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Slightly less new here, & I still have no idea what's going on..

queer | anarchist | Indigenous - Kamilaroi, living on Wiradjuri Country | geek | crit. crim. student - police and prison abolitionist | disabled | subversive crafter | tea addict | RA | cheerful halfling assassin | plays all the games! | trans agender - they/them

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Anti-Australia graffiti spotted in Naarm / Melbourne

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[image:
The words "fuck Australia" spray painted on the cement ground]

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A tweet from @WKamauBell: "BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF WE DEFUND THE POLICE?" "Hi, Mr Brooks. I'm with the Department of You OK? So, you OK? Looks like you fell asleep in your car. Lemme get you a ride home. I'll be by your home tomorrow to check on you. Here's my number. Looks like your ride's here. Good night, sir."
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    Personally, mine is Underwater billionaire euthanasia pod

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    aby , to random
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    #USPol #USA #US #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #FreePalestine #FromTheRiverToTheSea

    aby , to random
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    I got to use my jail bag today!

    I live near Bathurst jail. I used to live across the corner from it, but now we've moved about 10 minutes away.

    While we lived across the corner I'd often see people released from the jail and start the 50 minute walk down to the station as they were just dumped back into society with less and less assistance or support in place. I'd often pop out the front door and ask of they wanted a lift, a number of times they'd say yes and I'd drive them down to the station (and once to Lithgow because he missed the train). People who do their time at Bathurst have been shipped in from all over the state, and are expected to just be able to get home again.

    They also all carry their belongings in a clear plastic baggie the jail has given them, and everyone here knows if someone is carrying that bag they've just been released.. and a lot of people treat them like shit.

    I started keeping a reusable shopping bag in my car to give them instead of using the clear baggie. Then I started stocking the bag with some essentials (masks, soap, socks, deodorant, snacks, drink, water, crossword book, pen, etc), so they might have a bit of comfort on their journey home.

    Today I drove past the jail after dropping my housemate to work, and there was a guy standing at the bus stop with a clear baggie, so I asked if he wanted a lift to the station and gave him my jail bag.

    He's excited to get home and see his dog after 16 months.

    #AbolishPolice #Abolition #AbolishPrisons #anarchism #CommunityNotCops #FuckThePolice #Criminology #CriminalJustice

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    @JSharp1436 - person

    RadicalGraffiti , to random
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    Posters spotted in Bristol, UK

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    [image:
    Posters on a glass door, they are large black text printed on white paper, and they say say:
    Protest Organise Occupy Walkout
    fight racism
    smash racism
    Resist Riot Strike Blockade]

    #AltText4U #Alt4You

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    "lf a person refused to (unmask), that right there should cause you some sense of alarm."

    NYC Mayor Eric Adams continues to encourage businesses to request customers to unmask. This is ableist, puts people's health at risk, and is NOT required by law.

    video/mp4

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    @luckytran - take a look at the new North Carolina laws about mask wearing in public.

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    The comments that got him fired:

    “We will not be intimidated, especially when we are trying to stop a genocide,” he told the house.

    “Any time police officers resort to the use of force against non-violent protesters, they violate these principles and undermine the consent and respect necessary for the police to do their job.”

    https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/article/2024/may/16/nsw-premier-chris-minss-sacks-labor-mp-anthony-dadam-karen-webb-police-pro-palestine-protest?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

    A Guardian headline: NSW Politics Premier sacks parliamentary secretary over criticism of police response to Pro-Palestine protesters Chris Minns said Labor MP Anthony D'Adam's comments in speech to parliament were ['absolutely reprehensible'] The picture below the headline shows Chris Minns walking with Karen Web (the NSW Police Commissioner)
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    “Your risk of #LongCOVID rises with each additional infection. A recent study has shown that by their third COVID infection, patients have a 40% chance of developing Long COVID symptoms.”

    #covid #covid19 #GetVaccinated #disability #disabled #LongCovid

    https://www.modernatx.com/en-US/media-center/all-media/blogs/long-covid-awareness-day-2024

    https://twitter.com/moderna_tx/status/1787535578378248542?t=1T_IiQTSlFMTQimooVMu3Q&s=19

    h/t to Violet Blue on @Patreon for their [#CovidRoundUp:
    https://www.patreon.com/posts/103924380?utm_campaign=postshare_fan&utm_source=android]

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    aby , to random
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    Pro Tip: Organizing spaces should be intergenerational. There should be children and elders around. Nothing good comes from a bunch of 20 - 40 year old's sitting in a room thinking they know everything. Don't operate in an echo-chamber.

    • Roderick Strugglass (2024)

    #activism #anarchism #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation

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    aby , to random
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    #Men #Sexism #Misogyny #racism #whiteness #WhiteSupremacy #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness

    aby , to random
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    #language #linguistics #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded

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    aby , to random
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    Stop telling women to use big voices, loud voices, deeper voices etc to be heard, and just fucking listen to them.

    Stop demanding women perform their gender in "feminist" ways to be valid.

    #InternationalWomensDay #Women

    aby , to random
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    #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation #AbolishPolice #AbolishPrisons #Abolition #CommunityNotCops

    aby , to random
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    It's International Women's Day.

    Just a reminder that trans women are women.

    aby , to random
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    Fuck me but there's some really bad takes in here tonight.

    Some of you all need to step away from your phones and go get a drink of water.

    aby , to random
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    The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

    • James D. Nicoll
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    aby , to random
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    Haha.. I just got threatened with a defamation suit on Fetlife, because I pointed out that advertising for a submissive to come work as your carer in exchange for the carer's pension (instead of paying them) was unethical.

    • the person was saying someone would get $1100/fortnight

    ** you have to be a "constant carer" of someone with a "severe disability" to receive that amount, otherwise you get like $80/fortnight

    *** the person who was asking for this doesn't meet the criteria, and wasn't being honest about not meeting the criteria

    **** it sucks arse that disabled people can't get the support we need, but exploiting people looking for a D/s relationship isn't the answer

    ***** go ahead and sue me. Not only don't you have a case, but I have no money and no assets. You're welcome to my collection of half finished cross stitches and my MASH DVDs as damages.

    aby OP ,
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    @anarchautist - yep. I'm definitely not complaining about the dynamic.. I'm a service sub, and I have a submissive myself who is lovely enough to do jobs around the house that I can't do. When I lived in Sydney I did pro domme work for a long time and one of my clients bartered house cleaning in exchange for sessions.

    It's the lying that's the issue. Someone's going to make plans to move in with her to work as her carer, and then is going to get stuck because they can't afford to move out.

    aby , to random
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    I had been thinking I should take the opportunity of having a hotel room in Sydney to meet up with someone for some kink play.. but now I'm glad I didn't arrange anything, because this bed is so comfy and I just want to be old and tired, and watch some trash tv..

    Also, packing cubes are magic.

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    First leg - bus from Bathurst to Sydney..

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