RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
Australian law talker. Would prefer to be out on a bike. He/him.
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RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
· Aug 17
I love how the orthodox answer to all policy problems in the English-speaking world is “moar capitalism”
Just got off the indoor trainer. The last couple of sessions have felt surprisingly good, despite (or because?) they were shorter but more intense than usual.
January 28, 2026 at 6:46 AM
Just got off the indoor trainer. The last couple of sessions have felt surprisingly good, despite (or because?) they were shorter but more intense than usual.
I found out later it was Morrison who suggested this, which, given his connection to churches with sketchy clerics, is hilarious.
So, Bragg has advocated an accreditation system for Imams. Given the historical abuse caused by members of the Catholic clergy, surely if any religious clerics are to be registered and accredited, it would be them first.
January 28, 2026 at 6:31 AM
I found out later it was Morrison who suggested this, which, given his connection to churches with sketchy clerics, is hilarious.
It's obviously worth noting that ICE cannot go into a foreign consulate without the consul's permission but people do remember we are talking about a regime that kidnapped a foreign head of state and killed people to do it, right?
January 28, 2026 at 3:27 AM
It's obviously worth noting that ICE cannot go into a foreign consulate without the consul's permission but people do remember we are talking about a regime that kidnapped a foreign head of state and killed people to do it, right?
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I love the update procedure for my apple watch. it is so seamless.
You just have to wait for it to see if there is an update available, if there is download it, wait until it is downloaded
You just have to wait for it to see if there is an update available, if there is download it, wait until it is downloaded
January 28, 2026 at 3:16 AM
I love the update procedure for my apple watch. it is so seamless.
You just have to wait for it to see if there is an update available, if there is download it, wait until it is downloaded
You just have to wait for it to see if there is an update available, if there is download it, wait until it is downloaded
My apple music keeps applying repeat to individual songs without me selecting it. This is going to ruin some algorithms.
January 28, 2026 at 1:28 AM
My apple music keeps applying repeat to individual songs without me selecting it. This is going to ruin some algorithms.
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it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 28, 2026 at 12:23 AM
it is the same playbook everywhere. “vote for us! we will make you great again by punishing the people you hate! do not pay attention to the fact that we’re also shoveling your money into the pockets of the uber wealthy and building a giant boot to step on your face too (preferably forever)”
So, Bragg has advocated an accreditation system for Imams. Given the historical abuse caused by members of the Catholic clergy, surely if any religious clerics are to be registered and accredited, it would be them first.
January 27, 2026 at 11:55 PM
So, Bragg has advocated an accreditation system for Imams. Given the historical abuse caused by members of the Catholic clergy, surely if any religious clerics are to be registered and accredited, it would be them first.
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Dare to chant "From the River to the Sea" in a crowd of thousands and you make headlines in every newspaper for a week. Meanwhile throw an actual bomb into a crowd on Invasion Day and you're a footnote to a wannabe Nazi using racial slurs.
January 27, 2026 at 3:21 AM
Dare to chant "From the River to the Sea" in a crowd of thousands and you make headlines in every newspaper for a week. Meanwhile throw an actual bomb into a crowd on Invasion Day and you're a footnote to a wannabe Nazi using racial slurs.
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This is a real questionnaire from a US company about what to do with employees who resist adopting "AI". @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @prietschka.bsky.social
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 PM
This is a real questionnaire from a US company about what to do with employees who resist adopting "AI". @olivia.science @irisvanrooij.bsky.social @bcmerchant.bsky.social @prietschka.bsky.social
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
The "correct" answer is the 3rd option.
You would think that the events on 26 Jan, particularly including the attack on the Invasion Day event in Perth, would spark those with influence to think that antisemitism is not the only dangerous bigotry on the rise in Australia (and elsewhere) and, maybe, look for what might be linking them
January 27, 2026 at 8:53 PM
You would think that the events on 26 Jan, particularly including the attack on the Invasion Day event in Perth, would spark those with influence to think that antisemitism is not the only dangerous bigotry on the rise in Australia (and elsewhere) and, maybe, look for what might be linking them
Last week, I was wearing a white jersey with fluro sleeves, over that was a bright hi-viz pink vest. My bike had a front light and a back radar light that blinks when it detects a car back. I signalled ostentatiously to take the right hand lane to turn right at an intersection.
The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure
“Where the built environment separates human skin and bone from lorries, cars, and buses, there is no need for our frantic striving to make fragile bodies hyper-visible”
January 27, 2026 at 8:48 PM
Last week, I was wearing a white jersey with fluro sleeves, over that was a bright hi-viz pink vest. My bike had a front light and a back radar light that blinks when it detects a car back. I signalled ostentatiously to take the right hand lane to turn right at an intersection.
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"We can do both!!!"
OK but we don't; we only do the significantly less effective victim blaming, not changing infrastructure or policy, drivers not having to change or even consider their behaviour one.
OK but we don't; we only do the significantly less effective victim blaming, not changing infrastructure or policy, drivers not having to change or even consider their behaviour one.
The reason why cyclists and pedestrians push back against these types of campaigns is not because we think visibility is bad (I wear hig-viz!), but because it's victim blaming that diverts attention from the real issues: dangerous drivers and poor infrastructure
“Where the built environment separates human skin and bone from lorries, cars, and buses, there is no need for our frantic striving to make fragile bodies hyper-visible”
January 27, 2026 at 8:35 PM
"We can do both!!!"
