Tim Dunlop
@timdunlop.bsky.social
Writer in Melbourne, Australia
Author of 4 books on media, politics, technology and work
Advocate for bottom-up democracy beyond the two-party system
https://tdunlop.substack.com/
Author of 4 books on media, politics, technology and work
Advocate for bottom-up democracy beyond the two-party system
https://tdunlop.substack.com/
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Tim Dunlop
@timdunlop.bsky.social
· May 3
Can we just spare a thought, too, for the official end of News Corp as a political force. No one outside an aging political class pays any attention to them.
Legacy and social media hot takes have trained a generation of people to think expressing pure outrage at politicians breaking laws and norms is somehow naive and unserious.
January 4, 2026 at 1:53 AM
Legacy and social media hot takes have trained a generation of people to think expressing pure outrage at politicians breaking laws and norms is somehow naive and unserious.
“In today’s fun reenactment of World War II, the part of Adolf Hitler will be played by Donald Trump, Venezuela will play the Sudetenland, while the role of Neville Chamberlain will be played by every other fucking leader in the world.”
January 4, 2026 at 12:21 AM
“In today’s fun reenactment of World War II, the part of Adolf Hitler will be played by Donald Trump, Venezuela will play the Sudetenland, while the role of Neville Chamberlain will be played by every other fucking leader in the world.”
Incredible how quickly Trump's insane criminality, now playing out in Venezuela, is transformed by 'serious people' into an 'oh well', like it's justifiable to invade other countries and kidnap their leaders. If our govt offers anything but outright condemnation, we have lost the plot.
January 3, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Incredible how quickly Trump's insane criminality, now playing out in Venezuela, is transformed by 'serious people' into an 'oh well', like it's justifiable to invade other countries and kidnap their leaders. If our govt offers anything but outright condemnation, we have lost the plot.
“This invasion means peace in our time.”
January 3, 2026 at 11:26 AM
“This invasion means peace in our time.”
Pretty sure Mariah Carey thinks there shouldn't be a Royal Commission
January 2, 2026 at 3:38 AM
Pretty sure Mariah Carey thinks there shouldn't be a Royal Commission
"We live inside a billionaire-operated media landscape where every little & big thing that happens is part of a struggle to shape what we think & how we act and most of the time we don’t realise how we are being played. And look, even realising it doesn’t help."
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tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
In your heart of hearts, you know this wrong
So what?
tdunlop.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:35 AM
"We live inside a billionaire-operated media landscape where every little & big thing that happens is part of a struggle to shape what we think & how we act and most of the time we don’t realise how we are being played. And look, even realising it doesn’t help."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
tdunlop.substack.com/p/in-your-he...
There should be a law keeping Chris Minns off social media. He seems incredibly vulnerable to going down certain rabbit holes and coming up with stupid ideas.
December 29, 2025 at 1:57 AM
There should be a law keeping Chris Minns off social media. He seems incredibly vulnerable to going down certain rabbit holes and coming up with stupid ideas.
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December 23, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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After seeing Ley’s atrocious rant today, it is as well to remember this is the party John Howard destroyed projecting internal division out into the world. It’s ugly and dangerous, aided and abetted by an equally broken media, but it isn’t winning them any friends.
December 22, 2025 at 10:03 AM
After seeing Ley’s atrocious rant today, it is as well to remember this is the party John Howard destroyed projecting internal division out into the world. It’s ugly and dangerous, aided and abetted by an equally broken media, but it isn’t winning them any friends.
I see Australia’s cultural warriors, in and outside the mainstream media, are currently covering themselves in glory and not at all exploiting tragedy for ideological gain. Their commitment to social cohesion is inspiring.
(Honestly, we are SO badly served.)
(Honestly, we are SO badly served.)
December 16, 2025 at 3:17 AM
I see Australia’s cultural warriors, in and outside the mainstream media, are currently covering themselves in glory and not at all exploiting tragedy for ideological gain. Their commitment to social cohesion is inspiring.
(Honestly, we are SO badly served.)
(Honestly, we are SO badly served.)
Incredible! Most chimney sweeps don’t live that long.
Finally, it’s official: Happy 100th birthday, Dick Van Dyke!
December 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Incredible! Most chimney sweeps don’t live that long.
"I've shifted position on this a little. At first I was completely dismissive, worried about the role of US anxiety entrepreneur, Jonathan Haidt, and the self-serving campaign run by News Corp based on his ‘work’. But it's more important than that."
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The road to hell is paved with good inventions
Moral hygiene in the age of social media and a plea for better democratic engagement
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December 13, 2025 at 2:17 AM
"I've shifted position on this a little. At first I was completely dismissive, worried about the role of US anxiety entrepreneur, Jonathan Haidt, and the self-serving campaign run by News Corp based on his ‘work’. But it's more important than that."
tdunlop.substack.com/p/the-road-t...
