Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
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Hahahahaha this is going to suck on a world record setting level. Like for years to come it will be spoken of in *awe* because of how bad it was. fortune.com/2025/11/25/s...
Sam Altman says OpenAI’s first device is iPhone-level revolutionary but brings ‘peace and calm’ instead of ‘unsettling’ flashing lights and notifications | Fortune
Altman said the AI-first hardware will be released in less than two years.
fortune.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hahahahaha this is going to suck on a world record setting level. Like for years to come it will be spoken of in *awe* because of how bad it was. fortune.com/2025/11/25/s...
Nobody would have ever heard of Joyce if it wasn't for the National Party. Scabby rat stuff really. And over what exactly? They made you leader twice (?!) and the Deputy PM.
November 27, 2025 at 4:12 AM
Nobody would have ever heard of Joyce if it wasn't for the National Party. Scabby rat stuff really. And over what exactly? They made you leader twice (?!) and the Deputy PM.
Ever seen an idiot throw styrofoam in a fire? It’s *not good*…….. Horror stuff for the residents and the firefighters.
Hong Kong tower fire disaster: bodies are still being retrieved from the buildings, but there is now more clarification on where the blame is being focused. We are yet to hear any formal comment on how the fire started. www.scmp.com/news/hong-ko...
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Ever seen an idiot throw styrofoam in a fire? It’s *not good*…….. Horror stuff for the residents and the firefighters.
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hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Love Is All Around
YouTube video by Husker Du - Topic
www.youtube.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:50 AM
hi i bet you need to hear Hüsker Dü performing the Mary Tyler Moore song live in 1985 today
Data Viz Crime in The Age.
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Data Viz Crime in The Age.
I offer the chat bot my most enthusiastic contrafibularities for its pericombobulations.
Cutting-edge research shows language is not the same as intelligence.
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
The entire AI bubble is built on ignoring it.
www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
Is language the same as intelligence? The AI industry desperately needs it to be
The AI boom is based on a fundamental mistake.
www.theverge.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I offer the chat bot my most enthusiastic contrafibularities for its pericombobulations.
It smell nasty in there eh?
November 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
It smell nasty in there eh?
New laptop cover sticker
November 26, 2025 at 6:11 AM
New laptop cover sticker
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Did anyone think Pauline Hanson was trying to make a legitimate argument about banning the burqa?
November 25, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Did anyone think Pauline Hanson was trying to make a legitimate argument about banning the burqa?
Iconic early 90's drag artiste name.
November 26, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Iconic early 90's drag artiste name.
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Ah, my most stolen tweet!
October 11, 2024 at 12:32 PM
Ah, my most stolen tweet!
NM AFLW
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
NM AFLW
GenX holiday couples are much worse than Boomers on planes. WTF is wrong with you? Some sort of team-choreographed thing to occupy overhead bin space like they are annexing the Sudetenland and then plugging shit in like we are days after a Cat4 cyclone.
November 25, 2025 at 3:25 AM
GenX holiday couples are much worse than Boomers on planes. WTF is wrong with you? Some sort of team-choreographed thing to occupy overhead bin space like they are annexing the Sudetenland and then plugging shit in like we are days after a Cat4 cyclone.
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Bong rip: Maccas apologia is now unambiguously bourgy proleface www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Fast food is losing its low-income customers. Economists call it a symptom of the stark wealth divide
These customers are feeling the pressures of higher prices on groceries and apparel and the growing costs of rent and child care, the company's chief executive said in a recent earnings call.
www.latimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Bong rip: Maccas apologia is now unambiguously bourgy proleface www.latimes.com/business/sto...
Poorline and Barnabus on the telly eating a Family Court Dad Meal Deal cooked in an office kitchenette is somehow the Platonic form of our media-political culture: vile idiots doing dumb things given publicity about nothing.
November 25, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Poorline and Barnabus on the telly eating a Family Court Dad Meal Deal cooked in an office kitchenette is somehow the Platonic form of our media-political culture: vile idiots doing dumb things given publicity about nothing.
