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Tania Lou Smith
@tlousmith.bsky.social
220 followers 690 following 130 posts
Performance - Video - Art
(and Comms).

https://www.tanialousmith.com

Naarm/Melbourne, Australia.
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thrasherxy.bsky.social
“Don’t let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.”
Black text on a yellow background - This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it looks like I ran out of time. I have so many dreams that I wanted to fulfill and plans to create new stories for you. There are a few in progress that might come to fruition in a few years if things work out. I did not ever imagine I would live to this age and end up a writer, editor, activist, and more. As a kid riddled with insecurity and internalized ableism, I could not see a path forward. It was thanks to friendships and some great teachers who believed in me that I was able to fight my way out of miserable situations into a place where I finally felt comfortable in my skin. We need more stories about us and our culture. You all, we all, deserve the everything and more in such a hostile, ableist environment. Our wisdom is incisive and unflinching. I'm honored to be your ancestor and believe disabled oracles like us will light the way to the future. Don't let the bastards grind you down. I love you all.
November 15, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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aussienews.bsky.social
The Australian rock band’s free Federation Square gig was cancelled at short notice, causing major upset in the crowd. #national #victoria
Amyl and the Sniffers gig cancelled last minute due to ‘crowd safety concerns’
The Australian rock band’s free Federation Square gig was cancelled at short notice, causing major upset in the crowd. #national #victoria
www.theage.com.au
November 14, 2025 at 10:00 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Incredibly rude of the school to hold their fete on the same night as the free Amyl and the Sniffers gig.
November 14, 2025 at 4:10 AM
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bgrueskin.bsky.social
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.

He is a computer safety researcher.

And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.

In under 1600 words.

aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
I Want You to Understand Chicago Politics Chicago 2025-11-08 I want you to understand what it is like to live in Chicago during this time. Every day my phone buzzes. It is a neighborhood group: four people were kidnapped at the corner drugstore. A friend a mile away sends a Slack message: she was at the scene when masked men assaulted and abducted two people on the street. A plumber working on my pipes is distraught, and I find out that two of his employees were kidnapped that morning. A week later it happens again. An email arrives. Agents with guns have chased a teacher into the school where she works. They did not have a warrant. They dragged her away, ignoring her and her colleagues’ pleas to show proof of her documentation. That evening I stand a few feet from the parents of Rayito de Sol and listen to them describe, with anguish, how good Ms. Diana was to their children. What it is like to have strangers with guns traumatize your kids. For a teacher to hide a three-year-old child for fear they might be killed. How their relatives will no longer leave the house. I hear the pain and fury in their voices, and I wonder who will be next. Understand what it is to pray in Chicago. On September 19th, Reverend David Black, lead pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Chicago, was praying outside the ICE detention center in Broadview when a DHS agent shot him in the head with pepper balls. Pepper balls are never supposed to be fired at the head because they can seriously injure, or even kill. “We could hear them laughing as they were shooting us from the roof,” Black recalled. He is not the only member of the clergy ICE has assaulted. Methodist pastor Hannah Kardon was violently arrested on October 17th, and Baptist pastor Michael Woolf was shot with pepper balls on November 1st. Understand what it is to sleep in Chicago. On the night of September 30th, federal agents rappelled from a Black Hawk helicopter to execute a raid on an apartment building on the South Sho…
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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rukitty.bsky.social
How come I couldn't find an Australian outlet with this story? Seems pretty important to know we're building a data centre for "AI-powered military command and control" and essentially a drone hub for the U.S.
Google plans secret AI military outpost on tiny island overrun by crabs
Christmas Island facility would support naval surveillance in strategic Indo-Pacific waters.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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antipovertycentre.org
Disability groups have released a statement: "We are deeply concerned that communities traditionally over-policed & disadvantaged, including First Nations people with disability, would be at heightened risk"

The whole statement is well worth reading.

