Verimaz
@verimaz.bsky.social
Australian, occasional foodie, twitcher, & part-time marketer. Neurodiverse family, 🏳️⚧️/🏳️🌈 ally, & medulloblastoma mama. Feminist & atheist.
The Rivercat from parramatta/rydalmere seems like a nice idea on weekends to go into the city or Cockatoo Island but they’re chronically crowded and full of tired kids. We were lucky to get off Cockatoo Island…
January 24, 2026 at 4:42 AM
The Rivercat from parramatta/rydalmere seems like a nice idea on weekends to go into the city or Cockatoo Island but they’re chronically crowded and full of tired kids. We were lucky to get off Cockatoo Island…
After attempting to sort through the terabytes of photos my dad took I have really questioned why we take photos and what becomes of them when we die.
I figure I may as well share them somewhere…here are a few pics of last week in Tasmania
I figure I may as well share them somewhere…here are a few pics of last week in Tasmania
January 24, 2026 at 1:26 AM
After attempting to sort through the terabytes of photos my dad took I have really questioned why we take photos and what becomes of them when we die.
I figure I may as well share them somewhere…here are a few pics of last week in Tasmania
I figure I may as well share them somewhere…here are a few pics of last week in Tasmania
That’s me telling our story for The Kids Cancer Project.
Fred is a 10yr survivor of #medulloblastoma and we have participated in a number of research studies funded by TKCP I hate that we need charities to do this work but am thankful for everything they do youtu.be/HzdRCm9fRgE
Fred is a 10yr survivor of #medulloblastoma and we have participated in a number of research studies funded by TKCP I hate that we need charities to do this work but am thankful for everything they do youtu.be/HzdRCm9fRgE
The impact of The Kids' Cancer Project
YouTube video by The Kids' Cancer Project
youtu.be
January 16, 2026 at 6:10 AM
That’s me telling our story for The Kids Cancer Project.
Fred is a 10yr survivor of #medulloblastoma and we have participated in a number of research studies funded by TKCP I hate that we need charities to do this work but am thankful for everything they do youtu.be/HzdRCm9fRgE
Fred is a 10yr survivor of #medulloblastoma and we have participated in a number of research studies funded by TKCP I hate that we need charities to do this work but am thankful for everything they do youtu.be/HzdRCm9fRgE
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Can't hit the repost button often enough on that one.
Great takedown of his _Anxious Generation_ airport book in none other than Nature, BTW:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Great takedown of his _Anxious Generation_ airport book in none other than
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Banning social media for kids may be good or bad but that guy is a comically obvious bullshit artist with entire books full of trite lessons extrapolated from anecdotes that are themselves barely half-true.
January 14, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Can't hit the repost button often enough on that one.
Great takedown of his _Anxious Generation_ airport book in none other than Nature, BTW:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Great takedown of his _Anxious Generation_ airport book in none other than
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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there is no link between Palestinian authors, Palestinian activism, or Palestinians and the Bondi massacre, and if you believe there is you are either extremely stupid or evil or (most likely) both
January 8, 2026 at 6:31 AM
there is no link between Palestinian authors, Palestinian activism, or Palestinians and the Bondi massacre, and if you believe there is you are either extremely stupid or evil or (most likely) both
Have convinced our B2B SaaS business that we should walk away from X. Engagement has been in the toilet for the last couple of years and quite frankly the whole space is a toilet. Our business gains nothing from being there.
January 7, 2026 at 4:36 AM
Have convinced our B2B SaaS business that we should walk away from X. Engagement has been in the toilet for the last couple of years and quite frankly the whole space is a toilet. Our business gains nothing from being there.
Trotting out Nova Perris, Dawn Fraser and Grant Hackett etc is not the flex they think it is, despite the media gushing about how important these has beens are.
really don’t care for the opinions of washed-up ex–uncle toby’s ambassadors whose concern for human rights is selective at best
January 5, 2026 at 3:17 AM
Trotting out Nova Perris, Dawn Fraser and Grant Hackett etc is not the flex they think it is, despite the media gushing about how important these has beens are.
I feel this so much. I loathe going to the cinema these days for all of these reasons.
cinemas should start doing Quiet Sessions for movies where everyone who buys a ticket agrees we are all going to be polite and act like adults and shut the fuck up and not crinkle chip packets
December 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
I feel this so much. I loathe going to the cinema these days for all of these reasons.
We watch dash cam videos regularly and big utes make up a significant proportion of driver’s behaving badly
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 11:02 PM
We watch dash cam videos regularly and big utes make up a significant proportion of driver’s behaving badly
Let’s not forget you can find literal Nazis freely operating and publishing on Substack…
Crikey Re-read | "I essentially use my Substack as a way to build community at a time when people are really needing community ... there aren’t algorithms dialling up outrage."
Is Substack's ascent in Australia a tipping point for traditional media?
Legacy media outlets are 'too predictable, risk-averse, talking-pointy', says a former ABC radio broadcaster.
www.crikey.com.au
December 25, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Let’s not forget you can find literal Nazis freely operating and publishing on Substack…
I started to feel this as soon as the stupid Black Friday emails started flooding in.
December 19, 2025 at 1:39 AM
I started to feel this as soon as the stupid Black Friday emails started flooding in.
The aggressive calls I had trying to get me to resubscribe from HelloFresh ensured I could never sign up again. Refusing to send me anything in writing/email before signing. Nope.
