AliAprhys (Paterson)

Surfer, cyclist, CWA member and award-winning journalist. Views my own. Need a story covered? [email protected]

[Firstdog Onthemoon @firstdogonmoon]

Zohranist Mamdanism may not be your cup of tea but it's hard to argue he's not doing stuff. https://t.co/1iAPfMDeQH

[Tour de Feminin @TourDeFeminin]

ONE. DAY. TO. GO. 🏁
The 37th edition of #TourdeFeminin kicks off in exactly 24 hours.
The hunt for glory starts tomorrow! 🏆🚴‍♀️
See you at the start line! 👋#WomensCycling #UCIWWT

[GreenEDGE Cycling @GreenEDGEteam]

✍️ Welcome Talia 🤝 🇦🇺

Talia Appleton has been promoted!

Our women’s Continental team rider will graduate to the Liv AlUla Jayco WorldTour team with immediate effect after showing great ability and talent.

We’re excited for this next step, Talia.

https://t.co/oXpo7W0Fi4

[SBS Sport @SBSSportau]

That one didn't go to script! 🤯

Jan Christen's massive attack in the Giro Stage 4 finale saw a battle for the stage and pink jersey all in one!

#GirodItalia | May 8 - June 1 | SBS VICELAND 📺

[Tour de Feminin @TourDeFeminin]

The 37th edition is officially ready to roll! 🚴‍♀️💨 The entry list for #TourdeFeminin is OUT. 📜
From world-class sprinters to mountain goats, the talent in this year's peloton is unreal. Who are you rooting for? 🏆
Check the full list here: [https://t.co/2LFRJ1dItl]

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

Two days ago, the Saturday Paper published the first expose of MFW we feel does justice to our work and our movement.

We thank both the paper and its author Jacinta Parsons for the sensitivity and sense of collaboration she brought to the piece, and want all witches to know this: while large sections of the Australian media are still ignoring us, downplaying our role in media reform, lying about us and/or even still mocking us, we’re now almost impossible to forget about or silence.

The article is all there in the pic below if you can enlarge the print enough on your device. We also note that the response to it was massive on the Saturday Paper’s FB page two days ago and while sure, as always there are whingers in the comments, the majority response was positive (perhaps a first for us, or maybe it just reflects the Saturday Paper’s usual readership). Here’s the link:
https://t.co/FohkF1JvAu

If you have a subscription to the paper, here’s the link to that, too, and one of the best excerpts:
“To this day, Hill is surprised by how effective the MFW campaigns have been. She savs a high-profile journalist once rang after he said something nasty about a female politician. ‘He somehow found my phone number and rang me in a panic and said, “Please don't do it. Don't campaign on me”.’ Hill's response was to make it clear that the MFW ‘only run campaigns on people who are serial repeat offenders who don't apologise and make amends’.”
https://t.co/BQSm3YtTxm

We thank our Founder Jennie for her bravery and candidness in this interview, and note that as our only public Administrator she’s been forced by necessity to respond to far more media requests recently than ever and that enduring this level of press scrutiny is difficult and stressful. So while she appreciates that sections of the media are now more willing to discuss MFW’s role in running campaigns and that responding to this interest is essential to show more people what we do, it comes at a price and that the abuse aimed at her (and others) and the serious threats have by no means gone away. Yet that price is one Jennie now takes on every day both for this organisation’s future and for all of us.

We’re getting closer than ever to our new campaign, witches. It may be a week (or more) till we can finally announce it and start the work involved, but we ARE going to do the next thing which fucking-well needs doing.

So stay on board with the witches.

It works, and it matters.
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We won’t stop till advertisers stop funding filth. Go to https://t.co/gefVqPNM7A to learn how to contact advertisers. Or go directly to FOE lists for ongoing campaigns here: https://t.co/Es49qK4TCo . Send all responses you get. From companies to [email protected].

