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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 9h

Definition of exoticise which states its meaning as making something banal seem to be exotic

Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 10h

@lucyham.bsky.social calls them junktanks. She is worth a follow

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Mike Benson @mbensonster.bsky.social · 13h

anthonymoser.github.io/writing/ai/h...

I Am An AI Hater

I am an AI hater. This is considered rude, but I do not care, because I am a hater.

anthonymoser.github.io

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 17h

Herald Sun about to get latouffed

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19h

Verrender. Sorry.

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 19h

Thankyou Ian Verrander for some clarity. after all the media noise about 'huge backflip', at last a sensible assessment of the increasing tax on large superannuation balances. As per Grattan Institute report, more is required, but this is progress

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

An embarrassing backflip by Chalmers on super or a strategic shift?

After two years of refusing to reshape his superannuation shake-up, the treasurer abandons the idea of taxing unrealised gains while agreeing to index a key tax threshold.

www.abc.net.au

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James Alistair Henry @jamesbluecat.bsky.social · 1d

- this is called aphantasia, by the way, a lot of people don't even realise they have it, because why would they? Surely everyone reads books the same way! Turns out they don't. www.theguardian.com/wellness/202...

I can’t picture things in my mind. I didn’t realize that was unusual

People with aphantasia can’t mentally visualize things. Mental imagery is a spectrum, and we lie outside it, in the dark

www.theguardian.com

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 1d

Seeing how he's dressed - seizure of chef

Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 1d

Hey I checked out your track, I know You Know. Nice job mate. I made donation to Red Cross as you recommend.

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Peter Beaumont @petersbeaumont1.bsky.social · 2d

If you've never been to Gaza, you won't appreciate what the yellow line means. Basically Israel now holds most of Gaza's small but important agricultural land. Continued Israeli occupation, which I judge the likely outcome, makes Gaza even more unliveable and more dependent on outside goods.

AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 2d

Gaza Strip: Israeli army has withdrawn to the 'yellow line'

AFP Infographic with map of the Gaza Strip showing the 'yellow line' where the Israeli army has withdrawn its forces as of October 10, according to US envoy Steve Witkoff

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 2d

Front page of Scottish newspaper The National today.

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 1d

Perhaps positioning herself as the next presidential candidate by differentiating herself on issues important to MAGAs?

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 1d

Despite all the complaints about Santos and its failure to pay tax and deliver gas to the domestic market at a reasonable price, it might be the complaints from business that gets the attention from government
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

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pumblino.bsky.social @pumblino.bsky.social · 2d

Donald Trump has his hands in this deal. Meaning this is not even close to over. Ya know there is another scam, lie, and Epstein file distraction attached to this turn of events. Beware for worse days ahead.

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 2d

Doesn't this achieve most of what they were looking for? Sure, indexation, but still the tax rate doubled on >$3 million. Plus a new 40% rate above $10mil. While it's not revolutionary, doesn't this get most of what they were after?

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 2d

Albo's government is disappointing

Earthling Cards @earthlingcards.bsky.social · 2d

So disappointing 😞 Turnbulls broadband level disappointing

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stranger @strangerous.bsky.social · 2d

I feel like today is a good day to remind everyone that just last year Barnaby Joyce called on a crowd of cookers to say “goodbye” to 3 Labor MPs inc the PM by getting ready to “load that magazine” & think of a “bullet” when casting their vote.
And received no penalty or censure.

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ABC News Bot (unofficial) @abcnewsbot.bsky.social · 2d

Climate Integrity asks the ACCC to investigate claims made by the gas lobby in its submission to the government's Future Gas Strategy, while raising doubts about EY modelling

Climate Integrity asks regulator to investigate claims made by gas lobby

Climate Integrity asks the ACCC to investigate claims made by the gas lobby in its submission to the government's Future Gas Strategy, while raising doubts about EY modelling

www.abc.net.au

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Simon Chapman AO @simonchapman.bsky.social · 4d

Australia's new generation of gun control advocates led by Stephen Bendle doing a fantastic job undermining the relentless fantasies of our local Dad's Army gun lobby www.croakey.org/why-we-must-...

Why we must stay vigilant on Australia’s gun laws

Introduction by Croakey: More than 100 firearms have been seized in a raid targeted at so-called sovereign citizens across Western

www.croakey.org

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 4d

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 4d

It's not really worth the argument I guess Don, but you said he took money from gambling companies. I was interested to see what you had. Nothing as it turns out.

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 4d

Nice work, people of Perth. I wonder what would have happened in some of the other capital cities. The folks on the road might have been taking their lives in their hands

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10...

Family of ducks crossing Perth freeway cause peak-hour pile up

Six cars are caught in a pile-up as a family of ducks attempts to cross busy Kwinana Freeway during the morning peak hour in Perth.

www.abc.net.au

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 4d

Lol yes, the Pocock animosity seems a bit unhinged

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Margaret Morgan 🇳🇱🇦🇺🇪🇺 @margaretmorgan.bsky.social · 5d

Seriously, Guardian? You think they "overlooked" him?

They looked at him, guffawed and moved on.

Venezuelan politician María Corina Machado wins Nobel peace prize as Donald Trump overlooked

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Tony Dun @tonydun.bsky.social · 5d

Not seeing the gambling connection here

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