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Annual chocolate day sorted. We don't wait for the official day because we're not religious & we acknowledge that the entire event is essentially a commercial venture ✌️

To celebrate #Mastodon passing 9 mil users, time for another round of #introductions!

I’m Kevin, a professional #puppet #builder and #maker of fun media. A small sample of my work, feel free to follow and check the Linktree in my bio. Remember there’s no algorithm here, so boosts are always appreciated! #MastoArt #muppets

Jumbo, the #Dutch supermarket chain, introduced slow checkouts when it discovered some people enjoy chatting while paying for their goods.

 The added personal touch is helping many people, especially the elderly, deal with loneliness.
Caught red handed… 

Found this nice channeled whelk (Busycotypus canaliculatus) shell this morning. It’s nearly 7”/18 cm long and about 4”/10 cm wide.

They live in shallow waters and are predators who love to dine on clams.
#OceanDevotion

Seasonal Reminder !

The #SalvationArmy is not a #charity. They are an evangelical protestant church that uses donations to oppose #LGBTQ rights.

Give them NOTHING.

On tomorrow's episode of 'Yeah Nah Pasaran!' on Melbourne community radio station 3CR @sexenheimer & I talk to @alexbnewhouse about accelerationism and so on.

4.30pm AEDT, Thursday, December 8, 2022 /// 855AM / streaming live on the 3CR website, community radio app, podcast

https://slackbastard.anarchobase.com/?p=49769

Yeah Nah Pasaran! #144 w Alex Newhouse on accelerationism : December 8, 2022

On this week’s episode of Yeah Nah Pasaran! on 3CR we talk to Alex Newhouse [Mastodon]. Alex is Deputy Director at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at Middlebury Insti…

slackbastard

I want to get rid of all my lounge furniture & replace it with giant, sensory bean* bags

#AuDHD #ActuallyAutistic

*shredded memory foam

‘I do not want to be protesting. #Protest work is not fun – it’s stressful, resource-intensive, scary and the #police are violent. … I want to be a mum and I can’t be a mum because this government is refusing to act on #climate. We must act now – our children and our planet is in distress’.

– Violet CoCo, https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/politics/2022/12/10/the-sentencing-climate-activist-violet-coco #democracy #activism #auspol #parenting @SophieMcNeill @hrw @andrewstroehlein

The sentencing of climate activist Violet CoCo

Deanna “Violet” CoCo knew her fate. In March this year, the 32-year-old climate activist gave an interview about her work with the group Fireproof Australia. In the interview, she seemed to predict the 15-month jail sentence she would be handed for a 28-minute protest. Asked about the future – as governments turned to police to target climate change protesters – CoCo diagnosed the problem and succinctly explained the implications.

The Saturday Paper
Let’s settle this once and for all: Hate speech is not free speech, it’s the perversion of free speech.