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Wren. 39. fae/faer she/her or they/them (Fr. on/en) Lives on Kaurna land. Opinions are my own. linktr.ee/thetestbear

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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 22/03/2026
Yesterday was an exhausting but rewarding day.
Two people wearing black shirts with pictures of hands holding with the words Anti-Poverty Network South Australia stand in front of a sign that says Anti-Poverty Network South Australia. Power to the poor. Silent no more. And the website www.apn-sa.org
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
With the upcoming state election, here's a handy scorecard on how the major parties tackle housing, thanks to the Anti-Poverty Network, SA #auspol
A scorecard showing where the major political parties of South Australia fall on housing policy
1. Public Housing: will they build enough? Labor, unsure; Liberal, no; Greens, yes; One Nation, no. 
2. Rent Russ: will they introduce rent-capping: Labor, no; Liberal, no; Greens, yes; One Nation, no.
3. Empty Homes: will they take action on the thousands of empty homes during the housing crisis: Labor, no; Liberal, no; Greens, yes; One Nation, no.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
"The AI transition will need the same kind of fight. But it's a fight we can win, and the doomer insistence that we can't is itself one of the obstacles we need to overcome."
joanwestenberg.com
A soft-landing manual for the second gilded age
By the summer of 1945, West Berlin had been reduced to rubble. Allied bombing, the Soviet ground assault and Hitler's insistence on Götterdämmerung had destroyed roughly a third of the city's building...
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Why is the Australian government so intent on allying itself with Nazis? That's a rhetorical question. I already know the answer.
theconversation.com
Trump wants Australian data on migrant crime. This will only scapegoat vulnerable people
The Trump administration claims “mass migration” is a threat to “Western civilisation”. But research shows migrants don’t commit crimes at disproportionate rates.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
"Consider this a dot joining exercise in a media landscape of wilful siloing and obfuscation."
theshot.net.au
Collating the recent escalation of fascist state fuckery in Australia - The Shot
As the shattering of the comfortable illusion of Western democracy enters its Epstein-drenched speedrunning phase, a number of disturbing developments...
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The reason the middle-class media has not reported Hannah Spencer being attacked by right-wing transphobes is that it needs to preserve the nice, coffeee-round-the-kitchen-table, middle-class view of transphobia, not the thuggish fascist reality.
manchestereveningnews.co.uk
Green Party say 'Hannah Spencer won't be silenced' after Manchester violence
Hannah Spencer, Gorton and Denton's newly-elected MP, was ushered into a police car amid the unfolding chaos
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 09/03/2026
We Need To Stop With The "Women Didn't Work" Myth youtu.be/4NWL98OiFQc?...
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We Need To Stop With The "Women Didn't Work" Myth
YouTube video by Karolina Żebrowska
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
South Australia peeps: Build a Ballot is ready for the upcoming election on the 21st March. This is a fantastic tool for planning your vote to be in line with your values.
myplan.buildaballot.org.au
Build a Ballot
A simple tool to help you build your ballot before election day
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
"...once he knows the dream — actor, model, artist, escape route, scholarship, belonging, love — he doesn’t have to force anything. He just has to position himself between you and it."
crikey.com.au
Epstein, the Pelicot case and the ISIS brides are the same story in different fonts
This isn't a 'not all men' piece. That’s a separate genre, usually published in the comments section beneath a news story about murdered women, by a man named 'Dave' whose profile picture is a flag.
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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 03/03/2026
All you need to know about the tech industry is that the people building tools to "connect humanity" haven't spoken to their neighbours in 6 years
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Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
today's fun historical detail: Lemon's famous "What is to be Done" essay was named after a (then) 40 year old smash hit novel by Nikolay Chernyshevsky. imagine Luigi releasing an earth shattering political manifesto and calling it "Top Gun"
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Kim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
When faced with a shockingly exploitative new employment contract that would’ve forced them to sign away their IP, their likeness rights, and their power of attorney, Jupiter Jetson and her coworkers at Sheri’s fought back—fast. They organized a union in SIX DAYS. www.thenation.com/article/econ...
thenation.com
How Brothel Workers in Nevada Just Made Labor History
The courtesans at Sheri’s Ranch were staring down a horrifying new contract. So they did what workers everywhere do: They got organized.
