Fuck Colesworth. Having a disability and requiring both generic brands and delivery makes it hard to have other options… but don’t think I haven’t noticed the gouging, or how toothless the recent trust busting measures were.
Fuck Colesworth. Having a disability and requiring both generic brands and delivery makes it hard to have other options… but don’t think I haven’t noticed the gouging, or how toothless the recent trust busting measures were.
I don’t know anything from experience but be careful. I heard that in America places like Target will literally wait and let you ‘get away with it’ until it reaches some cumulative amount where they can charge you with a felony.
What an odious woman.
If she’s so concerned about people in poverty I have a few ideas… but that’s just a smokescreen for wanting things that will bolster her own wealth and further her agenda.
That checks out. I’ve had some really bad experiences seeking help.
Denial of care and misdiagnosis seems really common in an underfunded and overstretched public healthcare system and compassion fatigue seems rife.
Australia is also a systemically racist country where indigenous people are denied access or receive substandard healthcare - which can be due to such assumptions.
My back door has a weirdly elevated door frame so I can’t even chuck a door snake on it. It has to be a giant rolled up beach towel and still doesn’t work
Deaths of despair and/or social murder! ☝️ (Due to Shit Life Syndrome)
And yeah… India has already been experiencing 50C heat waves
Nah, it was my really poor phrasing. What was being thought was not what got typed
Agreed. It’s not looking good. I also hope against hope that it doesn’t affect meat, eggs and milk supply
Sorry, I meant from human to human and instead said that
My bad
I agree. Probably going to be a repeat of the last time. It worries me because of my immune system and also avian flu can be fatal to cats.
There were even those temporary structures/tents outside of hospitals in Australia. Saw them locally, none of the behaviours changed though.
I really really hope that this virus doesn’t also jump to humans and force us to deal with strollouts and noncompliant people again…
He got sick of paying rent/likes van life/it’s cold
Oh ok. It’s still very weird. I would have thought that explaining same sex parents to children might be to prevent bullying or teasing of a classmate who has them. I can’t see anything sexualised about it.
It really seems like there’s a homophobic/transphobic push for censorship by religious groups spearheaded by myths that LGBTIA+ are ‘groomers’.
Parenting books are a moral sin? And in a linked article - parenting books are sexualising children???
I’d argue that same sex parents adopting or fostering kids who would otherwise have fewer options is a net social positive and actually a pretty moral thing to do. (Especially if they’re taking the time and care to read parenting books.) Almost like a thing that a religion of compassion would approve of.
Homophobic protests and book bannings are a different kind of movement. Even if the ban was reversed these trends are scary to see.
Anecdotally there are issues with random non consensual choking etc. But I agree they’re drawing a long bow and this isn’t going to be as effective or feasible as claimed. Implementing this would only cause unintentional (or intentional) consequences.
Even if it did magically work for the stated purpose (which it won’t) it’s focusing far in the future when there’s a serious crisis right now.
I find it so discouraging. “The show.” You always get the outcry when things get markedly bad, shortsighted ‘solutions’ that are about optics rather than lasting change, and then things go along the same until the next high profile spate of murders/assaults.
Another worry is that laws like these may slip into a similar functions to KOSA and the other ‘child safety’ laws being brought in in America. Being misused to invade privacy and allow gating or scrubbing of any LGBTIA+ content or reproductive/sexual health information. I know Australia has its own fundie politicians.
It seems they’ve scapegoated one thing to look busy on dealing with high rates of DV. I’d love to see more resources given to housing* and family violence services, better sex ed around consent, and for police to consistently act on reports rather than brushing them off.
*There are calls to address housing for those escaping their relationships but whether that materialises is another matter. And there is a Leaving Violence grant, however it depends on being able to get into stable housing rather than just end up crashing in a hotel or transitional housing for as long as the money lasts.
A long time ago I once googled it thinking it was some obsolete skill like shorthand. Turns out it’s just the joined writing they taught you when you got your pen license, which is how I still write.
It apparently got phased out of the school curriculum at some point though. So the answer to your question is possibly Gen Z or Alpha
Edit: This isn’t my first old person comment but it’s a good un
Which is probably made in China
Yeah, when people are struggling to afford food this is the big issue to focus on. /s
Knob
Yeah. So not a good idea