RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
Australian law talker. Would prefer to be out on a bike. He/him.
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RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
· Aug 17
I love how the orthodox answer to all policy problems in the English-speaking world is “moar capitalism”
You have to marvel at the ability of News Ltd pubs who can see a tide of people acting against the News Ltd line and conclude that it is all of them that are wrong
January 16, 2026 at 5:01 AM
You have to marvel at the ability of News Ltd pubs who can see a tide of people acting against the News Ltd line and conclude that it is all of them that are wrong
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As someone who watched Evangelion about 4 times, it took me way too long to notice that Shinji has a fucking XTC shirt
January 14, 2026 at 7:23 AM
As someone who watched Evangelion about 4 times, it took me way too long to notice that Shinji has a fucking XTC shirt
So, the Haidt effect on social democratic governments will be something future historians will have to work through.
Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s
Wes Streeting asks US expert Jonathan Haidt to address officials on social media ban for under-16s
Exclusive: Health secretary issues invitation in push for UK to consider copying landmark restrictions in Australia
Wes Streeting has asked Jonathan Haidt, a bestselling author and high-profile advocate of banning social media for under-16s, to speak to his officials in his push for the UK to consider following a landmark ban in Australia.
The health secretary has invited Haidt to address an event with staff, charities and MPs after the prime minister, Keir Starmer, said he was open to stricter limits for young people. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 14, 2026 at 7:14 AM
So, the Haidt effect on social democratic governments will be something future historians will have to work through.
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Morry Schwartz attacking Louise Adler and in the process damaging the credibility and independence of his media products ...
January 14, 2026 at 7:04 AM
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My decision to not read the Monthly and to cancel my subscription to the Saturday Paper seems like it was justified
January 14, 2026 at 7:00 AM
My decision to not read the Monthly and to cancel my subscription to the Saturday Paper seems like it was justified
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All of this and not a single cent of funding towards community based deradicalisation programs, support groups for families of radicalised people, harm reduction, anti-racist and respectful relationships programs in schools etc. State oppression is apparently the only answer.
January 14, 2026 at 6:08 AM
All of this and not a single cent of funding towards community based deradicalisation programs, support groups for families of radicalised people, harm reduction, anti-racist and respectful relationships programs in schools etc. State oppression is apparently the only answer.
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The X situation is an excellent example of the perils of neoliberalism. The state has become so beholden to a private service provider for public service announcements, they're resorting to equivocation on responsibility for CSAM and violent misogyny on that platform rather than risk losing it.
January 11, 2026 at 4:59 PM
The X situation is an excellent example of the perils of neoliberalism. The state has become so beholden to a private service provider for public service announcements, they're resorting to equivocation on responsibility for CSAM and violent misogyny on that platform rather than risk losing it.
One thing you notice about the reaction to the Adelaide Festival board uninviting Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is that the cancellations came out over time and came with various individual explanations. Compare and contrast that to the form letter complaints.
January 13, 2026 at 11:52 PM
One thing you notice about the reaction to the Adelaide Festival board uninviting Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah is that the cancellations came out over time and came with various individual explanations. Compare and contrast that to the form letter complaints.
Well, that was to be expected
January 13, 2026 at 11:45 PM
Well, that was to be expected
I almost walked out of my own door on seeing this
lol this is a segment Andrew Bolt did (maybe still does?)
January 13, 2026 at 10:44 PM
I almost walked out of my own door on seeing this
I think we could all make a shopping list of things that RC should consider. On the top for me is the role international antisemitism, fed by X, Meta and YouTube and and certain traditional media, contributes to Australian cultural climate. Next would be the role of brigading campaigns.
January 13, 2026 at 10:33 PM
I think we could all make a shopping list of things that RC should consider. On the top for me is the role international antisemitism, fed by X, Meta and YouTube and and certain traditional media, contributes to Australian cultural climate. Next would be the role of brigading campaigns.
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No sign Australian politicians will leave X after the Grok scandal. Hard to see what if anything could make people who are still posting on there now leave. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australian politicians are condemning X and Grok, so why won’t they leave the platform?
Anthony Albanese has said the AI chatbot generating sexualised images of women and children is ‘abhorrent’ but has an account posting on the site
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 7:18 PM
No sign Australian politicians will leave X after the Grok scandal. Hard to see what if anything could make people who are still posting on there now leave. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
"I'm sorry you misinterpreted what we were saying," is not an apology
January 13, 2026 at 7:37 AM
"I'm sorry you misinterpreted what we were saying," is not an apology
It's funny, my LinkedIn feed has been full of posts about cultural cohesion etc for some time, but particularly from Bondi. There was one a couple of days ago complaining about the Cathy Wilcox cartoon.
