Tim Rust
@timrust.bsky.social
I'm a [grand]father who often gets worked up about stuff
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Australians need to familiarise themselves with the term ‘social murder’. The excess deaths are not the responsibility of the jobseeker rate- it’s the politicians who keep it at a rate that *they know* causes massive harm, high morbidity, and many deaths. If they know, what does that make them?
My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Australians need to familiarise themselves with the term ‘social murder’. The excess deaths are not the responsibility of the jobseeker rate- it’s the politicians who keep it at a rate that *they know* causes massive harm, high morbidity, and many deaths. If they know, what does that make them?
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But its not an apartheid because don't think about it.
September 17, 2026 at 11:07 PM
But its not an apartheid because don't think about it.
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I’m so so angry and devastated that Labor are selling off all Public Housing properties quietly. The Richmond towers are being demolished first thing next year. All the garden spaces will be destroyed. New towers built for landlords to snap up to rent out. Some put aside for “Social housing” #Auspol
September 18, 2026 at 1:08 AM
I’m so so angry and devastated that Labor are selling off all Public Housing properties quietly. The Richmond towers are being demolished first thing next year. All the garden spaces will be destroyed. New towers built for landlords to snap up to rent out. Some put aside for “Social housing” #Auspol
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Why 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?
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?
September 17, 2026 at 5:32 AM
Why 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?
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?
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one nation is out here saying they plan to do shit that would crash the economy and the media is like 'well its good to see someone taking initiative'
September 17, 2026 at 4:42 AM
one nation is out here saying they plan to do shit that would crash the economy and the media is like 'well its good to see someone taking initiative'
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Kitchen Cabinet
Insiders
Q&A/whatever that replacement thing is with Speers
Insiders
Q&A/whatever that replacement thing is with Speers
Name a tv show that went on way too long.
September 17, 2026 at 3:42 AM
Kitchen Cabinet
Insiders
Q&A/whatever that replacement thing is with Speers
Insiders
Q&A/whatever that replacement thing is with Speers
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I mean.., this can mean anything, frankly:
September 17, 2026 at 4:03 AM
I mean.., this can mean anything, frankly:
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LOL. Waat?
You don't even need a donated plane from a billionaire to turn the Labor policy racist?
You don't even need a donated plane from a billionaire to turn the Labor policy racist?
September 17, 2026 at 4:19 AM
LOL. Waat?
You don't even need a donated plane from a billionaire to turn the Labor policy racist?
You don't even need a donated plane from a billionaire to turn the Labor policy racist?
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My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho
Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2026 at 9:41 PM
My column on how the level of Jobseeker kills people. And those running the economy for over 30 years have decided that is how it should be.
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
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If you really hate foreigners Labor moves up from 3rd party... to... 3rd party.
But at least they've done it at the expensive of good policy and enabling racism.
*slow clap*
But at least they've done it at the expensive of good policy and enabling racism.
*slow clap*
International students to be effectively barred from bringing family to Australia
Family visas for foreign students targeted in migration crackdown
International students would effectively be banned from bringing family members to Australia under a long-awaited overhaul of the immigration system.
www.abc.net.au
September 17, 2026 at 2:50 AM
If you really hate foreigners Labor moves up from 3rd party... to... 3rd party.
But at least they've done it at the expensive of good policy and enabling racism.
*slow clap*
But at least they've done it at the expensive of good policy and enabling racism.
*slow clap*
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zomg Open AI solving maths problem "raises profound questions" no, it does not. it is not an intelligence. it is an algorithm that used the methodology of a human mathematician to *compute* a solution. the only questions it raises are about the uncredited theft of work by others
September 17, 2026 at 2:54 AM
zomg Open AI solving maths problem "raises profound questions" no, it does not. it is not an intelligence. it is an algorithm that used the methodology of a human mathematician to *compute* a solution. the only questions it raises are about the uncredited theft of work by others
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the housing crisis. Allowing ONP to control the discussion around housing and immigration is ceding power you actually have to stop this utter shit. But then you'd have to make real policy changes and we can't have that.
September 17, 2026 at 2:59 AM
the housing crisis. Allowing ONP to control the discussion around housing and immigration is ceding power you actually have to stop this utter shit. But then you'd have to make real policy changes and we can't have that.
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Israeli cruelty just to show they can
More than 900 wheelchairs, donated by two Australian charities to help injured children in Gaza, are stuck in warehouses in Jordan due to Israeli restrictions on aid deliveries into the war-ravaged strip.
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09...
