Tara Ormsby

Absolutely gobsmacking to me the number of Labor supporters who are able to excuse what's going on in Gaza to fit their view of domestic politics.
If you're one of them PLEASE unfollow and block me. If you respond with any kind of justification, I'll be blocking you & thinking you're a shit person

Next they should look at the rates of imprisoned women with TBIs from DFV.

Oh all those pesky NFPs implementing piecemeal homelessness policy with not enough funding, how annoying!

Australian independence beckons as U.S. decays With the U.S. steadily descending into political chaos and social decline, Australia's independence has never been more important.

With the U.S. steadily descending into political chaos and social decline, Australia's independence has never been more important.

Australian independence beckons as U.S. decays
~ Bevan Ramsden and Andrew Fullarton

I’ve removed tiktok from my phone to focus on uni assessments for a month, so now my options are here and Substack lol

i think it is cool that de facto first consul of the united states is a drug-addled maniac and deadbeat dad with a breeding fetish

For international followers:
Te Matatini is the nationwide competition for traditional Māori dance, which happens every two years. From Feb 25th 55 groups will perform live for an audience of ~70,000 people.

If you're interested in haka or māori culture, keep an eye out on social media next week.

I loved this piece, read it once to myself, then again out loud to my partner

Great…

Is it good politics? Looking at how SK reacted to Yoons coup not long ago…

imagine your reaction if you were told a decade ago that in 2025 Mitch McConnell would be the only Senate Republican willing to stand up to a Putinist takeover of the US intelligence agencies

A Black Family Now Owns the Site of America’s Largest Slave Revolt Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again.

A Black family now owns the site of America’s largest slave revolt. Twin sisters, whose ancestors were enslaved in the area, purchased the plantation to ensure the history will never be buried again. capitalbnews.org/largest-slav...

Inspired by @margaret.bsky.social's podcast Cool People Who Did Cool Stuff to make this haha
#historical #anarchist #bingo
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i love how the news every morning is like "trump has done something insanely illegal again. no, nobody really tried to stop him this time either. democrats are considering a strongly worded email"

Bernie Sanders: "For Mr. Musk and his fellow oligarchs, the needs, the concerns, the pain, the ideas, and dreams of ordinary people are simply an impediment to what they the oligarchs are entitled to. And that is really what they believe -- they are entitled to all the wealth and power they have."

The Inside Story of the Super Bowl Halftime Performer Who Raised a Palestine and Sudan Flag “Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

“Are you going to be a coward?” Zül-Qarnain Nantambu asked himself before taking the field for Kendrick Lamar’s show. “Are you going to take a stand?”

this is the most absurd possible outcome so i think we also have to treat it as the likeliest

Shoving at the Thing From All Sides or: thanks, Diane di Prima

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The Line The Holy Vessel of the Security Forces of The Line was christened Inevitably Successful in All Circumstances.

here is a sci-fi story i wrote about an empire that worships the concept of economic growth www.otherstrangeness.com/2024/04/09/t...

Look. It’s been a Really Shitty Week.

But today I hung out with a Kookaburra, made a bomb ass trout salad, and the Critical Role one shot raising $ for the LA Fires is ALL kinds of chaotic fun

I give Hasan 5 days before Bezos cuts him off

"heil tesla" projected onto a factory in berlin, germany by a left wing activist group along with the word #boycott

Bishop Mariann Budde, who is wearing red, white and black vestments, speaks from a lectern within an ornate pulpit adorned with red and white flowers. Headline reads: "The Bishop Who Pleaded With Trump: 'Was Anyone Going to Say Anything?'" Photo credit: Doug Mills/The New York Times.

“I had a feeling that there were people watching what was happening and wondering, Was anyone going to say anything?” Bishop Mariann Budde explained. “Was anyone going to say anything about the turn the country’s taking?”

So, she took a breath, and spoke. nyti.ms/3WtmNY2

the J6 pardons are scary and fucked up but Trump doing that does make it extra funny that he's just ignoring Giuliani's suffering forever

I deleted my Insta and Facebook. It’s freeing tbh. Messenger was hardest, but the most people have my number.

I’m attending four inspections tomorrow. My partner has a drs appt and a disability network appt. Things are hard. On the small and large scale.

I keep trying to enjoy moments of respite; Candela Obscura; a Ladybird; chicken salad; Lychees; My cat. But all I worry about is finding a place to live during this rental crisis while we are both studying, on Centrelink. How I will do this rural placement while worried about food and shelter

He forgot fascist.

Purported writings from Antioch High School shooter show his plans, thoughts before death Pages of writings from the alleged shooter at Antioch High School showed a layout of the school, the weapons he wanted to use and his thoughts about why he wanted to commit a shooting.

A neo-Nazi school shooting just two days into Trump's presidency.

The Australia Day conversation is boring – but 26 January marks an incredible history of Indigenous resistance | Celeste Liddle ‘Changing the date’ has little to do with why we march on 26 January. In taking to the streets, we honour those who kept the fires of resistance burning before us

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