Please also support our work to get rid of Vile Kyle: it’s a subscription to the future for the price of a coffee (or two) each month:
https://t.co/LES4fbWnAs

#ToYourBrooms

[Sherele Moody (Femicide Researcher) 🌈 @ShereleMoody]

Pretty shit headline here from ABC News. Entirely disregarding why he was facing court and how he - like many other high profile men in Victoria - has used mental health as a reason for getting special treatment from the state’s judiciary. Antony Catalano is charged over a prolonged series of assaults on his partner.
Instead of facing the court in person, he was given permission to appear via video-link because the media throng was bad for his emotional well-being. Fun fact. He was in an office just 100 metres from the court. He has yet to plead on charges of assault, false imprisonment and making threats to kill.

[Firstdog Onthemoon @firstdogonmoon]

Here is a fun cartoon! https://t.co/7ZgZNplaWh

[AliAprhys (Paterson) @Alisurfer]

@Ros_Bates_MP Hi Ros, please call me at Radio 104.1Fm for comment on the Boral withdrawal from the quarry plan at Reedy Creek on 07 5524 8353.

[SBS Sport @SBSSportau]

"It was f***ing insane... we went from very up to very down, and now we are back to very up." 👏

One day after losing teammate - and race leader - Noemi Ruegg to injury, 🇫🇷 Cedrine Kerbaol brought smiles back to EF Education–Oatly.

#LaVueltaFemenina | May 3-9 | SBS On Demand 📺

[SBS Sport @SBSSportau]

The race leader is OUT! 😱

Noemi Rüegg was forced to abandon the Vuelta after a heavy crash involving Eleonora Ciabocco, who was in the white jersey as the best young rider. 🤕

#LaVueltaFemenina | May 3-9 | SBS On Demand 📺

[MEAA @withMEAA]

Today is World Press Freedom Day, and we stand with journalists and media workers everywhere, supporting their right to report without fear or favour. A free, independent media is essential to our democracy.

#WorldPressFreedomDay

[AliAprhys (Paterson) @Alisurfer]

@firstdogonmoon OK FDOTM, you owe us 3 columns chock full of people showing kindness, dogs, and a big dose of hope. I’m a journalist, I get to report on terror, cruelty, fear, and treacherous govts showing a callous disregard for human rights all day. Please give some news soon. Thank you.

[AliAprhys (Paterson) @Alisurfer]

Screen reading may be popular - and I appreciate the convenience of not lugging a dozen times about - but my gosh, I do love a good rustle around a library and borrowing some hefty books! https://t.co/RYECK1b5Sa

[Cyclingnews @Cyclingnewsfeed]

'We must keep fighting for the future of the sport' – Demi Vollering calls for longer TV coverage of women's racing following Liège-Bastogne-Liège win https://t.co/ltABgedWd9

[Tour de Feminin @TourDeFeminin]

The Aussies and Kiwis are here to play! 🇦🇺🇳🇿
Meridian Bikebug isn't just joining the peloton,they are here to lead it. The team’s ambition for this year's #TourdeFeminin is simple: General Classification victory.
Can anyone stop them? 🏁🥇#WomensSport #YellowJersey #TourdeFeminin

[AliAprhys (Paterson) @Alisurfer]

@firstdogonmoon @drstip I cried when I read this. Who are these vile people?

[SBS Sport @SBSSportau]

Imagine signing up for a race the day before...AND THEN WINNING IT! 🤩

🇪🇸 Paula Blasi doesn't have to imagine it as she did JUST THAT! What a performance by the young superstar! 🏆

#AGR | April 19 | SBS VICELAND 📺

[AliAprhys (Paterson) @Alisurfer]

So much evil in the world, thank goodness for…

[Firstdog Onthemoon @firstdogonmoon]

Is it true that only JD Vance can save us all? The horror! https://t.co/4PCMHiKGuF

[AliAprhys (Paterson) @Alisurfer]

@SBSSportau So disappointing.