Dorian ⚧

Freelance editor, writer, and outraged optimist. Folk musician and nerd. Chronically ill. He/him.

[Dorian ⚧ @sin_de_siecle]

this has been “your fave economics model is bad and you should feel bad”, thank you for coming to my ted talk

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

anyway, it's absolutely moronic for anyone to talk about people living in tents without mentioning that we're maintaining the lowest welfare payments in the OECD. what if we (repeatedly) told you there was one simple trick to help these people

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

turned on the abc. i can't believe it's the greens that are "forcing people to stay living in tents" and not (like i previously thought) the last several decades of persistent government policy & management of capital. it pays to keep yourself informed

[Dorian ⚧ @sin_de_siecle]

Anyone know wtf is up with @Etsy? I bought a digital pattern. First it was "This will be available in a few minutes when we confirm your payment" then "Payment will be processed in 72 hours, maybe" then "This will be processed by 31 December." I have to wait until 2025 for a PDF?

[Purplepingers ☭ @purplepingers]

These are two materially opposed interests. You cannot be pro-both.

As @hierobadge points out, this is what happens to real wages when you try and both sides the exploitation of labor.

“Wages are determined through the antagonistic struggle between capitalist and worker.” As Marx said, when you try both sides this equation: “Victory goes necessarily to the capitalist.”

You are on the side of business, at the expense of workers.

[Oliver Darkshire 🌈 @deathbybadger]

somewhere in the palace, a tiny bell rings in the dusty laboratory of the court alchemist. he clutches his alembic to his chest. dont screw this up Ciappelletto he says to himself, this is your shot

[Greg Jericho @GrogsGamut]

Boasting that Australia was built on the spirit of bosses demanding workers do unpaid overtime is a take.

[jeremy poxon @JeremyPoxon]

do not know how any of our ~5 million income support recipients can watch sooky "tax victims" on 6 figures dominate the news cycle and political convos. over and over again. you've got more patience, grit & courage than this stupid country deserves

[kristin (she/her) @kristin8X]

I wanted to share Morrison’s worst policies, but all I can focus on is that he’s the only PM in my lifetime who actually brought welfare payments to the poverty line & stopped “mutual” obligations.

Cynical? Yes. Temporary? Also yes.

But still the best year of many folks’ lives.

[Tattoons @Tat2oons]

People be like "Under communism you'll own nothing and you'll like it" then capitalism is like "Your games are a service, we're phasing out physical media, your apps are subscription based, we'll remove your digital media whenever we want, and good luck ever owning a home lol"

[Rex Patrick @MrRexPatrick]

As you look at your post Christmas credit card balance and wonder how you’re going to fare next year, particularly noting the current cost-of-living crisis, I thought I’d share a round-up of senior officials’ circumstances as they move into 2024. #auspol

[Palle! @Palle_Hoffstein]

It's been over seven years and the UK is still figuring out that leaving the EU means not being in the EU anymore.

[Hon. PolProf of Agile Ceremonies @CeilNoyle]

Stephen Fry has partnered Jordan Peterson multiple times. He loves JKR. He regularly pops up to defend the Monarchy as he's best friends with King Charles. He's benefitted his entire life from the British class system & he's not someone we should have to listen to about anything.

[Greg Jericho @GrogsGamut]

The Employment White Paper essentially found that private employment services were good at finding jobs for those whom it was easy to find jobs for and useless in other cases.

[Greg Jericho @GrogsGamut]

Disband all private employment services.

Major Australian employment service accused of claiming credit for work jobseeker found herself https://t.co/4b4A6VQuvi

[Abier @abierkhatib]

I’ve been crying since morning nonstop till I saw this message from Alexei Sayle, a British Jewish comedian.

He restored me.

The best #Christmas message you will hear in these dark days

#Gaza

[Anti-Poverty Network SA @AntiPovertyN_SA]

In the lead-up to Christmas, you see politicians packing Christmas Hampers or assisting at Soup Kitchens.

All this is hypocrisy, unless those same politicians will be spending the rest of the year fighting, tooth-and-nail, to lift welfare payments above the poverty line.

[Em- Nature Nurture🍂 @nnaturenurture]

if only my handmade embroidery got as much traction as this tweet, that would be a Christmas miracle

[Dorian ⚧ @sin_de_siecle]

‘The reason Tesla hasn't "worked all the bugs out yet" is that the company is run by people who hold established best practice in ideological contempt, and is defined by a tech-industry culture that fetishizes innovation and regards product quality as a third-order concern.’

[Dorian ⚧ @sin_de_siecle]

Wow.
‘The chronic failures, many in relatively new vehicles, date back at least seven years and stretch across Tesla’s model lineup and across the globe’
https://t.co/x30XQhfzXy

[Dorian ⚧ @sin_de_siecle]

This article is a good summary of the other one:
‘Imagine offering this as a defense, as you charge a customer $4,400 to fix your own shoddy product. “Look, pal, all I can tell you is that I don't know how to make the thing I sold you at great expense.”’
https://t.co/gODkMTTb5F