shintemaster
@shintemaster.bsky.social
It mostly means exactly what it has for all of human history: might = right for these people.
I'm starting to get the impression 'international law' doesn't actually mean what we think it means... 🤔
January 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
It mostly means exactly what it has for all of human history: might = right for these people.
Literally is being paid to encourage division and bigotry
Seeing gross attempts to rehabilitate Segal on air today like she hasn't been a complete failure in actually combatting bigotry.
December 16, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Literally is being paid to encourage division and bigotry
This is a little similar to some of the classic TNG era of Star Trek - a tiny bit of character development, but mostly just a few hints of off screen to create broad strokes for characters and let imaginations run wild. Gives writers / actors / directors so much room to move in regular stories.
I like that we get tiny snippets of his life/backstory in the movies (husband in Glass Onion, doesn't seem to get on the best with the Catholic Church in Wake Up Dead Man) but it's only ever juuust enough to spark theories/discussions.
December 15, 2025 at 6:43 AM
This is a little similar to some of the classic TNG era of Star Trek - a tiny bit of character development, but mostly just a few hints of off screen to create broad strokes for characters and let imaginations run wild. Gives writers / actors / directors so much room to move in regular stories.
I don't like your chances given the largest ever petition to Parliament in history for a RC into exactly this issue got 3 seconds consideration from this Government before being ignored.
No problem with firearm tightening
But the root cause of hate crimes, is hate speech and disinformation
Let's legislate that out of existence
Make the Murdock saturated media and fossil fuel finded junk tanks pay fines for every item of intolerance they produce
But the root cause of hate crimes, is hate speech and disinformation
Let's legislate that out of existence
Make the Murdock saturated media and fossil fuel finded junk tanks pay fines for every item of intolerance they produce
December 15, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I don't like your chances given the largest ever petition to Parliament in history for a RC into exactly this issue got 3 seconds consideration from this Government before being ignored.
Worse for weeks, bad for a decade easily. No idea what genius decided to keep one right turning lane (southbound) onto Geelong Rd - to enable 3 lanes for 50m under the FWY - when the right turning lane is one of the biggest traffic holdups on Millers. Same North, should be a dedicated left.
Millers Rd has been like this for weeks. The buses get stuck and nothing moves for ages.
December 15, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Worse for weeks, bad for a decade easily. No idea what genius decided to keep one right turning lane (southbound) onto Geelong Rd - to enable 3 lanes for 50m under the FWY - when the right turning lane is one of the biggest traffic holdups on Millers. Same North, should be a dedicated left.
G: Got to protect children.
Vox: Cool, let’s immediately phase out fossil fuels that are making our world uninhabitable.
Gov: no, not like that.
Vox: Cool, let’s immediately phase out fossil fuels that are making our world uninhabitable.
Gov: no, not like that.
Maybe we should ask them to talk to him about:
Getting rid of fossil fuels
Government transparency
Adhering to human rights
Rolling back privatisation of public assets
Improved funding for NDIS and Medicare
Better (Gonski) funding for public schools and reducing private school funding
What else ?
Getting rid of fossil fuels
Government transparency
Adhering to human rights
Rolling back privatisation of public assets
Improved funding for NDIS and Medicare
Better (Gonski) funding for public schools and reducing private school funding
What else ?
December 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
G: Got to protect children.
Vox: Cool, let’s immediately phase out fossil fuels that are making our world uninhabitable.
Gov: no, not like that.
Vox: Cool, let’s immediately phase out fossil fuels that are making our world uninhabitable.
Gov: no, not like that.
That Somerville Rd stretch is awful as well, I used to do that daily to cut through that section and get to the rail line bit (which is very safe) to Footscray. Not a chance in hell I'd ride in the painted lane - genuine death zone.
And yeah, fuck car doors. I've had other riders criticise me for riding too far to the right of the bike lane on Somerville rd, but I'm not going near those doors if I can avoid it.
December 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
That Somerville Rd stretch is awful as well, I used to do that daily to cut through that section and get to the rail line bit (which is very safe) to Footscray. Not a chance in hell I'd ride in the painted lane - genuine death zone.
