Totoro has wiggled under my arm and pulled my fingers up over his tiny chest like a blanket:
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People are like "the queen isn't responsible for all those atrocities, she just supported them in a highly public, highly symbolic, ceremonial capacity that manufactured popular consent for all those atrocities - totally different."
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I’m not emotional about the queen one way or the other. But I’m shocked by how many people think the Potato Famine was due to crop failure and don’t know the English EXPORTED food from Ireland to England during that time - enough food to feed all the Irish who died #irishtwitter
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Wow, this is the most perfect description of this problem I've come across. #ActuallyAutistic
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Not here for Brands offering their condolences but definitely here for Irish Brands anti-doing-that.
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Yesterday SHOULD have been Tanya Day's 60th birthday.
Today, we mourn the loss of all QUEENS whose lives have been taken too early.
Every day, we mourn every BLACK death in custody.
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For those saying we should be magnanimous about the passing of the queen, a reminder that the queen inserted herself into the lives of Indigenous people here multiple times. She wasn't a bystander to the effects of colonisation and colonialism, she was an architect of it.
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Cards Against Humanity is donating 100% of their profits to the National Network of Abortion Funds if the order comes from a state restricting abortion access.
If someone selects “I didn’t agree to this” an additional $5 donation is added to their cart. 😂
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#RUOKDay donations do not go towards research or outreach. All profits are used to pay employees and run the next year’s campaign. If you want to donate money towards combatting mental illness in Australia, please give to literally anywhere else
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I am *very* disappointed to have read this. Gabriel explains clearly why in this 🧵, but just to underline:
Maybe, if you are confused as to why people were mad, it's because you are not the one affected by it and you should maybe not speak over those marginalized folks.
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Reading over Hot Pod's recapping of the fracas that went down at Podcast Movement last month:
"Shapiro made an unexpected appearance at the conference, some people were mad (most people were just like “huh”)"
Why do we need that little editorializing parenthetical there?
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So mental healthcare will be fully covered by Medicare then, so low income people can have life saving health interventions bulk billed? And the rate of jobseeker will be above the poverty line, which is proven to reduce suicides? All of which you can do with the stroke of a pen?
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Too many of us have a personal story about suicide.
It is the leading cause of death for Australians aged 15-44.
This morning I spoke at the Suicide Prevention Australia breakfast in Parliament House with colleagues from across the political spectrum.
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I just took a walk. Mormon missionaries ran across the street to follow me, shouting until I got off the phone.
Dudes were not prepared for me.
Dude 1: "Have you ever seen anyone dressed like us?"
Me: "Yeah. Wow. Missionaries? Are you okay?"
Dude 1: "Yes? o_o Why do you ask?"
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Once again for anyone who didn’t know:
Harry Potter is the rare situation where choosing not to purchase it has a direct impact on the world around you
This game failing to be a big success will in fact help trans people by demonstrating being transphobic isn’t profitable
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[Checking my kid in for a blood test]
Receptionist [putting him into the system]: Religion?
Me: He doesn't have one.
Receptionist: Really?
Me: He's 7.
Receptionist: What's yours?
Me: Ma'am?
Receptionist: It has a field here for..
Me: Put down "Minecraft."
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Paul informed me this morning that 1) there are a couple teenage orcas in Europe who are knocking the rudders off sailboats. 2) This isn’t weird because teenage orcas go through weird trends/phases 3) that a few years ago the trend was to kill a fish AND WEAR IT ON THEIR HEAD.
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Tube on strike, I dawdled to Paddington on Friday. Passing the old wrought iron sign for Pizza Express, I was reminded of an event 30+ years ago, when I got caught up in a drama that resulted in a divorce, two marriages and many changed lives.
It began with a heart attack 🧵
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creative buckaroos. if you get out there and make something VISCERALLY DIFFERENT than what has come before there WILL be others who say 'no way bud'. that is just the way of any timeline when you make a big leap ahead on it. its ok. just keep trotting forward saying 'yes way bud'
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"lol" = that was funny. thank you
"Lol" = that was funny. and im driving right now
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A break from our normal programming for a quick word from our sponsor 🤫
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My parrot learned how to say "good boy" from me saying it to him, so while he was actively NOT doing what was being asked of him (for example, step up) he would repeat the request (not complying) and the congratulate himself with a "GOOD boooooy!". It had real Jorts energy
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no thoughts just strawberry triceratops 🍓🥺
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This is your periodic reminder that if you listen to MTO - nay, any sci-fi audio fiction - nay, any audio fiction of any kind - and you haven't listened to ... you should really give it a try ASAP. It's one of our favourites.
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Calling the needs of disabled people “special needs,” turns them into a burden and makes it easier to deny them.
Disabled people have human needs.
Not special needs.
Not burdens.
Human needs.
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Excited that the 2022 Powerchair Hockey World Cup begins tonight! You can catch all the action here
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Here's a common scam that is going around that you should know about:
Sometimes cats will meow at you like they haven't been fed, but in fact someone DID feed them and they're just trying to get fed again
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In the worst case of touch grass known to man, I just picked up an item in Tesco thinking I needed it and walked around with it in my basket for 5 full minutes before realising that I needed it to finish a quest in Yakuza: Like A Dragon, not for something in my actual real life.
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So … Mum’s new cat isn’t quite the mouser the old farm cat was. Yes she brought a mouse is, but it is now sharing her dinner 😂😂😂
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Hi I'm Abi! I'm a Black disabled queer small business owner! Could you share this tweet please? 💜
I sell pins, compression items (gloves, hip brace, wrist brace, socks, knee sleeves, etc), ita bags, plant pots, jewelry and so much more!
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TRAIN'S HERE
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