McDrowsy
@mcdrowsy.bsky.social
Leah #pwME Lives in a small town by the sea, heart in the city. Life interrupted by chronic illness 🛌 #mecfs #fibro
Anti poverty. Social justice.
Classic + indie film. Australian native flowers + birds. Vintage clothing + design.
Anti poverty. Social justice.
Classic + indie film. Australian native flowers + birds. Vintage clothing + design.
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McDrowsy
@mcdrowsy.bsky.social
· Feb 17
Changing my profile pic. This lil fella is a juvenile magpie that has been visiting us over summer.
I love the little stern look she is giving here. She is actually friendly and curious.
I love the little stern look she is giving here. She is actually friendly and curious.
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In awe of the team at Clinic Nineteen treating adults & children for long COVID & related diseases. COVID infection is commonplace in the community & repeat infections increase your chances of getting LC so do your best to avoid infection. Indoor air quality is key.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Long COVID patients seeking help 'let down by the system'
Patients are calling for better access to long COVID care after the closure of one of the country's last public clinics.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In awe of the team at Clinic Nineteen treating adults & children for long COVID & related diseases. COVID infection is commonplace in the community & repeat infections increase your chances of getting LC so do your best to avoid infection. Indoor air quality is key.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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This 🧵. News Corp bullying children is the opposite of journalism. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #auspol
New from me: News Corp successfuly lobbied for the teen social media ban on the grounds of "protecting kids mental health".
Yet it has been bullying an 11-year-old child, exposing her to an audience of 400,000+ for ridicule and abuse.
It does this often. Other mainstream media outlets do too.
Yet it has been bullying an 11-year-old child, exposing her to an audience of 400,000+ for ridicule and abuse.
It does this often. Other mainstream media outlets do too.
News Corp wants to 'protect' kids. It's also happy to bully them for its readers
Mainstream media outlets regularly bully primary-school aged children while pretending to care about youth mental health.
www.crikey.com.au
October 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
This 🧵. News Corp bullying children is the opposite of journalism. #TransRightsAreHumanRights #auspol
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“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
Yale lab reports mass killings in Sudan, calls for student activism
The Humanitarian Research Lab was told this week that over 10,000 people in Sudan were killed within three days.
yaledailynews.com
October 31, 2025 at 8:02 PM
“Individuals on the ground sent a message that reached us Monday morning that 1,200 were dead,” Nathaniel Raymond, the lab’s executive director, said. “By that evening, they said 10,000. By Tuesday, we couldn’t reach them anymore. We assume our ground contacts are dead.”
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We lost our home…but we haven’t lost hope.
We hold on to what’s left of life, our family & faith that kindness still exists.
We’re trying to rebuild our lives, step by step.
Every donation, every share, every word of support is a mark that restores our sense of safety❤️
Be the reason we start again🕊
We hold on to what’s left of life, our family & faith that kindness still exists.
We’re trying to rebuild our lives, step by step.
Every donation, every share, every word of support is a mark that restores our sense of safety❤️
Be the reason we start again🕊
October 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
We lost our home…but we haven’t lost hope.
We hold on to what’s left of life, our family & faith that kindness still exists.
We’re trying to rebuild our lives, step by step.
Every donation, every share, every word of support is a mark that restores our sense of safety❤️
Be the reason we start again🕊
We hold on to what’s left of life, our family & faith that kindness still exists.
We’re trying to rebuild our lives, step by step.
Every donation, every share, every word of support is a mark that restores our sense of safety❤️
Be the reason we start again🕊
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"Children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant face an elevated risk of developmental disorders by age 3, including speech delays, autism, motor disorders, and other neurodevelopmental delays, according to new research by investigators at Mass General Brigham."
