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•🐨x☘️ •Anti-AI slop •Ein bisschen Deutsch •Music fiend / ex-Rolling Stone •Usually on my way somewhere ✈️ •Domina •Femmo •Political doomscroller • ♓️ ♏️ ♉️ •Astrologer •Cool aunt •Writer and creative sessioner •Draw-er (not a drawer)

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Carrie@goawaycarrie.bsky.social · 6d ago

Aussies in #writersky and beyond, this creative sesh of mine is ready for 20 Oct. Everything in AUD and timed to AEST (still friendly for EU morning). We take boring stuff and make it creative. This time, Haiku is the move. Last Sesh, we had an existential crisis about a rail replacement bus.

Picture of colourful dolls on a shelf with a big orange square that says “hello haiku: transforming boring” eventbrite link poster
Arienne Childrey@ari4ohio.bsky.social · 7d ago

Today, I resigned as Vice Chair of the ODP Pride Caucus. The state party expects us to be a sales team, censoring our voices when we beg candidates not to trade on trans lives. I am still a Democrat, but I will not value party approval over true, defiant advocacy. Full text below. 👇

Part 1 of an open letter of resignation by Arienne Childrey, stepping down as Vice Chair and member of the Ohio Democratic Party (ODP) Pride Caucus. She states that party leadership treats the caucus as a recruitment and sales team rather than a representative body. She cites an incident where the ODP censored and denied permission for the caucus to post a letter by two trans leaders addressing harmful comments made by Democratic gubernatorial candidate Amy Acton. The State Party Chair reportedly called the letter an "unwelcome distraction," which Childrey notes demonstrates how little party leadership values the voices and dignity of LGBTQ+ Democrats. Since that decision, every Caucus plan, every potential post, and every path forward has been filtered through a lens of strict compliance and ODP approval. That may very well be the party's rule, but following those rules right now is a dereliction of our duty to the LGBTQ+ community. For me, any rule that silences advocacy for the trans community during this time is an unjust rule, and I see no obligation to follow it. In alignment with the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in his Letter from Birmingham Jail: “One has not only a legal but a moral responsibility to obey just laws. Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws.” We are living in incredibly dangerous times for the trans community. We are in an era where the GOP has so thoroughly weaponized trans lives that even some formerly self-professing allies within our own party have fallen prey to the rhetoric. Looking at the national trend towards Democratic anti-trans triangulation, as well as our own internal conversations, it is clear to me that this shift is much more than a simple coincidence. We have to speak up—loudly, strongly, and unapologetically—or I fear what our 2028 choices may look like. The ODP would like everyone to believe they are a "big tent" party. However, their successful efforts to silence even the Pride Caucus—even in cases where we are simply begging our candidates not to trade on our lives for perceived electoral advantage—has proven otherwise. The tent hasn't gotten any bigger; it has simply shifted, leaving many trans individuals, progressives, and allies out in the rain. I will continue to advocate, organize, and fight for our community with everything I have. But I can no longer compromise my own moral principles by remaining part of a caucus that appears more interested in party approval than in true, defiant advocacy. Sincerely, Arienne Childrey
Carrie@goawaycarrie.bsky.social · last wk.

Speaking to Americans and learning that they’re genuinely shocked people are side-eyeing them has become a bit of a sport in Amsterdam. Just had a quick chat with a woman who said “the world is laughing at us.” Yeah, darl.

AliceK@coalisdead.bsky.social · last wk.

This by Jack Waterford is damning. The PM Anthony Albanese - is a complete dud #albomp “Albo is essentially a Liberal PM now and the Greens can make him pay”… “It is not a model of good government, or effective government, or efficient government. It has become the problem.” #auspol

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Carrie@goawaycarrie.bsky.social · last wk.

My family owned a small painting and decorating business in Belfast, right by the docks. They actually worked on the Cunard line ships among others. They were Anglican but converted to Catholicism because of how the Orange were treating them. So I wholeheartedly support the Garvaghy Road blockade

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@lastpositivist.bsky.social · last wk.

I guess there's some sort of "somebody logs onto the internet for the first time every day" sorta thing going on here, but how are people not so _bored_ of constantly pretending to be mad about this stuff? On some level to Permanently Furious Nerd Boys just strike me, ironically, as hobbyless.

The Associated Press@apnews.com · last wk.

Director Greta Gerwig's film adaptation from "The Chronicles of Narnia" is sparking controversy over casting of Meryl Streep to voice Aslan the divine lion in "Narnia: The Magician's Nephew."

Carrie@goawaycarrie.bsky.social · last wk.

I’m exhausted by men being silent about assault. I’m exhausted having to explain this shit. I’m exhausted that again we wake up to news of a bunch of privileged men taking what is absolutely not theirs and the others carrying the water for them. Stop fucking raping us.

Pup Fiction@pupfiction.bsky.social · 2w ago

“This war in the Middle East is a disaster for Australian families” Jim Chalmers Who started the war Jim? Our supposed ally that we are handing billions of our money to for their benefit only? ABC730