@BookWombat

PhD candidate. Interested in child and adolescent family violence. Angry political rants, cat selfies and wombat appreciation. She/Her

 Sydney
Joined August 2010
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Research participants needed - please retweet! I am looking for Australian parents or carers who have experienced challenging, violent or abusive behaviour from a school-aged child to participate in an online interview about their child's experiences within the education system
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Old post but just been informed that the Lazer Kiwi now features in NZ's election coverage, incinerating politicians that fail to be re-elected, and suddenly all other election coverage pales by comparison
Batshit Australia@batshit_auspol7 Jul 2022
The time New Zealand held a vote to change their flag due to its similarity to Australia's, leading to the submission of the 'Lazer Kiwi' flag. Designer Lucy Gray said her inspiration was that "Australia has a lot of animals that can kill you, so New Zealand should get one too"
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Everyone’s humanity is diminished when we allow human rights to be discarded. And today the #lnp discarded children’s human rights. #qldpol
Institute for Collaborative Race Research@War_On_Race28 Nov 2024
First piece of legislation from the new QLD government is incompatible with human rights, under both Qld Human Rights Act & international standards. Despite knowing the Act will lock up more Indigenous kids, the AG consistently denies that it this amounts to racial discrimination
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Go easy on yourself - some days you’ll write only 300 words and delete them, other days you’ll write 3000 words and delete them
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EXCLUSIVE: In 1995, the bad-ass CEO of Canberra Rape Crisis Centre (Dianne Lucas) went to JAIL to protect a survivor's counselling notes, from her rapist who subpoened them. Today, 1800RESPECT share those notes without so much as a phonecall.#TakeTheStand news.com.au/lifestyle/real-l…
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New McCarthyism at Usyd: Not only are Sydney Uni’s new speech restrictions ridiculously unworkable, much more disturbingly they give broad managerial discretion to classify teaching and speech as misconduct, eroding academic freedom and the uni’s very foundations. @NTEUnion
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Israel still bombing universities. Students' cupcake stalls, talks and fundraisers for Palestine on Australian University campuses still being disciplined, cancelled and intimidated.
Maya Mikdashi@mayamikdashi9 Nov 2024
Israel has bombed the main Lebanese University campus. LU is the public university in Lebanon, the largest university in the country, and provides affordable higher education. But most importantly, like all universities in Gaza, it is a legitimate target of Israeli destruction
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Looks like a lot of my mutuals are making the jump. I’m wombattitude @ the other place.
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Rape is a theoretical crime: Part 1 - The Data open.substack.com/pub/janegi… This is something I have wanted to do for years but haven't had the time or the right forum until now. This is part one of a series on rape and sexual assault.
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Incredible: AI can predict the winner of the 2024 election. Looks like there will be a few surprises; for example, there's a good chance that Iowa will win Texas.
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Pelicans are so great
Mark Smith Photography@marktakesphoto5 Nov 2024
The pelicans have been extra bold lately, trying their hardest to snatch a free meal from the ospreys. They are rarely successful, but this time the pelican managed a very clever sneak attack from behind. The osprey, thinking it was free and clear, tried to shake off the water weight from the dive, and that little pause was all it took for the hungry pelican to close the gap and its gaping maw around the osprey’s catch. It’s crazy out there sometimes.
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I know this is just one of many of daily instances of right-wing brainrot warring against the cognitive functions of average Americans but can you imagine sawing a tree this massive to build a cabin on it & then putting wooden decking on the stump ahahaha xitter.cf/MustangMan_TX/status/1…
Texas 🇺🇸
@MustangMan_TX25 Oct 2024
Is this deck amazing or what?
Readers added context they thought people might want to know
This image is AI generated. While difficult to tell at first, closer looks at parts of the logs that make up the cabin show a bit of blurring and melting together, something that does not happen naturally. elearn.eb.com/real-vs-ai-ima… pcmag.com/articles/how-t… endertech.com/blog/6-ways-to…
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For me this is great but given we are drip feeding announcements it better be followed by an announcement that they will be making changes to stop the next gen running up debts much higher than mine. Because there isn’t much point if they leave the current fee structure intact
Jason Clare MP
@JasonClareMP2 Nov 2024
BREAKING: Labor will cut 20% off all student debts. That’s right. Every student debt. For someone with a HECS debt of $50k, this will wipe $10k from your total debt. This is a game changer for every Australian with a student debt.
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More video of the Young Liberals at Sydney Uni ripping up copies of the #RedZoneReport -a report which contains the real names, real faces & real stories of rape & hazing survivors. The Young Libs chanted "we don't care" while ripping up the report.🧵 honisoit.com/2024/10/usyd-li…
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This week St Paul's college at Sydney Uni have been in the media after a mass bullying incident which resulted in expulsions & suspensions. Tonight a group of USYD male students at a student meeting ripped up the #RedZoneReport laughing at the details it contains. As coauthor🧵
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In the transfer of women from Alice Springs prison to Darwin: “This forced transfer is in direct violation of the women's rights, placing significant barriers between the women, their families, and vital re-entry and support services," @DebKilroy nit.com.au/29-10-2024/14536/…

Moving female inmates from Central Australia to Darwin a violation of women’s rights, anti-prison...

The decision to move female prisoners from Central Australia to Darwin without prior notice or consent has been criticised by a lived experience organisation.NT News reported on Sunday evening...

nit.com.au
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JFC she has a name.
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Predictably the article also spends more than twice as much space talking about his career than Melissa’s
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