David Hunter
@idmonfish.bsky.social
Political Philosopher and Ethicist at the University of Adelaide.
Also a father.
A Kiwi.
A Game designer.
A Roleplayer.
A small business runner.
Basically - I contain multitudes...
Also a father.
A Kiwi.
A Game designer.
A Roleplayer.
A small business runner.
Basically - I contain multitudes...
Abstract accepted for IAB2026 - who else is going to be there?
November 12, 2025 at 5:37 AM
Abstract accepted for IAB2026 - who else is going to be there?
So its a good sign that my employer is offering free sessions on managing your career through change and uncertainty right?
July 8, 2025 at 11:29 AM
So its a good sign that my employer is offering free sessions on managing your career through change and uncertainty right?
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Finally we can emotionally understand what it was like to live in an absolutist monarchy, where everyone had to constantly obsess over the emotional state of fundamentally flawed, narcissistic individuals, because they decided the fate of the world.
June 26, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Finally we can emotionally understand what it was like to live in an absolutist monarchy, where everyone had to constantly obsess over the emotional state of fundamentally flawed, narcissistic individuals, because they decided the fate of the world.
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Truly the most gutless group of politicians to ever run Australia. Not a spine among them. Not a word of dissent or debate in literally years.
Now they're silent Trump cheerleaders and genocide supporters...
Now they're silent Trump cheerleaders and genocide supporters...
June 23, 2025 at 5:07 AM
Truly the most gutless group of politicians to ever run Australia. Not a spine among them. Not a word of dissent or debate in literally years.
Now they're silent Trump cheerleaders and genocide supporters...
Now they're silent Trump cheerleaders and genocide supporters...
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A single observation that explains both our vulnerability to generative AI and the general phenomenon of billionaires.
people are not built for having an evil genie whispering in their ear about how amazing and perfect they are and confirming every bias they ever had, to say nothing of the constant vigilance for lies and misinformation
basically if you do not have an extremely resilient sense of self/theory of mind and a strong willingness to repeatedly impose behavioral rules on the agent, extended interaction with the free tier of chatgpt is designed to make you psychotic. its psycho-affectively akin to licking a car battery
June 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
A single observation that explains both our vulnerability to generative AI and the general phenomenon of billionaires.
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They're really trying to WMD our butts into supporting the mass-murders of countless more brown people in the Middle East again.
I wouldn't accept this type of hackneyed recycled bullshit from my entertainment, why would I accept it from my political propaganda?
I wouldn't accept this type of hackneyed recycled bullshit from my entertainment, why would I accept it from my political propaganda?
June 16, 2025 at 12:20 AM
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Merchants of death https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06/merchants-of-death #auspol
Merchants of death
In extending the life of Australia’s North West Shelf gas project till 2070, the federal and WA Governments have knowingly signed the death warrants of four million human beings.
johnmenadue.com
June 4, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Merchants of death https://johnmenadue.com/post/2025/06/merchants-of-death #auspol
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Here's me. 'The Prime Minister is lying to your face about selling weapons for Israel’s genocide'
This article also features not one, but two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
This article also features not one, but two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
The Prime Minister is lying to your face about selling weapons for Israel’s genocide - The Shot
The hairs Albanese is splitting are on the heads of murdered Palestinians. Australia is contributing to Israel's genocide of Palestine.
theshot.net.au
May 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Here's me. 'The Prime Minister is lying to your face about selling weapons for Israel’s genocide'
This article also features not one, but two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
This article also features not one, but two excellent new cartoons from @fionakatauskas.bsky.social
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Perhaps Tim Wilson can tell us how much the Liberal Party spent on his campaign, and how big were the cheques that Advance, Australians for Prosperity and other Atlas and Liberal-aligned organisations cashed on his behalf to shoehorn him back into Goldstein?
May 7, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Perhaps Tim Wilson can tell us how much the Liberal Party spent on his campaign, and how big were the cheques that Advance, Australians for Prosperity and other Atlas and Liberal-aligned organisations cashed on his behalf to shoehorn him back into Goldstein?
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Great job everyone
May 2, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Great job everyone
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Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds
US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades
www.theguardian.com
May 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.
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Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
May 3, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Every now again it’s useful to repeat advice about accessing papers that are behind a paywall that excludes you. Email the author. My estimate is that 90% of academics are so thrilled that a living, breathing, possibly even reading, person shows interest that they will swiftly send you a copy.
Oh dear - Labor is going to learn all the wrong lessons here - this is not an endorsement of small target government with minimal vision or ambition - its largely an anti-Trump-like vote combined with a political system that punishes parties for becoming too extreme.
May 3, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Oh dear - Labor is going to learn all the wrong lessons here - this is not an endorsement of small target government with minimal vision or ambition - its largely an anti-Trump-like vote combined with a political system that punishes parties for becoming too extreme.
Terrible news, as of today I am no longer employed by the University of Adelaide.
Fortunately though I have found new employment with a plucky newcomer to the educational space, Adelaide University...
