"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
December 18, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"We don't want to be Luddites --" brother, Luddites were opposed to bosses concentrating wealth by using technology to make inferior product with warehouses fulls of starving exploited child labor. You don't have to wear the team jersey but respect the game.
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 4:29 AM
The latest corrective services data is out today, and it points a horrific picture of the systemic racism in our judicial system #PointLive live.thepoint.com.au
With the American military adopting such pointlessly cruel and antagonistic anti-LGBTQ+ policies it’s good to see some other countries are taking the opposite approach.
November 26, 2025 at 10:14 PM
With the American military adopting such pointlessly cruel and antagonistic anti-LGBTQ+ policies it’s good to see some other countries are taking the opposite approach.
@bcmerchant.bsky.social's recent book Blood in the Machine was an engaging history of the Luddite movement, fighting to distribute the benefits of industrialization more widely rather than concentrating them in the hands of capital owners.
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
@bcmerchant.bsky.social's recent book Blood in the Machine was an engaging history of the Luddite movement, fighting to distribute the benefits of industrialization more widely rather than concentrating them in the hands of capital owners.
Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
New York assemblyman Zohran Mamdani confronts Border Czar Tom Homan today in Albany 👇🏻
November 5, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Zohran Mamdani was the first mayoral candidate and Democratic official to stand up to the Trump administration over the arrest and disappearance of Mahmoud Khalil, which he saw as a violation of the First Amendment.
The thing is, this has been going on for 15,000 years. Mammoths walked north america just 5,000 years ago. Birds used to darken the sky. Buffalo the ground. Shoals of fish so numerous you could pluck them out of the water. If we stop it, it will be for the first time in 15,000 years.
The thing is, this has been going on for 15,000 years. Mammoths walked north america just 5,000 years ago. Birds used to darken the sky. Buffalo the ground. Shoals of fish so numerous you could pluck them out of the water. If we stop it, it will be for the first time in 15,000 years.
This has been one of my holy grails. I knew Rob was working on something big, and thought it might be this, but I did not suspect he found the whole playable game. One of the first games in Norwegian and one of the first Tolkien games.
The second article is about the almost mythical Tolkien-inspired text adventure Ringen. It turns out almost everything previously "known" about this game was wrong. We have the full story, and a playable version of the game.
This has been one of my holy grails. I knew Rob was working on something big, and thought it might be this, but I did not suspect he found the whole playable game. One of the first games in Norwegian and one of the first Tolkien games.
When I was a kid people said I was "gifted" and then when I was a teenager they were like "why are you wasting your gift" and now I think they're just happy I wear pants
June 8, 2025 at 7:55 PM
When I was a kid people said I was "gifted" and then when I was a teenager they were like "why are you wasting your gift" and now I think they're just happy I wear pants
the only way we were getting action on climate change was with a minority ALP govt in coalition with the greens. As soon as that chance dies we are all fucked.
April 18, 2025 at 9:54 PM
the only way we were getting action on climate change was with a minority ALP govt in coalition with the greens. As soon as that chance dies we are all fucked.
I feel pretty confident if you're using the term "pax americana" earnestly, rather than the sarcastic barb it's meant to be, you need to log the hell off and spend some time touching the grass growing over the landmines of Cambodia and Laos.
March 23, 2025 at 4:46 AM
I feel pretty confident if you're using the term "pax americana" earnestly, rather than the sarcastic barb it's meant to be, you need to log the hell off and spend some time touching the grass growing over the landmines of Cambodia and Laos.