project straight after the 2025 election has harmed Price’s chances in two years’ time.
Likewise in the seat of Fremantle, what was also once considered a safe Labor seat is now held by a margin of just 1400 votes. Labor MP Josh Wilson will need to convince his voters that his decision to support new gas and coalmines was in the best interests of his electorate, the state and the climate. Good luck with that.
On current trajectories, progressive independents are set to win a record haul in 2028. Indeed, independent Michelle Milthorpe is already a good chance of winning Sussan Ley’s once-safe seat of Farrer in the byelection forced by the former Liberal leader’s departure from politics.
Would each of the independent candidates in Farrer, Bean and Fremantle find it easier to offer their electorates something different if they were the preselected candidates of another new political party?
Back to logistics, who would be responsible for vetting and preselecting all the local candidates for a “teals” party? The leader, a handful of incumbent MPs, or some local members who put their hands up first? At the moment the success of the independent movement is based firmly on the candidates’ ability to get a community behind them. In most political parties the main challenge is to convince those already in parliament that you are no threat to them.
Political parties can and do play an important role in democracy. They each offer a bundle of policies and values to voters before an election and their MPs vote together to achieve those goals after an election. These bundles help some voters decide who to vote for based on “brand values”, rather than scrutinising the individual priorities of their local candidate. For some voters, it is appealing to know that their local MP won’t be allowed to speak out. But a growing number of voters want honesty and sincerity over certainty and uniformity. Independents who have succeeded by offering something different need to think very carefully about the consequences of offering similar things to everyone else.
Back to the most frequently asked question: why do we give so much of our gas away free? The answer is convoluted and revolves around the fact that many Labor and backbench Liberal MPs would love to tell their voters they think it’s crazy too, and that they will do something about it. They aren’t allowed to say that, however, until their whole party can agree on how much tax the gas industry should pay and what the money should be spent on. And the fossil fuel sector spends a fortune on lobbying to ensure that no consensus emerges because every day that MPs can’t figure out what they can all agree on is another very profitable day for the gas industry.
Australia needs more voices speaking clearly on behalf of more communities. Independents aren’t perfect and they aren’t for everyone, but they play an important role. It would be a pity to lose the diversity they are now starting to offer – but I suspect the major parties and the fossil fuel industry would love that.[/quote]
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[attachment type='link' url='https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topic/2026/02/21/why-teals-party-bad-idea' title='Why a teals party is a bad idea' publisher_name='The Saturday Paper' publisher_url='https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/' publisher_img='https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/sites/default/files/tsp_masthead_black_smlr.png' author_name='Richard Denniss' image='https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/sites/default/files/styles/comment/public/teals_richard_denniss.png']As a former political staffer and an economist, there are two questions I hear a lot. One is, why do governments give so much of our gas away free? The other is, should the “teals” form a political party? The second is simple: no, it’s a terrible ide…[/attachment]

2026-02-21 04:24:05 UTC

this might be said by some to be trivial, superficial, gauche, ecologically dubious, or worse, yet i do hope somehow we never lose such fine spirit of public #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=whimsy]whimsy[/url]!
[url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrx792qk81o]https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrx792qk81o[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/crrx792qk81o' title='Cootamundra: Welcome to Australia's hottest beach event - nowhere near the sea' publisher_name='BBC News' publisher_img='https://static.files.bbci.co.uk/ws/simorgh-assets/public/news/images/metadata/poster-1024x576.png' author_name='Lana Lam' image='https://ichef.bbci.co.uk/news/1024/branded_news/82c7/live/f14c41f0-0ea7-11f1-801d-ed3cff6bf876.jpg']Tonnes of sand and flocks of tourists are ferried into Cootamundra for its annual volleyball tournament.[/attachment]

2026-02-21 04:17:03 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/timrichards]Tim Richards[/url] aha! not surprised, coz surely the necessarily restricted space must produce very tricky design choices, of varying efficacy... @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-21 04:12:28 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] as an aside, on the broader matter of fediverse replies, as someone who uses exclusively a pooter-based browser web-interface for all my fedis, not & never a mobile fedi-app, i sometimes do wonder how easy or not it might be for app-users on small screens to discern how conversations are threaded, part of which being to whom in particular specific replies are directed. with all the real-estate available to me in a web-based interface, it's really easy to tell, but [guessing only, as never seen it] maybe on apps it might be rather more opaque? i dunno, but i do wonder sometimes. @[url=https://aus.social/users/timrichards]Tim Richards[/url]

