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Godfrey642

@Godfrey642@aus.social

Justice, Human Rights, Kindness. A Brit-Aussie from Brighton now living on Wurundjeri land, Naarm never ceded. Voting YES to Voice.
I love 💕 my husband & children & 🌏, my #dogs, #music, #garden, #chocolate, #reading, #travelling the world, .. and #llamas. I don't tolerate the intolerable so if you're a bigot stay away.

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melissabeartrix, to random
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This is not a way one should have to live their life ... I didn't choose who I am ... I only chose to live my authentic self ... And this is the crap I have to deal with all the time ... One day, I hope, people like me, well all people can live their life with our fear ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
Soooo well said.
xxxx

(But what would we do about ppl who's "authentic self" is being a bigotted violent fascist turd ?)

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
Yes... agreed but by the time they hit +/- 20yrs they're a real problem.
I fear there's a few too many here in Aus just waiting for a RW govt...

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@melissabeartrix
I used to teach secondary and you could see the nasty kids becoming fascist friendly around 15 and it just grew from there. Awful. Id try to get class discussions going but they would just counter EVERY opinion with "i don't agree and i don't care..."

Id go home, look at quokkas and eat Tim Tams with husb to make me feel a bit better.

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
I think quokkas should rule the world. 💕✨️😄 The song from 1963 (apart from the "man" bit) is actually really lovely.

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
Yes absolutely from parents (and/or influential peers too)

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
Hugs back. Xxx
Loved the ginger bread Santa biscuit btw. 💕✨️💕

Godfrey642, to random
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Frankly it doesn't matter how many debates, interviews, polling analyses are done. Trump will say hes won in the election next year and any votes for Dems are rigged.

There will be hell in USA that will poison us in the rest of the world bc we are all dependant upon and connected to them.

#usapolitics #trump2024 #TrumpCrime #wearedoomed #globalpolitics #corruption

Godfrey642, to climate
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This is why Im done with Labour atm. They must change their attitude and actions towards climate breakdown or they won't get my vote in future.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/oct/05/new-coalmine-mangoola-nsw-muswellbrook-approved-australia-environment-minister-sussan-ley

Godfrey642, to random
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I think #quokkas should rule the world

Gwyntaglaw, to random

I think it's now clear that the Israeli government would, if it could get away with it, wipe Gaza away entirely. Every brick, every remnant, every reminder, every piece of evidence that another people ever lived there before. That's the end point of this kind of political opportunism, and once you've set foot on that path, you really find it compelling to see it to the end. There's no exit ramp. There's no stopping short.

Godfrey642,
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@Gwyntaglaw
Yes that's exactly what wants to do. Move ppl south. Claim the North (just like Putin in Crimea and Donbas) then bomb the south and claim that as well. Nobody is offering safe haven to the .

This is a land grab as well as .

Then he'll try the same in if so much as squeak.

Im not especially happy with any nation that gives unconditional support to Israeli govt over this: USA and Aus included. What is thinking ?

timrichards, to Travel
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All the problems!

When things go wrong: Travel’s biggest mistakes (and how to fix them)

#Travel https://www.smh.com.au/traveller/reviews-and-advice/when-things-go-wrong-travel-s-biggest-mistakes-and-how-to-fix-them-20231114-p5ejvz.html

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards
from personal experience the worse thing that can go wrong is illness and hospitalisation. There are some countries with reciprocal medical agreements with Aus. You need to check b4 you travel and lodge an A111 form if things go wrong
https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/when-reciprocal-health-care-agreements-apply-for-australians-who-go-overseas?context=22481

melissabeartrix, to random
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You need a battery ... I can help ... Giggles

Hugz & xXx

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
Oh
My
God

Seriously... you need to get out.. today... urgently... and buy sthg lavish and DEF not lithium connected 💕

timrichards, to melbourne
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Another Melbourne article by me for Lonely Planet, this one explaining how to save money on transport, food, arts and other attractions...

Melbourne on a budget - Lonely Planet https://www.lonelyplanet.com/articles/melbourne-on-a-budget

#Melbourne #Travel #LonelyPlanet

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards Brilliant article Tim, thanks for sharing. Didn't know about Halftix so that's one Ive saved. We're so lucky living in Melb 💕✨️

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards excellent - ta!

timrichards, to melbourne
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An underground station would make more sense; if you want people to use public transport, you have to make it convenient.

Melbourne Airport pushes cheaper tunnel vision to overcome state’s billion dollar objection

#Melbourne #Airport https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/melbourne-airport-pushes-cheaper-tunnel-vision-to-overcome-state-s-billion-dollar-objection-20231122-p5elyn.html

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards
I genuinely feel sorry for the taxi drivers who will go under bc of this but can't wait to see the cars off the road and ppl on trains

Godfrey642, (edited )
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@timrichards Tim are there pertinent bits of this article you could screen shot? I can't read it as i don't subscribe. I already subscribe to other newspapers and $4.50 pw x 52 is a lot for me atm.

melissabeartrix, to random
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One person lost in another win

Hugz & xXx

Godfrey642,
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@melissabeartrix
I often wonder how these birds survive given the absolute crap they consume. Like the Keith Richards of Bird World.

GrimmReality, to random
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Did I just see a tv ad for . . . an ambulance company? What's the tactical motivation there? Like 82% of the population can't afford to dial 911 but, when you absolutely HAVE to because you're going to fucking die if you don't, DEFINITELY BE BRAND-LOYAL TO ZIPPY AMBULANCE CO.™

Godfrey642,
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@GrimmReality
America right?

So here i am in Australia, in hospital after a Whipples opration. Major major surgery + ICU + 4wks in hospital own room and bathroom/shower. My bill so far is $90
Just saying.

Youre all being taken for a ride and half the population is too stupid to see it.

