Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
This would’ve ruled
49 years ago today
Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson of The B-52′s making their worldwide debut at a Valentine’s Day house party in Athens, GA, February 14, 1977.
Photo by Kelly Bugden
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #history #punkrockhistory
Fred Schneider, Cindy Wilson & Kate Pierson of The B-52′s making their worldwide debut at a Valentine’s Day house party in Athens, GA, February 14, 1977.
Photo by Kelly Bugden
#punk #punkrock #newwave #womenofpunk #theb52s #history #punkrockhistory
February 14, 2026 at 5:18 AM
This would’ve ruled
@economeager.bsky.social here we go mate - the 90s are back baby!
February 14, 2026 at 4:46 AM
@economeager.bsky.social here we go mate - the 90s are back baby!
The premise was simple: kys
February 14, 2026 at 2:54 AM
The premise was simple: kys
A 3-Bloke byline piece in Ninefax says Ley was "shrill." Not a quote from an MP the word they chose to use. *Hysterical* was right there lads, why not go hog wild?
February 14, 2026 at 1:54 AM
A 3-Bloke byline piece in Ninefax says Ley was "shrill." Not a quote from an MP the word they chose to use. *Hysterical* was right there lads, why not go hog wild?
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off topic but the “opinion-haver has opinion” headline template is almost always a sign that what follows is not worth reading if you are at all interested in whatever the subject of the opinion is
rod dreher is not that interesting. he is a guy very clearly filled with self hatred tied to repressed feelings related to his gender and sexuality, and rather than deal with them, he blames “modernity” and “secularism” for why he’s unhappy. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
Rod Dreher Thinks the Enlightenment Was a Mistake
The influential author derides secularism and the modern world. Conservatives—including the vice president—are joining him on a march back to the Middle Ages.
www.theatlantic.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:13 AM
off topic but the “opinion-haver has opinion” headline template is almost always a sign that what follows is not worth reading if you are at all interested in whatever the subject of the opinion is
Formula 1 to see some terrible LBW and run out decisions?
February 13, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Formula 1 to see some terrible LBW and run out decisions?
I like the idea of an anarchist collective stealing Disney IP
Donald Duck poster for CNT toy shop in Barcelona during Civil War, part of the wider collectivised wood industry which controlled everything from forests in Girona, to workshops and shops in the capital, often cited as among most successful of anarchist collectives
February 13, 2026 at 10:36 PM
I like the idea of an anarchist collective stealing Disney IP
Are you really a "strong media performer" if your signature policy had to be dumped because people hated it and you called a key voter group foreign "spies" and you then try on this nonsense at your first outing in a new gig?
February 13, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Are you really a "strong media performer" if your signature policy had to be dumped because people hated it and you called a key voter group foreign "spies" and you then try on this nonsense at your first outing in a new gig?
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Are the Dutch sustainable?
February 13, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Are the Dutch sustainable?
Ah yes, the "sinister French."
February 13, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Ah yes, the "sinister French."
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This is a real sentence in a new NYT article about how the US has changed since Trump, lol.
January 22, 2026 at 12:33 AM
This is a real sentence in a new NYT article about how the US has changed since Trump, lol.
Tone on ABC730 hELPiNg by raising the Caliphate and Shariah Law and how responsible PHON is these days.
February 13, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Tone on ABC730 hELPiNg by raising the Caliphate and Shariah Law and how responsible PHON is these days.
He looks like the management consultant the boss hired who has no idea what you do and turns up for a week and recommends making you and most of your mates redundant because ......... that is exactly what he was before parliament.
February 13, 2026 at 7:29 AM
He looks like the management consultant the boss hired who has no idea what you do and turns up for a week and recommends making you and most of your mates redundant because ......... that is exactly what he was before parliament.
CBP: Consanguinity Unit
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.
CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece
The Justice Department alleges that CBP officer and supervisor Andres Wilkinson had been living in Laredo, Texas, with a woman who had overstayed her visa and is now in the U.S. illegally.
cbsn.ws
February 13, 2026 at 6:44 AM
CBP: Consanguinity Unit
Vale Jon. What the friends you met along the way and made common purpose with (about the fun / stupid / important / existential stuff) say about you when die says a lot about you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My friend Jon has died | First Dog on the Moon
Jon Kudelka loved his beautiful family and was fiercely intolerant of greed and hypocrisy
www.theguardian.com
February 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
Vale Jon. What the friends you met along the way and made common purpose with (about the fun / stupid / important / existential stuff) say about you when die says a lot about you. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Something which in hindsight is very obvious but I didn't think about at the time: reading is a skill that needs practice like any other. The reason I can read a 350 page book (no footnotes) in one evening is not sheer willpower it's that I've got into a regular routine of reading.
February 13, 2026 at 3:29 AM
Something which in hindsight is very obvious but I didn't think about at the time: reading is a skill that needs practice like any other. The reason I can read a 350 page book (no footnotes) in one evening is not sheer willpower it's that I've got into a regular routine of reading.
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People called Angus and Jane in failing-up shock
February 12, 2026 at 10:44 PM
People called Angus and Jane in failing-up shock
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The IOC: lets keep sports and politics separate
Also the IOC:
Also the IOC:
February 12, 2026 at 9:38 PM
The IOC: lets keep sports and politics separate
Also the IOC:
Also the IOC:
Yeah, dude, that was an active choice eh there were options
RFK Jr: I'm not scared of a germ. I used to snort cocaine off of toilet seats.
February 12, 2026 at 9:45 PM
Yeah, dude, that was an active choice eh there were options
The only form of temporary migration I oppose.
February 12, 2026 at 9:20 PM
The only form of temporary migration I oppose.
