Chris Burns
@rmlockley.bsky.social
Semi retired Luddite/Systems Librarian
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The response to 9/11 intensified an “imperial arrogance,” as Edward Said called it, “unschooled in worldliness, unfettered either by competence or experience, undeterred by history or human complexity, unrepentant in its violence and the cruelty of its technology.”
Adom Getachew on its aftermath:
Adom Getachew on its aftermath:
Holding Ourselves Responsible
The failures of the UN’s Responsibility to Protect framework.
www.bostonreview.net
September 9, 2026 at 8:09 PM
The response to 9/11 intensified an “imperial arrogance,” as Edward Said called it, “unschooled in worldliness, unfettered either by competence or experience, undeterred by history or human complexity, unrepentant in its violence and the cruelty of its technology.”
Adom Getachew on its aftermath:
Adom Getachew on its aftermath:
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Shoebridge unloads on Labor for ditching the UK, Canada & France on new settlement sanctions on Israel, despite claiming to work with 'likeminded countries'
“Does this govt really think the Aus public is just stupid?”
“Trump, Netanyahu, they’re your partners!”💥 #auspol
“Does this govt really think the Aus public is just stupid?”
“Trump, Netanyahu, they’re your partners!”💥 #auspol
September 9, 2026 at 3:16 AM
Shoebridge unloads on Labor for ditching the UK, Canada & France on new settlement sanctions on Israel, despite claiming to work with 'likeminded countries'
“Does this govt really think the Aus public is just stupid?”
“Trump, Netanyahu, they’re your partners!”💥 #auspol
“Does this govt really think the Aus public is just stupid?”
“Trump, Netanyahu, they’re your partners!”💥 #auspol
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let’s make sure Minns never lives this down. The police were doing what he asked them to do. We can ignore the “public safe” bit because the police in fact attacked the public, including Muslims during prayer.
September 1, 2026 at 9:23 AM
let’s make sure Minns never lives this down. The police were doing what he asked them to do. We can ignore the “public safe” bit because the police in fact attacked the public, including Muslims during prayer.
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August 16, 2026 at 4:33 PM
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David Shoebridge unloads on Labor/ON/LNP for yet again joining forces to block a gas export tax & says it’s time to “replace Labor” — not with parties who “wander off to some Sicilian resort with the billionaire class”🔥 but with the only party who stands up to them, The Greens.
August 12, 2026 at 10:41 PM
David Shoebridge unloads on Labor/ON/LNP for yet again joining forces to block a gas export tax & says it’s time to “replace Labor” — not with parties who “wander off to some Sicilian resort with the billionaire class”🔥 but with the only party who stands up to them, The Greens.
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Never let the cynics and naysayers grind you down. You *can* have it all at once.
July 4, 2026 at 7:36 PM
Never let the cynics and naysayers grind you down. You *can* have it all at once.
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Top work
Me on Hanson at the Press Club.http://inside.org.au/once-a-liberal
Once a Liberal • Frank Bongiorno
Pauline Hanson’s Press Club speech provided plenty of ammunition for at least some of her opponents
inside.org.au
June 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Top work
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Frenchman Meets with an Actual Surrender Monkey.
June 15, 2026 at 11:38 PM
Frenchman Meets with an Actual Surrender Monkey.
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Better headline:
'UK and allies impose token sanctions on firms and individuals, in a desperate effort to avoid holding to account the real enabler of #WestBank terror and ethnic cleansing - the Israeli government.'
'UK and allies impose token sanctions on firms and individuals, in a desperate effort to avoid holding to account the real enabler of #WestBank terror and ethnic cleansing - the Israeli government.'
June 9, 2026 at 9:05 PM
Better headline:
'UK and allies impose token sanctions on firms and individuals, in a desperate effort to avoid holding to account the real enabler of #WestBank terror and ethnic cleansing - the Israeli government.'
'UK and allies impose token sanctions on firms and individuals, in a desperate effort to avoid holding to account the real enabler of #WestBank terror and ethnic cleansing - the Israeli government.'
