Baron von Freedom Esq ✠🛩️ *Atlas Network Approved
@baronvonklar.bsky.social
As formerly seen on Twitter. Unofficial patriarch of the regal Prussian diaspora. Purveyor of Bismarckian politik. Delighting in schadenfreude. Post mostly about politics, Sturt & Crows. Sometimes ska, and things I find amusing.
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Rules of engagement.
*One proviso. If I go to your timeline and it's full of conspiracy theories and/or anti-vax & anti-science posts and/or reposts of fringe NJs and/or, misinformation and/or, well, you get the picture - you'll probably get short shrift. Make your first reply a solid argument!
*One proviso. If I go to your timeline and it's full of conspiracy theories and/or anti-vax & anti-science posts and/or reposts of fringe NJs and/or, misinformation and/or, well, you get the picture - you'll probably get short shrift. Make your first reply a solid argument!
Funniest thing was watching Port team mates (and housemates!) Butters and Georgiades going at it. 😅
AFL
VICTORIOUS! VICS CLAIM EVENTFUL ORIGIN CLASH 🔵🔵
In front of over 58,000 fans at Optus Stadium, a star-studded Victoria holds off a fast-finishing Western Australia to claim #AFLOrigin victory.
MORE >> bit.ly/4ay9SKH
VICTORIOUS! VICS CLAIM EVENTFUL ORIGIN CLASH 🔵🔵
In front of over 58,000 fans at Optus Stadium, a star-studded Victoria holds off a fast-finishing Western Australia to claim #AFLOrigin victory.
MORE >> bit.ly/4ay9SKH
Star-studded Vics survive five-goal hero Hogan’s WA fightback in Origin showdown
Star-studded Vics survive mighty WA scare as ‘spiteful’ Origin return comes at a cost for stars
bit.ly
February 14, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Funniest thing was watching Port team mates (and housemates!) Butters and Georgiades going at it. 😅
Rather be on that list, than the Epstein one. Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts
www.nytimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 4:02 AM
Rather be on that list, than the Epstein one. Just saying.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...
Fair analogy Angus.
February 14, 2026 at 3:30 AM
Fair analogy Angus.
Slightly bad planning. On the positive side there might be some babies with excellent genes for winter sports born next November.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Love in a cold climate: Winter Olympic village runs out of condoms after three days
Free condoms for competitors at the Winter Olympics have run out within a record-breaking three days
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2026 at 12:38 AM
Slightly bad planning. On the positive side there might be some babies with excellent genes for winter sports born next November.
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/f...
Be careful crossing the street. Pauline and Angus are now officially in a race to the bottom.
February 14, 2026 at 12:29 AM
Be careful crossing the street. Pauline and Angus are now officially in a race to the bottom.
Happy "Claudius II didn't want young men to marry and have sex so he banned it and then cut the head off some dude called Valentine when he kept performing marriages" Day!
February 13, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Happy "Claudius II didn't want young men to marry and have sex so he banned it and then cut the head off some dude called Valentine when he kept performing marriages" Day!
From the other Simon Letch. Not the one on BlueSky. Apparently.
February 13, 2026 at 11:25 AM
From the other Simon Letch. Not the one on BlueSky. Apparently.
Lovely tribute
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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 11:24 AM
Lovely tribute
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Moral clarity in a time of cowardice + complicity.
Thank you, Grace Tame.
Thank you, Grace Tame.
February 12, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Moral clarity in a time of cowardice + complicity.
Thank you, Grace Tame.
Thank you, Grace Tame.
IYKYK
February 12, 2026 at 7:25 AM
IYKYK
TBH, I was hoping that by this time of my life and financial status I'd have more time to deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum and biddy biddy bum...
February 12, 2026 at 7:15 AM
TBH, I was hoping that by this time of my life and financial status I'd have more time to deedle deedle, bubba bubba deedle deedle dum and biddy biddy bum...
Breaking. Franks hates capitalism.
February 12, 2026 at 5:21 AM
Breaking. Franks hates capitalism.
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A quick reminder 😝
February 12, 2026 at 3:07 AM
A quick reminder 😝
If anyone still doubts the power of US style christonationalism in Australia.
February 12, 2026 at 5:08 AM
If anyone still doubts the power of US style christonationalism in Australia.
Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus.
February 11, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Fantastic. Great move. Well done Angus.
Country yokels and the less-educated moving to ON. Want to stick it up the elites by casting their upper house vote for the wealthy, eastern suburbs living, son of pub owners.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
SA Liberals face wipeout not seen since state bank election
Labor faced a humiliating election loss following the state bank collapse in the early 90s. Now, recent polling shows a collapse of another kind could be brewing for the Liberal Party with One Nation ...
www.abc.net.au
February 10, 2026 at 10:47 PM
Country yokels and the less-educated moving to ON. Want to stick it up the elites by casting their upper house vote for the wealthy, eastern suburbs living, son of pub owners.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02...
I have questions... 🤔
February 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
I have questions... 🤔
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For my funeral I've asked if I can be entered into the Winter Olympics. They can bobsled my coffin straight down the track and into my grave. I guess the awkward part is when they have to exhume my corpse to put on the podium if I manage to win a medal.
February 10, 2026 at 1:14 AM
For my funeral I've asked if I can be entered into the Winter Olympics. They can bobsled my coffin straight down the track and into my grave. I guess the awkward part is when they have to exhume my corpse to put on the podium if I manage to win a medal.
Tear gas and rubber bullets. Crikey, not fascisty at all Tones.
February 10, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Tear gas and rubber bullets. Crikey, not fascisty at all Tones.
Breaking. Americans eating tacos, burritos and guacamole whilst watching the Superbowl are shocked by Spanish content.
February 9, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Breaking. Americans eating tacos, burritos and guacamole whilst watching the Superbowl are shocked by Spanish content.
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Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and being this much of a whiney victim BITCH.
Good god what a child
Good god what a child
February 9, 2026 at 3:03 AM
Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and being this much of a whiney victim BITCH.
Good god what a child
Good god what a child
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With the LNP vote hitting 18%, it’s a good reminder of this 1988 cover
February 8, 2026 at 11:04 PM
With the LNP vote hitting 18%, it’s a good reminder of this 1988 cover
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Jon Kudelka was not just the creator of the best tea towel in Australian history, and a great cartoonist and artists, but he was a superb friend, incredible husband and dad.
Goddamn I will miss him
Goddamn I will miss him
February 9, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Jon Kudelka was not just the creator of the best tea towel in Australian history, and a great cartoonist and artists, but he was a superb friend, incredible husband and dad.
Goddamn I will miss him
Goddamn I will miss him
Vale Jon Kudelka. Brilliant cartoonist. Taken far too young. 😢
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Jon Kudelka, much-loved Australian political cartoonist, dies aged 53
Award-winning Tasmanian artist’s work was published by The Australian, The Saturday Paper and The Hobart Mercury
Jon Kudelka, the Australian political cartoonist, has died at the age of 53.
His wife Margaret Kudelka announced the news in a statement on Tuesday: “We are sad to tell you that our beloved, brilliant Jon Kudelka died peacefully in South Hobart on Sunday afternoon, surrounded by his family and friends.” Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 9, 2026 at 2:28 AM
Vale Jon Kudelka. Brilliant cartoonist. Taken far too young. 😢
Curious. How many pedobytes on the FBI server do the Epstein Files take up? 🤔
February 8, 2026 at 10:38 AM
Curious. How many pedobytes on the FBI server do the Epstein Files take up? 🤔