Tom Conley
@tomjconley.bsky.social
Political economy, industry policy, foreign policy, globalisation, debt/housing etc, art, cartoons, fiction, succulents, Australian rules ...
Is it possible that someone will turn in exchange for some future free time?
Pam Bondi, Pete Kegseth, Stephen Miller, and Kash Patel are going all in because they know if there's any accountability, they are most likely going to jail for a long, long time.
They are now tethered to Trump.
All the way up.
All the way down.
They are now tethered to Trump.
All the way up.
All the way down.
November 30, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Is it possible that someone will turn in exchange for some future free time?
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Last week, our excellent PhD researcher @fravittonetto.bsky.social published this piece on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social:
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
🔮 Populist publics are becoming increasingly transnational
Brought together by a shared ideology, converging around global events, and united in their support for radical-right leaders, populist audiences on social media are becoming increasingly global. Fran...
theloop.ecpr.eu
November 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Last week, our excellent PhD researcher @fravittonetto.bsky.social published this piece on @ecprtheloop.bsky.social:
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
theloop.ecpr.eu/populist-pub...
Obvs noone in the admin has the heart to tell him this is garbage ...
Trump: You’re going to have drug prices coming down 500,600,700% because of me
November 30, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Obvs noone in the admin has the heart to tell him this is garbage ...
EV/NEV share in China is already 50%+ — not 40. And exports? China sent 6.4m cars abroad in 2024, crushing Japan’s 4.2m and Germany’s 3.2m. Domestic dominance + an export explosion = the #lithium demand inflection. 2025–2030 is about to vaporise every outdated forecast. 🔋🌏 #LFP #EVS #BEV #Disruption
November 30, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Ooh ooh gotcha lefties
Honestly it's funny that he is *quite literally* saying "deregulate and reduce the burden of taxation on business to create jobs" and nobody on the left will criticise him. Good.
Soon small businesses won’t have to wait for Small Business Saturday to get attention from their Mayor.
Some changes that they can look forward to:
Some changes that they can look forward to:
November 30, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Ooh ooh gotcha lefties
Seems only fair given the parasitic nature of casinos
Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino
Couple from Kazakhstan allegedly used hidden camera and earpieces to win $1.18m from Sydney’s Crown casino
Woman, 36, and her husband, 44, arrested at Barangaroo and charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage
A married couple from Kazakhstan has allegedly won more than $1m from Sydney’s Crown casino using a tiny camera hidden in a Mickey Mouse T-shirt and “deep-seated earpieces” that allowed them to communicate.
New South Wales police said on Sunday the couple was charged with dishonestly obtaining financial advantage after being arrested in the Barangaroo casino. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Seems only fair given the parasitic nature of casinos
All big cities should have extensive underground train networks.
They’ve spent years white anting this.
The waiting crowd broke into applause and chants of “train train train” as the first High Capacity Metro Train departed for the Metro Tunnel.
Follow our live coverage: www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
#metro #metrotunnel
Follow our live coverage: www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
#metro #metrotunnel
November 30, 2025 at 11:10 PM
All big cities should have extensive underground train networks.
Fuck AI
Anecdotally on twitter seeing a big shift the last few days from every AI slop account saying every other creative field is “over” and they’re in control now to now posting about how nobody likes them and it’s not fair and they’ll persevere and real artists respect and uplift eachother
November 30, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Fuck AI
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Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
November 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Just catching up with the budget coverage in the papers.
Do as I say, not as I do: why Labor and the Coalition are both conflicted on migration policy
Do as I say, not as I do: why Labor and the Coalition are both conflicted on migration policy
Despite populist complaints, conservative governments have allowed immigration to rise, but Labor also ‘walks both sides of the street’
The Coalition is expected in coming weeks to reveal the broad outlines of a policy platform centred around deep cuts to migrant numbers.
