Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
Caption: “sure, there is shit in all the drinking water and we last had an on-time train in 1999, but the real issue is you little flogs poasting”
PM seeks powers to act quickly on a consultation considering an Australia-style social media ban for children below 16.
UK's Starmer announces crackdown on AI chatbots in child safety push
PM seeks powers to act quickly on a consultation considering an Australia-style social media ban for children below 16.
www.aljazeera.com
February 16, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Caption: “sure, there is shit in all the drinking water and we last had an on-time train in 1999, but the real issue is you little flogs poasting”
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I am so fycking over white Australians glossing over the racism in this country, thinking this is all a lark or just a passing thing; endlessly demanding assertions of loyalty from migrants or assessing our supposed worth and contribution. No one ever questions whether your existence is worthy
February 16, 2026 at 6:50 AM
I am so fycking over white Australians glossing over the racism in this country, thinking this is all a lark or just a passing thing; endlessly demanding assertions of loyalty from migrants or assessing our supposed worth and contribution. No one ever questions whether your existence is worthy
Very ordinary that The Graun couldn’t call this for what it clearly is - a plan to ban immigration from certain “Muslim” areas. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Ley’s shadow immigration minister ‘never agreed’ to unreleased Liberal plan to ban migrants from Gaza and Somalia
The hardline immigration policy was designed before Sussan Ley was ousted as party leader
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Very ordinary that The Graun couldn’t call this for what it clearly is - a plan to ban immigration from certain “Muslim” areas. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Pack it up. We are done.
February 16, 2026 at 4:56 AM
Pack it up. We are done.
"We saw you across the room and ........ thought you deserved the opportunity to be in on the ground floor, and initially earn a little extra income on the side - but ultimately to be your own boss and build a downline team that can give you financial freedom, but we only have three slots left."
February 16, 2026 at 4:46 AM
"We saw you across the room and ........ thought you deserved the opportunity to be in on the ground floor, and initially earn a little extra income on the side - but ultimately to be your own boss and build a downline team that can give you financial freedom, but we only have three slots left."
Making the chicken brown rice I freeze in blobs for the Jack Russell terrier and fair to say he is up and about ready to go time for me what are you looking at I have something to say etc etc
February 16, 2026 at 3:50 AM
Making the chicken brown rice I freeze in blobs for the Jack Russell terrier and fair to say he is up and about ready to go time for me what are you looking at I have something to say etc etc
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The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
February 15, 2026 at 2:47 PM
The pace at which US wealth concentration is rising is simply staggering
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
The concentration of AI wealth into the hands of a few tech barons + plutocratic capture ==> unchartered territory
I want this at all conferences. And I want the bear to be armed.
I propose to make universal the old policy of the Blackfriars conference at the American Shakespeare Center:
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
If you do not end your paper on time, you will be forced to exit, pursued by a bear. Literally, a bear will come take your paper from you.
February 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
I want this at all conferences. And I want the bear to be armed.
Evening for a nice Donner Party?
A winter storm watch was issued by the National Weather Service for parts of northern California this holiday weekend. Meteorologists expect a cold weather system to bring a foot of snow to communities in the area.
'Major travel impacts' expected as winter storm watch is issued for northern California
A winter storm watch was issued by the National Weather Service for parts of northern California this holiday weekend.
bit.ly
February 15, 2026 at 9:43 AM
Evening for a nice Donner Party?
Watching Namibia play the USA at cricket and I think the Africans should be allowed to call in Cuban assistance if needed.
February 15, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Watching Namibia play the USA at cricket and I think the Africans should be allowed to call in Cuban assistance if needed.
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that's the good stuff
🚨 President Trump’s Claim of an “Irrefutable” Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text in the Shadows of a Microfilm Copy of the U.S. Constitution electionlawblog.org?p=154326
President Trump's Claim of an "Irrefutable" Argument Supporting His Right to Unilaterally Impose Voter ID and Election Rules May Be Based on Insane Claim that Marriott Hotel Manager Found Secret Text ...
Yesterday I noted the latest set of unhinged social media posts from President Trump in which he declared that voter id requirements and other election changes would be imposed in the midterms via exe...
electionlawblog.org
February 14, 2026 at 6:12 PM
that's the good stuff
Know (Your Product.)
