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Beddy

@lancecalhoon.bsky.social
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Aussie dad with Irish streak. Legislative drafter. Whitlamite. My interests are pretty niche: sports, music, movies, games. GWJ. May contain traces of Partridge. Walking on Ngunnawal land.

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Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 14h
The Reserve Bank of Australia: "millions of working class people have to suffer because some rich fucks got a bit greedy again x"
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 14h
I love how Australian mortgagees are being punished for Trump's warmongering and Silicon Valley's AI obsession ... trying to make us demand that people get sacked to make number go down
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 16h
This reminds me of that time in grade 4, when a few of us worked out how to print stuff on the library printer and we printed Licences to Fart for ourselves
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17h
Time for this classic again.
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Liam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 18h
Liam Hogan Thought expresses this as a large, not a small problem
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18h
Love the interviewer gently grilling him for including Smells Like Teen Spirit alongside Strange Fruit and Beds are Burning (and leaving off Treaty) -- I guess the author has to appeal to white Gen X blokes
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Nick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18h
He was told it was coming and did nothing.
abc.net.au
Netanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of election
With only weeks to go until elections in Israel, an unrelenting stream of well-sourced, detailed stories has suddenly appeared, documenting multiple failures by Benjamin Netanyahu to heed warnings of ...
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 19h
... all it would take is just one of those drones that Obama used to send to Yemeni weddings
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 19h
"move fast and break things" "disruption" "fail fast" -- these are not slogans for longevity
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RanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Other notable examples of common stock being used to raise capital while other, closely held, shares with more voting power preserve entrenched rights include the NYT and News Corp. There are plenty of others.
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RanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Looks like I have a new example to give to students when talking about different classes of shares. The reason this is remarkable, btw, is not because it is illegal or unethical. It is remarkable because, in most cases away from tech, investors would reject something over which they had no control.
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
m8 any neutral barracking for the Lions this weekend is a dog -- it's wharfie time!! www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2...
theguardian.com
Annoyingly likeable Lions or Fremantle’s fairytale? How to pick a team to cheer for in the 2026 AFL grand final
Forget the cup, who will win the hearts of the undecideds, casuals and neutrals – the juggernauts from Brisbane or the underdog Dockers?
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This feels like a jurisdictional error -- why is the leader of a nation bothering with the mayor of a city in another nation? A mayor has no foreign policy
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Trump when he lashes out at critics and the press for this reason. But fundamentally, I think it's a failure to recognise that there are still standards out there that people expect him to keep and that when he does otherwise, to put this in 90s terms, all the average Australian sees is a sell-out.
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I also suspect that if you put any of this to Albanese, he'd be hurt. It was just a photo. It's part of the job. He wants the UN Security Council position and the subs. The US is *the* ally. He has to play nice. He's attacked no matter what he does. I also have the feeling Albo kinda envies...
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Royce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Posing for a grinning selfie with Trump would make sense to the PM in the moment because it's gormless suburban Gen X dad behaviour. Thing is, on any objective measure, Trump is a widely loathed figure. Peter Dutton was destroying by the Australian electorate for seeming Trumpy.
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Adrian Anderson when he catches brief that is not at the AFL Tribunal
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Ricky Bobby: I'm Not Sure What To Do With My Hands
ALT: Ricky Bobby: I'm Not Sure What To Do With My Hands
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
torn between 'this is serious' and 'ehhh, it's a private boys' school thing, so fuck 'em'
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
2 Nazis and a One Nation MP walk into a casino, spend 2 hours talking, then leave together ... Joyce's St Peter routine doesn't cut it
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Boomer parents selling their family home under the CGT/negative gearing changes: Well this fucking sucks. What the fuck. Boomer parents buying their new downsized apartment: Haha fuck yeah!!! Yes!!
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The RBA comes out every six weeks to say more people need to lose their jobs for economy number go up. A real Labor government - for the workers - would not tolerate this shit Fuck you RBA, why can't the 'heat' be taken out of corporate profits instead www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
abc.net.au
Rates set to rise as RBA governor says 'heat' needs to be taken out of job market
All four major banks and the bulk of money market traders believe the Reserve Bank will raise interest rates next week and governor Michele Bullock did nothing to dissuade them during a speech in Sydn...
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TW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
this is fantastic and I learned something new
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It's always worth listening to Tony Birch: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Coalition wants 'discrete' First Nations content in schools. But children must be taught to critically assess concepts such as national pride | Tony Birch
A law passed in Victoria in 1886 left aftershocks felt across Australia today. Yet few white people have ever heard of it
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Leena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 22/09/2026
I apologize angelic soprano Charlotte Church… i was not aware of your game
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Steve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
It is FUCKING infuriating to hear the RBA Governor talk about increasing the number of unemployed people to take pressure of prices when she knows full well that wages aren't driving inflation.
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Katie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 22/09/2026
babe wake up new (to me since i did not have internet) about here video just dropped
youtube.com
Gen Z Didn’t Kill Nightlife
YouTube video by About Here
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Strange historical factoid is that every time there has been a great leap forward in communications technology (printing press, radio, internet) there has been a surge in authoritarianism -- arseholes use the new technology for propaganda and control
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I agree with this bloke on this issue www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...
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Paul Keating says Aukus locking Australia into a US war against China, which it would ‘certainly lose’
Former prime minister says US would ‘scuttle itself back to San Diego’, leaving Australia to deal with retribution from China
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Gee it's a shame we didn't get any 'truth in political advertising' laws before the rise of the AI slop machines
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Go back to watch this. It’s absolutely spot on. The massive jump in ON’s numbers isn’t “natural.” It is very likely an anomaly reflecting massive social media distortion. Manipulating algorithms? Overseas disinformation factories. Who is paying for it? Gina’s money @ Advance? Or? #Auspol
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Let's regroup under the one banner that united us all: calling rightwingers weird and creepy
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 is giving me a new perspective on medieval craftsmanship, or why do all my clothes degrade to unwearable condition in just 2 days?
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It's Friday ... you're almost there! Keep going www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-n...
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Bobby Thurston - You Got What It Takes (Radio Edit)
YouTube video by UnidiscMusic
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
this was basically the premise of Dark Emu
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Luke Plunkett @lukeplunkett.com · 17/09/2026
dudes rock
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Why is Labor "chasing the One Nation vote" when ON has 6 people in Federal Parliament? The "One Nation vote" has not manifested in any serious way What are they chasing? Are we back to the days when Kevin ruined his mandate by chasing poll numbers 2 years away from an election?
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Students marching against Hanson in civic today — you love to see it
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 17/09/2026
stone cold classic
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Rhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
2.2 million.
theguardian.com
Australia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisation
Study finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
other journos* merely ask questions, but Peta Credlin Demands Answers *she's not a journo, she's a Liberal Party operative with a media platform
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Museum of Twitter @museum-of-twitter.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Hell yes
Tweet from The Gentle Freak (@mitchysuch):

