Tom Swann
@tomswann.bsky.social
Don't worry, everything can always get worse.
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amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
January 5, 2026 at 6:50 AM
amazing how the entire machine can pivot within 24 hours. no need to slowly upsell the argument; just issue new marching orders
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Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
January 4, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Literally a publication for eight-year olds 40 years ago
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Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the US crossed an 'unacceptable line' following attacks on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.
January 4, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva says the US crossed an 'unacceptable line' following attacks on Venezuela and the capture of its president, Nicolas Maduro.
TOM HOLLAND: so it turns out that, in a sense, being not Christian, is in fact, deeply Christian!
January 3, 2026 at 7:12 AM
TOM HOLLAND: so it turns out that, in a sense, being not Christian, is in fact, deeply Christian!
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It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
January 2, 2026 at 2:03 AM
It’s too late, I have already portrayed myself as Chortling Bernie and you as Seething Eric Adams
I need to know if this is the same crappy beige puffer jacket from Trump's first inauguration
On the steps of City Hall, the new mayor was introduced by AOC & ceremonially sworn in by Sen Bernie Sanders.
Mamdani: “I’ve long been interested in politics, and yet it took Sanders 2016 run for me to understand how to describe my own politics. And that was as a democratic socialist."
Mamdani: “I’ve long been interested in politics, and yet it took Sanders 2016 run for me to understand how to describe my own politics. And that was as a democratic socialist."
Bernie Sanders ceremoniously swears in Zohran Mamdani at inauguration; Full speech
YouTube video by Eyewitness News ABC7NY
youtu.be
January 2, 2026 at 4:05 AM
I need to know if this is the same crappy beige puffer jacket from Trump's first inauguration
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day one in mamdani’s new york
January 1, 2026 at 5:10 PM
day one in mamdani’s new york
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Time to dust off the @andrewdessler.com letter again, inserting 2025 …
(2025 : Australia 4th warmest year on record, Globe likely 2nd or 3rd warmest)
(2025 : Australia 4th warmest year on record, Globe likely 2nd or 3rd warmest)
January 1, 2026 at 9:41 AM
Time to dust off the @andrewdessler.com letter again, inserting 2025 …
(2025 : Australia 4th warmest year on record, Globe likely 2nd or 3rd warmest)
(2025 : Australia 4th warmest year on record, Globe likely 2nd or 3rd warmest)
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Jack Smith, the former Justice Department special counsel who brought two now-dropped criminal cases against Trump, said that the Republican had acknowledged to others that he lost the 2020 election against former President Joe Biden, according to a transcript of a testimony by Smith.
Jack Smith says Trump acknowledged to others that he lost 2020 election
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee released 255 pages of transcript, opens new tab from Smith's testimony in mid-December.
www.reuters.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:14 PM
Jack Smith, the former Justice Department special counsel who brought two now-dropped criminal cases against Trump, said that the Republican had acknowledged to others that he lost the 2020 election against former President Joe Biden, according to a transcript of a testimony by Smith.
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Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
The Most Efficient Traveler Isn’t a Bird or a Fish—It’s You on a Bike
A famous graphic, now updated, compares locomotion in the animal kingdom
www.scientificamerican.com
December 31, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Remember this one? “Humans aren’t very efficient movers—until you put us on a bicycle, when we become some of the most energy-efficient land travelers in the animal kingdom.” Proven science via Scientific American @sciam.bsky.social #CityMakingMath
Pedestrians are not "road deaths" they are people killed by people driving cars
“While our population has increased by about 6% over this five-year period, our road deaths have gone up by 18.5%”
eng.unimelb.edu.au/ingenium/aus...
eng.unimelb.edu.au/ingenium/aus...
Australian roads are getting deadlier - pedestrians and males are among those at greater risk
Australian roads are getting deadlier - pedestrians and males are among those at greater risk
eng.unimelb.edu.au
December 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Pedestrians are not "road deaths" they are people killed by people driving cars
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While the media continues to whip up a frenzy over a royal commission into the Bondi attack, the chief of staff to Chris Minns fought a summons to appear to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry to answer questions about the Dural carvan hoax -- and won. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
NSW Parliament powerless to force witnesses to front inquiries
The president of the NSW Legislative Council says he will not try to overturn a decision to strike down laws that purportedly allowed witnesses to be arrested for failing to appear.
www.abc.net.au
December 30, 2025 at 12:24 AM
While the media continues to whip up a frenzy over a royal commission into the Bondi attack, the chief of staff to Chris Minns fought a summons to appear to a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry to answer questions about the Dural carvan hoax -- and won. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Things are popping off in the twilight struggle mini tournament group chat
December 30, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Things are popping off in the twilight struggle mini tournament group chat
The best music for "it's all ok, at least not all fucked, at least not so fucked that you can't sleep" is Stars of the Lid. This is one of their two best albums. By far my highest listened artist.
starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-ti...
starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-ti...
