A Little Thought
@alittlethought.bsky.social
Just a little guy dreaming of a better world.
From one of the dozens of countries that aren't America 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈
From one of the dozens of countries that aren't America 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈
Shout out to Stéphane Pigeon of mynoise.net for his amazing customisable soundscapes. This plus noise cancelling headphones help so much with getting work done!
Some of my favourites are: Take it Easy, Black Lodges, Japanese Garden, 3 Friends of Winter, Airport Terminal, and Into Balance.
Some of my favourites are: Take it Easy, Black Lodges, Japanese Garden, 3 Friends of Winter, Airport Terminal, and Into Balance.
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December 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Shout out to Stéphane Pigeon of mynoise.net for his amazing customisable soundscapes. This plus noise cancelling headphones help so much with getting work done!
Some of my favourites are: Take it Easy, Black Lodges, Japanese Garden, 3 Friends of Winter, Airport Terminal, and Into Balance.
Some of my favourites are: Take it Easy, Black Lodges, Japanese Garden, 3 Friends of Winter, Airport Terminal, and Into Balance.
My Christmas tradition is making donations to the creators of free websites, online services and software that I use. This year I added pay-it-forward subscriptions to the local community radio station.
What are your similar traditions?
What are your similar traditions?
My two Newham Christmas traditions are buying some toys for the toy appeal (usually I pick something off the wishlist that my children have) and also making a hamper for the @magpieprojectuk.bsky.social mums and children. And then crying at the Magpie video showing all the hampers collected up.
December 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
My Christmas tradition is making donations to the creators of free websites, online services and software that I use. This year I added pay-it-forward subscriptions to the local community radio station.
What are your similar traditions?
What are your similar traditions?
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Sorry, l can't help laughing at this one!
I hope they've been thoroughly cleaned!
I hope they've been thoroughly cleaned!
December 11, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Sorry, l can't help laughing at this one!
I hope they've been thoroughly cleaned!
I hope they've been thoroughly cleaned!
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When we choose not to tax wealthy people and corporations appropriately we are choosing children in poverty and aged stuck in hospital beds, we choose suffering for the many for the privilege of the few
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
"Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty" #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
thepoint.com.au/news/251212-...
Australia passes a shameful milestone: over one million children now living in poverty
For all the focus on inflation, interest rates and cost-of-living pressures this year, the nation quietly passed a shameful milestone in 2025, ensuring a bleak Christmas for more Australian families t...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 12:46 AM
When we choose not to tax wealthy people and corporations appropriately we are choosing children in poverty and aged stuck in hospital beds, we choose suffering for the many for the privilege of the few
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
Well, we don’t choose, governments choose for us
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From the Larchives. Happy Hogswatch!
December 13, 2025 at 2:04 AM
From the Larchives. Happy Hogswatch!
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My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
![Screenshot from the article. The text reads:
Illustrative of the government's approach to the system is an app the DEWR claims it built to provide "alerts on known risk areas".
, including providers booking dodgy
appointments that can penalise jobseekers.
When the ombudsman asked to see it, the department had to admit the app does not yet exist.
"Later in the investigation when we sought further information on this data App, DEWR changed its previous advice, stating that the risk monitoring data App for monitoring TCF [Targeted Compliance Framework]-related data was in fact not complete and was expected to be gathering data by late 2025," the ombudsman wrote.
The ombudsman revealed a catalogue of other examples where the department or Services Australia, which administers the welfare cancellations and occasionally checks the work of providers issuing suspensions, made misleading claims to his office, to him, to jobseekers and to the public.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:y5jtxfxnv4exgujkdbmy43jp/bafkreiakutdnw67stuml4xooynfe6gms377a4rai6begtvzhqv3uxszyvy@jpeg)
December 12, 2025 at 7:47 PM
My fave* part of this whole saga is that even after YEARS of being on notice to stop lying and sort their shit out, the Department tells the Ombudsman they have an app for that. And when the Ombudsman asks to see the app they say 'actually, no we don't'. www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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Did you know those over 55 can sell their house, buy a bigger, more expensive house, and use the ‘downsizer’ scheme to put $300k extra into their super
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The rich get tax advice; the poor get lectures: super tax saga lays bare a skewed system
A new report on the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the changes to superannuation tax on balances over $3m highlights yet again how the tax system is weighted in favour of the rich and that...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Did you know those over 55 can sell their house, buy a bigger, more expensive house, and use the ‘downsizer’ scheme to put $300k extra into their super
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
its called the ‘downsizer scheme’ but…you don’t have to actually downsize…FFS
Not sure that passes ‘the pub test’
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
"What for the rich is proper management of your finances to be applauded, for those on low incomes is abusing the system to be condemned."
So on point!