Witcher npc: my daughter was killed by goblins 3 hours ago, follow the fresh blood trail to avenge her

Me: how bout some gwent

Npc: oh, word. Hell yes
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Kaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Several of One Nation's leaders have expressly said they will ban all abortion for all girls & women, then 'clarified' they meant just the ones they decide should be forced to give birth. Believe them first. Believe them when they're not spinning. A One Nation vote is a vote for forced birth.
One Nation's NSW boofhead leader in orange short and hat caught saying it will wipe out abortion rights for girls & women, then saying whoops I meant just the ones we decide must give birth.
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Pat McCaffrie @patmccaffrie.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"Yes Pauline Hanson might still be an unreconstructed racist, but she sounds so much better doing it than she used to"
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Computer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
by the way, when are we all grabbing our torches, pitchforks and guillotines and showing up on the front lawns of all the guys in the Epstein files? I'm keeping my calendar open
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vanoreo @vanoreo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
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Dr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I have an untested theory that some powerful (cis white propertied) men behaved honourably at times when their opponents were all other cis white propertied men. Now there are women and racialised and non binary folks in the public sphere, white blokes are every man for himself.
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"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I keep seeing this (youtu.be/u5kEbkeX_94?...) channel recommended to me on YouTube and it is just so frustrating because its purporting to use history to advise worldbuilders but it is just...off. Relentless autodidact problems where things are misinterpreted or misunderstood.
youtu.be
The Ocean Is Not a Road: Fix Your Fantasy Map
YouTube video by The Grainbound
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Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
so brave of Sheeran to take the principled stance of taking no stances
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Brendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay
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