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Tim Lyons

@picketer.bsky.social

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Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.

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Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 14h

"modelling showing." (The only thing showing is the publication's arse.)

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 18h

There are 11 pages of results to click through

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 19h

My "I'm Not Going To Be Salty" T-shirt has people asking a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 20h

Stock Photo Shocker.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Incredible stuff.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Another person who should've gone to @liamhogan.id.au's Camping Safety Workshop about not heating your canned goods with a oxy/acetylene torch: "The Brûlée Isn't Worth It."

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

"Freefall" housing prices in one chart. (And as for the *negative equity* stuff, only something like 4-6% of our total housing stock changes hands per year - and obviously much of that is not settled using the maximum possible LVR!) theconversation.com/this-chart-t...

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Just checking on world news (with a subscription) via the age dot com about if something might have gone on in South America at all.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Scabs

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Incredible that we have lived long enough to see the commissioning of "the USS The Internet Is Not A Big Truck, It's A Series Of Tubes"

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Imagen# you get paid for years to bowl up some back-wash that would get you cancelled in Year 10 debate club. "The Macquarie Dictionary says Adam Smith defines Farkinlame as".........

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The ABC didn't notice it happened at all, which is in some ways worse.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

The two main newspapers in Melbourne just reporting this like it's a normal thing to say.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

"Carnage" is up to thirdy flat tyres.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

(I nearly tagged you but decided to wait.)

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

If you need to pay your tax bill on credit, you should pay any finance charges not the Commonwealth (ie the rest of us.) This is not hard to grasp.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What does AI say about people just burning down the Maccas because it decided to charge $117 for a meal deal?

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Small Business Instant Asset Write-Off claimed?

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

All the Very Serious Nat Sec Types are in tears. China gets Virginia Class submarines instead of Australia.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Immigration is a big issue and the SMH is right onto it: *families forced to scramble* www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

The SMH finally asks "What's the go with the au pairs?"

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Imagine describing 10 storey buildings at a railway station minutes from the core CBD of a giant city as a "mega project" and citing *but waddabout public housing* plus some weird Malthusian stuff.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Slow clap for the self-reflection here.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Consumer Affairs Victoria hasn't mounted a single prosecution against an Owner's Corporation in a decade, and has issued just four infringement notices in 6 years..........

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

BREAKING from The Rodong Sinmun: workers, soldiers and peasants hail leadership of the Eternal Chairman.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Dog-shots off the ball are fine really if it's only a Prelim Final and there was a cheating divorce thing.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

This isn't some *unpleasant local congregation* the Liberal candidates ran across - they received real material campaign support across multiple states in 2025.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The Libs have been close to these nutters for years. They put a special section in the Workplace Relations Act just for the Brethren (that said they didn't have to deal with unions because on religious grounds..........)

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Look what HR stole from us

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

At Washington DC summit a new Have A Sook meme drops

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The French needing to send their military to the Red Sea area to ensure transit to Europe is fine and has no historical precedent.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Reminder that the GF public holiday just restored the Show Day public holiday that Bloody Jeff abolished (and sensibly put it on Friday.) Enjoy the day - and the penalty rates you get if you have to work, you deserve them.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Incredible stuff

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Premier Zhou Enlai and President Nixon, Beijing, 1972.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Because Jesus and John Wayne was such a great book, reading Live Laugh Love by @kkdumez.bsky.social. Highly recommend both.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Paramount Leader announces new Central Commission For Comprehensively Deepening Reforms after Politburo Standing Committee meeting.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The “the Horowitz Andreessen Academy” is next to the Ponds Institute. (One for 90s kids)

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Lmao

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

This new Pink and Blue Podcast by the ABC looks like it sucks.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

bsky.app/profile/fake...

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

If we didn't have autonomous cameras in Gov buildings Agent Chris would never have cracked the case

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

what am I missing here?

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Ah yes, something never before seen in an Australian school.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

It might be easier to take the 4 Corners story about Chinese EVs seriously if they hadn't decided to film it like a straight-to-video thriller from the 90s.

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Share a television show that raised you

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Real "but other than that Mrs Lincoln how was it?" areas

Tim Lyons @picketer.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

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