Melissa Walker
@mjwalker.bsky.social
"The question isn’t “who are we letting into our country?”, it’s “why are we letting grasping politicians spread further hate and division?”."
“Never has there been a time where politics has been played so blatantly, so openly at the expense of a terrified, traumatised community and the wider nation at large.” @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
Our hearts are shattered – and some have broken them further
There is no going back to where we were before December 14. But a social contract Australians relied on has been destroyed by the Coalition.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 1:22 AM
"The question isn’t “who are we letting into our country?”, it’s “why are we letting grasping politicians spread further hate and division?”."
As someone who
(a) is way older than 16, but
(b) doesn't want to provide documentation to any social media platforms
The age verification laws coming into effect today have so far been a nothing-burger. No platform has required anything to substantiate my age.
Waiting for the shoe to drop.
(a) is way older than 16, but
(b) doesn't want to provide documentation to any social media platforms
The age verification laws coming into effect today have so far been a nothing-burger. No platform has required anything to substantiate my age.
Waiting for the shoe to drop.
December 9, 2025 at 11:53 PM
As someone who
(a) is way older than 16, but
(b) doesn't want to provide documentation to any social media platforms
The age verification laws coming into effect today have so far been a nothing-burger. No platform has required anything to substantiate my age.
Waiting for the shoe to drop.
(a) is way older than 16, but
(b) doesn't want to provide documentation to any social media platforms
The age verification laws coming into effect today have so far been a nothing-burger. No platform has required anything to substantiate my age.
Waiting for the shoe to drop.
I guess it's time I made some decisions about which (if any) platforms I am willing to jump through age verification hoops for, and what verification methods I am willing to use.
(Seeing as Dec 10 is tomorrow, and all.)
(Seeing as Dec 10 is tomorrow, and all.)
Despite not being designated under Australia’s under-16s social media ban, Bluesky is now asking local users to verify their age to access certain features.
December 9, 2025 at 2:45 AM
I guess it's time I made some decisions about which (if any) platforms I am willing to jump through age verification hoops for, and what verification methods I am willing to use.
(Seeing as Dec 10 is tomorrow, and all.)
(Seeing as Dec 10 is tomorrow, and all.)
PSA if you have a Gmail account. Note that if you have more than one account, you need to do this for each account.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Gmail can read your emails and attachments to train its AI, unless you opt out
A new Gmail update may allow Google to use your private messages and attachments for AI training. Here's how to turn it off.
www.malwarebytes.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
PSA if you have a Gmail account. Note that if you have more than one account, you need to do this for each account.
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/20...
Reposted by Melissa Walker
🧵So last week I asked Kiwis and Aussies if people prefer their fairy bread with margarine or butter, crusts on or crusts off, squares vs triangles. I figured since it has been ages since I've sampled the food of the fae, I should make sure the recipe is correct for my upcoming book launch party.
November 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🧵So last week I asked Kiwis and Aussies if people prefer their fairy bread with margarine or butter, crusts on or crusts off, squares vs triangles. I figured since it has been ages since I've sampled the food of the fae, I should make sure the recipe is correct for my upcoming book launch party.
Reposted by Melissa Walker
Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Best 3 minutes you will spend on the internet today.
For the life of me, I can't understand why so many light fixtures are designed with exposed bulbs. Do other people really not find those hard on their eyes?
October 31, 2025 at 12:59 AM
For the life of me, I can't understand why so many light fixtures are designed with exposed bulbs. Do other people really not find those hard on their eyes?
"we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story" -- important thing to remember.
reposting with alt text because this feels incredibly significant. the right-wing disinfo machine means a lot of the people grieving Charlie Kirk never heard any of the things he said that would have tarnished his brand as Guy Who Just Wants to Have Dialogue Across the Aisle
September 13, 2025 at 11:02 PM
"we're all living in two different worlds and none of us have the whole story" -- important thing to remember.
🧵
A lot of people have called out the Republicans for their hypocrisy on Charlie Kirk's murder (and yes, I'll call it what it is), but all of them tend to focus on "so it's bad when a Republican is killed but not when it's a Democrat." And I think that's missing a more subtle but more pressing issue.
September 11, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🧵
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Men only want 2 things.
September 8, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Men only want 2 things.
It's extremely strange (in a good way) to go to the doctor with yet another "my body is being weird again", and with one look she has a diagnosis and a standard treatment. Things are rarely so straightforward with my body.
September 1, 2025 at 1:44 PM
It's extremely strange (in a good way) to go to the doctor with yet another "my body is being weird again", and with one look she has a diagnosis and a standard treatment. Things are rarely so straightforward with my body.
