GS Lakes
@gslakes.bsky.social
Generally Strange body of water masquerading as a human being. Fully sick ND nerd. No fan of hierarchy. Wants everyone's needs met.
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Be unabashedly cringe about spreading values that support human rights
I'm here to ensure:
- everyone has their needs met
- everyone has bodily autonomy
- consent is respected in all things
I'm here to end:
- capitalism
- non-consensual hierarchies
I'm doing so via:
- mutual aid
- consent education
- sharing knowledge/skills
- automating the means of production
- everyone has their needs met
- everyone has bodily autonomy
- consent is respected in all things
I'm here to end:
- capitalism
- non-consensual hierarchies
I'm doing so via:
- mutual aid
- consent education
- sharing knowledge/skills
- automating the means of production
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I'm only going to say this once because I'm too tired:
ICE is a bipartisan venture. Fascism is just an empire's violence turned on its own people. Fascism has never been defeated in the voting booth, you have to dismantle it. You have to organize and fight.
It is literally socialism or barbarism.
ICE is a bipartisan venture. Fascism is just an empire's violence turned on its own people. Fascism has never been defeated in the voting booth, you have to dismantle it. You have to organize and fight.
It is literally socialism or barbarism.
January 24, 2026 at 4:35 PM
I'm only going to say this once because I'm too tired:
ICE is a bipartisan venture. Fascism is just an empire's violence turned on its own people. Fascism has never been defeated in the voting booth, you have to dismantle it. You have to organize and fight.
It is literally socialism or barbarism.
ICE is a bipartisan venture. Fascism is just an empire's violence turned on its own people. Fascism has never been defeated in the voting booth, you have to dismantle it. You have to organize and fight.
It is literally socialism or barbarism.
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It sucks how the world generally forces unwaged disabled people into the shittiest and oldest available houses. It *literally* needs to be the other way around, lol. Even something as basic as cleaning a counter becomes so much easier when you live in a newly built, moderately resourced apartment...
January 24, 2026 at 9:25 AM
It sucks how the world generally forces unwaged disabled people into the shittiest and oldest available houses. It *literally* needs to be the other way around, lol. Even something as basic as cleaning a counter becomes so much easier when you live in a newly built, moderately resourced apartment...
Brisbane friends, today's a good day to go to Bunnings Newstead.
The excellent queer-friendly Brisbane Makerspace (https://brisbanemaker.space) is running the sausage sizzle today as a fundraiser.
There's lovely people running that who'd no doubt love to talk nerdy things between serving snags 🙂
The excellent queer-friendly Brisbane Makerspace (https://brisbanemaker.space) is running the sausage sizzle today as a fundraiser.
There's lovely people running that who'd no doubt love to talk nerdy things between serving snags 🙂
January 23, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Brisbane friends, today's a good day to go to Bunnings Newstead.
The excellent queer-friendly Brisbane Makerspace (https://brisbanemaker.space) is running the sausage sizzle today as a fundraiser.
There's lovely people running that who'd no doubt love to talk nerdy things between serving snags 🙂
The excellent queer-friendly Brisbane Makerspace (https://brisbanemaker.space) is running the sausage sizzle today as a fundraiser.
There's lovely people running that who'd no doubt love to talk nerdy things between serving snags 🙂
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Every trans person knows the struggle
January 23, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Every trans person knows the struggle
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"Spain has decided not to stand on the sidelines, and to take a decisive step in defending the LGBTIQ+ community"
I interviewed Spain’s new queer rights envoy:
I interviewed Spain’s new queer rights envoy:
Meet Spain's first ambassador for global LGBTQ+ rights | Context by TRF
Spain's LGBTQ+ envoy Jorge Noval Álvarez says the world needs new leaders championing gay and transgender rights
www.context.news
January 22, 2026 at 3:16 PM
"Spain has decided not to stand on the sidelines, and to take a decisive step in defending the LGBTIQ+ community"
I interviewed Spain’s new queer rights envoy:
I interviewed Spain’s new queer rights envoy:
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the thing I actually needed to make vs what I truly wanted to make
January 20, 2026 at 4:16 AM
the thing I actually needed to make vs what I truly wanted to make
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American friends, you should start giving meshtastic a bit of thought for community organizing comms use over the next few years - even if for Plan B. You might need it.
meshtastic.org/docs/introdu...
meshtastic.org/docs/introdu...
