David Lamond
@davidlamond.bsky.social
Australian Twitter survivor committed to civil society & justice for all. Left of centre. Enjoy debate. Love books. PhD and 71 years of lived experience 🧐 - learned a little.
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Just listened to Sussssan talking to Tom McIlroy. It’s like she is in a job interview and hasn’t prepared. Also what the fuck are Australian values? Can someone from @LNP help me out? “I was in the shearing sheds…” You were a camp cook. That’s not the same. So clearly BS is an LNP value. #auspol
November 30, 2025 at 2:12 AM
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Just listened to Sussssan talking to Tom McIlroy. It’s like she is in a job interview and hasn’t prepared. Also what the fuck are Australian values? Can someone from @LNP help me out? “I was in the shearing sheds…” You were a camp cook. That’s not the same. So clearly BS is an LNP value. #auspol
November 30, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Just listened to Sussssan talking to Tom McIlroy. It’s like she is in a job interview and hasn’t prepared. Also what the fuck are Australian values? Can someone from @LNP help me out? “I was in the shearing sheds…” You were a camp cook. That’s not the same. So clearly BS is an LNP value. #auspol
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this is just gutter racism
Stephen Miller is now arguing that assimilation is fundamentally impossible and that certain cultures are not compatible with Western civilization
November 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
this is just gutter racism
Another excellent shot of respectful, informed, and informative discussion on #SundayShot - why would you look anywhere else on a Sunday morning! #auspol #COP30 #ClimateChange
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SUNDAY SHOT - November 30
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November 29, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Another excellent shot of respectful, informed, and informative discussion on #SundayShot - why would you look anywhere else on a Sunday morning! #auspol #COP30 #ClimateChange
youtube.com/watch?v=hBgU...
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November 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
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This is, of course, an ontological/epistemological debate rather than a discussion of the impact of human behaviour on climate change @kate-eviva.bsky.social. As you suggest, the science is clear and we should ALL take notice #auspol #ClimateChangeIsReal
"You say physics studies "the fundamental level" but what makes something fundamental? Physics assumes space, time, causation, mathematical laws..These aren't discoveries about reality; they're assumptions Newton, Maxwell, Einstein made to get theories off the ground"
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Chasing Our Own Tail: Self-Reference and the Limits of any Academic Discipline
Marcus Doubtful, a physicist turned philosopher. Richard Trad, a mathematician turned philosopher.
Both have spent decades thinking about the foundations of knowledge, but they've reached very differ...
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November 28, 2025 at 4:06 AM
This is, of course, an ontological/epistemological debate rather than a discussion of the impact of human behaviour on climate change @kate-eviva.bsky.social. As you suggest, the science is clear and we should ALL take notice #auspol #ClimateChangeIsReal
@paulbongiorno.bsky.social tracks the further drift into irrelevance of the #NOidea #NOalition on matters environmental #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
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Inside Murray Watt’s environmental deal
Parliament’s last sitting week for the year was an intense guessing game, as Environment Minister Murray Watt haggled with competing sides on how best to reform Australia’s environment laws. Watt had ...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
@paulbongiorno.bsky.social tracks the further drift into irrelevance of the #NOidea #NOalition on matters environmental #auspol
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/comment/topi...
The Coalition "manoeuvred themselves into irrelevance on this matter." The word "irrelevance" comes up quite a lot when it comes to the Coalition. #auspol
Inside the 72-hour rush that ended the long fight to fix Australia’s nature protection laws
Labor hailed ‘a new era for the environment and productivity’, Greens say they landed ‘some tough blows’ and the Coalition claimed ‘dirty deal’ was done
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 11:03 PM
One of the people most responsible for the descent into the #NOidea #NOalition deserts the sinking ship into #auspol oblivion @robyne17.bsky.social
Now that Barnaby has gone to the backbench could we please stop talking about him? He's irrelevant and not worth the time spent giving him oxygen...bye bye Barnyard, good riddance #auspol
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 PM
One of the people most responsible for the descent into the #NOidea #NOalition deserts the sinking ship into #auspol oblivion @robyne17.bsky.social
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“Barnaby’s Dance of the Seven Akubras shtick shows it all about him
Barnaby Joyce is dragging out his defection to One Nation as long as possible and revelling in the limelight it provides. None of it has anything to do with policy, just his vanity.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/b....
Barnaby Joyce is dragging out his defection to One Nation as long as possible and revelling in the limelight it provides. None of it has anything to do with policy, just his vanity.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/b....
Barnaby's Dance of the Seven Akubras shtick shows it all about him
Barnaby Joyce is dragging out his defection to One Nation as long as possible and revelling in the limelight it provides. None of it has anything to do with policy, just his vanity.
www.crikey.com.au
November 27, 2025 at 2:13 AM
“Barnaby’s Dance of the Seven Akubras shtick shows it all about him
Barnaby Joyce is dragging out his defection to One Nation as long as possible and revelling in the limelight it provides. None of it has anything to do with policy, just his vanity.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/b....
Barnaby Joyce is dragging out his defection to One Nation as long as possible and revelling in the limelight it provides. None of it has anything to do with policy, just his vanity.” www.crikey.com.au/2025/11/26/b....
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November 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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If the #AFL want it, they can buy the land, apply for planning permission and then build the bloody thing.
Why the fuck are we paying for a private business ventures assets ???
I bet they don't even pay tax
Why the fuck are we paying for a private business ventures assets ???
I bet they don't even pay tax
November 26, 2025 at 9:19 AM
If the #AFL want it, they can buy the land, apply for planning permission and then build the bloody thing.
Why the fuck are we paying for a private business ventures assets ???
I bet they don't even pay tax
Why the fuck are we paying for a private business ventures assets ???
I bet they don't even pay tax
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The European Parliament has approved the first-ever European defence industry programme, aimed at strengthening Europes defence capabilities and supporting Ukraine.
Source: European Parliament
Source: European Parliament
Press release - Parliament greenlights first-ever European defence industry programme
The European Parliament has approved the first-ever European defence industry programme, aimed at strengthening Europes defence capabilities and supporting Ukraine.
openrijk.nl
November 26, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The European Parliament has approved the first-ever European defence industry programme, aimed at strengthening Europes defence capabilities and supporting Ukraine.
Source: European Parliament
Source: European Parliament
I learned about this in a Master’s subject I did - The Political Setting of Management - it’s called special pleading, a subset of “regulatory capture” behaviour designed to positively influence regulators/legislators in favour of the regulated #auspol #Shame
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Australia's top universities seek changes to key environmental reform
Australia's top universities have aligned themselves with oil and gas producers, miners and developers on a a key piece of environment legislation, drawing the ire of dozens of academics.
www.abc.net.au
November 26, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I learned about this in a Master’s subject I did - The Political Setting of Management - it’s called special pleading, a subset of “regulatory capture” behaviour designed to positively influence regulators/legislators in favour of the regulated #auspol #Shame
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...