Chris Burns
@rmlockley.bsky.social
Semi retired Luddite/Systems Librarian
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@jennaprice.bsky.social is right. This is much more than dumb incompetence. WTF is wrong with @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social that he doesn’t see the problem with the NSW Police + the man he has just appointed as commissioner
November 10, 2025 at 9:03 PM
@jennaprice.bsky.social is right. This is much more than dumb incompetence. WTF is wrong with @chrisminnsmp.bsky.social that he doesn’t see the problem with the NSW Police + the man he has just appointed as commissioner
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www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The remedy for this is not new laws, but for the @nswpolice.bsky.social to administer + enforce the laws we have. Also for Catley to be replaced by someone at least half competent #nswpol
The remedy for this is not new laws, but for the @nswpolice.bsky.social to administer + enforce the laws we have. Also for Catley to be replaced by someone at least half competent #nswpol
The key MP who tried and failed to stop Nazi rally outside NSW parliament
Speaker Greg Piper sounded the alarm on Friday, while Vaucluse MP Kellie Sloane and Wentworth MP Allegra Spender have been subjected to threats after a neo-Nazi protest on Saturday.
www.smh.com.au
November 10, 2025 at 3:44 AM
www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
The remedy for this is not new laws, but for the @nswpolice.bsky.social to administer + enforce the laws we have. Also for Catley to be replaced by someone at least half competent #nswpol
The remedy for this is not new laws, but for the @nswpolice.bsky.social to administer + enforce the laws we have. Also for Catley to be replaced by someone at least half competent #nswpol
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After several decades of monitoring their activities, it's still odd, even if explicable, to witness public figures express shock & surprise at the existence of nazis in AUS, & almost invariably only when it's thrust in their/our faces. So too, immediate calls for more laws & more police.
Anyway.
Anyway.
November 9, 2025 at 11:03 PM
After several decades of monitoring their activities, it's still odd, even if explicable, to witness public figures express shock & surprise at the existence of nazis in AUS, & almost invariably only when it's thrust in their/our faces. So too, immediate calls for more laws & more police.
Anyway.
Anyway.
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RN: what powers do police not have?
Minister: Hate speech on the streets of New South Wales are vile. We have to take action to confront them we need civil action the public to stand up and say we will not tolerate hate speech on our streets.
So you want counter protests?
I’m not saying that Sally.
Minister: Hate speech on the streets of New South Wales are vile. We have to take action to confront them we need civil action the public to stand up and say we will not tolerate hate speech on our streets.
So you want counter protests?
I’m not saying that Sally.
November 9, 2025 at 8:56 PM
RN: what powers do police not have?
Minister: Hate speech on the streets of New South Wales are vile. We have to take action to confront them we need civil action the public to stand up and say we will not tolerate hate speech on our streets.
So you want counter protests?
I’m not saying that Sally.
Minister: Hate speech on the streets of New South Wales are vile. We have to take action to confront them we need civil action the public to stand up and say we will not tolerate hate speech on our streets.
So you want counter protests?
I’m not saying that Sally.
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There were ample laws to prevent this or shut it down. The NSW Police just didn’t want to.
November 9, 2025 at 4:46 AM
There were ample laws to prevent this or shut it down. The NSW Police just didn’t want to.
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I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
November 9, 2025 at 7:26 AM
I was impressed by this statement by Australia's Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism, Jillian Segal, in response to the nazi rally at the NSW state parliament yesterday:
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If Chris Minns stubbed his toe, he'd say the answer is more police powers.
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
November 8, 2025 at 10:03 AM
If Chris Minns stubbed his toe, he'd say the answer is more police powers.
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
Cops aren't the solution to racism, they're the problem.
It's already a crime to incite hatred based on race, but the cops didn't care - in fact they approved the Form 1 for the rally!
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October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
October 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Ed Luce watching democracy die in the United States of America
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The @australianlabor.bsky.social party can spin this more than
Warney's Gatting Ball, but the lack of a climate trigger is utterly absurd, almost as absurd as their deceptively named 'Safeguard Mechanism'. The drip-fed EPBC 2.0 details are not looking great www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10....
Warney's Gatting Ball, but the lack of a climate trigger is utterly absurd, almost as absurd as their deceptively named 'Safeguard Mechanism'. The drip-fed EPBC 2.0 details are not looking great www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10....
'Climate trigger' formally ruled out of environment laws
A "climate trigger" that could be used to block coal and gas projects has been formally excluded from the government's overhaul of Australia's environment laws, minister Murray Watt confirms.
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October 22, 2025 at 6:23 AM
The @australianlabor.bsky.social party can spin this more than
Warney's Gatting Ball, but the lack of a climate trigger is utterly absurd, almost as absurd as their deceptively named 'Safeguard Mechanism'. The drip-fed EPBC 2.0 details are not looking great www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10....
Warney's Gatting Ball, but the lack of a climate trigger is utterly absurd, almost as absurd as their deceptively named 'Safeguard Mechanism'. The drip-fed EPBC 2.0 details are not looking great www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10....
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Irony is now tariff free!
BREAKING: The US is rolling back tariffs on “products that cannot be grown, mined, or naturally produced in the United States," per WSJ
October 20, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Irony is now tariff free!
Our AUKUS partner at work.
