Marlena
@greatvelvet.bsky.social
Social worker by day, cat & dog whisperer by night. | Passionate about supporting people in mental health and with disabilities. | Fighting the good fight with a cuppa in hand and a sense of humour. Aussie spirit all the way.🐾✊
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i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
November 15, 2025 at 5:09 AM
i wish i could have been in the room when they were brainstorming how to solve the housing crisis and someone raised their hand and said "what about 50 year mortgages?"
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A Message to America....
October 18, 2025 at 11:34 PM
A Message to America....
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I cannot imagine.
September 17, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I cannot imagine.
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I wrote this back in 2019 but I think it’s relevant now: No, Charlie Kirk was not an advocate for debate and speech. In fact, he may have been the single most important figure in ensuring speech would be punished on campus. He was a well funded right-wing agitator connected to state power.
The “Free Speech” Cheat | Shane Burley
While TPUSA has staked their reputation in the defense of “free speech,” student activists are increasingly pointing out their material effect on campuses.
thebaffler.com
September 11, 2025 at 10:58 PM
I wrote this back in 2019 but I think it’s relevant now: No, Charlie Kirk was not an advocate for debate and speech. In fact, he may have been the single most important figure in ensuring speech would be punished on campus. He was a well funded right-wing agitator connected to state power.
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Abbott continues to be a complete fool. Politicians should NEVER decide when people demonstrate, especially when most of our protests are fucking aimed AT THEM!!
#auspol #FuckOffTony
#auspol #FuckOffTony
The last thing we want is politicians deciding whether a political protest is justified. It's up to judges because they are 'apolitical' and make decisions according to the rule of law, not to political whims and prejudices. Tones reveals himself as a #Zionist here. #auspol #aupol #FreedomOfSpeech
August 3, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Abbott continues to be a complete fool. Politicians should NEVER decide when people demonstrate, especially when most of our protests are fucking aimed AT THEM!!
#auspol #FuckOffTony
#auspol #FuckOffTony
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Israel launched a criminal assault on Iran.
Iran responded in self-defense.
Israel is the aggressor.
Iran is the victim.
Iran responded in self-defense.
Israel is the aggressor.
Iran is the victim.
June 15, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Israel launched a criminal assault on Iran.
Iran responded in self-defense.
Israel is the aggressor.
Iran is the victim.
Iran responded in self-defense.
Israel is the aggressor.
Iran is the victim.
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Elon and Trump........
June 5, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Elon and Trump........
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Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating.
June 5, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Happy Musk vs Trump day for all those celebrating.
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This woman's story is pretty remarkable.
"Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete.
France lost her eldest son, Henry, to leukaemia last year."
"Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete.
France lost her eldest son, Henry, to leukaemia last year."
Who is Ali France, the Labor candidate who has unseated Peter Dutton in Dickson?
The 49-year-old disability advocate is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election
www.theguardian.com
May 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
This woman's story is pretty remarkable.
"Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete.
France lost her eldest son, Henry, to leukaemia last year."
"Ali France, the Labor candidate who is the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election, is a disability advocate, former journalist and world champion para-athlete.
France lost her eldest son, Henry, to leukaemia last year."
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Whatever your politics, I think we can all agree that our electoral system is infinitely better than rotten, corrupt, toxic shambles they have in the United States.
May 4, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Whatever your politics, I think we can all agree that our electoral system is infinitely better than rotten, corrupt, toxic shambles they have in the United States.
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And you thought the left was censorious. How about actual censoring?
I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky
Just received an email saying that it's not advisable to include the following words in future applications for research funding to the US DOT. Here we are.
May 3, 2025 at 4:04 AM
And you thought the left was censorious. How about actual censoring?
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Shout out to the (approx) six million voters (so far) who preferenced Labor first.
You'll have to go back and have another go.
Andrew says you got it wrong.
#BuckFolt
Shout out to the (approx) six million voters (so far) who preferenced Labor first.
You'll have to go back and have another go.
Andrew says you got it wrong.
#BuckFolt
Andrew Bolt says it was the voters who were wrong as Sky News commentators grieve Dutton election loss | Amanda Meade
News Corp commentator blames Liberal party for allegedly shying away from culture wars as Peta Credlin in furious agreement: ‘we didn’t do enough of a culture war’
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 6:46 AM
www.theguardian.com/media/commen...
Shout out to the (approx) six million voters (so far) who preferenced Labor first.
You'll have to go back and have another go.
Andrew says you got it wrong.
#BuckFolt
Shout out to the (approx) six million voters (so far) who preferenced Labor first.
You'll have to go back and have another go.
Andrew says you got it wrong.
#BuckFolt
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Australia & Canada just served synchronised defeats to conservative opposition leaders Peter Dutton & Pierre Poilievre - booted from their seats
The Commonwealth cousins gave a choreographed middle finger to a rising tide of authoritarian cosplay masquerading as democracy
Bye bye bye diet Trump
The Commonwealth cousins gave a choreographed middle finger to a rising tide of authoritarian cosplay masquerading as democracy
Bye bye bye diet Trump
May 4, 2025 at 1:45 AM
Australia & Canada just served synchronised defeats to conservative opposition leaders Peter Dutton & Pierre Poilievre - booted from their seats
The Commonwealth cousins gave a choreographed middle finger to a rising tide of authoritarian cosplay masquerading as democracy
Bye bye bye diet Trump
The Commonwealth cousins gave a choreographed middle finger to a rising tide of authoritarian cosplay masquerading as democracy
Bye bye bye diet Trump
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Ali France just became the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election. Despite Peter Dutton’s fear-mongering and culture wars that strategically and deliberately harm minorities, Australians didn’t buy it. And a woman with a disability showed him the door.
May 3, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Ali France just became the first person to unseat an opposition leader at an election. Despite Peter Dutton’s fear-mongering and culture wars that strategically and deliberately harm minorities, Australians didn’t buy it. And a woman with a disability showed him the door.
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A baby girl dies of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza City after two months of Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
Child dies of starvation in Gaza as Israeli attacks kill 30 since dawn
A baby girl dies of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza City after two months of Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
bit.ly
May 3, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A baby girl dies of malnutrition and dehydration in Gaza City after two months of Israeli blockade on the Gaza Strip.
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Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
May 2, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Trumpty-Dumpty is defunding PBS. What he calls "bias" some of us call "facts Trumpty-Dumpty doesn't like."
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Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
April 16, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Autism is not a disease and these kids are not damaged, despite what HHS Secretary Kennedy says.
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Absolutely brilliant call by Ron Filipkowski — he didn’t just read the writing on the wall, he practically drafted the script. It’s not even “prediction” at this point, it’s pattern recognition with these authoritarian lapdogs.
#NATOStrong #PutinsPuppet #TrumpRussia #RonWasRight
#NATOStrong #PutinsPuppet #TrumpRussia #RonWasRight
March 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Absolutely brilliant call by Ron Filipkowski — he didn’t just read the writing on the wall, he practically drafted the script. It’s not even “prediction” at this point, it’s pattern recognition with these authoritarian lapdogs.
#NATOStrong #PutinsPuppet #TrumpRussia #RonWasRight
#NATOStrong #PutinsPuppet #TrumpRussia #RonWasRight
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40,000 Palestinians have died since October 7th, all under Biden, you fucking dolt
January 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
40,000 Palestinians have died since October 7th, all under Biden, you fucking dolt