Lannen
@lannen.bsky.social
She/Her. Lutruwita. #LongCovid. Proud mum of trans kids. Student. Parent for Trans Youth Equity. None of my posts reflect any person or any group, but me!
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Lannen
@lannen.bsky.social
· Jan 13
Many have been struggling with hopelessness these last few years—and even more since the election. Too often I’ve asked myself how we should live in a world that can never be repaired. If that’s also you, I hope that you will find this essay on palliative activism helpful.
Palliative activism, or Fighting for justice without hope
The spirit within me wearies. I see each day pass another by, forever in want of change. I see the skies fall by a few inches each day. The…
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“…refusing the banality of cruelty, refusing to be worn bare, refusing to do violence unto each other — these may damn well be the closest we will come to revolution”
I really needed this essay, along with the term “palliative activism”.
I really needed this essay, along with the term “palliative activism”.
Huge appreciation for @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social radio.
Updates on local fires and evacuations very very very much appreciated, and very very very necessary.
Please increase funding for this essential service.
#auspol
Updates on local fires and evacuations very very very much appreciated, and very very very necessary.
Please increase funding for this essential service.
#auspol
December 4, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Huge appreciation for @abcnewsaustralia.bsky.social radio.
Updates on local fires and evacuations very very very much appreciated, and very very very necessary.
Please increase funding for this essential service.
#auspol
Updates on local fires and evacuations very very very much appreciated, and very very very necessary.
Please increase funding for this essential service.
#auspol
Pleased that the Brisbane Supreme Court overturned the ideologically toxic & unfounded Qld LNP decision to ban trans youth from accessing public healthcare.
Why are any 🇦🇺 parents *still* having to go to court so their kids can access healthcare?
My family went thru this a decade ago. It’s awful.
Why are any 🇦🇺 parents *still* having to go to court so their kids can access healthcare?
My family went thru this a decade ago. It’s awful.
October 28, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Pleased that the Brisbane Supreme Court overturned the ideologically toxic & unfounded Qld LNP decision to ban trans youth from accessing public healthcare.
Why are any 🇦🇺 parents *still* having to go to court so their kids can access healthcare?
My family went thru this a decade ago. It’s awful.
Why are any 🇦🇺 parents *still* having to go to court so their kids can access healthcare?
My family went thru this a decade ago. It’s awful.
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wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
Wikipedia Says AI Is Causing a Dangerous Decline in Human Visitors
“With fewer visits to Wikipedia, fewer volunteers may grow and enrich the content, and fewer individual donors may support this work.”
www.404media.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:15 AM
wikipedia's data shows that AI is siphoning traffic away from the site, which is a danger to its sustainability. ironically Wikipedia is more important than ever to users who want reliable information instead of slop, and to AI companies that need it for training data www.404media.co/wikipedia-sa...
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Some people might laugh but there's something actually important in this as I have heard others talk about how a fear of dying is palpable among fascists. They carry hell with them in real life.
Trump: "I don't think there's anything that's gonna get me in heaven. I think I'm not maybe heaven bound. I may be in heaven right now as we fly on Air Force One. I'm not sure I'm gonna be able to make heaven."
October 12, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Some people might laugh but there's something actually important in this as I have heard others talk about how a fear of dying is palpable among fascists. They carry hell with them in real life.
I am so concerned for LGBTIQA+ youth across Australia without supportive and affirming parents/caregivers.
Those at private religious education facilities? It’ll be like going back to the 1980s for these kids.
Where do they go? What limited choices will they think are before them?
All avoidable.
Those at private religious education facilities? It’ll be like going back to the 1980s for these kids.
Where do they go? What limited choices will they think are before them?
All avoidable.
We’ve been saying this forever. The social media ban will harm kids
LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.
October 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
I am so concerned for LGBTIQA+ youth across Australia without supportive and affirming parents/caregivers.
Those at private religious education facilities? It’ll be like going back to the 1980s for these kids.
Where do they go? What limited choices will they think are before them?
All avoidable.
Those at private religious education facilities? It’ll be like going back to the 1980s for these kids.
Where do they go? What limited choices will they think are before them?
All avoidable.
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We’ve been saying this forever. The social media ban will harm kids
LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.