COVID-19 in pregnancy may raise autism and neurodevelopmental disorder risk
Children born to mothers who contracted COVID-19 during pregnancy face a 29% higher likelihood of developmental disorders by age three, including speech, motor, and autism-spectrum delays. The risk wa...
www.news-medical.net
October 31, 2025 at 8:16 AM
"Children born to mothers who had COVID-19 while pregnant face an elevated risk of developmental disorders by age 3, including speech delays, autism, motor disorders, and other neurodevelopmental delays, according to new research by investigators at Mass General Brigham."
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Most essential of workers who literally risk their lives as others evacuate, and you still get a suppressed wage for being a woman
The Australian Workers' Union says Victorian female forest firefighters have been short-changed by an average of more than $4,000 in pay growth since 2019.
Female firies earing thousands less than male colleagues
The Australian Workers' Union says Victorian female forest firefighters have been short-changed by an average of more than $4,000 in pay growth since 2019.
www.abc.net.au
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Most essential of workers who literally risk their lives as others evacuate, and you still get a suppressed wage for being a woman
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causing poverty - a primary outcome of criminal law - does not support victims of sexual violence. Expanding police powers has never in the history of patriarchy reduced, halted, nor prevented sexual violence. Increasing inequality in fact strongly correlates with higher rates of violence.
"We need to do more to protect people who are victims of serious violent and sexual offences, but further demonising welfare recipients and using the social security system as a form of punishment is not the way." – @averyhoward.bsky.social
October 30, 2025 at 9:45 PM
causing poverty - a primary outcome of criminal law - does not support victims of sexual violence. Expanding police powers has never in the history of patriarchy reduced, halted, nor prevented sexual violence. Increasing inequality in fact strongly correlates with higher rates of violence.
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The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Home - Sudan Solidarity Collective
Solidarity with Sudan! Support the Emergency Response Rooms doing life saving work in Sudan by donating to the Sudan Solidarity Fund. Workshops4Sudan is a new fundraising initiative of the Sudan Solid...
sudansolidarity.com
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 AM
The Sudan Solidarity Collective is doing a big fundraising push to support our partners in El Fashir to support food distribution, evacuation and medications.
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
Please help us boost our support. Please share and donate 👇🏾 .
sudansolidarity.com
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ERRs are calling for help to provide displaced & affected communities with:
- Food & potable water
- Adequate shelter
- basic & emergency healthcare/feminine products
- Mental health support
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Food & potable water
- Adequate shelter
- basic & emergency healthcare/feminine products
- Mental health support
#KeepEyesOnSudan
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
ERRs are calling for help to provide displaced & affected communities with:
- Food & potable water
- Adequate shelter
- basic & emergency healthcare/feminine products
- Mental health support
#KeepEyesOnSudan
- Food & potable water
- Adequate shelter
- basic & emergency healthcare/feminine products
- Mental health support
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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Hi friends 👋🏾 I'm raising funds for North Kordofan ERR, which is in dire need of support.
The situation in areas like Bara, Sheikan & Alrahad is extremely dire. Summary in the thread below.
Every little bit helps: paypal.me/BSonblast
Ven/Cash: BSonblast
#KeepEyesOnSudan
The situation in areas like Bara, Sheikan & Alrahad is extremely dire. Summary in the thread below.
Every little bit helps: paypal.me/BSonblast
Ven/Cash: BSonblast
#KeepEyesOnSudan
Pay Sara Elhassan using PayPal.Me
Go to paypal.me/BSonblast and type in the amount. Since it’s PayPal, it's easy and secure. Don’t have a PayPal account? No worries.
paypal.me
October 30, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Hi friends 👋🏾 I'm raising funds for North Kordofan ERR, which is in dire need of support.
The situation in areas like Bara, Sheikan & Alrahad is extremely dire. Summary in the thread below.
Every little bit helps: paypal.me/BSonblast
Ven/Cash: BSonblast
#KeepEyesOnSudan
The situation in areas like Bara, Sheikan & Alrahad is extremely dire. Summary in the thread below.
