Finally reading this essay that has been blowing up the Lesbian Internet and I cannot believe the concluding paragraph is real www.autostraddle.com/lowkey-i-cho...

Probably shouldn’t have had Claude doing the targeting, then.

well hey would you look at that

The SecDef basically confessing to war crimes is an interesting choice.

#climatechange #swissalps www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

Disability justice seeks to change that. To help us address the deep systemic issues that prevent us from being treated with autonomy and dignity. To help us fight coercive assisted dying policies, forced institutionalization and other policies of control and harm.

Today is Disability Day of Mourning. People with disabilities are far more likely to be trapped in abusive relationships. To be killed. To be assaulted. We’re forced into legislated poverty & made to be dependent on people who don’t always have our best interests at heart.

Our summer has been characterised by climate whiplash – wild swings between many weather extremes – as climate change makes our weather more chaotic and dangerous. We must rapidly reduce climate pollution to keep Australians safer from worsening climate impacts.

Large parts of Australia have been inundated with extreme rainfall over the past week, including what the Bureau of Meteorology describes as 'unusual' rainfall through the typically dry interior. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...

Summer in Australia was 8th hottest on record. Only one summer in the whole 20th Century was warmer, 1997/98 & by only 0.01C (officially 'a bees whatsit' or 'within error bars'). 97/98 was during strongest El Nino (=hot) of the century, while 25/26 in La Nina. Why same? 28 years of global warming

"Australia's climate has warmed on average by 1.59 ± 0.23 °C between 1910 and 2025, with most of the warming having occurred since 1950. ... 14 of Australia's 15 warmest years on record have occurred in the 21st century." www.bom.gov.au/climate/curr...

Mildura rainfall in 2025: 159.7mm Mildura rainfall 1-2 March: 148.8mm #whiplash www.bom.gov.au/jsp/ncc/cdio...

Forcing disabled people into legislated poverty can kill. Forcing disabled people to become a financial dependent if they get married or cohabitate can kill. Refusing to give us autonomy & a living wage forces us into dangerous situations. We need independence and equality.

I feel attacked 👀

Disability Day of Mourning is a day dedicated to grieving disabled people who’ve been killed by their caregivers. The people we entrust to keep us safe are often the ones most likely to hurt us. Why? Because ableism is violence but the non disabled don’t see it that way. 🧵

Subsequent rainfall over the following week 24 Feb - 2 Mar www.bom.gov.au/climate/rain...

This image of the Tropical low 26U over central Australia on 24 February blows my mind... you certainly dont see that everyday. Zoom in at: go.nasa.gov/4rVsSKo

Reminder:

A death cult

It feels like it was 10 years ago that we thought the renaming of the Gulf of Mexico was a pretty wild event.

"A war that is quite clearly illegal under both American and international law – but, you know, whatever. It’s not like the Australian government, which frequently points to the “international rules based order” is willing to say that either."

At the risk of enthusing Greens about a system that normally isn't be this good for them, I do hope ON supporters who are supporting Optional Preferential Voting realise that under it Samantha Ratnam would have won Wills and Adam Bandt would have probably retained Melbourne.

the judgement was unflinching in calling her out. Unlike our chickenshit elected officials

. @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social begins her speech on the censure motion of Pauline Hanson: "Senator Pauline Hanson is a racist". She is asked to withdraw despite, as she notes, the Federal Court finding Hanson had a tendency to make racist, discriminatory, hateful, derogatory & Islamophobic statements

Greens senator David Shoebridge has hit out at the Albanese Government for "providing political cover" for the US-Israeli strikes on Iran, describing it as a war "based on lies and deceit" WATCH: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zrwo...

Given Pauline's performance today, might be time to reup this evergreen...

Average of 8.25 candidates per seat for #savotes thanks particularly to Bob Day's Australian Family Party cluttering the ballot with a candidate in every seat. Where did he find that many?

Maximum round! Did you know 'borb' shape has a purpose? (Other than looking ridiculously cute) When birds become round fluffs, they trap a layer of warm air in their downy underfeathers, shielded by outer feathers, insulating themselves to stay toasty even in extreme cold! Cute and convenient! 🪶

"American goes into an overseas grocery store and freaks out about seeing unfamiliar food products" is a common genre of TikTok rage bait, but it's not usually this overtly xenophobic. But shout out to the woman who was upset that Australian supermarkets really do sell Vegemite.

New Course: 8 Methods for Poaching Eggs www.skool.com/food-cooking... #food

No, no, no absolutely not. No. Let me reiterate. Absolutely fucking not. These technocrats really didn't read or watch and understand ANY sci-fi did they.

Disgusting.

Why can't a censure motion be clear? Hanson's not wrong because it makes people angry, nor because it's 'divisive' (happy to divide from her). It's: racist hate-speech discriminatory spite factually incorrect indefensible harmful to children disproven unwarranted abuse & Limelight Tenacity Fixation.

Jo Pickup let me be one of the peeps to bend her ear about needing new career paths for writers - what with all the crap media sites & A bloody I thundering at us. (Unrelated: oh, that stock photo of a writer. Save your neck! Screen at eye level!) www.artshub.com.au/news/feature...

He thinks it's going to be like Venezuela.

So much bigotry.

And that's one of the reasons I still buy physical media. And it pisses me off when they don't release things on physical media.

"No stupid rules of engagement, no nation building quagmire, no democracy building exercise..." - Hegseth Just in case anyone was under the impression the Trump regime has any concern for Iranians. Just bomb the crap out of Iran, let the war escalate, then walk away.

This thread, on functional illiteracy in the US, explains a great deal, alas.

We can all blame Trump.

Can’t wait to hear another man tell me how they’re helping some young female co-worker up the ladder at work. Whatever

Australians who need care because of age or disability shouldn’t be reduced to an algorithm, writes Georgia van Toorn. But it’s already happening and the harms are difficult to calculate: loss of access, loss of care, loss of QoL, loss of life www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

#auspol #environment www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Some people in the comments...they don't understand marginalised groups for whom social media is a lifeline. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Makes me feel sick. People will die and be injured because of their ignorance and selfishness. 'Hines said she didn’t see how removing mandates could lead to more illnesses like measles and children dying.' #antivaxx www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Sounding very Trumpian. 'chided a member of the press for attempting to force his response on why the group...should be another country’s responsibility. “Either you’re an activist or a journalist, you need to make up your mind. You need to make up your mind which one you are,” Taylor said.' #auspol

Think about all the boomer replies you've seen where someone angrily replies to everything that drifts onto their timeline as if it is personally addressed to them. "But I don't have a dog" "Why am I seeing this?" "It doesn't mention cats at all." 54% of US adults read below the 6th grade level

Crow: "Friday night, Trump filmed this tough video where he talked about the cost of war & how hard it's gonna be & how we're gonna lose troops, then he literally went behind the curtain & hosted a million dollar a plate dinner & dance party at Mar-a-Lago. That tells you everything you need to know"

god fucking dammit