LGBTQIA+ advocates say social media ban will 'cut off' regional queer teens
LGBTIQA+ advocates are concerned the social media ban will have a significant impact on queer youth in regional and remote areas of Australia. They say there are not enough offline, physical supports for these teens to access when the ban comes into effect.
www.abc.net.au
October 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
We’ve been saying this forever. The social media ban will harm kids
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Single JobSeeker just hit $400 a week
How would you go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid?
'Happy' #AntiPovertyWeek
#AbolishMOs and #RaiseTheRate
Great piece from @amyremeikis.bsky.social on the current debacle
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
#NobodyDeservesPoverty
How would you go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid?
'Happy' #AntiPovertyWeek
#AbolishMOs and #RaiseTheRate
Great piece from @amyremeikis.bsky.social on the current debacle
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
#NobodyDeservesPoverty
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Single JobSeeker just hit $400 a week
How would you go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid?
'Happy' #AntiPovertyWeek
#AbolishMOs and #RaiseTheRate
Great piece from @amyremeikis.bsky.social on the current debacle
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
#NobodyDeservesPoverty
How would you go if you were getting that little and were randomly not paid?
'Happy' #AntiPovertyWeek
#AbolishMOs and #RaiseTheRate
Great piece from @amyremeikis.bsky.social on the current debacle
www.thenewdaily.com.au/news/politic...
#NobodyDeservesPoverty
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they do this all of the time. They beat people and arrest them for celebrating.
Anyone who celebrates the release of a prisoner will be considered a target for "punishment and arrest" by Israel. Are you fucking kidding me?
Israel warns West Bank Palestinians against celebrating prisoners’ releases
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www.timesofisrael.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:56 PM
they do this all of the time. They beat people and arrest them for celebrating.
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You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 AM
You can’t fix autism because autistic people are not broken.
Happy Wear It Purple day to everyone!
Now more than ever, trans youth need your visible support.
Hope you’ve got some purple on today, or even just some purple bling!
🏳️⚧️ 💜 🏳️⚧️
Now more than ever, trans youth need your visible support.
Hope you’ve got some purple on today, or even just some purple bling!
🏳️⚧️ 💜 🏳️⚧️
a blue poster that says gender affirming care is life-saving
ALT: a blue poster that says gender affirming care is life-saving
media.tenor.com
August 29, 2025 at 2:43 AM
Happy Wear It Purple day to everyone!
Now more than ever, trans youth need your visible support.
Hope you’ve got some purple on today, or even just some purple bling!
🏳️⚧️ 💜 🏳️⚧️
Now more than ever, trans youth need your visible support.
Hope you’ve got some purple on today, or even just some purple bling!
🏳️⚧️ 💜 🏳️⚧️
Reading about trans youth in Texas today. Awful. Fucking awful.
The cruelty is the point- those politicians are sick.
Trans youth deserve So. Much. Better.
Privileged supportive family’s are fleeing the state (fleeing the country if they can).
The rest are stuck there until they can escape 💔
The cruelty is the point- those politicians are sick.
Trans youth deserve So. Much. Better.
Privileged supportive family’s are fleeing the state (fleeing the country if they can).
The rest are stuck there until they can escape 💔
August 7, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Reading about trans youth in Texas today. Awful. Fucking awful.
The cruelty is the point- those politicians are sick.
Trans youth deserve So. Much. Better.
Privileged supportive family’s are fleeing the state (fleeing the country if they can).
The rest are stuck there until they can escape 💔
The cruelty is the point- those politicians are sick.
Trans youth deserve So. Much. Better.
Privileged supportive family’s are fleeing the state (fleeing the country if they can).
The rest are stuck there until they can escape 💔
Thinking of all trans youth out there without support. So many don’t realise that life will get so much better. Being unsupported and existing in a hostile home and school environment is temporary. It will get better. So much better. So hard to see that in the moment though. But it will improve ❤️
August 7, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Thinking of all trans youth out there without support. So many don’t realise that life will get so much better. Being unsupported and existing in a hostile home and school environment is temporary. It will get better. So much better. So hard to see that in the moment though. But it will improve ❤️
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This is un-fucking-believable. @albomp.bsky.social Australia should be absolutely POURING money into the CSIRO, repairing the damage of Morrison's cuts, and nabbing as much talent as we can from anywhere we can find it. Australia won't become better or more prosperous by being stupid. #auspol #CSIRO
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
Hundreds more CSIRO jobs on the chopping block as experts raise fears over impact on science
Concerns Australia is gutting its research capability coincide with Trump’s deep cuts into US science agencies
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Hundreds more jobs could be axed at Australia’s national science agency, sparking concerns the country is gutting its research capability just as the Trump administration makes deep cuts into the sector in the US.
