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Possum

@pollytics.bsky.social

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Political, economic and policy stuff. An unrepentant guitar gear hoarder. You know who I am. A social democrat on the beats - a libertarian between the human, civil and political rights sheets. The stupidity in this country is exhausting. Moreton Bay

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 1h

Massive amounts of massive different types of bacteria.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 2h

Yeah, the sheer amount and types of bacteria in their mouths that they pollute any bite with is mindboggling.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 2h

The bite was small too - about a centimeter long on the side of big boys lip.

Filthy dinosaurs.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 2h

He'll be ugly for a few days, but he should be fine now.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3h

His fever wasn't fully broken last night when I brought him home, so spent a warm Oct night under the blankets as the aircon was running flat out in the bedroom to keep the room temperature 19 degrees for him. His temp is now down, swelling reducing and his heart rate is back to normal. Goannas eh.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3h

My big boy got nipped on the face, probably by a goanna. That infection spread quick! Next day he was on an IV drip with antibiotics and anti-inflammatories, half his face was twice the size and he was running a fever of 41 degrees. It spread faster than staph - never seen anything like it.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 7h

He's a nice enough guy, but this might describe his brain best - he currently works in venture capital in the tech industry. It at least helps me make sense of the malarky.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 7h

It was his grandfathers. What you might call closet classic condition - 3 tone chocolate sunburst custom with triple binding. He cracked the headstock between the tuning peg holes, put a crack in the body in the neck pocket and... completely rooted the rest. In 2010 when relics were 'hot'

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 7h

I still crack jokes with him about how he turned his $50,000 inheritance into a thousand bucks of parts.

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 7h

Hey, I know a guy who did his own relicing to a pristine 62 telecaster.

It went as well as expected and little worse than abusing a book.

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®PG🇵🇸 @realphilgold.bsky.social · 2d

probably one of the most iconic images of any Australian PM

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

Haha!

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

Yeah, but you actually bother god. Even I can hear him facepalm when you start perving at BMW E90s

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

Happy Bathurst 1000 day. Remember, abolish local government.

ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 3d

Tasmania's West Coast Council has blamed an "administrative error" for a week-long lapse in the registration for its entire fleet of vehicles, compromising insurance.

'Administrative error' leads to council's unregistered vehicle fleet

Tasmania's West Coast Council has blamed an "administrative error" for a week-long lapse in the registration for its entire fleet of vehicles, compromising insurance.

www.abc.net.au

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

And indexed to actuarial tables!

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

I'm interested in the "for what" part of that statement.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

I would argue that it would help him immensely if he had more to be conceited and aggressive about.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

I appreciate that it is pain in the arse to run a polling firm, but for fucks sakes, he makes me feel vicariously embarrassed for him sometimes.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 3d

We talked through and explained the mechanics of this in public nearly 20 years ago about what has manifested today. Australian political people lift your game challenge. Give us something new.

Leroy @leroylynch.bsky.social · 3d

Kos Samaras on X has given us more details on the #Redbridge federal poll #auspol

This creates a demographic current that runs against the Coalition’s long-term viability unless it redefines what conservatism means to a younger generation.

The Ideological Compression

The second major shift is ideological. When asked how they see themselves politically, Australians now cluster heavily in the “Left” and “Moderate” categories. The “Right” has become smaller, older, and more fragmented.

Within this self-definition:
•Left voters break 80–20 Labor–Coalition (2PP)
•Moderates split 56–44 Labor’s way
•The Right is 70–30 Coalition, but it is shrinking.

The challenge is arithmetic as much as ideological. The moderate middle, once the decisive battleground of Australian politics, now tilts towards Labor. The Coalition’s reliance on its conservative flank keeps it electorally alive, but strategically paralysed.

Every attempt to modernise risks revolt from the populist Right (One Nation), which we can see here in this data but every concession to the populist Right drives younger, urban and female voters further away, which we can see here in this data.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

My older boy is a bit of a snaker, where he'll come up to you with some black snake wriggling around in his mouth going "look what I got!". But every time a bluey comes around the house he's like "nope, that's someone else's bullshit". Makes me wonder what special language the blueys project.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

Americans are all going to start dying of bacterial infections soon because some sideshow alley whale head collector of a political dynasty thinks antibiotics turns you trans

Reuters @reuters.com · 4d

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports reut.rs/4mVmDDb

Trump administration lays off dozens of CDC officials, NYT reports

The Trump administration has laid of dozens of employees at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in its latest round of layoffs, including "disease detectives," high-ranking scientists and the entire Washington office, the New York Times reported on Saturday.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

IKR! It's some serious <chef kisses fingers> areas! 🤣

Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

The whole thing was as dumb as dogshit and I can't believe people - including people who should know better - fell for it.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

Of course, most of those people were complete wankers and couldn't tell the difference between a dog getting electrocuted and a dog having some annoying vibration on the side of her neck diverting her attention. But that's too many dog owners in a nutshell.

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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 4d

Piker's dog thing reminds me that I got one of mine the most powerful shock collar available. Never used the shock component, but it was the only collar on the market with a big mechanical clicker. I'd correct her in public with it and people got out pitchforks thinking the clicker was huge voltage

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