David Bridie
@davidbridie.bsky.social
Donkey Shed Studios on Gadubanud lands, AD Wantok Musik Foundation, NDW, MFTCC, composer, piano player, not on Spotify, went to Antarctica to create an filmsoundart installation, came back alarmed
On the road to Ermera, Timor Leste.
November 25, 2025 at 10:41 PM
On the road to Ermera, Timor Leste.
Timor Leste truck stop
November 24, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Timor Leste truck stop
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Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
The State Library of Victoria’s ‘major’ proposed cuts include slashing the number of reference librarians and free computers for public access. Some staff are shocked.
Proposed cuts at State Library of Victoria go against its mission – and will hurt the disadvantaged
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Please read this & help save the State Library of Victoria, entering its 'now fully trashed' era. I didn't go to uni - for me the Library was higher education in later life, research for my job, a revelation about what ordinary people could have access to. It changed my life. Not just a building.
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Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
November 23, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Imagine knowing your platform was a playground for predators, fueling teen depression, eating disorders, and suicide and deciding the best course of action was… absolutely nothing. Meta didn’t just “miss” anything.
Reposted by David Bridie
EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA
Another day with >46C (46.1C Windorah).
Some areas are at record heat levels for November both in Queensland and Northern Territory:
42.2 Blackwater November Highest Max on record
28.6 Yulara November Highest Min on record
Another day with >46C (46.1C Windorah).
Some areas are at record heat levels for November both in Queensland and Northern Territory:
42.2 Blackwater November Highest Max on record
28.6 Yulara November Highest Min on record
November 24, 2025 at 9:45 AM
EXCEPTIONAL HEAT WAVE IN AUSTRALIA
Another day with >46C (46.1C Windorah).
Some areas are at record heat levels for November both in Queensland and Northern Territory:
42.2 Blackwater November Highest Max on record
28.6 Yulara November Highest Min on record
Another day with >46C (46.1C Windorah).
Some areas are at record heat levels for November both in Queensland and Northern Territory:
42.2 Blackwater November Highest Max on record
28.6 Yulara November Highest Min on record
Malena de Jesus filmclip for her song as part of the @wantokmusik.bsky.social project in Timor Leste. Feto nia lian, Feto nia Istoria- Her Voice Her Story.
November 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Malena de Jesus filmclip for her song as part of the @wantokmusik.bsky.social project in Timor Leste. Feto nia lian, Feto nia Istoria- Her Voice Her Story.
Reposted by David Bridie
Manning Clark to Edward Gough Whitlam
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Manning Clark to Edward Gough Whitlam
www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Spotify Boycott: Why It’s About More Than Music
Spotify’s backlash isn’t just about low payouts or ads—it’s exposing a deeper consumer shift toward values, ethics, and accountability.
www.forbes.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
www.forbes.com/sites/janice...
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Spotify CEO Daniel Ek invested $693.6 million in then AI defense technology startup Helsing. This technology is propelling the military-industrial complex, with ethical concerns over how the technology targets and surveilled different communities. Happy ARIA awards
Feto Nia Lian, Feto Nia Istória- her voice, her story Timor Leste- @wantokmusik.bsky.social project bringing together young women musicians and the brave women who sacrificed so much during the occupation. Sharing stories.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Feto Nia Lian, Feto Nia Istória- her voice, her story Timor Leste- @wantokmusik.bsky.social project bringing together young women musicians and the brave women who sacrificed so much during the occupation. Sharing stories.
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So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
November 11, 2025 at 8:29 PM
So looking at the actual SF chronicle article, the only place this song is accruing notice is on Spotify, which is easily gamed by bots. If I were an AI proponent who desperately needed to boost the validity of my investment, this is exactly what I’d do.
Michael Shannon describes the experience of life in the US today as “America is a nightmare right now.The country needs help. There seem to be delusions of grandeur and self-loathing in equal measure. It gets grimmer every day. I’ve never seen such dysfunction in my life. It’s really embarrassing.”
November 11, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Michael Shannon describes the experience of life in the US today as “America is a nightmare right now.The country needs help. There seem to be delusions of grandeur and self-loathing in equal measure. It gets grimmer every day. I’ve never seen such dysfunction in my life. It’s really embarrassing.”
lest we forget www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
Paul Keating on the Sir John Kerr condolence motion
YouTube video by AusQuestionTime
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:21 AM
lest we forget www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Hx8...
