Hopefully the new opposition can work on a platform other than xenophobia and bigotry. #auspol

@fullfathomfive that was my read too. I was hoping for both major parties to face a reckoning, to be forced to change the status quo. Sadly not.

The LNP's failed election campaign was bad for Australia. A good opposition pushes the government to be better, to do more, to refine their policies. Labor is getting away with the bare minimum. And their increased majority risks making them more complacent.

#auspol

@vwdasher no more fucking SMSs from the trumpette! #auspol

I've got everything switched over... with two exceptions. No VPN, will have to do that via the raspberry pi. And no printer. The new line is in a different location, and the router doesn't have an integrated switch, so I'm short on ports. Maybe I'll repurpose the older router (et al) as a switch, and run an ethernet line to it. #networking #tech

So now I have an eero, and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I really liked my old fritzbox. No subscription, lots of powerful features, lots of customization. #fritzbox #tech #network

@MsDropbear42 Which of the two major parties am I voting for? No.

Huh, new router doesn't support dynamic dns... well, without a $100/yr fee! Sure, or I could pay $60/year for a static IP. Or I could pay $0 and just add one more docker container to my poor little raspberry pi! #tech #docker #homelab

If custard - girls like that, was sung by the same guy that voices Bluey’s dad, I NEED to see that animated! #bluey #abc #music

#Easter mystery solved.

Is anyone in australia looking to get rid of their old leather working tools? Happy to pay. Mostly looking for hand construction tools, less so decorating stamps/dyes/paints. I would take materials/consumables off your hands, but I'm mostly looking for tools.

Please #boost

#LeatherCraft #LeatherWork

A+ protest wear

#NoKings #HandsOff

Excuse me, Wall Street is full of WHAT!!? 😂

@lindasgoluppiart @Fragarach Kev Carmody, a well-known Aboriginal singer songwriter, has a poem about exactly this, called Comrade Jesus Christ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJKEnOO_iyQ

He was born in Asia Minor
A colonised Jewish man
His father, the village carpenter
Worked wood in his occupied land
He was apprenticed to his father's trade
And his country paid it's dues
To the colonial Roman conquerors
He was a working-class Jew

Though conceived three months out of wedlock
The stigma never stuck
He began a three-year public life
But he never made a buck
Because he spoke out against injustice
Saw that capitalism bled the poor
He attackеd self-righteous hypocrites
And hе condemned the lawyers' law

But they've commercialised his birthday now
The very people he defied
And they've sanctified their system
And claim he's on their side
But if he appeared tomorrow
He'd still pay the highest cost
Being a radical agitator
They'd still nail him to a cross

You see
He'd stand with the downtrodden masses
Identify with the weak and oppressed
He'd condemn the hypocrites in church pews
And the affluent, arrogant West
He'd oppose Stalinist totalitarianism
The exploitation of millions by one
And peace through mutual terror
And diplomacy from the barrel of a gun

He'd fight with Joe Hill and Waleca, Mandala and Friere
Try to free the third world's millions
From hunger and despair
He'd stand with the peasants
At the pock-marked walls
And they'd haul him in on bail
He'd condemn all forms of apartheid
And he'd rot in their stinking jails

He'd denounce all dictatorships
And Mammon's greed
The exploitation of others for gain
He'd oppose the nuclear madness
And the waging of wars in his name
He'd mix with prostitutes and sinners
Challenge all to cast the first stone
A compassionate agitator
One of the greatest the world has known

He'd condemn all corrupt law and order
Tear man-made hierarchies down
He'd see status and titles as dominance
And the politics of greed he'd hound
He'd fight against the leagues of the Ku Klux Klan
And the radical, racist right
One of the greatest humanitarian socialists
Was comrade Jesus Christ

Imagine Jesus showing up today: brown-skinned, Middle Eastern, speaking uncomfortable truths, lifting up the vulnerable, and calling out the rich and powerful.
He moved among the outcast.
He challenged empire, not to seize control, but to dismantle it with love and justice.
And today? The loudest 'Christians' would label him a threat. Too political. Too foreign. Too soft. Too woke.
They’d call ICE. Put him on a plane to El Salvador.
Then go live-stream a sermon about 'faith.'
It’s strange, really, how a religion built on a man crucified by the state for challenging power has become a tool for protecting it.

It's hard to imagine Jesus being welcome in many of the USA churches bearing his name.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #Easter

@MaxG @ApaulD I’m a bit annoyed by the “Put <major party> Last!” signs all over the place. The two major parties are pretty similar in many areas. The only reason they want the other last is to try to win via preferences. I’d take Libs over One Nation or Clive Palmer any day! #auspol

#auspol
figuring out who to vote for in the Senate is always harder to do than for the reps as generally we get no letterbox spam about those candidates
Wiki has a page, if you'd like a quick link to have a look
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidates_of_the_2025_Australian_federal_election#Senate

UK petition: Legally enshrine the right of adults to physically transition using NHS services

Sign here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/704793

Signatures: 24,359 of 100,000

Deadline: 28 July 2025

Who can sign?
- UK residents (regardless of citizenship)
- UK citizens (regardless of international location)

See a graph of signatures here: https://petition-track.uk/check-petition/704793

#trans #TransRights #transgender #petition #UK #UKPol #UKPolitics

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