cubbieberry
@cubbieberry.bsky.social
(cubbie/they/them) #writer & #violist with #LongCOVID • carer of #LongCOVIDkids• #cargobike #slow #cycling as everyday transport
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· Oct 9
Repost from iwso.org.au
Tickets #NowAvailable
IWSO is bringing 2025 to a red-hot close and you won't want to miss it!
From the sizzling Latin rhythms of Leonard Bernstein's WEST SIDE STORY Symphonic Dances to the exuberant folk tunes of Dvorak's Slavonic dances!
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
Tickets #NowAvailable
IWSO is bringing 2025 to a red-hot close and you won't want to miss it!
From the sizzling Latin rhythms of Leonard Bernstein's WEST SIDE STORY Symphonic Dances to the exuberant folk tunes of Dvorak's Slavonic dances!
www.trybooking.com/events/landi...
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It’s not that I think everything is about COVID, but COVID keeps getting ignored — even though it’s still a major health issue in an ongoing pandemic.
November 27, 2025 at 6:37 AM
It’s not that I think everything is about COVID, but COVID keeps getting ignored — even though it’s still a major health issue in an ongoing pandemic.
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Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Dr. Michael
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
"Being Covid-conscious is more than precautions and research. It’s grieving losses no one else will acknowledge, enduring mockery, protecting people who resent you, showing up for community the world says doesn’t matter, and fighting for a future others already declared lost."
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#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Friday, Nov 28) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Friday, Nov 28) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
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How attractive are the Department of Transport's "gardens" at Sneydes Rd and Hoppers Lane Werribee?
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
November 27, 2025 at 4:35 AM
How attractive are the Department of Transport's "gardens" at Sneydes Rd and Hoppers Lane Werribee?
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
These should replenish the seed in the soil for at least the next 200 years 🙄🤦♀️
Just a reminder: COVID isn’t a seasonal virus — it circulates all year round.
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Just a reminder: COVID isn’t a seasonal virus — it circulates all year round.
November 23, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Just a reminder: COVID isn’t a seasonal virus — it circulates all year round.
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Please don’t look away. We can’t turn our backs on genocide. At the very minimum we have to bear witness
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
Israel kills 33 Gazans in a single night. It’s part of a new deadly status quo, Palestinians say.
On Wednesday, Israel killed 33 Palestinians, including 12 children, in its latest violations of the Gaza ceasefire. Those killed include Palestinian families trying to return home and others caught in...
mondoweiss.net
November 23, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Please don’t look away. We can’t turn our backs on genocide. At the very minimum we have to bear witness
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
mondoweiss.net/2025/11/isra...
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Our NDIA submission calls for flexible, person-centred #NDIS supports so people with less visible disabilities like #MECFS and #longcovid aren’t excluded.
Read more here: zurl.co/Pe72D
#AssistiveTechnology #Inclusion
Read more here: zurl.co/Pe72D
#AssistiveTechnology #Inclusion
November 23, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our NDIA submission calls for flexible, person-centred #NDIS supports so people with less visible disabilities like #MECFS and #longcovid aren’t excluded.
Read more here: zurl.co/Pe72D
#AssistiveTechnology #Inclusion
Read more here: zurl.co/Pe72D
#AssistiveTechnology #Inclusion
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I have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone who's self-published on Amazon recently could help answer. It's to help me better identify suitable books for the website.
1. Can you change the publication date to an *older* date? e.g. if you add the book today, could you set the pub date to 2020?
1. Can you change the publication date to an *older* date? e.g. if you add the book today, could you set the pub date to 2020?
November 24, 2025 at 12:43 AM
I have a couple of questions I'm hoping someone who's self-published on Amazon recently could help answer. It's to help me better identify suitable books for the website.
1. Can you change the publication date to an *older* date? e.g. if you add the book today, could you set the pub date to 2020?
1. Can you change the publication date to an *older* date? e.g. if you add the book today, could you set the pub date to 2020?
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By making the monster human and the humans monstrous, del Toro draws us back to the radical empathy of Shelley’s novel, but also into familiar ableist horror tropes.”
Kosa Monteith on maternity, monstrosity and disability in the new FRANKENSTEIN.
Kosa Monteith on maternity, monstrosity and disability in the new FRANKENSTEIN.
Frankenstein was a “bad” mother: maternity, monstrosity and disability - Overland literary journal
By making the monster human and the humans monstrous, del Toro draws us back to the radical empathy of Shelley’s novel, but into familiar ableist horror tropes. Empathetic, but not empowering. He’s a ...
overland.org.au
November 24, 2025 at 1:37 AM
By making the monster human and the humans monstrous, del Toro draws us back to the radical empathy of Shelley’s novel, but also into familiar ableist horror tropes.”
Kosa Monteith on maternity, monstrosity and disability in the new FRANKENSTEIN.
Kosa Monteith on maternity, monstrosity and disability in the new FRANKENSTEIN.