2026-02-21 04:05:18 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] yes i know -- my reply was to Tim's post, with you as a CC, fwiw. @[url=https://aus.social/users/timrichards]Tim Richards[/url]

2026-02-21 03:57:12 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/timrichards]Tim Richards[/url] for many vanilla peeps, i understand that prolly makes sense. for members of small cohorts already subject to hate, trolling, propaganda, bigotry, et al, & for which trying to preserve one's already-fraught mental health / safety is important, assessing each & every new follow-request is proactive peace of mind. fwiw. @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-21 01:04:26 UTC

if there's anything even more vacuous grifting & B-Arkish than royalty/monarchy itself, it's so-called self-appointed "royal watchers" & "royal whisperers". jfc what total wastes of oxygen.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=fuckallmonarchies]fuckallmonarchies[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Guillotine]Guillotine[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/royal-editor-unpacks-the-fallout-following-andrews-arrest-20260221-p5o491.html' title='Royal editor unpacks the fallout following Andrew's arrest' publisher_name='The Sydney Morning Herald' image='https://static.ffx.io/images/w_800%2Ch_450%2Cc_fill%2Cg_auto:faces/q_86%2Cf_auto/449f371cc3e1d59d12b6408cd2d3b1d3d9c14487']Associate Editor at The Telegraph Camilla Tominey unpacks the fallout following the arrest of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor as the disgraced former prince returns to his home in Sandringham.[/attachment]

2026-02-19 23:22:18 UTC

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@[url=https://theblower.au/users/frogglin]Lyn[/url] it is noice, innit, finding peeps wot go some way to redeem the otherwise overall fuckheadiness of so much of our species.

2026-02-19 23:19:28 UTC

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@[url=https://theblower.au/users/frogglin]Lyn[/url] oh, is it lunchtime already?
🤪

2026-02-12 11:48:08 UTC

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@[url=https://im-in.space/users/captainb]Hervé 🇵🇸[/url] oh i'm so relieved to hear from you, as i feared you might have been captured & were now being dismembered inside the van! @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] 😱 🤪

2026-02-12 10:52:29 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] @[url=https://im-in.space/users/captainb]Hervé 🇵🇸[/url] 🥺

2026-02-12 09:19:59 UTC

@[url=https://im-in.space/users/captainb]Hervé 🇵🇸[/url] hello, just wondering if you're doing ok? seems like i've not noticed your activity here for several days 🤞 🤞 🤞

2026-02-12 03:36:54 UTC

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ok, both replies so far implicitly inform me i was too vague in my OP.
askin was notoriously corrupt, but that's not the angle i meant to channel here.
he was notorious also for telling his car driver to [i]"drive over the bastards"[/i] in response to a demo / protest in sydney at the LBJ visit. ie, he was utterly intolerant of public democratic protest, which in my mind makes minns effectively an ideological bedfellow.

2026-02-12 02:13:24 UTC

Chris Minns
Robert Askin
discuss
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=nswpol]nswpol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=democracy]democracy[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=RightToProtest]RightToProtest[/url]

2026-02-11 23:59:14 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]
[quote]while at the same time being subjected – moment by moment – to the most sophisticated #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=propaganda]propaganda[/url] ever developed.”[/quote]
themes like this just constantly test my fooffle-valve. yes there's tonnes of bullshit, lies, propaganda... so what? i still have no trouble knowing facts from lies. all my daily fedi-interlocutors seem similarly to possess this basic capability. so what's the go with all the morons of the world? why are they so credulous & undiscerning? does it actually indicate the power of propaganda, or... might it perchance merely expose [i]latent[/i] rwnj fuckheadedness in most of these peeps?
i just have almost no patience with nor sympathy for fools who allow themselves such beliefs. i'd be ordering lots n lots of wombats...
[i]tirade ends... um, well... pauses[/i]

2026-02-11 23:49:13 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] or, you could [b]quote-boost[/b] it, with the tag added yourself. #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=multiskinnablecats]multiskinnablecats[/url] @[url=https://aus.social/users/Tooden]Hugs4friends ♾🇺🇦 🇵🇸😷[/url]

