Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
If you know him and care, message and ask if he can smell burnt toast.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
If you know him and care, message and ask if he can smell burnt toast.
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a “Space Force”, if you will
November 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
a “Space Force”, if you will
In French, 'moral clarity' is 'petit dejeuner' in this essay I will........
I love writing one single article over and over again every month
November 14, 2025 at 5:08 AM
In French, 'moral clarity' is 'petit dejeuner' in this essay I will........
I'm a long term 5-6 hours kinda dude and this is not good. Nobody except a (for eg) merchant navy officer or a nurse on a real union night shift roster has made a good decision at 3am.
Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance
Two hours a night: Japan PM’s sleep schedule prompts concerns about work-life balance
Takaichi caused a stir last week after she summoned aides to her office for a 3am meeting to prepare for a budget committee hearing
Japan’s prime minister, Sanae Takaichi, has said she gets by on just two to four hours sleep a night – prompting concern over her commitment to a better work-life balance among the country’s fatigued employees.
Pointing to the bags beneath her eyes, Takaichi told MPs that she survives on minimal sleep – a habit she shares with her political hero Margaret Thatcher – after being asked how she would tackle Japan’s notoriously long working hours. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:57 AM
I'm a long term 5-6 hours kinda dude and this is not good. Nobody except a (for eg) merchant navy officer or a nurse on a real union night shift roster has made a good decision at 3am.
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It took me three reads before I realised that says Tehan and not Tehran.
November 14, 2025 at 4:42 AM
It took me three reads before I realised that says Tehan and not Tehran.
Reading TCW's prose is like swimming in cold gravy. Unpleasant and you wonder what the hell you are doing with your time.
November 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Reading TCW's prose is like swimming in cold gravy. Unpleasant and you wonder what the hell you are doing with your time.
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What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
November 13, 2025 at 1:37 AM
What's from Chicago, hates Illinois Nazis, and is holy as fuck?
It's the Pope in 1982.
It's the Pope in 1982.
CCS magick! Subsidised coal! Private mini nukes!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
November 13, 2025 at 7:49 AM
CCS magick! Subsidised coal! Private mini nukes!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
It's all just made up and will never even have to try and survive contact with the reality of an actual political or investment decision. But let's keep talking about it for weeks like it matters!
ABC catching up with SlackBastard and White Rose better late I guess.
Unmasking the men who attended a Neo-Nazi protest at NSW parliament: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/unmasking-nsw-parliament-house-nsn/106005186
Unmasking the men who attended a Neo-Nazi protest at NSW parliament
Around 60 men attended a protest at NSW parliament organised by the Neo-Nazi group National Socialist Network on Saturday. Without masks, it gave the ABC the opportunity to identify some of them.
www.abc.net.au
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
ABC catching up with SlackBastard and White Rose better late I guess.
More word on how the master race is going (trying to use an expired coupon at Domino's to impress ya boys.)
Sydney Trains employee Cooper Stephens has been stood down after attending the National Socialist Network's rally at NSW Parliament last weekend www.smh.com.au/politics/nsw...
Sydney Trains employee stood down after attending neo-Nazi rally
In a statement, a spokesman for Sydney Trains said it had stood down an employee while it investigated his potential involvement in the rally and was “very concerned with the matter”.
www.smh.com.au
November 13, 2025 at 5:51 AM
More word on how the master race is going (trying to use an expired coupon at Domino's to impress ya boys.)
Can’t believe people think that harbour up there is better. GloriousMelbourne#
November 13, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Can’t believe people think that harbour up there is better. GloriousMelbourne#
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staggering levels of bullshit. gobsmacking revisionism to describe the last 30 years of LNP climate policy as "We were part of the global solution, not a barrier to it."
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
November 13, 2025 at 1:17 AM
staggering levels of bullshit. gobsmacking revisionism to describe the last 30 years of LNP climate policy as "We were part of the global solution, not a barrier to it."
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
www.smh.com.au/environment/...
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A beloved conservative trope is "queer degeneracy".
Here, nations fall to transgressive permissiveness. Men are effete, women are macho. Children are victims of orgiastic liberality.
Epstein's emails are a reminder of the sad truth: a reliable predictor of abuse is just men with unchecked power.