Australian wheelchairs donated to Gaza stuck in Jordan warehouse
Hundreds of wheelchairs, donated by two Australian charities to help injured children in Gaza, are stuck in warehouses in Jordan due to Israeli restrictions.
www.abc.net.au
September 17, 2026 at 12:53 AM
Israeli cruelty just to show they can
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Donald Trump does not understand what trade is and imagines every exchange as having a winner and loser. That’s natural: everyone except economists experiences that.
You don’t go to work because it’s a mutually beneficial exchange with your boss (though it might be). You go because you have to!
You don’t go to work because it’s a mutually beneficial exchange with your boss (though it might be). You go because you have to!
September 17, 2026 at 2:25 AM
Donald Trump does not understand what trade is and imagines every exchange as having a winner and loser. That’s natural: everyone except economists experiences that.
You don’t go to work because it’s a mutually beneficial exchange with your boss (though it might be). You go because you have to!
You don’t go to work because it’s a mutually beneficial exchange with your boss (though it might be). You go because you have to!
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Apparently 730's descent into unwatchable unpleasant performance art has led to tonight having a panel of Bill Shorten and Chris Pyne discussing AI.
September 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Apparently 730's descent into unwatchable unpleasant performance art has led to tonight having a panel of Bill Shorten and Chris Pyne discussing AI.
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Yeah, while at the same time Burke is a) trying to outflank One Nation on the right (migration cuts are policy, but not announced for months now?) and b) runs an offshore detention regime which for billions of dollars leaves asylum seeker hungry, desperate and sometimes suicidal.
Tony Burke chastises Angus Taylor for staying silent on shocking revelations that Liberal-supporting Brethren Church members paid far-right actors & neo-Nazis to stalk and intimidate during elections.
“Nothing in his character gives him pause for thought.”💥
“Nothing in his character gives him pause for thought.”💥
September 16, 2026 at 5:47 AM
Yeah, while at the same time Burke is a) trying to outflank One Nation on the right (migration cuts are policy, but not announced for months now?) and b) runs an offshore detention regime which for billions of dollars leaves asylum seeker hungry, desperate and sometimes suicidal.
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We'll get a lower quality student, who will produce less valuable knowledge, and be miserable while they do it. Everyone loses.
September 16, 2026 at 5:50 AM
We'll get a lower quality student, who will produce less valuable knowledge, and be miserable while they do it. Everyone loses.
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I'm also worried about the Age & SMH coverage of abortion bans promised by One Nation & others. Their National Correspondent, Rob Harris is an active Catholic who has written in praise of an anti-choice campaigner. Will anyone else at the Channel 9 papers pursue it?
I realise this is the NSW party, but important context here for the upcoming state election in Victoria.
Maybe those journalists on the Spring St beat might consider asking these questions (and keep asking them until they get adequate answers) in the lead up to November?
Maybe those journalists on the Spring St beat might consider asking these questions (and keep asking them until they get adequate answers) in the lead up to November?
Several 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.
September 16, 2026 at 5:08 AM
I'm also worried about the Age & SMH coverage of abortion bans promised by One Nation & others. Their National Correspondent, Rob Harris is an active Catholic who has written in praise of an anti-choice campaigner. Will anyone else at the Channel 9 papers pursue it?
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perhaps he means ‘rare’ as in far from well done?
September 16, 2026 at 1:32 AM
perhaps he means ‘rare’ as in far from well done?
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This seems appropriate
September 16, 2026 at 1:03 AM
This seems appropriate
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Who called it the team of agents accepted by the FBI after bestiality restrictions were lifted and not Paw Patel
September 16, 2026 at 2:50 AM
Who called it the team of agents accepted by the FBI after bestiality restrictions were lifted and not Paw Patel
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An interesting headline.
Trying to work out why so many bought and sold within the last year?
Trying to work out why so many bought and sold within the last year?
September 16, 2026 at 12:06 AM
An interesting headline.
Trying to work out why so many bought and sold within the last year?
Trying to work out why so many bought and sold within the last year?
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Also, this fantastic story about George Formby vs Apartheid.
ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com/2006/10/by-g...
ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com/2006/10/by-g...
ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com
September 15, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Also, this fantastic story about George Formby vs Apartheid.
ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com/2006/10/by-g...
ageofuncertainty.blogspot.com/2006/10/by-g...
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You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?
The Beatles banned segregated audiences, contract shows
The Beatles refused to play to segregated audiences in the US, a contract for one of the group's concerts shows.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 15, 2026 at 12:04 PM
You can't blame Ed Sheeran for caving in to American stadium owners I suppose. I mean, take these guys in the 60s, they refused to play to racially-segregated audiences in stadiums in the southern states of the USA and who remembers them now?