Marg Thomson
@maggiedawitch.bsky.social
Sweary,old,disabled,non binary,living with cancer.
Artist,author, poet, musician.
Alone.
Climate collapse is real.
Masks are not optional.
Gaza is a genocide.
Living on unceded Bunurong Country.
Done with hiding.
Artist,author, poet, musician.
Alone.
Climate collapse is real.
Masks are not optional.
Gaza is a genocide.
Living on unceded Bunurong Country.
Done with hiding.
Pinned
Marg Thomson
@maggiedawitch.bsky.social
· Nov 11
To all my new followers, thank you! I'm a writer, artist and cancer survivor. Disabled, aged, owned by an old noisy rescue cat. You can find my books under my pen name at:
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"...or leave the system entirely..."
That's what the govt wants. And our early deaths.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsBullshit #AgedCareAustralia #AgedNoCareAustralia
www.seniorsmegaphone.com.au/betrayal-a-c...
That's what the govt wants. And our early deaths.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsBullshit #AgedCareAustralia #AgedNoCareAustralia
www.seniorsmegaphone.com.au/betrayal-a-c...
Betrayal: A Crisis in Home Care
Written by: Jamie Starr Australia’s aged-care sector is in the middle of a profound transformation. The upcoming Support at Home program, scheduled to replace the long-standing Home Care Packages s…
www.seniorsmegaphone.com.au
December 9, 2025 at 6:20 AM
"...or leave the system entirely..."
That's what the govt wants. And our early deaths.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsBullshit #AgedCareAustralia #AgedNoCareAustralia
www.seniorsmegaphone.com.au/betrayal-a-c...
That's what the govt wants. And our early deaths.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsBullshit #AgedCareAustralia #AgedNoCareAustralia
www.seniorsmegaphone.com.au/betrayal-a-c...
Reposted by Marg Thomson
Statement on damning report into welfare 'mutual obligations'👇
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
Labor must end their unlawful JobSeeker obligations system after another damning report reveals decisions made without oversight or accountability | The Australian Greens
Today’s second damning report from the Commonwealth Ombudsman into the administration of the “mutual obligations
greens.org.au
December 9, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Statement on damning report into welfare 'mutual obligations'👇
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
greens.org.au/news/media-r...
Today’s report confirms what any JobSeeker already knows: the ‘mutual obligations’ system is pointless, cruel, and rather than helping people, treats people on income support as disposable
Reposted by Marg Thomson
(5) Makes an expandable means for censorship available to those in power who want to use it. Project 2025 is clear - they want to block more than “adult” content. They’d block LGBTQ content, and atheist content, and political dissent. And they want to block it for adults, too. We can’t give an inch.
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
(5) Makes an expandable means for censorship available to those in power who want to use it. Project 2025 is clear - they want to block more than “adult” content. They’d block LGBTQ content, and atheist content, and political dissent. And they want to block it for adults, too. We can’t give an inch.
Reposted by Marg Thomson
(4a) Removes access to critical medical and social information for vulnerable groups. In several states in the US, LGBTQ content is considered adult content and would be locked behind age verification. Info about sexual abuse is, too. Minors who NEED that info will be legally barred from getting it.
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
(4a) Removes access to critical medical and social information for vulnerable groups. In several states in the US, LGBTQ content is considered adult content and would be locked behind age verification. Info about sexual abuse is, too. Minors who NEED that info will be legally barred from getting it.
Reposted by Marg Thomson
(3) Remove children’s access to SAFE adults on the Internet, leaving them with only “child-safe” areas (which exploitative adults will still enter), and legally non-compliant portions of the Internet (where exploitative adults will be congregating, and safe adults would theoretically avoid).
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
(3) Remove children’s access to SAFE adults on the Internet, leaving them with only “child-safe” areas (which exploitative adults will still enter), and legally non-compliant portions of the Internet (where exploitative adults will be congregating, and safe adults would theoretically avoid).
Reposted by Marg Thomson
Privacy-violating practices to “protect minors” like age verification:
(1) Explicitly connect vulnerable adults’ identities to their online activity, putting them at risk of leaks and harassment
(2) Move “undesirable” behavior to under-moderated environments that are less safe for people to access
(1) Explicitly connect vulnerable adults’ identities to their online activity, putting them at risk of leaks and harassment
(2) Move “undesirable” behavior to under-moderated environments that are less safe for people to access
December 9, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Privacy-violating practices to “protect minors” like age verification:
(1) Explicitly connect vulnerable adults’ identities to their online activity, putting them at risk of leaks and harassment
(2) Move “undesirable” behavior to under-moderated environments that are less safe for people to access
(1) Explicitly connect vulnerable adults’ identities to their online activity, putting them at risk of leaks and harassment
(2) Move “undesirable” behavior to under-moderated environments that are less safe for people to access
Fuck social media. Fuck right wing governments. Fuck this shit.