OK but we don't; we only do the significantly less effective victim blaming, not changing infrastructure or policy, drivers not having to change or even consider their behaviour one.
OK but we don't; we only do the significantly less effective victim blaming, not changing infrastructure or policy, drivers not having to change or even consider their behaviour one.
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Camp sovereignty attacked by neo-Nazis last year.
A bomb thrown at attendees to the Invasion Day rally in Perth yesterday - thankfully didn’t detonate.
Royal commission into bloodthirsty racists? Special envoy? Motions of solidarity in the parliament?
No.
A bomb thrown at attendees to the Invasion Day rally in Perth yesterday - thankfully didn’t detonate.
Royal commission into bloodthirsty racists? Special envoy? Motions of solidarity in the parliament?
No.
January 27, 2026 at 10:12 AM
Camp sovereignty attacked by neo-Nazis last year.
A bomb thrown at attendees to the Invasion Day rally in Perth yesterday - thankfully didn’t detonate.
Royal commission into bloodthirsty racists? Special envoy? Motions of solidarity in the parliament?
No.
A bomb thrown at attendees to the Invasion Day rally in Perth yesterday - thankfully didn’t detonate.
Royal commission into bloodthirsty racists? Special envoy? Motions of solidarity in the parliament?
No.
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It’s so revealing how the attempted bombing isn’t bigger news in the Australian media cycle. It’s so clear how it matters less if the attacker is white and the intended victims primarily Aboriginal. The hierarchy of racism in Australia is so transparent
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Invasion Day 'explosive' device hidden inside Disney Frozen sock, witness says
A homemade "fragment bomb" thrown into a crowd at a Perth Invasion Day rally yesterday was hidden in a child's sock with a Disney character on it, a woman who picked it up tells the ABC.
www.abc.net.au
January 27, 2026 at 9:47 AM
It’s so revealing how the attempted bombing isn’t bigger news in the Australian media cycle. It’s so clear how it matters less if the attacker is white and the intended victims primarily Aboriginal. The hierarchy of racism in Australia is so transparent
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Going through Port Fairy on the way home yesterday, there were two bakeries from which to choose. We chose the one not flying the massive Australian flag in its window.
January 27, 2026 at 7:01 AM
Going through Port Fairy on the way home yesterday, there were two bakeries from which to choose. We chose the one not flying the massive Australian flag in its window.
By saying 'both sides' the ABC meets its impartiality mandate
Support for One Nation is rising and in former National Party heartland people gathered for a music festival have told us why.
Why voters on both sides of politics find themselves drawn to One Nation
Support for One Nation is rising and in former National Party heartland people gathered for a music festival have told us why.
www.abc.net.au
January 27, 2026 at 7:00 AM
By saying 'both sides' the ABC meets its impartiality mandate
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January 27, 2026 at 4:18 AM
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Just heard mid decade Gen X’ers be called “Flannel Boomers” . Holy shit if this wasn’t accurate. 🤭😎
January 27, 2026 at 6:03 AM
Just heard mid decade Gen X’ers be called “Flannel Boomers” . Holy shit if this wasn’t accurate. 🤭😎
I joked the other day that I could put my le creuset Dutch Oven out today and make slow cooked pulled pork.
It doesn't feel so much like a joke now.
It doesn't feel so much like a joke now.
Renmark in South Australia reached 49.6C and had 67km/h wind gusts.
January 27, 2026 at 6:04 AM
I joked the other day that I could put my le creuset Dutch Oven out today and make slow cooked pulled pork.
It doesn't feel so much like a joke now.
It doesn't feel so much like a joke now.
This is a good thread that unpacks a lot of my instinctive 'yeah, nah' about that ON seat prediction
There's polling today that suggests on current numbers One Nation could win 30+ seats. Here's a quick thread of why I think this is *very* unlikely to actually pan out
Now, a federal election probably won't be until early 2028, and a lot could change, but here's why I'm not too worried now
1/14
Now, a federal election probably won't be until early 2028, and a lot could change, but here's why I'm not too worried now
1/14
January 27, 2026 at 5:25 AM
This is a good thread that unpacks a lot of my instinctive 'yeah, nah' about that ON seat prediction
Glad to see the opening of the legal year has flipped a switch on work.
January 27, 2026 at 5:10 AM
Glad to see the opening of the legal year has flipped a switch on work.
These record daily temperatures are (not so) proudly brought to you by the following companies:
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Coal companies of Australia - Wikipedia
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January 27, 2026 at 4:40 AM
These record daily temperatures are (not so) proudly brought to you by the following companies:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_co...
It seems the Retired 4-star Gen. did not notice the lack of head on the kneeling agent and wonder about the picture's authenticity
January 27, 2026 at 4:21 AM
It seems the Retired 4-star Gen. did not notice the lack of head on the kneeling agent and wonder about the picture's authenticity
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(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Palantir employees are pressing company leadership over its work for ICE in internal company Slacks obtained by @wired.com
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
"In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this."
Scoop from @makenakelly.bsky.social
Palantir Defends Work With ICE to Staff Following Killing of Alex Pretti
“In my opinion ICE are the bad guys. I am not proud that the company I enjoy so much working for is part of this,” one worker wrote on Slack.
www.wired.com
January 27, 2026 at 2:51 AM
(Dude suddenly stops pushing his broom across the floor of the Death Star)
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else
Does this look like a big laser to anyone else