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Things I wanna do in 2025 (sorta resolutions)

  1. Write more. Longer form blog posts that I actually edit, save drafts of and put some research into. As well as my preferred something got me ranting so I turned it into a blog post *hit send* posts.
  2. Get more people subscribed to my blog. You can subscribe to new posts here. You can also sign up to make a monthly contribution here or once off or see my wishlists and buy me something useful or fun or both. Perhaps I could do some exclusive content for sponsors, but I’m not up to that yet.
  3. Save up and start the Autism and ADHD assessment process. I’m 42 and probably have about that long left, so want to try to go into it understanding myself and doing the best for me.
  4. Stream more. Play more games.
  5. Help out with the niblings more.
  6. Be true to myself. Whatever that means.
  7. Use more alt text.

The image depicts a person holding a dark bottle of Fizzero non-alcoholic sparkling white wine. The person has medium-length hair and is wearing glasses with a dark frame. They are wearing a white shirt adorned with playful, pastel-colored illustrations such as game controllers, cats, and other whimsical designs, alongside words like "MEOW." In the background, part of a wall and a portion of a flag or banner with purple and blue hues are visible.

Cheers.

Thank You

Thank you for a good 2024. Yes, you. If you’ve been in my life this year, I’ve been better for it. Maybe you’ve helped me out with something tricky, maybe I’ve helped you. Maybe you’re a pain but I’ve grown in some way through our interactions. Maybe you subscribe to this blog. Maybe you’ve sent me money or gifts in appreciation of my blogging or social media. Maybe you’re family. Maybe you’re the family I’ve made.

My most popular post this year was Hey, have you tried shopping at Aldi? (and other unhelpful advice given to people on welfare). That was closely followed by Food banks are just a more expensive way to get food that isn’t necessarily suitable to poor people: Prove me wrong. (See I am still a food blogger).

Most of you came here from Twitter. And mostly from so-called Australia.

Thank you for a good blogging year.

 

OMG it’s just a fucking window display and Palestinian Jews and Muslims and Christians like Jesus are being slaughtered in tents

So yeah I fucking love Xmas frivolity. I have my tree up and will be getting all the Xmas tees and skirts and dresses out as soon as I have a couple days sunshine to pop them through the wash. If Mary was trying to make her way back to the right town for the census this year she’d be herded from on place to another and would be counting her blessings even more if she got a manger and wasn’t in a refugee tent with planes and drones and soldiers all around.

If I was in Melbourne I’d go look at the windows at Myer each year. It’s totally up my alley. But you know, it’s not ruining Xmas to have a protest interrupt the opening. If it ruins your Xmas to not see the windows on Sunday this weekend, then, wow. Wow is all I have for you.

Your kids won’t mind if they have to go next Saturday instead. Of after school. Or any other day up til early January when they take them down. But I don’t think they kids will be the ones sad about it and I feel like the kids have more compassion for the other kids their age around the world than any adult who’s kicking up a fuss about this.

The mass exodus to Bluesky makes me sad. I mean I guess I’ll end up there if that’s what happens but I’m holding on to twitter as long as I can. I fkn live there babes. And I was already planning on hosting the #PoveratiXmas giving tree across both sites, so look for that hype at the start of December and get your wishlists and mutual aid requests ready, and hopefully some secret santa-ing will happen. Again super worried it’ll be a flop, but people have told me that they’ve been enjoying putting their wishes down so that’s sweet.

But I’m also just gonna play more video games I think hah.

 

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But I Don’t Wanna Quit Twitter

I mean quitting twitter isn’t what it was. Twitter isn’t what it was, but it’s still my base. (Aside from this blog, this is my base but Twitter is where I am most of the time). Quitting Twitter is a luxury, moving to another site with different people different rules. Or most of the same people, but less pesky arguments. Though it does seem like a bit of an auspol wankfest and there’s barely any mention of Palestine on Bluesky and other places. Might be because there’s still a lot of Palestinians using X to share that they’re still alive and their fundraisers and they don’t have that reach on any other site.

Maybe.

Don’t look away. If you are going to make your way to a new site, find the Palestinian voices there and amplify their stories and pictures and make sure they’re not forgotten because you want to be someplace nicer.

Ned Kelly / Hamas poster
Not sure where I got this, trying to find the artist

This week has been quiet, trying to rest, trying to just potter around the house, do my little chore, scream about my usual things online. Played some sims. Rolled some marbles. Read some news.

Trying to figure out my routine, keep my lil community.

 

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You know some things just make you wanna scream but you’re tired?

CW Suicide and self harm etc

People are doing amazing work out there. The Antipoverty Centre filed their submission to the national Suicide Prevention Strategy. And it’s good. And you’ll read it and nod your head at the content and shake your head at the lack of action from governments and lip service from supposed support organisations. It’s here. There’s facts and stats and stories and it’s all there, screaming to governments to Rise the Rate of Welfare and build public housing and get rid of partner income tests to help people to get out of abusive situations and have independence within relationships. Agency is important and people are feeling helpless and are driven to despair. And suicide is certainly a more appealing option for some that continuing in a punitive welfare situation.

Thankyou for putting that together. And for acknowledging the frustration that people are experiencing with telling their stories over and over and pleading for the dignity of being listened to, when 2.5 years into government, they decide not to respond to the DSP inquiry since it’s been so damned long since the recommendations were made, which is certainly not one of the principles of TREATING PEOPLE WITH RESPECT that was recommended.

meanwhile, apparently social security debts from the seventies are fair game, even though 6 years was said to be plenty long back to expect people to defend debts. But you know, why respect the recommendations from millions of dollars and thousands or hours of paid and unpaid work by experts and lawyers and people on the ground. Fuck us, right?

It’s more than two years since that qanda episode where I got to ask about our dear Treasurer when things might get better, and really nothing has changed. Rent keeps going up, as does every other cost, including out of pocket GP expenses and more. But yeah. Go red team?

I’ve had to put some boundaries in place to help manage my sanity, I’m going to respect my bedtime and meds times more, even if that means other people have to do more for themselves.

 

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