Just wandered over there, not one post about the Adelaide festival.
Just wandered over there, not one post about the Adelaide festival.
January 13, 2026 at 7:31 AM
It's funny, my LinkedIn feed has been full of posts about cultural cohesion etc for some time, but particularly from Bondi. There was one a couple of days ago complaining about the Cathy Wilcox cartoon.
Just wandered over there, not one post about the Adelaide festival.
Just wandered over there, not one post about the Adelaide festival.
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I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
January 13, 2026 at 4:08 AM
I didn't save this tweet but somebody did and it feels worth resurfacing
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Apparently we have to destroy the arts to save them. Though as we all know by now after more than a decade of hostile arts policy, what "we" want is a culture with no memory, no freedom and no conscience, endless reruns of a starveling so-called western canon, background noise for the suits
January 12, 2026 at 10:42 PM
Apparently we have to destroy the arts to save them. Though as we all know by now after more than a decade of hostile arts policy, what "we" want is a culture with no memory, no freedom and no conscience, endless reruns of a starveling so-called western canon, background noise for the suits
When South Australians do drama, they DO drama
who says Adelaide is a quiet town
January 13, 2026 at 7:09 AM
When South Australians do drama, they DO drama
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Experts who track neo-Nazis call the development a big blow for the NSN, but warn the group, which is not renouncing Nazism, is far from done. www.theage.com.au/national/tru...
Australia’s biggest Nazi group to disband to escape jail ahead of crackdown
Australia’s neo-Nazis will formally disband ahead of the Albanese government’s crackdown, but experts say they are far from done.
www.theage.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 6:53 AM
Experts who track neo-Nazis call the development a big blow for the NSN, but warn the group, which is not renouncing Nazism, is far from done. www.theage.com.au/national/tru...
Yeah, nah, they're not giving up all they have gained over the past couple of years.
On the other hand, it might be safe to wear Helly Hansen again (if you can afford it)
On the other hand, it might be safe to wear Helly Hansen again (if you can afford it)
In a statement posted to Telegram, the group announced the closure of the National Socialist Network would also spell the end of "co-projects" White Australia, the European Australian Movement and the White Australia Party.
Breaking: Neo-Nazi group says it will disband due to proposed hate speech laws
In a statement posted to Telegram, the group announced the closure of the National Socialist Network would also spell the end of "co-projects" White Australia, the European Australian Movement and the White Australia Party.
www.abc.net.au
January 13, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Yeah, nah, they're not giving up all they have gained over the past couple of years.
On the other hand, it might be safe to wear Helly Hansen again (if you can afford it)
On the other hand, it might be safe to wear Helly Hansen again (if you can afford it)
I just got sucked into a rabbit hole of watching videos on r/ICE_Watch. I honestly do not know how the US comes back from this.
January 13, 2026 at 6:16 AM
I just got sucked into a rabbit hole of watching videos on r/ICE_Watch. I honestly do not know how the US comes back from this.
If someone has lawyered up, it probably pays to make it a bit more difficult for them to frame the allegedly defamatory imputations
January 13, 2026 at 5:26 AM
If someone has lawyered up, it probably pays to make it a bit more difficult for them to frame the allegedly defamatory imputations
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📢 We’ve heard calls not only to investigate how the Bondi massacre occurred but to place universities, protest movements and migrants under suspicion.
As a Jew who knows antisemitism, I need answers, not the stifling of free speech
www.theage.com.au
January 13, 2026 at 4:34 AM
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People shouldn't be sad that Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled, they should be proud that the people the event was actually about stood together and said "enough of this perfidious bullshit".
January 13, 2026 at 4:44 AM
People shouldn't be sad that Adelaide Writers Week was cancelled, they should be proud that the people the event was actually about stood together and said "enough of this perfidious bullshit".
I'm feeling the need to do some research into and writing on the Hollywood blacklists
January 13, 2026 at 5:00 AM
I'm feeling the need to do some research into and writing on the Hollywood blacklists
I think there might be more pics of Malinauskas with his kit on than with it off. Why use a kit-off pic for a piece on the Writers' Week debacle?
January 13, 2026 at 4:28 AM
I think there might be more pics of Malinauskas with his kit on than with it off. Why use a kit-off pic for a piece on the Writers' Week debacle?