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About children, politics, autism, anti-racism, education, books and fairness....always

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

My 19 year old kid just now,
“The government providing RATS to schools but not masks is the same as providing pregnancy tests but not condoms.”
#auspol #schools #CovidIsNotOver #prevention #mitigation

[Elizabeth Kamel @ElizabethKamel]

It’s ok not to have it all together and all figured out. That’s life. Don’t compare your life with others, know that you don’t have to conform to societal expectations.
Just be a good person and try and make enough money to enjoy yourself. Life is too short.

[✧ @cessonmute]

If motherhood is sacred, mothers should have free healthcare, paid leave, affordable childcare, safe housing, and livable wages. Otherwise, you don’t worship mothers. You exploit them.

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

@SandyHorne61 Thanks Sandy! I love having birds in my backyard.
I love your beautiful bird photography!
Have followed you for years.🌸

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

@SandyHorne61
Accidentally took this photo today in rural NSW.
Can you recognise the bird?

[Zarish @Zarish5062]

Just a reminder. Women can literally die giving birth. It is that serious. Stop telling women to have kids like it's nothing.

[BlueBriefing🎬🍿 @Uzonna7]

Duckie didn’t just sing “Try a Little Tenderness” in that record store, he invented main character energy in 1986.

Andie watching him? Priceless. Blane’s Porsche couldn’t touch this level of rizz. Pretty in Pink scene still undefeated.

🎬🎥 Pretty In Pink🔥❤️😱

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

My kid and I are having a quiet day watching movies in this beautiful weather! Had a morning reset and cleaned up after a busy week!
#MaySaturday #happiness

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

https://t.co/TcJHP3DlJy

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

A family is facing homelessness after a no-grounds eviction, living out of a camper and struggling to keep their children safe and fed. They need help!Please consider donating or sharing to support them during this tough time. https://t.co/84YJyymiQW

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

@cheryl_kernot @james00000001 Had a shocking ordeal last weekend when my long term plumber regaled me with his trumpist beliefs. In his strange world, Albo is Palestinian and Tr⭐️⭐️p will be “remembered as the greatest peace making president in history” while he is currently waging war!😳
#rightwingnutjobs

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

@JoannaCannon That is absolutely perfect! Well done!❤️

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

The rise of ‘low contact’ family relationships: ‘I said, Mum, I need to take some space’ https://t.co/WIgPrHPwbK

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

Try small steps and set the bar low: how to find the meaning of life https://t.co/26EeTvS3nW

[Sara McGee for Texas HD 132 @SaraForTexLege]

THIS is pregnancy. When I was pregnant with my son, I had gestational diabetes. My blood sugar was out of control and my life was threatened for the entire pregnancy, despite being a healthy weight and following the nutritionists advice to a T.

I was in labor for 22 hours and had to actively push for 3 - WITHOUT an epidural because the doctor missed the spot, and my care team didn’t believe me until I stood up immediately after the delivery to go see him (you can’t walk with an epidural).

With my daughter I had pre-eclampsia and was told at my 37 week checkup that I had to immediately go to the hospital or we would BOTH potentially die.

Pregnancy is life threatening. Every single one, every single time.

Women have the RIGHT to decide if they want to use THEIR body for this LABOR.

This is not up for interpretation, this is not up for debate.

If a human being decides that she does not want to subject to HER LIFE being in danger, she has the Constitutionally protected right to say NO.

PERIOD.

I invite mothers to share their pregnancy experiences here.

[Yves ౨ৎ @yvessirae]

teach girls it's okay to not want kids. that they can be functional people without being a mother. that waiting until they're 30 isn't too old. teach girls that they don't have to sell their youth because motherhood isn't for everyone and we need to stop acting like it is

[Doctor @DipshikhaGhosh]

Childbirth is marketed like a lifestyle upgrade. Soft lighting. Empowerment slogans. A healthy baby placed neatly on a chest as if nothing else worth mentioning happened in the room.

The fine print is hidden. Hemorrhage becomes “a complication.” Organ failure becomes “things took a turn.” Death becomes “tragic” and then swiftly private, because detailing how a woman bled out or seized or went into cardiac arrest might ruin the vibe.

We are extremely committed to not scaring women. So committed that we withhold information. So committed that we pretend risk is rare, pain is fleeting, and survival is the default setting. We call it reassurance. It’s actually omission.

When childbirth goes wrong, we close ranks. Doctors cite confidentiality. Families are urged to focus on the joy. The woman’s body is treated like an inconvenient subplot in a story that only cares about outcomes if the baby lives. If the mother dies, she becomes a cautionary whisper, not a systemic failure.

And heaven forbid the woman knew better. If a medically trained woman dies in childbirth, we don’t interrogate the system. We lower our voices and say “even experts aren’t immune,” as if the takeaway is cosmic irony rather than structural negligence.

The rule is simple enough. Celebrate the miracle, bury the cost. Because if we told the truth, women might ask questions. They might demand better care. They might hesitate. They might decide that risking their life deserves more than platitudes and pastel posters. They might just stop giving in to “you should have a baby to fully own your womanhood” by “well-meaning” people.

So we keep selling childbirth as sunshine with a side of courage. And when a woman pays with her body or her life, we call it rare, tragic, and absolutely not something we should talk about too much.

Wouldn’t want to ruin the miracle. That’s all that mattered, not women’s lives.

[Ash @AshPolitik]

Remember, NSW govt has announced a state Royal Commission into the Bondi attack, of which the PM has pledged full federal cooperation.

Any call for a federal RC is outragously political, and waste of time and tax payers money.

[Prof Kathy Eagar AM @keagar.bsky.social @k_eagar]

The families of the Bondi massacre victims deserve answers as does the community. The politicisation of their deaths is disgraceful. Current lobbying for a national RC is not random. It is an organised political campaign. IMO it is disrespectful of the Bondi victims & should stop

[Nisha Patel, MD MS, Dipl of ABOM, CCMS @DrPlantel]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: pregnancy is not a walk in the park. It is a high risk stage of life, and anyone who thinks otherwise is misinformed. Dr. Janell Green Smith, a certified nurse midwife, tragically passed away from complications of childbirth. If someone with deep medical training and access to care is not immune to the risks of pregnancy, no woman is.

We need to stop minimizing pregnancy and stop telling women they should “just have more babies” while ignoring the very real medical risks, gaps in care, and lack of postpartum support. Pronatalism without maternal safety is not pro-life, it’s reckless.

[L🦌 @dungreggan]

@ThrillaRilla369 Yes but two channels and toilet outside. In the 80’s.