Ian Farquhar
@ianfarquhar.bsky.social
Formerly ianbfarquhar on Twitter, before the moron Musk turned it into a fascist hell hole. Progressive. All posts represent my personal opinion only. He/him.
Anyone want to bet they have not paid for the rights to use the music or any licensed imagery in this?
WARNING! Turn your volume down. This insanity is from the Department of Homeland Security.
November 10, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Anyone want to bet they have not paid for the rights to use the music or any licensed imagery in this?
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"Let's drop New Zero & push American style Christianity"
said no other Australian Political party who wanted to win an election, but here we are.😳
#LNPNeverAgain #AusPol
said no other Australian Political party who wanted to win an election, but here we are.😳
#LNPNeverAgain #AusPol
November 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
"Let's drop New Zero & push American style Christianity"
said no other Australian Political party who wanted to win an election, but here we are.😳
#LNPNeverAgain #AusPol
said no other Australian Political party who wanted to win an election, but here we are.😳
#LNPNeverAgain #AusPol
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Louis the 16th is looking at that and shaking his head muttering “tacky, so very tacky…”
JFC.
It's everywhere.
The gold slime is getting worse.
Ho House -- the upscale whore house.
How can any world leader take Dimwit Donny seriously?
The United States is now the official laughing stock of the world.
It's everywhere.
The gold slime is getting worse.
Ho House -- the upscale whore house.
How can any world leader take Dimwit Donny seriously?
The United States is now the official laughing stock of the world.
November 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Louis the 16th is looking at that and shaking his head muttering “tacky, so very tacky…”
Just a reminder that fascists can never maintain organizations in the medium- or long-terms. They always depopulate organizations of ethical and competent people, then replace them with comically ineffective goons who end up infighting. This is because fascism and sociopathy are always comorbid.
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
Justice Department struggles as thousands exit — and few are replaced
The Justice Department has lost thousands of experienced attorneys and backfilled a fraction of the open jobs, in part because of a lack of qualified candidates.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Just a reminder that fascists can never maintain organizations in the medium- or long-terms. They always depopulate organizations of ethical and competent people, then replace them with comically ineffective goons who end up infighting. This is because fascism and sociopathy are always comorbid.
And as usual Murdoch employees are at the core of it.
What you’re witnessing is a populist assault on the BBC.
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
This is not an institutional scandal in any meaningful sense of the word. It is an attack on public service broadcasting.
iandunt.substack.com/p/extra-edit...
November 10, 2025 at 11:24 AM
And as usual Murdoch employees are at the core of it.
There is a genuine discussion to be had on the purpose and social value of copyright.
My problem is that the ones who want to have it now it’s in their interests are the ones who insisted copyright was absolute only a few years ago when THAT was in their interest.
Zero consistency or credibility.
My problem is that the ones who want to have it now it’s in their interests are the ones who insisted copyright was absolute only a few years ago when THAT was in their interest.
Zero consistency or credibility.
November 10, 2025 at 12:37 AM
There is a genuine discussion to be had on the purpose and social value of copyright.
My problem is that the ones who want to have it now it’s in their interests are the ones who insisted copyright was absolute only a few years ago when THAT was in their interest.
Zero consistency or credibility.
My problem is that the ones who want to have it now it’s in their interests are the ones who insisted copyright was absolute only a few years ago when THAT was in their interest.
Zero consistency or credibility.
This is apparently a real advertisement from 1936. “An uncrowned market.” “Good profits, no competition.” I wonder why?!
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is apparently a real advertisement from 1936. “An uncrowned market.” “Good profits, no competition.” I wonder why?!
You all know it could be both, right?
November 9, 2025 at 10:13 PM
You all know it could be both, right?
Very disappointed in this, and I’ll be letting her office know that this makes it impossible for her to receive my vote anymore.
At the Christian prayer breakfast this week, Attorney-General Michelle Rowland said that the “principles and values that Jesus lived by underpin the role of Australia’s first law officer” and claimed that “our values and faith” guide lawmakers. Read more: rationalist.com.au/australias-a...
#auspol
#auspol
November 9, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Very disappointed in this, and I’ll be letting her office know that this makes it impossible for her to receive my vote anymore.
Brace for a slew of hagiographic nonsense about Laws in his passing. Few will lament that man, and while my sympathy goes to whatever loved ones he may have had, I viewed him as utterly bereft of any human decency.
November 9, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Brace for a slew of hagiographic nonsense about Laws in his passing. Few will lament that man, and while my sympathy goes to whatever loved ones he may have had, I viewed him as utterly bereft of any human decency.
A fantastic article. I often say this of Whitlam: so many of the things we are proud of in modern Australia were from his brief government (conversely, so many problems from Howard). He was courageous. Modern politicians have learnt their definition of courage from Yes, Minister.
November 8, 2025 at 10:16 PM
A fantastic article. I often say this of Whitlam: so many of the things we are proud of in modern Australia were from his brief government (conversely, so many problems from Howard). He was courageous. Modern politicians have learnt their definition of courage from Yes, Minister.
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Pure comedy: the Libs commissioned Minchin and Goward - “party elders” - to review their election loss?! And apparently quotas are off the table to address their serious problem with female voters?! Because they have such a deep talent pool, apparently. apple.news/AvKloNoj5TKW...
Gender quotas off the table after Liberal Party review of catastrophic election loss — The Sydney Morning Herald
The party’s review into its historic drubbing found Peter Dutton and his team spent years acting like a cautious government-in-exile and presented a dire policy agenda.
apple.news
November 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Pure comedy: the Libs commissioned Minchin and Goward - “party elders” - to review their election loss?! And apparently quotas are off the table to address their serious problem with female voters?! Because they have such a deep talent pool, apparently. apple.news/AvKloNoj5TKW...
