Shaun Lambert
@alexanderlambrt.bsky.social
modernity values life over living, and we are all the poorer for it // whomever is winning at the moment will always seem to be invincible
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I've seen the Chinese gov engage in all kinds of grotesque repression of labor activism, but this is a new level of absurdity.
Solidarity to the Hungry Panda workers!
Solidarity to the Hungry Panda workers!
HungryPanda delivery drivers say police contacted family back home
Riders embroiled in a dispute over pay and conditions with food delivery company HungryPanda in Sydney say Chinese police have asserted pressure back home to stop them protesting.
www.abc.net.au
February 19, 2026 at 1:50 AM
I've seen the Chinese gov engage in all kinds of grotesque repression of labor activism, but this is a new level of absurdity.
Solidarity to the Hungry Panda workers!
Solidarity to the Hungry Panda workers!
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"Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour Pingu?"
February 19, 2026 at 6:38 AM
"Excuse me, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Saviour Pingu?"
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Been a day. I heard the Albo interview on Sydney radio this morning. Very interesting to hear him celebrate his government restricting kids access to social media, for the good of children, after saying that Australian kids stuck overseas as ‘the responsibility of their mothers’. 🗑️
February 19, 2026 at 10:16 AM
Been a day. I heard the Albo interview on Sydney radio this morning. Very interesting to hear him celebrate his government restricting kids access to social media, for the good of children, after saying that Australian kids stuck overseas as ‘the responsibility of their mothers’. 🗑️
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February 19, 2026 at 9:39 AM
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#Newspoll South Australia state level
Primaries: ALP 44 (+4) LIB 14 (-21.7) ON 24 (+21.4) GRN 12 (+2.9) IND/OTH 6 (-2)
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit... ($)
archive version archive.is/1U68L #saparli
(+/-) since 2022 election, sample 1057 voters 11-17 Feb
Primaries: ALP 44 (+4) LIB 14 (-21.7) ON 24 (+21.4) GRN 12 (+2.9) IND/OTH 6 (-2)
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit... ($)
archive version archive.is/1U68L #saparli
(+/-) since 2022 election, sample 1057 voters 11-17 Feb
February 19, 2026 at 9:49 AM
#Newspoll South Australia state level
Primaries: ALP 44 (+4) LIB 14 (-21.7) ON 24 (+21.4) GRN 12 (+2.9) IND/OTH 6 (-2)
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit... ($)
archive version archive.is/1U68L #saparli
(+/-) since 2022 election, sample 1057 voters 11-17 Feb
Primaries: ALP 44 (+4) LIB 14 (-21.7) ON 24 (+21.4) GRN 12 (+2.9) IND/OTH 6 (-2)
www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/polit... ($)
archive version archive.is/1U68L #saparli
(+/-) since 2022 election, sample 1057 voters 11-17 Feb
nationalise child care
‘You have to find another one’: why children with complex needs are being turned away from childcare
‘You have to find another one’: why children with complex needs are being turned away from childcare
A program to put additional staff in Australia’s childcare centres to support children with complex needs is plagued by funding gaps and delays
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Children with complex needs are being turned away from childcare centres due to funding gaps and staff burnout, with industry leaders warning federal government inclusion rules are having the reverse effect.
The government’s inclusion support program (ISP) is intended to provide additional staff for children with complex needs, but the funding amounts to half of that needed, with centres forced to pay the rest. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 18, 2026 at 2:17 PM
nationalise child care
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I'VE HAD TO KEEP THIS QUIET FOR SO LONG BUT NOW THE CAT CAN FINALLY ESCAPE THE BAG
I wrote another book!! and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!!
you can even pre-order it now!!
link in biooo
ahhh
I wrote another book!! and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!!
you can even pre-order it now!!
link in biooo
ahhh
February 17, 2026 at 12:19 PM
I'VE HAD TO KEEP THIS QUIET FOR SO LONG BUT NOW THE CAT CAN FINALLY ESCAPE THE BAG
I wrote another book!! and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!!
