Liam Hogan
@liamhogan.id.au
Heritage yobbo.
Intern at Dark Heart of Gradual Reform Pty. Ltd. All punked up on jupiter oil, rolling fifty deep.
Mostly at http://aus.social/@liamvhogan
Intern at Dark Heart of Gradual Reform Pty. Ltd. All punked up on jupiter oil, rolling fifty deep.
Mostly at http://aus.social/@liamvhogan
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Liam Hogan
@liamhogan.id.au
· May 12
Immigration (and exmigration) is good, has increased human welfare and human liberty, has broadened societies, and is a demonstration everywhere of a society’s dignity
Haha American special forces getting prepared to pointlessly invade a distant country valuable mainly for minerals and its location in relation to space and existing satellites, couldn’t be me, I write, in fucking, Australia
January 11, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Haha American special forces getting prepared to pointlessly invade a distant country valuable mainly for minerals and its location in relation to space and existing satellites, couldn’t be me, I write, in fucking, Australia
✋ the Pope should excommunicate JD Vance
👉 the Pope should make JD Vance physically walk across Europe to apologise to him, with the last stretch crawling through the snow on his knees, something Popes have been known to do
👉 the Pope should make JD Vance physically walk across Europe to apologise to him, with the last stretch crawling through the snow on his knees, something Popes have been known to do
January 11, 2026 at 1:51 AM
✋ the Pope should excommunicate JD Vance
👉 the Pope should make JD Vance physically walk across Europe to apologise to him, with the last stretch crawling through the snow on his knees, something Popes have been known to do
👉 the Pope should make JD Vance physically walk across Europe to apologise to him, with the last stretch crawling through the snow on his knees, something Popes have been known to do
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All those videos of American cops and ICE goons all kitted out reminds me of the police in NSW in my childhood, who in the 1980s and early 1990s were at the height of unaccountable violence and corruption, yet dressed in slacks and short sleeved shirts
June 28, 2025 at 1:12 AM
All those videos of American cops and ICE goons all kitted out reminds me of the police in NSW in my childhood, who in the 1980s and early 1990s were at the height of unaccountable violence and corruption, yet dressed in slacks and short sleeved shirts
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The traditional example is known to the Ottomans as the Auspicious Event and yeah it was rough.
How does a country get rid of a heavily armed paramilitary organization with access to $75 billion in funds and no civilian oversight? Genuine question. Are there models for doing so? Seems like it'd be extremely hard and dangerous to do.
January 10, 2026 at 10:56 PM
The traditional example is known to the Ottomans as the Auspicious Event and yeah it was rough.
Scabby Joe Aston sticking by the writers festival is a rare exercise in solidarity from him
January 10, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Scabby Joe Aston sticking by the writers festival is a rare exercise in solidarity from him
The Pope is not going to excommunicate Vance, absent his going all in on some specifically wrong bit of doctrine. The Catholic tradition is to keep people like that in the Church and just humiliate them in public over and over and over, and I respect that
January 10, 2026 at 4:19 AM
The Pope is not going to excommunicate Vance, absent his going all in on some specifically wrong bit of doctrine. The Catholic tradition is to keep people like that in the Church and just humiliate them in public over and over and over, and I respect that
Young Iranians and Americans have far more in common than either can possibly imagine
January 10, 2026 at 12:43 AM
Young Iranians and Americans have far more in common than either can possibly imagine
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Daily red panda lunch break
January 9, 2026 at 4:39 PM
Daily red panda lunch break
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I do love that in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics, Carr decided to do an FM radio interview with Andrew Denton.
DENTON: Let’s try this. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
(beat)
CARR: Indeed.
DENTON: Let’s try this. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
(beat)
CARR: Indeed.
January 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
I do love that in the lead up to the Sydney Olympics, Carr decided to do an FM radio interview with Andrew Denton.
DENTON: Let’s try this. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
(beat)
CARR: Indeed.
DENTON: Let’s try this. Aussie, Aussie, Aussie!
(beat)
CARR: Indeed.
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On the week Jakarta was overthrowing Suharto, Carr just happened to be in town and this popped out. I think about it all the time lol
January 9, 2026 at 9:15 AM
On the week Jakarta was overthrowing Suharto, Carr just happened to be in town and this popped out. I think about it all the time lol
In his own way Bob Carr has always been one of the weirder Australian politicians and his Premiership, in the 1990s, was one of the weirdest times. He’s more uncanny than Tony Abbott, for my money. In a deep way he’s just not *like* other people.
