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Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

Political Commentator, Academic, Disability Advocate, Accountant, Autistic, Business Owner, Gamer 🇦🇺 🦘 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 🇲🇽
Bsc. Acc, Fin, Bus Law

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Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

#MarketCollapse #Trump
1. Smoot-Hawley Tariffs (1930s)
Tariffs raised on 20,000+ imported goods, global retaliation and a worldwide drop in GDP by 15%, unemployment hit 25%, small businesses collapsed, global trade dropped by 66%, this deepened and extended the Great Depression

April 7, 2025 at 1:41 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

Why is ensuring everyone gets a chance to thrive, self determination and financial stability for ALL, such a foreign and frightening concept? I cannot understand the mentality? #uspol #politicssky
All credits go to the original creator.

March 8, 2025 at 3:58 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

I’ve got that type of #autism #neurodivergence where I love creating beautiful and detailed planners for any project I, or my friends, have started.

At the moment, it’s #gardening.

#planning #organisarion #NotionApp

February 20, 2025 at 8:44 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

“What is painful is the hope, the hope of one day recovering, the hope of being what you know you can be while watching all your accrued education skills and talent atrophy along with your body” - Julie Gwynn, WA Chronic Illness Community

#disabilitysky #poetry #chronicillness

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A digital artwork depicting a young white woman reclining in a bed with a pale blue background, surrounded by soft, white pillows and a few scattered strands of her long, brown hair. Her eyes are cast downward, gazing at a worn, leather-bound journal held tightly in her frail hands. A pen is slipped between its pages, as if she's paused mid-thought. A faint, golden light illuminates her face, highlighting her sharp cheekbones and delicate features.

The walls surrounding her bed are adorned with numerous certificates and diplomas, proudly displaying her academic achievements and professional credentials. However, in stark contrast, nearby, a stack of dusty, hardcover books teeters, with a rolled-up diploma on top, its edges yellowed with age. A laptop with a cracked screen and a violin with a broken string lie abandoned on the floor, surrounded by scattered sheets of music and crumpled papers. Medical tubes and equipment are scattered around her, with an IV pole standing sentinel in the corner.

The woman's frail body and pale skin convey her chronic illness, while her expression is one of deep sadness, longing, and resignation. Her eyes, though cast downward, hold a faint glimmer of hope.

This artwork represents the painful struggle of a young woman who has lost her sense of purpose and identity due to her chronic illness. Despite her former success and accomplishments, she's now confined to her bed, forced to witness the atrophy of her skills and talents. The scattered remnants of her former life serve as a poignant reminder of what she's lost, while the journal and pen represent her lingering hopes and dreams. The artwork is a powerful exploration of the complex emotions and experiences faced by chronically ill women, who often find themselves torn between their desire for recovery and their need to come to terms with their new reality.

February 8, 2025 at 6:23 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

As someone who started her own bookkeeping business so she could work from her bed at the height of her illness, triple degree and RG146 compliant, I was exceptional.

But my chronic illness took everything from me.

I could do so much if we were allowed to work from home. #disabilitysky #career

February 5, 2025 at 5:10 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

“Chronic illness, a silent thief, steals my days and shackles my dreams.

My heart beats with longing, but my body lies heavy,

A weight that anchors me to this bed, a prison of pain” .

~ Words by Miriam Perkins

#chronicillness #disability #me/cfs #disabilitysky #poetry #pain #writer

January 31, 2025 at 5:47 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

#booksky #BookSky Really enjoying @cassandraclare.bsky.social book 2 of The Dark Artifices series. Omg JUUULLLIIAN 🤍☺️

January 28, 2025 at 4:20 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

Just some pressure therapy with my senior boy. Baby had biiiiig nap and big stretch! 🤍 #dogsofbluesky #dogs #seniordog #puppy

January 28, 2025 at 4:17 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

This resonated deeply with what we are seeing in the US right now. Absolutely terrifying. #Trump2025 #Projrct2025 #ElonMusk

January 28, 2025 at 4:14 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

“In light of #Musk’s important influence on the new administration:

The #LemkinInstituteforGenocidePrevention is issuing a Red Flag Alert for #genocide in the #UnitedStates.”

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January 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

Anyone who can recognise historical patterns is on high alert right now!

Threats to jail and deport dissenters scream #fascism. I'm disgusted by #Trump supporters' wilful blindness to his cult-like manipulation.

Humanity, wake up! We're staring into the abyss. #uspol #ElonMusk #Trump2025

Donald Trumps post on X: “the person giving this sermon should be added to the deportation list”.

Brian Tyler Cohen posts in reply to the above: “to be clear, you’re calling for a New Jersey-born bishop to be deported because you don’t like that she exercised her First Amendment right, by delivering a sermon is accordance with her fair Goodnight imploring Trump to show empathy people?”.

January 24, 2025 at 2:13 AM

Miriam Perkins

@itsmiriam.bsky.social

We gotta hit ‘em’ where it hurts, their wallets!

As an Aussie, I'm alarmed by Trump & #ElonMusk fascist tendencies! Musk's #Nazi salute at the #Trump #inauguration is chilling.

#Divest, #boycott their brands & products, and organize digital boycotts! #politics #billionaires #eattherich