The Tired Sounds of, by Stars of the Lid
19 track album
starsofthelid.bandcamp.com
December 28, 2025 at 1:07 PM
The best music for "it's all ok, at least not all fucked, at least not so fucked that you can't sleep" is Stars of the Lid. This is one of their two best albums. By far my highest listened artist.
starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-ti...
starsofthelid.bandcamp.com/album/the-ti...
Productivity Commission proposes sky line towers in Hunters Hill.
Aust Productivity Comm’s numbers are fanciful if not entirely fictional!
There is no ‘zero cost of regulation’ to start with, so how can these numbers have any basis in reality?
Structural design, accessibility, environment, planning-are all types of regulation.
What would you want to omit?
There is no ‘zero cost of regulation’ to start with, so how can these numbers have any basis in reality?
Structural design, accessibility, environment, planning-are all types of regulation.
What would you want to omit?
December 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Productivity Commission proposes sky line towers in Hunters Hill.
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All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Corruption so pungent, it wafts right off the page:
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Lobbyists who do pardon deals “say their going rate is $1 million. Pardon-seekers have offered some lobbyists close to the president success fees of as much as $6 million if they can close the deal.”
Gift link www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Inside the New Fast Track to a Presidential Pardon
Even some of the president’s closest advisers have been surprised by a number of the recent series of pardons.
www.wsj.com
December 27, 2025 at 9:24 PM
All of the money that changed hands in the Teapot Dome scandal totaled less than $10 million after adjusting for inflation, and it was considered so corrupt we still teach it in high school government classes a century later.
Haven't seen the news but can immediately tell what's happened and also how it will go. At least in NSW. In the NT they love this shit
Please don’t give civilians guns. Please don’t selectively give paramilitary groups guns either
December 28, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Haven't seen the news but can immediately tell what's happened and also how it will go. At least in NSW. In the NT they love this shit
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SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
Pedestrian fatalities reach 17-year-high. This trend could be why
Fifty-one pedestrians had been killed on the state’s roads this year as of Saturday – the most in any calendar year since 2008.
www.theage.com.au
December 27, 2025 at 9:30 PM
SUVs and big Utes "are 44 per cent more likely to kill an adult pedestrian or cyclist in a crash compared with a sedan, and 82 per cent more likely to kill a child" www.theage.com.au/national/vic...
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Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “2025 has been tough for all of us, but don’t worry, next year will be much worse.”
December 24, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Italy Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni: “2025 has been tough for all of us, but don’t worry, next year will be much worse.”
Thinking about dropping out to become a board game designer/ philosophy PhD/ bike lane activist
December 23, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Thinking about dropping out to become a board game designer/ philosophy PhD/ bike lane activist
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DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
December 23, 2025 at 6:03 AM
DOJ briefly uploaded this letter from Jeff Epstein to serial child molester Larry Nassar:
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
"Our president shares our love of young, nubile girls. When a young beauty walked by he loved to 'grab snatch,' whereas we ended up snatching grub in the mess halls of the system."
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Gas reservation on new gas only🤦♂️! A 0% domestic reserve on massive amounts of existing gas and a 25% reserve on tiny amounts of new gas won’t do anything for electricity prices. A big win for the gas cartel. A massive loss for Aussies. #fail #auspol
Government announces domestic gas reservation scheme in bid to lower costs
Chris Bowen makes a long-anticipated announcement about reserving a portion of gas on the east coast for domestic use after a cabinet meeting.
www.abc.net.au
December 22, 2025 at 6:08 AM
There are very many quotes from current Israeli ministers that if spoken in public would put you at risk of being arrested for a hate crime.
It must not be a crime to protest peacefully against their policy.
It must not be a crime to protest peacefully against their policy.
December 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
There are very many quotes from current Israeli ministers that if spoken in public would put you at risk of being arrested for a hate crime.
It must not be a crime to protest peacefully against their policy.
It must not be a crime to protest peacefully against their policy.
Remembering the time when a white far right Australian shot heaps of people in a mosque in NZ and it led to a royal commission and a national reckoning about fascists and islamophobia.
December 22, 2025 at 7:24 AM
Remembering the time when a white far right Australian shot heaps of people in a mosque in NZ and it led to a royal commission and a national reckoning about fascists and islamophobia.
