Alexander J Richardson
@alexjosh.bsky.social
lawyer ⚖️ unionist ✊🏼 author ✍🏼 #auspol 🇦🇺 america 🇺🇸 utilitarian leftist 🌍 anti-establishment 🏛️ criminal justice 🚨 lgbt 🏳️🌈 broke millennial 💸 cats 🐈 film 🎥 tennis 🎾 f1 🏎️ nrl 🏉 brat 😈
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1/ BREAKING: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck 202 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands, at a depth of 33 km. For comparison, the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake was a magnitude 9.1–9.3 at a similar depth of 30 km.
February 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
1/ BREAKING: A 6.7 magnitude earthquake struck 202 km SW of George Town, Cayman Islands, at a depth of 33 km. For comparison, the 2004 Boxing Day earthquake was a magnitude 9.1–9.3 at a similar depth of 30 km.
1/10
Novak Djokovic withdrew from his match at the Australian Open due to injury, greeted by boos from the crowd. Perhaps some were disappointed. Or maybe, just maybe, it reflects Australia’s deep-seated dislike for him—a resentment he’s earned.
Novak Djokovic withdrew from his match at the Australian Open due to injury, greeted by boos from the crowd. Perhaps some were disappointed. Or maybe, just maybe, it reflects Australia’s deep-seated dislike for him—a resentment he’s earned.
January 25, 2025 at 12:49 AM
1/10
Novak Djokovic withdrew from his match at the Australian Open due to injury, greeted by boos from the crowd. Perhaps some were disappointed. Or maybe, just maybe, it reflects Australia’s deep-seated dislike for him—a resentment he’s earned.
Novak Djokovic withdrew from his match at the Australian Open due to injury, greeted by boos from the crowd. Perhaps some were disappointed. Or maybe, just maybe, it reflects Australia’s deep-seated dislike for him—a resentment he’s earned.
Love him, but Alex de Minaurs stats show he is WAY out of his league. His first serve average for the tournament ended up at 49.7%.
14.4% lower than anyone else who made the quarters. He should take 3 months off to work exclusively on his serve.
14.4% lower than anyone else who made the quarters. He should take 3 months off to work exclusively on his serve.
January 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Love him, but Alex de Minaurs stats show he is WAY out of his league. His first serve average for the tournament ended up at 49.7%.
14.4% lower than anyone else who made the quarters. He should take 3 months off to work exclusively on his serve.
14.4% lower than anyone else who made the quarters. He should take 3 months off to work exclusively on his serve.
No one’s won the #AusOpen with a less than 60% first serve rate since Djokovic in 2015 with 59%. The champion average rate is 70%.
di Minaur is averaging 49%. It is, objectively abysmal. Compare to the remaining seven:
Zverev 72%
Djokovic 65%
Shelton 65%
Paul 64%
Sonego 63%
Alcaraz 62%
Sinner 59%
di Minaur is averaging 49%. It is, objectively abysmal. Compare to the remaining seven:
Zverev 72%
Djokovic 65%
Shelton 65%
Paul 64%
Sonego 63%
Alcaraz 62%
Sinner 59%
January 20, 2025 at 11:49 AM
No one’s won the #AusOpen with a less than 60% first serve rate since Djokovic in 2015 with 59%. The champion average rate is 70%.
di Minaur is averaging 49%. It is, objectively abysmal. Compare to the remaining seven:
Zverev 72%
Djokovic 65%
Shelton 65%
Paul 64%
Sonego 63%
Alcaraz 62%
Sinner 59%
di Minaur is averaging 49%. It is, objectively abysmal. Compare to the remaining seven:
Zverev 72%
Djokovic 65%
Shelton 65%
Paul 64%
Sonego 63%
Alcaraz 62%
Sinner 59%
1/20
Doesn’t something just feel off? Like we’re all living in a rigged game, pretending it’s normal even though everyone knows it isn’t? That feeling has a name: hypernormalisation. And TikTok going dark in the U.S. is the latest chapter in this surreal story. A 🧵:
Doesn’t something just feel off? Like we’re all living in a rigged game, pretending it’s normal even though everyone knows it isn’t? That feeling has a name: hypernormalisation. And TikTok going dark in the U.S. is the latest chapter in this surreal story. A 🧵:
January 19, 2025 at 11:36 AM
1/20
Doesn’t something just feel off? Like we’re all living in a rigged game, pretending it’s normal even though everyone knows it isn’t? That feeling has a name: hypernormalisation. And TikTok going dark in the U.S. is the latest chapter in this surreal story. A 🧵:
Doesn’t something just feel off? Like we’re all living in a rigged game, pretending it’s normal even though everyone knows it isn’t? That feeling has a name: hypernormalisation. And TikTok going dark in the U.S. is the latest chapter in this surreal story. A 🧵:
🚨 Breaking News: Luigi Mangione has been charged with started the Los Angeles fires that have destroyed multiple billionaires homes.