That section between Yarraville and Footscray is almost exactly what I used to take when I still rode in. Unfortunately getting from one side of Yarraville to the other is kind of fraught with danger in my experience. I quite for a while after experiencing two incidents in 5 mins on Anderson St.
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 AM
That section between Yarraville and Footscray is almost exactly what I used to take when I still rode in. Unfortunately getting from one side of Yarraville to the other is kind of fraught with danger in my experience. I quite for a while after experiencing two incidents in 5 mins on Anderson St.
Happens to the best of us. Let he who has not cast the first, second and third butchery knives and hidden the body cast the first stone!
November 19, 2025 at 5:21 AM
Happens to the best of us. Let he who has not cast the first, second and third butchery knives and hidden the body cast the first stone!
It’s not like community had a choice either way. The EES process outlined the - numerous - serious traffic, pollution and health impacts across adjacent communities, cyclists etc - then the planning minister pulls out the rubber stamp and job done. Suck it up people.
It's all too easy to say "well what did you think was going to happen with all the pollution", but I imagine when you're living in a truck-choked suburb in a semi-permanent mist of exhaust and tyre dust, and being fed misleading/incomplete info, it's hard to come to the obvious conclusion.
October 22, 2025 at 4:56 AM
It’s not like community had a choice either way. The EES process outlined the - numerous - serious traffic, pollution and health impacts across adjacent communities, cyclists etc - then the planning minister pulls out the rubber stamp and job done. Suck it up people.
Just got back from a Europe / Japan trip. This - and the obcene amount of traffic / trucks everywhere - are the biggest culture shocks.
Ah yep. Made the mistake of trying to use public transport on a Sunday morning without checking the timetable.
October 18, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Just got back from a Europe / Japan trip. This - and the obcene amount of traffic / trucks everywhere - are the biggest culture shocks.
We are just like them, except for the free electricity and university part.
At the cost of a destroyed climate and biosphere. So no, let’s not be like those fuckers.
October 18, 2025 at 2:10 AM
We are just like them, except for the free electricity and university part.
Labor. A slightly less awful LNP.
NAAC defends the decision not to hold robodebt public hearings. Pathetic www.canberratimes.com.au/story/908769...
National watchdog defends no robodebt public hearings
The national anti-corruption commission is investigating six public officials tied to the illegal robodebt scheme that resulted in...
www.canberratimes.com.au
October 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Labor. A slightly less awful LNP.
It’s also
Why are the ALP determined to make the wrong choice so often? It would be easy and logical to say, "Yeah, it's not a great look, let’s find another sponsor" but they choose to make it worse instead. Don't they have any PR advisors? They don't need an opposition at the moment... #auspol
Pocock booted from pollie sports club after criticising gambling lobby sponsor
The former star Wallabies player turned independent senator was kicked out of the social sports club after raising concerns about its links to the gambling industry.
www.abc.net.au
October 10, 2025 at 7:11 AM
It’s also
This is what voting majority parties gets you. Disdain when in power, lies when out.
The Australian Public Service Commissioner confirms what many suspected:
Public servants are avoiding putting things in writing to escape public scrutiny.
But what is the Govt doing about it?
Trying to change FOI law to make secrecy even easier.
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/aust...
Public servants are avoiding putting things in writing to escape public scrutiny.
But what is the Govt doing about it?
Trying to change FOI law to make secrecy even easier.
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/10/aust...
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October 9, 2025 at 3:03 AM
This is what voting majority parties gets you. Disdain when in power, lies when out.
Been saying this for years. The others should have as well next to hospitals and state library.
The bloke who was on the radio tonight just before me would hate this... but what if we just left it like this? #Melbourne #traffic
Listen here: www.abc.net.au/liste... - starting at about 2h:50m
Listen here: www.abc.net.au/liste... - starting at about 2h:50m
October 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Been saying this for years. The others should have as well next to hospitals and state library.
Makes sense in a way. IMO one of the biggest reasons for speed on a bike is the amount of work involved in accelerating. E-bike doesn’t have that punishment so much easier to just cruise.
