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This really is a stupid time to be alive

I wrote about some more metal discs, sometimes maybe good sometimes maybe shit crushtor.net/blog/the-six-s…

@GoogleAds why was I billed for $528.00 when I had a $10 spending limit enforced? Why did it suddenly not apply in January? You told me three times it was on via email? Your "support team" is absolutely doing my head in, going in circles.

Why @GoogleAds did you bill me for $528.00 when I had a $10 spending limit enforced? Why did it suddenly not apply in January? You told me three times it was on via email? Your "support team" is absolutely doing my head in, going in circles.

The Government's U16 Social Media ban is now in effect. This means households with children cannot access certain sites. If they're connected via the NBN, should the government give these households a rebate, since they're now unable to access the entire World Wide Web?

I review some old metal records that I've been listening to, even though they're not that old crushtor.net/blog/the-six-s…

New York - the greatest city in the world... for now. Victoria, Australia has lived your future as a socialist-run hellhole @crushtor writes, and it ain't pretty: libertyitch.com/p/the-future-o…

Libertarians offer a vision of a better society. But what would that even look like? @JMilei's Argentina? A Mad Max free for all? Dolphin scientists inventing Sliders? @crushtor has a go at answering that thorny question: libertyitch.com/p/the-libertar…

If you've ever stared at a nonsensical government policy and thought "you can't make this stuff up", @crushtor writes the rules for the script governments write to keep our nations in managed decline: libertyitch.com/p/ripping-the-…

@JacintaAllanMP Shop here? With what money? You taxed it all!

Melbourne's CBD is absolutely booming and Mecca's new flagship shop is just more proof that Victoria is open for business.

Christ almighty the @Ticketmaster_AU app for Android is so janky it's basically malware

Should politics be kept out of live music? If it was, would "punk" bands still be able to sell $60 t-shirts? @crushtor says that it's all for show, and the yoof revolution won't be televised, streamed, or happen at all for that matter libertyitch.com/p/punk-aint-fo…

MOAR metal I play in my car thanks boss crushtor.net/blog/the-six-s…

A Tale of Two Californias: ‘Enema of the State’ and ‘Americana’ open.substack.com/pub/crushtor/p…

Taking the Libertarian offramp on the political highway is travelling a tweed road into bland Margaritaville, I write for @Liberty_Itch - so how do we make it appeal to the cool kids? libertyitch.com/p/winning-the-…

Check out my mate's DIY thrash metal project HeadCasey and new video/single 'Run For My Life' live from Cuzco, Peru! youtube.com/watch?v=z3OiYx…

The political Left will always use a state's monopoly on violence to stoke a monopoly of envy and rule with a monopoly on fear, as @crushtor writes: libertyitch.com/p/a-monopoly-o…

@JacintaAllanMP Finally, those put upon Boomers catch a much needed break.

We're making public transport free on weekends for Seniors Card holders, statewide from 1 Jan.

@discernableco Former politicians come across as being liberated from some kind of gulag or work camp. Their body is free but minds are scarred from the experience. Like they're in witness protection. No one ever really gets out alive.

Are there public figures you want to trust but your body won’t let you? The logic checks out. But something still feels… off. Drop them below. Let’s name what your gut already knows.

Why do some public figures feel “off”? 🧵 I spent time interrogating my unease with these 15 well-known voices and I hope my conclusions help you understand your own unease too. They sound smart. They seem trustworthy. I like most of them. But something in my nervous system twitches when I hear them. I think they are hiding a level of 'incoherence' or 'misalignment' behind their personas (like nearly all of us do!). This is not to cancel or tear down. This is to bring clarity so you can finally trust what your gut is already telling you but can't quite say out loud.

This was so fun, thanks @DannyKing14!

Danny King wrote 'Cancelled', and got cancelled. @crushtor and I chat with Danny about beating the cancellers, and not being cancelled, for the @Liberty_Itch Podcast. open.substack.com/pub/libertyitc…