I'm an SFF author & Aussie on Wurundjeri country.
Living my best ADHD, autistic, chronically ill, enby, aro-ace life!
🚫gen ai. Human rights fan. Admin of Writers & Authors Discord.
✍️My Blog: https://elisecarlson.com/blog/elise-carlson-blogs-by-image/
Elise (they/them)🇦🇺 🏳️⚧️
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In a #forbidden house,
On a forbidden hill,
Through a forbidden door,
Opened only by will,
Beneath a forbidden trapdoor,
Down forbidden stairs,
In chambers of Earth,
Below mortal cares,
In a forbidden crystal forest,
By a subteranean stream,
Free thoughts team,
And free minds dream.
#vss365 #poem
We've officially reached the (Aussie) end of term where the children are TIRED and WIRED. I think we'll spend the last two weeks in Drama studying the most calming aspects of the curriculum 🤔
Stumbled across a post about the conjunction of Jupiter and Venus just early enough to catch it in the night sky (before it vanished below a cloudbank, then the horizon 🙃).
The southern cross (left) help me keep track of it as I wandered uphill and downhill, looking for a better shot
"One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says she considers Australia's richest person Gina Rinehart a friend, and takes policy advice from her."
Source; ABC article: www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06...
Related👇 apparently she's fundraising in Moonee Ponds, Melbourne tomorrow, so there's a protest on!
I worked out to keep the Southern Cross behind me on my walk by comparing its position to Jupiter using this live map of the night sky over Sydney (close enough to use in Melbourne), which is pretty neat.
Pretty sure I shared this last year, but simple ways to signal to LGBTQIA+ people that we're welcome and included, irl?
Yeah, better share this again during Pride! 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
And the UK responds to blatant white supremacist attacks on the homes and cars of black and brown immigrants in Belfast by... conducting its own fascist attack, on trans youth 🤬
"...territories agreed curbing the scheme’s growth was important, but warned that goal shouldn't be prioritised over participant safety, wellbeing & life outcomes. Disability ministers said they weren't meaningfully consulted...& were concerned about unilateral powers given to federal NDIS minister"
