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David
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Melbourne, Australia. PhD. Follower of “socio-materialism” (Deleuze, Latour, Stengers) & Tavistock Sociotechnical Systems thinking. 80. Interests: politics, music, economics, archeology, astronomy(esp. cosmology) philosophy of science & science fiction
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David @daverino.bsky.social · Mar 8
“Waves as high as "three or four-storey buildings" whipped up by ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred have gouged millions of cubic metres of sand from about 500 kilometres of coastline between Coffs Harbour in New South Wales and Queensland's Sunshine Coast”

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-03...
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred gouges 500km of coastline
Ex-Cyclone Alfred has caused beach erosion so extreme, it's left escarpments up to six-metres high in some dunes, including on iconic Gold Coast tourist stretches.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 1h
Good morning Ms P and I hope you’re feeling OK. Were you aware that Freddie Mercury serenaded Marie Antoinette ? 🤗😘

youtu.be/ecrheD1eYYU
Queen - Don't Lose Your Head (Official Lyric Video)
YouTube video by Queen Official
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 3h
Australia has a significant supply of rare-earth elements that would be of no small interest to US President Donald Trump. Can Albanese secure support for the mining of the much sought-after metals, despite environmental concerns?
The dirty secret of Albanese’s 'critical minerals' bid to curry favour with Trump
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Dr Alan Nixon @alangnixon.bsky.social · 3h
#ClimateCriminals #Australia #auspol
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Crikey @crikey.com.au · 6h
Exclusive | Scott Morrison has registered himself as having a relationship with a $2.5 trillion Saudi fossil fuel company whose board member was once appointed by Morrison to a COVID recovery taskforce.
Scott Morrison declares role with Saudi oil company
When he was prime minister, Morrison appointed a Saudi fossil fuel firm's board member to two different taskforce roles in 2019 and 2022.
www.crikey.com.au
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 6h
Michael Pascoe:
“If anyone was hoping for significant economic reform to improve Australia’s outlook, to realise this nation’s enormous potential, hope buried Monday 13/10 when Treasurer Chalmers announced PM Albanese’s reformed superannuation reform.”

michaelwest.com.au/albos-supera....
Albo’s super dance: one step forward, one backward, one to the side - Michael West
It was Jim Chalmers’ superannuation reform but we get Anthony Albanese’s reform of the reform - Government is risk-adverse and incremental
michaelwest.com.au
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 3h
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🦋Special Kherson Cat🐈🇺🇦 @specialkhersoncat.bsky.social · 3h
🔥🛢️ Just now, Russian oil refinery complex Bashneft in Ufa — 1,400 km from the frontline was targeted by drones.

Bashneft has a total capacity around 23-26 million tons per year. It is a complex of three oil refineries:
•Ufimsky refinery (UNPZ) – ~7.5mln
•Ufaneftekhim – ~9.5mln
•Novoil – ~7.1mln
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Resist 🕎🍉 @antizionistjew.bsky.social · 3h
#JUST_IN | Israeli Law Minister Yariv Levin suggested passing a law that will give him the ability to choose when Netanyahu trial will occur (kind of dictatorial)
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 3h
Dismissing this as irrelevant, meaningless and of 'no impact' to the energy transition is flat-out fucking climate denial.

Stop hyper-focusing on renewable energy percentage records and start worrying about Australia's already bloated coal fleet fighting for decades more life
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Ruth Ann Crystal @drruth.bsky.social · 8h
In mice, prior COVID infection in males can affect anxiety in offspring by passing on altered RNA in sperm which reprograms gene expression in the hippocampus of the offspring’s brains. buff.ly/hUz5dIh

