Flynn O'Flynn

Musician. Scholar. Triathlete. Cyclist. Other stuff too. Not in that order.

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

great post

[Brent Hodgson @BrentHodgson]

If Kobie could read the signs, she'd see:

- A Cantonese butcher
- A Taiwanese restaurant
- A Tianjin restaurant
- A Nepali restaurant (with Nepalese making 15.8% of the suburb's population)
- Dishes from Jiangsu, Teochew and Beijing - three separate cultural/language groups in Mainland China
- A shipping business whose model depends on customers proudly sending Australian-made gifts (of high quality milk formula, Merino bedding, and high-quality vitamins) to loved ones across Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia and the US
- A yoga studio run by a trilingual Hong Konger, with trainers from Beijing, New Zealand, Sydney
- A supermarket with traditional characters on one side (海龍) and simplified on the other (海龙) showing the Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong migration wave being replaced by a Mainland Chinese wave

And if she panned her camera over the road, we'd be seeing Singaporean, Malaysian and Vietnamese restaurants too.

To be describing this as a "monoculture" is a thinly veiled dog-whistle to: "all Asians are the same".

If Kobie cared to look, she'd be describing this as a melting pot - diversity in practice, coming together as a shared community - not a monoculture.

Anyone with an atlas or a recipe book could tell you that's not a monoculture.

It's Dal Bhat Tarkari next door to Pho, next door to Boba, next door to Nasi Lemak, opposite Nanjing Duck, next door to Yum Cha.

If Kobie cared to look, she also wouldn't be using this video to try to tell a story of "suburbs full of people who have refused to assimilate for decades".

The changing signs (already visible in the video) show it's just the latest chapter in an ever-changing story of a suburb where SEVERAL generations of new Australians - from MANY different cultures - have got a start: first Italian and Greek Australians, then Hong Kong born Australians, then Mainland Chinese Australians, and now increasingly Nepalese Australians.

To those who don't see it yet, ask:
- Where did the Greeks, Italians, and Cantonese Hong Kong shop owners who used to be there go?
- Where did their families go?
- What happens to the people behind the windows when the shop signs fade and change?

Those Australians deserve better than dog-whistling and divisiveness.

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@RpsAgainstTrump What a fucking pathetic joke this cunt is...

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

Binface 4 Clacton ✊️

#Binface4Clacton

[Josh Money @joshmoney__]

Back home in Adelaide, we asked Socceroo Awer Mabil, one of the squad’s many refugee success stories, about suggestions Australia is a monocultural society, rather than a multicultural one.

He asked if could swear, before declaring “It’s all bullshit.”

“Australia is the best country in the world and the Socceroos are the best representation of that.
If anyone’s trying to divide that, they’re probably not Australians themselves, in a sense.

You don’t pick where you’re born, you don’t pick the colour of your skin. You choose to be a good human being. Some people, they choose against being good. That’s their own problem. Then they’re missing out on what others can bring. That’s what multiculturalism does. It brings other flavours to the table, instead of just one thing.

It’s many journeys, with one jersey.”

@7NewsAdelaide

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

There is NOTHING that Trunt won't lie about, cheat or steal. There is no bottom

[Craig F̶o̶s̶t̶e̶r̶ @Craig_Foster]

‘Extraordinary turn’ is an odd way to say ‘cheated.’

It’s an absolute scandal.

Were the US to progress, the integrity of the tournament is fundamentally compromised as no one will know what Belgium may have done against subsequent opponents.

All further results become suspect as having been manipulated by Trump and Infantino.

Unless the US loses, this World Cup is in, to coin the Reuters euphemism, ‘unprecedented’ trouble.

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@OurShallowState 100% agree... And so will history!

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@RpsAgainstTrump "Weekend at Turtle's" 😵🐢

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

And i have been calling Trump the dumbest head of state since Czar Nicholas II.... But maybe Putin will take the 'mantle'

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kellogg: Putin just wants power. The Soviets left Afghanistan after losing 18,000 soldiers. Putin has lost 1.2 to 1.4 million.