The U.S. military mobilization in the Caribbean:
• 8 Navy warships
• 10 stealth fighters
• About 10,000 troops
• New ammunition storage sites in Puerto Rico
The goal, officials say privately, is to oust Maduro from power.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
• 8 Navy warships
• 10 stealth fighters
• About 10,000 troops
• New ammunition storage sites in Puerto Rico
The goal, officials say privately, is to oust Maduro from power.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/17/u...
Where the U.S. Is Building Up Military Force in the Caribbean
www.nytimes.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Our AUKUS partner at work.
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Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.
ICE arrested comedian Robby Roadsteamer for singing a parody of Rod Stewart’s “Do Ya Think I’m Sexy” in a Jeffrey Epstein the Giraffe costume outside their facility.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
He sings “If you hate brown people / and you are a Nazi” and ICE thugs grab him and drag him into detention. No violence—just speech.
October 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Very straightforwardly detained by secret police for speech. I honestly don't know what establishment figures are telling themselves any more to avoid cognitive dissonance over this shit.
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Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
October 15, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Nobel Peace Prize recipient María Corina Machado appeared on Donald Trump Jr.’s podcast.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
She touted the oil reserves in Venezuela (the largest in the world) and vowed to privatize the oil industry to enable American corporations to exploit and profit from the country’s resources if she gains power.
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Rally at the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney where two Usyd Academics who have long campaigned for a #FreePalestine are facing a legal case of "antisemitism". @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social reinforced we must continue despite the intimidation otherwise justice is lost for all.
October 12, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Rally at the NSW Supreme Court in Sydney where two Usyd Academics who have long campaigned for a #FreePalestine are facing a legal case of "antisemitism". @mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social reinforced we must continue despite the intimidation otherwise justice is lost for all.
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Dr Lana Tatour refutes the legal case of supporting Palestinian freedom being antisemitism. The whole case of building a "racial" crime against a Israeli nationality is nonsense since the state of Israel does not itself recognize "Israeli" as a nationality, only the Jewish national category.
October 12, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Dr Lana Tatour refutes the legal case of supporting Palestinian freedom being antisemitism. The whole case of building a "racial" crime against a Israeli nationality is nonsense since the state of Israel does not itself recognize "Israeli" as a nationality, only the Jewish national category.
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NSW Secretary of the Australian academic union NTEU calls out the use of "antisemitism" to shut down free speech & inquiry in our universities & points out he real threat of far-right antisemitism is being ignored while the zionists pursue opponents of Israel's genocide.
October 12, 2025 at 10:25 PM
NSW Secretary of the Australian academic union NTEU calls out the use of "antisemitism" to shut down free speech & inquiry in our universities & points out he real threat of far-right antisemitism is being ignored while the zionists pursue opponents of Israel's genocide.
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Massive crowd in Melbourne/Naarm today (in case you thought this movement was going to be placated with more colonisation). Until the occupation ends. Until Western war criminals and their enablers face justice. Until Palestine is free.
October 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Massive crowd in Melbourne/Naarm today (in case you thought this movement was going to be placated with more colonisation). Until the occupation ends. Until Western war criminals and their enablers face justice. Until Palestine is free.
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Our client Dr Nick Riemer on the 18C case against him and his colleague Prof John Keane
Anti-Zionism on trial - ABC listen
University of Sydney academics Dr Nick Riemer and Professor John Keane will be facing the Federal Court on Monday 13th October after university colleagues made a complaint of anti-Semitism against the...
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October 12, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Our client Dr Nick Riemer on the 18C case against him and his colleague Prof John Keane
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This is why we must oppose AUKUS.
Here’s a primer on ‘primer.’
It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”
It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”
It’s pronounced ‘PRIMM-er’ if you mean “a small book” or “a short informative piece of writing.”
It’s pronounced ‘PRY-mer’ if you mean “an initial coat of paint.”
October 10, 2025 at 1:24 AM
This is why we must oppose AUKUS.
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Do you remember the deal @albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social did with the LNP remnants to establish a # NACC
…and how has that turned out?
Not hard to forecast the effect of a duopoly ‘deal’ on environmental protections (a political oxymoron)
#auspol
…and how has that turned out?
Not hard to forecast the effect of a duopoly ‘deal’ on environmental protections (a political oxymoron)
#auspol
I don’t know about you, but I’m a bit scared of any new ‘environment laws’ that Labor can get Matt Canavan and Andrew Hastie to vote for…I think they will be better described as ‘ how to build more mines faster laws’ www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...
Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws
Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...
www.abc.net.au
October 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Do you remember the deal @albomp.bsky.social and @australianlabor.bsky.social did with the LNP remnants to establish a # NACC
…and how has that turned out?
Not hard to forecast the effect of a duopoly ‘deal’ on environmental protections (a political oxymoron)
#auspol
…and how has that turned out?
Not hard to forecast the effect of a duopoly ‘deal’ on environmental protections (a political oxymoron)
#auspol
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Pretty giant fuck you to Greens and Teal voters, not to mention LEAN members in Labor. Apalling, but unsurprising.
Just so we’re clear: Labor is choosing to work with the worst possible party on environmental issues, instead of the Greens and teals who actually want environmental regulation.
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …
And Watt is already admitting it won’t have a climate trigger …
Watt nears deal with Coalition to finally overhaul environment laws
Environment Minister Murray Watt will sit down with his Liberal counterpart Angie Bell today, with quiet optimism in both parties that a deal might soon be struck to finally rewrite Australia's "broke...
www.abc.net.au
October 8, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Pretty giant fuck you to Greens and Teal voters, not to mention LEAN members in Labor. Apalling, but unsurprising.