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Liam Hogan

@liamhogan.id.au

Heritage yobbo. Productivity Mind. Intern at Dark Heart of Gradual Reform Pty. Ltd. All punked up on jupiter oil, rolling fifty deep. Mostly at http://aus.social/@liamvhogan

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Harry Saddler@harrysaddler.bsky.social · 11h ago

Besides being Canberra icons, it’s a lot harder to destroy these than the heritage 1930s wooden bus shelters like the one on Schlich St, Yarralumla that mysteriously burned down in 1993 just after someone built a huge house opposite it whose lake views it obstructed 👀 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...

'Icon of our history': Canberra bus shelters added to heritage register

Canberra's bus shelters were described as "concrete monstrosities" when installed in 1975 but have since been noted for their brutalist architectural style and functionality.

abc.net.au

Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · 15h ago

The 15 minute city conspiracy theory is very weird to me because it’s just a straight description of urban spaces that are good. Why would you be against proximity to services and infrastructure

Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · 15h ago

Re. Ray Bradbury. I loved his Martian short stories when I was a kid and it was a genuine moral shock to find out just how cooked he became as an old man

Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · yesterday

‘Peter V’Landys versus the Pope’ is one of those headlines you write that needs no context, because everyone who reads that far in will already have provided their own.

S P Murray@smurray38.bsky.social · 2d ago

Every time I write about Kyle and Jackie “O” Henderson (as per my house style guide), I imagine my reader to be the judge enquiring about sprinter Linford Christie’s “lunchbox”

Irish Times report of libel trial involving athlete Linford Christie, and the judge perplexed about the reference to his lunch box
S P Murray@smurray38.bsky.social · yesterday

This is such a teachable moment - and cuts across so many of my enthusiasms - I have to assume this is akin to Lucy setting up a kick for Charlie Brown. But assuming good faith, absolute privilege is your friend here - the rarest and best kind of privilege

NSW Defamation Act s.27 - Defence of absolute privilege NSW Defamation Act - section 27 - defence of absolute privilege (ctd)Schedule 1 - Defence of Absolute Privilege as it relates to the NSW ICAC
Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · 2d ago

TFW housing prices begin to marginally drop, and the business press absolutely loses its shit, having a toddler meltdown, rage shitting and spit crying

Paul Keating winning the 1993 election
Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · 2d ago

A serious question: given that the Age, Guardian, and ABC were locked out of the One Nation press conference, why would those outlets cover the conference in any way? Yes, it's newsworthy, but ONP are expressing a clear preference not to be covered by those journalists, so what's right?

Ross Floate@rossfloate.bsky.social · 3y ago

The news today is filled with allegations about Alan Jones, with media types praising the SMH for blowing the doors off it. This, to me is another example of just how fucking vapid the Australian Press is. Chris Masters, one of our very finest, wrote a whole damned book about Jones /

Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · 3d ago

There is one silver lining to ONP’s rise, if you’re an appreciator of irony. It’s that John Macgowan, an intelligent, well-read, capable reactionary, who committed to leaving the Libs to found the neofash Tasmanian National Workers Party or whatever, is having his lunch eaten by these idiots

Simon Rosenberg@simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 2w ago

After witnessing yet another example of Barnaby being ‘tired and emotional’ in an interview, Australian political journalists need to ask themselves this: If a female politician behaved the way he does, how long would it take you to declare her unfit to hold any office? #auspol #abc730

Liam Hogan@liamhogan.id.au · 3d ago

I’m actually a bit caught between the two stances I hold which are a) that most businesses can afford to be far, far more flexible in terms of worker hours and attendance than presently and b) that white collar WFH is, in most urban cases, a lurk of skill and privilege