ellie
@negexternalities.bsky.social
Traveller, walker, reader, environmentalist, enraged citizen of Earth ☮️ 🍉 Grappling with where we're headed.
When I talk to people -- family, even -- about how much trouble we are in as we face a week of temperatures in the late 20/early 30°C range two weeks before winter, and the conversation simply shuts down. Eyes glazed. People do not want to acknowledge how irrevocably fucked we are.
May 9, 2025 at 3:54 AM
When I talk to people -- family, even -- about how much trouble we are in as we face a week of temperatures in the late 20/early 30°C range two weeks before winter, and the conversation simply shuts down. Eyes glazed. People do not want to acknowledge how irrevocably fucked we are.
"Neither does our food have flavour nor do our lives."
Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
www.feministfoodjournal.com/p/our-recipe...
Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
www.feministfoodjournal.com/p/our-recipe...
"Our recipes tell the world that we exist"
Introducing Palestinian food writer Lama Obeid
www.feministfoodjournal.com
May 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"Neither does our food have flavour nor do our lives."
Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
www.feministfoodjournal.com/p/our-recipe...
Palestine will be free 🇵🇸
www.feministfoodjournal.com/p/our-recipe...
"We are at the early stages of a great simplification... if we can't expand our moral circle to include concepts like the trillionth human child to be born, we've lost the plot of our era. And it's not just about humans..." 1/
May 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
"We are at the early stages of a great simplification... if we can't expand our moral circle to include concepts like the trillionth human child to be born, we've lost the plot of our era. And it's not just about humans..." 1/
Reposted by ellie
Trump is so fucking unpopular he’s losing elections in other countries
May 3, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Trump is so fucking unpopular he’s losing elections in other countries
No religion in politics - not now, not ever, not anywhere. My atheism doesn't impact you - your faith shouldn't affect me. Yet religion and authoritarianism seem to walk hand in hand whenever they're allowed to do so, seemingly always steeped in persecution and prejudice. No thanks.
This is terrifying.
Australians must act to stop this replication of America’s Christian extremist takeover. The Coalition has gifted us the opportunity to bring it out of the shadows.
NEVER vote LNP or Family First.
#auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
Australians must act to stop this replication of America’s Christian extremist takeover. The Coalition has gifted us the opportunity to bring it out of the shadows.
NEVER vote LNP or Family First.
#auspol
johnmenadue.com/post/2025/04...
The Coalition commits to Christian Nationalism
The Republican Party thought it could ride the tiger of the Christian Right: instead, that movement swallowed the party whole.
johnmenadue.com
April 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
No religion in politics - not now, not ever, not anywhere. My atheism doesn't impact you - your faith shouldn't affect me. Yet religion and authoritarianism seem to walk hand in hand whenever they're allowed to do so, seemingly always steeped in persecution and prejudice. No thanks.
"Allowed to wield silence so freely, any institution will become insatiable. It's not only that the absence of information allows those complicit in but unaffected by wrongdoing to look away. The silence itself becomes an empty canvas, onto which any fantasy can be painted." [1]
April 17, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Allowed to wield silence so freely, any institution will become insatiable. It's not only that the absence of information allows those complicit in but unaffected by wrongdoing to look away. The silence itself becomes an empty canvas, onto which any fantasy can be painted." [1]
My 5yo niece just asked me about who Donald Trump is and why he's always on the TV, and whether we like him. I explained it all as best I could, age appropriate.
Then she asked how come he is popular if he's such a bad person, and why do bad people to be in charge?
That's a big one, baby girl.
Then she asked how come he is popular if he's such a bad person, and why do bad people to be in charge?
That's a big one, baby girl.
March 30, 2025 at 12:29 PM
My 5yo niece just asked me about who Donald Trump is and why he's always on the TV, and whether we like him. I explained it all as best I could, age appropriate.
Then she asked how come he is popular if he's such a bad person, and why do bad people to be in charge?
That's a big one, baby girl.
Then she asked how come he is popular if he's such a bad person, and why do bad people to be in charge?
That's a big one, baby girl.
Reposted by ellie
I hate when you’re having a shower and the hot water runs out before you finish crying
March 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
I hate when you’re having a shower and the hot water runs out before you finish crying
Reposted by ellie
“The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.
Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. “
― Arundhati Roy, War Talk
Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. “
― Arundhati Roy, War Talk
March 20, 2025 at 10:51 AM
“The corporate revolution will collapse if we refuse to buy what they are selling – their ideas, their version of history, their wars, their weapons, their notion of inevitability.
Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. “
― Arundhati Roy, War Talk
Remember this: We be many and they be few. They need us more than we need them. “
― Arundhati Roy, War Talk
Australia needs realistic, long-term, affordable rental options. Not everyone wants to or can afford to own a home. For the 20 years pre-covid I never struggled to afford rent. Now I constantly worry about money and losing my home, and even more about where I will live in old age.
‘Staggeringly high’: Australian renters need $130k income to afford average property, report shows
‘Staggeringly high’: Australian renters need $130k income to afford average property, report shows
People earning $70,000 a year spend more than half of their income (52%) on the national median unit rent
* Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates
* Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
Australian renters now…
www.theguardian.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Australia needs realistic, long-term, affordable rental options. Not everyone wants to or can afford to own a home. For the 20 years pre-covid I never struggled to afford rent. Now I constantly worry about money and losing my home, and even more about where I will live in old age.
