GeeBeeWA
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family friends facts feminism fishing food fun, sometimes golf, partnered 20+ years & married to the same wonderful woman 🌈 YES!
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Just a formless mass of translucent jelly on climate, until the opposition says / does something silly, and then they solidify into focusing solely and entirely on not being whatever that is.
It activates the fandom and it makes critique of their actual performance shift from 0.5% to 0.0001%
It activates the fandom and it makes critique of their actual performance shift from 0.5% to 0.0001%
June 10, 2024 at 5:04 AM
Just a formless mass of translucent jelly on climate, until the opposition says / does something silly, and then they solidify into focusing solely and entirely on not being whatever that is.
It activates the fandom and it makes critique of their actual performance shift from 0.5% to 0.0001%
It activates the fandom and it makes critique of their actual performance shift from 0.5% to 0.0001%
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Gritty has issued the formal proclamation: It’s LGBTQ Pride Month. Here’s to finding yourself, your community, and all of the love and support you need to enjoy and express both — and to be able to do so safely and free from government and other interference.
June 1, 2024 at 8:36 PM
Gritty has issued the formal proclamation: It’s LGBTQ Pride Month. Here’s to finding yourself, your community, and all of the love and support you need to enjoy and express both — and to be able to do so safely and free from government and other interference.
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This is fucking terrifying and it's not even Summer. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
Delhi temperature hits 52.9C, shattering India’s national record
Authorities warn of water shortages with temperatures 9C higher than expected and 1.9C above previous countrywide highpoint
www.theguardian.com
May 29, 2024 at 9:48 PM
This is fucking terrifying and it's not even Summer. www.theguardian.com/world/articl...
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Tragic mistake.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
May 29, 2024 at 10:04 PM
Tragic mistake.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
I am so sick of the endlessly repetitive bad news.
Let’s stop calling it domestic or family violence and call it what it is, Cowardly Abuse.
And let’s call the men who abuse women what they are - Bloody Cowards!
Let’s stop calling it domestic or family violence and call it what it is, Cowardly Abuse.
And let’s call the men who abuse women what they are - Bloody Cowards!
May 10, 2024 at 1:14 AM
I am so sick of the endlessly repetitive bad news.
Let’s stop calling it domestic or family violence and call it what it is, Cowardly Abuse.
And let’s call the men who abuse women what they are - Bloody Cowards!
Let’s stop calling it domestic or family violence and call it what it is, Cowardly Abuse.
And let’s call the men who abuse women what they are - Bloody Cowards!
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Yippee! Great news! Dr Monique Ryan was the main driver of this.
HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
HECS changes to see $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
Millions of Australians with student loans will have hundreds of dollars wiped from their HECS debts as the federal government rolls out its plans for cost-of-living relief in the upcoming budget.
www.abc.net.au
May 5, 2024 at 12:05 AM
Yippee! Great news! Dr Monique Ryan was the main driver of this.
HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
HECS indexation to be overhauled in budget with $3 billion in student debt 'wiped out'
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Imagine paying $257 to see a US man fired by Fox News and a billionaire who is literally suing Australia for $300 billion talk about how the “elite” are supposedly suppressing you
May 4, 2024 at 9:41 PM
Imagine paying $257 to see a US man fired by Fox News and a billionaire who is literally suing Australia for $300 billion talk about how the “elite” are supposedly suppressing you
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You couldn't make this up. Johnson introduced photo ID as a deliberate attempt to rig the vote, knowing that poorer and younger people were less likely to possess it than the older, more settled Tory base. He promised it wouldn't make voting more difficult. He lied. Now ...
May 3, 2024 at 5:23 AM
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Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy & treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism
In her new memoir ‘Hope’, she reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women & children from gendered violence. #DV #auspol
theconversation.com/stop-talking...
In her new memoir ‘Hope’, she reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women & children from gendered violence. #DV #auspol
theconversation.com/stop-talking...
