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Gemini_Kerri

@gemini-kerri.bsky.social
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Proud AuDHD mother of two gender diverse children. Fierce defender of their right to thrive. I dress conservatively, I think less conservatively.

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Helen 🏳️‍⚧️✊🏻💕 @mimmymum.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
I know several trans people who have fled the U.K. over the last few years because of its sharp descent into transphobia The most recent is the parent of a trans child - who I have personally known for 10 years - who are uprooting their entire family to move to Australia.
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Leaving the UK with a heavy heart
Today, as a family, we have booked our flights and our one-way ticket out of the UK. This has not felt like a choice. This feels like fleeing to protect ourselves. For the past 7 years we have look…
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2026
Inequality is a political choice. On this episode of Dollars & Sense, @grogsgamut.bsky.social & @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social discuss the shocking number of Australians dying on Jobseeker & the government’s immigration policy announcements. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4yKHWxG
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NEW EPISODE | A shocking number of Australians on Jobseeker are dying – it doesn’t have to be this way
Listen to Dollars & Sense now via the link or wherever you get your podcasts.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2026
"I mean call me crazy, but I think the objective of a health system is to keep people healthy, right? "We keep people alive, but we don't keep them healthy." @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social says Australia has built an illness system, not a health system. #auspol 🎧 theaus.in/4xwuwEq
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Amante2 AmeliaBee7 @amante2ameliabee7.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Actually, PM Gillard passed 570 bills Introduced NDIS Launch RC into Child Sexual abuse Introduced National Parental Leave scheme National apology for forced adoption And more Peta’s beloved Tones gave the Queen’s hubby a fricken knighthood, FFS
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 18/09/2026
New data shows Australians on JobSeeker are up to 10 times more likely to die than those not on welfare support. Living in poverty has severe health impacts, and the JobSeeker rate is about 45% BELOW the poverty line. #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social @elinorjohnstonleek.bsky.social
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Dash Nehring @punningstunts.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
According to the AIHW, in the 22-64 age group, people on income support payments accounted for around 3 in 7 (43%) people who died due to suicide. Even if you ignore the physical health impacts of poverty, our below-poverty payments and punitive mutual obligations systems are killing people.
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Alex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 18/09/2026
This guy who assaulted a sitting member of Congress got 28 years and 10 months less jail time than a Texas resident who transported a box of zines that contained constitutionally protected content opposing ICE reason.com/2026/06/25/t...
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Texas man gets 30 years in prison for transporting 'anti-government' pamphlets
The case stems from a violent anti-ICE protest, but critics say the government's prosecution threatens First Amendment rights.
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Craig's Late Night Douche Bag Patrol🦘🦘🦘 @vincentsworkisdone.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
NSW One Nation leader Mike Newman vows to fight for abortion controls at party rally. ABC News Australia. These cunts (sorry they are when you have a leader that hates everything except being white & privileged. They are cunts). These racist mutts don't even want women to have good health care.
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NSW One Nation leader vows to fight for abortion controls
The NSW leader of One Nation has told a rally outside state parliament that he will seek tighter controls on abortion if his party is successful in the March election.
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marikosegawa.bsky.social @marikosegawa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
#ResistanceUnited #ProudBlue #ONEV1 #DV1 Waiting for history to judge the current crime spree? Jasmine says you don’t have to. Your vote can bring justice & accountability. This Nov., the man is on every ballot, behind every R-candidate’s shoulder-federal, state, & local: YOU KNOW WHAT TO DO!
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Andy Fleming @slackbastard.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
1/ Given recent attacks on Camp Sovereignty & the fact that a little rich kid racist is assembling the troops agen this Sunday, it'd neat if lots of people attended this I reckon. 2–8pm Camp Sovereignty · Naarm Free concert + delicious food
Camp Sovereignty presents Rock Against Racism.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
🚨This is happening right now 🚨 Labor + Coalition + One Nation just cut a secret deal to pass laws on ASIO's power to detain and interrogate you without charge with a warrant issued by a politician. They're trying to do this while media is distracted.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 18/08/2026
It’s interesting how folks mock academics for their specialised language, but this fuckass business jargon is used daily like it’s some oracular chant.
