Tim Lyons
@picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
The Age has a hammerlock on the zeitgeist eh?
January 9, 2026 at 10:03 PM
The Age has a hammerlock on the zeitgeist eh?
Airline lounge magazine with the 2028 parole roster isn’t it based on this masthead’s record?
January 9, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Airline lounge magazine with the 2028 parole roster isn’t it based on this masthead’s record?
Dude was jacked, it’s right there in the name. You’d think the pod bros would love him.
January 8, 2026 at 10:22 AM
Dude was jacked, it’s right there in the name. You’d think the pod bros would love him.
We shouldn’t leaf this alone as I romaine of the view it was ok cos it was very funny
January 8, 2026 at 9:43 AM
We shouldn’t leaf this alone as I romaine of the view it was ok cos it was very funny
M8 when we GenX were kids they were all drinking water hoses never did us harm there was lead in petrol and Pop’s idea of a fun arvo was lighting the incinerator to burn paint in the backyard.
January 8, 2026 at 1:31 AM
M8 when we GenX were kids they were all drinking water hoses never did us harm there was lead in petrol and Pop’s idea of a fun arvo was lighting the incinerator to burn paint in the backyard.
Here, 2.5km from the MCG.
January 4, 2026 at 4:04 AM
Here, 2.5km from the MCG.
It's an AEW but here is the Nimrod AEW3
January 2, 2026 at 11:43 PM
It's an AEW but here is the Nimrod AEW3
This up there with dumbest argument I have ever heard - and also plain offensive when you think about it for even a moment.
January 2, 2026 at 8:23 PM
This up there with dumbest argument I have ever heard - and also plain offensive when you think about it for even a moment.
This is who the BBC were platforming on a flagship show the other day.
January 2, 2026 at 7:39 PM
This is who the BBC were platforming on a flagship show the other day.
Sussan gets the Dril out.............
January 2, 2026 at 9:47 AM
Sussan gets the Dril out.............
I rode the bicycle to get bread in a neighbouring suburb because it was 1/1.
January 1, 2026 at 3:21 AM
I rode the bicycle to get bread in a neighbouring suburb because it was 1/1.
Good to see that the new VBC has sent @jamieleftpeg.bsky.social to the Port Jackson settlement as a foreign correspondent.
December 31, 2025 at 4:02 AM
Good to see that the new VBC has sent @jamieleftpeg.bsky.social to the Port Jackson settlement as a foreign correspondent.
(Best not to think about what might have been in some of the safety deposit boxes of a regional German savings bank. "The valuables Grandad left us" etc etc)
December 30, 2025 at 7:29 PM
(Best not to think about what might have been in some of the safety deposit boxes of a regional German savings bank. "The valuables Grandad left us" etc etc)
Try the veal. Best in the city.
December 30, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Try the veal. Best in the city.
Got a “well acthuahhlly” from a septic about Australian slang. This site has the juice.
December 28, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Got a “well acthuahhlly” from a septic about Australian slang. This site has the juice.
It's what Jesus would have wanted?
December 26, 2025 at 10:25 PM
It's what Jesus would have wanted?
In the 1850s the white nativist political outbreak in the US was against German and Irish immigrants. (Note this man's name.) Later versions against Jews and Italians etc. Rinse, repeat.
December 26, 2025 at 9:46 PM
In the 1850s the white nativist political outbreak in the US was against German and Irish immigrants. (Note this man's name.) Later versions against Jews and Italians etc. Rinse, repeat.
Bari: Fresh In Our Memories
December 24, 2025 at 2:30 AM
Bari: Fresh In Our Memories
"I do want to stress that the boiling of children, if they the poor and / or orphans, will remain legal" the Home Secretary told The Commons.
December 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
"I do want to stress that the boiling of children, if they the poor and / or orphans, will remain legal" the Home Secretary told The Commons.
Well, in case, only two. And both sunk by about 10 of these.
December 23, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Well, in case, only two. And both sunk by about 10 of these.