Mel
@melissaclaire.bsky.social
Urbanist, renter, composter, cargo bike evangelist, runner, mum, westie.
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cookie monster, crying, as the body of christ just crumbles and falls from his mouth
the line is actually "no JESUS for us meeses," an oblique reference to the fact that, as muppets are unable to take communion, they are forbidden from entering the kingdom of god
December 14, 2025 at 4:36 AM
cookie monster, crying, as the body of christ just crumbles and falls from his mouth
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We made a submission to the consultation to try and make that happen—you can read it in full here: www.betterrenting.org.au/solar-sharers
Better Renting welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Solar Sharer Offer consultation!
Better Renting welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Solar Sharer Offer consultation. Renters are one of the groups most disadvantaged in the transition to renewable energy, with limited ability…
www.betterrenting.org.au
December 11, 2025 at 8:05 AM
We made a submission to the consultation to try and make that happen—you can read it in full here: www.betterrenting.org.au/solar-sharers
I did not have ‘moral panic over children on ebikes’ on my 2025 bingo card.
December 8, 2025 at 8:58 AM
I did not have ‘moral panic over children on ebikes’ on my 2025 bingo card.
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Ooo look at me, I’m Mitchell Starc and I’m going to win a day/night test match all by myself.
Grow up.
Grow up.
A superb innings from Mitchell Starc comes to an end 🙌
Truly making these Ashes his own 🔥
Truly making these Ashes his own 🔥
December 6, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Ooo look at me, I’m Mitchell Starc and I’m going to win a day/night test match all by myself.
Grow up.
Grow up.
It's that time of year where I tell you that Kid on Christmas by Meghan Trainor has sleeper potential to become a Christmas classic. Banger.
December 6, 2025 at 7:07 AM
It's that time of year where I tell you that Kid on Christmas by Meghan Trainor has sleeper potential to become a Christmas classic. Banger.
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Travis Head does not want to have to go to work tomorrow.
November 22, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Travis Head does not want to have to go to work tomorrow.
Just in case you were wondering about the neo-nazi situation, the highest lane score at Timezone Parramatta today belongs to someone who entered their name as ubermensch.
November 16, 2025 at 5:10 AM
Just in case you were wondering about the neo-nazi situation, the highest lane score at Timezone Parramatta today belongs to someone who entered their name as ubermensch.
Ben’s got a playlist of things Paddy likes to listen at the moment and it’s the Canberra Raiders song (yes they have one) and Taylor Swift, and I think that‘s beautiful.
(Paddy is not a Raiders fan)
(Paddy is not a Raiders fan)
September 20, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ben’s got a playlist of things Paddy likes to listen at the moment and it’s the Canberra Raiders song (yes they have one) and Taylor Swift, and I think that‘s beautiful.
(Paddy is not a Raiders fan)
(Paddy is not a Raiders fan)
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Really sums up this moment doesn't it. (Sorry for contributing to Kirk discourse, I really should not know who that guy was)
Ezra Klein using Kirk’s death to celebrate some imaginary version of liberalism that only exists in his head… as the US right is using it to further entrench fascism and obliterate anyone who doesn’t echo Trump’s views on Kirk and what lead to his death…
Insane.
Insane.
September 12, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Really sums up this moment doesn't it. (Sorry for contributing to Kirk discourse, I really should not know who that guy was)
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Immigration Policy Compromise Theory has been tested.
GOP moderates tried after Romney lost, then got primaried by nativists.
Dems tried it last year, with a bill that gave GOP most of what it wanted. They blocked it, then won the election.
Reasonable concerns about border security this is not.
GOP moderates tried after Romney lost, then got primaried by nativists.
Dems tried it last year, with a bill that gave GOP most of what it wanted. They blocked it, then won the election.
Reasonable concerns about border security this is not.
There is no compromise policy Democrats can offer Republicans to make them act normal on this issue. We simply have to state the basic reality — immigrants contribute to our country in myriad ways — and fight for it. I don't know how so many journalists convinced themselves this isn't an option.
September 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Immigration Policy Compromise Theory has been tested.
GOP moderates tried after Romney lost, then got primaried by nativists.
