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
Different countries mourn their public figures in different ways. In Australia, we observe the solemn ritual of dumping all the information we had on them but couldn’t publish due to defamation laws.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Long lunches, Swiss bank accounts and a kangaroo scrotum: My decades pursuing Graham Richardson
For a reporter whose career has been spent uncovering crime and corruption, the Labor senator was the one who got away.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Different countries mourn their public figures in different ways. In Australia, we observe the solemn ritual of dumping all the information we had on them but couldn’t publish due to defamation laws.
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...
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Are we invading Poland?
November 7, 2025 at 10:44 PM
Are we invading Poland?
What is this? An aircraft carrier for ANTS??
November 7, 2025 at 10:31 PM
What is this? An aircraft carrier for ANTS??
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If I didn't live in California I'd move to Illinois.
November 5, 2025 at 11:55 PM
I endorse this message.
Vinicius jr weeps as Conor Bradley pantses him for the 58th time in this morning’s 1-0 Champions’ League victory over Real Madrid.
November 5, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Vinicius jr weeps as Conor Bradley pantses him for the 58th time in this morning’s 1-0 Champions’ League victory over Real Madrid.
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If you watch the movie Vice this will also be your conclusion: the idea that Trumpism came out of nowhere and is a great exception is comforting but completely wrong. It has been a long time coming on the right and will take a lot to reverse. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/o...
Opinion | The Tragedy of Dick Cheney
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Mira Nair: ‘I am the producer of the candidate.’
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social swoon over their favorite filmmaker, Mira Nair, who also happens to be Zohran Mamdani’s mother at the Mamdani HQ in New York City, shortly before the race was called in his favor.
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social swoon over their favorite filmmaker, Mira Nair, who also happens to be Zohran Mamdani’s mother at the Mamdani HQ in New York City, shortly before the race was called in his favor.
November 5, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Mira Nair: ‘I am the producer of the candidate.’
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social swoon over their favorite filmmaker, Mira Nair, who also happens to be Zohran Mamdani’s mother at the Mamdani HQ in New York City, shortly before the race was called in his favor.
Watch @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @premthakker.bsky.social swoon over their favorite filmmaker, Mira Nair, who also happens to be Zohran Mamdani’s mother at the Mamdani HQ in New York City, shortly before the race was called in his favor.
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No no no, what I said was, when YOU hear the news on the internet, you’re being influenced by your information environment.
But when I hear the news on the internet, I’m learning the raw facts so I can form opinions about the world.
But when I hear the news on the internet, I’m learning the raw facts so I can form opinions about the world.
November 4, 2025 at 10:37 PM
No no no, what I said was, when YOU hear the news on the internet, you’re being influenced by your information environment.
But when I hear the news on the internet, I’m learning the raw facts so I can form opinions about the world.
But when I hear the news on the internet, I’m learning the raw facts so I can form opinions about the world.
How did I only just find out who Zohran Mamdani’s mother is??
Come on people, please do a better job of keeping me informed!
Come on people, please do a better job of keeping me informed!
November 4, 2025 at 3:56 AM
How did I only just find out who Zohran Mamdani’s mother is??
Come on people, please do a better job of keeping me informed!
Come on people, please do a better job of keeping me informed!
Congratulations, Mayor Mamdani.
Breaking News: President Trump urged New Yorkers to vote for Andrew Cuomo for mayor, writing on social media, “you really have no choice.” Zohran Mamdani has consistently led in the polls and remains the clear front-runner.
NYC Mayor’s Race Live Updates: Mamdani Leads Polls as Candidates Make Final Push Before Election Day
The president called Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic front-runner, incapable of leading the city and said a vote for the Republican nominee, Curtis Sliwa, would be wasted.
nyti.ms
November 3, 2025 at 11:05 PM
Congratulations, Mayor Mamdani.
The other thing you need to know is that the executives making these decisions stand to make hundreds of millions of dollars personally if the merry-go-round keeps turning for a bit longer.
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 AM
The other thing you need to know is that the executives making these decisions stand to make hundreds of millions of dollars personally if the merry-go-round keeps turning for a bit longer.
The new BOM website is good, actually.
October 29, 2025 at 4:40 AM
The new BOM website is good, actually.
