Oonagh Flanagan

Cat lounging under an umbrella in the sunshine

While I’ve been working hard indoors today, one of my cats has been living this life. There is something unbalanced in this equation.

This is dangerous. Handmaid’s Tale level dangerous. And, for his information, I’m not childless. I’m voluntarily child-free. And, he completely misses the heartbreak of those who are involuntarily childless. Something which they want to make more common by outlawing fertility treatment.

😂👌👏

Welcome aboard

To save me from being tempted to go find it on that hellscape of a site, please can you share what exactly they’ve classified as a ‘woke filling’? Intriguing.

Simultaneously fascinating & weird. I have questions about butter & other suitable spreads. Surely these sandwiches were not bone-dry? 🤷‍♀️

Eddie Vedder from Pearl Jam

Not politics or cats today. Instead a (pretty terrible) pic of Eddie Vedder from a truly epic Pearl Jam gig in Melbourne tonight. Music is food for the soul.

He really is a vile excuse for a human being. Grotesque.

Greetings from Melbourne ✊

Here's a useful tool for Bluesky

Type your account name in and activate

It will come up with a list of the accounts followed by the people you follow..

If you type in your password it will give that list with an optional follow button to make life easy.

Try it 💙💙

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This is disturbing but essential read from @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

This is utterly terrifying, should be the stuff of a dystopian fantasy but feels like sound and timely advice, given the circumstances.

Stunning

We all grew up and raised hell on twitter, Blue is like our retirement home. Dont be over here with all that noise. Sit ya ass down and act like you got some sense.

@rye-on-bluesky.bsky.social Welcome 🙏

Inevitably the same people who lost their shit over Starmer receiving a free concert ticket are now losing their minds because he turned down free membership of a golf course.

1. Potatoes?
2. Running out of potatoes?

Super interesting. Thanks for sharing.

This 👇

There’s no place like home 👟

Tabby cat on a sofa

New to this place. Migrated from the other place. Was a liker, follower, retweeter before. Hoping to finally find my own voice here. In the meantime, here’s one of my cats.

I’ll be latibulating tomorrow - with your new novel @susiedent.bsky.social 📕

😂😂😂. Beautiful dog.

This is well worth a read but a warning - it may leave you feeling a tad despondent. Excellent journalism.

The Psycho-Social-Techno Politics of ‘MAGA’ Trumps Democracy – And the Liberal Left Has No Answer Donald Trump’s second victory in the United States is a warning sign to democracies everywhere of the centrality of emotions – and their manipulation – in the new politics of gross inequality and psyc...

Here's the full article 👇

bylinetimes.com/2024/11/11/t...

This is an incredible read. Thank you @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social. How on earth and, what on earth can the liberal left do to counter this without compromising on the things we hold closest - especially truth? I agree with every word you’ve written but it has made me feel a little hopeless.

Gold 👌

And those of us in sunny Australia who are winding into Friday night ✊

Perfect Carol. Thank you 👌