@davidpenington.bsky.social
Database systems, father of adult offspring, cyclist, retired from sailing, auspol.
Mathematics & science background
Mathematics & science background
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2/ Putin indicated that RU does not recognize the US-proposed peace plan as a serious agreement & indicated that RU is not interested in ending the war on the Trump admin's desired rapid timeline.
Putin reiterated that RU cannot sign any peace or other agreements w/ the current or future UA gov't.
Putin reiterated that RU cannot sign any peace or other agreements w/ the current or future UA gov't.
November 29, 2025 at 6:35 AM
2/ Putin indicated that RU does not recognize the US-proposed peace plan as a serious agreement & indicated that RU is not interested in ending the war on the Trump admin's desired rapid timeline.
Putin reiterated that RU cannot sign any peace or other agreements w/ the current or future UA gov't.
Putin reiterated that RU cannot sign any peace or other agreements w/ the current or future UA gov't.
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NEW: The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. (1/4)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
NEW: The frontline in Ukraine is not facing imminent collapse despite recent Russian gains and Kremlin assertions. (1/4)
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
Read the full Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, November 28, 2025: isw.pub/UkrWar112825
More Key Takeaways ⬇️
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@telegraph.co.uk have generally been excellent on Russia's invasion, but this is a headline that belongs in the 19th century. The US president can't "hand" Ukraine's land to the Russian president, however much he wants to. Trump can only take a position on US recognition, nothing else.
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@telegraph.co.uk have generally been excellent on Russia's invasion, but this is a headline that belongs in the 19th century. The US president can't "hand" Ukraine's land to the Russian president, however much he wants to. Trump can only take a position on US recognition, nothing else.
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Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Among other things, the (nebulous but clearly unconstitutional) attack on naturalized US citizens contained in this screed is a significant escalation.
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Labor's one concrete promise to welfare recipients in 2022 was to abolish compulsory cashless welfare.
As at 10 October 2025, there were 32,556 on income management (IM):
- 9,598 on old IM (BasicsCard) and 22,958 on enhanced IM (SmartCard)
- 6.7% (2,221) were voluntary, the rest under compulsory measures.
- 82% (26,599) on IM identify as Indigenous.
www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...
- 9,598 on old IM (BasicsCard) and 22,958 on enhanced IM (SmartCard)
- 6.7% (2,221) were voluntary, the rest under compulsory measures.
- 82% (26,599) on IM identify as Indigenous.
www.aph.gov.au/api/qon/down...
November 28, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Labor's one concrete promise to welfare recipients in 2022 was to abolish compulsory cashless welfare.
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This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
Trump: “I will permanently pause migration from all Third World Countries … denaturalize migrants who undermine domestic tranquility, and deport any Foreign National who is a public charge, security risk, or non-compatible with Western Civilization.“
November 28, 2025 at 6:02 AM
This is unhinged, unadulterated white nationalism that is so off-the-charts fascist not even David Duke would have said that in public.
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As an organiser, I’ve been banging this drum for a decade now — but more and more the data backs my gut up.
The AES and Macquarie post-election studies for both 2022 and 2025 have shown just how stark a cleavage housing tenure is.
The AES and Macquarie post-election studies for both 2022 and 2025 have shown just how stark a cleavage housing tenure is.
New from my phd student @joshgoddard98.bsky.social: he shows, using many election and panel studies across the advanced democracies, that housing status has replaced occupational class as a key predictor of voting. Class voting is now about assets, not income www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Housing and electoral behaviour: The changing face of class voting in advanced democracies
Scholarship on the relationship between social structure and electoral behaviour has traditionally operationalised voters’ economic or class situation…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:40 AM
As an organiser, I’ve been banging this drum for a decade now — but more and more the data backs my gut up.
The AES and Macquarie post-election studies for both 2022 and 2025 have shown just how stark a cleavage housing tenure is.
The AES and Macquarie post-election studies for both 2022 and 2025 have shown just how stark a cleavage housing tenure is.
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JFC!