Fortunately though I have found new employment with a plucky newcomer to the educational space, Adelaide University...
May 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Terrible news, as of today I am no longer employed by the University of Adelaide.
Fortunately though I have found new employment with a plucky newcomer to the educational space, Adelaide University...
Fortunately though I have found new employment with a plucky newcomer to the educational space, Adelaide University...
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If you want *genuine* positive progress for the environment & climate (why wouldn't you?), then you can vote for that, by voting Greens/Teals/sensible Independents. Preferential voting means *no vote is wasted*.
The major parties are both ecocidal, to varying degrees www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
The major parties are both ecocidal, to varying degrees www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
www.abc.net.au
April 27, 2025 at 11:55 PM
If you want *genuine* positive progress for the environment & climate (why wouldn't you?), then you can vote for that, by voting Greens/Teals/sensible Independents. Preferential voting means *no vote is wasted*.
The major parties are both ecocidal, to varying degrees www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
The major parties are both ecocidal, to varying degrees www.abc.net.au/news/2025-04...
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Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'
On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy - The Shot
The consequence of not good enough, as evidenced in the United States right now, is that you inevitably get much, much worse.
theshot.net.au
April 11, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Here's me. 'On doing the same inadequate shit over and over again until the end of democracy'
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Whew, this truth-telling. Can I get an "Amen" from the congregation?
April 23, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Whew, this truth-telling. Can I get an "Amen" from the congregation?
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I've been fact checking Dutton's claim that grocery bills have gone up 30% (nope more like 12%)
And Ted O'Briend's number that power bills have gone up $1,300 (nope more like $500-$600).
Check out the live blog for all the reality rather than the crap
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...
And Ted O'Briend's number that power bills have gone up $1,300 (nope more like $500-$600).
Check out the live blog for all the reality rather than the crap
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...
Australia Institute Live: Day 12 of the 2025 election campaign
Welcome to the 12th day of campaigning, which follows Anthony Albanese's win over Peter Dutton in the first leaders' debate – as judged by undecided voters. All the day's events, and factchecks, live...
live.australiainstitute.org.au
April 9, 2025 at 3:58 AM
I've been fact checking Dutton's claim that grocery bills have gone up 30% (nope more like 12%)
And Ted O'Briend's number that power bills have gone up $1,300 (nope more like $500-$600).
Check out the live blog for all the reality rather than the crap
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...
And Ted O'Briend's number that power bills have gone up $1,300 (nope more like $500-$600).
Check out the live blog for all the reality rather than the crap
live.australiainstitute.org.au/2025/04/aust...
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“I have to keep doomscrolling because if I look away for one second it might all fall apart”
hey so obsessive panic actually hastens catastrophe. your undivided attention is not the only thing between us and certain doom. go to bed. come on. put it down. it’s okay. I’ll go, too.
hey so obsessive panic actually hastens catastrophe. your undivided attention is not the only thing between us and certain doom. go to bed. come on. put it down. it’s okay. I’ll go, too.
April 9, 2025 at 4:57 AM
“I have to keep doomscrolling because if I look away for one second it might all fall apart”
hey so obsessive panic actually hastens catastrophe. your undivided attention is not the only thing between us and certain doom. go to bed. come on. put it down. it’s okay. I’ll go, too.
hey so obsessive panic actually hastens catastrophe. your undivided attention is not the only thing between us and certain doom. go to bed. come on. put it down. it’s okay. I’ll go, too.
Okay so I get that RFK Jnr has some pretty terrible views on things - but I am confused by this story - are we supposed to think he should have told the father of an unvaccinated girl who had died of measles - at her funeral - about the benefits of vaccination?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
RFK Jr stayed silent on vaccine, says father of child who died from measles
Pete Hildebrand says health secretary ‘never said anything’ about vaccine’s efficacy when he visited for funeral
www.theguardian.com
April 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Okay so I get that RFK Jnr has some pretty terrible views on things - but I am confused by this story - are we supposed to think he should have told the father of an unvaccinated girl who had died of measles - at her funeral - about the benefits of vaccination?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I am deeply confused by Dutton's reversal of the no Working from Home for public servants - it was clearly bad policy but I can't see how flip flopping on bad policy is likely to win anyone over to the Liberal's side - surely people just think it is either in bad faith or weakness?
April 8, 2025 at 1:36 AM
I am deeply confused by Dutton's reversal of the no Working from Home for public servants - it was clearly bad policy but I can't see how flip flopping on bad policy is likely to win anyone over to the Liberal's side - surely people just think it is either in bad faith or weakness?
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From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.
I think I’m going to be thinking about this quote from Gordon Hirabayshi on the walls of the museum for a long time.
April 8, 2025 at 12:40 AM
From my visit last week to the Topaz Internment Camp, where Fred Korematsu was interned. This quote still sticks with me.
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It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.
April 3, 2025 at 4:13 AM
It’s 9am TFT time here, and citizens are already gathering to protest Tariffs by the United States. Our plain clothes Officer Penguins are attempting to maintain calm, but unfortunately we keep losing them in the crowd.