Dems tried it last year, with a bill that gave GOP most of what it wanted. They blocked it, then won the election.
Reasonable concerns about border security this is not.
GOP moderates tried after Romney lost, then got primaried by nativists.
Dems tried it last year, with a bill that gave GOP most of what it wanted. They blocked it, then won the election.
Reasonable concerns about border security this is not.
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What is the city but the people?
September 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
What is the city but the people?
I'm fully on the Suns bandwagon
September 6, 2025 at 12:18 PM
I'm fully on the Suns bandwagon
Very well irrigated now.
If your kid needs a solid sinus cleanse after adenoid surgery, can I recommend having their AFL team be down 24-2 in an elimination final? Lot of crying really lubricates the nasal passages.
September 6, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Very well irrigated now.
If your kid needs a solid sinus cleanse after adenoid surgery, can I recommend having their AFL team be down 24-2 in an elimination final? Lot of crying really lubricates the nasal passages.
September 6, 2025 at 5:46 AM
If your kid needs a solid sinus cleanse after adenoid surgery, can I recommend having their AFL team be down 24-2 in an elimination final? Lot of crying really lubricates the nasal passages.
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One of the reasons I feel so hopeless is that everyone invents a GOP that doesn't do the unpopular stuff that it is doing and a Dem party that does do unpopular stuff that it isn't, and I just don't know a way out
I actually agree that Democrats should refrain from using most of these. And they already do! When was the last time a Senator said 'heteronormative'?
The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!
The bigger problem is that orgs like Third Way are reinforcing this false, right-wing narrative. Dems can't stop doing something they're not doing!
Scoop: Third Way is circulating a memo, shared first with @playbookdc, featuring a new blacklist of words Dems shouldn’t use.
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
www.politico.com/newsletters/...
August 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
One of the reasons I feel so hopeless is that everyone invents a GOP that doesn't do the unpopular stuff that it is doing and a Dem party that does do unpopular stuff that it isn't, and I just don't know a way out
The problem with parenting is you can’t say fuck you very much to your child when they play a draw 4 against you in their opening move in uno.
August 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
The problem with parenting is you can’t say fuck you very much to your child when they play a draw 4 against you in their opening move in uno.
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This is poetry
From a story about a new species of pseudoscorpion, this sort of highlighted the management of Australia in a nutshell
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au.news.yahoo.com/incredible-p...
August 12, 2025 at 10:34 AM
This is poetry
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“Abolishing the punishing fees for arts degrees must be within reach if Australia seriously wants to actively participate in the information age and give this generation the opportunities we all need them to have.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Attacks on the humanities at Australian universities are not new – but they are now more lethal | Julianne Schultz
Punishing fees for arts degrees must be ended if the country seriously wants to take part in the information age and give students the opportunities we need them to have
www.theguardian.com
August 3, 2025 at 8:00 AM
“Abolishing the punishing fees for arts degrees must be within reach if Australia seriously wants to actively participate in the information age and give this generation the opportunities we all need them to have.”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.
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poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
July 26, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Helsinki (pop 657,000) has not had a single traffic death during the last twelve months.
poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
poliisi.fi/-/helsingin-...
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Every member of the IDF and Israeli govt should be arrested the moment they step outside Israel.
July 27, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Every member of the IDF and Israeli govt should be arrested the moment they step outside Israel.
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Hilarious attempt to make Minchin seem like a genius but the fact he says “Iran is funding radical Sunnis” absolutely exposes him for a moron.
God Tim, just sign an Israeli bomb: it would somehow be less objectionable than this smugness:
July 27, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Hilarious attempt to make Minchin seem like a genius but the fact he says “Iran is funding radical Sunnis” absolutely exposes him for a moron.
What a fucking quarter.
July 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
What a fucking quarter.
This ABC bulletin is wildly different in tone from their panel coverage. Very weird.
July 19, 2025 at 1:04 PM
This ABC bulletin is wildly different in tone from their panel coverage. Very weird.
It's so weird how close the tallyroom punters get to come to the panel, I love it.
July 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
It's so weird how close the tallyroom punters get to come to the panel, I love it.