Lauravyn
lauravyn.bsky.social
Lauravyn
@lauravyn.bsky.social
What can I say? Life, art, writing, feminism, anarchism, travel, books and politics… to see the world as it truly is, infinite….🤍🖤❤️💛☮️🌏💚🌊🍉🕊️
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If Network NEWSCASTS, and their Late Night Shows, are almost 100% Accurate about a Pathological Liar and Convicted Felon who Incited an Insurrection, tried to Steal a Fair Election and is Covering up Sex Crimes against Children, shouldn't his Disgraceful Presidency be terminated? I say, YES!
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 PM
‘I back it 100 per cent’: Minns defends two-week ban on protests - The Sydney Morning Herald

Fascism alive and well for Xmas 💚🖤💔💛
December 25, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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Got a mention in this piece. Thanks, Bill!

''Justin Mikulka has a pointed take on why this strategy won’t work for the LNG industry, and new data emerged this week showing just how badly it is going to penalize Americans who depend on propane for heating....."

Says propane but should be methane.
We need renewable energy to take a bite out of the climate crisis but also the authoritarianism crisis

Right now we’re just doing oil piracy

open.substack.com/pub/billmcki...
Pirates of the Anthropocene
"I assume we're going to keep the oil."
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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I am shocked by Premier Minns- trashing democratic freedoms in NSW to appease authoritarian extremists who characterise the March for Humanity as violent.
A violent lie to protect genocide.
December 19, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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Giving Jillian Segal even more influence over Australian policy when she still hasn't denounced far-right group "Advance" (which she bankrolls) is extremely poor governing.

Australia deserves far better.
It's over five months since Antisemitism Envoy Jillian Segal made headlines for being one of the biggest funders of highly divisive, far-right political lobby group "Advance".

She has at all times refused to denounce Advance, its bigotry and racist hate.

theklaxon.com.au/jillian-sega...
Jillian Segal and husband funding far-right group "Advance" - The Klaxon
Antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal and her husband are among the biggest funders of far-right group "Advance”, which spreads hateful propaganda and racist tropes.
theklaxon.com.au
December 19, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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“It is a form of psychological defence – by criticising or even vilifying a long-defunct dynasty and through one-dimensional rejections of history, they gain a brief sense of emotional release.”

We all live under the dao. "But WHICH Dao?", you might ask?
Some netizens welcome new Qing overlords on Weibo, arguing rumours of queues for men are exaggerated. Other netizens proclaim they will become hermits in private WeChat groups.

Meanwhile, hardline Ming adherents regroup on Barbarian app BlueSky, vowing resistance.

www.scmp.com/news/china/p...
Fall of Ming dynasty has ignited controversy online – and China has weighed in
Oversimplified discourse on Ming, Qing dynasties risks slide into ‘narrow, Han-centric nationalism’, Zhejiang authorities warn.
www.scmp.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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Still need inspiration for the #SFF reader in your life?

Why not preorder them something to look forward to in 2026?

There are lots of amazing #signed & special editions available here: www.waterstones.com/campaign/spe... (don't leave it too long though, they're very limited editions!)
💙📚🪐
December 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
blog.duolingo.com/language-of-...

Ghosts of Christmas past… fossil words in Xmas carols - thanks to Charles Dickens too…
What do fossils (and ghost stories) have to do with Christmas carols?
Have you ever noticed how many unusual words and phrases are in Christmas carols? Here’s the reason why carols have so many surprising lyrics!
blog.duolingo.com
December 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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“CSIRO has announced it will slash up to 350 jobs as the national science agency grapples with long-term financial challenges … with current funding failing to keep pace with the rising costs of running a modern science agency.”

Not “challenges”. They’re choices. 😡
CSIRO to cut up to 350 research jobs in major overhaul
After 440 positions were slashed last year, the CSIRO has announced more staff cuts across the country in a bid to remain financially viable.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Malaysians have been boycotting Starbucks because of its Zionist links. So in Malaysia it's closing outlets while local chains are expanding!
The fact that Starbucks is abruptly scaling back its expansion plans is obviously significant as a recession indicator. But what I find fascinating about this story is that they don’t build or own their own stores, specialized businesses develop them and outside investors own them. on.ft.com/4oxw6BZ
October 22, 2025 at 2:24 PM