I'm honestly surprised they've lasted this long even growing with a large one locally and a family who had disposable income. We visited to browse often but always without buying every time I've seen one since they look semi abandoned with how empty they are www.abc.net.au/news/2026-11...

David Jones on brink of collapse and behind on rent to Westfield

One of David Jones's biggest landlords says the department store is in breach of its rental agreements and has not paid since September.

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exhausted but progress is being made. going to have to figure out a lot about my life soon but it should be good going forward.

its been so bizarre seeing the obsession with horse racing in Vic I grew up in NSW where it's much less of a focus, the idea that you could have so many regional cities entirely reliant on animal cruelty sport feels wrong also taking up so much near city land area during a regional housing crisis

ABC News Bot (unofficial)@abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2w ago

The group behind the "Nup to the Cup" campaign has released its report into racehorse deaths both on and off the track across Australia.

using a wheelchair daily but with fatigue issues is weird and kind of funny sometimes you'll be in bed resting for the day. but then your sibling will need a hand getting a torqued bolt off. so you pop out, break the bolt loose, then go back to bed to keep resting like nothing happened.

I only really feel comfortable talking about this shit because in the next few days and weeks finally I'll be able to do these things again. the fight we've had since that day finally feels like it's over. we can finally live a life that seems kind of normal, do the things people can normally do

mars system ||👩🏼‍🦽🏳️‍⚧️@marssys.bsky.social · 3w ago

I could have kept living just as things were, let whatever decline my body had waiting for me take its time. instead I've spent the last 3 and a half years living out of a bed, going months without seeing the sun, and even now I still can't perform basic daily personal care tasks in a normal house

Milo: thinking about an alternate life if we didnt get sick would we have had more time to exist or would we have gotten sick some different time we were probably doomed anyway, genetic factors combined with trauma but I'd like to hope in another life we could have had a life without illness

I wish we had another chance even if not for me for my headmates they deserve better than this life they havent even been able to live most of it trapped away hiding from the pain I wish they could have been happy all of them

feeling this again now. I wish people around me wouldn't keep ending up traumatised for falling in love. I'm hoping the new life will either mean I don't feel the need to be with someone, or that the stress will be substantially lower so that it doesn't cause it again.

mars system ||👩🏼‍🦽🏳️‍⚧️@marssys.bsky.social · 12mo ago

could I have found love without it being haunted by the trauma of witnessing our suffering giving PTSD to everyone around us as our body fails and they watch us suffer being able to fall in love without caveats, without warnings without constantly worrying about traumatising the ones i love most

Success!

mars system ||👩🏼‍🦽🏳️‍⚧️@marssys.bsky.social · 10mo ago

this year I'm hoping to enjoy myself more. do a bit more, even trying to live outside limits. im kind of done waiting and caring for my body to preserve it for a day that will never come. live harder and crash harder. new wheelchair will be here any day now, and im going to take it everywhere.

this how article quotes "It is a sacrifice, but it's a sacrifice I chose, this is not forever" then right at the end it's mentioned how in the example case they pay zero rent/mortgage, no childcare expenses, and they homeschool. yeah I don't think that's very representative of what's possible

ABC News Australia@news.abc.net.au · 3w ago

As fertility rates fall, mums of three kids share joy and sacrifice of big families

Mitte was best known for his role as the son of drug kingpin Walter White in the hit television series Breaking Bad.

Breaking: Breaking Bad star RJ Mitte dies age 34

Mitte was best known for his role as the son of drug kingpin Walter White in the hit television series Breaking Bad.

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New experimental treatment appears to show reduced neural inflammation in early Parkinson’s. I wonder if it would help people with ME who may also have this? ⚕️ www.theage.com.au/national/nsw...

‘Absolutely staggering’: Results from experimental drug trial to prevent Parkinson’s disease

For the first time, the Australian-led trial has found evidence that an experimental drug could lessen inflammation in the brains of people at high risk of Parkinson’s, potentially slowing or even sto...