Introduction | Meshtastic
Discover Meshtastic: a community-driven, open-source project using LoRa radios for long-range, off-grid communication.
meshtastic.org
January 18, 2026 at 2:13 AM
American friends, you should start giving meshtastic a bit of thought for community organizing comms use over the next few years - even if for Plan B. You might need it.
meshtastic.org/docs/introdu...
meshtastic.org/docs/introdu...
"Kentacky" = "when all you wear is merch from a certain fried chicken restaurant"
the boys are back in town
January 18, 2026 at 5:06 AM
"Kentacky" = "when all you wear is merch from a certain fried chicken restaurant"
Just read this lovely poem by Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
https://poets.org/poem/queer-trivia-night
Which is fitting, as tonight I play online trivia with other queers 😊
Shout out to any other nerds still playing Isolation Trivia in '26 🧠🫡
(https://www.isotriv.com/ if you're curious.)
https://poets.org/poem/queer-trivia-night
Which is fitting, as tonight I play online trivia with other queers 😊
Shout out to any other nerds still playing Isolation Trivia in '26 🧠🫡
(https://www.isotriv.com/ if you're curious.)
January 16, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Just read this lovely poem by Jenny Johnson: "Queer Trivia Night"
https://poets.org/poem/queer-trivia-night
Which is fitting, as tonight I play online trivia with other queers 😊
Shout out to any other nerds still playing Isolation Trivia in '26 🧠🫡
(https://www.isotriv.com/ if you're curious.)
https://poets.org/poem/queer-trivia-night
Which is fitting, as tonight I play online trivia with other queers 😊
Shout out to any other nerds still playing Isolation Trivia in '26 🧠🫡
(https://www.isotriv.com/ if you're curious.)
"The purpose of a system is what it does."
Forcing adults to identify themselves to use the internet ✅
Silencing whistleblowers and chilling dissent ✅
Harming people from "undesirable" minority groups ✅
"Won't somebody think of the children" works so well for bigoted authoritarians. #AusPol
Forcing adults to identify themselves to use the internet ✅
Silencing whistleblowers and chilling dissent ✅
Harming people from "undesirable" minority groups ✅
"Won't somebody think of the children" works so well for bigoted authoritarians. #AusPol
The first reports of the harms of the social media ban is having on vulnerable kids are out. This is what happens when policy is designed without listening to experts, not tackling the problem of harmful algorithms and business practices and just banning people from accessing parts of the internet.
January 12, 2026 at 5:12 AM
"The purpose of a system is what it does."
Forcing adults to identify themselves to use the internet ✅
Silencing whistleblowers and chilling dissent ✅
Harming people from "undesirable" minority groups ✅
"Won't somebody think of the children" works so well for bigoted authoritarians. #AusPol
Forcing adults to identify themselves to use the internet ✅
Silencing whistleblowers and chilling dissent ✅
Harming people from "undesirable" minority groups ✅
"Won't somebody think of the children" works so well for bigoted authoritarians. #AusPol
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As of right now folks dealing with bushfires/recovery can have their Centrelink payment stopped for not doing forced activities that are useless at the best of times, even if the reason is because their provider is unable to do something.
More great stuff from Minister Rishworth & her department 👍
More great stuff from Minister Rishworth & her department 👍
January 12, 2026 at 2:02 AM
As of right now folks dealing with bushfires/recovery can have their Centrelink payment stopped for not doing forced activities that are useless at the best of times, even if the reason is because their provider is unable to do something.
More great stuff from Minister Rishworth & her department 👍
More great stuff from Minister Rishworth & her department 👍
NSW can now designate a venue an "illegal" "prayer hall" on suspicion of it hosting "extremism".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/nsw-shutdown-of-illegal-hate-preach-venues/106219528
I'm quite sure this will be used to ban pro-Palestine and/or anti-Zionist groups immediately. #AusPol #NSWPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/nsw-shutdown-of-illegal-hate-preach-venues/106219528
I'm quite sure this will be used to ban pro-Palestine and/or anti-Zionist groups immediately. #AusPol #NSWPol
January 12, 2026 at 4:55 AM
NSW can now designate a venue an "illegal" "prayer hall" on suspicion of it hosting "extremism".
