I don't know either, and we're probably better off staying that way.
15.02.2026 12:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0@psclazzac.bsky.social
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I don't know either, and we're probably better off staying that way.
15.02.2026 12:14 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Half of one of the greatest ever Test opening partnerships. Happy birthday Desi, hope you're well and happy β€οΈ
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15.02.2026 11:09 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I (a Brit, then) spent six months in 1984-5 working in Chicago, and absolutely loved the city and people. The climate defeated me though π€£
15.02.2026 11:09 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our Farage-alike, Pauline Hanson, spouts similar lies about immigration, etc. The point was made (can't remember where, but it's true) that the far right can make up any story they want, and their fans simply don't give a monkey's if it's true or not. They just want to "smash the political system".
15.02.2026 10:57 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You do have a right-wing government, or at best centre right.
15.02.2026 10:54 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You're too kind π
15.02.2026 10:52 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I'm a dual national & not going there again, for many other reasons as well as this.
15.02.2026 10:51 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0My son is obsessed with this, but he is 37 so he can do his own driving.
15.02.2026 10:47 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I sympathise β it's so damn hot, we have the aircon on full blast at almost 10pm. Luckily my youngest child is nearly 27 though.
15.02.2026 10:45 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0You should all apply for postal votes, on whatever grounds are admissible. The thugs can hardly sit next to you on the couch while you're voting.
15.02.2026 03:35 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Happy Valentineβs Day to everyone who is pretty sure that theyβre fundamentally unlovable. πππ
14.02.2026 18:10 β π 469 π 62 π¬ 19 π 0No one is unlovable.
However, some people are definitely unrelationshipable.
Well observed. Want to meet up? (Just kidding, I'm definitely unrelationshipable)
14.02.2026 18:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A solid plan says I...
14.02.2026 18:16 β π 60 π 18 π¬ 6 π 2That's the entire trump administration behind bars then.
14.02.2026 18:41 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Buy European. Support local.
Our spending is a choice β and choices have consequences.
Letβs strengthen our own economies.
#BuyEuropean #SupportLocal #EU #ConsumerPower
Given what Bannon has said (which is just an open expression of the voter intimidation they're obviously planning behind the scenes, in addition to disenfranchisement), the UN should be sending in election observers. Can't see that happening though.
14.02.2026 18:38 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They're all Dicks.
14.02.2026 18:34 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Money in (to the GOP), favorable policy out (back to the billionaires)
14.02.2026 18:33 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0A lot is going to hinge on whether or not you get a fair vote in the mid-terms. If they're fixed in any way, it's a declaration of full-on fascism (in which rigid definition of "traditional" gender roles has always been a major factor).
14.02.2026 18:28 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0They're not a government. They're a plutocracy.
14.02.2026 17:58 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0"I never want to see a child run away from our own government ever again"
14.02.2026 15:59 β π 674 π 178 π¬ 11 π 10They certainly seem bent on emulating them. Next: no education for girls, head-to-toe covering for women, and little girls married off to old men.
14.02.2026 17:29 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0It already is happening.
14.02.2026 17:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Hanson is also a rabid misogynist.
14.02.2026 17:20 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Assuming the mid-terms are free of interference, or that they even happen.
14.02.2026 17:20 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0What are the chances of kicking these pedophile misogynist weirdos out of office asap? Come to think of it, what are the chances of mid-term elections even happening?
14.02.2026 17:03 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0All they have is thinly veiled racism to try to keep One Nation at bay and undisguised pandering to their billionaire donors.
14.02.2026 16:55 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Wish you were in the Australian HexhamβI would defs be there!
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