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good news! the office was so warm I actually didn't have to wear any jacket at all, just might need to find it for next time

mars system ||👩🏼‍🦽🏳️‍⚧️@marssys.bsky.social · last mo.

getting regular infusions again and aaaa I can't find the jackets I used to wear that kept me warm without getting stuck on the line

Inception is clearly a movie written by a father of young children. It’s based on the idea of “what if I could do an awesome heist while also having a little nap”

getting regular infusions again and aaaa I can't find the jackets I used to wear that kept me warm without getting stuck on the line

Former patients allege they have witnessed or experienced physical assaults and sexual misconduct in locked mental health wards in Queensland, as calls grow for independent inspections of all facilities.

Former patients report assaults inside locked mental health wards

Former patients allege they have witnessed or experienced physical assaults and sexual misconduct in locked mental health wards in Queensland, as calls grow for independent inspections of all facilities.

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I remember when we'd chuck on the news in the evening his segments were always something to look forward to somehow always made the finance section interesting with his commentary and jabs at the state of the world it really just felt like a slightly more information dense Clarke and Dawe segment

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Finance presenter Alan Kohler retiring after three decades at ABC

"Raising the rate of JobSeeker would save lives" Charmaine Crowe from ACOSS for @thepointau.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/260...

Raising the rate of JobSeeker would save lives

For decades, successive governments have kept unemployment payments in Australia below all accepted measures of adequacy - JobSeeker now sits at just 41% of the minimum wage, and Youth Allowance is ev...

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there's probably a lot I'm missing but I'm struggling to remember these were all so key to who I am today, the only big omission is a lack of flight Sims because there were so many different platforms. there is so many stories about all of these. what they did to shape my wants in new games

Kaelyrhn 3³ ✅@kaelyrhn.kayleighbourquin.com · last mo.

I did the thing.

Cyclist Cameron Butcher 'died eight times' before heart transplant

Cyclist 'died eight times' before getting a new heart

Nearly two years after receiving a heart transplant at 24, Wollongong cyclist Cameron Butcher says he feels fitter than ever as he gears up to compete in the Australian Transplant Games. 

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Here's today's column on the astonishing, ongoing mistreatment of people with #ME/CFS. Please spread it far and wide: the only thing which can break the media's wall of indifference is seeing an article about the issue go viral. Thank you. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Abandoned, dismissed and gaslighted: there is no excuse for the way ME sufferers have been betrayed | George Monbiot

Changes in guidance and science seem to have little impact on millions of devastated lives. It’s a social crisis playing out behind closed doors, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

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whenever I'm on the long distance train and parked in the disabled spot, without fail I'll have several people get on and sigh when seeing me there because it means they have to put their crap in the actual luggage spots even as trains got newer with more luggage space, it still happens

Doctor Beverly Crusher@spacedocmom.bsky.social · last mo.

To those of you who use mobility devices: when abled folks act like your device is in their way, they're the ones who are wrong. You and your kit are not in the way. You are using the space you occupy correctly. That device is an extension of your body while in use. 🖤💙😷🥄

Rewatched this NZ doco about M.E. 💔 The only body providing accredited GP training in Australia will close unless it gets $220K. Emerge provides online nurses, supports carers; info etc @emergeaustralia.bsky.social @markbutlermp.bsky.social @mon4kooyong.bsky.social youtu.be/DsOAq6cs564?...

ME/Chronic fatigue syndrome: The mysterious illness trapping people in their bodies

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and this is my customised dramatic capture version of earthrise prime just a few bits and pieces from upgrade kits or other toys or some tweaks like the redundant trailer port my goal was to use dramatic capture as a base but make it more toon accurate to become my definitive G1 cartoon prime

mars system ||👩🏼‍🦽🏳️‍⚧️@marssys.bsky.social · last mo.

this is my customised Netflix Optimus prime designed to replicate MPG at chug scale,

mars system ||👩🏼‍🦽🏳️‍⚧️@marssys.bsky.social · last mo.

some recent toy photos from the last few weeks, wanted to do some more with the earthrise prime mould.

I just learned that 'decal' is short for (Thomas Mars voice) DECALCOMANIA

Decalcomania - Wikipedia

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Look not every Dr Karl video or radio program is perfect but this is a bit harsh.

Unless you need it, you may not know about it. But Travellers Aid is a much-needed cog in Victoria's public transport system, helping more than 110,000 people a year.

The vital public transport service you've probably never heard of

Unless you need it, you may not know about it. But Travellers Aid is a much-needed cog in Victoria's public transport system, helping more than 110,000 people a year.

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