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/nsw-shutdown-of-illegal-hate-preach-venues/106219528
I'm quite sure this will be used to ban pro-Palestine and/or anti-Zionist groups immediately. #AusPol #NSWPol
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01-12/nsw-shutdown-of-illegal-hate-preach-venues/106219528
I'm quite sure this will be used to ban pro-Palestine and/or anti-Zionist groups immediately. #AusPol #NSWPol
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Good thing we’ve never had a home affairs minister where that sort of power might be abused, hey?
January 12, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Good thing we’ve never had a home affairs minister where that sort of power might be abused, hey?
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'... the home affairs minister will be given the power to list organisations as 'prohibited hate groups'.
People will be barred from joining, supporting, recruiting, fundraising for and receiving funds from the prescribed groups.'
ruh-roh
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
People will be barred from joining, supporting, recruiting, fundraising for and receiving funds from the prescribed groups.'
ruh-roh
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
PM recalls parliament to introduce hate speech and gun laws
Anthony Albanese has recalled parliament early to deal with sweeping hate speech and gun laws in the wake of the Bondi terror attack.
www.abc.net.au
January 12, 2026 at 3:59 AM
'... the home affairs minister will be given the power to list organisations as 'prohibited hate groups'.
People will be barred from joining, supporting, recruiting, fundraising for and receiving funds from the prescribed groups.'
ruh-roh
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
People will be barred from joining, supporting, recruiting, fundraising for and receiving funds from the prescribed groups.'
ruh-roh
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
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This is a product designed to provide misinformation
Health experts: Your synthetic text "AI" overviews are misleading, for example see this about liver function tests.
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
Google: Okay, we'll block "AI" overviews on that query.
The product is fundamentally flawed and cannot be "fixed" by patching query by query.
A short 🧵>>
‘Dangerous and alarming’: Google removes some of its AI summaries after users’ health put at risk
Guardian investigation finds AI Overviews provided inaccurate and false information when queried over blood tests
www.theguardian.com
January 11, 2026 at 3:29 PM
This is a product designed to provide misinformation
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But hey if you wear a mask three millionaires with podcast mikes will laugh at you .
January 11, 2026 at 1:55 PM
But hey if you wear a mask three millionaires with podcast mikes will laugh at you .
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Back to work today lads
December 30, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Back to work today lads
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YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
January 11, 2026 at 7:10 AM
YOU MUST TAKE YOUR MEDICATIONS TO HAVE STRENGTH TO CRUSH YOUR ENEMIES.
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One of the many, many ways people are fighting ICE in Minneapolis is helping neighbors safely shelter at home during a time when abductions are genuinely rampant.
People in Minneapolis are doing *so much* great work
People in Minneapolis are doing *so much* great work
This was incredible. We fed 40 families today. Thank you to @jchavezmpls.bsky.social for helping fundraise, @elitalksmpls.bsky.social for organizing with me, and the dozen people who helped us pack and shop. And thank you to everyone who donated. I have no words.
January 11, 2026 at 12:28 PM
One of the many, many ways people are fighting ICE in Minneapolis is helping neighbors safely shelter at home during a time when abductions are genuinely rampant.
People in Minneapolis are doing *so much* great work
People in Minneapolis are doing *so much* great work
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I like to ask liberals "why should I follow the law?" and then query their responses until they get mad at me because they end up essentially justifying state tyranny and can't work out why.
January 11, 2026 at 11:20 AM
I like to ask liberals "why should I follow the law?" and then query their responses until they get mad at me because they end up essentially justifying state tyranny and can't work out why.
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Well, Coles just lost me as a customer.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
Known for their work with the CIA, tech company Palantir is coming to Coles
Coles plans to deploy data company Palantir's tools across more than 840 supermarkets to cut costs and "redefine how we think about our workforce". At a time of increased food insecurity, Australians ...
www.abc.net.au
January 11, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Well, Coles just lost me as a customer.
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2024-02...
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Finally got around to finishing this.
January 9, 2026 at 10:08 PM
Finally got around to finishing this.
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Imagine the Australian government sending the army to fight in a war in which they, the Australian government, were enthusiastically funding the enemy. And asking them to fight for free. To risk their lives and mental health.
That would be mind boggling, and yet…
That would be mind boggling, and yet…
January 10, 2026 at 1:13 PM
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No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.
January 10, 2026 at 1:25 PM
No book is going to turn kids into someone else. But books will regularly show kids other people like them and show those kids they're not alone. And they'll show kids other types of people who also exist. There is a large proportion of the population who are terrified of this.