‘Union’
Is just a workers collective
Getting together to support each other
THAT IS ALL
Why the fucking fuck! is that a problem
‘Union’
Is just a workers collective
Getting together to support each other
THAT IS ALL
Why the fucking fuck! is that a problem
November 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
JFC!
‘Union’
Is just a workers collective
Getting together to support each other
THAT IS ALL
Why the fucking fuck! is that a problem
‘Union’
Is just a workers collective
Getting together to support each other
THAT IS ALL
Why the fucking fuck! is that a problem
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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People of Kyiv improvised "ropes" out of blankets and sheets as they tried to escape from a burning apartment building hit by a Russian attack last night.
November 25, 2025 at 8:04 AM
People of Kyiv improvised "ropes" out of blankets and sheets as they tried to escape from a burning apartment building hit by a Russian attack last night.
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One Nation leader Pauline Hanson billed taxpayers thousands for flights, private cars and hotels to attend a private court matter in Sydney where she was found to have racially discriminated Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
‘Please explain’: Coalition attacks Pauline Hanson’s use of expenses for racism case
The One Nation leader will not be able to return to the Senate chamber for the final sitting days of the year after her burqa stunt.
www.smh.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 AM
One Nation leader Pauline Hanson billed taxpayers thousands for flights, private cars and hotels to attend a private court matter in Sydney where she was found to have racially discriminated Greens senator Mehreen Faruqi
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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“This is complete overkill by Victoria police to designate such a large area for six months... What it means is that a police officer or protective services officer can stop and search anyone, no questions asked, at any time in the CBD and its surrounds.”
‘Vast overreach’: police allowed to conduct warrantless pat-downs of people across inner Melbourne for six months
Search powers, usually reserved for protests, will be in effect in the CBD and beyond in a move criticised by human rights groups
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“This is complete overkill by Victoria police to designate such a large area for six months... What it means is that a police officer or protective services officer can stop and search anyone, no questions asked, at any time in the CBD and its surrounds.”
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"What sort of monster makes casinos pay tax and bans them from money laundering?" chaser.com.au/business/bil...
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
"What sort of monster makes casinos pay tax and bans them from money laundering?" chaser.com.au/business/bil...
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Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
November 25, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Mark Kelly: "I said something that was pretty simple and non-controversial, and that was that members of the military should follow the law. In response to that, Trump said I should be executed, I should be hanged ... it says a lot more about him than it says about me. I'm not going to be silenced."
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Mehreen Faruqi blasts the Coalition after they fail in an attempt to remove Pauline Hanson’s name & “any consequence” for her from the censure motion to instead “talk in abstract terms” about respect.🙄
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
November 25, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Mehreen Faruqi blasts the Coalition after they fail in an attempt to remove Pauline Hanson’s name & “any consequence” for her from the censure motion to instead “talk in abstract terms” about respect.🙄
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
“This parliament drips now in racism”🔥 #Senate
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I've been told there are investigations underway by two journal publishers into the papers from several researchers in the Top 250. Hopefully more news soon. 🧪
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
Are You in Australia's Top 250 Researchers? Who Cares!
(Yet) An(other) argument for science journalism in the newsroom.
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I've been told there are investigations underway by two journal publishers into the papers from several researchers in the Top 250. Hopefully more news soon. 🧪
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/are-you-in...
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somehow i don't think president harris would be launching an explicit war for oil
Rep. Salazar on Venezuela: "We're about to go in ... we need to go in ... Venezuela for the American oil companies will be a field day"
November 24, 2025 at 9:55 PM
somehow i don't think president harris would be launching an explicit war for oil
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Twisting military code, the Trump administration says “all orders” from the president are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. trib.al/M0jcTz3
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
November 25, 2025 at 12:34 AM
Twisting military code, the Trump administration says “all orders” from the president are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. trib.al/M0jcTz3
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
The comments come as Hegseth weighs court-martialing a Democratic senator for his part in a video reminding troops to follow the law.