Investment manager wonders to a newspaper reporter why the Chairman wasn’t more open with him in a confidential briefing 🤔
October 23, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Investment manager wonders to a newspaper reporter why the Chairman wasn’t more open with him in a confidential briefing 🤔
Something you probably wouldn’t have seen 10 years ago: two senior male partners at top tier law firms pass in the street at 2.15pm on a Thursday:
“Off to do school pick-up?”
“Yep, you?”
“Yep”.
“Off to do school pick-up?”
“Yep, you?”
“Yep”.
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Something you probably wouldn’t have seen 10 years ago: two senior male partners at top tier law firms pass in the street at 2.15pm on a Thursday:
“Off to do school pick-up?”
“Yep, you?”
“Yep”.
“Off to do school pick-up?”
“Yep, you?”
“Yep”.
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Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
President Macron: “Europeans, let's wake up!
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks.”
defenddemocracy.eu/macron-democ...
October 4, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Macron remarks are notable- some quotes: "We have been incredibly naive in entrusting our democratic space to social networks that are controlled either by large American entrepreneurs or large Chinese companies, whose interests are not at all the survival or proper functioning of our democracies."
Did Lutnick know what he was doing here, or did he just get carried away by the sound of his own voice (and the thrill of Miranda Devine hanging on every word)?
Lutnick on Epstein:
Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it?
Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
Devine: So how come these other people could hang around him and not see it?
Lutnick: They participated. That's what his M.O. was, "Get a massage" And what happened in that massage room, I assume is on video. This guy was the greatest blackmailer ever. That's how he had money.
October 1, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Did Lutnick know what he was doing here, or did he just get carried away by the sound of his own voice (and the thrill of Miranda Devine hanging on every word)?
Unfortunately, there is not a journalist in America with the balls to ask Peter Hegseth the obvious question about fat people in the chain of command.
Secretary of Bravado Pete Hegseth brought the generals before him to fat shame them
(and brag that he can do push-ups)
(and brag that he can do push-ups)
October 1, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Unfortunately, there is not a journalist in America with the balls to ask Peter Hegseth the obvious question about fat people in the chain of command.
I suspect if you ran the poll again today, the biggest issue would be the purge at @6newsau.bsky.social.
🚨 NEW: Asked to name "the biggest issue facing Victoria today", voters say crime, according to a poll from DemosAU just over a year from the state election
September 30, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I suspect if you ran the poll again today, the biggest issue would be the purge at @6newsau.bsky.social.
Gavin Newsom is practicing politics the right way.
September 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Gavin Newsom is practicing politics the right way.
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Just going to re-up this. Bullies want people to be under their control, so they can hurt them for fun. Bullies fear real conflict, because real conflict is by definition NOT under their control. Real conflict raises the prospect of them losing, and they are cowards. You beat MAGA by fighting it.
That’s why it’s so absurd when people say “we can’t fight Trump, he thrives on conflict.” Bullies like Trump do not thrive on genuine conflict with real stakes. They thrive on fake conflict they can win and control. They fear real conflict immensely. Conflict is how you beat them. They are cowards.
September 30, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Just going to re-up this. Bullies want people to be under their control, so they can hurt them for fun. Bullies fear real conflict, because real conflict is by definition NOT under their control. Real conflict raises the prospect of them losing, and they are cowards. You beat MAGA by fighting it.
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We’re losing not because Trump is popular and strong but because the opposition is obsessed with finding clever tricks to win his voters by talking about unrelated things, rather than talking about the only thing that matters right now, which is how bad he is.
September 26, 2025 at 9:58 PM
We’re losing not because Trump is popular and strong but because the opposition is obsessed with finding clever tricks to win his voters by talking about unrelated things, rather than talking about the only thing that matters right now, which is how bad he is.
Goddammit James Comey - don’t you fucking dare make me admire you now, after everything your vain misjudgment has put us through.
September 26, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Goddammit James Comey - don’t you fucking dare make me admire you now, after everything your vain misjudgment has put us through.
The question of the age…
September 24, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The question of the age…
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the US if Tylenol actually caused autism
September 23, 2025 at 4:13 PM
the US if Tylenol actually caused autism