JJ Slater

This is truly horrific. I urge you to read this statement, even if it is a lot to take in. Please pay attention to what is happening.

As with robodebt, welfare recipients have been screaming for years about the harm caused by "mutual" obligations, and the dominoes are finally starting to fall.

Big day for me, finally took the step to change my tumblr url back to tealversace after years.

Can't stand being inside at night imagining all the raccoons I could be crossing paths with

Child abuse victim given tent to live in by Queensland Department of Child Safety before dying, report finds Report from Child Death Review Board details the system ‘appeared ineffective at being able to address or stop further trauma’

"A victim of child abuse, who was made homeless after being banned from every Queensland residential care facility, was given a tent to live in by the Department of Child Safety before killing themselves."
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Yeah. Im trying to hold a local theatre company accountable for protecting predators, and the backlash I've recieved from the company president is.. YIKES.

She's hard restricted fb(but kept me added), removed me from company groups, is keeping an eye on my LinkedIn and called me a Stupid Bitch! 🤪

Actually hilarious being targeted by the head of an organisation for speaking out when a large majority of people are coming to me in confidence (because they feel unsafe expressing publicly) thanking me for doing exactly that. Speaks for itself really.

Reminder that victimisation is ILLEGAL under Australian law.

That is all.

My comment reads "There's a few different Facebook groups that put up info about auditions. Black Box is small but promising, Launceston Musical Society is getting back into doing shows. Someone already mentioned I.O. who dip into a lot of different things. Theres a handful of choirs around too. Due to the size of the place though, if you're in the circle of one, you're bound to see a lot from the circles of others. Also if you drive, there are some good groups in Devonport and Burnie from what I've heard, and if you're coming from the city the drive is comparatively short. I won't comment on the ongoing Encore stuff, I was involved in their last 2 shows without any problems but morally am incredibly on the fence about them moving forward- which sucks, cause there are some genuinely great people involved, but as a company imo they need to take accountability for harm that's happened and/or at MINIMUM speak out against it. Feel free to DM me with any questions, I'll do my best to answer :)"

Second post where notable removal - OP says theyre moving to Launceston soon (3 months ago) and looking for theatre recs. My comment and another have been removed.
Here's what I said.

Article in question for last post.

IMG 1. A comment made by me on the r/launceston subbreddit. The post title reads "Encore Theatre Company 'concerned' by allegations against Danny Gibson" My comment reads; "Hate to be on my soapbox here, but these answers are so surface level. How hard is it to publicly say 'we take all accusations seriously, substantiated or not, and can and will conduct internal investigations to prevent further issues of this nature' instead of constant non answers and redirecting people to read their code of conduct (which they can't even seem to follow). But I guess making a statement like that would open them up to too much scrutiny. Even though if ANYONE comes out with evidence of recent misconduct right now, ETC's reputation is as good as gone. Absolutely baffling corporate behaviour."

IMG 2. 2 comments made by others on the r/launceston subbreddit. The post title reads "Encore Theatre Company 'concerned' by allegations against Danny Gibson" Image reads as follows; 1 deleted comment. First reply, by GuaranteeNumerous300. "Garwood has skeletons in his own closet in this regard. I suspect they will come out in due course. I agree that a lot of the rumours about Danny are homophobic slander. The allegations reported are concerning and I think it's right that he's not working with the company. However, they are not illegal actions and his WWVP card has not actually been cancelled." Second reply, by shap08 "The WWVP check is clearly inadequate, as shown by the James Griffin case. He maintained his clearance until his removal from the LGH. A zero-tolerance policy for misconduct is essential, especially within police and healthcare. The emphasis needs to be on preventing all harmful behaviors, rather than debating the specific motivations behind them."

IMG 3. A comment made by me on the r/launceston subbreddit, in reply to the comments in IMG 2. My comment reads; "It is entirely inadequate. As far as I understand WWVP checks only look for any kind of police filing against the person. Issue with this is that we still live in an era where people don't feel safe/comfortable making reports about misconduct and many orgs don't do their job forwarding reports to the relevant industries when they're brought forward (e.g. police). Encore have rolled out WWVP checks ahead of their youth program and current show (with the cast being majority children) which is an empty show of faith imo. Especially considering they have simultaneously chosen to keep someone who has, to the best of my knowledge, *allegedly* sexually harassed several young women within the last year - whom he had access to due to Encore productions - involved in productions, AND made excuses to the victims for the behaviour. These events have been brought to the attention of Encore's pres and no action has been taken aside from 'a warning'. The situation with Danny is the absolute tip of the iceberg (regardless of if the claims against him are true or not), because ETC is CURRENTLY protecting someone harmful. I full encourage anyone with any info about the misconduct at ETC to file an intelligence report with the police. I've been through the process myself and am happy to help advocate for you wherever possible, and submit on your behalf anonymously if necessary. I'm likely already in the line of fire and have probably already been internally barred from any work with them for speaking out, so I'm going to keep speaking on what I know until the people who continue to enable this behaviour are held accountable. This article alone really highlights how much they claim to care. If they'd take continued actual, meaningful, responsible action, maybe people speaking out about it wouldn't be such an issue to them."

