Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
The Bloggers (however described) of American Imperium (and all other imperiums) are always just *the case for why this guy doesn’t play along / doesn’t play along enough / doesn’t play along anymore.* Rinse etc.
November 18, 2025 at 5:06 AM
The Bloggers (however described) of American Imperium (and all other imperiums) are always just *the case for why this guy doesn’t play along / doesn’t play along enough / doesn’t play along anymore.* Rinse etc.
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Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
November 18, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Free speech is more than me being allowed to say what I want. Everyone also has to like it and tell me I'm a smart and handsome boy
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McDonald’s Impact Summit 2025
November 18, 2025 at 12:11 AM
McDonald’s Impact Summit 2025
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This is very funny, courtesy of @erincook.bsky.social and remember that Michelin (operating income EUR3.4b) wanted $40m from the Aust Govt to do a book for Australia (Saint Peter, Marmelo, Lake House, Essa, Agrarian Kitchen)
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
Michelin’s Malaysian meltdown: How the world’s ‘top’ food guide became a local laughing stock — Cynthia Goh Meow Ling
NOVEMBER 14 — You could hear the chuckle across Kuala Lumpur the morning the 2026 Michelin Guide for KL & Penang dropped. Not applause. Not outrage. Just a long, collective...
www.malaymail.com
November 17, 2025 at 11:13 PM
This is very funny, courtesy of @erincook.bsky.social and remember that Michelin (operating income EUR3.4b) wanted $40m from the Aust Govt to do a book for Australia (Saint Peter, Marmelo, Lake House, Essa, Agrarian Kitchen)
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
www.malaymail.com/news/what-yo...
I wonder if this is a personal hygiene issue like old mate who stank up the Ecuadorian Embassy in London?
The pro-Putin propagandist hiding from authorities in the Russian consulate in Sydney, Simeon Boikov, has launched an extraordinary attack on his hosts, claiming they are subjecting him to "prison-like conditions" in a bid to "push me out".
Propagandist says his Russian hosts are trying to force him out
The pro-Putin propagandist hiding from authorities in the Russian consulate in Sydney, Simeon Boikov, has launched an extraordinary attack on his hosts, claiming they are subjecting him to "prison-like conditions" in a bid to "push me out".
www.abc.net.au
November 17, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I wonder if this is a personal hygiene issue like old mate who stank up the Ecuadorian Embassy in London?
I think about this a lot when the media decides we need to hear from, say, Gerry Harvey on the NDIS or Gina on national security etc etc
Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
November 17, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I think about this a lot when the media decides we need to hear from, say, Gerry Harvey on the NDIS or Gina on national security etc etc
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Something I think you have to think about before deciding to sit down and write a memoir is, "Am I an interesting person"
November 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Something I think you have to think about before deciding to sit down and write a memoir is, "Am I an interesting person"
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Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
November 17, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Ever since someone on here brought up the fact that the media literally just interviews rich people to get their thoughts on random shit, even though there’s absolutely no need to do that, it’s all that I can see everywhere
“We're going to kill a friend, Andrei. We're going to kill Ramius.”
Chinese Type-039C Yuan class submarine together with unidentified creature, possibly Godzilla? ... not a photoshop.
November 17, 2025 at 8:33 PM
“We're going to kill a friend, Andrei. We're going to kill Ramius.”
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Just in time for Christmas? “This tech is really new, and it’s basically unregulated, and there are a lot of open questions about it and how it’s going to impact kids...”
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
"Powered by OpenAI’s GPT-4o model by default...tests repeatedly showed that the AI toy dropped its guardrails the longer a conversation went on, until hitting rock bottom on incredibly disturbing topics."
AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children
FoloToy says it's suspended sales of its AI-powered teddy bear after researchers found it gave wildly inappropriate and dangerous answers.
futurism.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Just in time for Christmas? “This tech is really new, and it’s basically unregulated, and there are a lot of open questions about it and how it’s going to impact kids...”
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
Also: "In other tests, Kumma... launched into explicitly sexual territory by explaining a multitude of kinks and fetishes..."
This will be the 6th time the Vic Libs have changed leader since Labor won in 2014.
November 17, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This will be the 6th time the Vic Libs have changed leader since Labor won in 2014.
Getting your key supporters to issue a statement of support always works in these situations. Always ends the nonsense.
Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life
Moderates rally around Sussan Ley as Liberal leader says she has been underestimated for much of her life
Factional powerbrokers issue statement contradicting media reports that moderates could swing behind conservative Andrew Hastie
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Senior Liberal moderates are rallying around Sussan Ley after speculation that members of the faction could withdraw support for her struggling leadership in the fallout to the decision to dump a net zero emissions target.
