Rhys Parton
@rhysparton.bsky.social
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Dad. Wiradjuri (Australian First Nations) man. Nerdy, creative, actor, political. Join your union. He/Him
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I don’t know which men need to hear this but: women don’t owe you or me anything.
rhysparton.bsky.social
Consistency is important, and a 50 day streak of meeting my daily step goals is pretty damn good.
A screenshot of a pedometer app showing that Rhys has taken 12,433 steps, his goal being 12,000.
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findanddandy.bsky.social
From Sydney in solidarity
#freepalestine #justice4palestine
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yasharali.bsky.social
“The Biden FBI”

Who was President on January 6?
Donald J. Trump * © @reaDonaldTrump • 1m
THE BIDEN FBI PLACED 274 AGENTS INTO THE CROWD ON JANUARY 6. If this is so, which it is, a lot of very good people will be owed big apologies. What a SCAM - DO SOMETHING!!! President DJT
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davemilbo.bsky.social
Massive crowd in Melbourne/Naarm today (in case you thought this movement was going to be placated with more colonisation). Until the occupation ends. Until Western war criminals and their enablers face justice. Until Palestine is free.
rhysparton.bsky.social
Thoughts RE the “the Australian Liberals and British Conservatives are dead” hyperbole.
rhysparton.bsky.social
Did you read what I wrote?
rhysparton.bsky.social
I really liked the first season of this, it rode the line between cheesiness and humour, and action elements and I had a good time.

Season two isn’t balancing quite as well.

Still has a very good cast, though.
The poster for the Netflix show FUBAR.
rhysparton.bsky.social
Good to see Australian Unions social media accounts starting to consistently post about the major corporations who don’t pay tax.

Let’s keep that ball rolling, that conversation going, and let’s make it impossible for any government to ignore our frustration with that fact.
rhysparton.bsky.social
Hurry up and burst already, AI bubble.

I want it to fuck off.
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paulbarlownz.bsky.social
And finally - the most rewarding part for me, despite a raft of results I really dislike, was the sheer volume of people who messaged and told me this was the first time they’ve voted in local elections - that feels like a win no matter the results!
a r2d2 robot is standing in the sand near a rock
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paulbarlownz.bsky.social
10) there was some truly amazing people elected, and they all tend to be community minded and supportive.
11) we lost a lot of very good councillors and missed out on some amazing candidates - and our communities will be worse off without them.
12) we also got rid of some really awful candidates
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paulbarlownz.bsky.social
6) the same people who vote in this election every time clearly did so again this year and low turnout got them what they wanted.
7) 9 elected Act candidates is 9 too many
8) if the left don’t mobilise, next year is going to be a shitstorm
9) the whole local government system needs an overhaul:
rhysparton.bsky.social
Oof, that turnout…

Once again thanking Australia’s lucky stars that early governments implemented compulsory voting, we don’t worry about anything close to that low, even on a bad turnout election.
paulbarlownz.bsky.social
Ok after an afternoon of results, texts, calls, messages on other apps and emails, I have some thoughts on today’s Local Election results

1) Voter turnout is depressing. 32%ish on average across AoNZ is pathetic.
2) The Māori Wards referendum should never have happened - it was a racebaiting farce…
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jamesgunn.bsky.social
Superman won a Harvey Award for best comic adaptation at New York Comic Con!  The award is named after and inspired by the great Harvey Kurtzman, who revolutionized comics and left the world a better – and much wittier place than he found it.  Thanks to everyone at the Harvey Awards for this honor!
rhysparton.bsky.social
Hell yeah.

I prefer the cover for the Blu-Rays, to be honest, but I’ve got a 4K TV, so I’m gonna get the best quality I can.
The 4K Ultra HD copy of James Gunn’s Superman.
rhysparton.bsky.social
The cognitive dissonance among prominent Australian politicians like Albo, Ley, and Minns when it comes to solemnly talking about the 7th of October as a day of mourning, even marking it in federal parliament, but brushing away the same feelings from Indigenous peoples about the 26th of January.
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hellhoundtifa.bsky.social
Isn’t this quite literally forging his signature? Like this is a crime
rhysparton.bsky.social
He literally doesn’t.

We have got to stop letting the framing be “(insert person’s name) does this thing”.

They’re not doing anything.

They’re dead.

Computers programmed by sociopaths are doing it.

This is utterly ridiculous and we’re not drawing enough lines on it. We have to stop it.
rhysparton.bsky.social
If the Democrats understood the modern media landscape, they’d have made this.

But, we have a writers room of creatives putting in the good work, thank you team Daily Show.
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The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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thedailyshow.com
The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.
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