December 9, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Fuck social media. Fuck right wing governments. Fuck this shit.
I'm thinking of putting together a book entitled:
Aging Without Care - A Guide To Surviving Until Death
Because we all know the government doesn't give a shit about us and wants us all dead.
Hit me with contributions.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsAnOxyMoron
Aging Without Care - A Guide To Surviving Until Death
Because we all know the government doesn't give a shit about us and wants us all dead.
Hit me with contributions.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsAnOxyMoron
December 8, 2025 at 9:21 PM
I'm thinking of putting together a book entitled:
Aging Without Care - A Guide To Surviving Until Death
Because we all know the government doesn't give a shit about us and wants us all dead.
Hit me with contributions.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsAnOxyMoron
Aging Without Care - A Guide To Surviving Until Death
Because we all know the government doesn't give a shit about us and wants us all dead.
Hit me with contributions.
#AgedCareAustraliaIsAnOxyMoron
Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
Australia’s bushfires were held at bay by five wet years — but experts warn the country is ‘ready to burn’
Blazes in NSW and Tasmania have already led to a firefighter losing his life and close to 40 homes being destroyed as an ominous fire season begins
Australians should “expect the unexpected” this bushfire season amid dangerous conditions, experts have warned, after a severe start that saw a firefighter killed and homes destroyed in several states.
Bushfires at Koolewong and Bulahdelah in New South Wales destroyed 20 homes and a natural disaster has been declared in several local government areas, while wind-driven fires at Dolphin Sands in eastern Tasmania razed 19 houses and damaged dozens more. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A firefighter has been killed north of Sydney as fires continue to burn across NSW. #national
Fires continue to burn in NSW as firefighter killed
A firefighter has been killed north of Sydney as fires continue to burn across NSW. #national
www.theage.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Reposted by Marg Thomson
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Retiring renters facing disaster without intervention.
Renters face an impossible challenge in retirement without more assistance and need significantly more superannuation than homeowners, a report show...
michaelwest.com.au/retiring-ren...
Retiring renters facing disaster without intervention.
Renters face an impossible challenge in retirement without more assistance and need significantly more superannuation than homeowners, a report show...
michaelwest.com.au/retiring-ren...
Retiring renters facing disaster without intervention - Michael West
Renters face an impossible challenge in retirement without more assistance and need significantly more superannuation than homeowners, a report shows.
michaelwest.com.au
December 8, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Latest from our AAP #news feed #auspol
Retiring renters facing disaster without intervention.
Renters face an impossible challenge in retirement without more assistance and need significantly more superannuation than homeowners, a report show...
michaelwest.com.au/retiring-ren...
Retiring renters facing disaster without intervention.
Renters face an impossible challenge in retirement without more assistance and need significantly more superannuation than homeowners, a report show...
michaelwest.com.au/retiring-ren...
Oh look. A pair of grifters.
In his first interview since formally joining One Nation, Barnaby Joyce says he sees comparisons between his new party and Britain's far-right Reform UK party under populist leader Nigel Farage.
One Nation part of global populist movement in politics, Barnaby Joyce says
In his first interview since formally joining One Nation, Barnaby Joyce says he sees comparisons between his new party and Britain's far-right Reform UK party under populist leader Nigel Farage.
www.abc.net.au
December 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Oh look. A pair of grifters.
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things...
Except Wendell Berry
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things...
Except Wendell Berry
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 7, 2025 at 2:40 AM
When despair for the world grows in me
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things...
Except Wendell Berry
and I wake in the night at the least sound
in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be,
I go and lie down where the wood drake
rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds.
I come into the peace of wild things...
Except Wendell Berry
Fifty eight pont seven BILLION dollars....
on defence.
When we live on a seagirt mostly desert island continet in the southern hemisphere.
For FUCKSAKE!
#auspol
on defence.
When we live on a seagirt mostly desert island continet in the southern hemisphere.
For FUCKSAKE!
#auspol
Chart shows mind-boggling $ spent on Defence v other govt depts.
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
And here @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social unpacks Marles' new plan and shows what's wrong #auspol
michaelwest.com.au/marles-new-d...
