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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴

@derekjarman.bsky.social
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(heavy) music fan, (very) amateur cricketer, EFC supporter, cook, animal-lover, cat servant, RPGer, PC gamer, pragmatist.

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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 14h
Positive move from The Greens. Shoebridge has a bit of juice and can be forceful without being sanctimonious. They've been absent during the rise of One Nation, but they have an opportunity to be a genuine (as opposed to opportunistic) bulwark. As long as they don't disappear up their own arses.
theguardian.com
David Shoebridge says ‘we’re here to replace Labor’ in first remarks after being elected new Greens leader
Shoebridge, a senator from New South Wales and former upper house state MP, won the role over Mehreen Faruqi and Sarah Hanson-Young
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 14h
Because of some spam purporting to come from my web service provider but showing the name of a company called "Benny Fjord Gaffeltruck" on the email address, I learned that the Danish word for "forklift" is "gaffeltruck". I don't know whether "Benny Fjord" is a pisstake of "Betty Ford" or not.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19h
Sign for a baker at a farmer's market near my house. The first one reads amusingly to me... "our bread is *traditionally* sourdough"... but today? The second is an attempt from a month later. Closer... maybe still not ideal though.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19h
PSA: if you have a USB C port that the plug just doesn't seem to fit in anymore or is always loose and you can't see anything wrong with the plug or the port: There's probably something lodged in there and it's been compressed good. Grab a toothpick and dig... and don't stop at the first chunk.
A USB C port.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A mate sent me a package from the US via FedEx. I get a WhatsApp message from FE asking for a copy of the "Commercial Invoice". A day later I get a call and a SMS asking again. Mate didn't have it; he had to ask Fedex US for it and send it to me. It is attached to the carton. 🤷‍♂️🤦
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Even taking into account the "eye of the beholder" effect, I agree with him in that a lot of "art" is garbage. However, that he thinks this "installation" separates him from that morass is indicative that he's delusional... and pretentious.
theguardian.com
Ai Weiwei unveils his epic new Australian work: ‘90% of art is just garbage. Real art questions the existing order’
From his farm in Portugal, the acclaimed artist speaks about war, peace, the state of the world – and his 40 metre sculpture Mushrooms, on Sydney Harbour
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I wish I could say I'm disappointed, but this was expected. The AFL was never going to allow this guy to be suspended for the GF.
afl.com.au
He should be so Lachie: Neale cleared to play in Grand Final
Lachie Neale faced the Appeals Board on Thursday in an attempt to have his one-match ban thrown out
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
AFL "journo's" need to stop this shit with the "whole of Victoria's hopes lying with Hawthorn". It's bullshit.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
This morning I was looking everywhere for a t-shirt I'd ordered; convinced that I remember taking it from the package, admiring it and tossing it in the laundry basket. I must have dreamt that because it came in the mail this afternoon. #doh
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I can't help but feel this Royal Commission has been compromised... we know that pressure is being brought to bear by Zionist organisations. Will the commissioner be able to resist? #auspol
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Because of course it did. Having our politicians also completely subservient to this foreign power makes it all the more frustrating. #auspol
michaelwest.com.au
Israel funded the legal assault on Mary Kostakidis - Michael West
The Zionist Federation of Australia's legal assault on Israel critic and journalist Mary Kostakidis was financed by Israel's war machine
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The remake of Deathstalker was not *good*, although I did enjoy the puppets and leaning into practical effects. Aside from calling that ridiculous contraption "the perfect sword", the thing that bugged me most was DS using a one-handed sword two-handed. #HEMA
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Playing "Zero Company". Whenever I hear a character in a Sci Fi universe with multiple inhabited planets refer to a 'Year', my response is 'Whose?'.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
There has to be a better way to deal with this person and her attacks on journalists asking reasonable questions. #Ettemedia
ettemedia.com
How journalists can stop letting Pauline Hanson write the news agenda
Where is the journalist solidarity in defence of our craft that is under attack?
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Hans Zimmer vs John Williams. This was fun. If you're around Sydney or Brisbane, take the opportunity to go see it when they play there. I couldn't have told you a single Zimmer score before seeing this; his music doesn't loom as large in my experiences (I think it's an age thing). #music #APO
apoconcerts.com
The Music of Hans Zimmer vs John Williams - 75-piece orchestra!