January 9, 2026 at 7:31 AM
In his own way Bob Carr has always been one of the weirder Australian politicians and his Premiership, in the 1990s, was one of the weirdest times. He’s more uncanny than Tony Abbott, for my money. In a deep way he’s just not *like* other people.
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the human mind will not be able to comprehend whatever insane editorial Caroline Overington has cooked up for the weekend australian
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 AM
the human mind will not be able to comprehend whatever insane editorial Caroline Overington has cooked up for the weekend australian
The Greg Sheridan Writers Festival
Featuring: Greg Sheridan
Featuring: Greg Sheridan
January 9, 2026 at 2:09 AM
The Greg Sheridan Writers Festival
Featuring: Greg Sheridan
Featuring: Greg Sheridan
You don’t have to hand it to cigarette smokers. But,
January 8, 2026 at 11:22 PM
You don’t have to hand it to cigarette smokers. But,
I reckon I could get some cheap tickets to the third day of the Adelaide Writers test match at this rate
January 8, 2026 at 6:14 AM
I reckon I could get some cheap tickets to the third day of the Adelaide Writers test match at this rate
Re @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social’s post about Commissions. The interesting thing about two of the most important in memory, the Wood RC in NSW and Fitzgerald inquiry in QLD is that they were established explicitly because of Parliament’s failure (and by extension the people’s) to counterbalance media. >
January 8, 2026 at 2:21 AM
Re @osmanfaruqi.bsky.social’s post about Commissions. The interesting thing about two of the most important in memory, the Wood RC in NSW and Fitzgerald inquiry in QLD is that they were established explicitly because of Parliament’s failure (and by extension the people’s) to counterbalance media. >
Committee of Public Safety led by incorruptible and relentless Jacobin, Bill Kristol
January 7, 2026 at 9:02 PM
Committee of Public Safety led by incorruptible and relentless Jacobin, Bill Kristol
It’s not an ordinary citizen’s duty to watch videos showing murders, and I say this as someone who did have to watch a video showing a murder, as a juror in a trial. It will affect you in ways that will not make you a better person.
January 7, 2026 at 7:52 PM
It’s not an ordinary citizen’s duty to watch videos showing murders, and I say this as someone who did have to watch a video showing a murder, as a juror in a trial. It will affect you in ways that will not make you a better person.
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will return in Lord Of The Rings II: Kings Of Mykonos
January 7, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Sir Ian McKellen and Elijah Wood will return in Lord Of The Rings II: Kings Of Mykonos
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Me, the wisest man: Funiculì, Funiculà, Funiculì, Funiculà!!!!
January 7, 2026 at 7:20 AM
Me, the wisest man: Funiculì, Funiculà, Funiculì, Funiculà!!!!
You, an idiot: pivot to Australian Switzerland because dependence on a Pacific hegemon means complicity in whatever ludicrous imperial policy they come up with
Me, a wise man: Australian Switzerland but for cool trains
Me, a wise man: Australian Switzerland but for cool trains
January 7, 2026 at 7:05 AM
You, an idiot: pivot to Australian Switzerland because dependence on a Pacific hegemon means complicity in whatever ludicrous imperial policy they come up with
Me, a wise man: Australian Switzerland but for cool trains
Me, a wise man: Australian Switzerland but for cool trains
What the fuck is a submarine going to actually do here, between ‘watch through the periscope’ and ‘start a shooting war’
January 7, 2026 at 2:26 AM
What the fuck is a submarine going to actually do here, between ‘watch through the periscope’ and ‘start a shooting war’
✋ deterritorialising (laudatory)
👉 deterritorialising (derogatory)
👉 deterritorialising (derogatory)
Very bleakly funny that circa-2012-2015 conservatives have been totally vindicated in their arguments against the postmodern turn in parts of academia, the embrace of ‘ways of knowing’, rejection of bureaucratic rationality, etc.…because they embraced all those things and it was indeed a disaster
January 7, 2026 at 12:03 AM
✋ deterritorialising (laudatory)
👉 deterritorialising (derogatory)
👉 deterritorialising (derogatory)
When I say I don’t think the Americans are a reliable treaty partner or ally, I don’t mean ‘under this government’, I mean the American people as a whole who elected it, twice. I like Americans! I have met many! Americans are usually pretty cool, but as voters I fundamentally distrust them
January 6, 2026 at 8:39 PM
When I say I don’t think the Americans are a reliable treaty partner or ally, I don’t mean ‘under this government’, I mean the American people as a whole who elected it, twice. I like Americans! I have met many! Americans are usually pretty cool, but as voters I fundamentally distrust them