Mr Jones
@mrjoneslogic.bsky.social
🌏 Social-democratic Aussie | Advocate for fact-based discourse 📚 | ‘Woke’ = awareness & concern for social justice & fairness ✊ | Philosophy & logic enthusiast 🧠 | Exploring Buddhist philosophy 🧘♂️ | Lifelong learner & seeker of truth 🌟
There is a theory that when a state is spending more effort on controlling itself than defending itself, the society may be entering a period of serious institutional stress that can precede decline or collapse.
I’d argue the Iran war and tariff policies are essentiallyresponses to domestic issues.
I’d argue the Iran war and tariff policies are essentiallyresponses to domestic issues.
Oh look, the “fiscal conservatives” are running the government again.
August 14, 2026 at 12:00 AM
There is a theory that when a state is spending more effort on controlling itself than defending itself, the society may be entering a period of serious institutional stress that can precede decline or collapse.
I’d argue the Iran war and tariff policies are essentiallyresponses to domestic issues.
I’d argue the Iran war and tariff policies are essentiallyresponses to domestic issues.
“The false equivalence between people who do not care about equal human dignity – and in fact seek dominion over others depending on their identity or beliefs – and those who push back against that as being ‘equally radical’ is civility brain rot.”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
Appeasement of authoritarian voices dooms us to repeating history
No matter how much we know about history, we are doomed to repeat it. Appeasement of authoritarian voices will get us there faster.
www.thenewdaily.com.au
August 9, 2026 at 2:54 AM
“The false equivalence between people who do not care about equal human dignity – and in fact seek dominion over others depending on their identity or beliefs – and those who push back against that as being ‘equally radical’ is civility brain rot.”
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2026...
Um, while China has elections, they are mostly indirect above the local level and operate within a one-party political system led by the Chinese Communist Party. www.congress.gov/crs_external...
July 17, 2026 at 2:49 AM
Um, while China has elections, they are mostly indirect above the local level and operate within a one-party political system led by the Chinese Communist Party. www.congress.gov/crs_external...
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“I did believe the election was stolen and the rioters were patriots - until I turned off Fox News.”
July 7, 2026 at 12:34 AM
“I did believe the election was stolen and the rioters were patriots - until I turned off Fox News.”
USA vs Belgium
Harry Potter: Justiça Tio Valter
ALT: Harry Potter: Justiça Tio Valter
static.klipy.com
July 7, 2026 at 3:41 AM
USA vs Belgium
This is how the sensible center fight back against the extremes of the majors, particularly the far right! 👍
Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender launch new party aimed at political centre promising ‘reason over rage’
Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender launch new party aimed at political centre promising ‘reason over rage’
New party dubbed Community Strong Australia follows secret talks about future of community independents
Teal independents Zali Steggall and Allegra Spender have launched a new political party called Community Strong Australia, with the aim of providing a centrist alternative for voters amid the rise of One Nation and the turmoil inside the Coalition.
The party will focus on issues including housing affordability, cost of living, climate change, childcare, education, healthcare and social cohesion, according to Steggall, the member for Warringah. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
June 24, 2026 at 8:51 PM
This is how the sensible center fight back against the extremes of the majors, particularly the far right! 👍
It’ll come up with the answer: 42
Then what? 🤣
Then what? 🤣
June 23, 2026 at 6:33 PM
It’ll come up with the answer: 42
Then what? 🤣
Then what? 🤣
So fortuitous this has happened, as we had been contemplating a dark colour for our pool resurfacing, but living in Australia and the pool being in direct sunlight, it would have been a disaster! Thanks Trump for saving us the expense and frustration - we will go with the lighter colour…
Trump claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized and says law enforcement is investigating
https://fascinating.news/r/zpIFNNEV
https://fascinating.news/r/zpIFNNEV
Trump claims Reflecting Pool was vandalized and says law enforcement is investigating
President Donald Trump on Friday claimed the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was intentionally vandalized and said law enforcement is actively investigating, as the administration has scrambled to fix the pool’s recent deterioration just days after Trump’s nearly $15 million renovation.
fascinating.news
June 20, 2026 at 4:26 AM
So fortuitous this has happened, as we had been contemplating a dark colour for our pool resurfacing, but living in Australia and the pool being in direct sunlight, it would have been a disaster! Thanks Trump for saving us the expense and frustration - we will go with the lighter colour…
Oi! Oi! Oi!
Juggling Australia Goal
ALT: Juggling Australia Goal
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June 14, 2026 at 5:59 AM
Oi! Oi! Oi!
In Australia, where a more rational approach to renewables has been taken, energy prices are set to fall this year: www.afr.com/policy/energ...
June 10, 2026 at 9:57 PM
In Australia, where a more rational approach to renewables has been taken, energy prices are set to fall this year: www.afr.com/policy/energ...
When your leader lives in a world of conspiracies and alternative facts, the outcome is poor policy making and incompetent government.
This man is perhaps the biggest embarrassment and self-own the US has ever faced. So cringe!
This man is perhaps the biggest embarrassment and self-own the US has ever faced. So cringe!
WATCH: “Where’s the evidence? You’ve never presented any evidence.”
Unhinged, lying Trump has a MELTDOWN and WALKS OFF when Welker refuses to let him get away with lying about rigged elections.
Finally some pushback.
Unhinged, lying Trump has a MELTDOWN and WALKS OFF when Welker refuses to let him get away with lying about rigged elections.
Finally some pushback.
