Vicki Watson
@scorpiogcoast.bsky.social
Please don’t ask for money. I have none spare.
Currently fighting cancer.
The common good. UBI. Medicare. Public hospitals.
The need for charity is a failure of government.
Essendon, Politics, RP’s not endorsement.
BA (History) GradMgmtQual, MTechMgmt
Currently fighting cancer.
The common good. UBI. Medicare. Public hospitals.
The need for charity is a failure of government.
Essendon, Politics, RP’s not endorsement.
BA (History) GradMgmtQual, MTechMgmt
Pinned
Vicki Watson
@scorpiogcoast.bsky.social
· Nov 12
Finally made it to BlueSky. Don’t be fooled by the avatar picture of my cat George, he’s much nicer than Rotten Ronnie (Andrews) who was my avatar on the old site.
Here for a good time, hopefully a long time too……
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Here for a good time, hopefully a long time too……
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Flooding, cyclones, deadly monsoons in Southeasat Asia, bushfires in Australia, grim news on the water shortage front...
But look. Let's just continue to approve new mines and build tax-payer funded infrastructure for companies that pay no tax. #auspol
But look. Let's just continue to approve new mines and build tax-payer funded infrastructure for companies that pay no tax. #auspol
December 7, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Flooding, cyclones, deadly monsoons in Southeasat Asia, bushfires in Australia, grim news on the water shortage front...
But look. Let's just continue to approve new mines and build tax-payer funded infrastructure for companies that pay no tax. #auspol
But look. Let's just continue to approve new mines and build tax-payer funded infrastructure for companies that pay no tax. #auspol
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Pulitzer Prize NOW!
December 6, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Pulitzer Prize NOW!
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Thinking of this in light of any real reform following the Robodebt scandal, the refusal to raise the social security rate to any substantial level, and the acknowledgement by the public service that 140 aspects of the social security system have been operating illegally.
'Asked what risks Labor faced if it failed to evolve at an organisational level and with its policies, Swan was blunt.
“We end up looking like the Democrats in the US or any number of once large, proud, centre-right parties around the world that have collapsed,” he said.'
“We end up looking like the Democrats in the US or any number of once large, proud, centre-right parties around the world that have collapsed,” he said.'
Wayne Swan warns Labor not to speak to Australians in ‘highly stylised political way’
Exclusive: ALP national president urges party to urgently renew its ageing grassroots membership base in suburban and regional areas
www.theguardian.com
December 6, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Thinking of this in light of any real reform following the Robodebt scandal, the refusal to raise the social security rate to any substantial level, and the acknowledgement by the public service that 140 aspects of the social security system have been operating illegally.
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Labor’s worst nightmare isn’t the LNP, it’s a lone Senator who DOES NOT hold the balance of power but wields immense power because of staunch integrity and wanting the best for Aussies, as opposed to just saying shit to get elected
Gas is on Labor’s radar because of David Pocock
Thank u David 🙏
Gas is on Labor’s radar because of David Pocock
Thank u David 🙏
December 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Labor’s worst nightmare isn’t the LNP, it’s a lone Senator who DOES NOT hold the balance of power but wields immense power because of staunch integrity and wanting the best for Aussies, as opposed to just saying shit to get elected
Gas is on Labor’s radar because of David Pocock
Thank u David 🙏
Gas is on Labor’s radar because of David Pocock
Thank u David 🙏
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If China had done this. You guys would already have done:
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
December 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
If China had done this. You guys would already have done:
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
1 Calling in the Chinese Ambassador for a verbal bashing
2 Holding your 1200th PRESSER condeming China and China bashing
3 Threatening to send Australian Navy to South China Sea to ensure freedom of navigation
Pure Hypocrisy.
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My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
December 6, 2025 at 2:41 AM
My constituent, Wilmer, was mauled by an ICE attack dog despite the fact that, as he has consistently explained, he was not resisting arrest or trying to flee—his wife and young children, all U.S. citizens, were forced to watch helplessly as Wilmer was violently attacked and dragged away.
This Labor government stinks more with every new revelation.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 6, 2025 at 2:40 AM
This Labor government stinks more with every new revelation.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politic...
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If true, people need to lose their jobs immediately.
This is anti democratic and an affront to the citizens of this country. If Albanese approved it he must resign.
I’m not fucking joking. This is hiding the corporate ownership of policy making.
This is anti democratic and an affront to the citizens of this country. If Albanese approved it he must resign.
I’m not fucking joking. This is hiding the corporate ownership of policy making.
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 PM
If true, people need to lose their jobs immediately.
This is anti democratic and an affront to the citizens of this country. If Albanese approved it he must resign.
I’m not fucking joking. This is hiding the corporate ownership of policy making.
This is anti democratic and an affront to the citizens of this country. If Albanese approved it he must resign.
I’m not fucking joking. This is hiding the corporate ownership of policy making.
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Calling Australian biosecurity comms professionals! 🐝🌾🦠
What do you think about new ways to help people become more resilient to misinformation about science?
