Complex trauma-informed & human rights-based outdoor therapy researcher and practitioner, ISSTD, Outdoors Qld, Youth Flourish Outdoors. Yuggera country, Australia Orchid: 0000-0003-2295-9573
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History is important for understanding the present
If your antisemitism envoy can’t be arsed saying anything about the actual Nazis parading around Melbourne and bashing dark people, it does kind of beg the question of why exactly you have an antisemitism envoy.
Lettuce listen
Psychosis Severity Tied to Childhood Trauma, Not Inherited Mental Illness A cross-national study shows trauma’s lasting impact on psychosis is not explained by parental mental illness. By Richard Sears www.madinamerica.com/2025/09/psyc...
@heardislandgov.bsky.social can you help perhaps? Is there a tiny rock with no inhabitants of any kind that needs a population of one?? It doesn't have to be above the high water mark, if that makes it easier...
Aryans seem even less intelligent this time around
Sewell and I think the weird blond Aryan were both arrested today some time after interrupting the Vic Premiers PR thing
They arrested three of them today. There were 30-30 involved, and recorded by multiple phones I look forward to more arrests
Grub
Reminder that the Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism donates to hate group Advance Australia and STILL has not condemned the nazi rally. Hey Jillian, DO YOU CONDEMN NAZIS! #auspol
See what you made me do?
On @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social tonight, Sewell & two henchmen were arrested today Sad they also reported 10 people treated after the assault by Sewell's Nazi's on the Aboriginal Sovereignty site. Yesterday only four had been reported. It seems they targeted women Sewer's knuckle dragers
Vic police should have Sewell in custody by now. Plenty of footage of him leading the attack yesterday www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
Thanks. Blocked.
And...failed As Putin does...
The far right attacks...
In years to come people might ask at a bbq, 'do you know anyone who marched that day?' The marchers will look amazed and say 'nope, that was some weird ... Who would do that?' 'Drongo's, The lot of them. Do you want a top up?' With that, the march was embarrassingly forgotten
Frightening
For the grandfather of psychotherapy, his psychoanalysis seems to have been oddly unsuccessful
Jamil Dakwar, director of the ACLU’s Human Rights Program “This move is a chilling attempt to evade accountability, setting a terrible precedent that would only embolden dictators and autocrats and dangerously weaken respect for human rights at home and abroad.” truthout.org/articles/tru...
Shows how much Netanyahu has trump in his pocket. trump tried to have secret meetings at Camp David with the taliban. World's most wanted terrorists You have something you want, pay the grifter in chief money. www.npr.org/2025/07/10/g...
Our posting is now up for a Lecturer (Asst prof) in Social Psych at the University of Auckland Please apply! Portal closes 20 Oct NZT. That's the 19th stateside bc here in New Zealand we live in the future I'm not on the committee so am unconflicted and happy to chat with interested folks
This not smart LNP closed the clinic because it was 'not cost effective', but never showed the figures Now it is funded privately and they still won't let it re-start It was never the money Ideology hiding behind lies perhaps?
Here he is punching Aboriginal peopley
Here he is punching Aboriginal people
So tired of picking these things up on my morning walks
Sunday's Big Day Out for Racists was led by Dweebs like this brave neo Nazi who led an attack on a long standing Aboriginal community protest. Nothing to do with immigration at all Look at their smirks. They had fun getting together to harass people
I am anxious and afraid about the very real prospect of losing our history due to the scrapping of the Truth Telling commision (and absence of a Voice to Parliament) Renewables? Wind farms in planted pine forests? Not so much Regulations about cars & windows of buildings and birds is a good idea
This him, with the smirk, in front of his brainless dweebs, also wearing smirks???
Aresholes enjoying a day out, being arseholes
Arseholes
Kids these days ...