We are overshooting the capacity of our ecosystem. We can't keep feeding massive populations on factory farmed animal products & must consider animal products-if they are to be eaten at all-as luxuries, not primary nutrition sources. Pollution, monocropping, disease: convenience is unsustainable.
Study shows widespread H5N1 bird flu infection in cattle
Scientists are sounding alarms about a genetic mutation that was recently identified in four dairy cow herds, nearly one year after H5N1 bird flu was first reported in Texas dairy cattle.
phys.org
March 13, 2025 at 3:09 PM
We are overshooting the capacity of our ecosystem. We can't keep feeding massive populations on factory farmed animal products & must consider animal products-if they are to be eaten at all-as luxuries, not primary nutrition sources. Pollution, monocropping, disease: convenience is unsustainable.
Reposted by ellie
you’re starting your morning by listening to radiohead? did you even try to give yourself a chance to be happy
March 12, 2025 at 2:59 PM
you’re starting your morning by listening to radiohead? did you even try to give yourself a chance to be happy
Non-millionaires voting for RW parties that wish to dismantle & destroy public services is the most confounding example of cognitive dissonance. That Australia is even contemplating electing a far-right corrupt ex-cop who's buddy-buddy w/ greedy mining magnates who've not paid their dues is insane.
March 12, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Non-millionaires voting for RW parties that wish to dismantle & destroy public services is the most confounding example of cognitive dissonance. That Australia is even contemplating electing a far-right corrupt ex-cop who's buddy-buddy w/ greedy mining magnates who've not paid their dues is insane.
Had a dream the other night that bird flu turned into a kills-two-thirds-of-the-population pandemic and also the sky was on fire. Just putting this here in case I accidentally peered into the future.
March 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Had a dream the other night that bird flu turned into a kills-two-thirds-of-the-population pandemic and also the sky was on fire. Just putting this here in case I accidentally peered into the future.
The unfathomable size of our universe makes me feel tiny and inconsequential in the most comforting way.
Nothing really matters. Live.
Nothing really matters. Live.
March 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
The unfathomable size of our universe makes me feel tiny and inconsequential in the most comforting way.
Nothing really matters. Live.
Nothing really matters. Live.
I want to run a course that focuses solely upon the correct use of then and than.
March 8, 2025 at 3:36 AM
I want to run a course that focuses solely upon the correct use of then and than.
The way to my heart is 21 minutes down this road.
March 8, 2025 at 3:15 AM
The way to my heart is 21 minutes down this road.
If you want everyone you know to give you their unsolicited opinions about your life choices, attempt a mid-life career change, especially one that involves study. Wew.
March 8, 2025 at 2:14 AM
If you want everyone you know to give you their unsolicited opinions about your life choices, attempt a mid-life career change, especially one that involves study. Wew.
Happy democracy day, Western Australia. Premier Roger Cook is right about JD Vance being a knob, but his choice to sell WA to the mining companies is entirely wrong, so be sure to preference @greens.org.au first and send #walabor a message that we want our incredible biodiversity protected.
March 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Happy democracy day, Western Australia. Premier Roger Cook is right about JD Vance being a knob, but his choice to sell WA to the mining companies is entirely wrong, so be sure to preference @greens.org.au first and send #walabor a message that we want our incredible biodiversity protected.
I have a couple of rolls of 35mm film to get developed and I'd like prints, too... any recommendations? #perth #australia
March 6, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I have a couple of rolls of 35mm film to get developed and I'd like prints, too... any recommendations? #perth #australia
Legit cannot work out why a single person on this planet would rather breathe in fossil fuel fumes than, you know, not.
March 6, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Legit cannot work out why a single person on this planet would rather breathe in fossil fuel fumes than, you know, not.
Reposted by ellie
As long as the Murdochs have a stranglehold on Australian media, we should assume they will be trying to install fascists here too
March 6, 2025 at 12:20 AM
As long as the Murdochs have a stranglehold on Australian media, we should assume they will be trying to install fascists here too
. @albomp.bsky.social Any chance we could stop letting these tech megacorps get disgustingly rich off the back of Aussie's data and attention? A little tax could go a long way. Stand up to those greedy bullies, Australia wants policies that put people first.
Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon among tech companies making $27bn from Australians
Google, Microsoft, Meta and Amazon among tech companies making $27bn from Australians
Greens say Australia should introduce a 3% tax on revenues beyond $20m if a company makes more than €750m worldwide
* Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast
The top 16 tech companies are collectively making $26.7bn in revenue…
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
. @albomp.bsky.social Any chance we could stop letting these tech megacorps get disgustingly rich off the back of Aussie's data and attention? A little tax could go a long way. Stand up to those greedy bullies, Australia wants policies that put people first.
When will we start holding accountable companies that knowingly destroy the habitat of 8 billion people and innumerable other species?
"If Saudi Aramco was a country, it would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world... while ExxonMobil is responsible for about the same emissions as Germany..."
"If Saudi Aramco was a country, it would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world... while ExxonMobil is responsible for about the same emissions as Germany..."
Half of world’s CO2 emissions come from 36 fossil fuel firms, study shows
Researchers say data strengthens case for holding firms to account for their contribution to climate crisis
www.theguardian.com
March 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
When will we start holding accountable companies that knowingly destroy the habitat of 8 billion people and innumerable other species?
"If Saudi Aramco was a country, it would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world... while ExxonMobil is responsible for about the same emissions as Germany..."
"If Saudi Aramco was a country, it would be the fourth biggest polluter in the world... while ExxonMobil is responsible for about the same emissions as Germany..."