you can even pre-order it now!!
link in biooo
ahhh
I wrote another book!! and it's coming out this November! it's a little like a birdwatching guide, except it's a word watching guide! i poured my heart into it!!
you can even pre-order it now!!
link in biooo
ahhh
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"they removed women from their aesthetic calculus because they hate them" thats a statement you put on a plaque outside a museum
February 18, 2026 at 12:51 AM
"they removed women from their aesthetic calculus because they hate them" thats a statement you put on a plaque outside a museum
was thinking (panicking!) exactly this through all of Dunk's boss battle in this week's episode
so much mud in his wounds! certain death every fall, so much mud many wounds 😢😑
so much mud in his wounds! certain death every fall, so much mud many wounds 😢😑
before antibiotics did people just die all the time from everything?
February 18, 2026 at 9:24 AM
was thinking (panicking!) exactly this through all of Dunk's boss battle in this week's episode
so much mud in his wounds! certain death every fall, so much mud many wounds 😢😑
so much mud in his wounds! certain death every fall, so much mud many wounds 😢😑
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The Russo-Japanese War was the first major conflict in history that saw more deaths in combat than deaths by disease.
Realistically, if you were sent to war any time before WW1, you were more likely to shit yourself to death than die at the hands of the enemy.
Realistically, if you were sent to war any time before WW1, you were more likely to shit yourself to death than die at the hands of the enemy.
If anyone asks you who won the Crimean War the answer is indisputably “cholera”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean... (scroll to “Casualties and Losses”)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimean... (scroll to “Casualties and Losses”)
A major cause of death in pretty much every pre-20th century war (especially siege based ones) was highly curable bacterial diseases ripping through people in close proximity to each other, as opposed to actual violence.
February 17, 2026 at 9:10 PM
The Russo-Japanese War was the first major conflict in history that saw more deaths in combat than deaths by disease.
Realistically, if you were sent to war any time before WW1, you were more likely to shit yourself to death than die at the hands of the enemy.
Realistically, if you were sent to war any time before WW1, you were more likely to shit yourself to death than die at the hands of the enemy.
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The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
agree with this (hah) but also think a particular mistake the left made for a long time online, and still makes to an extent, is failing to understand that the person whose mind you may actually change is the one reading the argument you're having, not the one you're arguing with
The secret to engaging in social media debate is knowing you will never win anyone over. The best you can hope for is to have people who already agree with tell you you're awesome. You might great a dopamine thrill from the righteousness of your anger! Fine benefits, all. But you will never win.
February 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM
The drunk uncle theory.
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
You don’t argue with the casually homophobic uncle at Thanksgiving dinner to change his mind; you argue so that the closeted cousin at the kids table knows there’s safe people and better possibilities out there
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Lunar New Year (Imlek) celebrations have coincided with the start of Ramadan and tell you what, Indonesia nails it
February 17, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Lunar New Year (Imlek) celebrations have coincided with the start of Ramadan and tell you what, Indonesia nails it
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So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
It took only a 15-second clip of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt duking it out on a crumbling rooftop — made by A.I. with a two-sentence prompt and the click of a button — to draw swift outrage, and sizable fear, from Hollywood.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
"It’s nothing short of terrifying," one scriptwriter said.
Why an A.I. Video of Tom Cruise Battling Brad Pitt Spooked Hollywood
A 15-second clip created by an artificial intelligence tool owned by the Chinese technology company ByteDance appears more cinematic than anything so far.
nyti.ms
February 16, 2026 at 8:36 PM
So when thousands of women (and children) were being duplicated--including in non-consensual AI porn--it was no big deal. But it took "only a 15-sec clip" of these two famous white men to draw outrage and fear. Gotcha. Cool cool.
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We've finally come full circle. People are longing for less chatter dialogue in their games by referencing ocarina, a game that people consistently complained about Navi being too talkative to the point of it being a meme for 20 odd years.
