I canceled a date because I wasnโt feeling great.
I told him the truth. My period had started, I was exhausted, and I was in one of those moods where even putting on jeans felt unreasonable.
I assumed weโd just reschedule.
Instead, he asked if he could stop by for a minute. I said yes.
A little while later he showed up at my door with ice cream and chocolate.
He handed me the bag, gave me a hug, said he hoped I felt better soon, and then left.
That was it.
No expectation that I entertain him. No attempt to turn it into a shortened date. No โwell, Iโm already here, so can I come in?โ He just wanted to........
BREAKING: A witness who was just 5 feet from Alex Pretti filed an affidavit depicting what she saw.
She says he didnโt touch any of the officers and didnโt appear to be resisting. He was merely helping a woman who had been pepper-sprayed.
Sheโs is terrified that ICE is looking for her, saying they are lying and she doesnโt know what they will do to her if they find her.
BIG BREAKING: A federal judge in Minnesota has just ordered restrictions on ICE's tactics against protesters including stopping cars that aren't obstructing them.
Federal Agents are hereby halted from:
a. Retaliating against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge.
b. Arresting or detaining persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge, in retaliation for their protected conduct and absent a showing of probable cause or reasonable suspicion that the person has committed a crime or is obstructing or interfering with the activities of Covered Federal Officers.
c. Using pepper-spray or similar nonlethal munitions and crowd dispersal tools against persons who are engaging in peaceful and unobstructive protest activity, including observing the activities of Operation Metro Surge, in retaliation for their protected conduct.
d. Stopping or detaining drivers and passengers in vehicles where there is no reasonable articulable suspicion that they are forcibly obstructing or interfering with Covered Federal Agents, or otherwise violating 18 U.S.C. ยง 111. The act of safely following Covered Federal Agents at an appropriate distance does not, by itself, create reasonable suspicion to justify a vehicle stop.
Thank you judiciary!
Things I don't have to worry about as an Australian
*Being shot by an ICE agent
*Being shot in a mall
*Being shot in a school
*Being shot in park
*Being shot in a church
*Losing everything to pay medical bills
*My Prime Minister being an insurrectionist, draft dodging coward, 34 times convicted felon, sex offender, or being in the Epstein files.
โFor all kinds of reasons, many people simply do not want to speak to religious agents about their problems.โ In #Rationale, @si_gladman writes on the myths that continue to prop up the Defence Forceโs religious-based wellbeing support model.
rationalemagazine.com/index.php/2025โฆ#auspol
Former ACL head @MartynLloydIles, who is now Ken Ham 2.0 at the Zoo boat in Kentucky, has launched a campaign to pressure retailers to โopenly acknowledge and celebrate Christ at Christmasโ and supply more โBible-basedโ products. Oh boy ๐ #auspolanswersingenesis.org/au-christmas-lโฆ
In a speech paying tribute to the late Peta Murphy MP, Laborโs Tania Lawrence revealed yesterday that each day in parliament Peta had opted to wait outside the House of Representatives in โsilent protestโ of the recital of Christian-only prayers.
#auspol@MiltonDickMP@linessue
Figures revealed in an โinterim reviewโ of Navyโs new secular pastoral care roles show the Australian Defence Force failing to provide appropriate wellbeing support for its majority non-religious workforce. Read more: tinyurl.com/swzhsrkw@mattkeogh@RichardMarlesMP#auspol
Possibly the only accurate statement in Janet Albrechtsen's piece in The Australian: "There is nothing wrong with a secular-based moral code." Does that count as an endorsement? #auspol#SecularismAustralia
Tickets: secularism.au
A Tasmanian city council that represents a majority non-religious population has ignored the pleas of two councillors who wanted council to remove Christian prayers from its formal meetings. Read more: tinyurl.com/36rn5a84#auspol#TasPol
We have welcomed @Boroondara councilโs decision to remove prayers from its meetings as a โwin for secularismโ, with our president Meredith Doig saying the result will help to build momentum for change in councils & parliaments across Australia: tinyurl.com/y7v8w7w8#auspol
Yesterday my local council voted to end mandatory prayers before meetings.
The separation of church and state is a critical part of a healthy democracy.
Sign the petition below to get the federal government to cease mandatory prayer next #auspolaph.gov.au/e-petitions/peโฆ