LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The pit does the same thing for the psyche as church or a good football chant. Your soul needs a way to feel community, but it doesn't have to be deep. It can be shoving other idiots around as someone sings about not being a cunt. 000
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 05/09/2026My friends who don't work hospo have terrible taste in music. Had a last minute ticket for free to a local punk institution's final gig, couldn't find any takers who aren't working. Loads of people who were keen but rostered on. (Ignoring friends who don't want to be in a crowded room, fair enough.) 120
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Live band: "Where's my statisticians at?" Not Nether, but if that was gonna hit, here's the bar. 110
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I get why people might want to avoid engaging with complaints in fandom. There's always going to be good and bad faith criticisms about anything in a big fandom. I don't get the people who see that and respond to complaints is by adding yet more complaints, solely about there being complaints. 110
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️caitbsky.bsky.social @caitbsky.bsky.social · 21/08/2026#AusPol Disappearing children from the streets and keeping them isolated away from their trusted adults. Sounds like an #Epstein agenda. 112
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️🐈⬛💜 phonakins 🍉🌲 @phonakins.com · 30/05/2026"While they have been self-represented for almost all of the legal matters, information released under FoI shows the NDIA has spent more than $330,000 on legal fees and expenses to fight the family on the most recent matter alone, briefing barristers and a King’s Counsel to represent them."theguardian.comSix-year-old Sienna’s parents have fought the NDIS every year of her life for funding that keeps her aliveSienna has cerebral palsy, cannot talk and needs her lungs suctioned every few minutes. Her mother June ‘can tell you exactly what every cent’ in her NDIS plan is for 05541
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️👻👹 boo-rit 👹👻 @britculpsapp.bsky.social · 06/05/2026comedy stopped being legal 😔 736856
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️A Little Thought @alittlethought.bsky.social · 11/03/2026People arrested immediately in QLD for using a pro-Palestinian banned phrase at a protest www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... While a man in VIC who assaulted and abused Muslims at a community dinner was simply told to "move on" by police www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03... 121
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 07/03/2026Scandal is that which when alluded to invites clarification. 021
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 21/02/2026I don't trust fans that don't have deeply held gripes about their thing. 000
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 09/02/2026"I'm more used to signing missiles but with the similar shape I'm sure I can make it work." chaser.com.au/general-news... 2392143
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️⚔️𝕷𝖎𝖐𝖙𝖔𝖗 𝖛𝖔𝖓 𝕿𝖍𝖗𝖆𝖘𝖍𝖊𝖓𝖘𝖙𝖊𝖎𝖓⚔️ @ubergreen.northsky.social · 07/01/202640k fans: "the pharaoh narmer was three stories tall" 1254
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Anthony Moser @anthonymoser.com · 28/12/2025"Doors should have handles that work without electricity" is for some reason a hot take 7588179
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 31/07/202540k hot take: GW's current style of monopose miniatures has not only been bad for the minis, it's been bad for the game. 230
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Stilgherrian @stilgherrian.com · 29/07/2025“The difference between an LLM and a rubber duck is that the duck is smart enough to shut up when it has nothing useful to say.” — David Chisnall infosec.exchange/@david_chisn... 15819
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Stephen Graves @stephengraves.co.uk · 25/07/2025What an utterly dogshit rebrand. Take something unique, characterful and distinctive and make it look like every other bland corporate unbrand out there. 1963886754
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I don't want a beautiful word for this mundane rot caused by greed and capacity. I want a word that is sticky and connotes filth. I'm happy to hear your alternatives, but am sceptical. 2271
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Jana H-S (she, like a knife) @jana-aych-ess.bsky.social · 22/07/2025my new strategy is negging @newyorker.com hard enough that @theonion.com hires me, for some reason 1182
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Tom Caswell @tomcaswell.games · 02/07/2025Important to note; Japan has way stricter laws around laying people off. Actual protections from its government that force companies to do things like have execs take pay cuts before doing a mass layoff. The solution to this problem is not a “good” CEO. It’s systemic and complete reform. 2962592354
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️The Chaser @chaser.com.au · 02/07/2025"Punk is meant to be respectful, not protesting the establishment." Read more: chaser.com.au/general-news... 311114
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Gillian Branstetter @gbbranstetter.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Anyway here's Lisa Duggan on Andrew Sullivan warning about the "emasculation" of the gay movement 24 years ago: "He only asks that gays be allowed to exist within this neoliberal landscape, so long as they support sentimental masculinist nationalism and challenge nothing." 424227
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The only thing children prefer to outsmarting their patents is _almost_ outsmarting their patents. The cackle of a child that _almost_ beat their parent in the lowest stakes game of wits yet has joy that no adult can ever know. If they win, they need to explain how, ruining the joke. They know this. 000
