Helena Handbasket
@kerrynw.bsky.social
I like naps, cake and gin. Free Palestine. 🍉
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![4-panel vertical comic. (1) 100 Years Ago [two people standing next to bicycle with small car nearby] PERSON 1: It’s too dangerous riding a bike with these cars around. I should get a car, too. (2) 50 Years Ago [two people between smaller car and bigger car] PERSON 2 with short hair: Small cars are less safe in collisions with larger vehicles, so I should get a bigger one. (3) Today [two people between big car and even bigger car] PERSON 1: Everyone has huge SUVs now. If I don’t get the biggest one, I’m putting my family at risk. (4) Soon [two people next to large armored car with spiked clubs attached] PERSON 2: If I don’t install more whirling spike clubs, I’ll be destroyed by all the other drivers who...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreiby6can6k76yzfmv2czxs4pu2l7zie7bqbrpswi7h3ifmiadkuqvu@jpeg)
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"Scientists Just Developed A Blood Test That Can Diagnose Chronic Fatigue And Long Covid."
🔹Blood test detected CFS with 92% accuracy.
🔹CFS and long COVID overlap means it may lead to a long COVID test.
🔹Unclear exactly when either test might be available.
Source: archive.li/K0txX
🔹Blood test detected CFS with 92% accuracy.
🔹CFS and long COVID overlap means it may lead to a long COVID test.
🔹Unclear exactly when either test might be available.
Source: archive.li/K0txX
November 14, 2025 at 1:32 AM
"Scientists Just Developed A Blood Test That Can Diagnose Chronic Fatigue And Long Covid."
🔹Blood test detected CFS with 92% accuracy.
🔹CFS and long COVID overlap means it may lead to a long COVID test.
🔹Unclear exactly when either test might be available.
Source: archive.li/K0txX
🔹Blood test detected CFS with 92% accuracy.
🔹CFS and long COVID overlap means it may lead to a long COVID test.
🔹Unclear exactly when either test might be available.
Source: archive.li/K0txX
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#Victoria where a 14yo can be given 'adult time for adult crime' and a violent nazi gets bail conditions where he's forced to live at home with his family!
Supreme Court's Judge #Elliott thought it unfair that #Sewell be in remand awaiting trial for maybe 2 years. 😵💫🤬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Supreme Court's Judge #Elliott thought it unfair that #Sewell be in remand awaiting trial for maybe 2 years. 😵💫🤬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Neo-Nazi Thomas Sewell granted bail by Victorian judge
Neo Nazi Thomas Sewell had been granted bail after a Supreme Court judge found he would not pose an unacceptable risk to the community.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
#Victoria where a 14yo can be given 'adult time for adult crime' and a violent nazi gets bail conditions where he's forced to live at home with his family!
Supreme Court's Judge #Elliott thought it unfair that #Sewell be in remand awaiting trial for maybe 2 years. 😵💫🤬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Supreme Court's Judge #Elliott thought it unfair that #Sewell be in remand awaiting trial for maybe 2 years. 😵💫🤬
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
*yawn* Who even cares? Nobody I know is listening to these third rate dickheads.
Kyle Sandilands rails against ‘pearl clutchers’ and ‘activist haters’ as regulator reins in radio duo’s antics | Weekly Beast
Kyle Sandilands rails against ‘pearl clutchers’ and ‘activist haters’ as regulator reins in radio duo’s antics | Weekly Beast
Hosts also haunted by mushroom trial comments in dramatic week for Kyle and Jacki O Show. Plus: News Corp reignites fight with ABC
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After finding the Kiis network repeatedly broadcast “vulgar” and “deeply offensive” content, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (Acma) is bringing out the big guns against the Kyle & Jackie O Show.
Acma on Wednesday published a notice of intention to impose an additional licence condition on Kiis, a regulatory tool not imposed on a licensee since 2Day FM’s infamous royal hoax call in 2012 to a London hospital where Kate Middleton was a patient. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
*yawn* Who even cares? Nobody I know is listening to these third rate dickheads.
Look, I’ll probably stop whinging about my fractured wrist & elbow eventually, but I’m not promising anytime soon. 6 days till my next fracture clinic appointment.
