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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈

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Meanjin/Brisbane. My views have never been my own. Happily conjugated for 25+ years, not yet married. Bleeding heart lefty, meatlover. VIA Top Strengths: 'Curiosity and interest in the world' followed by 'Fairness, equity, and justice'

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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Indonesia's government has labeled LGBT+ people a "national threat," fueling violence, raids, and vigilante attacks. No one should be treated as an enemy simply for being who they are. Sign to demand that this dangerous decree be repealed. a.allout.org/s/WNE9l/
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Indonesia: Protect LGBT+ People
Indonesia's government has labeled LGBT+ people a "national threat," fueling violence, raids, and vigilante attacks. No one should be treated as an enemy simply for being who they are. Sign to demand that this dangerous decree be repealed.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This cause is close to my heart - please sign: petitions.getup.org.au/petitions/le... @getup.org.au
petitions.getup.org.au
Let me stay in the country I love
The government has the power to change this. They can give young people like me the chance to stay – to study, to work, to build a future in the place we already call home.  Right now, the peopl...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Divine Playhouse, Sydney's new queer arts venue, closed days after opening following complaints from Christian fundamentalists. Revelop must support its lawful tenant, reject intimidation, and protect LGBTQIA+ culture, artistic freedom and Sydney's independent arts scene. c.org/sJBGr4VQtS
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Sign the Petition
Keep Divine Playhouse (420 Kent Street) Open as a Queer Performing Arts Venue
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Bulgaria bans teachers from even mentioning LGBT+ people in schools, leaving bullied kids with no one to turn to. The EU's top court has just ruled this kind of law illegal. Sign the petition telling Bulgaria to repeal it: a.allout.org/s/O532l/
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Bulgaria: Let teachers protect LGBT+ kids again
Bulgaria's 2024 law silences teachers and counsellors when LGBT+ kids face bullying. The EU's highest court has now ruled a similar law illegal. Bulgaria must repeal it, this is about the rule of law,...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Pauline Hanson has pledged to scrap SBS. The government needs to hear from the rest of us now. Sign the petition getup.to/qlLkjGfOCXQes8
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Save our SBS!
Pauline Hanson has pledged to scrap SBS. The government needs to hear from the rest of us now.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
The far-right is rising, but so are the people who will stop it. I just pledged to never vote One Nation. Will you do the same? getup.to/MEVkY7CGCX1Afv
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Never One Nation
This is not who we are. Add your name.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Companies receiving millions in taxpayer-funded government contracts aren't required to show they pay their fair share of tax. getup.to/MEVkY7CGCXBXfv
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Jim Chalmers: No tax, no contract
This government-hired debt collected paid $0 in corporate tax – despite revenue of more than $100 million. Tell Jim Chalmers: No tax, no pay
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
This game of chicken is boring
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
I just ordered a free sticker to help push back on Pauline Hanson’s Trump-style politics of division. Stickers are heading into communities across the country to make the message visible. Grab one and help spread the word. getup.to/e2LkypFJCnkGTk
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Get your FREE stickers
I just ordered a free sticker to help push back on Pauline Hanson’s Trump-style politics of division. Stickers are heading into communities across the country to make the message visible. Grab one and...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
QLD Police, the AFP and the Dept of Home Affairs will need to explain how they are not complicit in putting the remaining Iranian women’s football team at risk, or accept responsibility and explain how their actions comply with international law #Auspol #IranWomensTeam #GoldCoast #SOS
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Does Littleproud think tyranny is a value? Rather unholy imo #Auspol
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Is there any evidence that these 'handlers' of the Iranian women's soccer team are exercising coercive control? If so, that is a criminal offence under Queensland law #qldpol #iran #WACAUS2026 #WAC2026 #auspol
abc.net.au
Breaking: Five Iranian women's soccer players to seek asylum in Australia, multiple sources say
Five female soccer players who it was feared would face persecution when they returned to Iran have left their accommodation in the Gold Coast and plan to seek asylum in Australia, multiple sources ha...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
Provide protection for Iran's women's nation football team currently on the Gold Coast - the least Australia can do to help when it is complicit in this illegal war: c.org/LzMbT2f88D