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Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
El Sayed: "When it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need...It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours"
The idea that we can assent to the taking away of anybody’s rights, and think that somehow the government won’t come for all of our rights, is itself the problem. And, look, I don’t need people to understand how they use their rights. I just need people to agree that the government shouldn’t be able to take any of our rights. I put my face on the ground thirty-four times a day, David. Most people don’t understand why I do it. I don’t need them to understand. I just want to have the right to do it. And when people decide that they want to take away my right to do that, I’ve got a problem.Now, I hope that everybody’s going to show up and say, No, no, no. You can’t stop that person or that community from reflecting and praying as they choose. Similarly, when it comes to trans rights, this is the right to get the health care that you need. That’s really what it comes down to. It’s the right to be who you are. It’s the right not to be discriminated against by your government because of who you are. Because what tends to happen is they come for theirs, then they come for yours, then they come for theirs. And at some point you live in a society where rights are negotiable, and that is not the America I was born in. It’s not the America I know and love. It’s not the America I’m going to allow somebody like Donald Trump to give us.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
White City. Government slots one club $86m, the other can’t get a toilet Andrew Brown reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/white-city-gover…
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Gemini_Kerri @gemini-kerri.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
Let's also abolish the partner income test while we are at it. Choosing to keep legislation that makes an adult involuntarily entirely financially dependent on, or responsible for another adult is inhumane, and increases the likelihood that vulnerable people will be subjected to family violence.
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Dr Desirée Kozlowski @pleasurelab.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
I call on the Australian government to #RaiseTheRate of all support payments to a living wage. This would be the single most effective way to lift the productivity, quality of life, and well-being of the whole country. #CommitToALivingWage
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Worth adding some numbers to this. The British press decided to make trans rights into an issue. It just wasn’t an issue before. This was a top-down decision. shado-mag.com/articles/opi...
Two striking statistics come to mind.
The first is how the British media decided to obsess over trans people. This is very clear.
Between 2012 and 2022 alone, trans-related articles went from just 60 to over 7,500. By 2022, there were at least 125 times more articles on trans people than in 2012. This has facilitated the rise of a far right narrative vis-a-vis "gender ideology" which is talked about in civilisational terms: In effect, trans people are being portrayed not as individuals but as the products of an ideology that threatens the dominance of 'man' and perceived traditional gender roles.
Fast forward just three years and we see the Daily Mail actively investigate whether any of Tyler Robinson's neighbours or roommates were trans, which would apparently help explain why he shot the white supremacist and Christian nationalist Charlie Kirk.
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Damon Young @damonyoung.com.au · 21/07/2026
Every now and then, it’s worth saying what ought to be obvious: trans people have always existed, and will exist as long as humans do. They’ve not done anything wrong by wanting their existence recognised, supported, and celebrated. The transformation of their existence into “an issue” is evil.
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AllCuteDemocratsHere @democratcutie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
A Special kind of stupid is way too common in this country and is only surpassed by its racism.
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Trump is saying the 2016 election (when Obama was president) was fair, and the 2024 election (when Biden was president) was also fair, but the 2020 election (when some guy named Trump was president) was a piece of crap.
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
A major new study has looked at the impact of the Australian welfare system on the rates of suicide It concludes that effective suicide prevention would mean raising JobSeeker payments & replacing punitive mutual obligations (such as Work for the Dole) adelaide.edu.au/about/news/2...
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Australia must tackle unemployment to reduce suicide rates
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Philip O'Connor @philipoconnor.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
In less than a month, an Irish man adjudicated to be a rapist by a jury of his peers will be allowed into America to compete at a UFC event in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Sue Cartwright @suecartwright.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
This is close to my heart. I've signed the petition rejecting the discrimination & exclusion of transgender people. It's important we don't ignore this issue as some #auspol politicians push to change the sex discrimination act to the detriment of transgender people actionnetwork.org/forms/nionwo...
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Not in our Name Women Australia
We are women from every corner of society - mothers, daughters, friends, sisters, grandmothers, partners, colleagues, caregivers and leaders - united in rejecting the discrimination and exclusion of t...
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Christopher Street Project @christopherstreet.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
We’re in NJ-12 and we’re fired up 🏳️‍⚧️🔥 @hamawyfornj.bsky.social has spent his career providing gender-affirming care. Now we’re fighting to send him to Washington. It’s Pride Month. Let’s elect champions who actually show up for us. 🗳️ #NJ12 #AdamHamawy #Pride2026 #TransRights
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
I stand with trans and non binary people. This is a difficult and scary time - and the Govenrment must reject the framework. It's vital that everyone is treated with dignity and care and far too often trans and non binary people aren't. Solidarity always 🏳️‍⚧️
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Jen Mercieca @jenmercieca.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
You can think of this as a "reverse" or "turn" strategy. Reversing attention from the distraction & recentering attention on what is essential. Calling out the politics of creating hate-objects & turning attention back to those who profit from the strategy. It's a contrast. Well played. (from March)
Interview with James Talarico from March 9, 2026 on MSNBC.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Pride was born as a riot, and has always been an act of defiance. During my life, I survived an internment camp. I came out at 68. I've watched rights get won and now watch them being rolled back. Yet I'm still here, still proud, and still holding Brad's hand.