‼️ Found sitting in the prison yard with a lighter, the FBI contends the evidence is overwhelming.
‼️ Found sitting in the prison yard with a lighter, the FBI contends the evidence is overwhelming.
January 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🚨 Breaking News: Luigi Mangione has been charged with started the Los Angeles fires that have destroyed multiple billionaires homes.
‼️ Found sitting in the prison yard with a lighter, the FBI contends the evidence is overwhelming.
‼️ Found sitting in the prison yard with a lighter, the FBI contends the evidence is overwhelming.
Nothing says ‘market-based solutions to climate change’ like a McDonald’s special on flame-grilled palm trees.
January 9, 2025 at 4:33 AM
Nothing says ‘market-based solutions to climate change’ like a McDonald’s special on flame-grilled palm trees.
So, #ARealPain was sadly, a big disappointment. A film trying so hard to not be political, it rendered itself totally irrelevant.
Read my review on @letterboxd.social 📽️
Read my review on @letterboxd.social 📽️
A ★★ review of A Real Pain (2024)
A Real Pain wants to explore trauma, Jewish identity, and the weight of history, but it’s a film that fumbles every step of the way. Its core—two cousins, David (Eisenberg) and Benji (Kieran Culkin), ...
boxd.it
January 3, 2025 at 2:30 PM
So, #ARealPain was sadly, a big disappointment. A film trying so hard to not be political, it rendered itself totally irrelevant.
Read my review on @letterboxd.social 📽️
Read my review on @letterboxd.social 📽️
January 3, 2025 at 4:18 AM
A quick equation for 2025.
❌ Kill the subs.
🟰
↗️ Raise the rate.
📝 Wipe student debt.
🏙️ Cap rent.
🏡 Build homes.
👷🏽♀️ Safe work.
🏥 Bulk bill.
📡 Innovate.
🇦🇺 Australian made.
#auspol
❌ Kill the subs.
🟰
↗️ Raise the rate.
📝 Wipe student debt.
🏙️ Cap rent.
🏡 Build homes.
👷🏽♀️ Safe work.
🏥 Bulk bill.
📡 Innovate.
🇦🇺 Australian made.
#auspol
January 3, 2025 at 1:50 AM
A quick equation for 2025.
❌ Kill the subs.
🟰
↗️ Raise the rate.
📝 Wipe student debt.
🏙️ Cap rent.
🏡 Build homes.
👷🏽♀️ Safe work.
🏥 Bulk bill.
📡 Innovate.
🇦🇺 Australian made.
#auspol
❌ Kill the subs.
🟰
↗️ Raise the rate.
📝 Wipe student debt.
🏙️ Cap rent.
🏡 Build homes.
👷🏽♀️ Safe work.
🏥 Bulk bill.
📡 Innovate.
🇦🇺 Australian made.
#auspol
#DuneProphecy is PEAK television. But only six episodes? Honestly. This is just getting silly.
December 23, 2024 at 12:53 PM
#DuneProphecy is PEAK television. But only six episodes? Honestly. This is just getting silly.
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Indeed @janecaro.bsky.social I wrote this piece prior to #BlackSummer 🔥🔥 #ClimateCrisis means more Black Summers !! FFS theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Climate change is poised to deliver more Black Saturdays in decades to come
Black Saturday in 2009 was Australia’s worst bushfire tragedy. But climate projections predict more bushfire danger in the future, threatening our water supplies as well as homes.
theconversation.com
December 23, 2024 at 9:02 AM
Indeed @janecaro.bsky.social I wrote this piece prior to #BlackSummer 🔥🔥 #ClimateCrisis means more Black Summers !! FFS theconversation.com/climate-chan...
Reposted by Alexander J Richardson
I cannot imagine a world without Sesame Street.
Grover. Bert. Ernie. Big Bird. Oscar. Snuffleupagus. Cookie Monster. The Count. Harry. Telly.
I think for many of us these are characters who exist somewhere between fantasy and reality, as they were there for us daily as we formed our sense of self.
Grover. Bert. Ernie. Big Bird. Oscar. Snuffleupagus. Cookie Monster. The Count. Harry. Telly.
I think for many of us these are characters who exist somewhere between fantasy and reality, as they were there for us daily as we formed our sense of self.
Inside ‘Sesame Street’ as it fights to survive
Go behind the scenes as “Sesame Street” takes on the emotional health of children — and, with an HBO deal ending, the health of the show itself.
www.washingtonpost.com
December 22, 2024 at 10:00 PM
I cannot imagine a world without Sesame Street.
Grover. Bert. Ernie. Big Bird. Oscar. Snuffleupagus. Cookie Monster. The Count. Harry. Telly.
I think for many of us these are characters who exist somewhere between fantasy and reality, as they were there for us daily as we formed our sense of self.
Grover. Bert. Ernie. Big Bird. Oscar. Snuffleupagus. Cookie Monster. The Count. Harry. Telly.