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JA Westenberg @joanwestenberg.com · 26/02/2026
You don't have a "different opinion." You have a factual inaccuracy that you've emotionally bonded with and now you think correcting it is a hate crime.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Local government workers deserve secure jobs.
megaphone.org.au
Secure Jobs in SA Local Government
Local government workers deliver essential services our communities rely on every day. But councils are increasingly replacing secure, ongoing jobs with labour hire and rolling fixed term contracts. I...
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Garnet Amethyst Pearl Steven
A black and white battle between undead and humans. Written on it: what are the four core character classes? Wrong answers only.
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Malwarebytes @malwarebytes.com · 20/02/2026
Researchers discovered a publicly exposed frontend on a government-authorized server, containing 2,456 accessible files from the age verification vendor used by Discord.
malwarebytes.com
Age verification vendor Persona left frontend exposed, researchers say
Behind a basic age check, researchers say Persona’s system runs extensive identity, watchlist, and adverse-media screening.
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M’am’ Mina @mammina.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Meilleure sécurité informatique du monde
Le plus beau chat noir du monde assis sur mon unité centrale d’ordi les pattes avant sur mon DDE.
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mady castigan✨ 🏳️‍⚧️ @mady.cat · 20/02/2026
there's a straight line between parents who kill their kids by not vaccinating them and parents who push their trans kids into suicide and never regret it, including by misgendering them after death
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
"Brussels also admits that by sanctioning people like Dogru for publishing news and opinions the EU would prefer to suppress, it is targeting them for “non-illegal” behavior."
electronicintifada.net
EU sanctions German journalist in shocking first over Gaza reporting
"Socio-economic death sentence" makes it illegal to receive even food or medicine from a third party.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Abusers are very practiced at using respectability politics to silence survivors and victims. We're not here to be respectable. We're here call you out on your abuse. From Kaurna to Gaza: Globalise the Intifada!
johnmenadue.com
Grace Tame, free speech and the return of political punishment
Calls to strip Grace Tame of her Australian of the Year award over her protest speech highlight a troubling slide towards political punishment and selective free speech.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We ride at dawn!
Post by Delat: I had a dream where there were 2 non-binary flags
The regular one was for peacetime, but when we went to eat we would swap the white and black stripes.

Under this is the non-binary flag: yellow, white, purple and black bars labelled "peacetime" and next to that is the non-binary flag with the black and white bars swapped labelled "wartime".
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 16/02/2026
Mardi Gras Spotlights The Power & Joy of Australia’s Trans Community www.starobserver.com... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
starobserver.com.au
Mardi Gras Spotlights The Power & Joy of Australia’s Trans Community - Star Observer
Just a few years old, ‘Hot Trans Mardi Gras’ program is promising to fire up Mardi Gras like never before.
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Robert Beauchamp @robertmtl.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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scare-cadus (is this anything) 🎃 @birdapp.rip · 15/02/2026
the Black Panthers were right
IF YOU'RE UNEMPLOYED IT'S NOT BECAUSE THERE ISNT ANY WORK 
JUST LOOK AROUND: A HOUSING SHORTAGE, CRIME, POLLUTION; WE NEED BETTER SCHOOLS AND PARKS.
WHATEVER OUR NEEDS, THEY ALL REQUIRE WORK.
AND AS LONG AS WE HAVE UNSATISFIED NEEDS, THERE'S WORK TO BE DONE.
SO ASK YOURSELE, WHAT KIND OF WORLD HAS WORK BUT NO JOBS. IT'S A WORLD WHERE WORK IS NOT RELATED TO SATISFYING OUR NEEDS, WORLD WHERE WORK IS ONLY RELATED TO SATISFYING THE PROFIT NEEDS OF BUSINESS.
THIS COUNTRY WAS NOT BUILT BY THE HUGE CORPORATIONS OR GOVERNMENT BUREAUCRACIES.
