Flick Reynolds
@flickreynolds.bsky.social
Researcher|Writer|SW|CF
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Housing/Homelessness
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Flick Reynolds
@flickreynolds.bsky.social
· Nov 17
Just in case you lost your recipe and you wanted to make this today
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End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Sometimes defective, maybe unlawful: what can be done about Australia’s crisis-ridden welfare system?
Run by multiple departments and hundreds of private companies, advocates warn errors will continue to rock a system ‘in crisis’
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It’s a system designed to help Australians who most need it. Yet its created continuous scandals, with parts of it paused because the government can’t say if it’s operating legally.
Hundreds and thousands of Centrelink clients are affected by its frequent problems, being charged or overpaying debts incorrectly calculated as another class action is launched. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 25, 2025 at 1:45 AM
End all funding every single private employment services provider.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
Salt the earth so those in change of them never get any public money ever again - run them out of the country.
Get rid of mutual obligations
Bring back the CES
Raise the fricken rate
Ain’t hard.
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When someone says they’re “not political”…
September 30, 2025 at 1:08 AM
When someone says they’re “not political”…
The corruption going on in plain sight is nothing short of astounding. This looks like a pay off for not using all the power of the US presidency to not destroy a business.
YouTube agrees to pay Trump $24.5m to settle lawsuit over account suspension
Platform suspended the US president’s YouTube channel in 2021 after the January 6 Capitol riot
www.theguardian.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:31 AM
The corruption going on in plain sight is nothing short of astounding. This looks like a pay off for not using all the power of the US presidency to not destroy a business.
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I've obtained exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the United Nations security room
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I've obtained exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the United Nations security room
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September 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
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I've obtained exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the United Nations security room
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I've obtained exclusive behind-the-scenes footage from the United Nations security room
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I’m not NDIS but can assure you the whole Disability sector needs a shake up. The NDIS has created a nightmare + costs have increased exponentially since its inception. Companies don’t want to take non NDIS clients because….not enough profit so you go without support. This includes cost of aids etc.
August 25, 2025 at 11:24 AM
I’m not NDIS but can assure you the whole Disability sector needs a shake up. The NDIS has created a nightmare + costs have increased exponentially since its inception. Companies don’t want to take non NDIS clients because….not enough profit so you go without support. This includes cost of aids etc.
I do hope that the middle class employment & enrichment program known as the NDIS is somehow also able to support & house people with disabilities. Jeez this shit makes me cross. #4corners
August 25, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I do hope that the middle class employment & enrichment program known as the NDIS is somehow also able to support & house people with disabilities. Jeez this shit makes me cross. #4corners
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I agree it's brilliant. It just shows what can be achieved if people are given a chance.
August 24, 2025 at 7:01 AM
I agree it's brilliant. It just shows what can be achieved if people are given a chance.
This is brilliant. Philanthropists really helping people end their homelessness.
These women built their first homes for under $120k. Here’s how they did it
A Facebook post offering women $55,000 to build their first home looked like a scam. But 15 women took the chance to go from homeless to home owner.
www.abc.net.au
August 24, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is brilliant. Philanthropists really helping people end their homelessness.
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I know so many women of all ages who need iron transfusions and some who can’t get them because they cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars; such long waitlists; no Medicare rebates. This is a medical scandal. The misdiagnosis story is shocking. www.smh.com.au/national/gas...
Gaslit, dismissed and treated as hypochondriacs: The gender divide in iron deficiency
Ignored by doctors for years, Abigail almost died, with one doctor in the end saying she had the blood count of a shark attack or car crash victim.
www.smh.com.au
August 16, 2025 at 4:47 AM
I know so many women of all ages who need iron transfusions and some who can’t get them because they cost hundreds and hundreds of dollars; such long waitlists; no Medicare rebates. This is a medical scandal. The misdiagnosis story is shocking. www.smh.com.au/national/gas...
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I've had enough.
In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵
In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵
August 3, 2025 at 12:06 AM
I've had enough.
In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵
In this thread, I will tell you, definitively, whether Sydney Sweeney has great jeans.
This way, you will be more informed when shopping for your wardrobe . 🧵
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There isn't a single song by Tom Lehrer that isn't still as biting and funny today as when he wrote it. Most people are setting on "Werner von Braun" as a memorial, but perhaps "National Brotherhood Week" is also weirdly relevant as well
Vale, sir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAS...
Vale, sir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAS...
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week - with intro
YouTube video by The Tom Lehrer Wisdom Channel
www.youtube.com
July 27, 2025 at 9:05 PM
There isn't a single song by Tom Lehrer that isn't still as biting and funny today as when he wrote it. Most people are setting on "Werner von Braun" as a memorial, but perhaps "National Brotherhood Week" is also weirdly relevant as well
Vale, sir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAS...
Vale, sir
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgAS...