This is why I just recently dropped a game 😂😂😂😂
Like we don’t need banter every second silence is okay haha
credit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQF1Ga4/
Like we don’t need banter every second silence is okay haha
credit: www.tiktok.com/t/ZThQF1Ga4/
February 15, 2026 at 6:12 PM
We've finally come full circle. People are longing for less chatter dialogue in their games by referencing ocarina, a game that people consistently complained about Navi being too talkative to the point of it being a meme for 20 odd years.
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YES! 🤣
Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned to fold
Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned to fold
Liberal leader also promotes Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Andrew Hastie to shadow cabinet
Angus Taylor has named moderate MP Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and given the deputy Liberal leader, Jane Hume, the employment and industrial relations portfolio, in a new frontbench that rewards conservatives and purges Sussan Ley’s backers.
Days after rolling the former Liberal leader, Taylor promised his new shadow ministry would fight for improved home ownership and tax reform. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:36 AM
YES! 🤣
that "fighting tories" poster of Albo's should read "scared of tories"
it's a dumb question i guess: but how long will the racist hard right rump of this country determine immigration policy and a host of other social programs and positions? what kind of misjudged cowardice lets that happen?
February 17, 2026 at 5:39 AM
that "fighting tories" poster of Albo's should read "scared of tories"
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it's a dumb question i guess: but how long will the racist hard right rump of this country determine immigration policy and a host of other social programs and positions? what kind of misjudged cowardice lets that happen?
February 17, 2026 at 1:34 AM
it's a dumb question i guess: but how long will the racist hard right rump of this country determine immigration policy and a host of other social programs and positions? what kind of misjudged cowardice lets that happen?
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Excellent warning for @australianlabor.bsky.social & @albomp.bsky.social here from @timdunlop.bsky.social
If Labor doesn’t take serious steps to address the injustice that is driving the grievance push to One Nation, the anti-immigrant beat-up might win #auspol
tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-next-e...
If Labor doesn’t take serious steps to address the injustice that is driving the grievance push to One Nation, the anti-immigrant beat-up might win #auspol
tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-next-e...
The next era of conservative politics will make John Howard look woke
(Angus) Taylorism is just another word for nothing left to lose
tdunlop.substack.com
February 16, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Excellent warning for @australianlabor.bsky.social & @albomp.bsky.social here from @timdunlop.bsky.social
If Labor doesn’t take serious steps to address the injustice that is driving the grievance push to One Nation, the anti-immigrant beat-up might win #auspol
tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-next-e...
If Labor doesn’t take serious steps to address the injustice that is driving the grievance push to One Nation, the anti-immigrant beat-up might win #auspol
tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-next-e...
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The LLMs responsible for managing the LLMs in charge of firing LLMs have been fired
The LLMs responsible for managing the LLMs have been fired
February 16, 2026 at 4:50 AM
The LLMs responsible for managing the LLMs in charge of firing LLMs have been fired
February 16, 2026 at 5:46 AM
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My latest post is a big drop of new data. For the first time I publish two-party preferred preference data in so-called Non-Classic divisions, including high profile Independents. Data for the 2019, 2022 and 2025 elections. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-inde...
February 15, 2026 at 10:23 AM
My latest post is a big drop of new data. For the first time I publish two-party preferred preference data in so-called Non-Classic divisions, including high profile Independents. Data for the 2019, 2022 and 2025 elections. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-inde...
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Woohoo! This is fantastic. Previously it has only been possible to approximate the 2PP flow from most non-classic 2CP candidates.
My latest post is a big drop of new data. For the first time I publish two-party preferred preference data in so-called Non-Classic divisions, including high profile Independents. Data for the 2019, 2022 and 2025 elections. antonygreen.com.au/fed2025-inde...
February 15, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Woohoo! This is fantastic. Previously it has only been possible to approximate the 2PP flow from most non-classic 2CP candidates.