@jaymo31415.bsky.social
James. He/Him. On Eora land. Professional services Sydney. Politics, humour, music, books. Movies and games. Be nice.
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Pretty much all on the inflation in December was due to the rise in costs of international and domestic holiday travel and accomodation. Take that away and inflation in the month was 0.0%
Can’t wait to hear Ted O’Brien blame that on the govt “crowding out” the private sector O_o
Can’t wait to hear Ted O’Brien blame that on the govt “crowding out” the private sector O_o
January 28, 2026 at 1:16 AM
Pretty much all on the inflation in December was due to the rise in costs of international and domestic holiday travel and accomodation. Take that away and inflation in the month was 0.0%
Can’t wait to hear Ted O’Brien blame that on the govt “crowding out” the private sector O_o
Can’t wait to hear Ted O’Brien blame that on the govt “crowding out” the private sector O_o
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Pretty sure Rowling being a transphobic bigot might have something to do with it.
In @nytopinion.nytimes.com
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Younger generations “have fallen out of love with Harry Potter because they have fallen out of love with the worldview the series represents,” writes Louise Perry. “Which is to say that young people have fallen out of love with liberalism.”
Opinion | Why Gen Z Doesn’t Love ‘Harry Potter’
The wizarding worldview is naïve.
nyti.ms
January 27, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Pretty sure Rowling being a transphobic bigot might have something to do with it.
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NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
January 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
NEW: A federal judge in Minnesota orders Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons to appear IN PERSON this Friday and explain why he shouldn't be held in contempt.
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
"The court's patience is at an end," writes Bush-appointed Judge Patrick J Schiltz, who clerked for Scalia. www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Toney farken Abbott
January 26, 2026 at 6:29 AM
Toney farken Abbott
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Looking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
January 25, 2026 at 11:59 PM
Looking forward to the AFR's column on how people on Newstart can avoid mutual obligations
Aiyah, in a ‘perfect storm’ of my least favourite metaphor, The Grauniad Australia reports:
4 shark bites in 5 days are due to a ‘perfect storm’ of shark attack conditions: the aftermath of an intense rain storm.
A ‘perfect storm’ of nice swimming weather is part of it.
4 shark bites in 5 days are due to a ‘perfect storm’ of shark attack conditions: the aftermath of an intense rain storm.
A ‘perfect storm’ of nice swimming weather is part of it.
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Aiyah, in a ‘perfect storm’ of my least favourite metaphor, The Grauniad Australia reports:
4 shark bites in 5 days are due to a ‘perfect storm’ of shark attack conditions: the aftermath of an intense rain storm.
A ‘perfect storm’ of nice swimming weather is part of it.
4 shark bites in 5 days are due to a ‘perfect storm’ of shark attack conditions: the aftermath of an intense rain storm.
A ‘perfect storm’ of nice swimming weather is part of it.
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Ultimately, it's best to think of Scott Adams as another creative person who went through the full Linehanisation process.
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
January 14, 2026 at 9:24 AM
Ultimately, it's best to think of Scott Adams as another creative person who went through the full Linehanisation process.
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
Not a victim. That process is ALWAYS self inflicted.
But a warning.
That just because you're creatively successful doesn't mean you know more, or are better, than anyone else
@rachelwithers.bsky.social
Hi! I observe that Crikey still has a Xitter link below your (thoughtful!) article today, you should see if they can scrub that given your (good) choice to abandon the platform.
Hi! I observe that Crikey still has a Xitter link below your (thoughtful!) article today, you should see if they can scrub that given your (good) choice to abandon the platform.
January 13, 2026 at 2:36 AM
@rachelwithers.bsky.social
Hi! I observe that Crikey still has a Xitter link below your (thoughtful!) article today, you should see if they can scrub that given your (good) choice to abandon the platform.
Hi! I observe that Crikey still has a Xitter link below your (thoughtful!) article today, you should see if they can scrub that given your (good) choice to abandon the platform.
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Overdue moral victory for Australia.
December 27, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Overdue moral victory for Australia.
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In a difficult but ultimately necessary family conversation, parents across England have begun sitting their children down to explain that, despite what they may have heard on television and social media, Bazball is actually just something adults made up.
English Parents Decide It’s Time To Tell Their Kids That Bazball Isn’t Real — The Shovel
In a difficult but ultimately necessary family conversation, parents across England have begun sitting their children down to explain that, despite what they may have heard on television and social me...
theshovel.com.au
December 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
In a difficult but ultimately necessary family conversation, parents across England have begun sitting their children down to explain that, despite what they may have heard on television and social media, Bazball is actually just something adults made up.
