Thanks to @garethhutchens.bsky.social for this excellent explanatory journalism. #Auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

When Republicans do it / When Democrats do it

Looking for words… ah yes “Fuck off you little weasel.” If ol mate is happy to sign bombs killing kids, I’m sure he can handle folks saying that’s shitty behaviour regardless of one’s faith. Who’d like to ‘cohere’ under “calling a spade a spade”? #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Additional thoughts on the neoliberal/neoimperial clusterfork that the MPS & Atlas Network partners did so much to move from fringe to consensus:

So, @microsoft.com just issued a #windows11 update and seriously, can take those nagging sign-in/log-in/subscribe screens and piss right off, especially with the sneaky shit designed to make it hard to opt out. That's just desperate and greedy. Hey Copilot, describe the top 3 #linux distros to try.

Unless I am reading this wrong, paying to use ChatGPT and its various offshoots funds the folks supporting the Trump administration prerogative? Basically - OpenAI happily funds Trump/MAGA very generously? #openai www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...

The public interest served by the Post of old does not align with the interest of the wealthy. If only the wealthy’s interests weren’t so shitty for the rest of us. www.404media.co/the-washingt...

If you want to explore whether a company you buy from works with DHS/ICE, there is a real simple website to do that! www.usaspending.gov/search

bugger off Sam. You made RAM and shit stupid expensive and now Notepad wants to write shit for me. If your shit is any good, it’s not gonna cost a gajillion dollars you stupid waste of money dickhead. #ai #openai #samaltman #chatgpt gizmodo.com/sam-altman-e...

because banks are rich ol shitfuckers and fuck you poors, that’s why. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

So, Tony is keeping to character and ideological affiliation. Got it. #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Happy to get rid of this #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Nailed it

Know your real enemies.

The book sounds gripping. While the Neo Nazis and friends are quite openly even in the White House now, the conversation is reassuring: ICE wouldnt be wearing masks if the cost of their bigoted violence wasn’t still high. www.simonandschuster.com.au/books/To-Cat...

The origins of neoliberalism, the Mont Pelerin Society, the Atlas Network, the Overton window, the Nobel Prize in economics, and cryptocurrencies. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

15 people shot on Bondi Beach and the government introduced new legislation within days. 1 man killed by a king hit, government introduced new legislation within days. 2 or more women killed every week at the hands of partners or former partners and …. crickets. Their priorities are wrong!

If you believe Angus Taylor is the Liberals’ best bet, I’ve got $80 million of flood water to sell you (pls transfer payment to my Cayman Islands acct)

Hard pass, I do not believe for an instant that #woolworths nor #google nor #olive will operate in my interests, whether economic, nutritional or ethical in doing this shopping. Probably will order rocks and glue for pizza… the cost of convenience is loss of agency. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...

This is what happens when software is in permanent open beta and the devs have to use predictive text models to justify capex. Remember when software mostly just did what it said in the tin? #microsoft #windows #beta www.theregister.com/2026/01/19/w...

Reckon if we’re fine with wrecking a few neighbourhoods to build a bunch of roads in the Inner West, it’s okay to do the same out east to literally get shit together instead of dropping treatment plants in the west… #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Good morning. A regular reminder: a tiny few hoard staggering wealth and own much of the media, while millions struggle to survive. That’s not an accident. It’s a choice made by those in power. Tax wealth. Fund public services. Build an economy for everyone - not the 1%.

Just got pulled into a #PowerBI to #Fabric migration and it really seem like #Microsoft has found a way to almost triple a fee with no discernible advantage for the use case. Guess 2026 will be about seeing how to get rid of that!!!

you know who has real power in any society when you see who cannot be criticised @cathywilcox.bsky.social #auspol #IStandWithCathyWilcox

Hey @feedly.com , y’all okay? 500 server error undefined all over the place. iOS app 90.0.38.

Fair call. Unless they are not cowards and are willingly complicit. www.theverge.com/policy/85990...

This is every dystopian novel rolled into one. Fuck man! We are actually living it…

The biggest divide in America today is not between “right” and “left,” or between Republicans and Democrats. It’s between democracy and oligarchy. The old labels — “right” and “left” — prevent most people from noticing they’re getting the shaft. Know the truth.

Casual reminder that the myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” is a cruel hoax designed to convince poor people from all walks of life that the injustices they face are a result of their own actions, rather than an oppressive system rigged against them.

The only thing ChatGPT ever does.

ok Hamilton is fucked. Nice while it lasted. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Christmas tip #45023

how bout we dont be idiots, anticipate the rate hike in 2026, keep our hard earned to ourselves and don’t play the game of making rich people richer. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Home made espresso martini. Merry Christmas.

Pretty dismal story - and those 'small' boozes probably cost twice per volume as normal ones. Don't teach 'em about revolutions... ‘Squat’ cans and rented clothes: cash-strapped younger Australians drive demand for ‘little luxuries’ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Website comes up blank except for a line of text telling me to enable javascript and turn off the adblocker. Yeah nah, moving on.

And this is why I don’t think these bits of software are a good idea… it’s like trying to sell a car that can’t be trusted not to blow up. techcrunch.com/2025/12/22/o...

Never forget this: The GOP’s nonsensical culture war is meant to distract you from corporate corruption, worker oppression, and staggering wealth inequality.

sounds like a bit of tax law and regulation reform might be in order. #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Well then, what’s the counter argument? Seems clear, let’s get on it. #auspol #housing theconversation.com/how-much-doe...

Pretty clear BS exposed here. www.techdirt.com/2025/12/19/s...

Another backlash? It's like these idiots are so up their gazillion dollar pay packets they forgot about the poors. Pathetic. FIFA offers pool of lower-priced World Cup tickets following backlash www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...

Good. If Sam and his buddies can gee up billions for boiling water, they can pony up for some IP. #AI #auspol Shouldn't have needed a backlash, though. Idiots. Proposal to allow use of Australian copyrighted material to train AI abandoned after backlash www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Damn, Kate Ceberano rocks harder than I remembered… #onthesteps #australianmade

nailed Elon and his shenanigans to the flagpole here. @mmasnick.bsky.social reading Musk’s tweets as a public service… #speech www.techdirt.com/2025/12/09/t...

Any excuse… #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Palawa Kani place names. Dual naming should be adopted everywhere in Australia.

are we still on about em dashes and ai. imo human writers should just use the em dashes even harder. we should be out here pummeling out those em dashes like we're emily dickinson

Respectfully, fuck off. Enough of my pay is sloughed off to the banks profit, groceries ain’t getting cheaper but ‘conditions’ are precluding pay increases… #auspol Suit yourself. Imma not spend shit… that what you want? www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...