If the institutions that represent us do not censure him for threatening to punch a reproter, some frustrated person might hit Katter in the chest with a foot long kebab We've seen this sort of escalation in the USA
Thank you @abcnewsbot.bsky.social for not giving the hate much space and for focusing on the danger the far right poses to our society We only have to look to the USA to see how this may play out in broader far right policies
So did evangelism. Started watching Shiny Happy People part 2 last night on Paramount. I thought I knew a fair bit about the Cristian dominionists but even half the first episode was an eye opener
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That's interesting. If Russia has dirt on Trump (if!), then once he dies no-one will care Rep's are racing to overthrow democracy while he lives, because eVance is a dill Russia has influence while he lives Rep's have popularity with the base while he lives Trump dying is a big deal
Of course they did! No moral compass whatsoever
Pill testing saves lives. Also some education, but mostly they just stop overdoses and bad trips. They do not enable What a knuckle!
Will the MAGA base support Vance as blindly as Trump? From the other side of the Pacific he just seems a bit of a dweeb. I wouldn't follow him out of curiosity
Quick Tip: Did you know you can hide posts by keywords? Under Settings → Moderation → Muted Words & Tags, set keywords you never want to see. Perfect for avoiding spoilers! 🙈
97% of Australians do NOT own a firearm Seems normal www.sbs.com.au/news/podcast...
Woop woop!
Red in the face anger, threatening violence is not 'colourful'
I have an Arts degree Never got a job with it In every job I got the workplace, it's efficiency, productivity, safety, and justice was improved Every single time Useless degree...
Research out this month in the BMJ has found that those who are verbally abused as children have a 64% greater chance of experiencing low mental wellbeing 👇 www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
That is quite unbalanced An elected representative who has such basic anger issues will not perform their duties objectively Take a breath Bob, grab a kebab to chase the hangries away, and reflect on your choices Then resign, and go home where we can forget about you
Israel is the leading killer of journalists in modem history. Israel has killed more journalists in tiny Gaza than those killed in WW1, WW2, Vietnam, Iraq & Afghanistan COMBINED. And crickets from their shameful colleagues in the West. #IsraeliNazis #PalestinianHolocaust #FinalSolution #auspol
The wrath of constituents I fear though they don't care and are rushing to establish martial law before Trumpie kicks the bucket These protests might just add to that haste. I really don't think they care, only that they get past democracy asap.
Perhaps read this before following the sacred gourd en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koalemos
Koalemos is the only true god
There is evidence in favour of the god Koalemos They are everywhere!
Actually just three likes, no shares They are still called likes I prefer 💕
Well that was weird After a long series of back and forth with someone over religion (20 odd posts) and very few other players, not even hearts, at the end three people suddenly pop up with hearts and shares BlueSky continues to surprise
These are different cases. Many sig differences between the laws and culture Practical things like voting reform may help when you reconstruct Imagining things anew seems useful as what you have is being destroyed by the far (at least token) religious right. You'll get a chance one day soon I hope
I doubt the decline will show more than a blip Au is heading for more people happy that no gods exist than Christian, probably within a decade. 39-44% now (see pic 2) USA some way behind but still tracking down (pic 1)
The thing is that a self identified nazi candidate would be arrested here Other Nazi's could not vote for them. They'd never be on a ballot So the theory holds, here at least Yet we let a corrupt Pentecostal become PM. We were soft on religions. Never again I suggest
Cash is from where? Is she important somehow?
Religion will I expect basically die of it's own natural uselessness. The percentages are in regular decline But people can believe in whatever Having a greater loyalty to something other than that you are elected to govern might be a current problem The status quo is a problem, not a solution
Well...I was describing an ideal world
Liars will seek office We should work to prevent that The idea is simple I think I previously wrote it probably would not be easy
God-botherer. Bahaha. It's been a while since I heard that To their face, we called all of them Padre, when I was serving Most were really decent people Since I discharged, I have seen some confused expressions when I have politely called every dog collar wearer "Padre"
Odd they included schizophrenia, given that two people can have that Dx yet share no common symptoms That'd make GWAS a bit broad wouldn't it?
