Reposted by BeddyPurplepingers ☭ @purplepingers.bsky.social · 14hThe Reserve Bank of Australia: "millions of working class people have to suffer because some rich fucks got a bit greedy again x" 412034
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 14hI 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 010
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 16hThis 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 0244
Reposted by BeddyRebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 17hTime for this classic again. 125129654394
Reposted by BeddyLiam Hogan @liamhogan.id.au · 18hLiam Hogan Thought expresses this as a large, not a small problem 282
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18hLove 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 000
Reposted by BeddyNick Feik @nickfeik.bsky.social · 18hHe was told it was coming and did nothing.abc.net.auNetanyahu was warned of October 7 Hamas attack, reports say ahead of electionWith 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 ... 138944
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 19h... all it would take is just one of those drones that Obama used to send to Yemeni weddings 010
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 19h"move fast and break things" "disruption" "fail fast" -- these are not slogans for longevity 000
Reposted by BeddyRanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Other 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. 001
Reposted by BeddyRanTLaw @rantlaw.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Looks 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. 134
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026m8 any neutral barracking for the Lions this weekend is a dog -- it's wharfie time!! www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2...theguardian.comAnnoyingly likeable Lions or Fremantle’s fairytale? How to pick a team to cheer for in the 2026 AFL grand finalForget the cup, who will win the hearts of the undecideds, casuals and neutrals – the juggernauts from Brisbane or the underdog Dockers? 100
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026This 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 141
Reposted by BeddyRoyce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Trump 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. 0182
Reposted by BeddyRoyce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I 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... 371
Reposted by BeddyRoyce Kurmelovs @roycerk2.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Posing 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. 1154
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Adrian Anderson when he catches brief that is not at the AFL Tribunalstatic.klipy.comRicky Bobby: I'm Not Sure What To Do With My HandsALT: Ricky Bobby: I'm Not Sure What To Do With My Hands 000
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026torn between 'this is serious' and 'ehhh, it's a private boys' school thing, so fuck 'em' 021
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/20262 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 140
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Boomer 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!! 010
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026The 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.auRates set to rise as RBA governor says 'heat' needs to be taken out of job marketAll 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... 144
Reposted by BeddyTW @twesq.bsky.social · 20/09/2026this is fantastic and I learned something new 562672412
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 23/09/2026It's always worth listening to Tony Birch: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe Coalition wants 'discrete' First Nations content in schools. But children must be taught to critically assess concepts such as national pride | Tony BirchA law passed in Victoria in 1886 left aftershocks felt across Australia today. Yet few white people have ever heard of it 031
Reposted by BeddyLeena 🌵 @leena.reuben.games · 22/09/2026I apologize angelic soprano Charlotte Church… i was not aware of your game 24611
Reposted by BeddySteve Baty (He/him) @docbaty.bsky.social · 22/09/2026It 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. 43916
Reposted by BeddyKatie Tightpussy, Editor-In-Chief @katie.bzky.team · 22/09/2026babe wake up new (to me since i did not have internet) about here video just droppedyoutube.comGen Z Didn’t Kill NightlifeYouTube video by About Here 416719
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Strange 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 000
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026I agree with this bloke on this issue www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comPaul 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 030
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Gee it's a shame we didn't get any 'truth in political advertising' laws before the rise of the AI slop machines 020
Reposted by BeddyLucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Go 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 20375181
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Let's regroup under the one banner that united us all: calling rightwingers weird and creepy 030
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Kingdom 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? 121
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 18/09/2026It's Friday ... you're almost there! Keep going www.youtube.com/watch?v=xe-n...youtube.comBobby Thurston - You Got What It Takes (Radio Edit)YouTube video by UnidiscMusic 000
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Why 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? 021
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Students marching against Hanson in civic today — you love to see it 020
Reposted by BeddyRhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 16/09/20262.2 million.theguardian.comAustralia’s Indigenous population estimated at 2.2m before ‘demographic catastrophe’ of colonisationStudy finds earlier numbers were underestimated, suggesting impact of diseases and massacres were much greater than previously thought 1277
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026other journos* merely ask questions, but Peta Credlin Demands Answers *she's not a journo, she's a Liberal Party operative with a media platform 010
Reposted by BeddyKaz Cooke @kazcooke.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Several 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. 28375167
Reposted by BeddyPat 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" 52511
Reposted by BeddyComputer𝔍𝔞𝔪𝔢𝔰 @computerjames.bsky.social · 18/05/2026the only video worth rescuing from my deleted twtter 5368422109
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026by 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 110
Reposted by BeddyDr Ingrid M🪁 @ingridm.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I 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. 0112
Reposted by Beddy"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux @bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I 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.beThe Ocean Is Not a Road: Fix Your Fantasy MapYouTube video by The Grainbound 2133432
Beddy @lancecalhoon.bsky.social · 15/09/2026so brave of Sheeran to take the principled stance of taking no stances 000
Reposted by BeddyBrendel @brendelbored.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Lots of rude comments but each of these items gives her a different stat boost and some of us care about gameplay 188113491912