My kids are laughing at the cliché of old parent falling & breaking bones. THE WILL CAN BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW. 😒
My kids are laughing at the cliché of old parent falling & breaking bones. THE WILL CAN BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW. 😒
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Look, I’ll probably stop whinging about my fractured wrist & elbow eventually, but I’m not promising anytime soon. 6 days till my next fracture clinic appointment.
My kids are laughing at the cliché of old parent falling & breaking bones. THE WILL CAN BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW. 😒
My kids are laughing at the cliché of old parent falling & breaking bones. THE WILL CAN BE CHANGED, YOU KNOW. 😒
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Australia's opposition party just dropped its target to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, specifically citing the 'abundance agenda'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
November 13, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Australia's opposition party just dropped its target to eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, specifically citing the 'abundance agenda'
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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This is happening on SUNDAY! Unfortunately, after all his hard work, Captain Quoll won't be walking (see update below) but his team will be. They're aiming to raise $35K & are just under $25K atm.
Let's give them a big push! Go you good Quolls! 🙌
pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
Let's give them a big push! Go you good Quolls! 🙌
pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
November 13, 2025 at 10:04 AM
This is happening on SUNDAY! Unfortunately, after all his hard work, Captain Quoll won't be walking (see update below) but his team will be. They're aiming to raise $35K & are just under $25K atm.
Let's give them a big push! Go you good Quolls! 🙌
pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
Let's give them a big push! Go you good Quolls! 🙌
pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
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🚂 "Choo-choo!" 🚂
Sydney Trains frontline employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament House
www.9news.com.au/national/syd...
Sydney Trains frontline employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament House
www.9news.com.au/national/syd...
Sydney Trains worker stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally
Transport for NSW has stood down a frontline employee after he attended a neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament...
www.9news.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 10:50 AM
🚂 "Choo-choo!" 🚂
Sydney Trains frontline employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament House
www.9news.com.au/national/syd...
Sydney Trains frontline employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally outside Parliament House
www.9news.com.au/national/syd...
Husband brewed today. That’s an 8:00am to 3:00pm day including cleanup & troubleshooting a chiller problem, and then he mowed the lawn before cooking dinner AND washing up, because his one-armed wife is useless. It’s 9:25pm and he’s asleep on the couch. 😬
November 13, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Husband brewed today. That’s an 8:00am to 3:00pm day including cleanup & troubleshooting a chiller problem, and then he mowed the lawn before cooking dinner AND washing up, because his one-armed wife is useless. It’s 9:25pm and he’s asleep on the couch. 😬
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Zero emissions coal is the coal that you don’t burn because solar is cheaper. I hope I’ve cleared this up for Dan
Dan Tehan says the Liberals’ new plan to reduce emissions will include new taxpayer funded Coal projects.
And that they will be pushing for “Zero Emissions Coal”🤔
PK “But it hasn’t happened?”
DT “Well, no it hasn’t happened.”💥
WTF is he talking about? #auspol
And that they will be pushing for “Zero Emissions Coal”🤔
PK “But it hasn’t happened?”
DT “Well, no it hasn’t happened.”💥
WTF is he talking about? #auspol
November 13, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Zero emissions coal is the coal that you don’t burn because solar is cheaper. I hope I’ve cleared this up for Dan
Of course he was. 🙄
November 13, 2025 at 2:28 AM
Of course he was. 🙄
Drove round to the park to get to an elevated & dark spot, bloody kangaroos everywhere. 😂 Now sitting in the dark listening to them making some odd noises. Also frogs.
November 12, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Drove round to the park to get to an elevated & dark spot, bloody kangaroos everywhere. 😂 Now sitting in the dark listening to them making some odd noises. Also frogs.
Like, be serious! These readings are nuts.
November 12, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Like, be serious! These readings are nuts.
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Please donate encouragingly to help eradicate this bastard of a disease pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
The Even Looser Quolls in Elders Point to Pinnacle & Brooks Point to Pub 2025
Hi there
We are trying to fundraise $35000 to help Menzies Institute for Medical Research. To accomplish this we have created a team called The Even Looser Quolls.
Please help us accomplish our goal...
pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com
November 12, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Please donate encouragingly to help eradicate this bastard of a disease pointtopinnacle2025.grassrootz.com/menzies-inst...
