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Brendan Keogh @brkeogh.bsky.social · 9h

Microsoft if I needed your help I would ask for it

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 10h

I sometimes wonder if a single person has ever done more harm to global society than Rupert Murdoch.

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Chris 🍂 DevPods.gg gamedev community @chrisdeleon.bsky.social · 23h

A cartoon scene from The Simpsons shows Lisa standing in front of a stone archway at night, I edited what the signs say. In front of her is a pole with two signs: the top one says “Don't be a dictator” in bold black letters, and the one below it adds, “Or do, I'm just a constitution, all the cops work for you.” The humorous contrast makes the warning feel optional, highlighting the absurdity of relying on a sign for authority.

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 10h

I can't tell if the algorithm is just constantly feeding me rage-bait, or if the state of public discourse has actually gone down the drain. Maybe a bit of both...

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

"People like Merrick Garland think that they’re eschewing politics. The reality is the opposite: The careful avoidance of anything that appears political is itself a political act. It is a performance, intended to convey to your audience that you are neutral and unbiased. It’s institutional PR."

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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 1d

This makes me absolutely incandescent

Now more of those details are coming into the light. An upcoming book by Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis confirms some of the worst suspicions: the DOJ didn’t convene a grand jury until January 2022, and it took another ten weeks before the FBI would formally begin its investigation into Trump himself. Garland also apparently put the investigations on an unnecessary hiatus before the 2022 midterms:

In fall 2022, ahead of the midterm elections, Garland opted to freeze both the classified documents and election investigations because of what some officials believed was his overly cautious reading of a DOJ policy not to take any public action close to an election. Trump was not even on the ballot and had not yet declared his presidential candidacy for 2024. But Garland nonetheless imposed the freeze.

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onion person @junlper.beer · 1d

perfect optics event to hold right as 40 million americans will increasingly struggle to get food with SNAP benefits expiring

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 5d

Just cut my nails. Now we wait until I have to peel a label off something in the next 24hrs. It is inevitable.

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 5d

Great way to join a polycule.

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 5d

I am just so curious as to how this happened! I think it's easy to blame the QCAA, but I had a look and all the communication/curriculum documents are pretty clear. So interesting from a school leadership/administration perspective.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Number of schools impacted by year 12 history exam error rises to nine

Queensland's education minister has put authorities on notice after nine high schools taught year 12 students the wrong topic for today's ancient history exam.

www.abc.net.au

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Thor Benson @thorbenson.bsky.social · 6d

Who knew witnessing a murder could make you laugh

AOC to Riley Gaines: Maybe if you channeled all this anger into swimming faster you wouldn’t have come in fifth.

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 7d

I often think about how I didn't realise I had tinnitus until I saw Baby Driver, because I just thought that's what silence sounded like.

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Kat Tenbarge @kattenbarge.bsky.social · 7d

Conservative individualism in a nutshell: the same people who said we need mass deportation so we can take care of “our own” are cheering on the suspension of SNAP because now they don’t want other people to receive “handouts.” They proudly hate other people. It’s a murderous, anti-society ideology.

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 7d

I often think about how I didn't realise I had tinnitus until I saw Baby Driver, because I just thought that's what silence sounded like.

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Vaxatious Litigant 💉 @exposingnv.bsky.social · 8d

lol

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 9d

Changing sheets: Urgh, awful, the worst thing.

Sleeping in a bed with fresh sheets: Mmmm yes, amazing, the best thing.

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pixelatedboat aka “mr bluesky” @pixelatedboat.bsky.social · 10d

Experts predict that by 2026, 100% of US government spending will go towards the construction of visual metaphors for the US government

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 10d

Maybe not! Though that appeared to be some kind of contract and I’m not sure about the rules there.

Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 10d

My favourite thing is when someone edits their Facebook comment to try and manufacture a 'gotcha' moment, but they're so tech-illiterate they don't realise that other people can see the edit history.

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah my physio mentioned that she used to sub and I didn't follow up at the time, but was like "???"

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 10d

Wait, is it true that in the US you don't actually have to be a teacher to be a substitute teacher? They'll just, like, hire anyone?

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 11d

Well, Tbf, I did explicitly ask you to paint some things but also was extremely appreciative. The music was also always great!

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Emerge Australia @emergeaustralia.bsky.social · 11d

Did you know that Emerge Australia has a range of position statements on critical matters that relate to various issues surrounding #MECFS and #longCOVID in Australia?
You can find our more here: zurl.co/ms4si

#myalgicencephalomyelitis #chronicfatiguesyndrome

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Tim Hutton @timhuttonau.bsky.social · 11d

I disagree, in this instance. The government has the ability to pass more ambitious legislation because the Greens have the balance of power. Yet, they still choose not to. This is absolutely the Government's fault in this instance.

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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 11d

The electorate voted for a senate that has a majority of ALP and Greens.

Murray Watt and the ALP are choosing instead to write laws that will please the LNP and mining companies.

This is not the outcome a majority of Australians voted for.

Jonathan Green @greenj.bsky.social · 12d

I’m getting weary of this. This government is representative of what the people of this place want. The argument is with all of us. Turning it into a constant personalised political snipe belittles the nature of the problem.

Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 12d

Thanks to Murray and his ALP pals, weather reports like this will become increasingly scary and weird

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