Living on unceded Wardandi country, in the southwest of WA by the sea.
Have made it to almost 73 years, from poor working class stock, attained a university education thanks to Whitlam. Bit of an old hippy. Background in welfare rights and adult education. Currently still working remotely and part time for universities as a learning designer and educational technologist. Would prefer to be painting and print making. Member of WA Greens. Fight for social justice and environmental causes.
Israel: We want to finish this genocide we started
The World: Go for it! We are pro-genocide! Kill them all!
*Israel bombs hospital*
The World: Woah! Woah woah woah! We have to pretend to be horrified at this. We're pretty sure we should be against this.
Israel: They... bombed their own hospital??
The World: We'll take it! We're a go for genocide!
Don't be confused about the proposed change to the constitution. It's how we can acknowledge our First Peoples in the document that defines us. The Voice is an advisory body. It doesn't make legislation. It gives our citizens the opportunity to provide input on issues that directly impact them.
Think about your vote. It's an opportunity for our country to move forward.
Don't vote based on ignorance, and don't overthink it. It should be an easy decision.
@weezmgk @danilic excellent. The remaking of COAG as National Cabinet has been pissing me off for years now. We used to know the agenda, minutes were recorded and we learned of the decisions. Now nothing. Zip. Everything is secret.
This is not how representative democracy is meant to work and it is how corruption flourishes.
Enough of the secrecy .
New blog post, in which I wax rhapsodical about op shop fabric and have a small rant about the practice of 'refashioning' plus-sized clothing into smaller garments:
https://garaksapprentice.blogspot.com/2023/09/turning-bedsheets-into-wardrobe.html
This 💯 from Carol Lefevre
"In Australia, the National Ageing Research Institute has developed an Age-Positive Language Guide as part of its strategy to combat ageism.
Examples of poor descriptive language include terms such as “old person”, “the elderly”, and even “seniors”. That last term appears on a card Australians receive shortly after turning 60, which enables them to receive various discounts and concessions. Instead, we are encouraged to use “older person”, or “older people”. But this is just another form of age-masking that fools no one.
It would be better to throw the institute’s energy into destigmatising the word “old”. What, after all, is wrong with being old, and saying so? "
https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-homesick-for-ourselves-the-hidden-grief-of-ageing-202754
I've been making this point for 20 years
https://johnquiggin.com/2004/12/05/the-r-word/
Here's Katharine Murphy: Some Australians seem more outraged by accusations of racism than by racism itself
Dame Holly
The Chaser
Peter Frederick
Ferdi Magellan
AI6YR Ben
Andrew Jennings
Garak's Apprentice
John Quiggin
