Australian living near Brisbane. Cis-het married cat lady, retired web developer, vigorously pro-choice atheist and feminist. My train station is Lawnton, I shop at Warner, and I have a potato for a federal MP.
Diagnosed at 60 as #ActuallyAutistic. Strong opinions, many interests, boring AF. I don't get out much
My pronouns are she/her. My cats are Shula (black) and Jana (tortie).
@anathema_device on Mastodon
‘Disinformania’ has taken over the internet - can ‘no’ voice opportunists maintain control of an unleashed far right flank? | Van Badham (www.theguardian.com)
Yes campaigners get baited by bad-faith provocations, while some in the no camp point directly to this online madness confusing the too-time-poor-for-politics...
Peter Dutton showed “all the empathy of a rock” in responding to Robodebt
The education minister, Jason Clare, said opposition leader Peter Dutton had shown “all the empathy of a rock” in responding to Robodebt....
Try not to have a baby or anything else at Caboolture hospital :(
Queensland mum alleges doctor wrongly told her she may have miscarried via letter as Caboolture Hospital faces litany of complaints....
Full program for 2023 Brisbane Festival revealed
More than 1,000 events and performances will bring the city to life as part of this year's Brisbane Festival with one of the festival's biggest shows transforming an entire warehouse....
No subject in American politics exhibits our reliance on strawman more than the abortion debate.
Pro-lifers hate women and want to control their bodies. Pro-choicers hate babies and care about their own convenience more than the lives of children....
World's 1st 'tooth regrowth' medicine moves toward clinical trials in Japan - The Mainichi (mainichi.jp)
TOKYO -- A Japanese research team is making progress on the development of a groundbreaking medication that may allow people to grow new teeth, with c
OPINION: BRISBANE – THE CITY THAT’S ALSO A FOREST.
"But if (as these overpaid Olympics planners and marketing ‘experts’ are insisting) Brisbane ‘needs’ to develop a straightforward, easily-summarised narrative about what makes us special and different from a thousand other cities around the world, we should start by recognising that we are already Australia’s greenest...
Where do you get your Brisbane news?
Inspired by this earlier post, where do you get your news? I refuse to read the Courier Mail, obvious the Brisbane reddit is NBG now, the Brisbane Times is a Fairfax rag and has much more southern content than Queensland, and very little truly Brisbane reporting....
Prosecutors In Rep. George Santos’ Case Turn In Over 80,000 Pages Of Evidence Against Him (www.huffpost.com)
Rep. Santos (R-N.Y.), a serial liar, faces federal charges for fraud and money laundering. Prosecutors say they have a mountain of evidence against him.
'Chermy'? 'Fess up, which one of you made that Wikipedia edit?
Man dies in late-night e-scooter accident in Brisbane’s Fortitude Valley (www.theguardian.com)
The man’s death – after falling off the vehicle and hitting his head – is one of a growing number of e-scooter fatalities around Australia
Man filmed being punched by Queensland police officer charged with drink driving (www.theguardian.com)
The 25-year-old also charged with obstructing police, assaulting police and resisting a public officer after incident in Brisbane
Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris (www.bbc.co.uk)
US medical professionals will conduct a formal analysis of presumed remains, the coast guard said.
Newsmax Staffers Hit With Subpoenas in 2020 Election Defamation Suit (www.rollingstone.com)
Court filings rife with internal communications exposed Fox News’ post-election misinformation push. Newsmax could be next
'Worst case scenario, we close': The cost of gentrification for West End's small traders (www.abc.net.au)
West End used to be populated by thespians and proletariats, but locals say gentrification has priced them out.
OC A beautiful winter afternoon in Shorncliffe
Six verified Reddit employees discussing the current atmosphere at the company. Featuring "First the company needs to get rid of Steve", "It's garbage", and actively hoping to be laid off. : r/ModCoord (teddit.adminforge.de)
How widely do you define Brisbane when you're talking to people who live outside the SEQ region?
Do you strictly interpret 'Brisbane' as the BCC area, or will you tell people you live 'in Brisbane' when you're just shy shy of Caloundra, Ipswich, or Toowoomba? I will always call Redcliffe, 'Brisbane', even though it was established long before Brisbane, but exclude Ipswich, but I don't have any good reason for either....
Why Reddit and u/spez must win (fedia.io)
Seeing a lot of hate and schadenfreude over spez and what he's doing with Reddit....
Police repeatedly punched driver following head-on crash in Brisbane, video shows (www.theguardian.com)
Footage of the altercation appears to show an officer hitting the driver while he was inside a vehicle
OC Cold, ain't it?
I don't hate winter, but I keep forgetting I need to wear clothes. It's like, "I'm freezing! Why am I freezing?", and then I remember I'm still in my underwear :)
OC What's your favourite thing about living in Brisbane region?
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It took me ages to work out the difference...
OC She's been known to climb up behind the TV to find the birdies :)