The latest potential research job losses at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) follow 440 positions being cut last financial year and earlier deep reductions under the Coalition government, including 300 in 2016. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:52 AM
This is un-fucking-believable. @albomp.bsky.social Australia should be absolutely POURING money into the CSIRO, repairing the damage of Morrison's cuts, and nabbing as much talent as we can from anywhere we can find it. Australia won't become better or more prosperous by being stupid. #auspol #CSIRO
Sydney. This Sunday. Tell the Albanese govt it’s beyond time to sanction Israel, stop the starvation of Palestinians and stop the siege on Gaza.
#NSWPol
#FreePalestine
#MarchForHumanity
#AltText
#NSWPol
#FreePalestine
#MarchForHumanity
#AltText
August 7, 2025 at 2:05 AM
Sydney. This Sunday. Tell the Albanese govt it’s beyond time to sanction Israel, stop the starvation of Palestinians and stop the siege on Gaza.
#NSWPol
#FreePalestine
#MarchForHumanity
#AltText
#NSWPol
#FreePalestine
#MarchForHumanity
#AltText
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We are getting closer to the point of everyone quickly trying to pretend they have always called this genocide
Aid organizations report that thousands of children in Gaza are at risk of starvation while trucks full of food sit waiting across the border.
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
The full flow of humanitarian assistance must be restored immediately. news.un.org/en/story/202...
People dying from lack of aid every day in Gaza: WFP official
The hunger crisis in Gaza has reached new and astonishing levels of desperation, with a third of the population not eating for multiple days in a row, a senior official with the UN World Food Programm...
news.un.org
July 24, 2025 at 10:27 PM
We are getting closer to the point of everyone quickly trying to pretend they have always called this genocide
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In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.
www.democracynow.org/2025/7/24/va...
www.democracynow.org/2025/7/24/va...
“Duty to Repair”: Vanuatu Climate Minister on World Court Ruling Countries Must Address Climate
In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming. In a unanimous ruling by a panel of 15 judges, the court ...
www.democracynow.org
July 25, 2025 at 1:12 AM
In a landmark decision, the International Court of Justice found that polluting countries are now legally obligated to address global warming.
www.democracynow.org/2025/7/24/va...
www.democracynow.org/2025/7/24/va...
The Australian Institute of Family Studies, using peer-reviewed research in their newly published page (July 2025).
#TransKids
#ParentsOfTransYouth
#AltText
If all parents loved their kids unconditionally, this link wouldn’t be necessary. Parents need to/can do better!
aifs.gov.au/resources/sh...
#TransKids
#ParentsOfTransYouth
#AltText
If all parents loved their kids unconditionally, this link wouldn’t be necessary. Parents need to/can do better!
aifs.gov.au/resources/sh...
July 25, 2025 at 1:11 AM
The Australian Institute of Family Studies, using peer-reviewed research in their newly published page (July 2025).
#TransKids
#ParentsOfTransYouth
#AltText
If all parents loved their kids unconditionally, this link wouldn’t be necessary. Parents need to/can do better!
aifs.gov.au/resources/sh...
#TransKids
#ParentsOfTransYouth
#AltText
If all parents loved their kids unconditionally, this link wouldn’t be necessary. Parents need to/can do better!
aifs.gov.au/resources/sh...
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Israel wants to imprison 600,000 Palestinians in the "ruins of Rafah." A "humanitarian city" from which no one is allowed to leave. The Israeli army will guard the "city." An Israeli human rights lawyer calls it "preparations for a crime against humanity."
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/l...
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/l...
July 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM
Israel wants to imprison 600,000 Palestinians in the "ruins of Rafah." A "humanitarian city" from which no one is allowed to leave. The Israeli army will guard the "city." An Israeli human rights lawyer calls it "preparations for a crime against humanity."
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/l...
www.volkskrant.nl/buitenland/l...