2026-02-11 08:51:33 UTC

tim wilson remains an odious smug prick
[i]message ends[/i]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AusPol]AusPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs]HahahahaLiebs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=NatsAreNuts]NatsAreNuts[/url]

2026-02-11 04:12:01 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/Devorppa]Devorppa[/url] ha, no in fact it was a ridiculous thing to say, by me, & i'm ashamed that i overlooked the golden opportunity available to us. once you have both of the buggers in the room, hook a pair of jumper-leads up to one, with the other ends connected to the grid. then, let 'em at it! the infinite energy spontaneously released will then feed into the grid, & bob's yer aunty, we have free energy for a millennium! [i]whacko[/i], finally some positive use for elbow! @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-11 03:59:24 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/Devorppa]Devorppa[/url] this is a good plan, but you simply must make sure the two never touch or even come near each other, lest they both spontaneously cancel each other out in a blinding flash of energy! @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-11 01:09:01 UTC

[url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/loved-ones-left-behind-after-vad-say-more-support-needed/106273606]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/loved-ones-left-behind-after-vad-say-more-support-needed/106273606[/url]
i aspire to sensitivity here, not just ride roughshod over the grieving "survivors", but nonetheless feel somewhat irritated at the overarching tone of this article.
[quote]his final moments with his partner before voluntary assisted dying (VAD) were peaceful and at times even jovial, knowing that her wishes were being fulfilled.[/quote]
compare that to hitherto "traditional" options, whereby his partner would have been either in excruciating agony, or medicated into comatosity to avoid the former, for days if not weeks before... ergo, no matter how upset he might feel now, the alternative seems infinitely worse. before, he would have "lost" her far earlier, wrt being able to share their love right to the last.
[quote]"It wasn't until I got home and walked into an empty house … that it affected [me] … it was quite daunting, then the realisation came."[/quote]
ofc it is terrible, this is undeniable, as everyone who has lost a loved one, then later returns to the ever-changed home, well knows. however...
[quote]"The VAD team has been out two or three times to see me and just have a bit of talk to me, which has been really good," he said.[/quote]
this is infinitely more than anyone ever got, or gets, after their loved one dies a "non-VAD" way. so sure, ok, a "post-VAD counselling service" might be able to be made better, but my point is, & thus why this article sits badly with me, from the perspective of the survivors, VAD is so much better than the alternatives, & for that reason this article IMO lacks proper perspective & proportion.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VAD]VAD[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=counselling]counselling[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=grief]grief[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=death]death[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=dying]dying[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-11/loved-ones-left-behind-after-vad-say-more-support-needed/106273606' title='Families facing 'daunting' life after voluntary assisted deaths call for more support' publisher_name='ABC News' publisher_url='https://www.abc.net.au/' publisher_img='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/7ee6f190de6d7dbb04203e514bfae9ec?impolicy=wcms_crop_resize&cropH=700&cropW=700&xPos=0&yPos=0&width=862&height=862&imformat=generic' author_name='Caroline Perryman' author_url='https://www.abc.net.au/listen/caroline-perryman/8547374' image='https://live-production.wcms.abc-cdn.net.au/18dee45e5d924cd90a8b47279be4cf4c?impolicy=wcms_watermark_news&cropH=468&cropW=830&xPos=7&yPos=0&width=862&height=485&imformat=generic']A voluntary assisted dying legislation review considers feedback from families of people who ended their life through the program.[/attachment]

2026-02-10 23:25:13 UTC

afaict the common folklore is that once upon a time, the young elbow was a firebrand leftie with a passionate eye & heart for fighting injustice.
was that ever [i]actually[/i] true, or just effective PR?
if once upon a time it was true... well, wtf happened?
how to explain this current odious spineless gaslighting genocide-enabler & rwnj-apologist?
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AusPol]AusPol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WhyTheFuckIsLabor]WhyTheFuckIsLabor[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=HahahahaLiebs]HahahahaLiebs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=NatsAreNuts]NatsAreNuts[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=GreensYEAH]GreensYEAH[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteGreens]VoteGreens[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=VoteProgIndies]VoteProgIndies[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=PHONkedinthehead]PHONkedinthehead[/url]

