anathema_device @kbin.social 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
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
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
> > > The Indigenous voice to parliament proposal is not a secret UN plot to steal Australian land. It is not a proposal for a “third chamber of parliament”. It is also not a conspiracy to stop dairy farming, impose “backdoor communism”, force people to listen to rap music or start a new religion … though I have been told all these things on social media this past fortnight. > > > > Welcome to Disinformania; Australia, you’re standing in it. > >
@SteveTech tells you what the church's priorities really are :(
@spittingimage the guardian articles are never paywalled.
@unionagainstdhmo What exactly do they think will happen if their players come out? Lost sponsership deals? Not bloody likely! So it's just cowardice.
@LineNoise jesus christ. How many more women have to die because of bigoted, useless cops?
@Mountaineer How much would it cost the state or federal government to buy it and power it up? Chickenfeed.
@CurlyWurlies4All yeah, he can fuck right off now
@AnxiousGnome I admit to being shocked at him claiming the government has reacted with glee. They just have not. Anything but.
He just has no bottom at all :(
Peter Dutton showed “all the empathy of a rock” in responding to Robodebt
Clare told Sky News:
The fact that Peter Dutton on the day that this came down, went straight to politics showed that this bloke doesn’t get it. It’s not about that. It’s about Jennifer [Miller]. It’s about people like her. You know, a number of people lost their live others tried to take their own life, ended up in hospital and they’re still dealing with that. That’s the real human consequence of this. And that should always be kept in mind here.
I'd say that a rock would have shown more sympathy to the victims than a potato
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.
Missed or wrong diagnoses, botched surgeries, and a death certificate balls up no one gives a damn about.
Not the high standard we should be able to expect from a major regional hospital:(
@lordriffington 10/10 :) I spend too much time on the internet!
Full program for 2023 Brisbane Festival revealed
"Riverfire will open this year's Brisbane Festival rather than closing it, lighting up the sky over the CBD on September 2.
Ms Bezzina said Riverfire would be framed by drone shows for the first time, with a massive 400 choreographed drones telling the story of Nieergoo: Spirit of the Whale."
Ooh, that sounds like so much fun. Who's going?
@Metaright "Until both sides start addressing each other's actual arguments"
Really, no.
The entire anti-abortion thing has been wrought from nothing, for the express purpose of working up conservative voters. Like the anti-drag thing, the anti-'woke' thing, etc.
The 'actual' argument on the forced birther side comes down to whether a person capable of being pregnant has bodily autonomy. That side completely denies this. You simply can't have a rational argument with people who want you dead, injured, or tied to a life with children you don't want and/or can't afford. Who think scooping out a clump of cells with no independent thought or existence is worse than an 8 year old being forced to bear a child to term, an adult dying of sepsis or giving birth to a 'baby' incapable of survival or a life free from pain and severe disability.
Their argument basically comes down to "Kinder, Küche, Kirche". Keep women barefoot, pregnant, and uneducated.
Don't you dare to try and both sides this.
@Metaright "The way to sway a pro-lifer, then, is to demonstrate that a fetus doesn't have personhood."
No, first you have to persuade them that the life of the fetus bearer is worth something more than being an incubator.
Which you will never do.
People who are anti-abortion fanatics may or may not believe that a fetus is a baaaaaby, really. But what they really do not believe in is the personhood of the placenta owner.
And until you find a way to convince them that a real, living, breathing human being with feelings and rights who already exists independently has rights, including that to life unburdened by an unwanted pregnancy for any reason, you won't convince them of anything else.
@StopMassDownvotingYouIdiot I just don't know why people behave like this :
@Zagorath "Psst, you messed up the URL"
thanks, fixed :)
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 major city. This is a key strength we could build upon as the world’s eyes turn towards us."
h/t Ash on Mastodon
@Ertebolle "The tooth regrowth medicine is intended for people who lack a full set of adult teeth due to congenital factors. "
So, not likely to solve the problem of tooth loss through lack of dental care :(
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.
Facebook groups are a mess, either being media owned, run by tow truck operators, or full of self-promotion. I follow Moreton council for council info, but that only gets you so far?
So where do I get the real gen?
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
The 25-year-old also charged with obstructing police, assaulting police and resisting a public officer after incident in Brisbane
West End used to be populated by thespians and proletariats, but locals say gentrification has priced them out.
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.
Journos use 'near Brisbane' for up to 200km from King George Square, and 'events in Brisbane' frequently have listings for the Gold Coast.
Is Brisbane just a state of mind? :)
Footage of the altercation appears to show an officer hitting the driver while he was inside a vehicle