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garbage racist nonsense from a govt with no vision for anything beyond maintaining their own power, coveted for no reason beyond the basest self-serving hackery
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
garbage racist nonsense from a govt with no vision for anything beyond maintaining their own power, coveted for no reason beyond the basest self-serving hackery
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#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Monday, Nov 24) is High. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
November 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Monday, Nov 24) is High. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
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Senator Fatima Payman says her staff are struggling to cope with an inundation of online Islamophobia - and that the PM has ignored her requests for help
www.deepcutnews.com/p/fatima-pay...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/fatima-pay...
Fatima Payman asked the PM to help combat online anti-Muslim hate. He never replied.
The independent senator says her staff are "on edge" as office struggles with inundation of hate
www.deepcutnews.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Senator Fatima Payman says her staff are struggling to cope with an inundation of online Islamophobia - and that the PM has ignored her requests for help
www.deepcutnews.com/p/fatima-pay...
www.deepcutnews.com/p/fatima-pay...
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#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Friday, Nov 21) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
November 20, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Friday, Nov 21) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
On regional train heading to Dja Dja Wurung Country (Castlemaine) and #airQuality is not so good 15mins into the journey...
November 20, 2025 at 2:28 AM
On regional train heading to Dja Dja Wurung Country (Castlemaine) and #airQuality is not so good 15mins into the journey...
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#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Thursday, Nov 20) is Low. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
November 19, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Thursday, Nov 20) is Low. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
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"Kardell Lomas and her baby should still be here. And her family have every right to fight for justice, both in the coroner’s court and beyond." essential reading from Dr Amy McQuire
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Kardell Lomas’s heartbreaking apology to police is a moment that should shame all Australians | Amy McQuire
The refusal to conduct an inquest reveals again what many black women know: it’s not a place for truth-telling but rather a mechanism to alibi the state and its failures
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:54 PM
"Kardell Lomas and her baby should still be here. And her family have every right to fight for justice, both in the coroner’s court and beyond." essential reading from Dr Amy McQuire
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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"The states and territories are on a collision course with the Commonwealth over public hospital funding, with health ministers expressing white-hot anger over a letter from the prime minister demanding they rein in spending if they want a funding deal honoured."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Beyond belief': Albanese tells states to spend less on hospitals
Health ministers are furious with a letter from the prime minister demanding they rein in spending if they want a public hospital funding deal honoured.
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 3:40 AM
"The states and territories are on a collision course with the Commonwealth over public hospital funding, with health ministers expressing white-hot anger over a letter from the prime minister demanding they rein in spending if they want a funding deal honoured."
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Wednesday, Nov 19) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
November 18, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Wednesday, Nov 19) is Moderate. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
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#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Tuesday, Nov 18) is High. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
November 17, 2025 at 8:22 PM
#Melbourne grass #pollen forecast for today (Tuesday, Nov 18) is High. Get the App for more pollen forecasts: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
Note: Other locations within Victoria have a High forecast today.
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Just think about what we have let onto Australian city streets with no requirement for additional training of drivers, no additional speed restriction in built up areas and no regular testing on licence renwal
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
November 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Just think about what we have let onto Australian city streets with no requirement for additional training of drivers, no additional speed restriction in built up areas and no regular testing on licence renwal
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
Maybe thats why pedestrian death rates have increased
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...
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Moreover, these hideous monstrosities do not meet passenger car safety standards.
“The rise in high-fronted SUVs poses a clear and growing threat to public safety, especially for children,” states the report. “With no benefit to society, it’s time for lawmakers at all levels to act.” Via @carltonreid.com in @forbes.com.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
Cap SUV/truck hood heights. And ban unsafe designs.
EU Must Cap SUV Hood Heights Urges Report. Crash Test Body Says Not As Simple As That
Higher fronts on cars significantly increase the death rate when pedestrians and cyclists are struck, says new report. EuroNCAP says more complex than that.
www.forbes.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Moreover, these hideous monstrosities do not meet passenger car safety standards.
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Doing some research for my next novel, and google AI just recommended a Master thesis for me to read....
Umm, google, I wrote that thesis. And it certainly does not match the search words I just used.
(No, I don't rely on AI summaries for research)
Umm, google, I wrote that thesis. And it certainly does not match the search words I just used.
(No, I don't rely on AI summaries for research)
November 16, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Doing some research for my next novel, and google AI just recommended a Master thesis for me to read....
Umm, google, I wrote that thesis. And it certainly does not match the search words I just used.
(No, I don't rely on AI summaries for research)
Umm, google, I wrote that thesis. And it certainly does not match the search words I just used.
(No, I don't rely on AI summaries for research)
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In Melbourne, the grass pollen forecast for today (Monday, Nov 17) is Low. Learn more on our App: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 PM
In Melbourne, the grass pollen forecast for today (Monday, Nov 17) is Low. Learn more on our App: https://airhealth.short.gy/melbournepollen
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Okay so this is a small thing but has anyone noticed the price of ebooks has exploded recently? In many cases new releases are just as expensive as the print books? What is going on here?
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Okay so this is a small thing but has anyone noticed the price of ebooks has exploded recently? In many cases new releases are just as expensive as the print books? What is going on here?