2026-02-10 21:18:25 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/CaringKinderSociety]Mazz@1984[/url] fwiw, yesterday:
[abstract]satire | NSW Government Condemns Violent Protesters For Attacking Policemen's Fists With Their Ribs[/abstract]
[quote]The NSW Government and large commercial media organisations have today blasted the 'hordes of violent rioters' who descended on Sydney's CBD last night.
This comes as multiple incidents involving aggressive trouble makers have been shared widely across the internet.
With the violent mob descending on Sydney's CBD to peacefully protest the invitation of a president of a country that definitely hasn't been committing genocide by all objective metrics, clashes broke out between those protesters and police.
However, while footage indicates police lashed out on multiple occasions using a very high level of force against peaceful protesters and dragging individuals out of prayer in an extremely aggressive manner, the government has condemned the protesters.
After weeks of doing everything to stop people protesting as part of their rights as citizens of a democratic country and creating a heated atmosphere between protesters and police, the Government have moved to avoid blame for those events.
"The way that man with his hands raised tried to stand in solidarity with an individual being unreasonably flogged, before violently projecting his ribs at a police officers fists is disgraceful," said Premier Chris Minns today.
"It was a disgraceful act and terrible for social cohesion."
That sentiment has been echoed across Sky News, with some hot take commentators excitedly brainstorming whether they should suggest that police use the ICE method of dealing with protesters.[/quote]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=satire]satire[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=nswpol]nswpol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=acab]acab[/url]

2026-02-09 20:44:29 UTC

jfc
[url=https://michaelwest.com.au/this-was-planned-and-chris-minns-owns-it/]https://michaelwest.com.au/this-was-planned-and-chris-minns-owns-it/[/url]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=nswpol]nswpol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=ACAB]ACAB[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckZionism]FuckZionism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=RightToProtest]RightToProtest[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://michaelwest.com.au/this-was-planned-and-chris-minns-owns-it/' title='This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it. - Michael West' publisher_name='Michael West' publisher_url='https://michaelwest.com.au/' author_name='Andrew Brown' author_url='https://www.facebook.com/michaelwest.journo/' author_img='https://www.michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Michael-West-Image-150x150-1.png' image='https://michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/1.jpg']NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia.[/attachment]

2026-02-09 07:50:34 UTC

of racism, afar & anear [yeah, i made that one up]
[url=https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/soapbox/trumps-press-secretary-provides-a-masterclass-in-racial-gaslighting/]https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/soapbox/trumps-press-secretary-provides-a-masterclass-in-racial-gaslighting/[/url]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=racism]racism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=uspol]uspol[/url]
[attachment type='link' url='https://womensagenda.com.au/latest/soapbox/trumps-press-secretary-provides-a-masterclass-in-racial-gaslighting/' title='Trump's Press Secretary provides a masterclass in racial gaslighting' publisher_name='Women's Agenda' publisher_url='https://womensagenda.com.au/' author_name='Prabha Nandagopal' author_url='https://womensagenda.com.au/author/prabha-nandagopal/' author_img='https://womensagenda.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/prabha_headshot-96x96.png' image='https://womensagenda.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Karoline-Leavitt.jpg']Racial gaslighting makes people doubt real racism, protecting those in power while silencing people of colour and their anger.[/attachment]

2026-02-09 07:39:59 UTC

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@[url=https://bne.social/users/caity]Wonderdog 🏳️‍🌈[/url] methinks we need to try the babiest of baby steps with the little buggers, coz otherwise they seem to just give up fast & declare it's all too hard. hey, wait...

2026-02-09 07:07:54 UTC

honestly, patience of a saint
just gave the #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=housepixies]housepixies[/url] [i]yet another[/i] practical demonstration of how to unpack the washing machine then hang up the load for drying
i mean, sure, call me cynical, but i'm [i]still[/i] not entirely convinced they're totes onboard with the procedure
pffft, tis [i]so[/i] hard to get the good help...