Here, nations fall to transgressive permissiveness. Men are effete, women are macho. Children are victims of orgiastic liberality.
Epstein's emails are a reminder of the sad truth: a reliable predictor of abuse is just men with unchecked power.
November 12, 2025 at 11:42 PM
A beloved conservative trope is "queer degeneracy".
Here, nations fall to transgressive permissiveness. Men are effete, women are macho. Children are victims of orgiastic liberality.
Epstein's emails are a reminder of the sad truth: a reliable predictor of abuse is just men with unchecked power.
Here, nations fall to transgressive permissiveness. Men are effete, women are macho. Children are victims of orgiastic liberality.
Epstein's emails are a reminder of the sad truth: a reliable predictor of abuse is just men with unchecked power.
"Puppies, graphic design and racism are my passions."
November 12, 2025 at 11:26 PM
"Puppies, graphic design and racism are my passions."
Maybe I just jaundiced about political media, but RN Breakfast is much, much better when the interviews / segments are with experts of various types on important / interesting stuff than interminable political horse race stuff and journos talking to journos.
November 12, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Maybe I just jaundiced about political media, but RN Breakfast is much, much better when the interviews / segments are with experts of various types on important / interesting stuff than interminable political horse race stuff and journos talking to journos.
2025 and a clear majority of Liberal MPs and Senators think anthropogenic global warming is either (a) not real or (b) not something we should try and do anything about. Remarkable.
November 12, 2025 at 9:54 PM
2025 and a clear majority of Liberal MPs and Senators think anthropogenic global warming is either (a) not real or (b) not something we should try and do anything about. Remarkable.
We've entered the "lunches at the Golden Century" phase by the looks. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Prime Minister Keir Starmer will fight any attempt to replace him, friends say
Friends of the PM are worried his job might be under threat, perhaps as soon as after the Budget in a fortnight.
www.bbc.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:17 AM
We've entered the "lunches at the Golden Century" phase by the looks. www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Won't say which r/Australian_university this comes from, but someone gets it.
November 12, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Won't say which r/Australian_university this comes from, but someone gets it.
Microsoft really getting it. You get dumped into the stuff about how grouse copilot is and how to use it.
November 12, 2025 at 5:29 AM
Microsoft really getting it. You get dumped into the stuff about how grouse copilot is and how to use it.
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50 years ago today
Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / punkrock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.
#punk #punks #protopunk #garagerock #womenofpunk #pattismith #horses #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / punkrock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.
#punk #punks #protopunk #garagerock #womenofpunk #pattismith #horses #history #punkrockhistory #otd
November 10, 2025 at 3:48 AM
50 years ago today
Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / punkrock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.
#punk #punks #protopunk #garagerock #womenofpunk #pattismith #horses #history #punkrockhistory #otd
Horses is the debut studio album by American proto-punk / punkrock musician Patti Smith, which was released on this day in 1975.
#punk #punks #protopunk #garagerock #womenofpunk #pattismith #horses #history #punkrockhistory #otd
These marginal hard rock mines in Tas, where owners are sweating the capital until it falls apart (or can't even pay cost of production for gold even given today's prices!) are terrible stuff for the communities impacted.
The state government has directed Hellyer Gold Mines to cease operations at its mine in north-west Tasmania. It says the company has significantly fallen behind on its debts.
Tasmanian gold mine shut down over unpaid royalties
The state government has directed Hellyer Gold Mines to cease operations at its mine in north-west Tasmania. It says the company has significantly fallen behind on its debts.
www.abc.net.au
November 12, 2025 at 2:25 AM
These marginal hard rock mines in Tas, where owners are sweating the capital until it falls apart (or can't even pay cost of production for gold even given today's prices!) are terrible stuff for the communities impacted.
A bunch of what is wrong with media and politics here. The plane was late. They are a (rump) opposition and no election is imminent. Why do they need to do anything today if people aren't there because the transport failed? Stupol shit.
November 12, 2025 at 12:49 AM
A bunch of what is wrong with media and politics here. The plane was late. They are a (rump) opposition and no election is imminent. Why do they need to do anything today if people aren't there because the transport failed? Stupol shit.
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November 11, 2025 at 11:58 PM
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