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Provide protection for Iran’s women’s national football team
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
I think Lent and Ramadan coinciding is a poetic and beautiful sign of harmony, and shared spiritual experiences sorely needed at this time ❤️🕊️☮️
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Wednesday will also be the first night of Ramadan in Australia - with fasting during the day beginning on Thursday ☪️🧎
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
It is also the traditional Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday)/Shrove Tuesday/Pancake Tuesday 🥞🫦🍾 as the next day, Wed 18 February, is Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent in the Christian calendar, a time for penance and reflection 😇🙏✝️
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Just an interesting observation: Tue 17 Feb 2026 is the Lunar New Year 🧧🏮, a day of celebration for many cultures, most notably in Asia
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
As a previous supporter of NSW Police marching in the Sydney Mardi Gras, I withdraw my support after the events on Monday night, & especially the police chief's complete denial of possibility that the police may have been in the wrong. We shall see: c.org/vs96CbQNMM #NSWPol #ResignMinns #MardiGras
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Sign the Petition
Remove NSW police from the 2026 Sydney Mardi Gras parade
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Sadly amusing that it took Haaretz to pick up on this line by Albanese
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Catley's intimidation on behalf of the NSW Police: "think again... you are deliberately antagonising the NSW Police" Let's now all fear the police because they no longer provide security to the community! #FreePalestine #FreeGaza #ResignMinns
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
'Heavy-handed, state-enforced limitations on speech rarely change minds about political issues. Rather, sanitising the public square through exclusion zones merely drives extremist sentiments underground or galvanises protesters to weaponise this new grievance.'
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
'The challenge for a civil society should be to balance the right to protest against the right of a community to grieve without harassment.'
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
The AFRs surprising editorial today (just two sentences from the article): 'Criticising any government, including Israel’s, is a legitimate exercise of democratic freedom. There’s a problematic tendency by some to conflate anti-Israel sentiment with antisemitism.'
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Herzog’s welcome visit shouldn’t limit the right to dissent
State-enforced limitations on speech rarely change minds and sanitising the public square drives extremist sentiments underground or galvanises protesters.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Perhaps it's just a harmless initiation practice for them to playfully fetishise amongst themselves??
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Fuck the disrespect! #FreeGaza #FreePalestine #ResignMinns #ArrestHerzog
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Fuck the disrespect!! #FreePalestine #ResignMinns #ArrestHerzog
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I can't tell the difference
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How revolting! The genocidal infanticidal maniac Tzog is going to Canberra. I suppose satan will be welcomed with skeletal open arms into Australian Parliament House, that bloody murderous abyss
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6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
#BREAKING 🚨 Former Greens candidate Hannah Thomas says NSW premier Chris Minns "is responsible for every single injury" at the Sydney march against Isaac Herzog Protesters were pepper-sprayed and punches thrown, with Thomas saying it "felt like war being waged on us by police"
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The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 09/02/2026
"Luckily the police seemed more than excited to step in and get as violent as needed to make sure he doesn't feel homesick" - Premier Minns chaser.com.au/national/nsw...
NSW police make Israeli president feel at home by mercilessly attacking anyone with a Palestine flag
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
I can't tell the difference
Bald white man with moustache separated by a sliver of lip dip Thomas Sewell
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benjamin @benjamino.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
How's this going for you champ
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, invited Herzog after the 14 December antisemitic attack at Bondi, saying his visit was intended to foster “a greater sense of unity”.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
NT You're up for a class action in time! No youth bans from gender affirming care - please sign: www.megaphone.org.au/petitions/re...
megaphone.org.au
Reverse ban on gender affirming care for under 18s in the NT
This ban:     •      will deny public health access to gender affirming health care for under 18s      •     Overrides the expertise of qualified...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
I've signed the petition from the Jewish Council of Australia. Stop pitting communities against each other. Stop conflating race, religion and political ideology so lazily. jewishcouncil.good.do/unity/jewish...