Thankfully, I can still see my comments when logged in even though others can't. So here's a copy.

r/launceston have just done a quiet mass removal of comments regarding conduct by cr. Danny Gibson and Encore Theatre Company.

yikes

THAT CAME OUT IN 2007 BTW?!!???!

Love seeing Stalker 2 nominated for "Most Innovative Gameplay" on steam this year when it is an FPS that does less than it's predecessors.

“It's amazing how pollution has dropped in #Paris in 15 years. @annehidalgo.bsky.social has filled the city with bike-lanes & not only has she reduced pollution by 40% but she’s also been re-elected.”

Trading car space for green space, bike space, kid space…trading pollution for people. Good trade.

Ugh,I really wish we had one of these in Launceston. Would love to get a little bit back of the $30-ish we pay for water 😭😭

Had a dream. Don't remember shit about it except "Ashton Greymoore on a BMX bike". So there's that. @criticalrole.bsky.social

They could've done a "we understand your upset but due to (insert reasonable or unreasonable causes here) we are no longer able to offer our previous prices" but instead did a "why aren't you blindly supporting a small business!? We're a struggling!"

Everyone is. It's not a pass to be predatory.

Do not try to justify this in the replies or you will be blocked lmao.

It was $6.75 for >1yr, there is no way that labor & resources have doubled in less than a month. Either they're price gouging or the business has been mismanaged, in which case it is not on the customer to bail them out.

I am VERY upset with Twitch for releasing a global emote that appears to be made with AI 🤮

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2 different Uber Eats screenshots, showing the same 4 items. On the left, a receipt from November 5th 2024, totalling $27.89. On the right, a cart showing listed prices on December 7th 2024, totalling $51.96.

Chat, is it wrong to express to a company that you're upset at them for *checks notes* suddenly doubling all of their prices overnight after being static for over a year?

Silent Hill 2 Remake

But fr, <copingmechanism> and Empathogen kept me GOING this year with how much growth and unearthing of buried everything I've been doing. Nice balance of my BPD shit reflected and also moving forward. Been good.

2 Facebook comments directed to OP that read "Jamie, how is your taste in music gayer the mine some how (derogatory)" and "I unironicaly love The Beach Boys and somehow you come out of here with the gayest top 5???"

Highlight of my spotify wrapped dropping so far has been this comment from my ex fiancee (we broke up in 2018 and are good friends now). Lost my shit. Their top 5 - The Cure, Chappell Roan, The Cranberries, Fleetwood Mac and The Smiths...& their overall playlist was like 70% stuff I listen to reg.

Someone else w both PinkPantheress AND Willow in the Top 5. Feeling seen!

lowkey highkey vibes

My top played songs are basically just this playlist I had on repeat bc it did nice things for the ADHD gremlins in my brain.

open.spotify.com/playlist/3jd...

Text reads; February was your Frutiger Aero Catwalk UK Garage phase. You were really into artists like tomcbumpz, RUNNER BOY and Take Van

Screenshot of spotify wrapped overview. It lists the top 5 artists as; Willow, Paramore, PinkPantheress, Crystal Castles and Linkin Park. The top 5 songs are; on & on, Break It Off - Bonus, Pain, I Must Apologise and Suffocation. The total minutes listened are 35825.

Love whatever the fuck this genre is in my wrapped. Thanks song radio autoplay.

No surprise WILLOW is top artist, but expected at least one of her songs in top 5 given I had her albums on rpt for half the year. I forgot how hard I went on PinkPantheress in the first few months tho.

Heads up, new sex phrase just dropped.

If You're Newly Disabled... It's Time to Learn About Gaslighting Whatever the disability or chronic illness - gaslighting will be something you have to endure. A discussion on how and why gaslighting happens, how to cope with losing friends & finding your tribe.

People who are temporarily abled always seem to think they won’t become sick - or if they do they will be surrounded by love & support, by easy answers and “fixes”.

They believe they will be the exception.

Unfortunately that’s rarely the case & this realization can be quite jarring for people.

A screenshot from the game Final Fantasy XIV (14). The background is dark and ashy, and the foreground shows a Miqote - a race that looks mostly humanoid but has cat ears and a tail. She has purple eyes and her eyebrows are furrowed, making her look determind. She has brown hair and ears, and wears a brown bandana over the lower half of her face.

My brain just can't justify the upfront fee p/month when my focus jumps around so much or you best goddamn believe I would 😭 I always feel like I'm wasting money if I don't feel like playing, which sucks.

I miss her.