Nadiah
@nadiah-at-home.bsky.social
free cycle | community garden | food not bombs | Brisbane | she/her |🤘
Personal account for local community activities. If you’re looking for my science stuff, see @nadiah.bsky.social
Personal account for local community activities. If you’re looking for my science stuff, see @nadiah.bsky.social
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Nadiah
@nadiah-at-home.bsky.social
· Dec 12
My favourite piece of street art in the neighbourhood is a fox mostly hidden by tall grass & trees. You might spot it if you’re observant while walking along the footpath, & when you do, it feels like you’ve stumbled upon something secret & fey.
#brisbane #southside #annerley #streetart #graffiti
#brisbane #southside #annerley #streetart #graffiti
Useful info in this thread.
Short answer: already-existing networks, so get out there joining mutual-aid groups and building community now.
Short answer: already-existing networks, so get out there joining mutual-aid groups and building community now.
How is Minnesota able to meet this moment in ways no where else has? What should people elsewhere across the country do to follow the model Minnesota is providing?
January 28, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Useful info in this thread.
Short answer: already-existing networks, so get out there joining mutual-aid groups and building community now.
Short answer: already-existing networks, so get out there joining mutual-aid groups and building community now.
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Do they want us to conclude that all America’s enemies are just regular guys helping their neighbors however they can?
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 PM
Do they want us to conclude that all America’s enemies are just regular guys helping their neighbors however they can?
This is an incredible piece of reporting about how a pig-butchering operation works.
Part 1 describes the operation, and I was completely thrown by the description of the corporate culture.
Part 1 describes the operation, and I was completely thrown by the description of the corporate culture.
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail. www.wired.com/story/the-re...
Revealed: Leaked Chats Expose the Daily Life of a Scam Compound’s Enslaved Workforce
A whistleblower trapped inside a “pig butchering” scam compound gave WIRED a vast trove of its internal materials—including 4,200 pages of messages that lay out its operations in unprecedented detail.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:59 PM
This is an incredible piece of reporting about how a pig-butchering operation works.
Part 1 describes the operation, and I was completely thrown by the description of the corporate culture.
Part 1 describes the operation, and I was completely thrown by the description of the corporate culture.
I’m unreasonably proud of the haul of free food I gathered for Food Not Bombs yesterday. This was my first time, & I had two lovely women alongside to show me the ropes.
Food Not Bombs meets every Friday 4 pm at 69 Thomas St, West End. No need to call, just show up.
#brisbane #westend #community
Food Not Bombs meets every Friday 4 pm at 69 Thomas St, West End. No need to call, just show up.
#brisbane #westend #community
January 26, 2026 at 9:06 PM
I’m unreasonably proud of the haul of free food I gathered for Food Not Bombs yesterday. This was my first time, & I had two lovely women alongside to show me the ropes.
Food Not Bombs meets every Friday 4 pm at 69 Thomas St, West End. No need to call, just show up.
#brisbane #westend #community
Food Not Bombs meets every Friday 4 pm at 69 Thomas St, West End. No need to call, just show up.
#brisbane #westend #community
I’ve been thinking a lot about this graph lately
January 25, 2026 at 11:52 PM
I’ve been thinking a lot about this graph lately
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"On the morning of January 17 in southern Minneapolis, something very ordinary happened: a 12-year-old girl got her period for the first time.
Everything that happened after that was out of the ordinary." www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Everything that happened after that was out of the ordinary." www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation
Some immigrants in Minneapolis have said they're scared to go out because of ICE agents across the city. When one 12-year-old needed to run an errand, it triggered a network of underground volunteers.
www.npr.org
January 22, 2026 at 7:10 PM
"On the morning of January 17 in southern Minneapolis, something very ordinary happened: a 12-year-old girl got her period for the first time.
Everything that happened after that was out of the ordinary." www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
Everything that happened after that was out of the ordinary." www.npr.org/2026/01/21/n...
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It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.
January 22, 2026 at 3:58 AM
It's genuinely a leaderless (or leaderful) movement, decentralized in a way that the state is absolutely unequipped to handle. There are a few basic skills involved, and so people teach each other those skills, and people are collectively refining them.