"My great grandfather learned how to make these dumplings while *visiting* Manchuria in the 30's"
November 24, 2025 at 11:32 PM
"My great grandfather learned how to make these dumplings while *visiting* Manchuria in the 30's"
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There's been a lot of shit ideas recently, this one just about tops it.
Trevor Phillips proposes banning "remittances" (ie: imposing currency/exchange controls on international cash transfers by foreign nationals from Britain). He says this would disincentivise immigration, in a Times piece saying the Home Secretary needs to go [much] further
archive.ph/RlXPj
archive.ph/RlXPj
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 PM
There's been a lot of shit ideas recently, this one just about tops it.
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this interview, and the subsequent reporting around it, was absolutely infuriating. any other sector's big business lobby wouldn't get this kind of uncritical, uninformed, wildly inaccurate coverage, yet disabled peoples' essential services do [little 🧵]
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
NDIS described as 'trainwreck' - ABC listen
A market failure is happening now in the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with many not-for-profit providers heading to insolvency.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
this interview, and the subsequent reporting around it, was absolutely infuriating. any other sector's big business lobby wouldn't get this kind of uncritical, uninformed, wildly inaccurate coverage, yet disabled peoples' essential services do [little 🧵]
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
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The guy who was given Barrangaroo for free and found unfit to run a casino. That guy.
November 24, 2025 at 9:14 PM
The guy who was given Barrangaroo for free and found unfit to run a casino. That guy.
On a Beef Wellington…….
November 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
On a Beef Wellington…….
I feel like we are fed another total bullshit "enormous AI servers in space are almost here" yarn about every five weeks. www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the...
www.theaustralian.com.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:43 PM
I feel like we are fed another total bullshit "enormous AI servers in space are almost here" yarn about every five weeks. www.theaustralian.com.au/business/the...
This is excellent work from TWU members here - a collective agreement and a minimum wage for food delivery workers. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Minimum wage proposed for gig economy workers - ABC listen
Drivers working in the gig economy for Uber Eats and DoorDash may soon be earning a minimum wage if a deal with the union is passed by the Fair Work Commission.
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 8:17 PM
This is excellent work from TWU members here - a collective agreement and a minimum wage for food delivery workers. www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...
Something very rotten in the NZ cops here, but can we pause to laugh for one moment about the perp / Deputy Commissioner having the name "Jevon McSkimming"?
‘Atrocious on every level’: sex case findings shame New Zealand’s senior police culture
Inspector general will be inaugurated to oversee service after report on how top officers steered investigation of Jevon McSkimming, who went on to become deputy commissioner
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Something very rotten in the NZ cops here, but can we pause to laugh for one moment about the perp / Deputy Commissioner having the name "Jevon McSkimming"?
Good Q. Or why, in Australia, in we let them be governed in such an insane way when they are (almost all / any you'd care about) creatures of statute law and survive on public funding and policy decisions.
i really struggle to understand why centre left parties do not like universities, do not like the soft power we wield (imagine getting to educate the children of your geopolitical rivals!!!! IMAGINE!!!). i dont believe that albo, starmer, etc are this stupid, it's got to be hatred. but y.
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Good Q. Or why, in Australia, in we let them be governed in such an insane way when they are (almost all / any you'd care about) creatures of statute law and survive on public funding and policy decisions.
A thing about your independent auditor saying you were trading while insolvent is the shit tends to spray around the room in elaborate patterns. Best to try and say "that's absurd" with your mouth closed.
The auditor-general who said Tasmania's ferry operator was operating while insolvent, has been told his comments were "causing real harm to the company and its stakeholders".
Spirit of Tasmania boss says auditor-general insolvency argument 'absurd'
The auditor-general who said Tasmania's ferry operator was operating while insolvent, has been told his comments were "causing real harm to the company and its stakeholders".
www.abc.net.au
November 24, 2025 at 4:21 AM
A thing about your independent auditor saying you were trading while insolvent is the shit tends to spray around the room in elaborate patterns. Best to try and say "that's absurd" with your mouth closed.