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The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
November 7, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The world’s first trillionaire initiated a move that has left more than half a million people dead, most of whom are children.
This is a superb funding model, which should be combined with a total ban on any non-voter donation, including from corporations, unions, lobby groups, mining cartels etc. Mining magnates can contribute, as individuals, up to the cap. Avoidance attempt should see a jail for both donor and recipient.
I can't see @albomp.bsky.social allowing this 👇
New York provides $8 for every $1 donated to a candidate by a resident of the city. So if a resident donated $100, the city would chip in $800. The maximum is $2000 per resident (with the donor contributing $250) and $8 million in total.
#auspol
New York provides $8 for every $1 donated to a candidate by a resident of the city. So if a resident donated $100, the city would chip in $800. The maximum is $2000 per resident (with the donor contributing $250) and $8 million in total.
#auspol
What Australia can learn from the US about money in politics
Zohran Mamdani’s successful campaign benefited greatly from New York’s funding innovations.
thepoint.com.au
November 8, 2025 at 12:51 AM
This is a superb funding model, which should be combined with a total ban on any non-voter donation, including from corporations, unions, lobby groups, mining cartels etc. Mining magnates can contribute, as individuals, up to the cap. Avoidance attempt should see a jail for both donor and recipient.
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This is going to end hilariously badly. Conservapedia 2.0 - the “American conservative & fundamentalist Christian” Wikipedia was indistinguishable from parody, and included the “Conservative Bible Project”: a bible “translation” to remove “liberal bias”. These idiots, especially Musk, are all 🤡s.
A bold attempt to mechanize knowledge curation sparks debate on trust. Some praise it for its scale and speed. Others grapple with the uneasy balance between efficiency and editorial oversight.
Grokipedia From Elon Musk Aims To Replace Wikipedia - Profolus
Grokipedia is a bold AI experiment from Elon Musk that aims to replace Wikipedia and reinvent online knowledge.
www.profolus.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:29 PM
This is going to end hilariously badly. Conservapedia 2.0 - the “American conservative & fundamentalist Christian” Wikipedia was indistinguishable from parody, and included the “Conservative Bible Project”: a bible “translation” to remove “liberal bias”. These idiots, especially Musk, are all 🤡s.
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Having Sarah Henderson not supporting you is something you should frame and put on a wall.
November 7, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Having Sarah Henderson not supporting you is something you should frame and put on a wall.
Again, ANYONE who has worked in a nursing home with alzheimers and dementia patients knows EXACTLY what is happening below. You have seen it every single day.
Note: I cannot verify the authenticity of this image, but it has been widely reported.
Note: I cannot verify the authenticity of this image, but it has been widely reported.
here's today's post: "what the fuck is wrong with this guy?" — Donny can't even pretend to care about helping.
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what the fuck is wrong with this guy?
Donny can't even pretend to care about helping
bit.ly
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Again, ANYONE who has worked in a nursing home with alzheimers and dementia patients knows EXACTLY what is happening below. You have seen it every single day.
Note: I cannot verify the authenticity of this image, but it has been widely reported.
Note: I cannot verify the authenticity of this image, but it has been widely reported.
Doing GenAI image generation is like having Manuel from Fawlty Towers as your artist. He doesn’t understand what you’re saying, he only knows about a quarter of the words you’re using, and most people who interact with him end up very frustrated.
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Doing GenAI image generation is like having Manuel from Fawlty Towers as your artist. He doesn’t understand what you’re saying, he only knows about a quarter of the words you’re using, and most people who interact with him end up very frustrated.
Libspill is on. My gut feel is that Ley will stare them down, because the far right Hastie crowd and co are even less competent than she is.
November 7, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Libspill is on. My gut feel is that Ley will stare them down, because the far right Hastie crowd and co are even less competent than she is.
The company’s name has become a punchline, its product strategy is a mess, its CEO’s name itself is poison to a huge chunk of the population (and that population are core electric car buyers), so yeah, let’s pay him more. Capitalism failure in a nutshell, and in reference to Musk, a nutjob.
Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Payday www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/b... Everything wrong with un/under-regulated capitalism in a nutshell.
Elon Musk Wins $1 Trillion Tesla Pay Package
www.nytimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
The company’s name has become a punchline, its product strategy is a mess, its CEO’s name itself is poison to a huge chunk of the population (and that population are core electric car buyers), so yeah, let’s pay him more. Capitalism failure in a nutshell, and in reference to Musk, a nutjob.
Garbage management.
Garbage ethics.
Oh, and garbage coffee too.
Garbage ethics.
Oh, and garbage coffee too.
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol made $95.8 million in 2024.
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
The median barista made just $14,674.
That's a 6,666-to-1 CEO-to-worker pay ratio.
The largest of all S&P 500 companies.
Every single worker should walk out.
Americans deserve a livable wage. Enough!
November 6, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Garbage management.
Garbage ethics.
Oh, and garbage coffee too.
Garbage ethics.
Oh, and garbage coffee too.
Leaked internal documents showed not only that Meta (Facebook etc) failed to remove scammers, but actually decided to identify scam-prone victims and TARGETED them. The scammier the advertiser was, the more they charged. It’s unquestionably aiding and abetting crime. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...
Bombshell report exposes how Meta relied on scam ad profits to fund AI
Meta goosed its revenue by targeting users likely to click on scam ads, docs show.
arstechnica.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Leaked internal documents showed not only that Meta (Facebook etc) failed to remove scammers, but actually decided to identify scam-prone victims and TARGETED them. The scammier the advertiser was, the more they charged. It’s unquestionably aiding and abetting crime. arstechnica.com/tech-policy/...