It's just the vibe of the thing...
Proud AuDHD mother of two gender diverse children. Fierce defender of their right to thrive. I dress conservatively, I think less conservatively.
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It's just the vibe of the thing...
I feel in my waters that this is a lie.
Anyone proposing segregation should desist from using the words “dignity” and “respect”. Hide behind the Supreme Court and EHRC’s unlawful mess if you like (at your own risk), but making a sad face while othering and outing trans people won’t do. Apartheid is neither dignified nor respectful.
Surprise!
As a proud Queenslander, I wonder WTF is wrong with these people? The Brisbane I returned to a few years ago is much better than it was when I left in the 90s, and this is BECAUSE it is more accepting of diversity and is no longer overtly racist. This Brisbanite does not condone this behaviour.
Walz says Harris "would have been a fantastic president... we wouldn't wake up every day to a bunch of shit on TV. We would wake up to an adult w/ compassion & dignity doing the work, not a manchild crying about whatever is wrong with him. May his fat ankles find something today. Petty as hell."
I think it’s safe to say: this is the biggest pro-Palestine rally that this city has ever seen. Brisbane Sanctions and action now @albomp.bsky.social #Auspol #MarchForPalestine #Genocide
Trump has received, for the country, allegedly, 10% of Intell. Government ownership of a privately held company is communism. Calling all MAGAts.
Then, get involved in the Democratic party and make sure your friends with trans kids know that you are there fighting internally for their kids' rights and lives. The existential threat to trans kids and trans people is real. There is no greater fear than the fear of losing your children.
The whole world 🌍 knows what is going on ‼️
Jacinta Allan rips into journo who repeats the “disgraceful nonsense” by The Australian & their attack on Victoria’s Respectful Relationships school program.🔥🔥 #auspol
And work will set you free?
Let’s be clear.
I am glad that some politicians still try and actually lead and confront the nonsense right wing narratives in the media, rather than just being blindly led by them like Labour atm
Would be great to have access to the Epstein files. But let’s not forget the files are a secondary source of information about Epstein’s paedophile ring. There are plenty of primary sources available - the women who were Epstein and his associate’s victims. Why don’t we just listen AND BELIEVE them?
I’m confused: did a memo go out this week saying it’s finally okay for politicians and the press to be outraged that Israel is starving Palestinians? If so, I didn’t see the memo. But I did see the evidence of this war crime back in late 2023. Where are we at? Starving is bad, bombing is ok?
Hunter Biden has a point. And a quite colorful one.
He called his 17 year-old daughter “a piece of ass”, so, yes.
Dear PM @albomp.bsky.social I am deeply disturbed by the Zionist agenda being pushed by your Govt's Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal. The Australian Federal Court has ruled that opposing Zionism and criticising Israel's genocide in Gaza is NOT anti-Semitic. I agree with Dr Max Kaiser. 👇 #auspol
Journalist Rachel Shabi, who is Jewish, weighs in at LBC on the fallout of Bob Vylan’s controversial performance. #GazaGenocide
Of course that's what they are saying 🙄
Intifada | What Does 'Intifada' Actually Mean? | The Forward forward.com/culture/5736...
Just because a word can be used in one context doesn't mean every time anyone says it that it is being used in the same context. The word 'great' to me now has a very negative connotation, but it doesn't mean everyone who uses it is a racist, transphobic, anti science, war mongering fascist.
People freaking out about having a socialist in the NYC mayoral residence but OK with having a fascist in the White House.
Gift link to a chilling report from Haaretz that everyone should read. Even if only a fraction of this (and some of the paper’s previous detailed reporting on possible war crimes) is true, we should all be deeply saddened and sickened, as I am right now. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
No, Australia doesn't have free public transportation, apart from a few routes in major metropolitan CBDs.
Nights of BLUE SKIES (sound up, please listen) DAY 22 JUNE 2025 THESE TUMULTUOUS TIMES More than one war happening now Please listen to the whole clip ICE GESTAPO WAR on Decent Hardworking People Meet the "Neighborhood Kids Music" Listen to Their TRUTH Walk in Their Shoes Powerful
Now I've agreed with Tucker Carlson and Marjorie Taylor Green 😱😱😱
World War 3 kinda sucks, but you know, it was either this or pronouns
I didn't think that 'conservative' meant 'don't change anything in the face of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, and fuck the consequences'. I thought they were trying to sell 'conservative' as fiscally responsible. Ah well, guess it's the former...
Bravo this sign.
If any marginalized group has to fight for equal rights…then our systems and laws are NOT equal. Read that again. Take all the time you need.
Yes, this is incredibly disappointing and actually heartbreaking. They showed such promise for real action back in 2007 - the year my youngest child was born. Had I known then what I know now, I wouldn't have brought another child into what threatens to be a hellscape within their lifetime.
When these blokes are telling you the state of Israel is wrong you need to listen. Shows just how out of touch @albomp.bsky.social is from being on the just side of the Gaza conversation. No more mealy mouthing and kowtowing to Israel, Albo. Time for action. #auspol #gaza
🤮 Could she be more revolting? (I mean, she could, just look at Trump, but not much)
Why is being trans and wanting to go to the loo in peace seen as an ideology but stopping trans people from using the loos in peace is never seen as an ideology 🤔
I don’t think the general public appreciate that trans hate is now a genuine industry. You can have an actual corporate 9-5 job in it at somewhere like Sex Matters. Pension plan, the lot. Every day spent developing new ways to demonise and diminish trans people.
Last week, I launched a new publication called The Dissident. It's an anti-fascist publication focused on the intersection of tech, privacy, and LGBTQ rights in the current authoritarian moment. Check it out! www.thedissident.news
Yes, we noticed. You're still here.
