Julia D
@juliadassin.bsky.social
Slightly secretive Sydneysider. 🎥 🎶 🍳 🐕
I know a tiny amount about many things so I guess that makes me a scatty fox rather than a deep-thinking hedgehog.
I know a tiny amount about many things so I guess that makes me a scatty fox rather than a deep-thinking hedgehog.
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Julia D
@juliadassin.bsky.social
· Aug 1
I suppose I should be doing some actual work, really.
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I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
December 15, 2025 at 2:43 AM
I’m just going to tell the story. Back in 2000 I was volunteering for the Gore campaign when he came along with Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Alfre Woodard and Dule Hill to a GOTV event here in MN. He ended up sitting down across from me stuffing his envelopes.
Petition to rename Campbell Parade for Ahmed Al Ahmed.
December 14, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Petition to rename Campbell Parade for Ahmed Al Ahmed.
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Been rather dispiriting how much ink has been spilled by the gallery on MP expenses, while the report into mutual obligations has been pretty much ignored. @amyremeikis.bsky.social is on it #ThePoint (what is The Point? It’s not news, but it SHOULD be)
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
The welfare system isn’t just on fire, it’s burning out of control
The problem with having pattern recognition is that you can always see the fires before they start. Governments are a bit like that, too. It’s not that they don’t see the fire before the smoke, it’s...
thepoint.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Been rather dispiriting how much ink has been spilled by the gallery on MP expenses, while the report into mutual obligations has been pretty much ignored. @amyremeikis.bsky.social is on it #ThePoint (what is The Point? It’s not news, but it SHOULD be)
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
thepoint.com.au/opinions/251...
This was predicted - any time governments get a chance to be seen to solve a problem without spending money on it, they will.
Even better when it actually helps the gambling lobby - especially if you’re the ALP, a major owner of pokies.
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Even better when it actually helps the gambling lobby - especially if you’re the ALP, a major owner of pokies.
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The casinos exploiting facial recognition for profit
Gaming venues claiming to use facial recognition tools to help curb problem gambling and crime are accused of employing the technology to track big spenders and increase profits.
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 13, 2025 at 12:56 AM
This was predicted - any time governments get a chance to be seen to solve a problem without spending money on it, they will.
Even better when it actually helps the gambling lobby - especially if you’re the ALP, a major owner of pokies.
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Even better when it actually helps the gambling lobby - especially if you’re the ALP, a major owner of pokies.
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ikea should start turning the show rooms into mini-mysteries to solve
December 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
ikea should start turning the show rooms into mini-mysteries to solve
This is very well written and therefore heartbreaking
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The trashing of State Library Victoria
My 17-year career at State Library Victoria ended two years ago, after months of white-anting by management and the most miserable time of my working life. When news of the library’s most recent restr...
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au
December 12, 2025 at 11:33 PM
This is very well written and therefore heartbreaking
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'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
December 10, 2025 at 8:31 AM
'Skull of St. Thomas Aquinas being transported to Fossanova Abbey.'
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
Photograph by Daniel Ibanez
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Who could have predicted any of this? Oh that’s right - anyone paying attention
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
The welfare system isn't just on fire, it's burning out of control
A second report into the use of job-seeker mutual obligations is even more damning then the first – but will the government act?
www.thenewdaily.com.au
December 10, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Who could have predicted any of this? Oh that’s right - anyone paying attention
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
www.thenewdaily.com.au/opinion/2025...
#1573; The Threat of Doing
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December 10, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(Kind of cheating because it’s the best Star Trek movie).
(Kind of cheating because it’s the best Star Trek movie).
December 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Movie you’ve watched more than six times with a gif. Hard mode: no Stars (Wars nor Trek), LOTR, or Marvel, Disney Animated or Pixar.
(Kind of cheating because it’s the best Star Trek movie).
(Kind of cheating because it’s the best Star Trek movie).
Australia demonstrating its commitment to a “knowledge economy” 🙄
Federal Labor Govt is in process of designing process and legislation requiring ALL search engine users to provide ID.
This draconian initiative is expected to be announced early in 2026
#auspol
This draconian initiative is expected to be announced early in 2026
#auspol
December 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Australia demonstrating its commitment to a “knowledge economy” 🙄
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They should have a Eurovision Song Contest in Avignon as well as the one in Rome
December 7, 2025 at 4:38 AM
They should have a Eurovision Song Contest in Avignon as well as the one in Rome
This may require a subscription to read (sorry). It’s worth your time.
“in a broad sense, we may very well be getting stupider—not necessarily because we’re dumber but because the ways in which we can be stupid keep multiplying.”
Are We Getting Stupider? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
“in a broad sense, we may very well be getting stupider—not necessarily because we’re dumber but because the ways in which we can be stupid keep multiplying.”
