Jodes
Melbourne Australia craft jewellery maker | WhoozQueen.etsy.com
Other Interests - politics/media, feminism, climate change & pandemics/disaster recovery.
- Reposted by JodesThe Trump admin has shut down the CIA’s World Factbook, a country reference that for six decades has provided data on birth and death rates, major exports, and more. Long used by government officials and by researchers, educators, and journalists, the database was taken offline today.
- Reposted by JodesHow the FUCK do we live in a country where a war criminal signing bombs to be dropped on Palestinian kids is an honoured guest of our government but a woman author pleading for her people not be slaughtered is a dangerous subversive who must be banned from writer’s festivals forthwith? #NewsCorpse
- Reposted by JodesThis is really suspicious. They’re up to something. Link to thread: x.com/mattberg33/s...
- Reposted by JodesI have a 30 minute oration about how Au defo laws shape everything you see and hear in this country's media landscape. If some organisation or group of organisations cannot use *Epstein plotting to weaponise Au defo law to kill inquiry into his wrongdoing* to push for reform, we have no hope.
- Reposted by JodesI 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
- Reposted by Jodes“To you this is murder?” “Yes. I know it is. — People are feeling like there’s nobody here to help us. What can we do? The constitution doesn’t seem to matter.” She witnessed the killing of Alex Pretti, now she is bravely coming forward. Stella is the best of us. 🇺🇸
- Reposted by JodesThanks to all the commentators on the absolute outrage of a rightwing attempted terrorist attack in Perth🇦🇺on Monday/mainstream response. The attempt to set off a shrapnel bomb failed to ignite, thank god. It’s all being treated as normal. If he were non-White, the hysteria would dominate. 🤬🤬 #Auspol
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- Reposted by JodesThere might have been dumber policies in the history of civilisation, but right now I can’t think of any.
- BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
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- Reposted by JodesAs an ex e-learning developer, I can confidently say this will be a terrible learning experience. I cannot wait to rip it to shreds. Here's what the Free AI Training will look like 🧵 1/
- BREAKING: Free AI training will be offered to every adult in the UK, with short courses to teach people how to use simple AI tools effectively in the workplace. Technology Secretary Liz Kendall tells #BBCBreakfast about the scheme
- Reposted by JodesMinneapolis is the capital of the U.S. right now. Random middle aged aunties on the ground there are showing more physical and moral courage in one volunteer shift than Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries have in their entire lives combined.
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- Reposted by JodesIn October, ICE grabbed Maher Tarabishi. He was a 24/7 caregiver for his disabled son Wael. At the time of Maher’s detention, disability advocates warned that taking away Wael’s caregiver put his life at risk. Wael died on Friday at age 30. ICE caused his death. They didn’t get to say goodbye.
- Reposted by JodesBreaking NYT: The FBI agent who sought to investigate the federal immigration officer who fatally shot Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, according to two people familiar with the matter, after leadership pressured her to discontinue a civil rights inquiry into the officer.
- Reposted by JodesTrump. Has. Dementia. And he's president. And he's an asshole too. www.msn.com/en-ca/health...
- Reposted by JodesICE descends on Maine. "[Gov. Janet] Mills said, ‘Look, Maine knows what good law enforcement looks like because our law enforcement are held to high professional standards.... they don’t wear a mask..., and they don’t arrest people in order to fill a quota.’” abcnews.go.com/US/dhs-launc...
- Reposted by Jodes“Don’t be discouraged when you find that the process of self-discovery takes a long, long time,” she said. “Don’t even be surprised if at 50 you are still wondering what you are going to be when you grow up.” 🗃️ RIP Barbara Aronstein Black www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/u...
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- Reposted by Jodesin case you're curious about how angry Minnesota is about ICE, it was -20 today
- Reposted by Jodes“No one man can terrorize a whole nation, unless we are all his accomplices.” -Edward R. Murrow
- Reposted by JodesAmazing! Way to go Minneapolis!
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- Reposted by JodesBreaking MS NOW: Aides to Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche directed the U.S. Attorney's office and FBI agents in Minnesota to shut down the civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Renee Good and instead alter it to probe Good for possible criminal liability.
- Reposted by JodesCan't believe I have to say this but climate change is responsible for extreme cold snaps.
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- Reposted by JodesAOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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- Reposted by JodesLook, there are two things killing bookstores, and neither one is ebooks. One is rent. The other is *waves hands vaguely* everything costing too damn much.
- Reposted by JodesWhat worries me with ice is that the public has no way of knowing if they are really ice. They have unmarked vehicles, wear masks, show no warrants or legal paperwork, no identification, and appear very unprofessional and violent. Anyone could be impersonating ice to terrorize our communities.
- Reposted by JodesInvestigate and prosecute political opponents, sell pardons to your rich friends so they can commit crimes with impunity. Authoritarianism isn’t coming, it’s here, whether people realize it or not.
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- Reposted by JodesIf ICE had anything to do with enforcing the law, they wouldn't be breaking our laws or attacking the innocent.
- Reposted by JodesSome sense of humor he's got there...
- Reposted by JodesNEWS: A federal judge found that ICE had repeatedly retaliated against peaceful protesters in unconstitutional ways — and barred agents involved in Minnesota's "Operation Metro Surge" from using similar tactics and force. w/ @joshgerstein @hassankanu www.politico.com/news/2026/01...
- Reposted by JodesIt's now been four weeks since the deadline set by law and they still haven't fully released the Epstein files because withholding exculpatory evidence is clearly what you do when you're "innocent."
- Reposted by JodesI found this very interesting perspective thread on FB.
- Reposted by JodesThis IS the result of the Supreme Court of the United States of America giving the most amoral person in America immunity from his crimes. Crimes that stack up daily. Including 115 counts of 1st-degree murder of unarmed civilians suspected of crimes not punishable by the death penalty.
- Reposted by JodesWhat we are seeing in Minnesota is what authoritarianism looks like in real time. Racism, dehumanization, and state-sanctioned violence are tearing at the foundation of this country.
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- Reposted by Jodesevery single successful general strike in US history has had union backing through the local AFL-CIO this is the first time it’s been called for since the 1940s
- Reposted by JodesI’m seeing posts from people (outside of MN) about how US citizens should carry their passports. And let me say that *inside* MN, we are calmly responding to requests with: “No, I don’t have to show you any documentation.” Because that’s how you protect everyone, regardless of immigration status.