Crazy auroras happening in northern USA & signs look good for a few more hours so 🤞 for a show tonight in Vic & Tas. Hopefully cloud doesn’t ruin it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Crazy auroras happening in northern USA & signs look good for a few more hours so 🤞 for a show tonight in Vic & Tas. Hopefully cloud doesn’t ruin it.
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They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
November 12, 2025 at 1:09 AM
They’ve laid off so many people that the government is now getting its economic data from DoorDash.
Watching various music videos on the TV and husband pops one up that I don’t recognise for a minute. Then I realise it’s middle son’s high school band doing Queens of the Stone Age “No One Knows”. Took me minute to recognise him because he had a shocking white blonde mop 😂
November 11, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Watching various music videos on the TV and husband pops one up that I don’t recognise for a minute. Then I realise it’s middle son’s high school band doing Queens of the Stone Age “No One Knows”. Took me minute to recognise him because he had a shocking white blonde mop 😂
Been conflicted about private health funds for years, but I’ve been a member since 1979 & it’s an NFP closed fund & we get a lot back in spite of rising premiums. Today I got two emails: 1. You’re old & on your birthday your rebate goes up. 2. We’re a NFP & here’s $300 back b/c we made a profit.
November 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Been conflicted about private health funds for years, but I’ve been a member since 1979 & it’s an NFP closed fund & we get a lot back in spite of rising premiums. Today I got two emails: 1. You’re old & on your birthday your rebate goes up. 2. We’re a NFP & here’s $300 back b/c we made a profit.
Every year the kids ask me what I’d like for birthday/christmas gifts & I always scratch my head & say 🤷♀️. Now I make an effort to notice when I see something I like but think is frivolous & text one of them to ask for it. So far DIL #2 is buying me these gorgeous cocktail picks.
November 11, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Every year the kids ask me what I’d like for birthday/christmas gifts & I always scratch my head & say 🤷♀️. Now I make an effort to notice when I see something I like but think is frivolous & text one of them to ask for it. So far DIL #2 is buying me these gorgeous cocktail picks.
Finishing Alien Earth tonight. If you liked the original movies, you should enjoy this. It seems far more graphic than the movies though. 😱 I may have covered my eyes more than once.
November 11, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Finishing Alien Earth tonight. If you liked the original movies, you should enjoy this. It seems far more graphic than the movies though. 😱 I may have covered my eyes more than once.
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Minns knows this is untrue. NSW Police do not need more powers, they need to stop providing police protection to Nazis. Same applies to Victoria Police.
November 11, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Minns knows this is untrue. NSW Police do not need more powers, they need to stop providing police protection to Nazis. Same applies to Victoria Police.
Did not do any damage in my sleep and only woke a couple of times. 🙌 The brace went straight back on this morning though.
I developed a throbbing, sharp pain in my arm this evening that analgesics didn’t touch, so I’ve ditched the brace & I’m quietly terrified of hurting myself in my sleep. It’s over 5 weeks now since the fracture(s), I’ll be fine, right? 🥹
November 11, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Did not do any damage in my sleep and only woke a couple of times. 🙌 The brace went straight back on this morning though.
Good for them.
Victoria's Wurundjeri people file native title claim for Melbourne
The Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung people in Victoria have filed a native title claim with the Federal Court, seeking recognition over country that spans much of Melbourne.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Good for them.
I developed a throbbing, sharp pain in my arm this evening that analgesics didn’t touch, so I’ve ditched the brace & I’m quietly terrified of hurting myself in my sleep. It’s over 5 weeks now since the fracture(s), I’ll be fine, right? 🥹
November 10, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I developed a throbbing, sharp pain in my arm this evening that analgesics didn’t touch, so I’ve ditched the brace & I’m quietly terrified of hurting myself in my sleep. It’s over 5 weeks now since the fracture(s), I’ll be fine, right? 🥹
I posted in our local neighbourhood FB group & three people came by and took bunches. Looks like another one or two went as well, so passers-by must have grabbed them. 😊
Did some pruning and ended up with a pile of herbs we won’t be able to use, so I’ve put them out on the letterbox with a “free” sign. Hopefully the regular dog walkers along our street will help themselves, I hate to throw perfectly good produce in the green bin.
November 10, 2025 at 12:23 PM
I posted in our local neighbourhood FB group & three people came by and took bunches. Looks like another one or two went as well, so passers-by must have grabbed them. 😊