Amelia Hanslow

I came onto bsky right now just to whinge about not having tissues handy as hay fever does its free flow that's on par with the Franklin. I think whinging on social media actually does a service, because our loved ones get less of it if we can do it elsewhere.

Hay fever day. What a sniffly day to be sniffling over service. Again, I need a t-shirt that reads: I don't have a cold or COVID, I just have hay fever.

Border patrol to Chicago. I think someone needs to do an explainer on this because that really seems nutjob and would have been laughed out of the Blues Bros script.

Wondering what our society would be like if there weren't so many amazing volunteers. Wondering why we don't factor in the work they do as necessary.

If there were a more inclusive and thoughtful welfare system you'd be darned sure that there would be fewer homeless people and confused crime. 'Confused crime' is the sheer number of people unable to access help and turn to petty crime etc etc to cope in the best way they can.

Treating welfare of all sorts payments as anything but care (it's not admin, it should not be punitive), is a disservice to both the professionals who have to be a sounding board for distress and a navigator for often a confusing process, and people who are in heightened tension.

That's incredible. Watching People Vs Robodebt I was in awe of some of the people who clearly knew their stuff and were obviously people who cared. I agree, that this is a place where people applying and dealing with these things are at their most vulnerable.

Yeah the scripts are actually confusing. I'm a bloody good communicator and even I get tangled in the script jargon: ok, so what do I need to do? Why did this happen? Huh?

I have never met someone who wants to have anything to do with Centrelink, just people who need that support at times.

It is one of the worst wastes of money. People without jobs aren't the problem. They aren't. And when Tasmania catches up to AI job losses as the mainland is beginning we have to have a better understanding of what that means.

Am very curious as to find out if anyone thinks employment services providers are helpful to the degree that they are employed. #auspol

I just realised that the way I have been taught to fold linen is the only way one can when folding by yourself. #thatsmonday

Load number ? washing linen from an old cupboard that hasn't seen the light of day since. I can hear Mum, Nana, Gran and great aunts all in some kind of army annoyed at good linen not being washed, aired, folded and stored correctly. There are worse armies in the world than the ghost linen police.

I know, I risk offending some of my dearest friends, but Christmas is not for November. November is a month where you feel harried about all the stuff you didn't do over the year and worry about the expense of the holiday season.

Hang on. It's 10 November. I know I'm just joining legion of peeps utterly annoyed and an annual basis - but Christmas ads already? Feck off and feck off some more.

Really odd that overseas owned corps rotting beaches and waterways don't have the same scrutiny as market stalls in Tasmania

Gosh. And that's me swearing when my regular extremely potty-mouth is just gasping for new obscenities. A bit irked with some things. Golly. #worldisnotfair

I did not discourage a Halloween hot sauce challenge for the small boys - with my extensive collection. And I triple matched for doses. I guess that makes me either a bad adult or a great one.

Can the loading bay issues PLEASE be fixed? Nobody here needs yet another reason for touring performances not to come to Launceston.

Dammit, Apple TV! #DownCemeteryRoad one episode a week from now on? What is this? The old box days?

a woman in a gray suit is laughing in front of a crowd ALT: a woman in a gray suit is laughing in front of a crowd

So Sussan Ley, who says changing the spelling of her name was due to a punk past, took five days to clock Albanese wore a Joy Division t-shirt.

Do you know what I think would help the housing speculation that is rife in this country? Long-term leases.
It is normal to have long-term leases all over the world, yet here investors can buy and sell, turf when they want to increase rent. If investors couldn't?

#rent #rentals #HousingCrisis

I'm sorry, what were British Airways doing sponsoring a Louis Theroux show if they were not prepared for "politically sensitive or controversial subjects" #BobVylan #LouisTheroux #BritishAirways bahahahahahahahahahahahaha

When it comes to fire hazard reduction, could this method actually be the GOAT? Goats are low-maintenance weed clearers, meadow mowers and bush bashers – and they might just be the secret weapon to future bushfire season preparedness

Count the ways I adore goats. Probably my spirit animal. Would love to see this employed in Tasmania:

Mum rang to ask curry advice. I told her to look in the top freezer drawer bc I store herbs there. As she rootled around: "Curry leaves, oh good - more coriander root, excellent! Oh, there's my dead dunnart!" NOTHING speaks more about my mum than there being a dead dunnart in the freezer #Tasmania

Tedious work means I've eaten so many poppadoms and chilli-spiked yogurt this afternoon that I just know there are going to be issues in the future. #eatwork #oof #snacksforwork

I grew up listening to Maria Muldaur - OMG. LOVE.

I need to go to karaoke. This is a visceral need: nobody here appreciates my singing in the kitchen while cooking and I know it's not good but, after so much immersion in 80s pub rock recently I feel the need to get Chrissy on in my life.

When I receive an email from Kiva that someone in Gaza, or Sierra Leone, or South Sudan has paid me back $1 from a loan I gave years ago I just cry. Every time I have gotten a job I have made new loans, bc the world needs micro-loan charities like Kiva. I wish I was rich. For the right reasons.