2026-02-09 00:33:03 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] [i]where is door?[/i]

2026-02-08 23:19:05 UTC

wotta turd soup
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckZionism]FuckZionism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=RightToProtest]RightToProtest[/url]
[share author='Unofficial ABC News Bot' profile='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot' avatar='https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/197008313168f96100dcd6f652143380-5.png?ts=1765277068' link='https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116037554914911602' posted='2026-02-08 23:16:13' guid='f893b5eb-b1917f07d8a50a20-3ac23418' message_id='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot/statuses/116037554914911602']Live: Isaac Herzog arrives in Sydney as protest laws in court [url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/isaac-herzog-to-visit-israel-president-bondi-attacks/106320994]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-09/isaac-herzog-to-visit-israel-president-bondi-attacks/106320994[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WorldPolitics]WorldPolitics[/url][/share]

2026-02-08 04:36:00 UTC

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@[url=https://theblower.au/users/frogglin]Lyn[/url] can relate, in a tiny demographic way
i had #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FFS]FFS[/url] & #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=TR]TR[/url] [2006 & 2005].
Didn't work, obvs.

2026-02-07 23:27:31 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] i had such high hopes for GetUp! once. those years of monthly donations, & all the petitioning... achieved approximately zilch. so galling. the combo of fuckhead pollies & fuckhead Great Unwashed who [i]kept on[/i] voting for the former, was utter death to progressivism. i gave up.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=weareselfishcruelbastards]weareselfishcruelbastards[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=wearetotallyfucked]wearetotallyfucked[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=misanthropy]misanthropy[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=AsteroidNow]AsteroidNow[/url]

2026-02-07 12:18:42 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/cheryanne]Chery (Great Australian Pods)[/url] vicariously thrilled! @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-07 10:01:05 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/cheryanne]Chery (Great Australian Pods)[/url] as long as [i]not[/i] also two grooms, then 🎉 🥳💃💃 @[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-07 08:58:11 UTC

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@[url=https://aus.social/users/cheryanne]Chery (Great Australian Pods)[/url] hope this means what i hope it means...
[quote]the brides[/quote]
@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]

2026-02-07 00:53:54 UTC

[quote]There is nothing wrong with your television set. Do not attempt to adjust the picture. We are controlling transmission. If we wish to make it louder, we will bring up the volume. If we wish to make it softer, we will tune it to a whisper. We will control the horizontal. We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur, or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: There is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits.[/quote]
😲 🤯 :fire: :bomb: :vomit: 😱
.
[quote]We now return control of your television set to you, until next week at this same time, when the Control Voice will take you to... The Outer Limits.[/quote]
old words, yet somehow still a contemporary parable.
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2026-02-06 20:57:31 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] @[url=https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot]Unofficial ABC News Bot[/url] [i]labs[/i] premiers of nsw & sa -- #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=whythefuckislabor]whythefuckislabor[/url] 🤔🤷‍♀️

2026-02-06 20:55:27 UTC

tis LaTingle!
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url]
[share author='Unofficial ABC News Bot' profile='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot' avatar='https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/197008313168f96100dcd6f652143380-5.png?ts=1765277068' link='https://social.chinwag.org/@abc_bot/116025002834024477' posted='2026-02-06 18:04:04' guid='f893b5eb-48df86b8b365540b-eb3fa7fa' message_id='https://social.chinwag.org/users/abc_bot/statuses/116025002834024477']Herzog's Australia visit further politicises the Bondi terror attack [url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/isaac-herzog-visit-australia/106294858]https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-07/isaac-herzog-visit-australia/106294858[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Unrest]Unrest[/url],ConflictandWar #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=GovernmentandPolitics]GovernmentandPolitics[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=CommunityandSociety]CommunityandSociety[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=ForeignAffairs]ForeignAffairs[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=WorldPolitics]WorldPolitics[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Terrorism]Terrorism[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Religion]Religion[/url] #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=History]History[/url][/share]

2026-02-06 20:42:50 UTC

[quote]"we needed to trust the judgement" of the literary event's former leader, Louise Adler[/quote]
oh, ya think?
jfc 🙄🤦‍♀️
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2026-02-05 03:23:43 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] start by [i]getting a wombat up 'er[/i]... obvs.