HelloFresh and Youfoodz sued by ACCC after allegedly trapping customers in misleading meal-kit subscriptions
HelloFresh and Youfoodz sued by ACCC after allegedly trapping customers in misleading meal-kit subscriptions
More than 100,000 customers were charged a fee despite cancelling their subscription before the specified cut-off time, watchdog alleges
More than 100,000 customers of a popular meal-kit delivery provider were allegedly misled and caught in so-called “subscription traps”.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has taken HelloFresh and Youfoodz, both owned by the German-based parent company HelloFresh SE, to the federal court in separate proceedings. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 4:27 AM
The aggressive calls I had trying to get me to resubscribe from HelloFresh ensured I could never sign up again. Refusing to send me anything in writing/email before signing. Nope.
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I would dearly love a long, extendable stick with a stuffed boxing glove on the end, or a rubber hand that I could use in coffee shops to slap people who insist on amplifying whatever loud crap is on their mobile phones or just yelling their convo on speaker as if we all need to join in too
SLAP!!
SLAP!!
two cats are playing on a white couch and one is standing on its hind legs
ALT: two cats are playing on a white couch and one is standing on its hind legs
media.tenor.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:12 AM
I would dearly love a long, extendable stick with a stuffed boxing glove on the end, or a rubber hand that I could use in coffee shops to slap people who insist on amplifying whatever loud crap is on their mobile phones or just yelling their convo on speaker as if we all need to join in too
SLAP!!
SLAP!!
So they’ll be putting more funds into community centres and local facilities? Right?
📢 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is encouraging children to catch up face-to-face ahead of the under-16s social media ban.
PM Albanese delivers message to kids ahead of social media ban
www.smh.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 4:16 AM
So they’ll be putting more funds into community centres and local facilities? Right?
The US, certainly with this current administration.
Someone posted this over on Xitter
What would your answer be?
Which country would you never visit, even if the trip was free?
What would your answer be?
Which country would you never visit, even if the trip was free?
December 6, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The US, certainly with this current administration.
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Doc Neeson voice...
Crowd voice
Crowd voice
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Doc Neeson voice...
Crowd voice
Crowd voice
Tom Cruise gives me the ick. I could just about tolerate him in Tropic Thunder because his character was was so repugnant
What actor are you so (rationally or not) repulsed by that their work, no matter how good, is unwatchable to you?
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Tom Cruise gives me the ick. I could just about tolerate him in Tropic Thunder because his character was was so repugnant
One of my utopias is where we all drive EVs and there are no more painfully loud hoons with cars and bikes roaring around. Especially the Harley Davidson types or the cars with the prodigious mufflers.
How peaceful would the world be 😌
How peaceful would the world be 😌
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 AM
One of my utopias is where we all drive EVs and there are no more painfully loud hoons with cars and bikes roaring around. Especially the Harley Davidson types or the cars with the prodigious mufflers.
How peaceful would the world be 😌
How peaceful would the world be 😌
I’d been following a local content creator who would post insightful content and built up a nice community. She was interactive and supportive but now every other post is all astrology woo woo and I’m contemplating unfollowing them.
November 9, 2025 at 5:43 AM
I’d been following a local content creator who would post insightful content and built up a nice community. She was interactive and supportive but now every other post is all astrology woo woo and I’m contemplating unfollowing them.
Just a small reminder that Target in Australia is a completely different company that is just licensed to use the logo and name.
"Store employees are now required to smile if they are within 10 feet of a shopper.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
They also must make eye contact with and wave to or greet the customer.
If they’re within four feet, the employee should ask how the customer’s day is going or if they need help."
🙄 Won't stop the boycott, y'all.
Target is now requiring its employees to smile more
As the holiday season fast approaches, Target is urging its employees to add a little more “jolly” to their work routine.
www.wilx.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Just a small reminder that Target in Australia is a completely different company that is just licensed to use the logo and name.
I’m utilising the notify feature in Bluesky so I get notified when George posts. I was sad when I realised I’d miss their posts some days.
🧵Spotted on an Evening River Walk in Aotearoa New Zealand:
Three women (20s-50s?) are leisurely floating in a riverbend water hole.
Hair piled up on their heads.
Hands swooshing idly, keeping them buoyed.
Toes peeking out of the water like little piggy wiggies, curious to see what's going on. (1)
Three women (20s-50s?) are leisurely floating in a riverbend water hole.
Hair piled up on their heads.
Hands swooshing idly, keeping them buoyed.
Toes peeking out of the water like little piggy wiggies, curious to see what's going on. (1)
November 5, 2025 at 12:27 AM
I’m utilising the notify feature in Bluesky so I get notified when George posts. I was sad when I realised I’d miss their posts some days.
As per my previous post. Not news…
Supporters of the favourite Half Yours are smiling after Saturday's barrier draw, but the forecast for heavy rain in the coming days could reshape the chances of the 24 contenders. Explore our interactive form guide to all the horses set to line up in Tuesday's great race.
Melbourne Cup 2025: Field, barrier draw, form guide and betting
Supporters of the favourite Half Yours are smiling after Saturday's barrier draw, but the forecast for heavy rain in the coming days could reshape the chances of the 24 contenders. Explore our interactive form guide to all the horses set to line up in Tuesday's great race.
www.abc.net.au
November 1, 2025 at 8:25 AM
As per my previous post. Not news…
I really wish ABC News would stop presenting horse racing as some kind of news. There is no worthy glamour in it and it isn’t news.
November 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I really wish ABC News would stop presenting horse racing as some kind of news. There is no worthy glamour in it and it isn’t news.
Fun fact to remember is rabbits aren’t even native to England. They were introduced from Europe by their own colonisers.
October 20, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Fun fact to remember is rabbits aren’t even native to England. They were introduced from Europe by their own colonisers.