‘Stop talking and start doing.’ Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy and treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism
In her new memoir Hope, Rosie Batty reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women and children from gendered violence – and the personal toll of becoming an unlikely campaigner.
theconversation.com
April 29, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Rosie Batty on trolls, accidental advocacy & treating domestic violence for what it is: terrorism
In her new memoir ‘Hope’, she reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women & children from gendered violence. #DV #auspol
theconversation.com/stop-talking...
In her new memoir ‘Hope’, she reflects on her ‘absolute despair’ at our failure to protect women & children from gendered violence. #DV #auspol
theconversation.com/stop-talking...
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“We should live in a country where all men are on notice that because they’re the gender which kills, rapes, bashes and abuses women and only very rarely it’s the reverse, a credible complaint from a woman means the MAN will be removed from his home, workplace… rather than the woman…” #AusPol #DV
Time served on remand, then off home.
It’s almost as if stomping on a woman’s head because you’re jealous isn’t considered a serious offence by our society.
#AusPol
It’s almost as if stomping on a woman’s head because you’re jealous isn’t considered a serious offence by our society.
#AusPol
'This has got to stop': Judge's message to man sentenced to four years' jail over domestic violence assault
Aaron Leyton Wumi will remain behind bars after being sentenced to four years' jail over a brutal attack on his girlfriend in the Perth CBD.
www.abc.net.au
May 3, 2024 at 7:00 AM
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Something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that eclipses are only possible on earth because of the insanely unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.
April 11, 2024 at 7:40 PM
Something that wrinkles my brain every time I remember it is the fact that eclipses are only possible on earth because of the insanely unlikely fluke that the moon is 400x smaller than the sun but 400x closer to us.
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Welcome to Australia.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
March 6, 2024 at 8:45 PM
Welcome to Australia.
My @smh cartoon.
My @smh cartoon.
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Ah. A balanced decision.
March 6, 2024 at 8:50 PM
Ah. A balanced decision.
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i called my mom to tell her about the ai voice spoofing scam and she already knew about it! apparently AARP magazine has been writing up all the scams for old people so they don't get caught in them. shout out to AARP magazine
February 5, 2024 at 8:07 PM
i called my mom to tell her about the ai voice spoofing scam and she already knew about it! apparently AARP magazine has been writing up all the scams for old people so they don't get caught in them. shout out to AARP magazine
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Instead of being proud of producing Nemesis our ABC should be ashamed for not reporting any of the corruption and bastardy that was so blatant for so long, until it was too late to be useful.
#auspol
#auspol
February 6, 2024 at 8:41 AM
Instead of being proud of producing Nemesis our ABC should be ashamed for not reporting any of the corruption and bastardy that was so blatant for so long, until it was too late to be useful.
#auspol
#auspol
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When did working oneself to the bone, sacrificing mental and physical health, become a badge of honor? When did rest and enjoying what we collectively create become something to be guilty of? This is not sustainable.
Adopting Universal Basic Income can restore balance in our toil-centric society.
Adopting Universal Basic Income can restore balance in our toil-centric society.
February 6, 2024 at 12:53 PM
When did working oneself to the bone, sacrificing mental and physical health, become a badge of honor? When did rest and enjoying what we collectively create become something to be guilty of? This is not sustainable.
Adopting Universal Basic Income can restore balance in our toil-centric society.
Adopting Universal Basic Income can restore balance in our toil-centric society.
#WQers
I’m not usually up at this hour - might have to make it a habit. Best ever results after muddling along
Wordle 963 2/6
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Quordle
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Daily Sequence Q 744
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I’m not usually up at this hour - might have to make it a habit. Best ever results after muddling along
Wordle 963 2/6
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Quordle
5 3
4 6 in 3m12s
Daily Sequence Q 744
2️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🥂
February 6, 2024 at 1:44 PM
#WQers
I’m not usually up at this hour - might have to make it a habit. Best ever results after muddling along
Wordle 963 2/6
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Quordle
5 3
4 6 in 3m12s
Daily Sequence Q 744
2️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🥂
I’m not usually up at this hour - might have to make it a habit. Best ever results after muddling along
Wordle 963 2/6
🟩⬜⬜🟩⬜
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
Quordle
5 3
4 6 in 3m12s
Daily Sequence Q 744
2️⃣5️⃣
6️⃣7️⃣
🥂
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A front page story of the first person with congenital deafness, an 11-year old boy, to have gene therapy with successful restoration of hearing, replacing a loss-of-function mutated otoferlin gene nytimes.com/2024/01/23/h...