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It’s hard to imagine any technology that has ever fucked it this badly, and purely through arrogance, it’s like if the people who invented the car decided to showcase its utility by driving over your family dog and then backing up and doing it again, and also the car sucked and was bad
"The public has swung 49 points against data centers in just nine months"
lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...
lol heatmap.news/politics/ame...
Exclusive: Americans Now Overwhelmingly Oppose New Data Centers Near Them
A new Heatmap Pro poll shows a rapid shift in public opinion since last fall.
heatmap.news
June 4, 2026 at 2:41 PM
It’s hard to imagine any technology that has ever fucked it this badly, and purely through arrogance, it’s like if the people who invented the car decided to showcase its utility by driving over your family dog and then backing up and doing it again, and also the car sucked and was bad
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"Give me billions and I'll give you 14 brand new spanking nuclear submarines by 2045.."
"I find that difficult to believe Max"
"Would you believe 1 brand new nuclear submarine, and two slightly used ones by 2030?"
"No"
"Would you believe an IOU for 3 used rubber duckies with their squeaks missing?"
"I find that difficult to believe Max"
"Would you believe 1 brand new nuclear submarine, and two slightly used ones by 2030?"
"No"
"Would you believe an IOU for 3 used rubber duckies with their squeaks missing?"
June 1, 2026 at 12:52 AM
"Give me billions and I'll give you 14 brand new spanking nuclear submarines by 2045.."
"I find that difficult to believe Max"
"Would you believe 1 brand new nuclear submarine, and two slightly used ones by 2030?"
"No"
"Would you believe an IOU for 3 used rubber duckies with their squeaks missing?"
"I find that difficult to believe Max"
"Would you believe 1 brand new nuclear submarine, and two slightly used ones by 2030?"
"No"
"Would you believe an IOU for 3 used rubber duckies with their squeaks missing?"
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this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
May 11, 2026 at 2:12 AM
this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.
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Anyway, you can read Jeff's response to this ridiculous and inflammatory piece of nonsense here:
overland.org.au/2026/05/jour...
overland.org.au/2026/05/jour...
Journalism in decline: a response to Michael Gawenda - Overland literary journal
As the author of a jeremiad about media ethics, Gawenda must, at some stage, have stumbled across point twelve in the MEAA code. It reads: “do your utmost to achieve fair correction of errors”. I awai...
overland.org.au
May 4, 2026 at 12:36 AM
Anyway, you can read Jeff's response to this ridiculous and inflammatory piece of nonsense here:
overland.org.au/2026/05/jour...
overland.org.au/2026/05/jour...
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A clear statement.
That is completely beyond the Australian foreign minister.
Who is far more focused on berating Australians for participating in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, than condemning piracy and kidnapping by the rogue Israeli regime.
That is completely beyond the Australian foreign minister.
Who is far more focused on berating Australians for participating in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, than condemning piracy and kidnapping by the rogue Israeli regime.
April 30, 2026 at 10:15 PM
A clear statement.
That is completely beyond the Australian foreign minister.
Who is far more focused on berating Australians for participating in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, than condemning piracy and kidnapping by the rogue Israeli regime.
That is completely beyond the Australian foreign minister.
Who is far more focused on berating Australians for participating in the #GlobalSumudFlotilla, than condemning piracy and kidnapping by the rogue Israeli regime.
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Absolutely disgusted by this appalling treatment of an author and an illustrator by UQP www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-un...
Exclusive: University of Queensland scraps Indigenous children’s book, citing controversial anti-Semitism policy
The book's author has described the decision to pulp all 5,000 copies of the book as reckless and disrespectful, and says it "sets a chilling standard".
www.lamestream.com.au
April 22, 2026 at 5:54 AM
Absolutely disgusted by this appalling treatment of an author and an illustrator by UQP www.lamestream.com.au/exclusive-un...
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The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room.
The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.
The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.
It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.
The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.
The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.
It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.
April 18, 2026 at 7:55 AM
The FBI guy is on a paranoid bender and won’t leave his room.
The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.
The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.
It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.
The War guy quotes bible passages from Pulp Fiction.
The Health guy collects raccoon dicks.
