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lancecalhoon.bsky.social
Beddy
@lancecalhoon.bsky.social
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Aussie dad with Irish streak. Legislative drafter. Whitlamite.

My interests are pretty niche: sports, music, movies, games. GWJ. May contain traces of Partridge.

Walking on Ngunnawal land.
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · Oct 3
when you hate the song the DJ is playing, but the fellas are cutting sick on the dance floor
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benjamino.bsky.social
Victorian Labor are like the Foucault bird meme but instead of things being like prisons, prisons are the only answer they have to things
Victorian Premier Jacinta Allan on Xitter: We're introducing Adult Time for Violent Crime.
November 11, 2025 at 10:40 PM
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chrisbratt.bsky.social
I went to meet the 'Rockstar 31', the developers who were suddenly fired from their work on GTA 6 for what the studio has described as gross misconduct.

That's not what the workers call it though. They have another couple of words they prefer to use: union busting.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9nO...
The Rockstar Workers Fired Before They Could Finish GTA 6
YouTube video by People Make Games
www.youtube.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:43 PM
lancecalhoon.bsky.social
I cannot believe that the States are in a race to the bottom regarding lowering the age of criminality, and increasing sentences for kids.

It's also a product of cut'n'paste legislative drafting -- each time one jursidiction implements it, it makes it easier for the rest.
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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pollhereford.bsky.social
The 96, for sure.
November 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
lancecalhoon.bsky.social
All robot demonstrations remind me of the D-Generation
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 PM
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crushbort.bsky.social
the sound it makes is so satisfying and so is the cheap coofandy shell coming straight off
noelreports.com NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 4h
Joke of the day from Moscow: Russia tried to unveil its first humanoid AI robot, Aidol. Key word: tried. The robot collapsed during its debut, forcing organizers to cut the presentation short. Their rushed attempt to lift the prop only made things worse.
November 11, 2025 at 10:04 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
Gough raised unemployment benefits to their highest level relative to poverty - then Fraser (and his treasurer John Howard) fucked it up as soon as they could.

Hawke/Keating repaired some of the damage... then Howard fucked it up for good
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Graph showing unemployment benefits relative to poverty
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
lancecalhoon.bsky.social
Bucket hat with the done-up parka: it's giving Oasis, English cricket team and neo Nazi
pic of Liam Gallagher singing into a mike, with his trademark charismatic "hands behind the back" stance, from some recent Oasis cash in gig. he is wearing a white bucket hat and parka done up all the way to the neck Ben Stokes of English mens' cricket team wearing official team unfirm: a blue bucket hat with a blue waterproof hoodie parka. it has to be waterproof because half his home matches get rained out, which is why they have to bat so fast. some random Nazi fuckwit who stood outside NSW parliament recently with the tacit blessing of cops.
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
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downwithdan.bsky.social
lol she got his ass and he knows it
Joyce Carol Oates @Joyce... 17h O So curious that such a wealthy man never posts anything that indicates that he enjoys or is even aware of what virtually everyone appreciates— scenes from nature, pet dog or cat, praise for a movie, music, a book (but doubt that he reads); pride in a friend's or relative's accomplishment; condolences for someone who has died; pleasure in sports, acclaim for a favorite team; references to history. In fact he seems totally uneducated, uncultured. The poorest persons on Twitter may have access to more beauty & meaning in life than the "most wealthy person in the world." Elon Musk ' @elonmusk X.com Oates is a liar and delights in being mean. Not a good human.
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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andrewpaul.bsky.social
one of the funniest parts about Joyce Carol Oates going viral for nuking Elon Musk is that he absolutely needed someone tell him who Joyce Carol Oates is
November 10, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
3/ Given the extent to which the NSN relies on generating media & hence public interest thru stunts like this, you could be forgiven for thinking that NSW authorities, like the media, have been played for useful idi0ts. Again.

In any case, see:

thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com/do-you-know-...
Do you know these nazis?
Today, Saturday November 8 2025, NSW National Socialist Network (NSN) members held an antisemitic rally outside NSW Parliament House un...
thewhiterosesociety.writeas.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
2/ Y U No ...

(There appears to be a disjunction b/w numerous public statements by authorities inre "nazis bAd!" (duh) & the competent exercise of their considerable powers to limit public nazi activities.)

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The premier and top cop say they didn’t know about Sydney’s Nazi rally. That just doesn’t cut it
Neo-Nazi group White Australia is known to be “antithetical to social cohesion” so why were no red flags raised when the group wanted to protest in Sydney’s CBD?
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:55 PM
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slackbastard.bsky.social
Nazis reckon NSW is best chance to run successful electoral campaign for Senate.

www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Nazis who rallied at parliament want to enter politics. They think NSW is their best shot
Neo-Nazis are on a recruitment drive in a bid to register as a mainstream political party, and they believe a NSW upper house position could be their best bet.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:48 PM
lancecalhoon.bsky.social
Loving all the Gough talk on Aussie Bluesky.

