@somethingtony.bsky.social
peering through a crack, rarely really funny. home is Australia. I like trees.
when I must, electrical engineering and software stuff. when I mustn't, kicking a ball.
when I must, electrical engineering and software stuff. when I mustn't, kicking a ball.
Pinned
a black dodge charger is doing a burnout on a road
ALT: a black dodge charger is doing a burnout on a road
media.tenor.com
his next tesla model is going to be coal fired
to get around the lack of emissions
to get around the lack of emissions
can someone please share the list of powerful people and celebrities who aren't known pedophiles. i just want to scribble down their names on a short notepad for reference
February 1, 2026 at 6:01 AM
can someone please share the list of powerful people and celebrities who aren't known pedophiles. i just want to scribble down their names on a short notepad for reference
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In a historic joint action, the Hind Rajab Foundation (HRF), the Jewish Council of Australia, and the Australian National Imams Council (ANIC), have lodged a formal legal complaint to have Israeli President Isaac Herzog arrested or barred from entering Australia.
January 31, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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"Life During Wartime" (1979) - Talking Heads - Live performance "Stop Making Sense" (1984) 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐬 - 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 - 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟒 - 𝟒𝐊 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 #talkingheads #stopmakingsense
YouTube video by Austech
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:21 PM
"Life During Wartime" (1979) - Talking Heads - Live performance "Stop Making Sense" (1984) 🎶🎧 #coffeebreak
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn62...
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Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
January 28, 2026 at 2:06 AM
Ilhan Omar is an American hero. www.nytimes.com/live/2026/01...
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The real Cartels: Meta, Amazon, Palantir, Spacex.
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 PM
The real Cartels: Meta, Amazon, Palantir, Spacex.
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It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
January 21, 2026 at 2:37 AM
It is important to acknowledge who is standing up and who is just trying to get by. Every day Americans are standing up while the powerful are mostly standing by.
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
Why aren't law firms standing up and sending lawyers to Minneapolis. Why aren't the corporations speaking out? Why isn't the media?
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Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
January 21, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Watch that. And then tell me how we replace Schumer with her
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Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. "The dark arts"
The dark arts - The Shot
The ideology of the Israel lobby in Australia is this - burn it to the ground rather than ever allow an opposing voice.
theshot.net.au
January 21, 2026 at 12:04 AM
Here's @ronnisalt.bsky.social. "The dark arts"
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My inbox has metastasised again to 118 newsletters dating back to mid-December, so I’ve only just got to read this surprisingly heartening essay by a university composition teacher on his surprising success with a return to all-analog, back-to-basics teaching:
The Kids Are Not Okay (With Tech)
Lessons from Teaching Analog | Welcome to The Wackpot
www.solarshades.club
January 18, 2026 at 9:24 AM
My inbox has metastasised again to 118 newsletters dating back to mid-December, so I’ve only just got to read this surprisingly heartening essay by a university composition teacher on his surprising success with a return to all-analog, back-to-basics teaching:
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The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2025 | Fiona Katauskas
The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2025 | Fiona Katauskas
From Trump hype to the new Four Horseman of the Apocalypse, revisit five of the best cartoons from Australian political cartoonist Fiona Katauskas
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See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here
Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2025 at 7:03 PM
The best of: Fiona Katauskas cartoons 2025 | Fiona Katauskas
a question
some brain study types may know
all my life (prior to movies/books eg groundhog day) i tend to reliably predict what will happen in the next few seconds
its useful sometimes but tiring
also i tend to think of close people just before some drama eg death
ps I've had 2 grand mal seizures
some brain study types may know
all my life (prior to movies/books eg groundhog day) i tend to reliably predict what will happen in the next few seconds
its useful sometimes but tiring
also i tend to think of close people just before some drama eg death
ps I've had 2 grand mal seizures
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 AM
a question
some brain study types may know
all my life (prior to movies/books eg groundhog day) i tend to reliably predict what will happen in the next few seconds
its useful sometimes but tiring
also i tend to think of close people just before some drama eg death
ps I've had 2 grand mal seizures
some brain study types may know
all my life (prior to movies/books eg groundhog day) i tend to reliably predict what will happen in the next few seconds
its useful sometimes but tiring
also i tend to think of close people just before some drama eg death
ps I've had 2 grand mal seizures
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Disgraceful.