Factional powerbrokers Anne Ruston and Maria Kovacic issued a statement on Monday disputing reports in The Australian that moderates could swing behind the West Australian conservative Andrew Hastie in a potential challenge against Ley. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:08 AM
Getting your key supporters to issue a statement of support always works in these situations. Always ends the nonsense.
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Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
November 17, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Like it or not this technology is here to stay and if you don’t use it you’ll fall behind in your industry
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reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
holy shit: “Among the 2,000 UK adults surveyed, 85% were unaware that Britain forcibly transported more than 3 million Africans to the Caribbean, 89% did not know that Britain enslaved people in the Caribbean for more than 300 years” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Caribbean reparations leaders in ‘historic’ first UK visit to press for justice
CRC mission will seek to deepen public understanding of Britain’s colonial legacy and its lasting impact
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
reminded of eric williams's observation about britain's relationship to its history with slavery. "British historians wrote almost as if Britain had introduced Negro slavery solely for the satisfaction of abolishing it."
The NYT really showing the world its arse on a daily basis eh? The gOoD oL’ DaYs
November 17, 2025 at 3:33 AM
The NYT really showing the world its arse on a daily basis eh? The gOoD oL’ DaYs
Wait, what?
Domestic abuse victims who flee with children overseas to be criminalised under new law
Domestic abuse victims who flee with children overseas to be criminalised under new law
Change to crime and policing bill backed by fathers’ rights groups seeking support in cross-border abduction cases
Mothers fleeing domestic violence who keep their children overseas without permission would be criminalised for the first time under a new law.
The change is introduced in a proposed amendment to the crime and policing bill, backed by fathers’ rights groups and the Reunite International charity. The amendment has not been debated in parliament, and is now before the House of Lords. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Wait, what?
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when I hear Starmer speak about immigration and race he's spitting in the face of the Labour voters I knew growing up in Manchester, who put themselves on the line against the National Front - and often the police - in the 1970s and 1980s.
Ultimately the vision of britain that starmer has is profoundly cynical, nasty and just not true. He thinks that abidicating his responsibility in showing that another option is maturity and doing the difficult thing, but he's literally just creating the hateful country he is so afraid of
November 16, 2025 at 3:57 PM
when I hear Starmer speak about immigration and race he's spitting in the face of the Labour voters I knew growing up in Manchester, who put themselves on the line against the National Front - and often the police - in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Every time I read about one of the conservative “intellectuals” around JD Vance the big idea is basically just racism with a reading list
November 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Every time I read about one of the conservative “intellectuals” around JD Vance the big idea is basically just racism with a reading list
Idea: a canon t-shirt cannon firing from the balcony above St Peter’s Square.
It is very funny that this Pope is just going to get jerseys from now on. Everyone decided that's what this Pope likes and that is it. It's like if your grandmother got you a puzzle for Christmas one year and you said you liked it so your entire extended family is like "oh that's the puzzle kid"
Spike Lee just blessed Pope Leo with a custom Knicks jersey during his visit to the Vatican, just one week after the Pope was gifted a custom Chicago Bulls one.
November 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Idea: a canon t-shirt cannon firing from the balcony above St Peter’s Square.
Incredible stuff from Brighton.
November 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Incredible stuff from Brighton.
Cornpop?
john boyd, beach captain, seaside heights, new jersey, 1978
November 16, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Cornpop?
Do they think economy-wide emissions are like water from a kitchen tap and you can just turn the handle a bit to adjust flow whenever you feel like it? Childish garbage they should be called on.
The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
Coalition plans to strip climate from energy operator's objectives
The Coalition would reduce emissions "year on year" considering the "real performance" of other developed countries and strip climate from the objectives of the nation's energy operator under a plan negotiated between the Liberals and Nationals.
www.abc.net.au
November 16, 2025 at 4:45 AM
Do they think economy-wide emissions are like water from a kitchen tap and you can just turn the handle a bit to adjust flow whenever you feel like it? Childish garbage they should be called on.
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34 years ago today
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 16, 2025 at 3:55 AM
34 years ago today
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Bikini Kill – Kathleen Hanna and Kathi Wilcox – performed at St. Stephen’s in Washington, D.C., on November 16, 1991.
Photos: Brad Sigal
#punk #punks #punkrock #womenofpunk #bikinikill #kathleenhanna #kathiwilcox #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Talking about insane corruption like it’s coffee beans or red wine. *Try the 2025 blend it’s remarkable.*
November 16, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Talking about insane corruption like it’s coffee beans or red wine. *Try the 2025 blend it’s remarkable.*