John Nicolay
@johnnicolay.bsky.social
Sydney lawyer and poster. Mostly interested in politics, economics, law and sport. Results-oriented progressive. Pseudonym in order to express non-professional (and occasionally unprofessional) thoughts. LFC/SFC/NYY
The reason is the Epstein files.
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The reason is the Epstein files.
What makes this even more appalling is that once the legislation goes into force, the regulations can never be amended.
November 28, 2025 at 12:36 AM
What makes this even more appalling is that once the legislation goes into force, the regulations can never be amended.
News for goldfish, by goldfish.
November 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
News for goldfish, by goldfish.
It’s really extraordinary.
He was someone who I once believed thought just like me, only better. But social media has rotted his critical thinking away to a greasy residue.
He was someone who I once believed thought just like me, only better. But social media has rotted his critical thinking away to a greasy residue.
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s really extraordinary.
He was someone who I once believed thought just like me, only better. But social media has rotted his critical thinking away to a greasy residue.
He was someone who I once believed thought just like me, only better. But social media has rotted his critical thinking away to a greasy residue.
That sounds like more of a farmer issue than a government issue.
November 23, 2025 at 10:20 PM
That sounds like more of a farmer issue than a government issue.
We absolutely know that Oswald killed Kennedy. The evidence is overwhelmingly strong and no other theory adds up. But if you study any event in enough detail, oddities and coincidences will appear, and our brains are incredibly susceptible to creating narratives out of fragments.
November 23, 2025 at 12:16 AM
We absolutely know that Oswald killed Kennedy. The evidence is overwhelmingly strong and no other theory adds up. But if you study any event in enough detail, oddities and coincidences will appear, and our brains are incredibly susceptible to creating narratives out of fragments.
You just look at the batsman’s body language and decide from that!
November 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
You just look at the batsman’s body language and decide from that!
I would not want to play poker with Zohran Mamdani.
November 22, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I would not want to play poker with Zohran Mamdani.
Dick Cheney was “restrained and proper”?
Were you alive during the Bush Administration, Peter?
Were you alive during the Bush Administration, Peter?
November 21, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Dick Cheney was “restrained and proper”?
Were you alive during the Bush Administration, Peter?
Were you alive during the Bush Administration, Peter?
Dick Cheney “restrained and proper”?
WTF is wrong with NYT journalists?
WTF is wrong with NYT journalists?
November 21, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Dick Cheney “restrained and proper”?
WTF is wrong with NYT journalists?
WTF is wrong with NYT journalists?
This is great, Elaine.
November 21, 2025 at 5:55 AM
This is great, Elaine.
I think you’re shifting the goalposts here a bit. There have been strong norms in liberal democracies that governments remained bound by contracts entered into before they took office and against retrospective legislation long before ISDS.
November 19, 2025 at 11:53 PM
I think you’re shifting the goalposts here a bit. There have been strong norms in liberal democracies that governments remained bound by contracts entered into before they took office and against retrospective legislation long before ISDS.