Long may it continue, comrades!
November 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
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grogsgamut.bsky.social
A lot of people when talking about Gough's economic record seriously underplay how beyond comprehension the 1973 Oil Crisis was.

thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
Chart showing the world oil price Jan 1960 - US$1.63bbl Dec 1972 - US$1.87bbl Jan 1974 - US$13.00bbl
November 10, 2025 at 11:41 PM
lancecalhoon.bsky.social
Media Watch discovers that it’s about ethics in games journalism
rhunwords.com David Smith @rhunwords.com · 1d
Australian games outlet Press Start on Media Watch this morning over unreported affiliate links and sponsored content 👀 www.abc.net.au/mediawatch/e...
Ep 40 - Tech trouble - Media Watch
A technology journalist pinged for gaming gadgets reviews that are undisclosed ads.
www.abc.net.au
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
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requiemarm.bsky.social
40 years ago we’d have congressional hearings falsely accusing metal bands of putting backwards messages in their songs that told kids to kill themselves & now we have a planet-killing chatbot that’s all like “bet you won’t commit suicide chickenshit bitch” & the government is like here’s $5 billion
November 8, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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cathywilcox.bsky.social
50 years since the Dismissal.
My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. “Monuments to Idealism, Ego, Fallibility and Pisstaking.” Four busts: Gough Whitlam, Malcolm Fraser, John Kerr and Norman Gunston. Note: “50 years since The Dismissal.”
November 10, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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ingridm.bsky.social
masterclass in organising here. There is no official or perfect avenue for stopping a dangerous and oppressive law. Jump in. Mobilise. Tell em.
maximumwelfare.bsky.social Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 4d
The Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025 failed to pass the Senate this session following a healthy dose of luck and community opposition to last-minute Labor amendments to legislate an extraordinary expansion of police powers.

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maximumwelfare.bsky.social Tom Studans @maximumwelfare.bsky.social · 5d
Huge result for now. Rapid response starting last Thursday to establish a united front of community and civil society organisations. Gonna be much tougher for them to get this through from here 👍
November 7, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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ronnisalt.bsky.social
How much longer is this farce of a sideshow going to continue?

NACC Commissioner, Paul Brereton, is once again embroiled in controversy.

The NACC Inspector, Gail Furness is currently investigating several complaints against Mr Brereton.

His position is untenable.

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Anti-corruption commission watchdog inquiring into NACC chief Brereton
The inspector of the National Anti-Corruption Commission is inquiring into the agency's head, Paul Brereton, in relation to several complaints including from a former employee.
www.abc.net.au
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 AM
lancecalhoon.bsky.social
Friday arvo, chikoo!

Enjoy your weekends! Have a number 3 for me

www.youtube.com/watch?v=AO5G...
Pete & Bas - Mugshot (The Northern Boys Remix) [feat. Queen Vic]
YouTube video by Sindhu World
www.youtube.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:56 AM
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escapedexplorer.bsky.social
"World's first potential trillionaire has killed 600,000 people, including 400,000 children" is the only headline that anyone should ever read about Elon Musk
November 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM
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jonathancohn.bsky.social
I fully believe in the corporate death penalty and believe we would be a better world if OpenAI lost its corporate charter and was forcibly dissolved.

www.cnn.com/2025/11/06/u...
ChatGPT encouraged college graduate to commit suicide, family claims in lawsuit against OpenAI | CNN
A 23-year-old man killed himself in Texas after ChatGPT ‘goaded’ him to commit suicide, his family says in a lawsuit.
www.cnn.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:12 AM
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kayawanu.bsky.social
RockStar are union busting.
We are boycotting RockStar
win98tech.bsky.social Win98 Tech Support @win98tech.bsky.social · 5d
For some reason the media is not mentioning that the reason GTA6 is being delayed is they fired 40 staff over threats of unionization and now the rest of their staff are revolting
November 7, 2025 at 1:32 AM
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jasonkoebler.bsky.social
Once you start thinking of AI as a war on humanity, on human thought, on human inquiry, on human labor, on nuance and critical thinking, it slots in pretty seamlessly with the right wing ideological project, oligarchical political projects, big tech's political projects, etc
The future being pushed by both AI boosters and educational censors is one where access to information is tightly controlled. Children will not be allowed to read certain books or learn certain narratives. “Research” will be performed only through one of a select few artificial intelligence tools owned by AI giants which are uniformly aligned behind the Trump administration and which have gone to the ends of the earth to prevent their black box machines from spitting out “woke” answers lest they catch the ire of the administration. School boards and library boards, forced to comply with increasingly restrictive laws, funding cuts, and the threat of being defunded entirely, leap at the chance to be considered forward looking by embracing AI tools, or apply for grants from government groups like the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), which is increasingly giving out grants specifically to AI projects.
November 6, 2025 at 4:48 PM