Arts, Accessibility & Activism. Former GM @melbwebfest & @otherfilmfest. Living my best working #mumlife. She / Her.
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Sim Flanagan retweeted
This EMERGENCY WARNING - BUSHFIRE is being issued for Bullengarook
If you are located in the warning area, north of Bullengarook, it is recommended you evacuate immediately and move to a safer location away from the fire.
More details at emergency.vic.gov.au/respond…
Sim Flanagan retweeted
Well, it’s December 21st so Happy Gravy Day to all who celebrate 🥳 Not an ad, just a fan but do yourselves a favour and watch the beautiful film they based off this song on Stan. Daniel Henshall & Hugo Weaving give brilliant performances ✨
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The Wexford Carol, one of the oldest surviving Christmas carols. Thought to have been written in Ireland in the 12th century but the melody may be much older, originally sung to celebrate the winter solstice. Happy solstice from the west of Ireland
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Bushfire - Community Information for Coffeys Rd, Bullengarook. You should Stay Informed. For more info: emergency.vic.gov.au/respond… #vicfires
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My podcast is 7 years old today. 75 million listens. The short story I read out on episode one is currently being adapted into a movie. Thank you to all my listeners for completely changing my life ❤️ open.spotify.com/episode/52h…
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Look what just hatched! 🐣
I’m excited to share my new book “Birdle” with the world today. A collection of over 100 bird-related puzzles including anagrams, crosswords, quizzes & more!
Published by @PenguinBooksAus
More at: LRLR.com.au/birdle
Sim Flanagan retweeted
I hugged him the night he died. He was about to join us in Tunisia to play a mad preacher in the Life of Brian. A lovely man. Sorely missed. Ironically I had to record Always Look on the Bright Side of Life next day. Not easy..
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Sim Flanagan retweeted
"Not all men" - but so many men helped Gisele Pelicot's husband:
The 73 men who came to her house and raped her.
The 3 men who left - and didn't call the police.
The thousands of men who saw the ads on the website - and didn't call the police.
theguardian.com/world/articl…
Sim Flanagan retweeted
There's still poor awareness of early #MS symptoms in doctors & public. So Dr Jaime Imitola @DrJim4MS has created VISIBL-MS, a sign showing early MS signs. Aimed too at Hispanic pop to tackle health literacy.
Early awareness = early diagnosis/treatment.
realtalkms.com/358
Sim Flanagan retweeted
As a child bereaved by fatal domestic abuse, headlines calling a man who killed three women a “nice guy” and “normal person” have felt personally traumatic.
The media called my father a “gentle man” and “nice chap”, which misrepresented the controlling reality that myself and my family experienced for years. It compounded our trauma.
Reporting like this causes so much damage – both to victims’ families, and to public understandings of coercive control. It has to stop. Now.
We need every single newsroom trained in how to report domestic abuse deaths, and to lobby the regulator for stronger rules. The press has the power to prevent further deaths and save women’s lives.
Please support this crowdfunder I’ve started to support @we_level_up’s crucial work to train journalists in their Dignity For Dead Women guidelines.
This takes all of us ➡️ gofundme.com/f/levelup-media
Sim Flanagan retweeted
Everyone knows Labour are going to win the election, but if you’re feeling like there’s no point in voting as the outcome is a foregone conclusion, I’d like to draw your attention to something really radical that is on offer tomorrow: 1/8
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My mum’s book group read @DrMichaelMosley’s Just One Thing recently and one of them produced this summary of his brilliant, sensible, achievable advice (that we could all benefit from following!) #MichaelMosley #RIPMichaelMosley
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“What did you do to provoke the abuse?”
A few examples from my life:
- Bought the wrong bread
- Smiled at a waiter
- Got stuck in traffic
- Got sick with a fever
- Sold a play
- Dressed up for an event he asked me to dress up for
- Made a nice dinner (accused of being “in love” with our guests)
- Ordered takeout (accused of “not wanting to impress our guests”)
- Chatted to an actor at a festival
- Failed to chat to a producer at a festival
- Lost weight
- Cut myself on a knife in a restaurant
- Took a phone call from my brother on my birthday
- Slipped on some ice
Abusers are controlling and irrational, FFS
Stop placing responsibility for their insanity on the people they hurt.
Sim Flanagan retweeted
I can't lie. @JEChalmers's confirmation that the 2024 Federal Budget will include provision for a wage increase for early childhood educators is 💯🔥💯
Their critical nation-building work has been undervalued for too long.
#OzEarlyEd #auspol
theconversation.com/a-budget….
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As you watch the Aurora this evening, it’s worth reflecting that you’re getting a rare direct glimpse of the power of Nature. Those charged particles causing the atmosphere to glow came from a sunspot complex 17 times the diameter of Earth and traveled across 90 million miles at a million miles an hour. Without our magnetic field to protect us, our atmosphere would have been lost to space long ago. Those colours in the sky are Nature reminding us that we’re very lucky to be here amidst the violence. And perhaps therefore also reminding us not to shite it all up :-)
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Filed! Last cartoon of the year - First Dog's Guide to Getting By at this difficult time - thanks for reading everyone. See you in 2024. I love you all. theguardian.com/commentisfre…
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Here’s how the world-first Aussie research into the effect of #baricitinib in #t1d came about. Spoken by ATIC Chair Professor Thomas Kay.
youtu.be/f0t8Em8eDkE
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An Australian breakthrough is offering new hope to type one diabetics. Doctors have discovered that a common drug could end the need for daily insulin injections. youtu.be/WJGgQEIlmFQ @SaraJones_7 #7NEWS
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65,000 years strong.
We were pleased to join with @clothingthegaps and others to make this video for Community. Take a look.
