RanTLaw
@rantlaw.bsky.social
Australian law talker. Would prefer to be out on a bike. He/him.
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RanTLaw
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I love how the orthodox answer to all policy problems in the English-speaking world is “moar capitalism”
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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:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_co...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_co...
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
Who could have foreseen that the cookers marches that started during the pandemic would share members with the fascist marches on 26 Jan?
January 27, 2026 at 1:24 AM
Who could have foreseen that the cookers marches that started during the pandemic would share members with the fascist marches on 26 Jan?
An uncharitable person might be inclined to draw inferences about what this says about Bec's political beliefs. It is fortunate that I am not uncharitable.
![March for Australia organiser Bec Freedom said she had allowed Neo-Nazis to volunteer as marshals after they had offered to do so — but said they were ejected by police from the event.
"I know not all of you guys like them, I know that. But they're good people who are fighting for our country, they agreed with our cause and they came to help [keep people] safe," she told a crowd at Moore Park.
"Now that group recently disbanded, so that means if any of them are here, they are here as everyday patriots."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:is7mtapkpnvxq77sxyv64xzq/bafkreiemfjgmefwuz4cl6bhs3hpppncwbrd6qx5k755w2es6gw5jkdtwni@jpeg)
January 27, 2026 at 1:20 AM
An uncharitable person might be inclined to draw inferences about what this says about Bec's political beliefs. It is fortunate that I am not uncharitable.
I wish I was a height to be able to mock Bovino for his. All I can say is that I am morally taller than him.
January 27, 2026 at 12:59 AM
I wish I was a height to be able to mock Bovino for his. All I can say is that I am morally taller than him.
Blinks in not-a-transphobe
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 12:12 AM
Blinks in not-a-transphobe
It is wild to no longer be able to dismiss these kinds of reports as just conspiracism
Truly wild to see every single video on TikTok that mentions ICE or Israel suddenly stutter or stop loading now that Oracle’s in charge of its US operations. Whole app going mad, huge creators getting views in the thousands. Couldn’t be more transparent in what they’re doing.
January 27, 2026 at 12:11 AM
It is wild to no longer be able to dismiss these kinds of reports as just conspiracism
Given the way ON pick candidates, things will get wild if they even get half of what's predicted
one nation has literally never won a lower house seat in a federal election and Demos is saying they could win 36 seats
January 26, 2026 at 11:58 PM
Given the way ON pick candidates, things will get wild if they even get half of what's predicted
I only learnt today that the leader of the Greens in England and Wales is not even in the House of Commons. Seems very bizarre to me.
January 26, 2026 at 11:53 PM
I only learnt today that the leader of the Greens in England and Wales is not even in the House of Commons. Seems very bizarre to me.
I was driving yesterday, so I'm only just catching up on the Invasion Day news. The thing that strikes me is how much overlap there is between the News Ltd propaganda before the day and the activities of fascists on it.
January 26, 2026 at 11:34 PM
I was driving yesterday, so I'm only just catching up on the Invasion Day news. The thing that strikes me is how much overlap there is between the News Ltd propaganda before the day and the activities of fascists on it.
‘Claudeswarms’; ‘wireheading’
Does Kevin read back what he writes?
Does Kevin read back what he writes?
A sentence from hell:
“people in SF are putting multi-agent claudeswarms in charge of their lives, consulting chatbots before every decision, wireheading to a degree only sci-fi writers dared to imagine.”
“people in SF are putting multi-agent claudeswarms in charge of their lives, consulting chatbots before every decision, wireheading to a degree only sci-fi writers dared to imagine.”
January 26, 2026 at 8:31 AM
‘Claudeswarms’; ‘wireheading’
Does Kevin read back what he writes?
Does Kevin read back what he writes?
Came home and saw a Ute flying a massive flag. Fucking confederate wannabes
Going through South Eastern SA and there are far more flags on display than I’m comfortable with.
January 26, 2026 at 7:39 AM
Came home and saw a Ute flying a massive flag. Fucking confederate wannabes
Going through South Eastern SA and there are far more flags on display than I’m comfortable with.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
Going through South Eastern SA and there are far more flags on display than I’m comfortable with.
Amazing to be taking HR and crisis management tips from the Catholic Church
Bovino: "All agents that were involved in that scene are working, not in Minneapolis but in other locations. That's for this safety. There's this thing called doxxing. We're going to keep those employees safe."
January 25, 2026 at 8:20 PM
Amazing to be taking HR and crisis management tips from the Catholic Church