So on point!
The AFR run a 2 year campaign to get the ALP to weaken the changes to super tax concessions to make it easier to avoid paying the tax.
The ALP does it.
The AFR criticises the ALP for weakening the policy because people can avoid paying the tax.
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The ALP does it.
The AFR criticises the ALP for weakening the policy because people can avoid paying the tax.
My column #ThePoint
thepoint.com.au/news/251213
The rich get tax advice; the poor get lectures: super tax saga lays bare a skewed system
A new report on the amount of revenue expected to be raised by the changes to superannuation tax on balances over $3m highlights yet again how the tax system is weighted in favour of the rich and that...
thepoint.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"What for the rich is proper management of your finances to be applauded, for those on low incomes is abusing the system to be condemned."
So on point!
So on point!
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December 12, 2025 at 10:48 PM
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This is timely. I visited Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria yesterday and got my first ever box of state-funded vending machine tampons. NSW should get with the times
December 12, 2025 at 3:20 AM
This is timely. I visited Northeast Health Wangaratta in Victoria yesterday and got my first ever box of state-funded vending machine tampons. NSW should get with the times
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Utterly bizarre this is not a thing.
"Calls for vending machines in hospitals after women denied period products"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"Calls for vending machines in hospitals after women denied period products"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Woman denied period products in hospital says it's 'dehumanising'
When Samantha Bruce got her period in hospital she wasn't able to get a pad or tampon. She says the response left her feeling "small and dehumanised".
www.abc.net.au
December 11, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Utterly bizarre this is not a thing.
"Calls for vending machines in hospitals after women denied period products"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
"Calls for vending machines in hospitals after women denied period products"
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Welcome to sunny Queensland where tents are Schrödinger homes #auspol
Council says tents are not homes & therefore destroying them doesn't violate human rights
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
But living in one makes you housed & ineligible for crisis accommodation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Council says tents are not homes & therefore destroying them doesn't violate human rights
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
But living in one makes you housed & ineligible for crisis accommodation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
December 11, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Welcome to sunny Queensland where tents are Schrödinger homes #auspol
Council says tents are not homes & therefore destroying them doesn't violate human rights
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
But living in one makes you housed & ineligible for crisis accommodation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Council says tents are not homes & therefore destroying them doesn't violate human rights
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
But living in one makes you housed & ineligible for crisis accommodation
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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“protects them” while also having policies like “adult crime adult time” make it make sense #auspol
“Freeing them to grow up in a society that protects them.”
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
Wow that society sounds great, where is it?
The fuck is this
December 11, 2025 at 4:54 AM
“protects them” while also having policies like “adult crime adult time” make it make sense #auspol
Hit my first age verification block today. Oddly enough it's on a social media not covered by the Australian under-16s ban, and where I'm an admin.
Now my users are less safe because I can't view or moderate what's happening in there.
(I am old enough for my first modem to be 2400 baud)
Now my users are less safe because I can't view or moderate what's happening in there.
(I am old enough for my first modem to be 2400 baud)
December 11, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Hit my first age verification block today. Oddly enough it's on a social media not covered by the Australian under-16s ban, and where I'm an admin.
Now my users are less safe because I can't view or moderate what's happening in there.
(I am old enough for my first modem to be 2400 baud)
Now my users are less safe because I can't view or moderate what's happening in there.
(I am old enough for my first modem to be 2400 baud)
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An economist can correct me if I’m wrong, but as I understand it, the system as *designed* REQUIRES ~4-5% unemployment.
It then punishes those people for being unemployed, including a payment so low it actively hinders seeking employment.
Then blames them for being unemployed.
DARVO as policy.
It then punishes those people for being unemployed, including a payment so low it actively hinders seeking employment.
Then blames them for being unemployed.
DARVO as policy.
"our system of 'mutual' obligation relies on people continuing to stigmatise welfare as the moral failing of an individual....despite unemployment being baked into economic policy" - @amyremeikis.bsky.social
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
December 10, 2025 at 11:15 PM
An economist can correct me if I’m wrong, but as I understand it, the system as *designed* REQUIRES ~4-5% unemployment.
It then punishes those people for being unemployed, including a payment so low it actively hinders seeking employment.
Then blames them for being unemployed.
DARVO as policy.
It then punishes those people for being unemployed, including a payment so low it actively hinders seeking employment.
Then blames them for being unemployed.
DARVO as policy.
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Australia’s TGA has added the new Comirnaty LP.8.1 COVID-19 vaccine, targeting the LP.8.1 variant.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
New jab for new COVID-19 variant: Australians can now access additional vaccine
The federal health department says regular COVID-19 vaccinations are "the best way" to maintain protection.
www.sbs.com.au
December 11, 2025 at 3:52 AM
Australia’s TGA has added the new Comirnaty LP.8.1 COVID-19 vaccine, targeting the LP.8.1 variant.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
It’s recommended annually for adults 18–64 who aren’t severely immunocompromised and is free for all residents.
