Rachel
@otherwiserachel.bsky.social
In no particular order - literature, social justice, equality, community, inclusion, AFL/AFLW, Collingwood Football Club, food
I would have thought as a society we have gotten past the need to put up 'please wash your hands' in office bathrooms 🤷
November 17, 2025 at 10:41 PM
I would have thought as a society we have gotten past the need to put up 'please wash your hands' in office bathrooms 🤷
I don't want to be one of those people but what the fuck Melbourne, it's mid November and so cold. Get it together.
November 17, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I don't want to be one of those people but what the fuck Melbourne, it's mid November and so cold. Get it together.
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An Australian hygiene company called Bidet Mate
November 15, 2025 at 6:25 AM
An Australian hygiene company called Bidet Mate
The one perfect sunny day in Melbourne this week is the one day I'll be spending in an office on the 12th floor of a building 😔
November 12, 2025 at 8:52 PM
The one perfect sunny day in Melbourne this week is the one day I'll be spending in an office on the 12th floor of a building 😔
Just what I need, my butter fat shaming me.
November 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Just what I need, my butter fat shaming me.
Hats off to all the committed dog walkers today. Couldn't be me.
#rainingallday
#rainingallday
November 8, 2025 at 4:48 AM
Hats off to all the committed dog walkers today. Couldn't be me.
#rainingallday
#rainingallday
I have 2nd hand embarrassment for all of them.
Is there anything more pathetic than this FIFA peace prize invented for this pathetically ridiculous man?
It would be hilarious if Obama won this made-for-tRump ‘peace prize’.
#FIFA
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
It would be hilarious if Obama won this made-for-tRump ‘peace prize’.
#FIFA
#Pinks #ProudBlue #StrongerTogether
www.npr.org/2025/11/06/g...
FIFA head says 'you will see' at World Cup draw if Trump receives new peace prize
FIFA has announced the creation of a peace prize, which it plans to award for the first time at the World Cup draw on Dec. 5 in Washington.
www.npr.org
November 7, 2025 at 3:46 AM
I have 2nd hand embarrassment for all of them.
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“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
theaimn.net/the-governme...
The Government That Isn’t: Labor’s Masterclass in Looking Busy
Let’s be kind. Just sitting in the driver’s seat is enough for some. Then there’s the Competence Trap: the myth that good administration is an end in itself. Of course, we can’t rule out stage [...]
theaimn.net
October 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
“With 94 seats, its largest majority since 1943, Labor governs with the courage of a bunny caught in the headlights, terrified of using its power. Keating would have reshaped the country with these numbers.”
theaimn.net/the-governme...
theaimn.net/the-governme...
The challenge of finding a paperback that is commuter friendly but also large enough font for my diminishing vision is real.
October 29, 2025 at 8:31 PM
The challenge of finding a paperback that is commuter friendly but also large enough font for my diminishing vision is real.
This flower uses he/him pronouns
October 24, 2025 at 1:39 AM
This flower uses he/him pronouns
People who start Teams meetings 10 minutes before the start time on the calendar invite - 🚮
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM
People who start Teams meetings 10 minutes before the start time on the calendar invite - 🚮
My son as he hands me two $50 notes as his contribution towards this week's grocery shop - "I reckon every $50 in Melbourne has gone through a strip club and is dirty"
😳
😳
October 19, 2025 at 2:02 AM
My son as he hands me two $50 notes as his contribution towards this week's grocery shop - "I reckon every $50 in Melbourne has gone through a strip club and is dirty"
😳
😳
Hello, I've grown my own flowers!
And the more you cut them for a vase the more they grow. ❤️
And the more you cut them for a vase the more they grow. ❤️
October 19, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Hello, I've grown my own flowers!
And the more you cut them for a vase the more they grow. ❤️
And the more you cut them for a vase the more they grow. ❤️
Reposted by Rachel
Okay, funny bookstore category
September 30, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Okay, funny bookstore category
Best public holiday ever, thanks Dan Andrews
#Grandfinaleve
#Grandfinaleve
September 25, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Best public holiday ever, thanks Dan Andrews
#Grandfinaleve
#Grandfinaleve
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I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
September 24, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I get that the news cycle is packed right now, but I just heard from a colleague at the Smithsonian that this is fully a GIANT SQUID BEING EATEN BY A SPERM WHALE and it’s possibly the first ever confirmed video according to a friend at NOAA
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
10 YEAR OLD ME IS LOSING HER MIND (a thread 🧵)
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I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
September 23, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I have taken
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
the Tylenol
that was in
the medicine cabinet
and which
they think probably
is the reason
you like trains
forgive me
but that’s bullshit
you got autism
from your dad
Good game Pies.
Cya next year 🖤🤍
Cya next year 🖤🤍
September 20, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Good game Pies.
Cya next year 🖤🤍
Cya next year 🖤🤍
Just saying. Craig McCrae should have listened to me.
#GoPies
#GoPies
Watched the replay of our qualifying final this morning and honestly, this team is the team to take into the prelim. Not a passenger among them. Don't change a thing, even if Howe is fit to play.
#GoPies
#GoPies
September 20, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Just saying. Craig McCrae should have listened to me.
#GoPies
#GoPies
Lordy Jamie Elliot! 🖤🤍
September 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Lordy Jamie Elliot! 🖤🤍
September 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Fancy not staying to the end to watch your team play in a preliminary final. Particularly when they came from 8th position. Shameful Hawks supporters.
#AFLCatsHawks
#AFLCatsHawks
September 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Fancy not staying to the end to watch your team play in a preliminary final. Particularly when they came from 8th position. Shameful Hawks supporters.
#AFLCatsHawks
#AFLCatsHawks