“When you’ve got neo-Nazis signing up to your protest it might say something about what you’re doing and who you are.”
August 31, 2025 at 11:13 AM
“When you’ve got neo-Nazis signing up to your protest it might say something about what you’re doing and who you are.”
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live your life in such a way that when you drop out contact for a few days it doesn't inspire millions of people excitedly saying IS HE DEAD YET DO YOU THINK HE'S DEAD OH MY GOD IMAGINE IF HE'S ACTUALLY DEAD
August 30, 2025 at 11:37 AM
live your life in such a way that when you drop out contact for a few days it doesn't inspire millions of people excitedly saying IS HE DEAD YET DO YOU THINK HE'S DEAD OH MY GOD IMAGINE IF HE'S ACTUALLY DEAD
I expect this is coming for Australia in December.
Unfortunately, Bluesky is unavailable in Mississippi right now, due to a new state law that requires age verification for all users.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
While intended for child safety, we think this law poses broader challenges & creates significant barriers that limit free speech & harm smaller platforms like ours.
August 22, 2025 at 10:39 PM
I expect this is coming for Australia in December.
Is there a word for describing the funk that comes from being on the wrong side of the planet to offer comfort hugs to friends who need them?
August 16, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Is there a word for describing the funk that comes from being on the wrong side of the planet to offer comfort hugs to friends who need them?
Audible is trying to sell me a "new book" by an author who's been dead for over 60 years. 🤦♀️
August 15, 2025 at 1:58 AM
Audible is trying to sell me a "new book" by an author who's been dead for over 60 years. 🤦♀️
Apparently sleep is for chumps, and I am not a chump.
(Thanks, I hate it?)
(Thanks, I hate it?)
July 30, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Apparently sleep is for chumps, and I am not a chump.
(Thanks, I hate it?)
(Thanks, I hate it?)
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Have a sleeping cat to distract you briefly from the world being terrible.
July 4, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Have a sleeping cat to distract you briefly from the world being terrible.
Reposted by Melissa Walker
![3-panel comic. (1) PERSON WITH SHORT HAIR to Person 2: Shining laser pointers at planes is a federal crime. It’s incredibly dangerous. PERSON 2: Oh, because it can blind the pilot? SHORT HAIR: That’s one reason… (2) [Laser pointed at flying airplane] (3) [Cat close to the size of the plane pouncing on airplane and taking it down]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicdr4m3a7s2i232wlvcu7dkwytnrh3tlqfbojtmyg3pzr7a6ibxra@jpeg)
July 1, 2025 at 2:48 AM
I'm in trouble with my cat and I don't know why. 😹
June 1, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I'm in trouble with my cat and I don't know why. 😹
In a dream, I was given a task. It was a simple, non-urgent task which dream-me said would take about 5 minutes.
So naturally my brain decided that this Really Important Thing required me to actually wake up so that I could do The Thing for real, because lol who needs sleep anyway.
Thanks, brain.
So naturally my brain decided that this Really Important Thing required me to actually wake up so that I could do The Thing for real, because lol who needs sleep anyway.
Thanks, brain.
May 26, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In a dream, I was given a task. It was a simple, non-urgent task which dream-me said would take about 5 minutes.
So naturally my brain decided that this Really Important Thing required me to actually wake up so that I could do The Thing for real, because lol who needs sleep anyway.
Thanks, brain.
So naturally my brain decided that this Really Important Thing required me to actually wake up so that I could do The Thing for real, because lol who needs sleep anyway.
Thanks, brain.
First crochet project is finally complete. Hung around his neck, the scarf is longer than he is tall. (Replacing an extra long knitted scarf that went missing years ago.)
Next I'll try a beanie. 🧶
Next I'll try a beanie. 🧶
May 21, 2025 at 3:42 AM
First crochet project is finally complete. Hung around his neck, the scarf is longer than he is tall. (Replacing an extra long knitted scarf that went missing years ago.)
Next I'll try a beanie. 🧶
Next I'll try a beanie. 🧶
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
"Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet." (Agent Smith, The Matrix)
"Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet." (Agent Smith, The Matrix)
On a pristine Australian island the birds are so full of plastic they crunch
It's an exclusive tourist destination and one of the most pristine places on the planet. It's the last place you would expect to find birds with bellies so full of plastic that they crunch if you sque...
www.abc.net.au
May 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...
"Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet." (Agent Smith, The Matrix)
"Human beings are a disease, a cancer of this planet." (Agent Smith, The Matrix)