It seems like ~70% of the stories I was told as a child were about a motley crew of kids who discover a near-all-powerful villain’s plans to destroy the world and the adults and police are all unavailable somehow.
That’s a little unexpected, when you think about it.
That’s a little unexpected, when you think about it.
January 20, 2026 at 7:43 PM
It seems like ~70% of the stories I was told as a child were about a motley crew of kids who discover a near-all-powerful villain’s plans to destroy the world and the adults and police are all unavailable somehow.
That’s a little unexpected, when you think about it.
That’s a little unexpected, when you think about it.
"Democracy and apocalypse are incompatible ... The demonic manipulates the democratic ... apocalypse breaks democracy’s norms because extreme moral dualism delegitimizes one’s opponents."
New research from Prof Douglas at University of Victoria about the role of apocalyptic beliefs in US politics.
New research from Prof Douglas at University of Victoria about the role of apocalyptic beliefs in US politics.
They literally believe liberals are demons that need to be destroyed
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/l...
www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/l...
Left Behind: Why White Conservative Christians view the Democratic Party in terms of Apocalyptic Politics | Milwaukee Independent
www.milwaukeeindependent.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:06 PM
"Democracy and apocalypse are incompatible ... The demonic manipulates the democratic ... apocalypse breaks democracy’s norms because extreme moral dualism delegitimizes one’s opponents."
New research from Prof Douglas at University of Victoria about the role of apocalyptic beliefs in US politics.
New research from Prof Douglas at University of Victoria about the role of apocalyptic beliefs in US politics.
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The kids and I helped pack food this morning for families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE occupation.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
January 19, 2026 at 6:27 PM
The kids and I helped pack food this morning for families who can't leave their homes due to the ICE occupation.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
We did the math that there are somewhere between 2000 to 20,000 families that are sheltering at home right now. Which means they need thousands of food boxes a day. We're mobilized.
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They got suburban realtors talking like Patrick Henry, it's over
January 19, 2026 at 7:09 PM
They got suburban realtors talking like Patrick Henry, it's over
I find this very inspiring.
If you live in the Cities, an easy way to help immigrant families in hiding is: laundry! Laundromats are ICE magnets, so people without washers need help.
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
The People’s Laundry will drop off laundry to your door to wash and dry and pick up a few days later:
thepeopleslaundrympls.com/volunteer/
January 19, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I find this very inspiring.
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Food Not Bombs Brisbane meets to chop veggies and cook every Friday at 4 pm, 69 Thomas Street, West End. No need to ring ahead, just show up 🥕
#brisbane #westend #community #mutualaid #foodnotbombs
#brisbane #westend #community #mutualaid #foodnotbombs
January 16, 2026 at 9:19 PM
Food Not Bombs Brisbane meets to chop veggies and cook every Friday at 4 pm, 69 Thomas Street, West End. No need to ring ahead, just show up 🥕
#brisbane #westend #community #mutualaid #foodnotbombs
#brisbane #westend #community #mutualaid #foodnotbombs
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NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
Queer trans ICE protester in small Minn. city recounts agents' violence and humiliation
Alice Valentine of St. Cloud was pepper sprayed and jailed by ICE for trying to protect immigrant neighbors.
www.thehandbasket.co
January 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
NEW — ICE violence has spread well beyond Minneapolis, with agents landing in small cities like St. Cloud. I spoke with Alice Valentine, a local queer trans woman, who protested ICE on Monday and was pepper sprayed, beaten and jailed as a result, along with her girlfriend.
This is Alice's story:
This is Alice's story:
This is the clearest analysis I’ve seen yet. He swapped his phone hand, he drew early, he was not hit, & he kept shooting her after she had already passed and he was in zero danger.
CW: You’ll need the sound on to hear analysis, which means you’ll hear gunshots and bystanders shouting in distress.
CW: You’ll need the sound on to hear analysis, which means you’ll hear gunshots and bystanders shouting in distress.
January 16, 2026 at 8:44 PM
This is the clearest analysis I’ve seen yet. He swapped his phone hand, he drew early, he was not hit, & he kept shooting her after she had already passed and he was in zero danger.
CW: You’ll need the sound on to hear analysis, which means you’ll hear gunshots and bystanders shouting in distress.