Frank Yamma spent the last week recording songs for a new album down here at the Donkey Shed, then played three cracking shows over the weekend with Radical Son @wantokmusik.bsky.social
November 9, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Frank Yamma spent the last week recording songs for a new album down here at the Donkey Shed, then played three cracking shows over the weekend with Radical Son @wantokmusik.bsky.social
LJHill passed away last year- this song is astonishing. Look up his story. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJSS...
the pretty bird tree | lj hill | official music video | 2010
YouTube video by Sarah Watson
m.youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
LJHill passed away last year- this song is astonishing. Look up his story. m.youtube.com/watch?v=RJSS...
I call this one, ‘Rosie eating chips at soundcheck’ (Odessa at Leavers, Creswick)
November 8, 2025 at 6:21 AM
I call this one, ‘Rosie eating chips at soundcheck’ (Odessa at Leavers, Creswick)
Remastered lost recordings from the vinyl factories of Lagos, extending across Nigeria to Accra in Ghana and beyond. Worth a dive if you're that way inclined. www.unearthedafricanrecordings.com
Reviving Afrobeat and Highlife's Golden Era with Rediscovered Vinyl Gems from the 60s, 70s & 80s - Unearthed African Recordings
Reviving Afrobeat and Highlife’s Golden Era with Rediscovered Vinyl Gems from the 60s, 70s & 80s Many of these masterpieces have been long-abandoned in basements and outhouses, seemingly forgotten for...
www.unearthedafricanrecordings.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Remastered lost recordings from the vinyl factories of Lagos, extending across Nigeria to Accra in Ghana and beyond. Worth a dive if you're that way inclined. www.unearthedafricanrecordings.com
Zohran Mamdani:- cricket player, hip hop artist, muslim, socialist. Fine pedigree
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Zohran Mamdani:- cricket player, hip hop artist, muslim, socialist. Fine pedigree
Frank Yamma cutting a fine figure in the Donkey Shed- putting down some new tracks @wantokmusik.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Frank Yamma cutting a fine figure in the Donkey Shed- putting down some new tracks @wantokmusik.bsky.social
Heres the link to the Songlines review for Lek Mak and Hamoris Lian Timor. www.songlines.co.uk/review/lek-m...
Lek Mak: A Footprint From Bougainville / Hamoris Lian Timor: Reviving the Sound of Timor
www.songlines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Heres the link to the Songlines review for Lek Mak and Hamoris Lian Timor. www.songlines.co.uk/review/lek-m...
Review of Wantok album's Lek Mak (Bougainville) and Hamoris Lian Timor (Timor Leste) in Songlines magazine. Chuffed for all the artists involved. Songs imbued with positive recovery stories from very recent wars. Both closest neighbours to Australia. @wantokmusik.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Review of Wantok album's Lek Mak (Bougainville) and Hamoris Lian Timor (Timor Leste) in Songlines magazine. Chuffed for all the artists involved. Songs imbued with positive recovery stories from very recent wars. Both closest neighbours to Australia. @wantokmusik.bsky.social
Some of our regions finest storytellers and songwriters. This Sunday afternoon. (Frank is also playing in Creswick on Friday night, and Radical Son and Frank are playing Meenyian on the Saturday night) @wantokmusik.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Some of our regions finest storytellers and songwriters. This Sunday afternoon. (Frank is also playing in Creswick on Friday night, and Radical Son and Frank are playing Meenyian on the Saturday night) @wantokmusik.bsky.social
Wantok Musik Foundation board member, former High Commissioner to Solomons, and wonderful fella Lachlan Strahan interviewed about his book "Tales from the Embassy". Catch it on ABC listen @wantokmusik.bsky.social abclisten.page.link/98JBREg9NmPD...
Tales from the embassy: Lachlan Strahan on his career in diplomacy - ABC listen
Former Australian diplomat Lachlan Strahan tells all in his new memoir about his career in the foreign service.
abclisten.page.link
October 30, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Wantok Musik Foundation board member, former High Commissioner to Solomons, and wonderful fella Lachlan Strahan interviewed about his book "Tales from the Embassy". Catch it on ABC listen @wantokmusik.bsky.social abclisten.page.link/98JBREg9NmPD...