December 6, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Fifty eight pont seven BILLION dollars....
on defence.
When we live on a seagirt mostly desert island continet in the southern hemisphere.
For FUCKSAKE!
#auspol
on defence.
When we live on a seagirt mostly desert island continet in the southern hemisphere.
For FUCKSAKE!
#auspol
The USA is totes fucked, innit?
And we seem to be following close on their heels...
And we seem to be following close on their heels...
December 6, 2025 at 7:52 PM
The USA is totes fucked, innit?
And we seem to be following close on their heels...
And we seem to be following close on their heels...
December 5, 2025 at 11:45 PM
And here we go again. NDIS, Aged 'care'. Labor is just another white mens eugenicist party. #auspol #HistoryRepeats #holocaust
December 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
And here we go again. NDIS, Aged 'care'. Labor is just another white mens eugenicist party. #auspol #HistoryRepeats #holocaust
Why are we following the downhill path of the USKKKA?
The Public health community has come together to write an open letter following the announcement to abolish #VicHealth.
A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.
Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi
#auspol
A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.
Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi
#auspol
December 5, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Why are we following the downhill path of the USKKKA?
Reposted by Marg Thomson
The Public health community has come together to write an open letter following the announcement to abolish #VicHealth.
A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.
Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi
#auspol
A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.
Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi
#auspol
December 5, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The Public health community has come together to write an open letter following the announcement to abolish #VicHealth.
A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.
Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi
#auspol
A critical moment for prevention in #Victoria.
Please read, sign & share through your networks.
Read letter lnkd.in/gPFzTfcA
Sign #SaveVicHealth letter lnkd.in/geppsUHi
#auspol
And once again, it is made clear just how ableist neo liberal governments are. As with aged 'care', eugenics is high on the agenda worldwide. They want us dead.
Most NDIS participants will lose external avenue to appeal funding amounts under new system, Senate estimates told
Most NDIS participants will lose external avenue to appeal funding amounts under new system, Senate estimates told
Administrative review tribunal no longer authorised to alter a person’s plan or reinstate funding, agency confirmed
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Participants in the National Disability Insurance Scheme will in most cases no longer be able to appeal their total amount of funding support to any external review body, executives have confirmed, after revelations about automation to be introduced to the organisation.
The minister for disability and the NDIS, Jenny McAllister, and National Disability Insurance Agency bosses were peppered with questions at Senate estimates on Thursday about changes to the way NDIS support plans will be generated under a new planning model coming into effect from mid-2026. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 6:24 PM
And once again, it is made clear just how ableist neo liberal governments are. As with aged 'care', eugenics is high on the agenda worldwide. They want us dead.
Sheesh. The problems with KDP accepting files from their own proprietary software! Had to convert the manuscript to an epub to even get it to upload but then there were issues so back to editing for a few days.
Publication date should be(if there are no more bloody KDP conniptions): DECEMBER 21
Publication date should be(if there are no more bloody KDP conniptions): DECEMBER 21
December 4, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Sheesh. The problems with KDP accepting files from their own proprietary software! Had to convert the manuscript to an epub to even get it to upload but then there were issues so back to editing for a few days.
Publication date should be(if there are no more bloody KDP conniptions): DECEMBER 21
Publication date should be(if there are no more bloody KDP conniptions): DECEMBER 21
Well I was going to go for an early morning walk after tossing and turning all night long. My back is so sore. My heart the same. But I just checked the pollen app and I won't be going outside today. Extreme warning for all allergens ... bugger it!
@melbournepollen.bsky.social
@melbournepollen.bsky.social
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Well I was going to go for an early morning walk after tossing and turning all night long. My back is so sore. My heart the same. But I just checked the pollen app and I won't be going outside today. Extreme warning for all allergens ... bugger it!
@melbournepollen.bsky.social
@melbournepollen.bsky.social
6 years .... SIX FUCKING YEARS 😭
December 2, 2025 at 8:33 PM
6 years .... SIX FUCKING YEARS 😭
One of my all time fave albums. My gods, the memories. The music!
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#CrosbyStillsNashYoung
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#CrosbyStillsNashYoung
Crosby, Stills, Nash, & Young - Déjà Vu (Full Album) [Official Video]
YouTube video by RHINO
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December 1, 2025 at 12:52 AM
One of my all time fave albums. My gods, the memories. The music!
youtu.be/dfheqbqoGGg?...
#CrosbyStillsNashYoung
youtu.be/dfheqbqoGGg?...
#CrosbyStillsNashYoung