Service designer; worked at places such as @ThoughtWorks, @gdsteam and @dta; humanist; wannabe seamstress; 30 Rock addict; Australian. Let's make things better.
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kalsop retweeted
#agedcare friends - my dad is often told to wait 30-60mins when he asks to go to the toilet if it coincides with shift changeover or meal service. Is this normal or should I be complaining? He is lifted in a hoist so 2 staff are needed. It feels so undignified to wait so long.
Ladies, wouldn’t you love to work for @LockheedMartin ? At least they’re upfront about the mansplaining.
ALT A poster on a railway platform advertising Lockheed Martin. The poster depicts a woman with her hand on her chin, seemingly listening to a man speak.
The @ServicesGovAU complaints line is a real test of endurance. 1h15m and counting. I guess the cruelty is the point.
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kalsop retweeted
Brian Cox reads If I Must Die, by beloved Palestinian poet, teacher and martyr Refaat Alareer.
Refaat was killed on December 7th by an Israeli airstrike.
This was the last poem he published.
kalsop retweeted
I’ve spent much of this year learning about car bloat, the process through which smaller vehicles are being replaced by increasingly massive SUVs and trucks.
What I’ve learned: Huge cars are terrible for society, often in ways that are hidden.
A summary 🧵
kalsop retweeted
Happy 20th Birthday CSS Zen Garden!
In May 2003 the Canadian web designer Dave Shea launched a community gallery of websites called CSS Zen Garden.
webdesignmuseum.org/web-desi…
#ZenGarden #WebDesignHistory
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Thanks @RonJichardson and @LucyABeaumont :-) Very useful.
Partner has started deploying the catchphrase “save it for bingo” from Meet the Richardsons any time I start ranting about my favourite hobbyhorse topics. **NOT** funny
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This and so much this. Currently chewing up $900 per week in physio costs for my 77 y-o father’s fall rehabilitation which is being prolonged because of a stroke he had at age 56. As well, he’s only in aged care because of stroke disability and gets no funding for his disability.
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@ServicesGovAU was told on the phone that I don’t need an appointment to go to Services Australia to discuss a Medicare issue as I would be seen quickly by the dedicated Medicare person. I’ve now been waiting an hour at the office. Please clarify if appts can be made for Medicare
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kalsop retweeted
this morning on @3RRRFM @Fakefasters we spoke to Robert Lechte about the very excellent article he wrote in Crikey about how superannuation is bad, entrenches inequality & needs to be replaced. follow him & @superisverybad immediately!!!
(stats/info in thread below) – at Melbourne, Victoria
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Have been speaking to a few big 4 banks lately about home loans and none have heard of @tictochome who generally have the lowest basic rates. Incredibly weird to not know what’s happening in your market.
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‘In many cases, due to the man’s superannuation balance, she is not entitled to the age pension. “In retirement, you’ve got a lot of women who are financially dependent on their partner’s super. And so you’ve got big power imbalances in households.”’
theguardian.com/australia-ne…
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Time women were guaranteed an income based on their income and assets not a partners, and time their income was not reduced if they partnered with a person with income and assets over the Centrelink thresholds.
Women NEED to be financially independent!
NEED #CentrelinkREFORM!
Centrelink is failing domestic violence survivors by linking access to vital payments to their abusers' wealth, report finds #auspol bit.ly/342VWWb