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Beddy

@lancecalhoon.bsky.social

Aussie dad with Irish streak. Legislative drafter. Whitlamite. My interests are pretty niche: sports, music, movies, games. GWJ. May contain traces of Partridge. Walking on Ngunnawal land.

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Anakin’s live action record:
1.) arm chopped off
2.) wins a 2v1 while coached
3.) chopped to bits and set on fire
4.) gets beat up by Kenobi
5.) fails so hard at killing Obi-Wan that Ben becomes immortal
6.) fails to turn his own son
7.) loses, switches sides, then fails to kill Palpatine for real

28.02.2026 18:38 β€” πŸ‘ 547    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 20
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Lidia Thorpe stands up, calls out Pauline Hanson
β€œDid you just call me a bitch?”
β€œShe just called me a bitch”

A shaky Acting Senate President Dave Sharna β€œdo you have a point of order?”
Thorpe β€œI do. I just got called a bitch by the racist.”πŸ”₯ #auspol

02.03.2026 02:41 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 10
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Pauline Hanson has congratulated β€œSenator Trump” on his latest illegal war in Iran.

Lidia Thorpe: β€œTrump isn’t a Senator.”
β€œWhat planet are you on?” πŸ”₯🀣 #auspol

02.03.2026 02:39 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 38    πŸ’¬ 29    πŸ“Œ 6
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Her last white-ball game for Australia. What a champ. Skipper. Gloves. Bat. (And if you've been lucky enough to hear her call the game she is bloody terrific.)

02.03.2026 03:47 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
Gamer With Jobs Conference Call in the style of Twin Peaks title screen

Gamer With Jobs Conference Call in the style of Twin Peaks title screen

Podcast rec

28.02.2026 05:13 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Australia, don’t demonise immigrants. Just thank them The contribution of immigration to this country is not just positive, it is formative. Migrants are who we are.

β€˜Immigration is Australia’s great economic strength … Migrants are more skilled than those born in Australia, more likely to work full-time, and they pay more in tax than they take in services and transfers over their lifetimes.’ www.smh.com.au/national/aus...

27.02.2026 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Get fucked. Sorry but just get fucked.

26.02.2026 22:31 β€” πŸ‘ 206    πŸ” 40    πŸ’¬ 49    πŸ“Œ 2

my thoughts exactly, except for maybe the 'sorry'!

27.02.2026 05:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

his greed sickens me. no one man needs that many soups

27.02.2026 03:20 β€” πŸ‘ 147    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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this is so god damn funny

26.02.2026 17:41 β€” πŸ‘ 857    πŸ” 223    πŸ’¬ 21    πŸ“Œ 42
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Bahia Youth Orchestra Rehearsal Hall - Salvador, Brazil by Leopoldo Banchini (2023) r/brutalism

27.02.2026 04:28 β€” πŸ‘ 230    πŸ” 60    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 6

The housing affordability 'debate' is so stupid. In a nutshell, negative gearing + CGT discounts accelerate price growth. Reforming it won't make houses cheaper, it will just stop continued runaway growth. Building more houses will make houses cheaper, but you need more construction workers.

27.02.2026 03:50 β€” πŸ‘ 118    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 1

which, if you want them quick, probably means moar immigration

27.02.2026 03:53 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Given itβ€˜s the ALP, it’s probably all to do with some factional bullshit that we know nothing about

27.02.2026 01:59 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

but he's even reversing his own previous positions (which he took when he didn't have to), eg friends of palestine, being nice to grace tame ...

He wins without Murdoch press/talkback radio then acts like he needs their approval. I do not get it

27.02.2026 01:15 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

I would say one of the main right-wing projects of the past twenty years has been gaming every web 2.0 platform into thinking the right-wing is much bigger and more influential than it actually is. And the people who have been most taken in by this effort has been the right wing

27.02.2026 01:09 β€” πŸ‘ 3549    πŸ” 737    πŸ’¬ 52    πŸ“Œ 36

Why does Ablo feel the need to drift rightwards?

He led his party to a once-in-a-generation majority over the Coalition ... voters rejected the Coalition agenda

Why is he acting like he needs One Nation votes to guarantee supply?

Who the fuck is this guy?

27.02.2026 01:11 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

management makes dumb decisions and workers pay the price

27.02.2026 00:58 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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One-Third of U.S. Video Game Industry Workers Were Laid Off Over the Last Two Years, GDC Study Reveals One-third of U.S. video game industry workers say they were laid off over the past two years, according to GDC.

Look, I'm sure someone smarter can explain to me all the ways in which this is a much more complex subject, but it seems to me this is entirely due to the brainrot of corporate short-term-line-must-go-up thinking. variety.com/2026/gaming/...

27.02.2026 00:53 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 1

*comment threads <on mainstream media posts> awash with bigotry and hate. Incentivised by self-serving editors and politicians and pervert billionaire platform design, all of whom actively seek attention economy dividends from creating and inflaming bigotry and hate.

26.02.2026 07:15 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

political and media operatives screeching and kerning over one word is a text book example of how conflict journalism and oppositional politics are <the> cause of everything they claim <we> are doing wrong on social cohesion.

Divisive. Heated. Careless. Comment threads awash with bigotry and hate.

26.02.2026 07:11 β€” πŸ‘ 51    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

The bloke never fails to disappoint!

26.02.2026 04:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Absolutely no normal person on earth would be surprised to hear that workers aren’t responsible for inflation, and that the profits of the bosses are - but every single institution in the country will still blame (and punish) workers for it πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

25.02.2026 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 19    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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a man in a dark room with the words your journey towards the dark side will be complete below him Alt: The Emperor in Return of the Jedi, all old and greasy in his black hood, saying "your journey towards the dark side will be complete"

If Ablo does an Austerity budget in May ...

26.02.2026 04:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Only 20 more Patreon subs needed to keep Critical Distance in the black!

That’s such an achieveable number! If you can’t give right now please share the post instead:

26.02.2026 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Nobody said it better @sarahkendzior.bsky.social

26.02.2026 02:59 β€” πŸ‘ 246    πŸ” 96    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 3

Albo manages to avoid the trap with Barnaby fucken Joyce, whom he could have got stuck right into, but declined to answer, but sticks his foot right in it with Grace Tame.

If he's not misogynist, he's pretty fucken dumb and should not be allowed near Murdoch trap events

26.02.2026 02:52 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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a picture of an alien with the words " it 's a trap " on the bottom Alt: Return of the Jedi: Admiral Ackbar saying "It's a trap"

Future Victoria Summit says it's about "SMART growth, from digital innovation and education to smarter connectivity, infrastructure and visitor experiences."

They get the PM there, and some dipshit Murdoch host plays a lame improv game, listing names and asking for a one-word response

26.02.2026 02:50 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0