"I have cochlear implants and I can only buy parts to fix them or upgrade then from 1 #corporation bc of tech exclusivity. upgrades to get new processors for both ears cost $23k & insurance only covers 90% (and it’s “good” insurance)"
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Right-wing Australian billionaire and money-bag climate change denier Gina Reinhart apparently doesn't want people to see her portrait by the Indigenous artist Vincent Namatjira in the National Gallery.
After Australia's warmest winter on record, the government approves more coal mining
“The cognitive dissonance is stunning,” said Climate Council head of advocacy Jennifer Rayner. “It makes zero sense to have one hand claiming Australia is a global leader on action on climate while the other is busy rubber stamping 50 more years of coal.”
I know I don't shut up about this but frankly not enough #people are angry about the 5-day/40 hour workweek (and I am AWARE a lot of people #work even more than that). I feel like a lot more people should be absolutely furious that we only really have two days a week and some occasional hours in the evening to socialise, run errands, do chores, or relax.
It's no wonder so many people are profoundly lonely and disconnected from their #communities when maintaining a social life in what little free time we have is incredibly difficult. If you have kids, a second #job, a very long commute, or other responsibilities, it's nearly impossible.
We literally aren't meant to live like this and I'll never stop being shocked how many people just take it as the natural state of things and don't want to throw a brick through a #billionaire's window every time they think of it.
“in Norway they tax the fossil fuel industry and give kids free university education, in Australia we subsidise the fossil fuel industry and charge kids a fortune to go to university.”
Saw on the local news the other day how #SalvationArmy was struggling for donations during the pandemic and all I said was “Good.”
#Reminder this upcoming holiday season to not give any money to the Salvation Army, but don’t harass the collectors because they’re often people who are desperate, receiving help from SA, and their next meal/place to sleep depends on them ringing the damn bells and asking for donations.
Idk about you but I’ll never forgive them for denying homeless trans women shelter in winter, leaving them out in the bitter cold. This is before I knew anything else about them.
“We will not be intimidated, especially when we are trying to stop a genocide,” he told the house.
“Any time police officers resort to the use of force against non-violent protesters, they violate these principles and undermine the consent and respect necessary for the police to do their job.”
"Australia now occupies a unique position globally. It is the only colonial settler society in the world that not only does not recognise in any way those dispossessed by colonialism, but whose citizens have actively rejected any such recognition.
Megacorprations should be fined $10 bn everytime they suggest poor people should give up or reduce their need for basic necessities of life.
Here's an idea, how about megacorps go without their fucking tax loopholes for a year or two? Use that money to pay for heating and cooling every single home in Australia for a decade.
#TheVoice is divisive?
What about the Real division in Australia. The one between the health and wellbeing of Indigenous Australians compared to non-Indigenous Australians.
Let's bring equity to this unbalanced situation. #VoteYES23Australia#VoteYes#VoteYesAustralia#auspol
New research shows that Australian politicians are privately educated at a rate almost double that of the general populace.
In other, completely unrelated news, public schools are underfunded by more than $6 billion a year and Private schools are overfunded by almost $3 billion.
Centuries old European-centric American history debunked by archaeology and advanced genomics
The Pueblo, Pawnee, Comanche and Lakota traditional owners gain confirmation of what they have always being saying, that they'd been using horses centuries earlier than what the Western narrative have claimed.