Sir Render Monkey

@sirrendermonkey.bsky.social

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Anarcho-syndicalist vegan union aficionado who plays guitar badly. Social justice warrior. OrgWorks graduate. Intersectionality always. If you’ve got a black list… 🖐️ Fun at parties. ♥️✊

Painting of a fat landlord surrounded by serfs. Pre-1999
A naked, hairy hermit sitting in a hole next to a lump of coal.
Just some dude sitting at a little table by the window in the pub I don’t get to go to as often since I stopped doing shift work. Good luck to him. I hope he’s enjoying the view of people occasionally turning the wrong way up the one way street.
Will Smith slapping Chris Rock at the Oscars for insulting his partner, Jada, whilst simultaneously displaying a complete disregard for the rule of law, which is where I hope this metaphor breaks down. It’s how I feel when I hear someone casually disrespecting international law by ignoring the historical and contemporary breaches committed by the world’s leading global perpetrator, the USA, or the middle east’s chief cause of instability, Zionism. It is a violent image which I have chosen, and I do not support Smith’s macho bullshit response. I used this image deliberately though. Straight after the discussion about Iran / Israel and the illegality of US action in unilaterally bombing Iran, the discussion turned to violence and disrespect against women and girls by men and boys. Plibersek pointed out that boys are being raised on harmful Images and messages through social media. Ironic to the point of self-satire, given that international law is attacked by an endless stream of disrespect and the glorification of one-sided violence by global bullies and their sycophants is largely unchallenged by our politicians and media, both social and mainstream. When politicians and media speak about international law without holding all accountable to the same rules, for their own actions, it is enabling the violence of bullies. It is normalising violence on the international scale. Scale this down and we have the same problem. Is it any wonder that there is a duplication of violence on the personal level? To bastardise John Lennon, “might is right if you want it.” Hypocrisy is the universal yardstick. By its measure we are small and shrinking.
A vegan souvlaki from lutruwita food truck, Get Greek.
The Pixie Pollen burger at Burger Got Soul Sandy Bay (now closed) and a bottle of Little Creatures pale ale. I now avoid the Little Creatures as a sponsor of the Melbourne Cup. The Pixie Pollen was a fave of mine. Tempura tofu, spicy satay, coconut & coriander sauce, lettuce, tomato, red onion, cucumber, snow pea shoots & vegan soul mayo.
Stanley coast, looking south. Tide out, looking along Tallows Beach.
Gina Rinehart’s birthday portrait which had her seated next to Peter Dutton at. Long banquet table, however Dutton’s face has been replaced with the famously amateurish “monkey Christ” face.
The famous Labor slogan from the Whitlam campaign, “It’s time.” But a little more revolutionary given the direction of the country under corporate rule. (The I in “It’s” is a Molotov cocktail.) 😊
An Australian Unions post about Dutton’s promise to kowtow to big business (as usual) by removing worker’s recently won right to disconnect from work. However, due to the post being truncated, it states, “Peter Dutton has already promised to take away your right to disco…”
A red panel with white lettering. “I’m working on a crinkle cut guillotine for enemies of the Australian working class. I’m not saying who it’s for specifically…” Below the text is a drawing of a guillotine and a crinkle cut chip.
A screenshot from They Vote For You showing that Peter Dutton voted consistently for increasing the price of subsidised medicine.
When asked the question, are Palestinians considered Semitic people, Grok AI answered; Yes, Palestinians are considered a Semitic people. The term "Semitic" refers to a group of languages and the peoples who speak them, originating in the Middle East. This includes Arabic, Hebrew, Aramaic, and other related languages. Palestinians, as native speakers of Arabic, fall within this linguistic and ethnic category. Historically and culturally, they are part of the broader Semitic peoples of the region, alongside groups like Jews, Arabs, and others who trace their origins to the ancient Near East.
A screen grab from the They Vote For You site, showing that Liberal senator (and IPA fellow) James Patterson has voted consistently against criminalising “revenge porn.” He is from the Liberal right faction and was made a member of Dutton’s shadow ministry.
A McDonald’s ad for the Classic Angus burger, but this one is saying “I am fuckin’ cooked!”
The Trumpet of Patriots logo, which is a Lion blowing a trumpet in front of an Australian flag for some reason (cos native lions? I guess?) but which has been altered to change the lion’s face into a bum. The slogan at the top says, “BUM TRUMPET OF PATRIOTS” and at the bottom says, “ARSEHOLES ABOVE ALL” The banner in the middle reads “CREPITUS VENTRIS.”
A gravyboat filled with instant coffee with a dash of oat milk. The gravyboat is being held in the manner in which one would hold a pipe, in order to imply an exotique instant coffee drinker’s etiquette, which this kitsch attempt at GenX irony succeeds only moderately in achieving.
2. Justice Alignment (J): - Your Bias: J = 0 for East Timor and Palestine reflects your view that justice must align with “an it harm none,” not hierarchical or capitalist agendas (e.g., Suharto’s neoliberalism, Israel’s settler colonialism). Your distrust of corrupted democracy (hello, Elon) might unconsciously define “ethical law” as anti-elite or pro-worker. - Flaw Check: J’s reliance on “ethically grounded law” lacks a clear metric beyond harm reduction. If a nation’s laws serve the ownership class (e.g., US-backed regimes), you’d likely see J = 0, but a capitalist might argue J = 1 for “stability.” The formula’s neutrality hinges on tying J explicitly to harm data, not ideology—currently, it’s vague enough to risk bias creep.
Peter Dutton is serving behind a chip shop counter, and asks the customer if they want Medicare or a functioning public service? The customer throws their hands in the air and says, “BOTH!”
A 4-panel cartoon. Top left: Serious face says “they are not wings they are not from bird call something else” Top right: Responding face says “they are not drumsticks they are not from tree call something else” Bottom left: Serious face thinking Bottom right: Serious face turns frowny
A Facebook post on the Launceston Chit-Chat page asks, “What hook up apps are people using in Lanseston (sic)” Andrew Egan responded with ancestry.com
Article from today’s Examiner saying the Premier will look at portable air conditioning as a stopgap measure to deal with the current dangerous temperatures being experienced in the LGH.
Key Takeaway: If a plumber knowingly misled a consumer, they would face legal and financial consequences under consumer protection laws. However, when a politician does the same in public policy debates, the main recourse is political accountability—media scrutiny, expert rebuttals, and, ultimately, elections.