Comment on Discussion Thread 🐈 Friday 12 December 2025
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
Hmm… Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content. Yep. Going after adult content and age verification was the thin end of the wedge. Depending on how much a certain country’s laws influence ours it might be prudent to make plans regarding long term forms of contraception.
In other news I think I need to change Melbkitty’s flea medicine or be much more consistent with applying it. She managed to get fleas despite being indoor only so I need to pull up my socks on that.
SituationCake@aussie.zone 1 week ago
US politics is terrifying. All my life so far I have felt positive about social progress, eg gay marriage, more inclusivity, less racism, sexism etc. To see it go backwards is hard to watch. Really alarming. But, I do have hope. Social media and the internet is an amazing resource to marginalised groups, and even though meta might be censoring, I am hopeful and confident people will still find ways to connect. Meta don’t have the power they think they do. The internet is a very big place. (Also, it’s always prudent to ensure you are using appropriate and reliable contraception. Prevention is better than cure regardless of the political landscape)
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 week ago
It is. I try to avoid focusing on USpol because it’s too much and there’s nothing I can do, there’s been an absolute gish gallop of bad bills and culture wars. But American culture and laws affect Australia and it’s getting harder to ignore.
Of course. I’m talking about being more vigilant than usual and perhaps changing over to a long acting (or even permanent) method juuuust in case.