No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: Labor approves extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf gas export project until 2070
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Disgraceful.
No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
No govt that actually cares about climate change would do this.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Killing people is wrong. Duh.
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
Charlie don't surf
The unconfusing death of a rightwing asshole
open.substack.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Killing people is wrong. Duh.
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
open.substack.com/pub/tdunlop/...
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Covered a ton of ground with @theanthonydavis.bsky.social for MeidasTouch’s The Weekend Show.
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/live/MafgMNz...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/live/MafgMNz...
LIVE: Dem Star FLIPS SCRIPT to END Trump Chaos | The Weekend Show
YouTube video by MeidasTouch
www.youtube.com
July 21, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Covered a ton of ground with @theanthonydavis.bsky.social for MeidasTouch’s The Weekend Show.
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/live/MafgMNz...
Check it out here: www.youtube.com/live/MafgMNz...
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Whatever you do, don’t repost this image. #Resist #NoKingsDay
June 18, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Whatever you do, don’t repost this image. #Resist #NoKingsDay
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Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt just tripled the area of native habitat that tax-shy gas company Arrow Energy can destroy!
When LNP's Greg Hunt approved this, he imposed "some of the strictest env conditions in Aus history"
Not so strict anymore...1/4
@australiainstitute.org.au
When LNP's Greg Hunt approved this, he imposed "some of the strictest env conditions in Aus history"
Not so strict anymore...1/4
@australiainstitute.org.au
June 18, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Oh look, Env Minister Murray Watt just tripled the area of native habitat that tax-shy gas company Arrow Energy can destroy!
When LNP's Greg Hunt approved this, he imposed "some of the strictest env conditions in Aus history"
Not so strict anymore...1/4
@australiainstitute.org.au
When LNP's Greg Hunt approved this, he imposed "some of the strictest env conditions in Aus history"
Not so strict anymore...1/4
@australiainstitute.org.au
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Recommended reading.
"You start your book with the story of the German man who refused to give the Nazi salute. What’s the difference between those who gave in to fear and those who didn’t? And what can we learn from them today?"
www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...
"You start your book with the story of the German man who refused to give the Nazi salute. What’s the difference between those who gave in to fear and those who didn’t? And what can we learn from them today?"
www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...
He once rebuked billionaires for not paying enough taxes. Now this historian says we need ‘moral ambition’ to fight tyranny | CNN
Historian Rutger Bregman argues in a new book that people should aspire to “moral ambition” — a mix of idealism and ruthless pragmatism — to make the world a better place.
www.cnn.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Recommended reading.
"You start your book with the story of the German man who refused to give the Nazi salute. What’s the difference between those who gave in to fear and those who didn’t? And what can we learn from them today?"
www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...
"You start your book with the story of the German man who refused to give the Nazi salute. What’s the difference between those who gave in to fear and those who didn’t? And what can we learn from them today?"
www.cnn.com/2025/06/14/u...
this is lovely
youtu.be/ibC8LJ0_dVA
youtu.be/ibC8LJ0_dVA
Mr Frosty and the BMX Kid
YouTube video by 100% Pure New Zealand
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 12:39 PM
this is lovely
youtu.be/ibC8LJ0_dVA
youtu.be/ibC8LJ0_dVA
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Great speech by Stella winner Michelle de Kretser discussing the censorship around Gaza. Deeply strange its contents were only reported by The Age. Neither ABC nor Guardian write ups of the event mention her powerful comments at all. stella.org.au/2025/05/mich...
Michelle de Kretser’s 2025 acceptance speech
stella.org.au
May 23, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Great speech by Stella winner Michelle de Kretser discussing the censorship around Gaza. Deeply strange its contents were only reported by The Age. Neither ABC nor Guardian write ups of the event mention her powerful comments at all. stella.org.au/2025/05/mich...