Yep, unfortunately the terf language seems the loudest, and people use the terms they have available to describe their experience. That this is the language they have available, and they STILL stood up for their competitor and called out the bullying is pretty impressive.
this is a letter to the editor from a high school track runner who came in second to a trans girl in a race. her state house rep in maine started talking about it. so she wrote this: www.pressherald.com/2025/05/14/r...
Yeah, give me a break. For those in the back - acknowledging a genocide is happening by a nation state is not the same as attacking the ethnic identities of the majority of the population of that state.
I think they should just go for it and #RaiseTheRate as they've got the numbers to do it.
Yes, yes, it is.
WTAF?
Yes, this scarred me for life.
Antony Green Changes Name to ‘Antony Liberal-Labor-Green’, to Avoid Perception of ABC Left-Wing Bias
100% this
I'll be watching this next time. Fan-girling and must watch Antony Green's last hurrah this time.
Also this:
Yep. Charming!
Democracy sausages are an integral part of our democracy 😍
Yes! We are! And yes he is 🤣
Most Australians think too much gas is exported and want gas exports taxed - The Australia Institute australiainstitute.org.au/post/most-au...
Rubio publicly criticizing an ally for cracking down on right-wing extremism. And Germany hitting back. We are in a new world
Mature politically? Does that mean accumulate wealth and start to act in your own self-interest rather than have compassion for others? I'd rather stay 'immature '.
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Now, can we put up a mug shot of the convicted felon who lives there with a list of his felonies?
Hmmmm He's a 'nice guy'.
Appalled this morning with overt displays of racism at the #AnzacDay service in Melbourne. It's never the time and never the place for this, but definitely not now and definitely not today.
Shrine of Remembrance Anzac Day 2025 #lestweforget #noroomforracism #Naarm #sovereigntyneverceded
This is shameful behaviour. Is this state sanctioned conversion therapy? The medical system insisted on talking to my child about his gender ad nauseum, when his gender wasn't an issue for him. He was lucky enough he received gender affirming care before it became one.
One more incredibly creative protester ... #HandsOff #SaveOurDemocracy #LFG
Fact or fiction? 🤔 "Being trans is just a fad and social contagion." "There's no evidence, so gender affirming care should be banned." @drbrendannolan1.bsky.social and I answer some of this #misinformation about #transhealth in our latest article 🏳️⚧️ 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
It was never about free speech, just like it was never about “efficiency.”
Brisbane. Can't find a bulk billing doctor anywhere near where I live.
How about raising the rate of Newstart? In real terms. Not by CPI, real terms. That would be better than a tax cut.
From an operational security perspective, this is the highest level of fuckup imaginable. These people cannot keep America safe.
I would like to nominate Maxwell Smart for national security advisor.
If you are an asshole, you deserve to have your car covered in Kraft singles regardless of its make.
Pam Bondi saying the days of criminals facing no consequences are over whilst working for a 34 time felon who faced no consequences is a bit on the nose.
Where is the US travel warning for Australians, @albomp.bsky.social @senatorwong.bsky.social @australianlabor.bsky.social? What are you waiting for? Instructions from Washington? #FFS #auspol
Cutting Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security will result in people dying. Cutting medical research and funding will result in people dying. Cutting foreign aid, FEMA and NOAA will result in people dying. A few cars on fire is considered violence, but somehow the rest isn’t.
He really thinks he's never done anything awful?
It was just called science in the 80s, not politics.
Really? None of my gen X friends and definitely not me. I was protesting in the streets for climate action 20 years ago and writing to the government about the greenhouse effect in the 80s.
If only there had been warnings about Trump’s erratic, frightening, irrational and dictator tendencies. If only there was a 900 page manual that he is following to the “t.” If only there was a previous presidency to look at as an example.
Sounds like Dr Amos practices conversion therapy, which is illegal in Queensland There is NO reliable evidence that trans identification can be differentiated from psychosis," he wrote on X last year.
And so they should be! How many sandwich generation workers are there? I am 50 this year, and I'm one of them.
Not me looking at Tucker Carlson talking about Black female surgeons, as a Black female surgeon like 😒 Not the man who is the epitome of white privilege and all of the help it gave him, given his mediocrity, having the audacity to talk crap about Black female surgeons.
If Russia wants peace, they should end the invasion.
Yes, me too! It seemed too wild to be true!
Today, Kennett has a column in the Herald Sun calling Jacinta Allen's "rail projects a waste of taxpayer money" except, I remember something from my early (teenage) days as a cadet. I then check my own archives. Yep, what Dan Andrews started building was originally proposed by ... Kennett. Whoops.
The least I can do is share this
Melbourne Jewish community members explain why they support the Jewish Council of Australia. Videography by Simon Aubor. youtube.com/shorts/CNiT8... #melbournejewishcommunity #australianjewishcommunity #jewishdiversity #diversityinjudaism #jewish #jewishaustralia #jewishmelbourne
This does not surprise me. My mental health is not as great as it could be right now, has been worse since late last year, and was badly affected by the last stint.
RFK Jr: “Gardasil is probably the single worst, mass vaccine that we've ever seen.” @drneilstone.bsky.social: “The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is safe, effective, and on the way to ELIMINATING cervical cancer! RFK Jr is an anti-vaccine fanatic who would rather your daughter got cancer than a vaccine.”
When “doing your own research” means Googling the cost of child-size coffins
For them, it seems, the only speech that should be free is hate speech.
I love how Trump, Vance and Musk style themselves defenders of free speech, while simultaneously banning government agencies from mentioning climate change or diversity (inc biodiversity!), equity and inclusion, or even possessing maps which show the Gulf of Mexico. Torquemadas the lot of them.
The gender affirming care ban executive order has been blocked in court! www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2025/...