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See? It’s wrong…

I recently wrote the post Doing it wrong here. It had not been shared yet, as it was scheduled behind several other posts that I've already written before. So the text had not been shared yet, when I got to Mastodon one day, and someone bluntly told me that I was doing it wrong. It sounded very accusing, and it triggered all the old trauma bits with me... I ended up just blocking them, as I don't need that kind of abuse. Fortunately, some very sweet friends sent me very nice and supportive messages. But still, the one nasty remark triggered loads in me, and I had a rubbish night with bad nightmares. 😢 I don't understand why strangers have this much power over me. Even when I know I was trying to do the right thing... […]

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“I don’t want there to be any concerns about this, and in the interests of full transparency, I’ve contacted the #AEC and the Department of Parliamentary Services and given them the details that I gave to #TheAge yesterday about my #relationship with those #volunteers and with Mr #JiJianmin I’ve said, look, if you’ve got any concerns, please investigate.”

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“[They’re] people who attended a dinner where a community leader [JiJianmin] said that he supported me and he supported my #values, and thought that I’ve been very #supportive of the community in recent years, and for that reason he thought people should #Support me now. I’m grateful for the support the Chinese Australians have given me in the last three years.”

I’ve got the nod from the #CCP.

#AusPol / #Independent / #ASIO / #ForeignInterferenceOperation / #HubeiAssociation / #Teal / #Kooyong <theguardian.com/australia-news>

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There's a sense of #joy in spotting a #random comment on #Mastodon and replying with something #nice, #supportive, considered or just #chatty with no expectations at all. It gives me a #good feeling, a sense of #virtual #social #connectivity.
Exchanging a pleasant comment in a #checkout #queue with people I'll probably never see again makes me #nostalgic for my #childhood in the #north when it seems #people were more social with #strangers. Was it was just a northern thing?