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"at risk of"?
we're well past that stage :(
we're well past that stage :(
The reality in Gaza shows Israel is at risk of becoming a global pariah: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07-26/israel-starvation-aid-global-pressure-gaza/105555092
The reality in Gaza shows Israel is at risk of becoming a global pariah
The reality of the situation on the ground in Gaza, and the spectre of children dying of malnutrition or starvation, sits at such extraordinary odds with the language of spokespeople for both the Netanyahu government and the IDF.
www.abc.net.au
July 26, 2025 at 5:25 AM
"at risk of"?
we're well past that stage :(
we're well past that stage :(
Trump announces ‘Gulag First’ response to homelessness in the US.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 26, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Trump announces ‘Gulag First’ response to homelessness in the US.
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In 1938, Hitler launched “Work-Shy Reich” a program to remove the homeless, beggars & mentally ill from the streets & forcibly institutionalize them.
Today, Donald Trump launched “ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS”—which is the same thing. 🚨
www.mind-war.com/p/taking-akt...
Today, Donald Trump launched “ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS”—which is the same thing. 🚨
www.mind-war.com/p/taking-akt...
Taking Aktion: Trump’s Plan to Disappear the “Work-Shy”
We are staring into the abyss of systematic mass cleansing that mankind might not recover from without intervention
www.mind-war.com
July 25, 2025 at 1:08 AM
In 1938, Hitler launched “Work-Shy Reich” a program to remove the homeless, beggars & mentally ill from the streets & forcibly institutionalize them.
Today, Donald Trump launched “ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS”—which is the same thing. 🚨
www.mind-war.com/p/taking-akt...
Today, Donald Trump launched “ENDING CRIME AND DISORDER ON AMERICA’S STREETS”—which is the same thing. 🚨
www.mind-war.com/p/taking-akt...
New executive order by Trump that redefines #homelessness as a mental illness and requiring authorities to round everyone up for *treatment* and to keep other citizens safe. I always suspected the pathologising of people in poverty would end up here.
Ending Crime and Disorder on America's Streets
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and
www.whitehouse.gov
July 25, 2025 at 10:28 PM
New executive order by Trump that redefines #homelessness as a mental illness and requiring authorities to round everyone up for *treatment* and to keep other citizens safe. I always suspected the pathologising of people in poverty would end up here.
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-1 in Canberra already! 🥶🥶🥶
July 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
-1 in Canberra already! 🥶🥶🥶
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Censuring a Senator because of this.
July 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Censuring a Senator because of this.
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Mass starvation expert Alex de Waal warns the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is the “most intense, most severe,” and “minutely engineered” act of deliberate starvation since World War II.
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
July 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Mass starvation expert Alex de Waal warns the humanitarian crisis in Gaza is the “most intense, most severe,” and “minutely engineered” act of deliberate starvation since World War II.
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
#GazaHolocaust #GazaGenocide
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Watching Prof Henry Brodaty talking about dementia on @NPC right now. It is 💯 true that after a diagnosis both the patient & carers are dropped like hot potatoes with no plan no support & no medicine that actually works. Happy that there is break through for people in the very early stages.
July 23, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Watching Prof Henry Brodaty talking about dementia on @NPC right now. It is 💯 true that after a diagnosis both the patient & carers are dropped like hot potatoes with no plan no support & no medicine that actually works. Happy that there is break through for people in the very early stages.
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Same issues here in Canada and same myopic vision for the past 30 years. Allowing housing to be an investment tool was a monumental mistake that currently disproportionately affects the marginalised and is now affecting younger generations. We’ve stolen enough from future generations. Time to pay!!!
July 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Same issues here in Canada and same myopic vision for the past 30 years. Allowing housing to be an investment tool was a monumental mistake that currently disproportionately affects the marginalised and is now affecting younger generations. We’ve stolen enough from future generations. Time to pay!!!
Have you ever wondered why charities grow bigger every year? At the very same time that State housing departments get smaller? And do you wonder why those without housing are now ‘charitable cases’ to be managed instead of citizens to be housed? I do
No amount of funding church & community organisations to feed, shelter, shower or ‘case manage’ people in poverty will end #homelessness. The only thing that does and ever has is housing. Permanent housing. Every state in Australia must reinvest in public #housing. This is a disgrace.
Women 'stuck' in refuges as housing crisis fuels worst homelessness 'in living memory'
Homelessness has risen to the "worst levels in living memory" in the first term of the Albanese government, advocacy groups warn, as the government grapples with advice that housing targets will not b...
www.abc.net.au
July 22, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Have you ever wondered why charities grow bigger every year? At the very same time that State housing departments get smaller? And do you wonder why those without housing are now ‘charitable cases’ to be managed instead of citizens to be housed? I do
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Homes need to stop being an investment/wealth growing opportunity for a few. #TaxReform
July 22, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Homes need to stop being an investment/wealth growing opportunity for a few. #TaxReform