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this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
December 20, 2025 at 6:35 AM
this is the greatest feeling, when the cord box proves its utility to a family member
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Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
Kirsty MacColl - As Long As You Hold Me
YouTube video by PassionateFriend
www.youtube.com
December 18, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Unbelievably, it's been 25 years since we lost Kirsty MacColl yet the beauty of her music and her memory still resonate. Here's a song I wrote for her to sing in the 1995 movie 'Mad Love'.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aWjl...
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Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
Don’t look back in anger - The Shot
I’m angry. We’re all angry. Perhaps that’s part of the problem. At the moment, we’re angry at two twisted individuals...
theshot.net.au
December 18, 2025 at 12:02 AM
Here's @ronnisalt. "Don't look back in anger"
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Downer and Blitzin’
Downer and Blitzin’
theonion.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
This Weeks Editorial Cartoon: Downer and Blitzin’
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Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
December 15, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Just so I'm clear on this, computer memory has tripled in price because a bunch of it that hasn't been produced yet has been ordered to populate GPUs that aren't installed in data centers that aren't built yet in order to service a demand that doesn't exist to make profits that don't happen.
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Bluesky has also asked the @australia.theguardian.com account to put in its age, and is even more restrictive.
Guardian Australia can't use @bsky.app, though 3rd party posts are still going through.
I won't put GdnAus's 2013 launch as birth date in case it nukes the account. Maybe I'll try 1821
Guardian Australia can't use @bsky.app, though 3rd party posts are still going through.
I won't put GdnAus's 2013 launch as birth date in case it nukes the account. Maybe I'll try 1821
December 9, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Bluesky has also asked the @australia.theguardian.com account to put in its age, and is even more restrictive.
Guardian Australia can't use @bsky.app, though 3rd party posts are still going through.
I won't put GdnAus's 2013 launch as birth date in case it nukes the account. Maybe I'll try 1821
Guardian Australia can't use @bsky.app, though 3rd party posts are still going through.
I won't put GdnAus's 2013 launch as birth date in case it nukes the account. Maybe I'll try 1821
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David Pope in Canberra Times
December 3, 2025 at 10:01 AM
David Pope in Canberra Times
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I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
AirBnB CEO calling it “vibe revenue” just 👨🍳 😘
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
The underlying cause of every bubble - debt masquerading as financial innovation - depends on not just short financial memory & speculative neophytism, but reinventing jargon of finance, like how each generation of kids has new ways to say same things.
November 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I once knew a Federal bank examiner, and one time someone asked him why we had to KEEP inspecting banks over and over. He basically said every new batch of business school grads invents bank fraud from first principles.
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LinkedIn literally means you're linked in, speaking to media literally means a permanent record, describing what you do in a recorded public forum literally means on the public record. Choose the way you behave and to whom in real life carefully, because real life and online are now the same.
November 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
LinkedIn literally means you're linked in, speaking to media literally means a permanent record, describing what you do in a recorded public forum literally means on the public record. Choose the way you behave and to whom in real life carefully, because real life and online are now the same.
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This is bad. Sarah Kendzior is one of the scholars that most understands authoritarianism and our current moment in the US.
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 8:14 PM
This is bad. Sarah Kendzior is one of the scholars that most understands authoritarianism and our current moment in the US.
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Uhm, what happened to Sarah Kendzior, @support.bsky.team? She is the one who was among, if not the first one to warn about Trump.
Yo, @support.bsky.team, bring back @sarahkendzior.bsky.social.
November 11, 2025 at 5:42 AM
Uhm, what happened to Sarah Kendzior, @support.bsky.team? She is the one who was among, if not the first one to warn about Trump.
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Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
November 11, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Bluesky suspended Sarah Kendzior today for no reason whatsoever. She just shared excerpts of her articles, which were as always incisive and not offensive at all. Hey @pfrazee.com this is super not OK. I know her- we've interacted a fair bit via chats and her work is essential.
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In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
November 11, 2025 at 4:09 AM
In a rare case of Substack notes usefulness, I just learned that Sarah Kendzior (author of They Knew and a brilliant writer) got bounced from Bluesky. What the hell? new @sarahkendzior.bsky.social
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Okay why the fuck has Sarah Kendzior been suspended??!!!!
November 11, 2025 at 2:02 AM
Okay why the fuck has Sarah Kendzior been suspended??!!!!