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rustyI just signed the petition "Stop Trump Tower on the Gold Coast!" and you could add your name too.
You can read more about this #GetUp campaign and sign the petition here:
World news | The GuardianGetUp hires David Sharaz for senior role as it takes on ‘democratic threat’ of conservative groups https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/08/getup-hires-david-sharaz-senior-role #Getup #AdvanceAustralia #AustraliaNews #Activism #AustralianPolitics #AustralianMedia
TamarSometimes you fall on your face🤷🏻♀️ (Actually fell on my shoulder and I did not hurt myself btw)
My boyfriend said I should also post the fail video's. And I actually agree. It is so tempting to only post the best attempt and the most polish version of everything. But I want to show the ups and downs here. We all have downs and fails, it makes us human. It is how you handle it that matters. Get up and keep going, push through when you need to but also give yourself grace and know that not everyday can be your best day.
#fail #fallonyourface #getup #poledance #practicemakesperfect #tryagain
My boyfriend said I should also post the fail video's. And I actually agree. It is so tempting to only post the best attempt and the most polish version of everything. But I want to show the ups and downs here. We all have downs and fails, it makes us human. It is how you handle it that matters. Get up and keep going, push through when you need to but also give yourself grace and know that not everyday can be your best day.
#fail #fallonyourface #getup #poledance #practicemakesperfect #tryagain
Droppie [opensoc]@SeaFury fwiw, i gave up. though i only ever physically attended one public event, for about 14 years i was an active online campaign-petitioner & monthly donor to numerous environmental & social charities & activism groups. one was #Getup!, for which i was active 2010 - 2019. here's part of a note i wrote to myself...
notice above i listed 2019 as when i gave up on GetUp [& all my other groups]? specifically, it was the May 2019 fed election, for which GU had run an aggressive campaign to persuade the respective electorates to dump six mega-RWNJ fuckheads, chief being potato in dickson. like many i ramped up my donations long before, & my petitioning. history shows it was an abject failure.
over the following months, i reflected on my years [to that point] of ineffective activism, all the failures... adani, mining tax, gambling tax, carbon price, native forests, climate change, RWNJ fuckheads, et al. if my 2013 angst was high [& it was!], then by May 2019 it went thru the roof, whilst any semblance of surviving hope of being able to effect positive change entirely evaporated... & it has never returned... actually no, it flickered back to a faint glow for #TheVoice, which then eventually proving yet again how ghastly most of straya is, just went away for good.
that potted activism history, + my own personal history, are at the heart of my severe #misanthropy. so many subsequent strayan & global events have only reinforced the despair.
#activism #socialequality #ClimateCrisis #gambling #mining #fossilfools #RWNJs #AsteroidNow
Kerr Avonsen (she/her)@SeaFury I'm concluding that protests don't work any more, but people keep on doing them because that's the paradigm we have.
The tiny bit that I do is supporting GetUp (https://getup.org). Makes me feel a little less helpless.
People power. Petitions, publicity, talking to MPs, handing out issue-focused how-to-vote cards at elections. They seem to be pretty good at applying what resources they have in cost-effective ways. For example, buying advertising on billboards in relevant electorates (and near Parliament House, depending on the issue). Personally delivering the petitions. Making clever YouTube videos.
Main issues they're focusing on right now are (a) climate change, (b) anti-corruption and (c) corporate getting-away-with-everything.
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