June 7, 2026 at 10:23 PM
When your leader lives in a world of conspiracies and alternative facts, the outcome is poor policy making and incompetent government.
This man is perhaps the biggest embarrassment and self-own the US has ever faced. So cringe!
This man is perhaps the biggest embarrassment and self-own the US has ever faced. So cringe!
From the perspective of the rest of the world, this seem both on brand and a metaphor for today’s US social, political and economic culture (perhaps, it was always thus, just not as brazen as today?)!
Trump knows he has botched America's 250th anniversary, because he said so last weekend on Truth Social, @davidfrum.bsky.social argues:
Trump’s 250th Celebration Is a Fiasco
The president has turned a solemn occasion into a Day of Trump.
bit.ly
June 2, 2026 at 12:44 AM
From the perspective of the rest of the world, this seem both on brand and a metaphor for today’s US social, political and economic culture (perhaps, it was always thus, just not as brazen as today?)!
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My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE
June 1, 2026 at 10:16 PM
My god, Octavia Butler, just miss ONCE
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A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
May 24, 2026 at 5:36 PM
A PhD student at Stanford noticed her classmates were asking Al to write their breakup texts.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
So she ran a study. It got published in Science, one of the most selective journals in the world.
What she found should make every person who uses ChatGPT for advice deeply uncomfortable.
History is going to be brutal for Trump - once no longer in power and the spotlight shifts, the truth of his impact on America and the World will be exposed in movies, documentaries, TV series, school rooms and universities, and forevermore in the history books!
May 15, 2026 at 10:56 PM
History is going to be brutal for Trump - once no longer in power and the spotlight shifts, the truth of his impact on America and the World will be exposed in movies, documentaries, TV series, school rooms and universities, and forevermore in the history books!
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"The US Supreme Court..has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160...cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."
A British King just rightly checked the entire Republican Party on the Floor of the House.
A British King just rightly checked the entire Republican Party on the Floor of the House.
April 28, 2026 at 11:04 PM
"The US Supreme Court..has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160...cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances."
A British King just rightly checked the entire Republican Party on the Floor of the House.
A British King just rightly checked the entire Republican Party on the Floor of the House.
Europe, and a goodly part of the world, are on the edge of our seats, as democratic processes and peaceful transition of power aren’t part of the authoritarian playbook - anything can happen at this point!
Tonight in Budapest’s Heroes’ Square, a sea of young Hungarians—who’ve only ever known Orbán’s corrupt, suffocating regime—are packed together, singing, chanting, and daring to dream of freedom again.
Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺
Their hope is raw, their courage is real. The heart of Europe is beating in Budapest tonight. 🇭🇺❤️🇪🇺
April 11, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Europe, and a goodly part of the world, are on the edge of our seats, as democratic processes and peaceful transition of power aren’t part of the authoritarian playbook - anything can happen at this point!
Not sure they need the help…
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has claimed Vanity Fair deliberately doctored their White House expose to make Donald Trump’s team “look bad.”
Little Marco Posts Bonkers Conspiracy Theory About Tell-All
Rubio was in damage control on Tuesday night.
trib.al
December 17, 2025 at 5:13 AM
Not sure they need the help…
Is Jessica Tarlov on her own on Fox News, or do they have others speaking truth and exposing the ineptitude and corruption of the current Administration?
Her efforts to inform Fox News watchers of the realities of their plight is bordering on heroic!
Her efforts to inform Fox News watchers of the realities of their plight is bordering on heroic!
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 AM
Is Jessica Tarlov on her own on Fox News, or do they have others speaking truth and exposing the ineptitude and corruption of the current Administration?
Her efforts to inform Fox News watchers of the realities of their plight is bordering on heroic!
Her efforts to inform Fox News watchers of the realities of their plight is bordering on heroic!
Whenever I hear Phil Collins on the radio I immediately make an association with the American Psycho movie…
November 22, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Whenever I hear Phil Collins on the radio I immediately make an association with the American Psycho movie…
Two things that undermine notions that those complicit in crimes committed by the regime: Presidential immunity and Presidential pardons.
I doubt we will see any significant ‘moral awakening’ or lines not crossed in the next few years, just a continued escalation of criminality and doubling-down.
I doubt we will see any significant ‘moral awakening’ or lines not crossed in the next few years, just a continued escalation of criminality and doubling-down.
October 28, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Two things that undermine notions that those complicit in crimes committed by the regime: Presidential immunity and Presidential pardons.
I doubt we will see any significant ‘moral awakening’ or lines not crossed in the next few years, just a continued escalation of criminality and doubling-down.
I doubt we will see any significant ‘moral awakening’ or lines not crossed in the next few years, just a continued escalation of criminality and doubling-down.
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
May we never lose compulsory voting in Australia!
a kangaroo is holding a guitar in its paws while standing on its hind legs .
ALT: a kangaroo is holding a guitar in its paws while standing on its hind legs .
media.tenor.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:23 AM
May we never lose compulsory voting in Australia!
The shear scale of extraordinary corruption, criminal and unconstitutional behavior is why they will do everything possible to ensure the next US election results don’t represent the will of the people - the alternative is accountability.
a cartoon of the statue of liberty with a speech bubble that says liberty and justice is for all of us
ALT: a cartoon of the statue of liberty with a speech bubble that says liberty and justice is for all of us
media.tenor.com
September 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
The shear scale of extraordinary corruption, criminal and unconstitutional behavior is why they will do everything possible to ensure the next US election results don’t represent the will of the people - the alternative is accountability.
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74
September 16, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74