Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
How could [checks notes] Robo-Care go wrong? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Algorithm-based tool for home support funding is ‘cruel’ and ‘inhumane’, Australian aged care workers warn
Mark Aitken, who worked in the sector for 16 years, said eight times out of 10 he disagreed with the integrated assessment tool
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM
How could [checks notes] Robo-Care go wrong? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"Shadow Assistant Minister For The Cost Of Living" LMAO
February 17, 2026 at 6:10 AM
"Shadow Assistant Minister For The Cost Of Living" LMAO
Just a column in the SMH casually dropping that Australia needs nukes. What are we gonna do with one - drag a Canberra or an F-111 off a plinth and try and get it going again? This is madness. www.smh.com.au/national/us-...
US nuclear umbrella will no longer shelter us from the rising threat of war
Many countries are breaking a long-standing taboo to say the “n” word. Australia must confront the challenge of a new nuclear age.
www.smh.com.au
February 17, 2026 at 5:04 AM
Just a column in the SMH casually dropping that Australia needs nukes. What are we gonna do with one - drag a Canberra or an F-111 off a plinth and try and get it going again? This is madness. www.smh.com.au/national/us-...
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Guys, if you haven't checked your Melania-coin investments for a while, maybe look away now.
February 17, 2026 at 4:43 AM
Guys, if you haven't checked your Melania-coin investments for a while, maybe look away now.
"two bidets on a plane"
The interior of Kristi Noem’s new billionaire-class luxury jet is complete with two bidets and a wet bar with a wine chiller. It will be purchased on our dime from the slush fund Congress approved in the One Big Beautiful Bill.
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
open.substack.com/pub/newsnotn...
Let Them Fly First Class: Kristi Noem’s DHS Luxury Jet Scandal
Inside Noem's flying palace. Plus: Pentagon demands obedient, deadly AI. The race to deploy untested nuclear reactors. Lawmakers move to rein in presidential pardons. And remembering Robert Duvall.
open.substack.com
February 17, 2026 at 2:47 AM
"two bidets on a plane"
The construction story in Victoria isn’t really about industrial relations - it’s about Vic Pol missing major organised crime activity
February 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
The construction story in Victoria isn’t really about industrial relations - it’s about Vic Pol missing major organised crime activity
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February 16, 2026 at 8:50 PM
Why is he signing other people’s names on checks? makuthink
This is pretty scummy even by Republican fundraising standards.
February 17, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Why is he signing other people’s names on checks? makuthink
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White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
Chicago Magazine named Nick Fuentes #7 in its list of Top 50 powerful Chicagoans of 2025.
February 16, 2026 at 11:16 PM
White supremacy is just a job you do, like architect or serial killer
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Sounds like a laudable work around. When in Rome,really Rome the fuck out of it.
February 16, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Sounds like a laudable work around. When in Rome,really Rome the fuck out of it.
Sure. We're all idiots apart from the Septics. Evidence is all around us.
February 16, 2026 at 9:26 PM
Sure. We're all idiots apart from the Septics. Evidence is all around us.
"You must use this stuff rather than do your own work and exercise your own judgement....... No! Not like that!"
February 16, 2026 at 9:21 PM
"You must use this stuff rather than do your own work and exercise your own judgement....... No! Not like that!"
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who else is loving doing their banking on x the everything app?
February 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
who else is loving doing their banking on x the everything app?
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Based on Greek history, apparently fire beats marble, homosexuality beats fire, and Macedonian twinks beat homosexuality.
February 16, 2026 at 8:12 PM
Based on Greek history, apparently fire beats marble, homosexuality beats fire, and Macedonian twinks beat homosexuality.
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Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
February 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Yes,,, your boy has taken a ride in the 4 man bobsled,,, but im an adrenaline junkie and needed to try skeleton. And now I’ve officially joined the team and am gonna try to start competing.
66 years old going 66 mph.
66 years old going 66 mph.
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?