Are We Getting Stupider? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
Are We Getting Stupider?
Stupidity is eternal—and more complex than we think.
www.newyorker.com
December 7, 2025 at 1:43 AM
This may require a subscription to read (sorry). It’s worth your time.
“in a broad sense, we may very well be getting stupider—not necessarily because we’re dumber but because the ways in which we can be stupid keep multiplying.”
Are We Getting Stupider? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
“in a broad sense, we may very well be getting stupider—not necessarily because we’re dumber but because the ways in which we can be stupid keep multiplying.”
Are We Getting Stupider? www.newyorker.com/culture/open...
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If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
New recycling tech recovers nearly pure nickel and cobalt from old EV batteries
Researchers have developed an eco-friendly recycling tech that extracts 99 percent pure nickel and cobalt from waste batteries.
interestingengineering.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:17 AM
If anyone cares at all, EV battery recycling is now hitting 99% recovery for important metals
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
Please remind me again what the recycle rate for fossil fuels is
interestingengineering.com/energy/recyc...
I worked in bookstores a lot when I was a student. Two of them were in malls. I get some kind of ptsd from Christmas music.
December 4, 2025 at 11:43 PM
I worked in bookstores a lot when I was a student. Two of them were in malls. I get some kind of ptsd from Christmas music.
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Yes, there's corruption in the NDIS. But it's not coming from those who need the service; it's coming from the unregulated service providers. Maybe we could... I don't know... regulate them?
December 3, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Yes, there's corruption in the NDIS. But it's not coming from those who need the service; it's coming from the unregulated service providers. Maybe we could... I don't know... regulate them?
I’m starting to think Bruce is living out the “you didn’t come here to hunt” joke. It’s the only logical reason.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia news live: federal court dismisses Bruce Lehrmann’s appeal in defamation case against Ten and Lisa Wilkinson
Follow live
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2025 at 11:42 PM
I’m starting to think Bruce is living out the “you didn’t come here to hunt” joke. It’s the only logical reason.
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
I’m sympathetic toward these people. But I did not know it was possible to spend $270k on a caravan.
I obviously lead a sheltered life.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
I obviously lead a sheltered life.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
Customers 'angry' as caravan manufacturer collapses into administration
Hundreds of Zone RV employees are out of work weeks before Christmas after arriving at work on Monday morning and being told the bad news.
www.abc.net.au
December 1, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I’m sympathetic toward these people. But I did not know it was possible to spend $270k on a caravan.
I obviously lead a sheltered life.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
I obviously lead a sheltered life.
www.abc.net.au/news/2025-12...
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Kenneth Eagle “we didn’t have the data in the form you requested it”
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
November 30, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Kenneth Eagle “we didn’t have the data in the form you requested it”
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
David Shoebridge “was it in some other form?”
KE “not in the form you asked”
DS “…was it in some other form?”
KE “No”
DS “So you just didn’t have the data”
KE “No”🙄 #Estimates comedy skit.🎭
So the ABC interviews an “expert” academic from ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, re the Chinese “flotilla” circumnavigating Australia (how dare they practice freedom-of-navigation exercises in international waters!) She confidently says the RAN is currently the weakest it’s ever been.
December 1, 2025 at 5:10 AM
So the ABC interviews an “expert” academic from ANU’s Strategic and Defence Studies Centre, re the Chinese “flotilla” circumnavigating Australia (how dare they practice freedom-of-navigation exercises in international waters!) She confidently says the RAN is currently the weakest it’s ever been.
Ancient fig tree in Queenscliff. I remember this from when I was a kid - hasn’t changed much in six decades.
November 29, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Ancient fig tree in Queenscliff. I remember this from when I was a kid - hasn’t changed much in six decades.
It’s not just Accenture, although they are among the worst. Add Deloitte, PWC, BCG, KPMG. I’ve been a supplier on several projects. All of them are awful
Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22200/...
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Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco
Global IT consultancy Accenture has been accused of ‘strip mining’ the Bureau of Meteorology during its years-late delivery of a redesigned website not fit for purpose.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:30 PM
It’s not just Accenture, although they are among the worst. Add Deloitte, PWC, BCG, KPMG. I’ve been a supplier on several projects. All of them are awful
Inside the Bureau of Meteorology’s $96m website fiasco
www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/share/22200/...
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Bit quieter at the Queenscliff Music Festival this year. Hoping Tex Perkins will liven things up tonight before King Stingray.
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Bit quieter at the Queenscliff Music Festival this year. Hoping Tex Perkins will liven things up tonight before King Stingray.
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It would be amusing if politicians destroyed the medium they use to win elections.
November 28, 2025 at 12:29 AM
It would be amusing if politicians destroyed the medium they use to win elections.