Notices by Maude Nificent (maudenificent@aus.social)

@bmacDonald94 @qurlyjoe

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not planning to make a habit of tooting tweets here, i’d like to keep this gem from Jim Rossignol (which i originally found of Facebook) with me for a few more years 💐

From the ABC’s live blog

<<The people have tasted true democracy and they love it'
By Joshua Boscaini

Simon Holmes à Court has joined ABC Radio National Breakfast and he says the result on Saturday was a ringing endorsement of the independents.
Holmes à Court says last election Climate 200 had 11,000 donors, and this election the group had 33,000.
He says this election about 1 million Australians voted for an independent candidate.
"Many thought that this was just going to be a reaction against Scott Morrison. I think that narrative is dead. The people have tasted true democracy and they love it," he says.
Holmes à Court attributes the rise in popularity of independents to distrust of the two major political parties.
"One thing I love about this movement is it is democratising democracy.
"It's no longer just the domain of politically active people who hang around branches for 20 or 30 years.
"This movement is an accessible movement for great candidates to be selected.">>

also from Joshua Boscaini

<Simon Holmes à Court says about 1.5 per cent of Climate 200's funding came from him.
He's told ABC Radio National Breakfast that the group is often outspent by the major parties in many seats.>>

#auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-05/federal-politics-live-election-anthony-albanese-/105251174

any australians able to help a struggling special forces veteran whose pension has been cut off for the past month? even a small amount says to him that people do care…

i have looked for #Albo’s email address (i’m in a currently lib electorate) but of course we are in pre-election caretaker mode, so although “they” should care they pretend they can’t.

(his mil is a mastodon regular, running out of money and spoons herself)

tyia 💐
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Hi, I’m Roz and I’m the mother in law to a struggling special forces veteran whose pension has been cut off for the past month and he is desperately in need of help to pay his bills. He has permanent disability from injuries sustained during service in Afghanistan and to be frank we are hurt and disgusted by the treatment he’s getting from the DVA

@dropbear

i think a fuller version of the equation is
Genocide = Greed + Cognitive Dissonance

Good morning frenz, perfeck weather here today,
so many things to put off i don’t know where to start 🤔
feel like i’ve lost a pound and found a thruppence,
dunno why

hope yez each get a pleasant little surprise today
(at least a sixpence worth)

@evan @caity

it must be shown on screen (by some device) for people who are readers, and it should also be read aloud for people who are listeners. whether it is read by the sender or receiver (or both) depends on the dramatic purpose of the scene. so, “all of the above”

@angiebaby @NovemberMan

110 !?! i heard the low voltage was the reason electric kettles are not common in US kitchens, but 110 sounds tragic.

(all of australia is 240 volt standard. and we still lose less people to electrocution than to guns)

@RickiTarr

sex work - outside of traditional marriage - is already legalised in lots of countries (including australia) - and i think everyone involved is much safer