This thrilling concert features music from the most iconic films: the epic soundscapes of Zimmer and timeless melodies of Williams. Conducted by John Foreman.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Nott - As All Is Undone Holy shit... this one hits like a tonne of bricks and then pauses to give you time to breathe... then pummels you again. Massive sludgy blackened death (I guess). #metalsky \m/
nottmusicofficial.bandcamp.com
As All Is Undone, by Nott
7 track album
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
#BandcampFriday is upon us again. Suggestions follow:
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Knightfall, Part 1. A well-done modernised re-telling of first part of the classic "trilogy" with some extra background and explanations. Shortened some scenes, removed some extraneous characters and made Bane even more impenetrable. I'm not a massive Batman fan, but this is good. #batman
imdb.com
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
This showed up in a feed this morning. When I think about what Australia accomplished in the 90's with regard to gun control, it pisses me off that we flubbed the chance to re-focus on it after Bondi. Instead that became all about antisemitism and the broader problem was lost. #auspol #FAARK
youtube.com
John Oliver went to Australia to investigate the country's wildly successful approach to gun control
YouTube video by The Daily Show
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Because of course they did. Fuck LLMs and fuck the Israeli government. #politics
theguardian.com
Fake US thinktank set up and funded by Israel sought to game AI for propaganda
In effort to prime chatbots to make pro-Israel arguments the site published 124 reports, over 560,000 words in nine days, Guardian analysis shows
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
What the fucking fuck? You want to prove you're redundant, start using fucking LLMs to do your work for you. #auspol
theguardian.com
‘Scary’: how misinformation and AI hallucinations are infiltrating Australia’s parliament
Exclusive: Guardian analysis reveals that dozens of policy submissions from across the political spectrum incorrectly summarise real research and invent or wrongly cite sources
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
SLUGDGE - Esoteric Malacoloy Been a while since I hit Play on this beast of an album. The theme of the band and the funny, parody-level song names bely the quality of this (strangely) catchy progressive death album. #metalsky \m/
slugdge.bandcamp.com
Esoteric Malacology, by Slugdge
8 track album
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Things I would do if I was in charge of the AFL. 1. scrap the pre-finals bye and this wildcard round nonsense. 2. scrap the opening round nonsense and start every team on the same weekend. 3. scrap Thursday night football 4. consolidate the mid-season bye into one weekend. #AFL ...
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
"Dear God, how have you been then? I'm not fine, fuck pretending All of this death you're sending Best throw some free heart mending" - Alice in Chains - God Am. God is fantastic, isn't he. He saved your family while killing a tonne of other people.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Playing the National anthem before every AFL finals/wildcard match is *fucking stupid*. Tonight's game is between two suburbs of Melbourne for fuck's sake. There's only one day of the year when playing a national anthem makes any sense and that's ANZAC day. #AFL
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
FEN - ELEMENTAL Part One: MOURNING EARTH Unnecessarily complicated album title aside... this is an excellent slab of atmospheric black metal. Possibly slightly more accessible than previous efforts. #metalsky \m/
fenuk.bandcamp.com
ELEMENTAL Part One: MOURNING EARTH (Deluxe Edition), by Fen
11 track album
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
😢 #TimCurry
static.klipy.com
Tim Curry Says SPACE!
ALT: Tim Curry Says SPACE!
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Re: Silo, season 3, episode 8 The early indoor scenes are a triumph of set-dressing. Kudos.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
As an Essendon supporter, I didn't have particularly strong opinions about the coaching selection except that the club had to consider the decision carefully. I am content that due process has been followed. Now we play the waiting game. "Only James" people: shut up and back the club. #Essendon
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
When did it become a crime to recline your seat on a plane? I accidentally hit the button while trying to get something out of my pocket and in a flash I had a woman (next to the "victim") poking me in the shoulder telling me off. I don't usually use the function, but the reaction surprised me.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
www.sen.com.au/news/2026/08... I'm an Essendon member and this cockbag does not speak for me.
sen.com.au
Bombers member wants to cause upheaval to make Essendon relevant again
“We will cause upheaval to make Essendon relevant again.”