But which numbers are they talking about? Are they talking about net overseas migration? Or are they worried about the visa programs? If so, is it the permanent stream or the temporary? Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 AM
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'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
'We have historically high welfare spending.' No we don't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
'We have a historically high proportion of working-age people not actually working.' No we don't.
'The number of Britons emigrating is skyrocketing.' No it isn't.
November 30, 2025 at 5:36 AM
Let them mark essays ...
ANU spent $605,958 on Chancellor Julie Bishop’s office in a high-rise glass tower in Perth last year and $473,455 to the end of September this year. The university paid at least $800,000 for renovations to the office in 2021, and rent amounted to $15,000 a month. FFS!!
Exclusive: ANU management ‘reactive, short-term, and politically driven’ www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/educati... via @thesaturdaypaper.com.au
Former VC Genevieve Bell will be given a severance package and parachute amounting to more than $3.3 following her abrupt departure two months ago.
Former VC Genevieve Bell will be given a severance package and parachute amounting to more than $3.3 following her abrupt departure two months ago.
November 30, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Let them mark essays ...
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Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com
November 30, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Jamie Dimon says JPM hasn't given to the ballroom because "anything we do, since we do a lot of contracts with governments here and around the world, we have to be very careful about how anything is perceived." Adds "And also how the next DOJ is going to deal with."
thehill.com/business/559...
thehill.com/business/559...
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It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
November 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
It’s not where we come from that counts, it’s about where we’re going.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
Great to meet Afghan Scots children at Maryhill Burgh Halls and hear a lovely rendition of Robert Burns.
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You can bet if the pagers had’ve beeped the other way round and a “fun for all ages” event planned celebrating it every single loudmouth politician and cooked media outlet would be outraged and labelling it as sick and twisted.
Australian family-themed event celebrating Israel's pager attacks condemned
Victoria Police has said it will continue to monitor the event billed as "fun for all ages".
www.sbs.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 2:32 AM
You can bet if the pagers had’ve beeped the other way round and a “fun for all ages” event planned celebrating it every single loudmouth politician and cooked media outlet would be outraged and labelling it as sick and twisted.
Let's point fingers here.
Zionism has had a big impact.
Zionism has had a big impact.
November 29, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Let's point fingers here.
Zionism has had a big impact.
Zionism has had a big impact.
Inherently evil people.
We can't tolerate the intolerant.
We can't tolerate the intolerant.
"A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts."
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
www.wcvb.com/article/karo...
![REVERE, Mass. —
A woman with a family connection to White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt has been arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents in Revere, Massachusetts.
The woman, Bruna Ferreira, has an 11-year-old son with Michael Leavitt, Karoline Leavitt's brother.
Ferreira migrated with her family to the United States from Brazil as a child and is currently in custody at an ICE facility in southern Louisiana.
Michael Leavitt released a statement, saying that his "only concern has always been the safety, well-being, and privacy of [his] son."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:x4qyokjtdzgl7gmqhsw4ajqj/bafkreiacyzixchgacpjse7wyra342opgjsvdxzqdrkxq55zzqah65zyeae@jpeg)
November 29, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Inherently evil people.
We can't tolerate the intolerant.
We can't tolerate the intolerant.
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November 29, 2025 at 12:43 AM
"Device hoarding" is anti-capitalist.
What about property hoarding?
What about property hoarding?
If a phone still works fine, it’s not “device hoarding” to keep using it. It’s common sense.
November 28, 2025 at 11:16 PM
"Device hoarding" is anti-capitalist.
What about property hoarding?
What about property hoarding?
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This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
November 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This man’s values are based in power, greed and division. They are so far removed from the values of the Australian people.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
We need a government that has the courage to stand up to him, reject his racism, reject US bases and forge an independent peaceful path for Australia.
Fuck the plutocratic press
Headline on The World at One just now:
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
"Sir Keir Starmer has denied putting the Labour Party before the country by ending the two-child benefit cap".
Can we please go back to reporting the actual news, not someone's partisan take on it?
November 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Fuck the plutocratic press
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November 27, 2025 at 4:35 PM