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Learning with a proven example that sticking to moral standards is better in the long run with evidence rather than blind optimism. I believed this before, and have worked this way regardless as I won't live in a world where this is untrue, but visible vindication is motivating. 120
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️haha yeah @freshfleisch.bsky.social · 25/06/2025aside from holidays and sick days, unions should fight for “a few mornings off for when you just don’t want to get out of bed yet but will be good by noon” 6809
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Tom Tanuki @tomtanuki.bsky.social · 13/06/2025READ: independentaustralia.net/politics/pol...independentaustralia.netAustralia condemns LA Police for rubber bullets after quietly arming our ownThe Australian media's explainers on rubber bullets don't explain that our police have them too — and that they use them here, on us. 14712
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Spice8Rack @spice8rack.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Fortunate Son played over a military parade of obviously checked-out soldiers, marching out of sync to stroke the ego of a real estate mogul turned president who dodged the draft the song was written in criticism of. I have already become the joker. 12793138
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Nash @radiodeadair.com · 11/06/2025Deep Blue is 30 years old and was capable of defeating chess grand champions. It could be housed in a single cabinet. ChatGPT spans untold data centers devouring massive amounts of electricity and it got its ass whipped by an 8 bit gaming console from the 1970s.extremetech.comChatGPT Lost a Chess Game to an Atari 2600And on the 'Beginner' difficulty level, too. 140173546053
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Ben Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Every time I post it he goes up five more points. 373643346
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️A Little Thought @alittlethought.bsky.social · 02/06/2025LNP do not base their policies on evidence: "I should have a read of it for sure, but I make the point that our policy position won't change," Mr Crisafulli said. LNP shut down the testing service on April 4. Provider says 25% of ppl used less drugs, and many were referred for treatment. #auspolabc.net.auTaxpayer-funded review of drug testing in Queensland may not be releasedDocuments show the evaluation, which was due to be handed to the state government late last week, cost taxpayers $453,286. 241
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Sardonicus @sardonicus.eu · 01/06/2025European Jews on Ellis Island protest against their deportation to Germany, 1936 212540818
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 21/05/2025This website should let me know how old posters are, just because I need to judge people's opinions appropriately. An interesting and bold but really stupid take from a 19yo is a sign of promise, but at 25 signifies at best an edgy parrot that can use a keyboard. 020
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Ro Salarian @rosalarian.bsky.social · 13/05/2025I don't want to talk to a chat bot. I don't want to use AI to respond to a message. I don't want to download an app. I don't want to connect my fridge to wifi. I don't want to connect my socials to my bank. I don't want to rent the thing I used to own. I don't want to get notifications on my phone. 91907819
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 13/05/2025#Netherword #PaintsAndPints Fun with random minis. Trying new things. 020
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Breaking Bad Machete Order: One episode BB One episode Malcom in the middle Alternate the whole way through. 010
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 07/05/2025To err is human; To refuse to learn from your mistakes because they might make you look bad, is middle management. 020
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Jesse Eisinger @jeisinger.bsky.social · 06/05/2025Amid all the other news, it's easy to become inured to the basic facts here. Öztürk: -Is not accused of committing any crime -Is nonviolent -Was in this country legally -Merely engaged in speech that the administration objects to -Has been locked up for six weeks 3577473259
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 05/05/2025You forgot to mention she resigned in protest in January after you killed her cartoon about your plutocrat owner. 56110262843
LeftBower ⚒️ @leftbower.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Bullying a friend to occasionally let someone else make sure his lovely child doesn't choke to death on a lego. It used to take a village, but now it takes place under cover of night. 000
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Joshua Erlich @joshuaerlich.bsky.social · 27/04/2025I feel like I’m losing my mind with the lack of wall to wall coverage on disappearing *children with cancer* i keep saying this, but it’s not 5% of the uproar that came from Biden’s debate. “kids peeing in litter boxes”, a thing that never happened, got orders of magnitude more coverage. 3668581910
Reposted by LeftBower ⚒️Simon McGarr @tupped.bsky.social · 21/04/2025New Gist: Trans rights are Data rights An unusually long Gist on the data protection implications of the UK Supreme Court's decision to define what is the meaning of the word 'woman' in a single UK Act. (Also: the CJEU, colonialism, Joyce's Ulysses and Sinn Féin) www.thegist.ie/the-gist-tra...thegist.ieThe Gist: Trans rights are Data rightsA UK court has made a decision defining genders which has put it at odds with a less noticed, more important, decision from the CJEU. This is the Gist. 28552286