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 🇦🇺 🏳️🌈
It's just one guy making these soundscapes and each one has a description about his inspiration, how and where it was recorded, and tips for different ways of listening to them. Really makes you appreciate them more.
They're handmade with love.
They're handmade with love.
December 13, 2025 at 11:18 PM
It's just one guy making these soundscapes and each one has a description about his inspiration, how and where it was recorded, and tips for different ways of listening to them. Really makes you appreciate them more.
They're handmade with love.
They're handmade with love.
I'm noise sensitive and these help with blocking out noises, and are dang beautiful in their own right.
There's balance sliders for each element, so you can turn off the sounds which jangle your nerves (moving water noises are horrible to me).
There's balance sliders for each element, so you can turn off the sounds which jangle your nerves (moving water noises are horrible to me).
December 13, 2025 at 11:10 PM
I'm noise sensitive and these help with blocking out noises, and are dang beautiful in their own right.
There's balance sliders for each element, so you can turn off the sounds which jangle your nerves (moving water noises are horrible to me).
There's balance sliders for each element, so you can turn off the sounds which jangle your nerves (moving water noises are horrible to me).
Beautiful traditions ❤
December 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Beautiful traditions ❤
Reposted by A Little Thought
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...
That's how we got 50c public transport fares in QLD. Labor started it as a trial before the state election, ending a few months afterwards. It was so popular, and obviously a good policy, that the LNP surprisingly made it permanent 😮 (while sledging Labor the whole time ofc)
December 13, 2025 at 12:15 AM
That's how we got 50c public transport fares in QLD. Labor started it as a trial before the state election, ending a few months afterwards. It was so popular, and obviously a good policy, that the LNP surprisingly made it permanent 😮 (while sledging Labor the whole time ofc)
"Oddly though there are no columns explaining how for example those on Jobseeker can manipulate the system to avoid mutual obligations, or can earn more income without it affecting their payments."
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"Oddly though there are no columns explaining how for example those on Jobseeker can manipulate the system to avoid mutual obligations, or can earn more income without it affecting their payments."
"These columns are presented with no shame directed towards those who will inevitably be abusing the intent of the tax system."
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"These columns are presented with no shame directed towards those who will inevitably be abusing the intent of the tax system."
"One of the more striking aspects of media coverage of tax policy is how efforts by wealthy and rich individuals to avoid paying tax are presented as a logical and appropriate."
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
"One of the more striking aspects of media coverage of tax policy is how efforts by wealthy and rich individuals to avoid paying tax are presented as a logical and appropriate."