sea

Happy member of the Clean Air Brigade. Tally Ho old chaps.

Lives, breathing fresh air, on Kaurna Country.

[Blossom 🌸 @Suzzy0310]

“CHILD SUPPORT - $800”
52 quarters. $41,600 total.
I did the math at 2am and couldn’t breathe.

Called him. “Why didn’t you fight for me?”
He said “I did. Every month. With my paycheck.”
Said “Courts don’t let you buy time, son. Only groceries.”

That week I saw the rent. The light bill.
Saw shoes I outgrew in 3 months.
Saw Mom working double shifts.
$800 wasn’t disappearing.
It was becoming me.

He never missed a payment.
Missed every birthday. Every game.
Because the court gave him visitation.
But not a key to our house.

Child support isn’t an allowance.
It’s rent for the childhood you can’t be there for.
It’s apology money.
It’s “I’m sorry” with 4 zeros.

Dad, if you’re reading this: I see it now.
The checks weren’t to Mom.
They were to the kid you couldn’t raise.

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

DAILY MAIL POLL OF THE DAY:

“Should people have to wear face masks in medical facilities, as Violet Affleck suggests?”

✅ If you agree with Violet (and me!), please cast your vote at the link below:

https://t.co/uQwokiaTbr

[Mike Honey @Mike_Honey_]

Here's the latest variant picture for Australia, to late August.

NB.1.8.1 "Nimbus" has continued to dominate, but fell back to 47%.

It looks under threat from the rebound in JN.1.* +DeFLuQE, which grew to 32%.

#COVID19 #SARSCoV2 #Australia #NB_1_8_1 #Nimbus #DeFLuQE
🧵

[sea @xergil]

@FXMC1957 Just read a chapter about this in the slow read of War and Peace that I'm involved in. Fascinating timing

[Ray Martin @Raymartin55]

After their open and violent actions on 31 Aug 25, including terrorising and assaulting Indigenous Australians at Camp Sovereignty, should the National Socialist Network (NSN) be proscribed as a terrorist organisation under Australia’s Criminal Code Act 1995 A?

#auspol

[Sue J @SMpwrgr]

If anyone wants to sign a petition calling for equitable access to a full portfolio of cvd vaccines, esp Novavax, here’s the link

Thanks @aparachick 🙏

https://t.co/DE4ok8plF1

[AHA (Australia) @AustHistAssoc]

Job-Ready Graduates attacks the arts and humanities and presents an often insurmountable obstacle for those looking to undertake further study. Follow the link for an Open Letter to @albomp calling for the repeal of JRG, and sign our petition. https://t.co/CcgHCSvKXC

[Croakey News @CroakeyNews]

Health experts sound alarm on algal bloom crisis, calling for climate action and comprehensive responses https://t.co/OuZeS8w6aV

[Jewish Council of Australia @jewishcouncilAU]

MEDIA RELEASE: Jewish Council Rejects Special Envoy’s antisemitism plan

The Jewish Council of Australia has today warned that the newly released Special Envoy’s Plan to Combat Antisemitism risks undermining Australia’s democratic freedoms, inflaming community divisions, and entrenching selective approaches to racism that serve political agendas.

The report is riddled with misinformation and claims about nefarious funding sources for protests and universities that verge on conspiracy theory.

The Council is especially concerned about the plan’s strong endorsement of the widely discredited IHRA definition of antisemitism, which has been used to silence legitimate criticism of Israel and Zionism.

The Council criticised the plan's emphasis on surveillance, censorship, and punitive control over the funding of cultural and educational institutions: measures straight out of Trump’s authoritarian playbook. We caution that some of the recommendations — including visa powers and judicial inquiries into student activity — risk censoring criticism of Israel, deepening racism, and failing to meaningfully address the root causes of antisemitism.

The Council is calling on the government to:

Ground its response in anti-racist principles that include tackling Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, racism against First Nations people and all other forms of racism;

Engage a broad spectrum of Jewish voices, including those critical of Israel, who have not been consulted in the development of this plan;

Reject authoritarian proposals that erode civil liberties under the false guise of Jewish safety.

