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Tom Sulston

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Digital rights, bicycles, cats, kitchens. Don't blame my employer for my bad choice of words.

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That, or TISM.

05.03.2026 02:58 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really do feel for Iranians, coming from a region that is harmed by both the "anti imperialist left" and the right. The former teams up with our genocidal governments as long as they say they're against the US, the latter wants us bombed into oblivion and prevented from immigrating.

02.03.2026 22:19 πŸ‘ 277 πŸ” 56 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3

Not sure that bike lane looks safe, TBH.

18.02.2026 05:07 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations to Angus Taylor on being selected by the Liberal party to not become Prime Minster.

13.02.2026 03:29 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

"We need to talk about your position"

05.02.2026 23:27 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

you don't know your neighbors because of cars

your city doesn't make enough in taxes because of cars

busses are slow because of cars

they won't build light rail because of cars

your city's air is awful because of cars

one of the leading causes of death and injury from accident: cars

04.02.2026 17:17 πŸ‘ 378 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 10 πŸ“Œ 3

Monday 9th Feb is National Getting a Call from HR About Your Attire in Friday's Zoom Meeting Day.

05.02.2026 23:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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it’s genuinely reassuring to me that this is the most miserable and paranoid person in the entire world

05.02.2026 01:16 πŸ‘ 43010 πŸ” 6206 πŸ’¬ 2322 πŸ“Œ 1303

If ever there was a film destined to become an crowd-chanting cult classic next to Rocky Horror, the Room, and Plan 9 From Outer Space, this is the one.

30.01.2026 02:56 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Not sure anyone's noticed, but it's a bit warm out there today.

27.01.2026 05:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good job Tiktok was forcibly acquired from its censorious Chinese owners by a free-speech loving American corporation.

26.01.2026 04:53 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I'd bet big money, that in 90% of "the cyclist came out of nowhere!" incidents, the cyclist was actually there the whole time, the driver just couldn't be bothered to move their eyes or their heads to actually look around their vehicle.

21.01.2026 00:35 πŸ‘ 57 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 2
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It's not that complicated @albomp.bsky.social

21.01.2026 00:23 πŸ‘ 536 πŸ” 230 πŸ’¬ 14 πŸ“Œ 11
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β€˜E-bike cowboys’ swarm Sydney northern beaches golf club Mass rideouts of young riders on e-bikes have taken over public roads and golf courses as the government grapples with how to respond.

Ban them. Crush their toys. Throw the whinging lot in jail.

But enough about golf.

18.01.2026 23:47 πŸ‘ 75 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2

Yeah well that’s just like your opinion, man.

13.01.2026 06:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

So has Craig Silvey been uninvited from Adelaide Writers Week yet?

13.01.2026 06:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I hear that it's already a feature of the realestate.com.au app because if you've not checked house prices for 2 days, are you even Australian?

13.01.2026 05:06 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Can you even /imagine/ the recruitment process?

Wanted: directors. Must be able to herd writers and ensure all their opinions match those of the state premier.

"Tell me about the last time you made someone ignore the genocide of their people"

13.01.2026 05:04 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Bari Weiss Is The Symptom | Defector Who says Bari Weiss doesn’t know how to run a newsroom? β€œMy general view here,” the CBS News editor-in-chief wrote in a memo before shelving the now-infamous 60 Minutes report on El Salvador’s CECOT c...

"If Weiss is exceptional, it's only in her knack for making a spectacle of the sort of things that slicker operators in media say and do all the time without causing too much of a fuss."

@tcraggs22.bsky.social on Bari Weiss and all the Bari Weisses: defector.com/bari-weiss-i...

12.01.2026 17:00 πŸ‘ 118 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 0

While I'm at it, a "continuing rapid shift in the national discourse around the breadth of freedom of expression in our nation” sounds awfully like a euphemism for β€œidentity or dissent".

13.01.2026 04:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia news live: Adelaide writers’ week cancelled as board apologises to Randa Abdel-Fattah for β€˜how decision was represented’ Follow updates live

"We … apologise to Dr Randa Abdel-Fattah for how the decision was represented" is one hell of a non-apology from the Adelaide festival board.

Perhaps they should talk with a writer about how to words more good?

13.01.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

not to go all identity politics but I think it’s also because the victims are women

06.01.2026 21:21 πŸ‘ 5302 πŸ” 1007 πŸ’¬ 59 πŸ“Œ 15
A screenshot that reads β€œtemperature 56.3Β°C Humidity 11%”

A screenshot that reads β€œtemperature 56.3Β°C Humidity 11%”

How’s your day going? In my backyard, it’s currently 56Β°.

07.01.2026 05:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I do wish that just one journalist would ask about the 80 people that the US murdered during its kidnap of Maduro.

The whole "internation aggression is a bit naughty but he's a bad man" schtick is wearing really thin.

07.01.2026 00:04 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Ohai, the word for what the US has just done to Maduro is not β€œcaptured”, it is β€œkidnapped”. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

03.01.2026 10:08 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

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.

29.12.2025 01:57 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 27 πŸ’¬ 16 πŸ“Œ 1

hey Victorian renters! if you've used 'RentTech' (think online application platforms, rent payment apps, property management portals), please spend ~5 minutes to share your experience in this survey to contribute to important @cprc-research.bsky.social research: cprc.limesurvey.net/594888?lang=en

18.12.2025 23:51 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Five pillars of productivity inquiries The Productivity Commission has been asked by the Australian Government to conduct five inquiries to identify priority reforms under their five pillar productivity growth agenda. We have been tasked w...

Confused that the Productivity Commission chose the last working day of the year to release its report mid-way through the aftermath of a terrorist attack.

Surely the authors are proud of their work and want a wide audience? This seems counterintuitive.

www.pc.gov.au/inquiries-an...

18.12.2025 23:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Presumably in Nelson Alexander monopoly, the cheapest house is $1m and players start with $100.

18.12.2025 22:46 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Teen arrested in beach clash with police after storming Mordialloc supermarket One boy remains in custody after riot police were called in to disperse a large group of teenagers allegedly brawling on Mordialloc beach.

Great to see young Australians, freed from the shackles of social media, hanging out together in the real world.

www.smh.com.au/national/vic...

17.12.2025 23:40 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0