The new Liberal leaders are inferior in so many ways. But I’ll tell you this without hesitation. Never have have we seen such magnificent heads of hair on a leadership duo.
February 15, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Know (Your Product.)
On Wall St: "A decent asteroid strike could BBQ that up nicely and we can IPO the giant cevapi."
Within 18 months all white collar workers could be replaced by a 1km sphere of flesh in Central Park
February 15, 2026 at 7:32 AM
On Wall St: "A decent asteroid strike could BBQ that up nicely and we can IPO the giant cevapi."
many such cases
I will never understand why so many people decided this dumb Nazi fuck was some kind of dissident intellectual.
February 15, 2026 at 7:25 AM
many such cases
The Chili Colorado made with a big lump of pork scotch fillet has been on since 0715 and, folks, we are in very good shape...........
February 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
The Chili Colorado made with a big lump of pork scotch fillet has been on since 0715 and, folks, we are in very good shape...........
"Car burglar"? He smashed a window in and pinched stuff. He's not a dashing David Niven gentleman thief.........
Alleged cat burglar arrested after priceless Egyptian artefacts taken in Queensland museum heist
Alleged cat burglar arrested after priceless Egyptian artefacts taken in Queensland museum heist
Man charged after 2,600-year-old cat sculpture, mummy mask and necklace stolen from Caboolture museum
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Queensland police have arrested a man accused of staging a brazen cat burglary of priceless Egyptian artefacts from a museum in Caboolture, north of Brisbane.
The man, 52, of no fixed address, was arrested on Russell Island in Moreton Bay on Saturday evening, after police allegedly found most of the stolen artefacts in a camper van parked at a ferry terminal. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 15, 2026 at 6:21 AM
"Car burglar"? He smashed a window in and pinched stuff. He's not a dashing David Niven gentleman thief.........
Dig up. Drink deep from the stuff at the bottom of the hole, it will do you good. (They have had now had two (2) chances to forget this nonsense but they are like rats with a wire.)
Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume says Australia needs to be "open minded" on nuclear power if the country is to bring down emissions and make power cheaper.
Ruling out nuclear power is 'crazy', new Liberal deputy says
Deputy Liberal leader Jane Hume says Australia needs to be "open minded" on nuclear power if the country is to bring down emissions and make power cheaper.
www.abc.net.au
February 15, 2026 at 5:01 AM
Dig up. Drink deep from the stuff at the bottom of the hole, it will do you good. (They have had now had two (2) chances to forget this nonsense but they are like rats with a wire.)
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Here’s to your Horse Year!
马年快乐！🎉
马年快乐！🎉
February 13, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Here’s to your Horse Year!
马年快乐！🎉
马年快乐！🎉
A substitute / additional holiday for Anzac Day when it falls on a weekend is good stuff - it's basically the only "floating" PH that doesn't automatically work like that.
February 14, 2026 at 11:49 PM
A substitute / additional holiday for Anzac Day when it falls on a weekend is good stuff - it's basically the only "floating" PH that doesn't automatically work like that.
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straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
Yesterday morning kids were sent running from their bus stop in panic because ICE showed up. This guy at today’s ICE Out of Lindenwold protest is a must watch 😭. @maddow.bsky.social
February 14, 2026 at 9:28 PM
straight out of those Civil War histories where some ill informed white Union soldier got a view of slavery up close and became hyper abolitionist in an instant
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The non sports part of prediction markets is trivially small and economists should stop being excited about it. - www.ft.com/content/1aa7...
February 14, 2026 at 8:39 AM
The non sports part of prediction markets is trivially small and economists should stop being excited about it. - www.ft.com/content/1aa7...
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"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
February 13, 2026 at 9:52 AM
"everyone has to get back to the office because the important thing about business is human interaction" is dying, but "white collar jobs will be replaced by AI agents within 18 months" cannot yet be born; in this interregnum a variety of morbid symptoms appear.
The best bit is some absolute little twerp in the 70's got in the shit from his mum for having a dirty book in his room.
can you imagine how disappointed you’d be if you knew nothing about this book and only picked it up for this particular cover
February 14, 2026 at 10:13 AM
The best bit is some absolute little twerp in the 70's got in the shit from his mum for having a dirty book in his room.