15 mins, anonymous survey 👇
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please share! #Scicomm
@mattnurse.com
What do you think about new ways to help people become more resilient to misinformation about science?
15 mins, anonymous survey 👇
anu.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Please share! #Scicomm
@mattnurse.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:27 AM
“This range of sexisms that have attained mainstream credibility …rest on one assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional compared with men’s, that we have less of a claim on rights, dignity and public participation than our brothers do.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rightwingers are trying to destroy women’s right to vote | Moira Donegan
Calls for disenfranchisement rest on a single assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
“This range of sexisms that have attained mainstream credibility …rest on one assumption: that women’s citizenship is partial and conditional compared with men’s, that we have less of a claim on rights, dignity and public participation than our brothers do.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Australia is paying $750m to a US prison company and $2.5bn in a secret deal to Nauru, yet the hundred or so asylum seekers in Nauru are starving.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
It’s called corruption, and someone in authority should look into it.
‘Day by day I lose weight’: asylum seekers on Nauru get $115 a week, but a bag of grapes costs $20
Forbidden from working, people sent to the island by Australia say they are struggling to survive because food is so expensive
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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Australian #climate and #environment in focus
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
The demand for use in cooling in Sydney alone is expected to exceed the volume of Canberra’s total drinking water within the next decade
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Australian #climate and #environment in focus
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
Thirsty work: how the rise of massive datacentres strains Australia’s drinking water supply
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I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
December 5, 2025 at 12:44 AM
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage.
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country.
#CommitToALivingWage
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Health leaders from across the country are urging the Allan Govt to protect VicHealth
www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...
www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Health leaders from across the country are urging the Allan Govt to protect VicHealth
www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...
www.croakey.org/shock-and-al...
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Marles: “what’s important that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Marles: “what’s important that the US is fully supportive of Aukus”
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
He talks about it like it’s altruism.
You are paying them $380bn for something they don’t even need to deliver. Of course they are supportive, they can’t believe we are this fucking stupid.
Take note Services Australia and the ATO
December 4, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Take note Services Australia and the ATO
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🏠 Home for the Holidays 🏠
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
December 3, 2025 at 9:56 PM
🏠 Home for the Holidays 🏠
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
MELIA is only 3.5 years old, around 50 lbs, needs a peaceful adult only home. No dogs. Cats are ok. Shes needs a patient, kind, caring, loving human. Please be her hero. Over 810 days
🏠Hempstead Animal Shelter
☎️(516) 785-5220
📍3320 Beltagh Avenue , Unit
Wantagh, NY 11793
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I need this guy as my life coach 😆
True joy recognizes and acknowledges pain, tears, sadness, and every other emotion that exists within the spectrum of human experience. It is about discovering and finding balance, equilibrium, and a sense of steadiness even in the midst of difficult, trying, and turbulent times.
December 4, 2025 at 1:23 AM
I need this guy as my life coach 😆
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the voters deserve a public and fully transparent enquiry into AUKUS
its the bare minimum as this was effectively sidelined as an election issue the electorate has never voted for it
its the bare minimum as this was effectively sidelined as an election issue the electorate has never voted for it
November 27, 2025 at 6:51 AM
the voters deserve a public and fully transparent enquiry into AUKUS
its the bare minimum as this was effectively sidelined as an election issue the electorate has never voted for it
its the bare minimum as this was effectively sidelined as an election issue the electorate has never voted for it
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It’s all about power for the sake of power and keeping that power firmly inside a duopoly that imposes IDEOLOGY and not SOLUTIONS
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
BREAKING: Albanese, the affirmed enemy of transparency and accountability, to set up yet another secretive body to cover for the government's shitfuckery.
#AusPol
#AUKUS
#AusPol
#AUKUS
Albanese and Ley to decide members of ‘secret’ new committee set to scrutinise Aukus – but Greens excluded
No more than seven government MPs will be appointed but Greens and independents will not be included
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It’s all about power for the sake of power and keeping that power firmly inside a duopoly that imposes IDEOLOGY and not SOLUTIONS
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
Voters trapping themselves in a cycle of low expectations, mediocrity and the status quo because politicians insist
And voters have no alternative vision
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Scottish friends! I'm looking for a voice actor (roughly 30-40 years old, female) for an unannounced game✨
You definitely don't need to be an established actor, but you must be UK based with your own recording equipment.
This is a paid role, DM for brief! #voiceacting
You definitely don't need to be an established actor, but you must be UK based with your own recording equipment.
This is a paid role, DM for brief! #voiceacting
December 3, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Scottish friends! I'm looking for a voice actor (roughly 30-40 years old, female) for an unannounced game✨
You definitely don't need to be an established actor, but you must be UK based with your own recording equipment.
This is a paid role, DM for brief! #voiceacting
You definitely don't need to be an established actor, but you must be UK based with your own recording equipment.
This is a paid role, DM for brief! #voiceacting
Wow! Just wow!
A mysterious hat in the depths of the universe — the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has captured the Sombrero Galaxy in extraordinary detail.😲💙😎
December 4, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Wow! Just wow!