January 24, 2024 at 3:21 PM
A front page story of the first person with congenital deafness, an 11-year old boy, to have gene therapy with successful restoration of hearing, replacing a loss-of-function mutated otoferlin gene nytimes.com/2024/01/23/h...
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Results are out for the guaranteed basic income pilot in Austin where 135 people got $1,000/mo for a year.
9% of people reported working less and 7% reported working more. Of those who worked less, half upskilled for better future jobs, and half chose unpaid care work.
9% of people reported working less and 7% reported working more. Of those who worked less, half upskilled for better future jobs, and half chose unpaid care work.
January 24, 2024 at 3:43 PM
Results are out for the guaranteed basic income pilot in Austin where 135 people got $1,000/mo for a year.
9% of people reported working less and 7% reported working more. Of those who worked less, half upskilled for better future jobs, and half chose unpaid care work.
9% of people reported working less and 7% reported working more. Of those who worked less, half upskilled for better future jobs, and half chose unpaid care work.
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And link to geoscience with all the info earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2024...
Earthquakes@GA
Geoscience Australia monitors, analyses and reports on significant earthquakes to alert the Australian Government, State and Territory Governments and the public about earthquakes in Australia and ove...
earthquakes.ga.gov.au
January 24, 2024 at 5:15 PM
And link to geoscience with all the info earthquakes.ga.gov.au/event/ga2024...
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....asked, hello, everybody: why the everloving fuck is a major independent energy body producing a "GAS STATEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES" for building new fossil fuel infrastructure?
Doesn't that seem criminally bonkers right now?
Doesn't that seem criminally bonkers right now?
January 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM
....asked, hello, everybody: why the everloving fuck is a major independent energy body producing a "GAS STATEMENT OF OPPORTUNITIES" for building new fossil fuel infrastructure?
Doesn't that seem criminally bonkers right now?
Doesn't that seem criminally bonkers right now?
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A neat demonstration of the nasty and corrosive both-sidesing of these issues in Aus by media: misinformation in a bunch of scare quotes and caveats ('he labelled'), except it's literally illustrated with a fake image generated by DAll-E or whatever, and it isn't labelled as such by the journalist.
January 21, 2024 at 7:42 PM
A neat demonstration of the nasty and corrosive both-sidesing of these issues in Aus by media: misinformation in a bunch of scare quotes and caveats ('he labelled'), except it's literally illustrated with a fake image generated by DAll-E or whatever, and it isn't labelled as such by the journalist.
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How come we don't have these for magpies?
January 18, 2024 at 11:56 PM
How come we don't have these for magpies?
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Interesting read. Also, not just Teslas, another wonky headline for the day. The reasons given why EVs are crashed more by the drivers make sense. Will be a temporary situation, I suggest. Adjustment takes time.
Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why
Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why
Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why | CNN Business
Hertz recently announced it was selling 20,000 electric cars out of its fleet, and replacing them with gasoline vehicles. One reason the company gave was that drivers kept crashing the cars.
edition.cnn.com
January 19, 2024 at 12:25 AM
Interesting read. Also, not just Teslas, another wonky headline for the day. The reasons given why EVs are crashed more by the drivers make sense. Will be a temporary situation, I suggest. Adjustment takes time.
Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why
Teslas crash more than gas-powered cars. Here’s why
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Queensland: "A Hervey Bay aged care facility dealing with a COVID tsunami involving about 40 patients is facing additional claims of patient neglect, failure to inform families and failure to follow COVID protocols"
@qldhealth @AnikaWells @ShannonFentiman
www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensl...
@qldhealth @AnikaWells @ShannonFentiman
www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensl...
January 18, 2024 at 5:16 AM