RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
Australian law talker. Would prefer to be out on a bike. He/him.
Pinned
RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
· Aug 17
I love how the orthodox answer to all policy problems in the English-speaking world is “moar capitalism”
I would be less polite
January 29, 2026 at 7:23 AM
I would be less polite
Reposted by RanTLaw
The coverage and response from the commentariat and our political leadership to the pipe bomb attack at the Invasion Day rally was so muted, that even I didn’t find out about until the next day. But I know about it now and what it says about us a country, so I’ve written about it here for Crikey.
The muted response to the Perth bombing exposes a pattern of national indifference
A failed bomb attack in Perth on Invasion Day drew little attention from the media and public. It shows Australia has long been selective in its sense of danger.
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 1:10 AM
The coverage and response from the commentariat and our political leadership to the pipe bomb attack at the Invasion Day rally was so muted, that even I didn’t find out about until the next day. But I know about it now and what it says about us a country, so I’ve written about it here for Crikey.
It's 2026, so it's fitting that it's up to a satirical website to post something like this instead of the mainstream press (note: I did see the piece in Crikey too)
www.betootaadvocate.com/report-feels...
www.betootaadvocate.com/report-feels...
Report: Feels Like We Should Be Making A Bigger Deal About Someone Throwing A Homemade Explosive Device Full Of Ball Bearings At Aboriginal People On January 26th
WENDELL HUSSEY | Cadet | CONTACT
As the nation greets 2026 head on, many have confirmed they are still trying to wrap their heads around the media landscape for this year.
This comes after a couple ...
www.betootaadvocate.com
January 29, 2026 at 6:00 AM
It's 2026, so it's fitting that it's up to a satirical website to post something like this instead of the mainstream press (note: I did see the piece in Crikey too)
www.betootaadvocate.com/report-feels...
www.betootaadvocate.com/report-feels...
It pays to remember the kinds of things Keane thinks is wasteful spending: just insignificant stuff, like infrastructure and public transport.
He is a joke.
He is a joke.
If ever his safe little spot at Crikey was threatened, he could fit in easily at Sky, such is the effect of the little Dan Andrews living in his head
January 29, 2026 at 4:33 AM
It pays to remember the kinds of things Keane thinks is wasteful spending: just insignificant stuff, like infrastructure and public transport.
He is a joke.
He is a joke.
Something I saw while in Adelaide was a development by Rendition Homes.
I guess that word has lost its negative connotations.
I guess that word has lost its negative connotations.
January 29, 2026 at 2:43 AM
Something I saw while in Adelaide was a development by Rendition Homes.
I guess that word has lost its negative connotations.
I guess that word has lost its negative connotations.
Keane is just obsessed
A profligate government. An unelectable opposition. Bad news for the economy. Victorianisation has reached Canberra, aruge Bernard Keane and Glenn Dyer.
Are mortgage holders about to feel the first pains of careless, big spending Victorianisation?
www.crikey.com.au
January 29, 2026 at 2:36 AM
Keane is just obsessed
I have been rewatching Arrested Development, so I initially read this as "THEIR WEIRD GOB COMPLEX" and I think the comparison of Elon to Gob is strong.
There is LITERALLY NO REASON TO MAKE A ROBOT LOOK LIKE A PERSON EXCEPT THEIR WEIRD GOD COMPLEX
what, you gonna look at the lower back and be like “perfect?” And you say you’re an engineer? Lol
Our physical frame is shitty even in our built environment
what, you gonna look at the lower back and be like “perfect?” And you say you’re an engineer? Lol
Our physical frame is shitty even in our built environment
January 29, 2026 at 1:58 AM
I have been rewatching Arrested Development, so I initially read this as "THEIR WEIRD GOB COMPLEX" and I think the comparison of Elon to Gob is strong.
Once again I am struck by the US Supreme Court's acceptance of amicus briefs (seemingly) from any random legal academic, whether they have expertise or not.
January 29, 2026 at 1:50 AM
Once again I am struck by the US Supreme Court's acceptance of amicus briefs (seemingly) from any random legal academic, whether they have expertise or not.
All the DHS agents look like they are auditioning for a remake of the Blair Witch Project
I'm starting to think the Trumpist mastery of propaganda is failing them. The DHS agents posing this way makes it look like they're ashamed of themselves.
January 28, 2026 at 10:34 PM
All the DHS agents look like they are auditioning for a remake of the Blair Witch Project
Reposted by RanTLaw
i love that rightwingers genuinely seem to believe that political ideology is a set genetic inheritable trait
January 28, 2026 at 10:23 PM
i love that rightwingers genuinely seem to believe that political ideology is a set genetic inheritable trait
Give the man credit for producing a Numberwang machine in just 2.5 weeks.
January 28, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Give the man credit for producing a Numberwang machine in just 2.5 weeks.
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?
Reposted by RanTLaw
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.
Reposted by RanTLaw
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.
Reposted by RanTLaw
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.
Reposted by RanTLaw
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.
Reposted by RanTLaw
"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.
Reposted by RanTLaw
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.