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Housing in Australia is unaffiordable mainly because it has been the official and explicit policy of every government for a generation that dwelling prices must always rise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
'Extraordinary' housing values crush home ownership dreams
Home prices have risen by almost 50 per cent in the past five years, with more than a decade now needed to save for a standard 20 per cent deposit for a house in most capital cities, according to a ne...
www.abc.net.au
November 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
Housing in Australia is unaffiordable mainly because it has been the official and explicit policy of every government for a generation that dwelling prices must always rise www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
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“Wealth inequality is the most common and crucial element in societal collapse,” says Luke Kemp of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. “It corrodes the social fabric … hollows out societies, leaving them to be a brittle shell which can be cracked asunder by numerous different shocks.”
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
Civilisations: Rise and Fall review – TV that will make you despair for our own plummeting society
The mightily stressful and incredibly close-to-the-bone BBC show traces the demise of four ancient worlds – and it’s wildly prescient stuff. Will we never learn?
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:06 AM
“Wealth inequality is the most common and crucial element in societal collapse,” says Luke Kemp of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. “It corrodes the social fabric … hollows out societies, leaving them to be a brittle shell which can be cracked asunder by numerous different shocks.”
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3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
www.wowktv.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:27 AM
3 infant #pertussis deaths this year in Kentucky. "Of the three infant deaths reported over the past 12 months, all three were not vaccinated, nor were their mothers."
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
We first tested maternal vaccination for whooping cough over 80 years ago. It's safe & effective & might have saved these babies.
The definition of Ultra Processed Foods includes most pre-packaged wholemeal bread because it includes an emulsifier. Is this actually associated with the harms of Ultra Processed Food?
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
Have a poor diet? It’s not you, it’s them
The vast majority of Australians fail to eat the recommended amount of fruit and vegetables, while consumption of ultra-processed foods soar. We’re convenient scapegoats for food corporations if we ta...
www.theage.com.au
November 25, 2025 at 2:20 AM
The definition of Ultra Processed Foods includes most pre-packaged wholemeal bread because it includes an emulsifier. Is this actually associated with the harms of Ultra Processed Food?
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
www.theage.com.au/lifestyle/he...
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3/ Saboteurs recently damaged at least two segments of a Polish railway on a route to Ukraine.
France agreed to sell Ukraine weapons systems, such as fighter jets and air defense systems.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in Novopavlivka.
France agreed to sell Ukraine weapons systems, such as fighter jets and air defense systems.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in Novopavlivka.
November 18, 2025 at 4:40 AM
3/ Saboteurs recently damaged at least two segments of a Polish railway on a route to Ukraine.
France agreed to sell Ukraine weapons systems, such as fighter jets and air defense systems.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in Novopavlivka.
France agreed to sell Ukraine weapons systems, such as fighter jets and air defense systems.
Ukrainian forces recently advanced in Novopavlivka.
New Victorian Liberals leader Jess Wilson's group were "hard-right libertarian" in 2016
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
Her spouse Aaron Lane was an IPA legal fellow & sexist. She's "aligned with" former IPA deputy executive director James Paterson James Paterson
Liberals: IPA or religious Zealots
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
Her spouse Aaron Lane was an IPA legal fellow & sexist. She's "aligned with" former IPA deputy executive director James Paterson James Paterson
Liberals: IPA or religious Zealots
Turf wars and tussles within the Young Liberals
Divisions within the Victorian Young Liberals are rife, with the alleged dominance of the IPA continuing to ruffle feathers within the party's youth wing, writes Neil McMahon.
www.abc.net.au
November 18, 2025 at 5:00 AM
New Victorian Liberals leader Jess Wilson's group were "hard-right libertarian" in 2016
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
Her spouse Aaron Lane was an IPA legal fellow & sexist. She's "aligned with" former IPA deputy executive director James Paterson James Paterson
Liberals: IPA or religious Zealots
www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06...
Her spouse Aaron Lane was an IPA legal fellow & sexist. She's "aligned with" former IPA deputy executive director James Paterson James Paterson
Liberals: IPA or religious Zealots
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Illegal Immigration etc etc.
November 18, 2025 at 4:41 AM
Illegal Immigration etc etc.