Jfc i ride slower on my ebike than most acoustic bike riders. And it's absolutely NOT a motorcycle
Like a kindergartner would know the difference. These guys' (and it's always guys) brains are broken
Thank you for your service
Like a kindergartner would know the difference. These guys' (and it's always guys) brains are broken
Thank you for your service
October 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Makes sense in a way. IMO one of the biggest reasons for speed on a bike is the amount of work involved in accelerating. E-bike doesn’t have that punishment so much easier to just cruise.
Same. Been off and on for years and renshuu is the first that has “stuck” - essentially free but you can lifetime subscribe for a few bonus features (ie. to support the devs)
you should add Renshuu to this. what ive been using primarily and its fantastic
October 4, 2025 at 1:42 AM
Same. Been off and on for years and renshuu is the first that has “stuck” - essentially free but you can lifetime subscribe for a few bonus features (ie. to support the devs)
Yup. Also Hydro is true blue blah blah old school fossil fuels are part of the solution cue nostalgic black and white footage.
About 12GW worth. Or 5.5 times more than Snowy Hydro 2.0 delivers. Still, not the same as taking a photo inside a big hole in the side of a mountain. And that counts for a lot, apparently
October 4, 2025 at 1:35 AM
Yup. Also Hydro is true blue blah blah old school fossil fuels are part of the solution cue nostalgic black and white footage.
$12bn could alss as o have bought a lot of big batteries - that would already be running.
Snowy Hydro is more of a big battery project, though, so the comparison isn't entirely fair.
October 4, 2025 at 12:47 AM
$12bn could alss as o have bought a lot of big batteries - that would already be running.
Smart cities don’t need cars at all to transport kids to school.
I'm terrified even driving around these huge vehicles in my small car. Now I feel as though I should buy a bigger vehicle to protect myself.
This is insane. 🙄
It's also extremely concerning on a bike or as a pedestrian. Cities do not need huge trucks to transport kids to school!
This is insane. 🙄
It's also extremely concerning on a bike or as a pedestrian. Cities do not need huge trucks to transport kids to school!
“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.
Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.
October 1, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Smart cities don’t need cars at all to transport kids to school.
The message is obvious - they don’t actually have an issue with any of it. It’s a bonus that it torched their opponents.
The failure of the @albomp.bsky.social government to cauterize robodebt from the Australia public sector is arguably the biggest in a crowded and growing field of failures that constitute its legacy. Trust in government instrumentalities has been destroyed.
September 29, 2025 at 3:09 PM
The message is obvious - they don’t actually have an issue with any of it. It’s a bonus that it torched their opponents.
Had an hilarious experience in Munich recently met a couple from Seattle who were talking about maybe moving overseas. My wife - the epitome of tactful non assumption - asked what the reason might be & wife gave us epic side eye & suggested it was okay to talk about the orange elephant in the room.
September 28, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Had an hilarious experience in Munich recently met a couple from Seattle who were talking about maybe moving overseas. My wife - the epitome of tactful non assumption - asked what the reason might be & wife gave us epic side eye & suggested it was okay to talk about the orange elephant in the room.
This MP thinks not only that he is smarter than you, he thinks you are dumb as dog shit. Absolute patronising nothing from a treasurer.
Labor MP Tom Koutsantonis, South Australia's new treasurer, has told The Australian he is "very worried about that type of woke agenda"
"Young men used to make up a big cohort of Labor voters...a lot feel as if they have no voice representing them from any party," he said
"Young men used to make up a big cohort of Labor voters...a lot feel as if they have no voice representing them from any party," he said
September 26, 2025 at 10:15 AM
This MP thinks not only that he is smarter than you, he thinks you are dumb as dog shit. Absolute patronising nothing from a treasurer.
Staggering that this can not be a serious long term jail sentence.
“A 24-year-old man who hit two Aboriginal pedestrians with his car and sped away, later bragging to his friends he’d run down an ‘oxygen thief’, has been spared actual jail time.”
ABC Australia.
It’s good enough to “show remorse” in court if it keeps you out of jail.
Welcome to Australian justice.
ABC Australia.
It’s good enough to “show remorse” in court if it keeps you out of jail.
Welcome to Australian justice.
September 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Staggering that this can not be a serious long term jail sentence.