Every little bit helps: paypal.me/BSonblast
Ven/Cash: BSonblast
#KeepEyesOnSudan
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If you missed Emerge Australia’s Action Forum at Parliament House today, you can read the thread below. #mecfs #longCOVID
Welcome to Emerge Australia’s #mecfs and #longCOVID Action Forum event in Parliament House, Canberra, today. Our event, “From stigma to science: educating for change” is live streamed. You can register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
We will be live posting on this thread. 🧵
We will be live posting on this thread. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
If you missed Emerge Australia’s Action Forum at Parliament House today, you can read the thread below. #mecfs #longCOVID
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"Perpetrators of violence are skilled at using government systems to weaponise violence... False reports of child abuse & of violence already see too many single mothers & their children, many of them Aboriginal, misrepresented as perpetrators" – Council of Single Mothers and their Children
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
"Perpetrators of violence are skilled at using government systems to weaponise violence... False reports of child abuse & of violence already see too many single mothers & their children, many of them Aboriginal, misrepresented as perpetrators" – Council of Single Mothers and their Children
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The change enables police to advise the home affairs minister to stop a person’s Centrelink payment if they're suspected of a serious crime.
It affects people on all payments and could deprive people and children who are not accused of any crime of the money they need to live.
It affects people on all payments and could deprive people and children who are not accused of any crime of the money they need to live.
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The change enables police to advise the home affairs minister to stop a person’s Centrelink payment if they're suspected of a serious crime.
It affects people on all payments and could deprive people and children who are not accused of any crime of the money they need to live.
It affects people on all payments and could deprive people and children who are not accused of any crime of the money they need to live.
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Today we learned of a shocking amendment to the income apportionment bill that involves police in social security decisions.
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
Australia Institute Live — Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.
live.thepoint.com.au
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Today we learned of a shocking amendment to the income apportionment bill that involves police in social security decisions.
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
We're joining the call for Labor to abandon police powers to stop Centrelink payments.
Why is @amyremeikis.bsky.social is the only one in the press gallery covering this?
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This is a gorgeous article.
October 25, 2025 at 10:09 AM
This is a gorgeous article.
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Queensland's social housing register has grown to more than 56,000 people.
Julie said the choice was either homelessness or accepting a one-bedroom unit in the rural North Burnett town of Gayndah, 150 kilometres away.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Julie said the choice was either homelessness or accepting a one-bedroom unit in the rural North Burnett town of Gayndah, 150 kilometres away.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Families, single women join record high social housing waitlist
Pensioner Julie Kelly, 62, was forced to choose between homelessness or moving away from family and friends. That is a reality for the 56,000 people on Queensland’s social housing register.
www.abc.net.au
October 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Queensland's social housing register has grown to more than 56,000 people.
Julie said the choice was either homelessness or accepting a one-bedroom unit in the rural North Burnett town of Gayndah, 150 kilometres away.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Julie said the choice was either homelessness or accepting a one-bedroom unit in the rural North Burnett town of Gayndah, 150 kilometres away.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Labor busy expanding the punishment bureaucracy, again. Regular reminder that criminalisation causes poverty, and police primarily criminalise poor people.
Government amendments providing new powers to stop welfare payments to fugitives subject to a warrant for a serious violent or sexual offence have been added to the Social Security and Other Leg. Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025 prior to passing Reps. parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
October 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Labor busy expanding the punishment bureaucracy, again. Regular reminder that criminalisation causes poverty, and police primarily criminalise poor people.
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There is still time to join online for our #MECFS & #LongCOVID Action Forum - From Stigma to Science: Educating for Change - This event calls for action, investment and policy reform.
🗓️ 1pm – 3pm AEDT, 30 Oct - We will be live posting on Bluesy
🌐 Zoom zurl.co/jgCuH
🗓️ 1pm – 3pm AEDT, 30 Oct - We will be live posting on Bluesy
🌐 Zoom zurl.co/jgCuH
October 29, 2025 at 11:30 PM
There is still time to join online for our #MECFS & #LongCOVID Action Forum - From Stigma to Science: Educating for Change - This event calls for action, investment and policy reform.
