Still far too little, but progress.

*crickets*

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Starting a new job for an NFP that advocates for queer rights on Trans Day of Rememberance. Feels very fitting.

TIL that Denzel Washington's mother owned a hairdressing salon with a drag queen who performed with Dorian Corey.

When you follow world politics and are also a nerd, headlines about 'MTG' and Trump can be very confusing.

I am such a nerd. I noticed the product codes written towards the bottom of these bottles in my hotel bathroom, and my next thought was: 'Ahhh, so that's why I couldn't find any moisturiser'.

I've been reflecting on poor luck in dating & how rarely I get hit on. Some people have called me intimidating, which I find ironic & hilarious. But that led to realising I've had a few people say lately that I'm cool, something I would never have thought possible. Maybe I'm cool & intimidating?

Turns out the real threat to women and children were the Republicans in charge. They scapegoated trans people to deflect from their own sex crimes against women and children.

I don't agree with capital punishment, but certainly more serious ramifications. Especially in cases where this hurts people, like wage theft.

"Leftists are the real fascists!"

I love seeing a shred of accountability for Trump as much as anyone, but it's pretty striking that most people are prepared to believe a man who's a convicted serial rapist-sex trafficker and NOT ALL THESE WOMEN katemanne.substack.com/p/the-actual...

Fucking morons.

"It is a rare thing for a government to admit it was wrong — rarer still to commit, in plain words and enduring actions, to making it right. Yet that is what this moment asks." Now for a long-overdue national treaty. Always was. Always will be.

My takeaway from every new Epstein revelation is that some powerful people victimized many powerless young women, many more knew, some actively enabled it--and we're still being told that MeToo and accountability for sexual violence have gone too far

Today marks 10 years since I legally removed a superfluous 'a' from my birth name. I didn't know then that I'm non-binary, though it likely subconsciously influenced my decision. I also didn't know my mother would disown me for it. Despite the pain, it was the best decision of my life.

Reading The Invisible Doctrine by Monbiot & Hutchison and there are just so many great references and conclusions. But tonight, this one stood out to me.

Unpaywalled link: web.archive.org/web/20251108...

Hard to think of anything in media that regularly brings me as much pure joy anymore as the headline in The New York Times' Trilobites section.

Well, this is mildly terrifying in my city.

Read more in The Point ⤵️ thepoint.com.au/explainers/2...

Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.

Queer Xmas (i.e. SpringOut Fair Day) was a great reminder that there is loving community here in Canberra for LGBTQIA+ folks. I needed that.

Happy Halloween. Trickle-down economics is nothing more than a cruel hoax designed to enrich corporations and the super-rich. For working people, it's been 40 years of all trick and no treat. Enough.

This is just devastating. Only six hours of hope for some of Qld's most marginalised young people.

AFP finally responded to my complaint re: cops ignoring transphobic hate speech & refusing to answer my Qs on laws at the 1st MFA rally in Canberra. Admitted all 3 cops I approached acted improperly, counselled all & will request additional info sent to protest cops. Not enough, but something.

With Trump building a gold-covered ballroom while over 40 million US citizens will stop getting food stamps, this comparison seems even more apt.

So happy to see that someone in my home state has sense and compassion!!!

Apparently some folks are playing real dumb about skull symbols so let’s play a little game I like to call “Nazi skull or not a Nazi skull” First up, the Jolly Roger. This is a pirate skull, not a Nazi skull. It means you might get robbed, but prolly not genocided. With me so far? 1/x

Writing a job application has me wishing I had the confidence of a mediocre white man.

Damn it, I thought I had at least one semi-ethical comfort food. 😞

The more I learn about it, the more I believe that fascism is the ideology of the insecure, which feeds on the disaffected.

Give the middle finger to greedy landlords and dodgy real estate agents! Sign the petition for a Rental Commissioner for the Australian Capital Territory! Only open to ACT residents. epetitions.parliament.act.gov.au/details/e-pe...

I'm so sick of discourse from supposed allies about where trans people went wrong. Where we "went wrong" is that billionaires spent unimaginably large sums to attack us repeatedly and major media outlets have spent a decade piling on.

Created following amusing chats with a friend. Posted without further comment :P

It astounds me that I live in a time where we have to protest saying that Nazis are not welcome in our city. Racism is never acceptable. Fascism is evil. These should be uncontroversial statements.

Such beautiful work from @abcnewsbot.bsky.social highlighting the deep histories of people in Australia and the beauty of their cultures and traditions. www.abc.net.au/news/deeptim...

What we must all remember from the Gaza genocide is that the international system is rotten to its core and needs to be completely replaced. We cannot accept a system where Western governments and leaders can commit genocide and war crimes with total impunity.

More news that surprises no one! A reminder to attend the counter-rallies tomorrow (Sunday)! The one in Canberra is from 11am at the National Library lawns.

TIL that having the "exchanging stuff we left at each other's places" meeting following a breakup is made slightly less shit when the selected location is outside a gelato shop.

DFAT has now confirmed Australians and others have been abused by Israeli authorities after their abduction from the flotilla. Assaulted and injured. Deprived of sleep and medication. Still illegally detained. The PM and Foreign Minister must urgently demand their safe release.

It's literally the same people

Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism. I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]

history teacher in 50 years: So in September, that’s when the president signed an executive order criminalizing anti-fascism and saying all resistance would be crushed student: oh so that’s when the whole country realized they were living under fascism teacher: haha what? oh no lol not at all. no.

Last night, I had to explain the concept of video rental stores to my 11 year old mentee. I have never felt so old.

A useful glossary for 2025.

This will be interesting, given half the world's licit opium for codeine and morphine comes from Tasmania. Maybe Trump will accidentally help reduce prescription painkiller use in the USA?

Just had my first mammogram. While chatting about the procedure, the technician told me about mammogram machines with flowing water & lights to make patients feel better. Because that's definitely the medical priority, rather than finding ways to reduce the discomfort of having your boobs squashed.

Now that you finally recognise it's a nation, recognise it's being attacked by Israel in a genocide and stop working with Israel!