“Saying ‘Sorry’ is not enough. Generations are still being stolen. We need action, as well as words. Paying the Rent is a powerful action to strengthen First Nations sovereignty, belonging and culture.”

Here’s one of the ways I #PayTheRent: https://larsenkeys.com.au/2019/03/19/on-rates-and-reparations/

How do you? https://paytherent.net.au/

#SorryDay #SorryDay2023 #NationalSorryDay #26May #AlwaysWasAlwaysWillBe #Reparations

@haq @northfolk
#righttoroam #right2roam #countrysidecommons #trespass #squatters #spacepirates #squat #landback #taz #alwayswillbe #land #landworkers #landaccess #commons #landlords #paytherent #rentstrike

Another opportunity to #PayTheRent today. Danielle Lowe died in custody and her children are seeking help with funeral expenses

https://gofund.me/6ad53b2f

So be it. Done.

https://paytherent.net.au/practicalities/

#PayTheRent

My cousin is still seeking financial support for the family to organise a funeral in a remote community.
Danielle's passing was sudden and unexpected (Aboriginal death in custody). Her eight young children need help to mourn their mother properly.

#Indigenous #PayTheRent
#DeathInCustody

https://www.gofundme.com/f/funeral-service-for-danielle-lowe?member=24125457&sharetype=teams&utm_campaign=p_na+share-sheet&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_source=customer

"A new documentary from Larissa Behrendt, You Can Go Now, highlights the life, work and activism of Richard Bell …

"Bell is an internationally renowned artist who works across painting, installation, video and performance, describing himself as “bold, brash and brazen” in his approach to dealing with the art industry in Australia …

"Gary Foley speaks of Bell’s work as “beautifully subversive” and “satirical”. He smirks as he thinks about how Bell’s work shocks the straight-laced people in the Australian art scene.

"Chelsea Watego describes Bell as someone who “knows no boundaries” and “is unashamedly and unapologetically Blak”."

By #BronwynCarlson

#RichardBlack #LarissaBehrendt #YouCanGoNow
#PayTheRent #GaryFoley #ChelseaWatego

https://theconversation.com/an-activist-masquerading-as-an-artist-we-should-all-be-talking-about-richard-bell-196577

Initiatives like #PayTheRent don't touch the structural injustice in this country. It doesn't even start to get into topics like Treaty, Prison Abolishment, Land Back or many other things that I really don't have the range to talk about.

I am able to pass money to people doing the work and hopefully make things a little bit better.

These posts were made from unceded Woiwurring territory. It's a gorgeous day outside - I hope you and yours are well today

Last one from me today - a language learning school for a Central Australian language that's in danger of being lost. Language is culture #PayTheRent

https://chuffed.org/project/pertame-homeland-classroom

I'm also sending a donation to #PayTheRent themselves - which is an organisation where Aboriginal people control and distribute the money collected

I've chosen some orgs that I think do some good upthread - but ultimately paying the rent should be controlled by First Nations people

https://paytherent.net.au/

Time for the lunchtime donation!

I'm sending the next instalment of #PayTheRent to VALS - the Victorian Aboriginal Legal Service Co-operative who help provide a legal service (amongst several other services) to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

If you'd like to do the same they're at https://www.vals.org.au/

Pay the Rent.

https://awesomeblack.org/pay-the-rent-this-january-26/

#paytherent #noprideingenocide #alwayswasalwayswillbe #sovereigntywasneverceded #australiaday

Another org that I will #PayTheRent to is Djirra, who provide support to Aboriginal women who have or are experiencing family violence

https://djirra.org.au/

For my fellow #librarians and #bookstodon nerds, check out the amazing work of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation and consider donating. Another great way to #PayTheRent

https://www.indigenousliteracyfoundation.org.au/

Check out these legends at John Gorrilla, Brunswick, working on #26January and donating their wages to the #PayTheRent campaign. They operate on the lands of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation - land on which I also live and work.

26 January is Invasion Day, a day of mourning. This always was and always will be Aboriginal land. We need a treaty, now. And for the love of god, abolish Australia Day!

Friends, remember to Pay the Rent: https://paytherent.net.au/

I'll be working today because #ChangeTheDate is the smallest most symbolic gesture this country could possibly make and yet it's still too high a bar

Something else I can do as a whitefulla is #PayTheRent - I'll be posting charities that I'm giving to through the day in a 🧵

Living in Australia has taught me a lot about #PayTheRent and giving reparations to Aboriginal, Indigenous, First Nations people outside of (the obvious) colonialism.

It often makes me think about what #Malaysia has done for said groups back where I'm from. The answer is not much, sadly. We still see #OrangAsal being underpaid, overworked as rough labourers.

If anyone knows, I'd like to learn more about who's indigenous/aboriginal to my hometown Bukit Mertajam.

@TicklishHoneyBee @indigenousauthors I have a monthly donation to the ILF for this reason. Helps me #PayTheRent too.

Good evening :fediverse:! In this evening's #ConnectionList, I'd like you to meet:

@asherwolf - Social Worker in training, social #justice advocate, and a key campaigner in the #Robodebt resistance. She's amazing 🇦🇺

@larowlan is a #dev at PreviousNext, and he does #Drupal and #PHP and #infosec 👋

@charcol is amazing too, and she is into #linux and #opensource, and if you've been to a linux.conf.au or a #pyconau recently, she's part of making that happen for you. Thank you! 🇦🇺

@cafuego is awesome. He's 🇳🇱 by birth and now in 🇦🇺. He loves #AstroPhotography and #Cheese, oh and 🐧 #linux 😆

@koosli is part of @AusSocialMods team (thank you!) and likes #knitting, #dogs 👋

@CompSciEmma is Emma, and she is a #computer #scientist, #musician and #reader, and also on a #BreastCancer journey (solidarity, Emma, 12 yrs post dx, and sending you my very best ❤️ )

@philbrown is a #banjo #nerd, #software #engineer and a #musician too. He's on Dja Dja Wurrung country at #Goldfields, near #Ballarat 👋 🇦🇺

@kristin8x works with the #AntiPoverty Centre, working on #advocacy #research and #decolonization #PayTheRent. She's on Gadigal country 🇦🇺

@freakboy3742 is Business Dad Russell Keith-Magee - who does a lot of work on the #PyBeeWare #Python project, and #software in general 🇦🇺 👋

Don't forget to do your own #ConnectionList so we can more richly and deeply connect with each other ❤️

About time for my #introduction post, so here goes:

My name is Nick, in Naarm/Melbourne, I’m a #carpenter who came to the trades late in life - partly to build resilience for the inevitable climate chaos we’re hurtling towards, and partly to try to make a tangible difference in a sector that is horribly lagging behind in its climate responsibilities (at least in this country). I’m working to build the skills to be able to become a builder of affordable, sustainable, energy efficient, low carbon, climate resilient homes - have a passion for #Passivhaus and #PassiveSolar building, as well as #Hempcrete and #NaturalBuilding

I’m conscious of the privilege I’ve had in my birth lottery, so I’m trying to be a good ally towards LGBTQ+ and indigenous people #fuckTerfs #PayTheRent

I came here as a #TwitterRefugee but actually much prefer the non commercial and decentralised nature of the platform, and I really hope it takes off. I would love to be able to delete twitter entirely. I’m all about data privacy, #interoperability, and absolutely #FuckAdvertising as a basis for the internet.

Politically I’m a leftist but still figuring out my labels. Have my doubts about electoralism but still hopeful we can improve our society without revolution, even if I think that’s getting more and more likely with climate change induced chaos.

I’m a parent of 2 little legends and every decision I make is filtered through the lens of how that will influence the world they grow up in. Also have two amazing doggos ❤️

Anyway, nice to meet you all and can’t wait to see what mastodon can grow to become!

So... I guess, time for me to check in. I created a profile over on aus.social then found out about the difference in T&Cs between that and this environment. Chalk and cheese.

So. Me? Mostly (but not entirely) binary trans-femme, libcomm-adjacent anarchist, neurodivergent and physically disabled; middle-aged and poor. Ace/Aro but femme-attracted. Please - no DMs from chasers and crypto-grifters.

Currently studying for a music degree after flaming out of IT with a view to doing media composing. Also stream on Twitch when I can gather the spoons.

First solo EP is out: https://arachnoidflux.bandcamp.com/album/now-and-then

In-progress tunes: https://soundcloud.com/jemma-hooper-332289041

Music/writing portfolio: https://www.jemmahoopermusic.com

I treat bullying as an invitation for humiliation kink servicing at Au$25/reply. Never liked bullies, never will.

SHE/THEY
#ADHD/#Disabled/#Trans/#Anarchist/#IWW/#AUWU
#Writer/#Musician/#Streamer - http://twitch.tv/storygirl
#PayTheRent/#LandBack
#BLM/#TLM/#DLM
#Intersectional