2026-02-05 03:20:42 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] once we've achieved all monarchies becoming smoking flattened ruins, we can rescue Mary from those nasty evil mean Danes... wonder how long it'll then take to restrayanise her? 🤪

2026-02-04 23:55:28 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] nice one...
[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/photos/msdropbear/image/10653769076983dc5d542d4050548498][img=https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/10653769076983dc5d542d4050548498-0.png][/img][/url]
https://friendica.opensocial.space/photo/10653769076983dc5d542d4050548498-0.png

2026-02-04 23:53:59 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] i do hope the rest of that metaphor does not apply! 🤞 🤞 🤞

2026-02-04 04:04:40 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] [i]oooooh[/i], #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckheadAlert]FuckheadAlert[/url] ... #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=FuckheadWarning]FuckheadWarning[/url] ... [i]danger, will robinson, danger![/i]

2026-02-03 02:41:17 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] always seems so cliquey that peeps only give useful advice to [i]Ken[/i], rather than [i]all[/i] local denizens. i expect his head is quite swollen with egotistical pride by now... 🤪

2026-02-02 08:05:17 UTC

anyone remember the cartoon when we were kids, #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=MiltonTheMonster]MiltonTheMonster[/url] ? for me, his contemporary incarnation is matt canavan.
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=auspol]auspol[/url]

2026-02-01 23:44:22 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] yes, sorry, they are all teeny tiny here in #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=Friendica]Friendica[/url], & i wish i could make them much larger.
[i]pls attend the customer service counter for your complimentary coupon as a token of our most grovelling indifference no um we mean apology.[/i]

2026-02-01 22:20:46 UTC

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making that sarcastic post had the intended effect. ten minutes afterwards, he arrived, & now a few minutes ago, has departed. i shall allow the cold winds from open windows & door to blow thru the house for another 30 minutes, then remove my mask & gob a celebratory muesli n coffee. gosh i [i]rooly[/i] do live life large...

2026-02-01 21:19:47 UTC

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#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=plumber]plumber[/url] supposedly here at 0730, i was awake at 0530 & up by 0550. now at 0820... still just 🦗🦗🦗
eggsellent. sigh.

2026-02-01 08:14:47 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] pls accept our sincere congratulations... n gratitude 🤭😇

2026-02-01 04:28:45 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] ta. feeling it will all go fine, apart from the peopling bit.

2026-02-01 04:11:55 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] oh shit, had i forgotten it? -- bugger -- orf now to find & fix it. oh the shame... 🥺

2026-02-01 04:02:32 UTC

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[abstract=apub]Food, vegetarian treats, cold treats[/abstract]
@[url=https://bne.social/users/caity]Wonderdog 🏳️‍🌈[/url] @[url=https://aus.social/users/dropbear]The Drop Bear 2.0:angery:[/url] [i]eeet's wafer thin you know[/i]...

2026-02-01 03:59:02 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url] seems vaguely familiar... 😜

2026-02-01 03:57:22 UTC

oh bugga n botheration. enforced #[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=peopling]peopling[/url] at sparrow's fart tomorrow morn, damnit. 😱
main shower's HW tap today decided it rather likes the erotic tickling of the water surging over its washer & seat, & thus summarily declined my invitation to cease & desist, once my shower was over.
[i]sassen frassen rassen[/i]
#[url=https://friendica.opensocial.space/search?tag=plumber]plumber[/url]

2026-02-01 01:19:37 UTC

others already posted this many hours ago, but i've only just read it now
[url=https://michaelwest.com.au/zionism-the-greatest-pyramid-scheme-ever-invented/]https://michaelwest.com.au/zionism-the-greatest-pyramid-scheme-ever-invented/[/url]
tis most interesting & informative, IMO
[attachment type='link' url='https://michaelwest.com.au/zionism-the-greatest-pyramid-scheme-ever-invented/' title='Zionism. The greatest pyramid scheme ever invented? - Michael West' publisher_name='Michael West' publisher_url='https://michaelwest.com.au/' author_name='Veronica Sherman' author_url='https://www.facebook.com/michaelwest.journo/' author_img='https://www.michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Michael-West-Image-150x150-1.png' image='https://michaelwest.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Jews-against-the-occupation-e1769760686618.jpg']Not all Jews are equal; some are more equal than others. Questioning the myth that Australian Jews are the same as Israeli Jews.[/attachment]

2026-01-31 06:28:48 UTC

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@[url=https://toot.community/users/sister_ratched]Jude🇵🇸[/url]
[quote]Haven't seen Beetlejuice, but I must[/quote]
we are no longer able to interact with you, until this [i]shocking[/i] personal character flaw is expunged 😱
🤪

2026-01-31 06:07:58 UTC

i have never seen [i]Home Alone[/i]
i have never wanted to see it
i have seen [i]Beetlejuice[/i]
many times
vale, Delia