Fuck Colesworth. Having a disability and requiring both generic brands and delivery makes it hard to have other options… but don’t think I haven’t noticed the gouging, or how toothless the recent trust busting measures were.

I don’t know anything from experience but be careful. I heard that in America places like Target will literally wait and let you ‘get away with it’ until it reaches some cumulative amount where they can charge you with a felony.

What an odious woman.

If she’s so concerned about people in poverty I have a few ideas… but that’s just a smokescreen for wanting things that will bolster her own wealth and further her agenda.

There were even those temporary structures/tents outside of hospitals in Australia. Saw them locally, none of the behaviours changed though.

I really really hope that this virus doesn't also jump to humans and force us to deal with strollouts and noncompliant people again...

That's how corporations nickel and dime you. I resist subscription services almost completely (I pay for cloud backup storage for my phone in case of breakage/theft and that's it) because as well as being a constant financial drain they inevitably degrade and enshittify, often even removing things you paid for

I don't know what to say other than that I agree with you. Dominant retailers (especially supermarkets) were and are profiteering during a crisis and these 'prices drops' of cents are merely a sop.

At this point a fair few people can't even afford some of those goods

Parenting books are a moral sin? And in a linked article - parenting books are sexualising children???

I'd argue that same sex parents adopting or fostering kids who would otherwise have fewer options is a net social positive and actually a pretty moral thing to do. (Especially if they're taking the time and care to read parenting books.) Almost like a thing that a religion of compassion would approve of.

Homophobic protests and book bannings are a different kind of movement. Even if the ban was reversed these trends are scary to see.

It seems they've scapegoated one thing to look busy on dealing with high rates of DV. I'd love to see more resources given to housing* and family violence services, better sex ed around consent, and for police to consistently act on reports rather than brushing them off.

*There are calls to address housing for those escaping their relationships but whether that materialises is another matter. And there is a Leaving Violence grant, however it depends on being able to get into stable housing rather than just end up crashing in a hotel or transitional housing for as long as the money lasts.

Which is probably made in China

Yeah, when people are struggling to afford food this is the big issue to focus on. /s

Knob

This is shit. I’m glad he at least has the van but not even being able to join a library…

Yeah. They look frozen though so it's potentially an upright freezer with door shelves