cathy alexander

I like porridge.

[cathy alexander @notanotherCathy]

Essential reading if you (or a loved one) have a chronic mental illness http://t.co/bAs5RIFhxC
#mentalhealth #MentalHealthDay #depression

[Fred Roth 🇨🇦🌻📎 @FredinToronto]

#NoKingsInAmerica Dublin, Ireland

[KeriA @KeriA1776again]

Family is everything.

[PoliticsGirl @IAmPoliticsGirl]

if you’re a woman in America, you should know this is what they’re talking about…

[Cat in the Hat 🐈‍⬛ 🎩 🇬🇧 @_CatintheHat]

@1goodtern Here’s a sneak peek into that first world…

[cathy alexander @notanotherCathy]

@quiltsbypagan This would be terrifying! The roses don't make up for that. Also alarming that no bystanders stepped in.

[Jess @MeetJess]

COVID linked to 65% of new onset cognitive impairment, dementia https://t.co/aAoS94Gl3L

[Sgt Joker @TheSGTJoker]

Should Americans be traumatized by the happenings at the trump rally, or should Americans just pretend it was an elementary school and get over it?

Asking for a Nation tired of double standards.

[NPAA - Nurses' Professional Association Australia @NPAA_nurses]

In France, for every 10 nurses, there's just 1 administrator. In Australia, it's at least 5 administrators per 10 nurses! By adjusting this ratio from 5:10 to 1:10, we could unlock 💰 $8 billion for higher pay—a 37% increase without raising the budget! Sign the petition now!

[cathy alexander @notanotherCathy]

@MsBishopsPants @colonelhogans @GoodyPunch 🤣🤣

[Republicans against Trump @RpsAgainstTrump]

Nate White, a British writer penned the best description of Donald Trump I’ve ever read:

“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?”

A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.

Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.

Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.

There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.

And worse, he is that most unforgivable of all things to the British: a bully. That is, except when he is among bullies; then he suddenly transforms into a snivelling sidekick instead. There are unspoken rules to this stuff – the Queensberry rules of basic decency – and he breaks them all. He punches downwards – which a gentleman should, would, could never do – and every blow he aims is below the belt. He particularly likes to kick the vulnerable or voiceless – and he kicks them when they are down.

So the fact that a significant minority – perhaps a third – of Americans look at what he does, listen to what he says, and then think ‘Yeah, he seems like my kind of guy’ is a matter of some confusion and no little distress to British people, given that:

• Americans are supposed to be nicer than us, and mostly are.

• You don’t need a particularly keen eye for detail to spot a few flaws in the man.

This last point is what especially confuses and dismays British people, and many other people too; his faults seem pretty bloody hard to miss. After all, it’s impossible to read a single tweet, or hear him speak a sentence or two, without staring deep into the abyss. He turns being artless into an art form; he is a Picasso of pettiness; a Shakespeare of shit. His faults are fractal: even his flaws have flaws, and so on ad infinitum.

God knows there have always been stupid people in the world, and plenty of nasty people too. But rarely has stupidity been so nasty, or nastiness so stupid. He makes Nixon look trustworthy and George W look smart. In fact, if Frankenstein decided to make a monster assembled entirely from human flaws – he would make a Trump.

And a remorseful Doctor Frankenstein would clutch out big clumpfuls of hair and scream in anguish: ‘My God… what… have… I… created?' If being a twat was a TV show, Trump would be the boxed set.”

[Kon Karapanagiotidis @Kon__K]

I’m voting Yes because it’s come directly from Indigenous people. It will ensure better life outcomes because our government will work better by getting practical & credible advice straight from the Indigenous community. It will bring our country together too.

The time is now!

[Cemetery Chick @CemeteryChick]

I truly hope, that someone, ANYONE, can blow this up enough so it starts getting media coverage. We are truly in for a horrible future on the path we are currently on. #MaskUp #CovidIsAirborne #CovidIsNotOver #CovidIsntOver

[🌏 Zali Steggall MP @zalisteggall]

✅Please read this piece and share widely. It lays bare the truth of Dutton’s no campaign. It’s all #fearandsmear. The Voice can’t be silenced by Dutton’s Trumpian tone. https://t.co/TD2jwS63yt

[Ben Eltham @beneltham]

This is good: Australia Institute has launched a 'new coal mine tracker', listing all the new coal mines currently proposed https://t.co/3wubln4LKe

[Peter Murphy @PeterWMurphy1]

As the Aston by-election nears, it should be noted @abcnews' #Insiders mentioned the Liberal candidate by name and showed video of her. They did not mention or show video of the Labor candidate. Not even once. The Labor candidate is Mary Doyle. #auspol #AstonVotes

[cathy alexander @notanotherCathy]

@Mobsy1812 Thanks for warning -i was just about to click a link in odd msg from you.

[Michael Rowland @mjrowland68]

I am proudly voting for Laura Tingle to be the ABC’s next staff-elected director. In a field of very fine candidates, Laura’s experience, gravitas and ideas are just what we need on the ABC board right at the moment. She’ll be a fierce advocate. @latingle

[Empirical Steve…just the facts @AussieSteve6]

Let’s put death statistics into perspective. These are the recorded covid deaths since Dec 2, 2022…Yep, just three months! Deplorable!!!
@AlboMP
@MarkMcGowanMP
@DanielAndrewsMP
@Dom_Perrottet
@AnnastaciaMP
@PMalinauskasMP
#CovidIsNotOver

[Ali France MP @AliFranceMP]

Less than 1% of Aussies have $3m in their super accounts. The average Aussie has about $150,000. Repeat…repeat…repeat…until it sinks in.
#superannuation #auspol