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SIGN ✍️ We will not be divided after Bondi
Add your name to the Jewish Council petition today
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
I won't stay silent while queer visibility is censored in Germany's parliament. Rainbow flags stand for dignity and human rights – not “circus.” 👉 Tell Klöckner: Stop the rainbow ban! a.allout.org/s/vQa4A/
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Tell Klöckner: Stop the rainbow ban!
Klöckner sends police to remove rainbow flags from Parliament. This isn’t neutrality – it’s queer erasure.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
"Conversion practices” cause lifelong harm—and it's still happening in Thailand. Survivors like Nikki are speaking out. Join us in calling for a total ban. 🏳️‍⚧️ Sign & share the petition now! #LGBT #HumanRights #BanConversionTherapy a.allout.org/s/WNB1E/
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Ban “Conversion Practices” in Thailand Now
“Conversion practices” are still harming LGBT+ people in Thailand. Survivors like Nikki are bravely speaking out. It's time to act. Sign the petition to demand a national ban! #BanConversionTherapy #T...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
I just signed ILGA-Europe's petition with All Out that could really change things for #LGBT+ people. Add your name and join me in the fight for LGBT+ rights! a.allout.org/s/Pa1eQ/
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🚨 EU’s Equality Betrayal – Act Now to Stop It!
The EU is abandoning a crucial anti-discrimination directive, leaving millions unprotected. This is a dangerous setback for equality. Sign now to demand that European leaders reverse course and commit...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
So true! I commute into Brisbane CBD nearly everyday - the traffic is horrendous, restaurants are packed and there are queues from sushi to GYG. I think those who can WFH actually enjoy coming in once or twice a week for the social buzz. It's a lot of wasted time for the daily commuters tho.
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Is the Brisbane CBD really ‘dead’?
If it is suffering a slow death, someone might want to tell Wendy’s, after announcing a store in the heart of the city this week.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Hungary has banned Pride marches. It's a direct attack on LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign now to demand EU action! Help protect human rights and keep Pride alive. #LGBTQ+ a.allout.org/s/WZRVR/
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Stop Hungary’s Pride Ban – Defend LGBT+ Rights Now
Hungary has banned Pride marches, threatening LGBT+ rights and the freedom to protest. Sign the petition now to urge the EU to act before it’s too late. Every voice matters – help defend human rights ...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
And you don’t want the world to see you ‘Cause you know that they won’t understand The sickening steps being taken While the journalists die or are banned And the innocent die with the guilty Taken hostage for nothing they’d done #Gaza
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"Gaza" - adaptation by the Marsh Family of "Iris" by the Goo Goo Dolls, on the occupation of Gaza
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
The Qld LNP mirrors the federal "coalition" in failing to read... the room... again!! #auspol #qldpol #auslit
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Award judges resign after Queensland state library strips writer’s prize over Hamas tweet
One resignation letter expresses ‘disgust’ over library’s decision to rescind First Nations author’s $15,000 award after arts minister weighs in
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Sara Meger @sarameger.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Did the Coalition already cut ABC funding? What's the deal with the server? I'm now tuning into Channel 7🤮 #auspol #ausvotes
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
I think the AEC website is still functional...
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Fingers crossed it's not a major foreign hack!! 🫣
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David Marler @qldaah.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
It's all gone quiet. Last update 20 mins ago. #ausvotes
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Oh dear... the dramatic background music #LeadersDebate #Auspol
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Their history...
theage.com.au
Publicly, Storm backed the Voice. Privately, a part-owner was bankrolling No
Rapper Adam Briggs was dismayed to learn that Brett Ralph, part-owner of Melbourne Storm, was pouring tens of thousands of dollars into the No campaign. Now, he wants public denunciation.
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Brain Frank 🍉🇦🇺🏳️‍🌈 @brainfrank.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Their history...
theage.com.au
Publicly, Storm backed the Voice. Privately, a part-owner was bankrolling No
Rapper Adam Briggs was dismayed to learn that Brett Ralph, part-owner of Melbourne Storm, was pouring tens of thousands of dollars into the No campaign. Now, he wants public denunciation.
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