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Is this a bit performative? Albanese, said Hooper’s death was an “unspeakable tragedy”. “Her passing, I have no doubt, will be felt very deeply across the southern highlands, among her family, her friends, and indeed right across the nation.” One hiker's untimely death a national tragedy?
theguardian.com
Missing teen hiker Lily Hooper found dead after disappearing in NSW national park a week ago
Premier Chris Minns tells parliament ‘this is obviously devastating’ after earlier announcing 18-year-old had been ‘found alive’ with half a bottle of water
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Independent Australia @independentaus.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics maven, denouncing the Labor Party as "corrupt" & appearing as a spokesperson for the Liberal Party. Neo-Liberal comic economics with Dave Hughes @davrosz.bsky.social @michellepini.bsky.social @aaronsmith333.bsky.social
independentaustralia.net
Neo-Liberal comic economics with Dave Hughes
Previously a comedian, Dave Hughes has become a self-professed corruption crusader and economics maven, denouncing the Labor Party as
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
I enjoy when a suggestion lands and I appreciate @herasalander.bsky.social remembering where the suggestion came from and letting me know. #metalsky
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We currently live in the shadow of two Scott Morrison brainfarts. One ruinous the other annoying. a. AUKUS. Something the ALP were wedged into; and b. the unilateral change to our national anthem. Fuck that guy. #auspol
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
One must assume that the party is against riling up the gambling companies by actually limiting their output. Albanese's claim that this is the largest reform of gambling advertising by any government in history is pretty disingenuous because it could be the first one. #auspol
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
"Nine Entertainment is limited to 190,530 TV gambling ads pa between the hours of 6am and 8.30pm. Big deal Albo!" #auspol michaelwest.com.au/gambling-ref...
michaelwest.com.au
Stay classy Albo. You lose some, you win more - Michael West
Will Prime Minister Albanese be remembered for going hard on sexist jokes and going soft on gambling advertising?
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The NDIS Bill was shoved through late evening. Robotic cuts lie ahead which will devastate Australia's disabled. ICMYI #auspol michaelwest.com.au/robodebt-on-...
michaelwest.com.au
Robodebt on Steroids. Palantir eyes NDIS - Michael West
The Government has secretly put Palantir into its automated decision system inside the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
We need an inquiry into the creation of the Envoy's position and the substrate of support for Israel bubbling in some areas.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This is significant. 1. it indicates the club is broadly satisfied that events are largely as reported. 2. It will make it very hard for the remaining group to progress in the finals. The club is putting its culture ahead of immediate success, which is laudable. #AFL #Sydney
afl.com.au
Swans hand down huge bans to five key players
Sydney has suspended five players for the rest of the 2026 season, including finals
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Russ is sleeping in this box right next to my desk... I can just hear his breathing. It's lovely. #cats
Top-down image of a ginger tabby cat, curled into a ball sleeping in a cardboard box with a grey cushion underneath.
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Heavy Blog is Heavy @heavyblog.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Lists are fun... so here are a few individual lists from the year so far! www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2026/07/20…
heavyblogisheavy.com
Staff Top 25s – The Best Music of 2026, So Far
Lists are fun... so here are ours!
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Heavy Blog is Heavy @heavyblog.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
If you're looking for Burden 2.0, this is not that and I, for one, am very happy about that. I want REZN, who are one of my favorite doom metal bands in operation, to keep pushing their sound and see what else they have to say. loom.ly/STBnJKg
heavyblogisheavy.com
REZN - Cycles in the Infinite Dream
If you're looking for Burden 2.0, this is not that and I, for one, am very happy about that. I want REZN, who are one of my favorite doom metal bands in operation, to keep pushing their sound and see what else they have to say.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Loving this season of Silo. I found the early eps a little frustrating (due to Juliette's situation), but it's blasting through the background.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
My suspicion is that known brands and corporations will gain value from being trustworthy in this age of AI-constructed scam bait. #auspol
theguardian.com
A Queensland man enjoyed soaring profits from a crypto trading app. Then his money started disappearing
The administrative work required to run an effective investment scam has been drastically cut by using merging technology
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Labuschagne bouncers... Aussies showing some desperation here. #AUSvBAN #Cricket
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I tried... but I can't listen to the commentary on the Fox coverage of the Aus v Bangladesh Test.
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Part 2 of the piece about the governmental over-reach and failures that lead to and continue to enable this shit. The antisemitism envoy's position is a form of racism and it needs to be ended. #auspol #michaelwest
michaelwest.com.au
The Segal State, Part 2: the mask, the children, the money and the answer - Michael West
Anthony Albanese built an unelected censorship apparatus for antisemitism envoy Jillian Segal without a vote, a bill or a debate
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Derek Jarman 🤘🏏⬛🔴 @derekjarman.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
"the moment you privatise a public service is also the day you should set the date for the Royal Commission into the failures and abuses of the system." Capitalism has no place in certain areas of our society - public utilities is one. #auspol
deepcutnews.com
Neoliberalism has destroyed our social fabric in the name of profits – Greg Jericho
Privatisation has failed. It's time to put public services back into public hands
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