I think for many of us these are characters who exist somewhere between fantasy and reality, as they were there for us daily as we formed our sense of self.
1/ A man has set fire and killed a sleeping woman on the New York subway. Will a national manhunt ensue? If caught, will he be charged with terrorism, face the death penalty? Flown by helicopter to prison, guarded by 2 dozen highly armed soldiers?
December 23, 2024 at 12:14 AM
1/ A man has set fire and killed a sleeping woman on the New York subway. Will a national manhunt ensue? If caught, will he be charged with terrorism, face the death penalty? Flown by helicopter to prison, guarded by 2 dozen highly armed soldiers?
Reposted by Alexander J Richardson
Labor's policy to confiscate mobile phones from people in immigration detention centres is spitefully inhumane. Shame on you, Labor. We know not to expect much from you on immigration policy these days but this is positively Morrisonian.
November 27, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Labor's policy to confiscate mobile phones from people in immigration detention centres is spitefully inhumane. Shame on you, Labor. We know not to expect much from you on immigration policy these days but this is positively Morrisonian.
Reposted by Alexander J Richardson
Ok everyone, be careful out there today
November 21, 2024 at 12:50 PM
Ok everyone, be careful out there today
Gross. Yet Australia preaches holy about trophy hunters and poachers in Africa. What hypocrisy.
Largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland control program was pregnant with four pups
Largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland control program was pregnant with four pups
Female almost the length of a shipping container was found dead on a drumline in August, primary industries department has revealed
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The largest great white shark ever caught in Queensland’s shark control program died while pregnant with four pups, the primary industries department has revealed.
A female white shark was found dead on a shark-catching drumline near Gladstone in August. Queensland’s Department of Primary Industries took samples for research purposes and has been collaborating with researchers interstate, a spokesperson said.
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November 25, 2024 at 10:17 AM
Gross. Yet Australia preaches holy about trophy hunters and poachers in Africa. What hypocrisy.
Okay #DuneProphecy I love you, but hear me out, if you’re only gonna drop each week, I’m gonna need a “previously on” recap at the beginning of episode please.
November 25, 2024 at 6:55 AM
Okay #DuneProphecy I love you, but hear me out, if you’re only gonna drop each week, I’m gonna need a “previously on” recap at the beginning of episode please.
1/ The debate around Cynthia Erivo vs. Ariana Grande’s pay for #Wicked is bizarre. Star power isn’t just talent—it’s about box office draw, audience reach, and financial risk. Let’s take a closer look and see if there are any other examples 🧵:
a woman in a pink dress is hugging a woman with green face
ALT: a woman in a pink dress is hugging a woman with green face
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 9:45 AM
1/ The debate around Cynthia Erivo vs. Ariana Grande’s pay for #Wicked is bizarre. Star power isn’t just talent—it’s about box office draw, audience reach, and financial risk. Let’s take a closer look and see if there are any other examples 🧵:
Ariana, who already showered us with her existential wisdom long ago when she licked that donut and proclaimed, ‘I hate America’ proves herself truly a prophet and an icon of our times 📽️ boxd.it/7T1tbF
A ★★★★½ review of Wicked (2024)
Wicked (Pt 1) This isn’t just a movie—it’s an experience. From the moment the screen flickers to life, you’re swept into a world so rich with magic and emotion, it’s impossible not to be taken along f...
boxd.it
November 24, 2024 at 7:43 AM
Ariana, who already showered us with her existential wisdom long ago when she licked that donut and proclaimed, ‘I hate America’ proves herself truly a prophet and an icon of our times 📽️ boxd.it/7T1tbF
Congrats to #SergioPerez for another spectacularly mediocre performance.
November 24, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Congrats to #SergioPerez for another spectacularly mediocre performance.
Congrats to #Verstappen — now a 3 time world champion 🥱😴
November 24, 2024 at 7:29 AM
Congrats to #Verstappen — now a 3 time world champion 🥱😴
Urghhh, just when I thought the #LasVegasGP couldn’t get any worse, #SylvesterStallone is waving the chequered flag 🏁
What a fucking snooze.
What a fucking snooze.
November 24, 2024 at 7:27 AM
Urghhh, just when I thought the #LasVegasGP couldn’t get any worse, #SylvesterStallone is waving the chequered flag 🏁
What a fucking snooze.
What a fucking snooze.
#ArianaGrande — already a legend after showering us with her existential wisdom long ago after licking that donut and proclaiming, “I hate America” (truly a prophet ahead of her time), has seemingly done it again #Wicked
a man and woman are sitting at a table with a tray of donuts on it
ALT: a man and woman are sitting at a table with a tray of donuts on it
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2024 at 12:33 AM
#ArianaGrande — already a legend after showering us with her existential wisdom long ago after licking that donut and proclaiming, “I hate America” (truly a prophet ahead of her time), has seemingly done it again #Wicked