Ty @amyremeikis.bsky.social for reporting.
Australia Institute Live — Daily Updates
Stay updated with the latest from The Australia Institute.
live.thepoint.com.au
November 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM
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jagungal.bsky.social
Interesting research relevant to #beekeeping - viral infections can damage honeybee queen's reproductive organs enough to make the colony replace her.
The colony runs as a democracy - the queen is not 'in charge' at all. 🧪
phys.org/news/2025-10...
Why honey bees overthrow their queen
It sounds like the plot of a medieval historical drama: A once-powerful monarch, weakened by illness, is overthrown by her previously loyal subjects. But in honey bee colonies, such high-stakes coups ...
phys.org
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Thanks for the follow and your incredible work @markcousinsfilm.bsky.social! Women Make Film’s discussion of slapstick, tracking shots and so much more was so useful for my own performance work, like my last video: vimeo.com/tanialousmit...
Untitled (Running)
Original version. HD video, no sound. 57 secs. Filmed on iphone 12 mini on bendable tripod mounted to car (with child in back seat). Thank you to Kubota Fumikazu…
vimeo.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Went down a Meredith Monk youtube hole after seeing the Monk in Pieces doco at #MIFF- and found Sainko Namtchylak! Woah! m.youtube.com/watch?v=c6PG...
Lost Rivers Song
YouTube video by Ritachi
m.youtube.com
August 16, 2025 at 11:54 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Cannot be objective at all about the Monk in Pieces doco at #MIFF. Was it good? As a Meredith Monk fan, I just drank it all up.
August 16, 2025 at 11:51 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Essential and shocking reading- from @squigglyrick.bsky.social
squigglyrick.bsky.social Rick Morton @squigglyrick.bsky.social · Jul 4
Try not to overdo comparisons to robodebt. But this is closest I've seen to a post-robodebt copy of the playbook. NDIS boss demands participant be booted from scheme after conservative radio segment. No evidence. Sham process. Against policy. Gets it WRONG www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/health/...
Exclusive: NDIA chief intervened to throw advocate off scheme
Internal emails show the National Disability Insurance Agency rushed to withdraw access for a disabled person whose funding was criticised on talkback radio, only to reinstate it 10 months later.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
July 5, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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bryanagraham.bsky.social
With the BET Awards happening in downtown LA, I was wondering who was going to say something first. Doechii really is that girl.
June 10, 2025 at 12:59 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Seeing as Baz Luhrmann got an Order of Australia today I think we can go back and appreciate this street vox pop where the interviewer had no idea who he was: youtu.be/0o0iWsD4qkk?...
TikTok comedian unknowingly stops Baz Luhrmann in Sydney street and talks 'foursomes'
YouTube video by Guardian Australia
youtu.be
June 9, 2025 at 7:33 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Thank you again Isk from #ABCNews for the Auslan sign off. If you want a good resource check out the Signbank app for an Auslan dictionary: auslan.org.au
June 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Chuffed to see Monash Health cited in this article about the value of listening to families in critical care situations. So many examples - particularly for disability- where concerns are dismissed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Parental intuition better at spotting child illness than vital signs, study finds
Research strengthens case for families to have right to second opinion under Martha’s rule being piloted by NHS England
www.theguardian.com
May 30, 2025 at 11:51 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Today is Go Orange for #PraderWilliSyndrome Day! My child has PWS. The brain is locked in a kind of starvation mode so people with PWS always feel hungry, and so it causes obesity unless carefully managed.
May 30, 2025 at 11:25 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Sarah Aiken’s Body Corp at Darebin Arts was so good- trippy riffs on myths with a tech bent. Love love her work.
May 25, 2025 at 11:07 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
#SBS #Insight episode tonight on #ChronicIllness - such an important topic and underrepresented in media. I have friends with ME/CFS, endo, long covid… it sucks! And the gaslighting on top of it… 💔
May 20, 2025 at 10:49 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Impressed and thankful that @zoedaniel.bsky.social came to the #PraderWilliSyndrome #Finding15 walk this morning- a small community event on a very busy weekend for her! 🙏🏼
May 4, 2025 at 5:30 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Happy election weekend #AusPol! Remembering the time I made a Buzzfeed listicle with my election night senate dress (no 16): www.buzzfeed.com/jennaguillau...
19 Photos That Sum Up How Australians Deal With Election Night
Let them eat cake.
www.buzzfeed.com
May 2, 2025 at 6:51 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Happy May Day!
May 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Osaka Expo is on and it’s everywhere - TV, promotions. We passed on it (it’s spenny and overcrowded) BUT went to the old expo park. It’s gorgeous! This is The Tower of the Sun by Taro Okamoto.
A huge white totemic sculpture in a field with a mother taking a photo of her young child in the foreground.
April 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Am just back from Japan (visiting family) and can confirm it was absolutely packed. Wild.
April 16, 2025 at 9:54 AM
tlousmith.bsky.social
Thankful that the BBC got these cameras to residents in Sudan to report on the genocide there. Tragedy in fast and slow motion (3 years now): www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Rare footage from Sudanese city under siege
El-Fasher residents Mostafa, Hafiza and Manahel film as their home city comes under fire in Sudan's civil war.
www.bbc.com
April 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM