gabzi3la 🇦🇺🦕
Aussie. Geek at Heart. Politically Aware. Mother of Cats. Marvel Comic Nerd. Redhead. Mother to Neurodiverse Kiddos. Epileptic.
Joined Nov 2022
This was one of the scariest moments of my life, 20 years ago today.
Driving between suburbs with fire licking at the roads, the sky dark but also bright orange. Panicked silence as you reverse and chuck a U-turn as fire jumps the road in front of you.
Grateful that I had safety to go to. 4 people died that day and 500 homes razed to the ground. Hopefully never again.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-18/act-2003-canberra-fires-20-year-anniversary/101865824
gabzi3la 🇦🇺🦕
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@CriticalCupcake i think it becomes an exercise in futility - like prohibition. criminalizing something doesn't work. we've had much more success reducing smokers by:
1) education programs for young peeps
2) talking about illness & disease caused by smoking
3) seeing & showing the ravages of smoking
it's highly addictive so better to never start if we can manage it. make it unattractive as possible.
banning it won't work as well as making it uncool will/does. imho.
@Nimthiriel I'm so sorry you have to deal with that. ❤️
@Nimthiriel what happened? Are you ok?
Our kids notice too.
Last year the Aus Open was the highest rating program on TV.
It's watched by millions of people, including children & families.
Alcohol marketing exposure increases the likelihood that kids will start to use alcohol, & to drink more if they are already using alcohol.
It's time to remove the marketing of alcoholic products from sports.
The Aus Open has 28 corporate 'partners'.
1 in 3 of these are alcohol companies.
That's 9 alcohol company sponsors in total.
If you're tuning into the Aus Open, scanning the website for results, looking at their social media over the next couple of weeks, you will see the marketing & product placement of these alcoholic products.
You'll see Aus Open branded champagne, tennis players smiling politely in front of alcohol branded banners, signage, pop up bars & 'activations' across the venue.
Forced myself to step outside and drink my hot choc instead of staying cooped up.
gabzi3la 🇦🇺🦕
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It's 2 am and I'm totally going to crash now after a long and quite interesting day , goodnight CoSos and thanks for being uplifting and kind and oh so funny!
Had a cleaner come through and do the floors in the main areas.
It gave me the headspace to buckle down and do something myself. Daughter's bedroom now looks like a bedroom again, her canopy up, poster on the wall, dollhouses set up.
Next step is son's bedroom, a harder task but feels doable now.
@Flibitz thank you ❤️ I appreciate the hugs
@Hisabah I hope Covid passes quickly and mildly for you xx
@singlemaltgirl that's the word. Drained. It's exactly how I feel.
❤️
@NorCalCherylLyn thank you ❤️
My partner and I have dropped the ball a bit, the house is a pigsty.
It's overwhelming and I try to start but I do one thing and get stuck mentally and can't keep it up
The kids won't help and say they don't care the house is a mess.
I stopped inviting people over.
gabzi3la 🇦🇺🦕
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Walk around with an open umbrella, regardless of the weather, and no one will even notice you.
Walk around a crowded space, which includes people who are coughing and sneezing, while wearing a mask— you get glared at like weirdo pariah.
@Horrrflmlvr yep, there's a season two in the works! Stoked for that too. So many exciting #mcu projects coming ☺️
I am so pumped for this movie! Phase 5 is going to be phenomenal #mcu #marvel #CoSoMovies #antmanandthewasp #quantumania
@peeppeepcircus that's insane. I hope all in areas affected are safe
gabzi3la 🇦🇺🦕
Aussie. Geek at Heart. Politically Aware. Mother of Cats. Marvel Comic Nerd. Redhead. Mother to Neurodiverse Kiddos. Epileptic.
Joined Nov 2022