Pfizer says it’s now available.
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Unreal lmao. Literally using the ban as cover.
December 11, 2025 at 1:47 AM
Unreal lmao. Literally using the ban as cover.
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Peter Lewis off the long run, exploiting an angle that's been pissing me off for some time:
December 10, 2025 at 3:56 AM
Peter Lewis off the long run, exploiting an angle that's been pissing me off for some time:
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the “potentially fatal” dose of testosterone is due to the risk of red blood cell overproduction (it’s actually less risky in younger people than older people). but also doctors prescribe “potentially fatal” doses of things all the time! last time I had a chest infection I got 48 codeine tablets!
You might think from the headline that this is a story about a trans kid suffering medical consequences from a large drug dose but nope! It is just an interview with an estranged father who is angry that his child happily transitioned.
archive.ph/Tmthz
archive.ph/Tmthz
December 10, 2025 at 10:02 PM
the “potentially fatal” dose of testosterone is due to the risk of red blood cell overproduction (it’s actually less risky in younger people than older people). but also doctors prescribe “potentially fatal” doses of things all the time! last time I had a chest infection I got 48 codeine tablets!
The problems of high prices, hard to understand pricing, and loyalty taxes could be better solved by removing the energy retailers. Pay a govt agency directly, like we used to.
What are energy retailers providing here? Besides profits for the rich and confusion for consumers. #auspol
What are energy retailers providing here? Besides profits for the rich and confusion for consumers. #auspol
Netflix-like power charges on the cards as energy rule-maker flags major reset
Australians' electricity bills have become a nightmare of complexity and high prices. An energy regulator says subscription fees could be an answer.
www.abc.net.au
December 10, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The problems of high prices, hard to understand pricing, and loyalty taxes could be better solved by removing the energy retailers. Pay a govt agency directly, like we used to.
What are energy retailers providing here? Besides profits for the rich and confusion for consumers. #auspol
What are energy retailers providing here? Besides profits for the rich and confusion for consumers. #auspol
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Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
December 9, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Home Office Ministers state publicly, on the record, that they are deliberately making life worse for older people and people with disabilities who depend on care services, but it's worth it because it reduces net migration.
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Updated now with more detail from the report: the accidental disclosure was found to have occurred in seven cases from 2020 to 2023
In the three most serious cases, the offender used the detail to track down the women at home. In two of these, the offender committed new “acts of domestic violence”
In the three most serious cases, the offender used the detail to track down the women at home. In two of these, the offender committed new “acts of domestic violence”
New: Queensland Police unlawfully gave victims’ addresses to domestic and family violence offenders in seven cases, despite being aware of the risks for years, a report has found.
Police knew for years of risk of handing DV victims’ details to offenders
After revelations last year, the state’s Information Commissioner has found unaddressed failures of police policies and systems breached privacy laws.
www.brisbanetimes.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Updated now with more detail from the report: the accidental disclosure was found to have occurred in seven cases from 2020 to 2023
In the three most serious cases, the offender used the detail to track down the women at home. In two of these, the offender committed new “acts of domestic violence”
In the three most serious cases, the offender used the detail to track down the women at home. In two of these, the offender committed new “acts of domestic violence”
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There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
Just 0.001% hold three times the wealth of poorest half of humanity, report finds
Data from World Inequality Report also showed top 10% of income-earners earn more than the other 90%
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
There is one overriding political problem, from which all others follow. Until it is addressed, every policy advanced by governments is window dressing.
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...
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"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
Three Tweets That Capture The Entire Elon Musk Free Speech Con
We’ve spent years calling out what a hypocrite Elon Musk is on free speech. But sometimes the universe Elon hands you a gift: three tweets in the span of a little over a week that demonstrate…
www.techdirt.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Elon’s entire incoherent free speech framework collapses into a single coherent principle: speech I like is protected, speech I don’t like should be punished.
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
This is what happens when someone who never understood the actual principles of free speech tries to cosplay as a free speech absolutist."
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working for fox news or the white house must be so easy. any failing can be blamed on immigrants. "sorry for the late reply, an immigrant had my gmail password." "need an extension on this assignment, an immigrant deleted my file." "sorry i didn't pay the bill. immigrants."
December 9, 2025 at 10:59 PM
working for fox news or the white house must be so easy. any failing can be blamed on immigrants. "sorry for the late reply, an immigrant had my gmail password." "need an extension on this assignment, an immigrant deleted my file." "sorry i didn't pay the bill. immigrants."