🗓️ 1pm – 3pm AEDT, 30 Oct - We will be live posting on Bluesy
🌐 Zoom zurl.co/jgCuH
🗓️ 1pm – 3pm AEDT, 30 Oct - We will be live posting on Bluesy
🌐 Zoom zurl.co/jgCuH
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#NDIS strikes again:
Letter received today, October the 28th, dated the 16th, saying that new medical information and reports from therapists have to be received by the 30th.
This is one example of the impossible demands placed on disabled people by the NDIA, and we are powerless to stop it.
Letter received today, October the 28th, dated the 16th, saying that new medical information and reports from therapists have to be received by the 30th.
This is one example of the impossible demands placed on disabled people by the NDIA, and we are powerless to stop it.
October 28, 2025 at 2:04 AM
#NDIS strikes again:
Letter received today, October the 28th, dated the 16th, saying that new medical information and reports from therapists have to be received by the 30th.
This is one example of the impossible demands placed on disabled people by the NDIA, and we are powerless to stop it.
Letter received today, October the 28th, dated the 16th, saying that new medical information and reports from therapists have to be received by the 30th.
This is one example of the impossible demands placed on disabled people by the NDIA, and we are powerless to stop it.
I‘m currently being serenaded by a butcherbird outside my kitchen window.
They often shelter on our veranda clothesline when it rains.
#AustralianBirds
They often shelter on our veranda clothesline when it rains.
#AustralianBirds
October 28, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I‘m currently being serenaded by a butcherbird outside my kitchen window.
They often shelter on our veranda clothesline when it rains.
#AustralianBirds
They often shelter on our veranda clothesline when it rains.
#AustralianBirds
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"The environment minister would be able to approve projects at odds with nature laws if it was deemed in the “national interest” under the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the environmental protection regime."
What's the problem there? Who's interests should he be looking after? #auspol
What's the problem there? Who's interests should he be looking after? #auspol
October 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
"The environment minister would be able to approve projects at odds with nature laws if it was deemed in the “national interest” under the Albanese government’s planned overhaul of the environmental protection regime."
What's the problem there? Who's interests should he be looking after? #auspol
What's the problem there? Who's interests should he be looking after? #auspol
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Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
Exclamation marks! Why do women use them three times as much as men?
It’s the punctuation that can make you seem warmer and more agreeable – but also much more compliant and lacking in analytical thinking
www.theguardian.com
October 28, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Because people think you're a bitch if you don't.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
See also: add emoticons, softening qualifiers, and any other happy-go-lucky, no-worries-if-not! flair.
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When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
June 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
When a chatbot gets something wrong, it’s not because it made an error. It’s because on that roll of the dice, it happened to string together a group of words that, when read by a human, represents something false. But it was working entirely as designed. It was supposed to make a sentence & it did.
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Fuckers
Health minister reinstates ban on puberty blockers hours after Supreme Court overturned freeze www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Health minister reinstates ban on puberty blockers hours after Supreme Court overturned freeze www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Snap new Queensland ban on puberty blockers for transgender adolescents
The Queensland health minister has issued a new directive to ban public doctors from prescribing puberty blockers to youths six hours after a Supreme Court overturned the January freeze.
www.abc.net.au
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Fuckers
Health minister reinstates ban on puberty blockers hours after Supreme Court overturned freeze www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Health minister reinstates ban on puberty blockers hours after Supreme Court overturned freeze www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
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Alt text
Man driving a bus with the words don’t make me tap the sign
Even if someone doesn’t have a job they still deserve to eat.
#RaiseTheRate
Man driving a bus with the words don’t make me tap the sign
Even if someone doesn’t have a job they still deserve to eat.
#RaiseTheRate
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Alt text
Man driving a bus with the words don’t make me tap the sign
Even if someone doesn’t have a job they still deserve to eat.
#RaiseTheRate
Man driving a bus with the words don’t make me tap the sign
Even if someone doesn’t have a job they still deserve to eat.
#RaiseTheRate