Dr Max Kaiser, Executive Officer, Jewish Council of Australia:

“This document reads more like a blueprint for silencing dissent rather than a strategy to build inclusion. The report’s vague language around ‘antisemitic narratives’ or ‘affiliations’ , coupled with its emphasis on the discredited IHRA definition of antisemitism, make the actions recommended dangerously unclear. Consistent with her past statements erroneously linking antisemitic attacks with Palestine solidarity protests, Segal seems fixated on driving a pro-Israel narrative and repressing legitimate criticism of Israel’s genocide in Gaza.

Antisemitism is real and must be taken seriously. But it does not exist in a vacuum. Any response that treats antisemitism as exceptional, while ignoring Islamophobia, anti-Palestinian racism, and other forms of hate, is doomed to fail.”

[Sam Connor @criprights]

I can't believe it's World War III season already.

I still have my pandemic decorations up.

[Denis - The COVID info guy - @BigBadDenis]

🇮🇳India: A PCR test is now mandatory for ministers meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi, following a rise in COVID cases.

Source: https://t.co/m7x3kVAM4Y

[Gul Dukat @realGulDukat]

ATTENTION BAJORAN WORKERS: If Minister Edon Shakaar, of the Bajoran Government & Vedek Antos Bareil, of the Vedek Assembly can’t do their jobs, which everyone knows they can’t, then the Jem'Hadar will step in & solve the problem the way it should be solved!!! #StarTrek #Sisko197

[Dr Kelly Jones 🦋cleanairclassrooms 🇵🇸 @DrPops3]

The SA Govt is proposing to introduce legal action to parents who keep kids home from school to avoid 'danger of infectious/contagious diseases'. There's a "Your Say" out now for feedback/consultation.
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[CaliforniaCodes @CaliforniaCodes]

Violet Affleck gets it. Read her very reference heavy review on the intersectionality between the LA wildfires (climate crisis), COVID’s longterm ramifications on public health, Mutual Aid, marginalization of disabled people, consumption culture, etc.
https://t.co/8uvvwrE8YF

[Denis - The COVID info guy - @BigBadDenis]

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA Weekly COVID Update – 16 May 2025

COVID cases are increasing this week. Big jumps in VIC (+44%), WA (+37.2%), and TAS (+35.7%). QLD has 64 in hospital (+23%).

Aged care cases up (+40.8%), with 2 deaths.

Stay safe out there—wear a mask, stay home if you're sick.

[Anthony Klan @Anthony_Klan]

🚨Fossil fuels disinformation group "Advance" says Greens leader Adam Bandt “could not survive” the “massive”, “year-long campaign” it had “unleashed”. The Liberal Party-funded group says Bandt & other Greens casualties of its “multi-million dollar attack”
https://t.co/GBssFYy8yv

[Denis - The COVID info guy - @BigBadDenis]

"COVID is at its most contagious from 2 days before symptoms appear to 3 days after they start"

"People with high viral loads or more severe symptoms are more contagious than those with low viral loads and can stay contagious for more than 10 days"

https://t.co/trwPWFuWtd

[Helen Day @LBFlyawayhome]

An observation test for your inner 8-year-old.
Spot the 12 deliberate mistakes.

From Treasure magazine, 1963
Official answers coming soon

(Even if you don’t reply, could you please ‘like’ or share this one?)

[Quentin Dempster @QuentinDempster]

Dear electors of South Australia. On Saturday please vote 1 for Rex Patrick of the Jacqui Lambie Network. This bloke is a warrior for transparency. We need him in the Australian Senate because he exposes the bastardry which often afflicts our governance.

[John O’Sullivan #FreePalestine #neveragainisnow @JohnOSullivan36]

#AusVotes25 poll. Who will you be giving your first preference vote to? Please vote and retweet. #auspol