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You'd normally have to go to the coincidence factory to see a coincidence that perfect.
Scoop: the pro-teen social media ban lobby group 36 Months was funded & co-staffed by its co-founder's ad production firm that was simultaneously making gambling ads
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
The federal government has ignored calls for a gambling ad ban while pursuing the social media ban.
www.crikey.com.au/20...
December 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
You'd normally have to go to the coincidence factory to see a coincidence that perfect.
I’ll be disappointed in the market if you can’t already buy a clean social media record to enter the US in the same way you can buy clean piss for a drug test.
December 11, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I’ll be disappointed in the market if you can’t already buy a clean social media record to enter the US in the same way you can buy clean piss for a drug test.
If I ever get to play against Carlos Alcaraz, I’m going to say this
Brendon McCullum says England may have trained too hard before the Gabba Test 🗣️
December 7, 2025 at 12:15 PM
If I ever get to play against Carlos Alcaraz, I’m going to say this
We are governed by bloodsucking, technocratic morons. more technofuedal enshittification from the incrementalist in chief.
EXCLUSIVE: Funding and support plans for national disability insurance scheme participants will be generated by a computer program and staff will have no discretion to amend them, under a major overhaul of the NDIS to be rolled out next year, @australia.theguardian.com can reveal.
December 3, 2025 at 5:03 AM
We are governed by bloodsucking, technocratic morons. more technofuedal enshittification from the incrementalist in chief.
Laughs in politician, woman, LGBTQ+ people, Muslim, young person, Indigenous person, blogger, cyclist, asylum
seekers….
seekers….
December 1, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Laughs in politician, woman, LGBTQ+ people, Muslim, young person, Indigenous person, blogger, cyclist, asylum
seekers….
seekers….
As threats go, this is up there with Hannibal Lecter saying he wouldn't invite you to dinner.
November 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
As threats go, this is up there with Hannibal Lecter saying he wouldn't invite you to dinner.
Let them cook cake
France’s far-right leader hit by egg, days after flour attack
French far-right leader hit on the head with an egg
Jordan Bardella, leader of France’s far-right National Rally party, was hit on the head with an egg Saturday, just days after another incident in which a protester threw flour at him.
www.ctvnews.ca
November 30, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Let them cook cake
“Clown denies circus rumors as he pops on rainbow wig and red nose.”
"Joyce has said he didn’t want the circus. But in timing his decision like this, still leaving open his political future, he’s clearly still enjoying being the ring leader and simultaneously selling tickets to the show."
Despite claiming he doesn’t want a circus, Barnaby Joyce’s actions show he likes life under the big top | Josh Butler
In confirming his departure from the Nationals weeks after telling supporters of his intent, Joyce is continuing the will-they-or-won’t-they soap opera with One Nation
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:36 AM
“Clown denies circus rumors as he pops on rainbow wig and red nose.”
No doubt about it, she is very insightful.
November 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
No doubt about it, she is very insightful.
There’ll be a lot of dead whales washing up on the beaches
Will the social media ban be like shark nets?
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
They make people feel better - and politicians can say ‘look what we did to protect you’ - but really they don’t work, may make the issue worse - & stop real solutions being found & implemented 🤔🤔 #auspol
November 25, 2025 at 6:44 AM
There’ll be a lot of dead whales washing up on the beaches
Another Labor obscenity.
New: 100+ legal experts, welfare groups & academics demand the Minister bin an amendment, allowing police to cancel welfare payments for people who have not been found guilty of any crime
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
@tanyaplibersekmp.bsky.social is trying to ram this amendment through today
Read more: archive.is/UHu9J
November 24, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Another Labor obscenity.
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Oh hey! I was in Europe in the middle of the year touring with one of my bands, Black Aleph.
Here's a lovely video of us performing in Paris:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMH5...
Here's a lovely video of us performing in Paris:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMH5...
Black Aleph - Return (live in Paris 2025)
YouTube video by Art As Catharsis
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November 19, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Oh hey! I was in Europe in the middle of the year touring with one of my bands, Black Aleph.
Here's a lovely video of us performing in Paris:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMH5...
Here's a lovely video of us performing in Paris:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMH5...
Incrementalism for progressive reform; pedal to the metal on neoliberal bastardry.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Government playing down impact of CSIRO job cuts
The prime minister, when in opposition, accused the Coalition of "hollowing out" the CSIRO. Now, following the announcement 350 research positions at the organisation will be cut, he is being accused ...
www.abc.net.au
November 20, 2025 at 12:19 AM
Incrementalism for progressive reform; pedal to the metal on neoliberal bastardry.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...