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Matt Sinapi Jul 6, 2023

Renters and Housing Union Jul 5, 2023

Preston renter and Renters and Housing Union delegate Harry Millward had recently been given a notice to vacate by his landlord who was moving back into the property. Because of skyrocketing rents, Millward said he would be unable to find a new home in his area.

“We are scrambling around to find another place in the area because we really love it here,” the 34-year-old said. “But there are very few options that would be an equivalent price anywhere in Preston.

“So it looks like we’re going to be pushed further out of the city, further away from work and my community and I’m really upset about it. I feel stressed, under pressure and I feel like every other part of my life has become secondary to finding a place to live.”

Millward said the tight market was eroding living conditions for renters.

“If you’ve got a rental and it’s got mould, it’s got leaks, or it’s falling down, people are afraid to push back for their rights because they’re scared of retaliatory rent rises or evictions,” he said. “People are living in squalor to just have a small sense of security.”

https://www.theage.com.au/property/news/homelessness-fears-as-melbourne-unit-rents-soar-90-per-week-in-a-year-20230705-p5dlvq.html

Homelessness fears as Melbourne unit rents soar $90 per week in a year

Economists say rents are soaring because the supply of homes is not keeping up with demand – adding to people’s existing financial pressures.

The Age

Matt Sinapi Mar 21, 2023

God knows how I can be so tired and still unable to fall asleep.

Matt Sinapi Mar 21, 2023

In my experience, terfs are very often:
-heteronormative in their views
-simultaneously swerfs
-very anti-kink
-sexist against men

That's of course along with their tendency to ally with nazis.

This list is very much not exhaustive.

Matt Sinapi Feb 8, 2023

The Greens have a policy of Truth, Treaty, Voice, in that order. I think the only thing that should have been able to change that is the Greens First Nations Network. And it's unclear to me that this was the case.

The possibility that this was just a decision of the federal party infuriates me.

Great respect to Lidia Thorpe for sticking to her guns. If more MPs did that, maybe this country wouldn't be as horrible as it is.

Matt Sinapi Jan 28, 2023

Boooo depression, it fuckin' sucks.

Matt Sinapi Jan 9, 2023

Ruth Jan 9, 2023

What do you call the delightful jelly blobs that adorn beach-y tidelines like clear jewels of goo? When I was a kid, I called them shark poo, and according to the internet, people also call them mermaid poo, baby jellyfish and sea sausages.

Contrary to creative interpretation, these oceanic jelly croissants are egg sacs from the Moon Snail (Conuber sordidum).

The female moon snail sneaks out at night to lay her eggs in a single line, embedded in a jelly matrix made from sand and mucous. These egg sacs contain THOUSANDS of eggs, and the matrix soaks up water and swells into crescent-shaped tubes that can grow 3–5 times larger than the snail that laid it. Handy! After a few days, the egg masses disintegrate in the water, releasing snail larvae from the eggs.

Because these goo sacs contain a bunch of babies, it's best to leave them alone if you see them on the beach. But, if you promise to be gentle, place them back into the water so they can help continue the snail circle of life.

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Matt Sinapi Jan 6, 2023

@harrym @Winter
I think another problem is the number of people with power that obfuscate the issue. And they do so because they don't actually want to, for example, eradicate poverty. They might say they do, but they're clearly placing their own ideological beliefs above the idea that people shouldn't live in poverty.

And people buy into this obfuscation. I think it's important to hammer in the point that our government is perfectly happy with people living in poverty, and that supporting it (and giving them legitimacy) is supporting people being in poverty.

Matt Sinapi Jan 5, 2023

Jadzia (The polish one)Jan 3, 2023

I imagine I've been blocked/muted a bit at this point. That's ok, I know I'm a hassle and I'm sorry.

My MS is still flaring pretty bad, I took a fall a few days ago trying to do to much and fractured my wrist. I though I was on the mend and now I'm actually worse than I was.

I can't feed myself at the moment (I fell trying to use the microwave) and trying to eat via delivery options is literally sending me broke (I'm on a pension so was already pretty broke)

I'm here again asking for help, and I hate it. But I also want you to know that I redistribute funds when I can, I refuse to just take. @epistemophagy and @smollestbunny are just two folks who can attest to this (sorry for throwing you into this)

I desperately need help to get me through the coming weeks that I thought were going to be easier than the previous ones. I'm sorry to ask again but any support would mean more than you can imagine. ❤️❤️❤️

Any boosts are super appreciated friends.

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Matt Sinapi Jan 5, 2023

I think the world could be better if people were more idealistic and tried to achieve those ideals instead of settling for what we've always done just because we're comfortable with it.

The context of this post is the dominance of car infrastructure in our cities and how it disappoints me. But I think it applies broadly.

Eg, do we want to live in a society where over a million people go hungry? No? Then we should plan to resolve it instead of just accepting it as a fact of life.

Matt Sinapi Jan 3, 2023

I am experiencing a light kind of depression. It might get heavier.