I have come to realize something important about the internal autistic experience that I think needs to become a serious focus of autism advocacy. Being misunderstood is not just an annoying side effect of being different for autistic people... It actually hurts us.
“We don’t want data centres wreaking havoc in Australian communities like we have seen in the US. We need a moratorium on data centres until we have established national rules for data centres and AI.” #Auspol We need change
Larissa WatersThe NT Government has handed over public land for a gas-fired data centre to justify fracking in the Beetaloo Basin. This favour to their fossil fuel & big tech mates will be a disaster for climate, water, and First Nations rights, and lock in higher power prices for everyone.
Private pigs with their snouts in government troughs results in adverse outcomes for vulnerable people? Community housing is a scam? Wowee, who knew? #AusPol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'I panicked': Developer tried to end affordable housing earlyA property developer that describes itself as a leader in the national push to build cheap homes has been trying to scale back affordable housing at some of its projects.www.abc.net.au
Launching my Go Fund Me tonight! I need help to access private healthcare. I’ve been chewed up and spat out by the public health system and I won’t survive without private specialists. I dont want to die, but cant continue to live in constant agony. I need your help x gofund.me/ac02f1efc
Donate to Bedridden and in agony, help Rebel access treatment, organized by Emma JaneHi, I’m Rebel. I’m housebound and mostly bedridden with ME/CFS, Fibrom… Emma Jane needs your support for Bedridden and in agony, help Rebel access treatmentgofund.me
For the love of the future please stop posting AI photos of flora & fauna. It is literally destroying the habitats of real birds, animals and plants. Please follow and re-post some real wildlife photographers.
Ariaa®Bette Midler posted this. I don't know who the photographer is but what a capture!
"The rise in incidents of racism over the last year and a half is unconscionable and unacceptable – and it's a poor reflection on us as a society," Or is it an "accurate" reflection? www.easterneye.biz/nhs-staff-ra...
Racist Abuse of NHS Staff Is Rising, New Survey RevealsThe SoR said staff had been called "dirty foreigners" and "monkeys", describing the rise in racism as "noticeable", "unacceptable" and "a poor reflection" on society. It said the behaviour was "uncons...www.easterneye.biz
Having work rights revoked doesn’t mean these migrants won’t work. But it does significantly increase the probability of them being exploited by dodgy employers. A policy that won’t actually reduce the number of migrants but will drive their labour into the black untaxed market 🧐
Visa overstayers to have work rights revoked if asylum claim rejectedThe federal government is expected to take a hard line on temporary visas as it continues to consider ways to reduce Australia's migration figures.www.abc.net.au
Student disengagement during the early high school years shouldn’t be dismissed as ‘just being a teenager’.
One in three students in years 7–9 show signs of school disengagement. What’s causing it?theconversation.com
Italian researchers found that semi-transparent solar panels over olive groves increased olive yields by 12%, reduced water evaporation by 19%, generated clean electricity, and even improved olive oil quality. 🌿⚡🫒 #Agrivoltaics #RenewableEnergy #Sustainability #ClimateSolutions
Not mentioning Advance or IPA is missing the source of disinformation fuelling the sentiment and comments.
Peter. sThere are times that the country I love, disgusts me. At the same time that all tiers of government are pandering to the Zionists & their own feelings of superiority, via an RC, we continue to condone the hate & vilification towards the very first Australians. apple.news/AVFK5fP6oTKG...
When is a ban on AI data centres using #gas not really a ban? Labor's AI data centre gas double-speak leaves the gate open for dodgy offsets. My piece in #Renew #Economy today #auspol reneweconomy.com.au/labors-data-...
Labor's data centre gas double-speak leaves the gate open for dodgy offsetsA promise of banning gas while waving through “gas firming” and “gas peaking” with unlimited offsets leaves gate open to fossil power buying its way clean with offsets.reneweconomy.com.au
- Gnagnagna... bla-bla-bla... and patati and patata... - For god sake Cornelius, shut your mouth!
What three million online posts reveal about anti-First Nations hate in Australia theconversation.com/what-three-m...
What three million online posts reveal about anti-First Nations hate in AustraliaA new study examining online hate during the so-called March for Australia rallies found white supremacy was rife. But there are patterns we can see to help stop it.theconversation.com
Youth boot camps don't work. Abusing kids is child abuse. These places have a history of sadistic sods beating the crap out of kids in the name of discipline. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
Concerns planned boot camps may allow child abuse to go unreportedThe Queensland government wants to allow Circuit Breaker Program operators to not report child harm if doing so would incriminate themselves. Welfare groups are concerned this would leave children vul...www.abc.net.au
The definition of civilised needs to be changed.
Michael TaylorThe next time someone argues that the Aborigines “did nothing with the country for 65,000 years”, instead of arguing back I will keep my answer simple: “Unlike the white fella, they looked after the place.” theaimn.net/what-if-the-...
Today's absolute hero is @gnat.bsky.social who found a driver to take auntie to hospital next week.
Potato enthusiast 🇵🇸🥔Extremely worried about my elderly aunt, who has a broken jaw from a fall, and Palmerston North Hospital has told her to catch a bus Palmy to Hutt Valley on her own today to get surgery, and bus back after - my aunt is forgetful, has no cellphone (we've tried) on one of the coldest days of the year