@timgoodacre.bsky.social
I am an Australian leftist political writer, focusing on global "big picture" views. My focus recently been on how the neoliberal era has shaped today's extreme politics worldwide. My main writing is at https://timgoodacre.wordpress.com/
Snubbed, of course. Alas.
It works too. We've all -forgotten- more atrocious things they've done than other administrations have actually done.
I think @timothysnyder.bsky.social talks about some things like this too in his book "The Road to Unfreedom"
Elon? This you?
RIP to a giant. I have a half-shelf of his books: read about half of them, mildly terrified of the rest.
Yep. And I was snubbed. Again.
These 52 people could have stopped a national and a world catastrophe any time they chose to. They confirmed Noem, Bondi, Hegseth, et al, okayed DOGE and tariffs, and green lighted Trump’s military attacks. The country and the world reels. Fifty-two people.
Unkind to trolls
Does anyone else miss Robert Fisk?
To be fair, Israel only invades and displaces a million or so Lebanese every other year or two (sarcasm, people!)
"Better than the alternative" is far too low a bar these days
I was there 1999-2013. Things seriously changed over that period. I left and returned home when the political smell became to strong (even before Brexit was on the radar). Still love the country, and the many friends I have there. But so sad.
Our "social cohesion" allies right there.
END CITIZENS UNITED...
Stumbled across this:
The root of "female" has nothing to do with "male". It derives from the Mediaeval Latin femella, a diminutive of femina, a woman. It was mistakenly transcribed in Middle English as "female", perhaps creating the impression that a woman is a version/variant/ subset of a man.
If you saw this happening in another country, what would you call it? www.usatoday.com/story/news/p...
"People won't work if you give cash."
The evidence keeps piling up: guaranteed income increases employment and improves job quality.
In CA pilots, full‑time jobs rose up to 2x vs control; higher‑quality jobs 3x.
4,000 jobs cut out of 10,000 directly attributed to AI. Stock price soared. UBI is inevitable.
We know this fight is exhausting. That’s not an accident wearing us down is their whole strategy. But you keep showing up anyway, and that means everything to us. Thank you for not giving up. We’re in this together.
Palantir has no place in our NHS.
The Labour government must get this Mandelson and Trump backed company out now.
Listen to what health workers are saying.
news.sky.com/story/nhs-ho...
Remember: There is nothing natural or inevitable about extreme inequality; it’s the result of an economic system that values wealth and power over human dignity and justice.
It doesn't have to be this way.
Saying the quiet part out loud as the Authoritarian attempts to control the truth.
#25thAmendmentNOW
New article looking at how old left parties became right-wing parties, and what it means for new left politicians like Zack Polanski and Zohran Mamdani.
Enjoy!
timgoodacre.wordpress.com/2026/03/09/h...
I've said this far too often in recent years, but satire is dead
A passport tax would solve the problem of tax refugees www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/03...
Legalize comedy!!!!!
There's a method to the madness: "Flooding the zone"
Cui bono?
www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...
Ladies and gentlemen, your "stable genius" and FIFA Peace Prize recipient, bombing "just for fun"