Americans would never accept that. But he keeps going because he thinks he can occupy all of Ukraine. He is not winning.

1/

[Caolan @CaolanReports]

“Thank you that you don’t forget about Ukraine.”

That’s what Zelenskyy said to me today.

I’ll carry that with me forever.

So grateful to be in this beautiful country, telling the truth about its fight for survival, justice and freedom. 🇺🇦❤️

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

I think this is my favourite account on Twitter @Mylovanov

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: One indisputable fact — America lost the war. All Trump's tantrums are because he cannot admit it. He tries to puff up, make scary faces, but nobody cares anymore.

Latest trick: we'll unfreeze the money, but you must buy food from our farmers. That's the level now. 1/

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Kasparov: One indisputable fact — America lost the war. All Trump's tantrums are because he cannot admit it. He tries to puff up, make scary faces, but nobody cares anymore.

Latest trick: we'll unfreeze the money, but you must buy food from our farmers. That's the level now. 1/

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

Excellent speech!

[stranger @strangerous10]

Nick McKim completely unloads on Pauline Hanson’s fake patriotism & ‘Israel First’ agenda,
“One Nation is Israel first, US & Donald Trump second, Pauline Hanson herself third & the rest of us dead last.”

A party made up of “white collar criminals”, “sex offenders” & “Nazis”🔥🎯

[MFWitches @MFWitches]

Yes, we’re considering running a new campaign protesting that one of @Channel9’s main “stars” is now interviewing violent fascists on his podcast.

We’d need support and assistance to run this campaign, but are up for it if we can get enough enthusiasm.

Please like, comment and/or re-tweet if you’re in favour.

Anyone?

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@gtconway3d Kaiser Trunt

[Kateryna Lisunova @KaterynaLis]

Very emotional moment from the interview with Zelenskyy. You should watch this.

JOURNALIST: Do you miss being an actor?

ZELENSKYY:?I miss being a good father.

JOURNALIST: When your children were little, what did you tell them the most? What was the thing that you told them the most when they were small?

ZELENSKYY: I love you.

JOURNALIST: And what do you tell them now that they're older?

ZELENSKYY: Oh, I miss you.

JOURNALIST: When was the last time you cried?

ZELENSKYY: I will try to do it after our interview. No, I mean this, between us. I'm a normal man and then there are a lot of different moments, between us, almost each day, a lot of losses on the battlefield and civilians, and there are absolutely crazy attacks on our people.

And I'm just, it's… I mean, It's very difficult really, when I give orders (medals). I said about it. It's always difficult for me when I give orders (medals) to the mothers and fathers, who lost their children. In such moments, really, I often cry.

JOURNALIST: Are you a hero?

ZELENSKYY: No.

JOURNALIST: So who is your hero?

ZELENSKYY:?My hero? My children, my army, our army, and Ukrainian people. So I'm a part… I'm also a Ukrainian, so I'm a part of our nation. But now our nation, I think, that our nation is absolutely heroic.

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@BohuslavskaKate Zelenskyy is the great hero of the 21st century (along with all of Ukraine!).

History will show him to be one of the greatest leaders of all time.

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Fiona Hill: Autocracies see the state as strong and society as irrelevant. Individuals have no real role.

The fundamental difference with democracies is that societies still matter and in Ukraine, society has shown extraordinary resilience. 1/

[Tymofiy Mylovanov @Mylovanov]

Applebaum: Ukraine has reached another turning point. The technological advantage is once again on the Ukrainian side.

The front is now a 20–25 mile transparent zone where Russian soldiers, tanks and trucks are spotted by drones and hit. 1/

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@JustinWolfers Jackie Brown, the Quentin Tarantino movie.... At age 28 in 1997 i had a musical epiphany and discovered my true love of funk, jazz, soul, disco and the incredibke musicians who made and it changed my life

[Flynn O'Flynn @FlynnOFlynnn]

@RichardMarlesMP Hegseth is a turd 💩