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George Wallace @mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Imagine being so unable to love your child that you set fire to the whole damn world instead.
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Noelle @finallynoelle.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
At this point, can we just have separate bathrooms for MAGA people? I don’t feel safe being in there with one of them.
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Steph Richards She/Her @stephrichards.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
THREAD: I AM NOT GOING QUIETLY: The EHRC’s New Draft Code is erasing my human rights. I am 74 years old, and I am watching my human rights being stripped away in real time. 1/17
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Ruth Pearce @notrightruth.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
I'm one of the signatories to this letter. We note that NHS England's ban on hormone therapy by under-18 was proposed: ● without any clear rationale, ● on the basis of a methodologically-flawed process, ● in the absence of peer review, ● and without plans for monitoring impact or mitigating harm
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 28/05/2026
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Amy Remeikis @amyremeikis.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
There is no legislation accompanying this change. And despite the headline that this is the biggest shake up in 30 years, Howard didn't launch Centrelink and the basis for the system we have now until 1997. We haven't moved beyond that, with these changes from Labor, despite the somewhat good press
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itsmab.bsky.social @itsmab.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Because yeah, he couldn’t have done that.
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Helen @helenm40.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
The ultimate issue is that the Labour Party are choosing to prioritise the 'discomfort' of transphobes over the physical safety of transgender people. On the basis of 'concerns' they know to be imaginary. It's immoral, unacceptable, and completely ridiculous.
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Catherine Rampell @crampell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
“Up to 70% of rooms reserved by Fifa in Boston, Dallas, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Seattle have been cancelled, the AHLA said” www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
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2026 World Cup: Empty rooms & Fifa cancellations - US hotels fear washout
The 2026 Fifa World Cup was supposed to provide a tourism boom for the United States, but now the fear is that may never materialise.
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#LNPQLD motto "f*ck the koalas"🐨
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
"Democratic Rep. Kim Schrier of Washington pressed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to reassure parents that the vitamin K shot is safe. He refused and pushed back..." www.propublica.org/article/more...
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Babies Are Bleeding to Death as Parents Reject a Vitamin Shot Given at Birth
A lifesaving injection given at birth to prevent severe bleeding has become collateral damage of the anti-vaccine movement.
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Jeremy Poxon @jeremypoxon.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
we worked very hard to get over a dozen Labor MPs to break ranks in the lead up to the 2023 budget, but since then have heard from MPs that they're not allowed to bring it up anymore
News article in the lead up to the 2023 Budget saying that twelve Labor MPs break ranks to seek JobSeeker increase
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Evan Urquhart @evanurquhart.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
It seems to me like talking to one trans young person and one parent would be the absolute minimum you'd need for such a thing to be considered good journalism, but apparently the Pulitzer committee doesn't think journalists need to actually speak with any of the people their stories are about.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
"Labor members and the federal caucus agree – the Left has evolved." They are fooling themselves. Apart from serving as a meaningless factional title, "the Left" in parliamentary Labor has ceased to exist. #auspol
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Warmongering, neoliberalism, sucking up to Trump and failing to condemn genocide is not an “evolution” of the Left. It is craven capitulation!
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Just in case you're wondering why the gas industry hates the idea of a 25% gas export tax and wants to keep the PRRT
Chart showing gas exports and PRRT:

2014-15: Exports $16.9bn PRRT $1.9bn
2024-25: Exports $64.6bn PRRT $1.4bn
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🐸 German_USA, DHA 🌈 ally 🌈 woke af 🌈 @germanusa.bsky.social · 28/03/2026
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 16/03/2026
"You're giving away your natural resources...I find it mind-boggling." @josephestiglitz.bsky.social Australian beer drinkers pay more tax than gas companies pay in Petroleum Resource Rent Tax. A 25% tax on gas exports could raise $17 billion every year! #auspol
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MFWitches @mfwitches.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
How the fuck do we live in a world where thousands of people might die in Iran in coming days purely to draw attention away from Trump’s having raped children, and all the world’s media will collaborate in the deception and destruction? #NewsCorpse #Iran
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Bridie (EBK) @emergencybk.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Posted elsewhere by @cjmurrumbeena.bsky.social with accompanying words The Melbourne protest against the visit of Israeli president Isaac Herzog is already three times the size of the January 2th "March for Australia". #EndTheGenocide #FreePalestine #Auspol
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