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Saw a post saying "I don't want NSFW accounts to talk about voting, just let me jack off" Buddy, NSFW artists and sex workers are being constantly attacked by a government of nonces trying to distract from their own crimes by pinning the blame on porn. They have the right to speak up about this.

Wednesday Take it as it comes but I'll head into the hospital to see mum (who is starting to get a little cabin fever now she's well again) and hopefully get her out for sunshine and coffee again

Woman with glasses in a pink patterned onesie holds a mug of coffee with latte art while looking at the camera in a kitchen. The mug features a Hello Kitty unicorn design.
💜 phonakins 🍉🌲@phonakins.com · last wk.

If you appreciate my antipoverty and disability advocacy or just think I'm great and want to help me out or treat me I have Wishlists: 🎂 www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... 🎁 youpay.me/phonakins 💷 paypal.me/phonakins Feed and treat Maxi 🐶 www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... 💜 phonakins.com/support

In 1986, contracting HIV meant you were going to die, usually slowly, painfully, and alone. Now it's a chronic illness like hypertension. In 1986, gay and lesbian couples couldn't have their relationships legally recognized and had to adopt elaborate legal workarounds.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

dorian

@doriantaylor.com

air travel is one of those experiences that has gotten monotonically worse over my entire lifetime

question though: has *anything* in the last 40+ years genuinely gotten *better*?

like, there's *more* stuff, sure, but is any of it *better*?

2:58 PM Aug 4, 2026

Big thank you to anyone that’s bought or even shared my Wishlist being able to set up my new home the way that I want is amazing. Also thank you just for the encouragement I was terrified when I was told I had to move but everyone assured me it could be good and it’s really good

Melissa@artistaffame.bsky.social · 2d ago

A lot of people have asked me to make a Wishlist of things I want or need for my new home ! So I did. There’s some expensive items in the list please note these are for my reference only for what I’ll be saving up for. I do not expect anyone to buy them. www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/...

Minister Rishworth has failed to provide any sort of statement or communication in relation to this significant decision of government. No-one expects comment from the Minister, nor does she have anything to say. However, it is her job to own this decision and explain it, and to do so at the time.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 16h ago

#BREAKING 🚨 The new DEWR Secretary announced they'll seek to resume suspending or cancelling welfare payments on October 26 in respect of: • Refusal or failure to accept an offer of suitable work • Failure to 'reconnect' with a provider within 4 weeks www.dewr.gov.au/assuring-int...

We have zero confidence that DEWR can safely or lawfully administer the TCF – it's not possible. Yet again DEWR acting in bad faith with no regard for the human cost of compulsory activities, and they aren't offering any meaningful compensation to people who had their payment cancelled unlawfully.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 16h ago

#BREAKING 🚨 The new DEWR Secretary announced they'll seek to resume suspending or cancelling welfare payments on October 26 in respect of: • Refusal or failure to accept an offer of suitable work • Failure to 'reconnect' with a provider within 4 weeks www.dewr.gov.au/assuring-int...

The ultimate outcome of folks paying higher mortgages is not slower price increases, it's more of us being made *actually* poor, because employers fire people or cut casual shifts to maintain profit. Unemployment is by design & the RBA chief doesn't care a bit about how many lives she destroys.

The Australia Institute@australiainstitute.org.au · 15h ago

Why does the Reserve Bank want to make Australians feel poorer? 🤔 Co-CEO Richard Denniss answers this question and more in the latest episode of 'What's the Point?' 🏦🏦🏦 #auspol @richarddenniss.bsky.social

I'm the first person to post about this on social media. There has been no media coverage yet. DEWR themselves have not posted about it on their social media, despite making other posts today. This is a highly consequential decision of government that will affect many recipients. Not good enough.

Tom Studans@maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 16h ago

#BREAKING 🚨 The new DEWR Secretary announced they'll seek to resume suspending or cancelling welfare payments on October 26 in respect of: • Refusal or failure to accept an offer of suitable work • Failure to 'reconnect' with a provider within 4 weeks www.dewr.gov.au/assuring-int...

"Uranium mining is banned in Western Australia and the state government has no plans to change its existing policy," a spokesperson said. "We know Western Australia will be a global renewable energy powerhouse into the future, and we must do everything we can to bring that industry alive."

WA government has no plans to change uranium mining ban

New Mines Minister Daniel Pastorelli says the government will not shift approach to uranium mining, amid mounting pressure from WA's resources industry.

abc.net.au

Why does Australia value the same disability differently based on age? Someone with early onset dementia can receive funding for 24/7 care at home through NDIS. Older folk with dementia receive enough Support at Home funding for only 12 hours a week. The disease doesn't change. Why does the support?

While I was getting blood taken, I saw that Sunrise are running a story about 10-year-olds breaking into a house in my suburb, with adults. I want to know why everyone sees children committing a crime, not adults abusing children.

The most terrifying enshittification I've discovered has been learning that Microsoft Word documents no longer auto-save if you are not saving them to one of their own proprietary cloud services. I'm slapping control-S like it's 1999.

big money big money "The Department of Justice has confirmed prisoners with "alternative sleeping arrangements", including sleeping on mattresses on the floor in cramped cells, are receiving a gratuity payment of up to $10.15 per week."

Prisoners paid compensation for sleeping on floor amid overcrowding

Prisoners are receiving financial compensation for sleeping on the floor due to overcrowding across Western Australian jails, the ABC can reveal.

abc.net.au

“It was systemic,” O’Meara alleged. “It was not on an ad hoc or intermittent basis or as a consequence of a few bad actors, but … it was widespread, out in the open, and … senior personnel within the police force failed to take action to prevent it.”

Aboriginal community police officers sue NT authorities over alleged racial abuse and discrimination

Class action claims Indigenous staff were called slurs, exposed to racist language and paid less for doing the same work

theguardian.com

"are examining whether the incident at Melbourne-based Lovitt Technologies on 5 July 2025 was potentially perpetrated by “far-left extremists, motivated by anarchist and revolutionary ideologies”," like not murdering babies or doing genocide?

Vandalism of Melbourne defence manufacturer being investigated as terrorist act by ‘far-left extremists’

Federal police say those who vandalised a defence manufacturer and torched nearby cars could face life imprisonment

theguardian.com

"This is when kids are the parents' confidant or they're the emotional regulator for the parents, [for example] 'Dad looks like he's stressed, I need to go and do this to make sure he's OK.'" 👀 Did so much of this as a kid and doing it all again this year since mum's stroke.

'A lifelong wound': What happens when kids are parentified

Eve was an adult when she realised she grew up in a home where the child-adult relationships were reversed.

abc.net.au

Wednesday Take it as it comes but I'll head into the hospital to see mum (who is starting to get a little cabin fever now she's well again) and hopefully get her out for sunshine and coffee again

Woman with glasses in a pink patterned onesie holds a mug of coffee with latte art while looking at the camera in a kitchen. The mug features a Hello Kitty unicorn design.
💜 phonakins 🍉🌲@phonakins.com · last wk.

If you appreciate my antipoverty and disability advocacy or just think I'm great and want to help me out or treat me I have Wishlists: 🎂 www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... 🎁 youpay.me/phonakins 💷 paypal.me/phonakins Feed and treat Maxi 🐶 www.amazon.com.au/hz/wishlist/... 💜 phonakins.com/support