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picketer.bsky.social
Ex union boss. Organising, political economy, labour markets, tax, pensions, climate, China, Spinoza. Proud @UnitedWorkersOz member since 1990.
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“His writing may be publishable, but that doesn’t entitle him to public rehabilitation”

submitted 11 hours ago • 0 comments

ATO stats day! Reminder that only 5% of us pay even a dollar of the top rate of income tax (that cuts in at $180k.) Median taxable income if $56k.

submitted 12 hours ago • 2 comments

Just a small reminder: a basic social democratic program (doing stuff for schools, health, parks, PT, lived amenity, social services) remains very, very popular when you put it on the ballot and deliver it.

submitted 18 hours ago • 8 comments

A social democrat wins a municipal primary and everybody misplaces their shit.

submitted 19 hours ago • 2 comments

The jangly opening will never not hit me deeply.

submitted 19 hours ago • 4 comments

Konstas was dropped twice on the way to compiling this knock........

submitted 22 hours ago • 2 comments

Pretty sure I went to a "Tokyo Pig Liver" gig at The Tote back in the day.

submitted 23 hours ago • 0 comments

"Both our families made shells for the Nazis but ours worked dammit!"

submitted 1 day ago • 1 comment

Muslim guy: what if a poor person could buy vegetables Reasonable New Yorker: I am moving to a Whites Only compound 1,140 miles away from here as soon as possible. Please invite me onto the television to say this again.

submitted 1 day ago • 80 comments

He's a very, very talented 5 or 6 and that is not a sledge at all. You can't make a Ponting, Chappell or Smith in a lab but we should be looking for one. Won't win too many series relying on Trav, Beau, the keeper and the tail -probably.

submitted 1 day ago • 3 comments

Always good to remember how Sydney was before the funstoppers ruined it. www.theage.com.au/national/pub...

submitted 1 day ago • 2 comments

I've spent A LOT of time on these sort of commuter flights and it's soul-destroying.

submitted 1 day ago • 11 comments

Incredible to see a someone fall arse first into the 'rootless cosmopolitan' trope

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

reminder: McBride's problem with war crimes is that he felt the army was doing TOO MUCH about prosecuting the perpetrators.

submitted 1 day ago • 0 comments

Very strange (longish) piece does not explain what "green shipping fuel" is or how it is produced but does report an "industry" claim it could be worth billions to us so that's nice I guess.

submitted 2 days ago • 6 comments