It’s an Idiocracy on steroids.
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Belgium just seized 2 British military shipments bound for Israel. At Liège Airport. 33 crates. Military components including lasers, sights, fire control systems, aircraft parts.
The cargo arrived by truck from the UK. It was supposed to fly to Tel Aviv.
Be like Belgium
#stopthewar #Lebanon #gaza
The cargo arrived by truck from the UK. It was supposed to fly to Tel Aviv.
Be like Belgium
#stopthewar #Lebanon #gaza
April 17, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Belgium just seized 2 British military shipments bound for Israel. At Liège Airport. 33 crates. Military components including lasers, sights, fire control systems, aircraft parts.
The cargo arrived by truck from the UK. It was supposed to fly to Tel Aviv.
Be like Belgium
#stopthewar #Lebanon #gaza
The cargo arrived by truck from the UK. It was supposed to fly to Tel Aviv.
Be like Belgium
#stopthewar #Lebanon #gaza
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Horrific
Israeli aircraft reportedly sprayed glyphosate over border farmlands in southern Lebanon & Syria’s Quneitra in Jan–Feb ‘26. Lebanese tests & UNIFIL samples found concentrations 20–30x above normal, killing crops. Israel said it is to deny militants cover. UN warned of humanitarian/environmental harm
April 9, 2026 at 7:13 AM
Horrific
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Israel is doing everything it can to destroy hopes for peace as it launches a criminal wave of bombings on Lebanon overnight. They have killed more than 250 people and injured over 1,000 more. Global sanctions, global action, is needed, now.
April 8, 2026 at 8:57 PM
Israel is doing everything it can to destroy hopes for peace as it launches a criminal wave of bombings on Lebanon overnight. They have killed more than 250 people and injured over 1,000 more. Global sanctions, global action, is needed, now.
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It’s Easter and the US President chose to share this, an unhinged and expletive ridden rant threatening war crimes against the Iranian people. Australians want no part in this and they expect our government to clearly oppose it and organise to prevent it.
April 5, 2026 at 8:41 PM
It’s Easter and the US President chose to share this, an unhinged and expletive ridden rant threatening war crimes against the Iranian people. Australians want no part in this and they expect our government to clearly oppose it and organise to prevent it.
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People are often surprised that the banking system still runs on legacy COBOL code and much of modern physics still uses FORTRAN.
Well, one good thing is you don’t end up running two versions of Outlook.
Sorry, Artemis II crew. You’re at Clippy’s mercy now.
Well, one good thing is you don’t end up running two versions of Outlook.
Sorry, Artemis II crew. You’re at Clippy’s mercy now.
right now the astronauts are calling houston because the computer on the spaceship is running two instances of microsoft outlook and they can't figure out why. nasa is about to remote into the computer
April 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
People are often surprised that the banking system still runs on legacy COBOL code and much of modern physics still uses FORTRAN.
Well, one good thing is you don’t end up running two versions of Outlook.
Sorry, Artemis II crew. You’re at Clippy’s mercy now.
Well, one good thing is you don’t end up running two versions of Outlook.
Sorry, Artemis II crew. You’re at Clippy’s mercy now.
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Staggering how racist the ALP is today
The Albanese Government banned Iranians with valid Australian visas from entering the country, to stop them claiming asylum because of the war their Government supports.
Up to 7,200 people with visas had the door slammed shut when they most needed our help. It's a dog act.
Up to 7,200 people with visas had the door slammed shut when they most needed our help. It's a dog act.
March 26, 2026 at 4:31 AM
Staggering how racist the ALP is today
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This is a bizarre debate. The US wouldn’t request ships (they already have the Wedgetail) from Australia. A google search shows we have none that would be any credible use. Rest assured, if we had any, Marles and Albo would have been itching to send them. Let’s repeat what’s needed here - no war.
March 21, 2026 at 3:44 AM
This is a bizarre debate. The US wouldn’t request ships (they already have the Wedgetail) from Australia. A google search shows we have none that would be any credible use. Rest assured, if we had any, Marles and Albo would have been itching to send them. Let’s repeat what’s needed here - no war.