Godfrey642, to auspol
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In Australia's Parliament this afternoon (16th Oct) there was a debate around The Water Trigger. The Bill needs to pass bc it is urgently needed to ensure that gas fracking projects don't harm local water resources and the local environment.

In NT two projects are in the final stages of authorisation. Both will poison water in the local #indigenous communities.

As things stand, Dr Sophie Scamps and Zali Steggall argued boldly that NO Australian citizen should go without safe drinking water because of Fossil Fuel industrial projects. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-16/water-trigger-bill-to-close-fracking-loophole-introduced/102982456

Precisely.
Go without water ?
In Australia 2023 ???

Saturday's referendum NO-voters need to realise that the referendum wasnt about division, bc Australia has division and inequality ALREADY .

How about some fracking in Dutton's seat?? God forbid !!!! His supporters would demand a #Voice and rightly so.

How many Australians really KNOW anything about First Nations' hardships or how the machinery of White Australia racism really works?

Truth is, like all other #FirstNations globally, they are in the way of the colonising overlords who want to seize land and resources for their own use.

And historically those overlords just needed to "wipe out" those indigenous ppls by any means possible: massacres, displacement, theft, siege, exploitation, disease, death, imprisonment...

The way Australia's First Nations are being treated nowadays is nothing new. They are unheard and invisible and 60% of voters are just fine with that.

#auspol #auspol2023 #voicetoparliament
#Aboriginal #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
#voteyes

chrisbloom, to auspol

nails it again!

The voice referendum is lost. What should happen now? https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/the-voice-referendum-is-lost-what-should-happen-now?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

Godfrey642,
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@chrisbloom
This is EXACTLY why #Voice was needed:
In Parliament this afternoon (16th Oct) there was a debate around the Water Trigger. The Bill needs to pass bc it is urgently needed to ensure that gas fracking projects don't harm local water resources and the local environment.

In NT two projects are in the final stages of authorisation. Both will poison water in the local #indigenous communities.

As things stand, Dr Sophie Scamps and Zali Steggall argued boldly that NO Australian citizen should go without safe drinking water because of Fossil Fuel industrial projects. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-16/water-trigger-bill-to-close-fracking-loophole-introduced/102982456

Precisely.
Go without water? In Australia 2023 ???

Saturday's NO voters need to realise that the referendum wasnt about division, bc Australia has division and inequality ALREADY .

How about some fracking in Dutton's seat?? God forbid !!!! His supporters would demand a #Voice and rightly so.

How many Australians really KNOW anything about First Nations' hardships or how the machinery of White Australia racism really works?

Truth is, like all other #FirstNations globally, they are in the way of the colonising overlords who want to seize land and resources for their own use.

And historically those overlords just needed to "wipe out" those indigenous ppls by any means possible: massacres, displacement, theft, siege, exploitation, disease, death, imprisonment...

The way Australia's First Nations are being treated is nothing new. They are unheard and invisible and 60% of voters are just fine with that.

#auspol #auspol2023 #voicetoparliament
#Aboriginal #Decolonise #SovereigntyNeverCeded #Treaty #FuckRacism #FuckWhiteness #FuckColonisation
#voteyes

Godfrey642,
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Yes. Exactly.
I have been seething with anger since Saturday.

timrichards, (edited ) to auspol
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I think this is the very last thing I'll share about the Voice referendum - but it's an interesting one.

This statistical analysis shows the results were very similar to the 1999 republic referendum: re regions, wealth, education, etc. Even the same electorates at the top & bottom of the Yes votes! Shows how hard it is to shift some people to a Yes vote, no matter what the question.

I suspect there are are two basic starting problems with any constitutional referendum:

a) Whatever the referendum is about, it can be characterised as "ignoring real issues";
b) There's a big chunk of people who deeply resent having to engage with politics, so forcing them to the polls outside an election will inevitably irritate them.

And that's before you even get to arguing the question! [sigh]

Beyond No, here’s what we know about the Voice results - ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-15/voice-results-explained-map/102978520

#VoiceToParliament #auspol

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards
Thanks for sharing Tim.
That's a really really fascinating read, especially on the back of this article about why ppl we're more prepared to listen to nonsense on SocMed rather than legal experts https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/oct/16/voice-referendum-aftermath-civics-yes-campaign-no-campaign

So what do we do about the rural, older, undereducated voters who believe conspiracy theories... ?

I would also be interested to see how that analysis would look if extrapolated globally. Same data in say UK? USA?

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards
Go here to the Victorian Curriculum website: https://victoriancurriculum.vcaa.vic.edu.au/overview/cross-curriculum-priorities
The first paragragh has a link to mandated curriculum for learning about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. (Level 1 = Grade 1 and Level 9/10 is broadly Years 9/10)

It's all there: Language Arts Civics Technology History.. TEN PAGES of curriculum. Every blue interactive link takes you to teaching materials, organisations and suggestions.

Not mandated in private schools of course.
And frankly a disaster in the hands of a NO voting Principal or teacher who won't ensure its taught.

Godfrey642,
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@timrichards This is the National Curriculum equivalent that should be taught outside Victoria. (I'm biased but i think it's is better)

https://www.australiancurriculum.edu.au/f-10-curriculum/cross-curriculum-priorities/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-histories-and-cultures/

cs, to australia
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referendum updates: Nation votes No to Voice to Parliament, with all six states rejecting change — as it happened - ABC News

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/live-updates-voice-to-parliament-referendum-latest-news/102969568

Godfrey642,
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@cs
So the 97% Australians of Settler Heritage voted overwhelmingly against giving First Nations any voice at all at the big white table of government .

This shows that most of the AoSH majority have brought ALL their nasty prejudices (and ignorance) with them when they emigrated here and have learnt nothing.

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