#medsky #reprosky 🛟😷🧪
A circular graph in teal and another graph in teal and tan. A Circular heatmap (Log2fold-change) of protract-identified total piRNA clusters (B) Heatmap displaying the relative expression of the differentially expressed piRNA clusters across all biological replicates (each biological replicate contains RNA pooled from 3 animals; n = 5 CON, n = 4 SARS). C MA (Bland-Altman) plot of the Log2(average expression + 1) for each piRNA cluster vs. Log2 fold-change relative to control values for each cluster (MA plot shows differences in expression between control and SARS-CoV-2 treatment groups for each gene)
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Minerva47874627.bsky.social @minerva47874627.bsky.social · 3h
This👇.
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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 15h
I remember when Joe Biden traveled to 8 cities for 14 appearances in 9 days after the June debate and then did a 90 minute UN brief but the media still relentlessly hounded him. Where's that media? At a Jake Tapper book talk?
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Trump had a lot of travel the last two days and he looked it today (Getty)
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 1d
To be effective, protest must be noisy, obstructive, annoying. No longer is this allowed. Now the last attribute of effective dissent – persistence – is also to be banned. But the moment protest ceases to be effective is the moment democracy dies. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Here’s what you need to know about Starmer’s illiberal protest curbs: they would have killed the Labour party at birth | George Monbiot
The rights we enjoy in the UK, and the movement the PM purports to lead, were built on protest. Those rights are in dire peril, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
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Thomas (TJ) Lawrence @bidder13.bsky.social · 3h
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Jodie @missymoo2.bsky.social · 5h
It’s clear what Israel’s western-facilitated genocide did to Gaza. But what has it done to us? Palestinians are the “canaries in a coalmine”, ... “We’re screaming a warning of what’s about to come ... a media-political class relishing the murder of children, do you think they’ll care about yours?”
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 11h
“The..far-right see Israel as a model: an ethno-state waging what they see as a righteous war..Don’t expect the dehumanisation & dystopian military technologies..in Gaza to remain there. Our dark history tells us otherwise. What a pity we did not heed its lesson”
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Be sure of this: many of the horrors the west allowed in Gaza will come closer to home | Owen Jones
History shows the crimes of empire were later mirrored on European soil. Dehumanisation and militarised terror both seem normalised now, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
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Fiona Katauskas @fionakatauskas.bsky.social · 10h
So glad to see the future of relationships is wanking alone to prompts from a chatbot that will raise your electricity and water prices send all your private responses to Sam Altman for unsafekeeping
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The Verge @theverge.com · 17h
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
Sam Altman says ChatGPT will soon sext with verified adults
ChatGPT is about to get flirty.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 3h
“bubbles form when..investors continuously pour ever more into an asset, with..little regard for how much it could earn & when. AI..fits that pattern. Should lackluster.. performance..cause investors to doubt lofty profit expectations, this probably-a-bubble will pop”
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
Opinion | Warning: Our Stock Market Is Looking Like a Bubble
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 4h
Gift article: NB the Voice referendum

“Kilmurray, a player in the Nth Ireland peace process, reminded the gathering the..Agreement received more than 71% support in referendum..”if vote were held today, with..presence of social media, I don’t think it would pass””
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/o...
Opinion | The Rise of the Smartphone and the Fall of Western Democracy
www.nytimes.com
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 4h
“an administration that came to power vowing to stop social-media censorship..announced on Tuesday that it had revoked the visas of 6 foreign nationals who posted critical comments on social media about..Kirk, in the wake of the conservative activist’s murder”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
US revokes six foreigners’ visas over social media comments criticizing Charlie Kirk
State department says it has ‘no obligation’ to host foreign nationals who ‘celebrate heinous’ death of far-right activist
www.theguardian.com
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The Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 10h
Editorial: Scott Morrison’s last and only meaningful acts in parliament were about securing his first opportunities outside it. AUKUS is less a security partnership and more a one-man superannuation scheme. satpa.pe/K2fKgAv
The one-man super scheme
Of all the things Scott Morrison does not understand, and the list is long and often embarrassing, somewhat in the shape of his prime ministership, China would rate very close to the top.
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Anti-Fascist Collective… @wtafc.bsky.social · 17h
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 7h
Our governments are already caving in to pressure from the gas industry to export our domestic gas reserves.

90% of WA's gas is exported or used for export.

We don't have a gas shortage problem. We have a gas export problem.

@markogge.bsky.social #auspol
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Geneviève Doyle @gennerveevy.bsky.social · 7h
womensagenda.com.au/latest/class...
Class bias alive and well in Australian workplaces, new research shows
Politicians often talk about Australia as the land of the ‘fair go’ but new research reveals that class bias is rife in workplaces.
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The Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 7h
For more info ⤵️
australiainstitute.org.au/post/wa-and-...
WA and federal governments allowing Woodside to export large amounts of WA’s domestic gas reserves
Reporting today confirms large quantities of Western Australia’s domestic gas reserves are being exported via Woodside’s North West Shelf project, and the federal and Western Australian governments ar...
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George Conway 🇺🇸🚫👑🐸 @gtconway.bsky.social · 8h
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Maxine Joselow @maxinejoselow.bsky.social · 12h
Before catastrophic floods swept through the Alaska Native village of Kipnuk on Sunday, the EPA canceled a $20 million grant intended to protect the community from extreme flooding. www.nytimes.com/2025/10/14/c...
Before Alaska Flooding, E.P.A. Canceled $20 Million Flood Protection Grant
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Catherine Subsisting in revolting times...Unbelievable @glasscatty.bsky.social · 6h
Some ANTIFA highlights
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Khashoggi's Ghost @urocklive1.bsky.social · 9h
ICE agents interfered with—and even threatened to “shoot and arrest”—emergency personnel rescuing an injured protester last week in Portland.

The agent “pointed his finger at me in a threatening manner,” the driver recalled, “and began viciously yelling in my face.

newrepublic.com/post/201774/...
ICE Agent Threatens to Shoot Ambulance Driver Helping Protester
Federal agents swarmed an ambulance crew to prevent them from taking an injured protester to the hospital.
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