IT WAS BUILT BY PEOPLE WHO WORK. AND, IT IS WORKING PEOPLE WHO SHOULD CONTROL THE WORK TO BE DONE. YET, AS LONG AS EMPLOYMENT IS TIED TO SOMEBODY ELSE'S PROFITS, THE WORK WONT GET DONE.
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Jessie Gender @jessiegender.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
“Voting is choosing the conditions you and your comrades organize under, and choosing your least powerful foe” is really the predominate way any leftist should view electoral politics.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
I don't think I've seen a better depiction of how depression feels.
3 images of a woman lying prone, turning onto her side and curling into a partial fetal position. It has the words "some days are just heavy" written on it.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
In my opinion, the best gift to give me, is one that I can share with you.
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Transgender World @transgenderreport.com · 12/02/2026
This professor and her students are making sure Wikipedia doesn’t erase LGBTQ+ history www.thepinknews.com/... #transgender #trans #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA
thepinknews.com
University class making sure Wikipedia doesn't erase LGBTQ+ history
A professor and her students are editing Wikipedia pages to ensure they preserve and represent the lives and stories of LGBTQ+ people
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
"American society would rather have hundreds of children raped than believe a single trans woman."
lucyfromnaarm.com
Epstein Files: Trans Teen Denied Justice - LucyFromNaarm
Ava Cordero was 16 when Jeffrey Epstein sexually assaulted her. When she came forward in 2007, the NY Post outed her, mocked her identity, and called her a liar. Newly released DOJ files reveal what h...
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Age verification? We didn't need no age verification on the MSN. We just had to let the internet scream at us for a little bit.
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
QUT will take over famous literary magazine Meanjin, after the journal was closed by Melbourne Uni Publishing last year. This is a win for all who campaigned to save the masthead, but hardly makes up for the damage done last year www.smh.com.au/culture/book...
smh.com.au
Axed literary magazine Meanjin finds a new home after its axing
Melbourne University Press closed the much-loved literary magazine last year, saying it was losing too much money.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
Related to recent events in Sydney
you shouldn’t be a cop If you want a fulfilling career that helps the community, you might be tempted to join the police. Don’t make this mistake. Here’s what the cops won’t tell you. The NSW Police Force has a culture of bullying, homophobia and sexism. One in three female officers report they have been sexually harassed at work.  Employees who report sexual assaults and misconduct have been demoted or ostracised.  A review into the toxic culture of the police force was continually delayed, and key victims were not contacted. Studies from the 90s indicate 40% of police families experience domestic violence. A culture of “protecting mates” means officers who commit domestic violence are significantly less likely to be charged and convicted than the general public. The ABC has noted “victims frequently reporting they've been discouraged from raising allegations or that their safety has been put at risk when they have sought help from police.”   Despite these barriers, in 2024, 57 serving NSW police officers had been charged with domestic violence, and three had been convicted.  Are these the people you want to work with? Policing is less dangerous than industries like agriculture or forestry, but injuries are common. Psychological injuries like post-traumatic stress disorder account for 74% of compensation costs, with the Auditor-General finding the police force was not “efficiently or effectively preventing future psychological injuries”. Police aren’t trained mental health professionals, but they act as first responders for people suffering mental health episodes. This often leads to police killing people who need help. Despite a NSW Upper House inquiry, and an internal police review recommending change, police still attend these calls and kill vulnerable people. This leaflet provides general information and is not legal advice anticop.com.auyou shouldn’t be a cop NSW Police strip-search hundreds of children each year, often unlawfully. Most searches find nothing. It’s state-sanctioned sexual assault - is that what you’re into? The police were founded to protect the interests of the wealthy. They continue to enforce the unequal distribution of property, crush protests for reform, and disproportionately target groups like Aboriginal and queer people. There’s no correlation between police spending and crime. Targeted anti-violence education and reducing inequality are actually effective at reducing crime. Much police time is spent enforcing drug prohibition, yet drug use continues. Prohibition makes drugs more dangerous by deterring ambulance calls, encouraging risky pre-event dosing, and leaving production to criminal gangs. Redirecting money from ineffective policing to harm reduction saves lives. After decriminalisation, Portugal went from “heroin capital of Europe” to the lowest drug-related death rate in Western Europe. Police shifts can be up to 12 hours long, with a rotating roster. You will miss birthdays and holidays - your family will miss you
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Ben Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
"I helped a young girl who had been pepper sprayed in the face and collapsed into a seizure on the pavement. She was convulsing, incapacitated. As she lay there on the ground, police sprayed her again in the face." Eyewitness account by Andrew Brown michaelwest.com.au/this-was-pla...