CW: You’ll need the sound on to hear analysis, which means you’ll hear gunshots and bystanders shouting in distress.
Reposting to remind *myself* of the strategic balance between being broadly informed and the size of my sphere of influence. Insofar as it might apply to whoever reads it, may it not discourage you but instead make your strong moral instincts even more effective in the world.
it's a brand new day let's get to it people!
January 14, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Reposting to remind *myself* of the strategic balance between being broadly informed and the size of my sphere of influence. Insofar as it might apply to whoever reads it, may it not discourage you but instead make your strong moral instincts even more effective in the world.
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Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
![Excerpt from Wikipedia reads: "Fight against merchandising his characters
For years, Watterson battled against pressure from publishers to merchandise his work, something that he felt would cheapen his comic through compromising the act of creation or reading.[21][22]
He refused to merchandise his creations on the grounds that displaying Calvin and Hobbes images on commercially sold mugs, stickers, and T-shirts would devalue the characters and their personalities. Watterson said that Universal kept putting pressure on him and that he had signed his contract without fully perusing it because, as a new artist, he was happy just to find a syndicate willing to give him a chance (two other syndicates had previously turned him down). He added that the contract was so one-sided that, if Universal really wanted to, they could license his characters against his will, and could even fire him and continue Calvin and Hobbes with a new artist. Watterson's position eventually won out, and he was able to renegotiate his contract so that he would receive all rights to his work. Later he said that the licensing fight exhausted him and contributed to the need for a nine-month sabbatical in 1991.[23]"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreihmgl3sxrmb5t6edpjnixyanj2rvcf43zdv46mbifhl7hdtmz5u6y@jpeg)
January 14, 2026 at 6:18 AM
Bill Watterson is my favorite cartoonist. I adored the relationship btw Calvin and Hobbes as a child. But as I've gotten older, these strips feel even more tender and insightful. My respect for him grew when I learned of his stance against merchandising. Such principles are almost unheard of today.
This would also explain the relationship between authoritarian-follower personality type and style of religiosity (fundamentalist, literalist), they’re both symptoms of the same cause.
authoritarianism does not look for truth, it looks for reduced cognitive load
January 13, 2026 at 7:11 PM
This would also explain the relationship between authoritarian-follower personality type and style of religiosity (fundamentalist, literalist), they’re both symptoms of the same cause.
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While it's not obvious, social ostracism is one of the worst things for a human to endure. For most of our evolution it meant almost certain death. That fear is still within us.
Everyone who supports Trump and trumpism needs to be ostracized from society and forced back into the shadows.
Everyone who supports Trump and trumpism needs to be ostracized from society and forced back into the shadows.
January 11, 2026 at 6:32 AM
While it's not obvious, social ostracism is one of the worst things for a human to endure. For most of our evolution it meant almost certain death. That fear is still within us.
Everyone who supports Trump and trumpism needs to be ostracized from society and forced back into the shadows.
Everyone who supports Trump and trumpism needs to be ostracized from society and forced back into the shadows.
Useful heuristic
If you can substitute "hungry ghost trapped in a jar" for "AI" in a sentence it's probably a valid use case for LLMs. Take "I have a bunch of hungry ghosts in jars, they mainly write SQL queries for me". Sure. Reasonable use case.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
"My girlfriend is a hungry ghost I trapped in a jar"? No. Deranged.
January 12, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Useful heuristic
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In Minneapolis this afternoon—
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
January 10, 2026 at 6:57 PM
In Minneapolis this afternoon—
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
Hundreds are streaming across the snow and ice into Powderhorn Park for a rally and march demanding ICE leave Minnesota.
It is bitterly cold. There are hardcore Midwesterners out here making their way in with trekking poles.
@jane-kugelman.bsky.social I’m so glad you’re here!!
January 10, 2026 at 7:52 PM
@jane-kugelman.bsky.social I’m so glad you’re here!!
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Just after 5pm today, I'll be discussing the impacts of the Victorian fires on native wildlife, with Richelle Hunt, on 774 ABC Melbourne.
January 10, 2026 at 3:24 AM
Just after 5pm today, I'll be discussing the impacts of the Victorian fires on native wildlife, with Richelle Hunt, on 774 ABC Melbourne.