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Gin Valentine
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🏳️‍⚧️ Aspiring kitchen witch, true trans soul redhead, permanent teacher's pet
She/her. Australian, but a woman once insisted I had an English accent for some reason.
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Ahead of Day 3 of the "pink test"

In 2022-23 the McGrath foundation spent about $8.8m on “foundation-funded breast care nurses”, but more than $9.1m on fundraising and marketing, and a further $2.2m on administration."
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2024...
The Pink Test is a feel-good story, but does it help where it’s really needed? | The New Daily
www.thenewdaily.com.au
January 5, 2026 at 10:43 PM
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Inner North Melbourne people: two of Yarra Library's branches have extended opening hours on Thursday and Friday so that you can hide away from the heatwave.
January 6, 2026 at 4:59 AM
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The story of US intervention is a story of suffering, misery and chaos. How many more catastrophic failures will it take before we learn the lesson?

My piece for @tribunemagazine.bsky.social on the illegal invasion of Venezuela.

tribunemag.co.uk/2026/01/star...
Starmer’s Passivity on Venezuela is Cowardice
Keir Starmer’s evasiveness towards Donald Trump’s assault on Venezuela is a clarifying example of Britain’s ‘special relationship’ of unthinking submission to the White House’s interests.
tribunemag.co.uk
January 6, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Wish I could internalize this
October 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
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My essay is about Tarantino, yes, but it's also about the ugliness of the "Face of Jewish Vengeance" since WW2:

flaminghydra.com/inglourious-...
January 6, 2026 at 8:08 AM
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January 6, 2026 at 8:38 AM
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Several parts of Australia are likely to face the worst heatwaves since the 2019/2020 bushfires.

Volunteers and underpaid frontline workers will step up to help communities.

Meanwhile, in just one year, the Australian government gave $14.9 billion in subsidies to fossil fuel producers and users.
January 6, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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the annoying little jokes will continue until morale improves, and then keep going after that too
January 6, 2026 at 2:25 AM
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If you want to know who took all of your money, it's the people with all of the money. Famously, we know that's people working in child care.
January 2, 2026 at 8:53 PM
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"eSafety has been active in cracking down on non-consensual sexual imagery generators...

Despite this, Musk’s Grok has not faced any consequences in Australia despite being far more prominent than any other nudify application and the well-publicised nature of its sexual image generation features."
January 6, 2026 at 4:58 AM
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I’m still not sure which Knives Out film I like the most, but I think I feel pretty confident in saying the Louise phone call from Wake Up Dead Man is my favorite scene in the whole trilogy
January 6, 2026 at 3:33 AM
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"But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. [...]"

"...There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for."
January 3, 2026 at 11:05 AM
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One guy tried, unsuccessfully, to blow up a plane with a bomb in his sneakers, and everybody had to take off their shoes at the airport for the next 20 years.

Chatbots have a collective body count equal to Richard "The Night Stalker" Ramirez, and they're trying to put them in schools.
30 years ago they were like we have to ban song lyrics for the children but it’s full steam ahead for the here’s how to do drugs until you die machine
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
January 6, 2026 at 1:37 AM
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I actually only listen to podcasts at quarter speed I like it when they take 7 hours and sound like a drone metal song
January 6, 2026 at 12:56 AM
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Video games, rap music, rock and roll, and horror movies have been demonized by the media for YEARS. But ChatGPT gives a how to guide on making CSAM and committing suicide and it’s crickets
“ChatGPT started coaching Sam on how to take drugs, recover from them and plan further binges. It gave him specific doses of illegal substances, and in one chat, it wrote, ‘Hell yes—let’s go full trippy mode’”
www.sfgate.com/tech/article...
A Calif. teen trusted ChatGPT for drug advice. He died from an overdose.
"Who on earth gives that advice?"
www.sfgate.com
January 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
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The biggest realisation for most people who transition after the age of 30 is not that they are trans but rather that love can be unconditional.
January 6, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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Heatwaves are hitting many Australian regions this week, with multiple days 35ºC (95ºF) to 45ºC+ (113ºF+)🥵

There’s ~250 heat related deaths in Australia annually, more than have died in bushfires in last 10 years combined.

Only time it’s ok to CHEAT😉 is during Heatwaves …1/
January 6, 2026 at 12:44 AM
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how do u repair the social fabric how do you get people to start trusting each other again
January 6, 2026 at 12:46 AM
I almost knocked myself out making pasta
What's the most ridiculous way you ever hurt yourself? I got out of the tub, skidded in water and tripped over the toilet. Ankle sprain.

😅
January 6, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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"A History of Warner Bros. Through Mergers"

Because no one else would make it, I decided to. Yoicks, and away! #WarnerBros #Netflix #VideoEditing
January 5, 2026 at 3:27 AM
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Expressing affection can be challenging sometimes, but it's always appreciated. 💖 💛
January 5, 2026 at 7:22 PM
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transphobia is good and fine. unless cis people catch strays, at which point it is a tragedy.
January 5, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Incredibly disappointing how frequently I see trans women chased off the internet for literally nothing and makes me wonder why in god's name I'm voluntarily putting myself at risk
January 5, 2026 at 7:24 PM