michaelwest.com.au
This was planned. And Chris Minns owns it. - Michael West
NSW Police have assaulted dozens of peace protestors who gathered to protest the visit by Israeli president Isaac Herzog to Australia.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Love is an infinite resource. Love builds, Love creates, Love breathes life into homes and communities. Hate is a finite resource. Hate dismantles, Hate destroys, Hate breaks apart families and communities.
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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
I have yet to see any evidence that there is a market for AI-generated books outside of people being tricked into thinking they are not AI-generated books. AKA, it is a project of scamming and deceiving people, and really should be treated as fraud
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Hey transphobes
Peter Parker from Sam Raimi's Spiderman with text: that's a cute opinion. Did Epstein give it to you?
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FaAOD @faaod-asso.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
It was never about protecting children. Just killing the "wrong" ones.
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Robert Beauchamp @robertmtl.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
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Amelia Shevenell @ashevenell.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Trust me, the woman of academia are not at all surprised by the number of academic men orbiting Epstein.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
The US: you can't "both sides are bad" your way out of this. UK & Australia: *laughs in the Westminster system*
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
How many lives of women and girls could have been spared the horrors of Epstein and his fellow abusers if the media had not mocked this trans woman in 2007 and listened to her instead…? Listen to trans people, we are always the canaries in the coalmine.
lgbtqnation.com
When a trans woman first accused Jeffrey Epstein of rape, the media mocked her - LGBTQ Nation
The New York Post called her a "man" and a "gender-bend shocker."
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 08/02/2026
Let’s bring integrity back to our politics. Join me in signing this petition demanding great transparency and oversight of foreign lobbying in Australia: www.aph.gov.au/e-petitions/...
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
CW: mentions of the Epstein files. This week on Wednesday I found out the owner of my first job was mentioned in the Epstein files. I found out this information while I was at work, and I only had access to partial information, which was horrible, and I was UPSET.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
renewables reduce your power bill? Who'd have thunk it?
michaelwest.com.au
Renewables Record. Power bills to fall with rise of wind and solar energy - Michael West
Coal and gas have finally been eclipsed by renewable energy as wind and solar tip in half the power to Australia's electricity grid
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
"Australia faces no credible military threat from China. The real danger lies in uncritical alignment with US strategy, fear-driven rhetoric and the steady erosion of national sovereignty."
johnmenadue.com
China has neither the intent nor the capability to attack us
Australia faces no credible military threat from China. The real danger lies in uncritical alignment with US strategy, fear-driven rhetoric and the steady erosion of national sovereignty.
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
I've finally started working on a TTRPG that I intend to publish for free. www.thetestbear.com/hfrpg/
thetestbear.com
Hearth Forged RPG Contents
Quick links to chapters of the Hearth Forged RPG Guidebook, as they are released. HFRPG IntroductionIntroduction to Hearth Forged RPG (HFRPG)TheTestBearMarc Alain TetlowDice RollsA guide to Dice Roll...
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
www.anticop.com.au/blog/policea...
anticop.com.au
police and unions — anticop
Police and labour unions have a contradictory relationship.  A key role of police, both historically and currently, has been to break strikes, harass and even kill union members. At the same time, in ...
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TheFairyWren @thetestbear.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
michaelwest.com.au/i-only-looke...
michaelwest.com.au
“I only looked backwards”: A letter to my great grandchildren - Michael West
A letter from 2075, written by a former right-wing politician to his eight great grandchildren. Rex Patrick Junior reports deathbed confessions
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