Totally
They want total control before he drops off his perch and people realise that Vance is the new Emperor
Not really. Of the 18 human rights conventions and optional protocols Australia has put into law most of them. A sov cit would not want to follow those laws, because they are laws In the USA, which has ratified far fewer conventions, you might have a point
Sorry, you're posting a few things and that was meant as a reply to your next post We should only have people elected to or leading govt structures who are loyal to the country and not preferring some other primary motivation We expect them to be citizens for this reason Seems simple enough
Probably not Separating of church & state powers is by democratic institutions guarding discrimination etc and courts Candidates who declare heavy influence (more than values like kindness etc) e.g. Christian dominion, should be ineligible This seems important given your low turn out rates
Yes. They should be motivated to represent their constituents and advance the nation We had a pentecostal PM who rode that line very closely, and later we found out he secretly appointed himself secretary of all several departments, and gave his church special grants. Seems illegal to me
Didn't see this coming, but entirely unsurprised
No issues here. Smooth as silk this evening When it was growing really fast there was an occasional problem with "the upstream blob", whatever that is
Oh. Sorry if I hurt your feelings May Koalemos be kind to you!
Bahaha. Useful. Thanks.
From another country, I call it the USA This has been building since the 60's, with links back to your civil war Although appalling, it is so unsurprising that people wrote books foretelling it decades ago The USA is being shaken, and you need to shake back hard. They've years of planning to undo
The last two lines are all moral goods, and should be supported. In fact that should be the case whether or not they are run by religious groups A church or mosque, nope NRA, absolutely not A denominational school...not more than any non-denominational state run school Is that more clear?
We are not legislating, but arguing You from a deontological (moral laws) and me from a utilitarian (moral consequences) perspective Consequences matter, and laws should adapt to produce the most good Tax laws should serve a moral/ethical purpose and not serve misinfo which is harmful
should not be doing Bahaha!
Selling is no problem, except when it is snake oil/misinfo Religions who sell/recruit with their misinfo should not get govt assistance
I am on the boards of three non profits 1 - sells services, gets tax breaks for staff 2 - sells nothing, gets govt funding to organise & lobby for outdoor recreation 3 - sells & gets donations, to educate therapists, no govt funding just tax breaks None promote misinfo
Perhaps. Some still use the phrase "blowing smoke up someone arse", which is a medical procedure we have eliminated I think religions will die out in time. What we should be doing is supporting the deluded to spread their word
Depends perhaps on how we derive meaning in our lives. I aim to leave the world better than I find it, every day. That is the reward
Hey. Hope this has been useful. I'm off to bed for an early start to Wednesday. Not ignoring you. Just a bit ahead of the USA
And with that I go to sleep. I hope my dreams replay this extinction
As a matter of perspective. In my country, hate speech is outlawed Display a Nazi flag, be charged and fined or imprisoned It is law here that intolerance is a crime Laws are funny like that Separation seems sensible But again, people can vote how they like Here, not voting is fined $20 ...
You seem to be missing my repeated point People - can vote how they like Religions - should not be given any platform whatsoever in politics They should be excluded - separated
People can believe in weird stuff. Only education can help there People vote. Well sometimes they vote. Here it is over 90%, but different laws! Religions should not be heard in matters of government policy. Ever They can stay in their lane (pulpit), where the rest of us never hear them
Seems entirely sensible that irrational organisations should have no influence in governance
No
Having written that please understand that I am Australian, where 38.9% (2021) do not follow any religion Soon, there will be more rational than irrational people in Au The USA is different. Nuanced perhaps This seems a big part of why you are up to your eyeballs in intolerance
Not quite what I am asserting People can believe what they want Organisations, that are by definition irrational, should not influence policy They can influence their followers who have voting rights (for the moment) Religions, as far as policy goes, should be ignored They are not sensible
Laws are not an absolute right/good/correctness Supernatural belief systems should not influence government ...they believe in invisible omnipotent but entirely impotent beings! They are an exception from reasonable persons (i.e. incompetent) So except them from influencing policy
Butt... Is that news?
Separation of church and state?
Is there a contemporary railroad organised by a modern Sojourner Truth or Harriet Tubman?
Ummm. You (north) American but you speak the language of another country Your point?
This