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Sanctioning Francesca Albanese for trying to stop a holocaust, while funneling a genocidal maniac billions in weapons and diplomatic support, is some heinous evil empire shit. It's an assault on reality.
July 9, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Sanctioning Francesca Albanese for trying to stop a holocaust, while funneling a genocidal maniac billions in weapons and diplomatic support, is some heinous evil empire shit. It's an assault on reality.
Beyond time to sanction Israel for their genocide, war crimes, and creating the largest cohort of child amputees in history. It has to stop. It must stop.
The longer this continues, the more we lose of our humanity, collectively and individually.
#Auspol
#Canberra
#FreePalestine
#AltText
The longer this continues, the more we lose of our humanity, collectively and individually.
#Auspol
#Canberra
#FreePalestine
#AltText
July 10, 2025 at 12:15 AM
Beyond time to sanction Israel for their genocide, war crimes, and creating the largest cohort of child amputees in history. It has to stop. It must stop.
The longer this continues, the more we lose of our humanity, collectively and individually.
#Auspol
#Canberra
#FreePalestine
#AltText
The longer this continues, the more we lose of our humanity, collectively and individually.
#Auspol
#Canberra
#FreePalestine
#AltText
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5 years into the ongoing pandemic, 4 people with Long COVID share their stories as their battle against COVID continues.
"Hospitalizations, job losses, chronic symptoms, and a fight for acceptance: People living with LC share their real-life ups, downs, setbacks, and triumphs."
archive.md/xqZ8t
"Hospitalizations, job losses, chronic symptoms, and a fight for acceptance: People living with LC share their real-life ups, downs, setbacks, and triumphs."
archive.md/xqZ8t
June 23, 2025 at 2:34 AM
5 years into the ongoing pandemic, 4 people with Long COVID share their stories as their battle against COVID continues.
"Hospitalizations, job losses, chronic symptoms, and a fight for acceptance: People living with LC share their real-life ups, downs, setbacks, and triumphs."
archive.md/xqZ8t
"Hospitalizations, job losses, chronic symptoms, and a fight for acceptance: People living with LC share their real-life ups, downs, setbacks, and triumphs."
archive.md/xqZ8t
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THREAD:
Updated version of my definition of Contrived Authority.
It looks like the Starmer government is deploying Contrived Authority to further remove healthcare from young trans people. This needs to be regarded as a form of violence directed at them by Streeting/Starmer….
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Updated version of my definition of Contrived Authority.
It looks like the Starmer government is deploying Contrived Authority to further remove healthcare from young trans people. This needs to be regarded as a form of violence directed at them by Streeting/Starmer….
1/n
June 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
THREAD:
Updated version of my definition of Contrived Authority.
It looks like the Starmer government is deploying Contrived Authority to further remove healthcare from young trans people. This needs to be regarded as a form of violence directed at them by Streeting/Starmer….
1/n
Updated version of my definition of Contrived Authority.
It looks like the Starmer government is deploying Contrived Authority to further remove healthcare from young trans people. This needs to be regarded as a form of violence directed at them by Streeting/Starmer….
1/n
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A campaign to lobby Woolworths, Coles and Kmart to quit carrying cookware containing PFAS pls
June 23, 2025 at 4:06 AM
A campaign to lobby Woolworths, Coles and Kmart to quit carrying cookware containing PFAS pls
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So we just passed through the Tas ferry terminal check-in. All masked. Staff there asked if we have COVID because we're masked. No, we're trying not to get it.
There is 6x more COVID than last trip we did 3 months ago. Noone cares.
There is 6x more COVID than last trip we did 3 months ago. Noone cares.
June 23, 2025 at 8:09 AM
So we just passed through the Tas ferry terminal check-in. All masked. Staff there asked if we have COVID because we're masked. No, we're trying not to get it.
There is 6x more COVID than last trip we did 3 months ago. Noone cares.
There is 6x more COVID than last trip we did 3 months ago. Noone cares.
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Until you get close to it you never really grasp just how many people and groups there are telling govt what they want to hear so they can say they have “talked to govt” and groups and people who advise the govt to do nothing because that will never be controversial.
June 23, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Until you get close to it you never really grasp just how many people and groups there are telling govt what they want to hear so they can say they have “talked to govt” and groups and people who advise the govt to do nothing because that will never be controversial.