Luke Buckmaster
@luke-buckmaster.bsky.social
Research person. Parliament. Canberra.
Winner of the 2025 JJ Giltinan Shield.
Winner of the 2025 JJ Giltinan Shield.
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i like how the really big personal finance guru in australia is actually someone who is a good role model and not a delusional freak, which could easily have happened
www.news.com.au/finance/mone...
www.news.com.au/finance/mone...
www.news.com.au
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 AM
i like how the really big personal finance guru in australia is actually someone who is a good role model and not a delusional freak, which could easily have happened
www.news.com.au/finance/mone...
www.news.com.au/finance/mone...
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one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
would’ve been a good opportunity to actually make a public app designed for youth before all this came into effect
November 27, 2025 at 11:09 PM
one thing I want to do in the future is to make the public case for a government owned mastodon instance that political leaders should at the very least cross-post their social media communications to (and the agency that runs it will be called the Posts Office)
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RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 PM
RIP Martin Luther, you would have loved Papal Audience Black Friday deals.
Thanks to the brands for getting in touch this morning
November 27, 2025 at 1:04 AM
Thanks to the brands for getting in touch this morning
So cool they found the stinking corpse lily
November 26, 2025 at 4:20 AM
So cool they found the stinking corpse lily
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Senate passed the Social Security Tech. Changes No. 2 Bill. Provides:
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
parlinfo.aph.gov.au
November 26, 2025 at 12:48 AM
Senate passed the Social Security Tech. Changes No. 2 Bill. Provides:
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
- income apportionment validation + resolution scheme
- debt waiver changes
- HA Minister can cancel payments for subjects of outstanding arrest warrants for serious violent or sexual offences parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/sea...
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In support of our collective mental health,
- the only objectively bad food is sweet pickles
- the only meaningful difference between matzo ball soup and Amish chicken corn soup is corn
- the best food country is Australia and it’s not even close
- everything should be fusion. I want rendang tacos
- the only objectively bad food is sweet pickles
- the only meaningful difference between matzo ball soup and Amish chicken corn soup is corn
- the best food country is Australia and it’s not even close
- everything should be fusion. I want rendang tacos
my take on Food Discourse is that it's always ridiculous but it's also nice to be fighting about dumb internet shit again instead of dealing with Oppressive Despair all the time so please keep posting your bad takes
November 25, 2025 at 11:50 PM
In support of our collective mental health,
- the only objectively bad food is sweet pickles
- the only meaningful difference between matzo ball soup and Amish chicken corn soup is corn
- the best food country is Australia and it’s not even close
- everything should be fusion. I want rendang tacos
- the only objectively bad food is sweet pickles
- the only meaningful difference between matzo ball soup and Amish chicken corn soup is corn
- the best food country is Australia and it’s not even close
- everything should be fusion. I want rendang tacos
Is this anything?
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Is this anything?
Joey Leilua’s flick pass to Jordan Rapana on 4 September 2016
I figure Ken Burns has one, maybe two big documentary series in him before he fully retires. What do you think they should be? My votes include Football, Hip-Hop, World War 1, Reconstruction (though Skip Gates did this one well), Iraq/Afghanistan, 19th Century Expansionism.
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Joey Leilua’s flick pass to Jordan Rapana on 4 September 2016
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Myanmar’s military has begun broadcasting extensive video on regime media of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained.
Read more english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#KarenState
#cybercrime
Read more english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#KarenState
#cybercrime
Myanmar regime media broadcasts military crackdown on scam centers - DVB
Myanmar’s military has begun broadcasting extensive video on regime media of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained. Myanmar is noto...
english.dvb.no
November 24, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Myanmar’s military has begun broadcasting extensive video on regime media of its crackdown on online scam centers, showing buildings being bulldozed and over 1,000 foreigners detained.
Read more english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#KarenState
#cybercrime
Read more english.dvb.no/myanmar-regi...
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
#KarenState
#cybercrime
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Celebrate 10 years of inspirational Asian literature by supporting us with an annual subscription! The code MR10 is valid until November 30 so act fast.
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November 24, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Celebrate 10 years of inspirational Asian literature by supporting us with an annual subscription! The code MR10 is valid until November 30 so act fast.
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Draft Senate program has this big Social Security Bill listed first for debate on Monday - www.pmc.gov.au/resources/dr...
November 20, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Draft Senate program has this big Social Security Bill listed first for debate on Monday - www.pmc.gov.au/resources/dr...
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“We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight. And we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois's law enforcement community that have chosen to join us here in the Palace Hotel Ballroom at this time.”
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 AM
“We're so glad to see so many of you lovely people here tonight. And we would especially like to welcome all the representatives of Illinois's law enforcement community that have chosen to join us here in the Palace Hotel Ballroom at this time.”
Discovering there was a career in having a bit of a dig around on the internet and writing up what I’ve found
November 23, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Discovering there was a career in having a bit of a dig around on the internet and writing up what I’ve found
Gideon describing ENG cricket as solipsistic 🤤
November 22, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Gideon describing ENG cricket as solipsistic 🤤
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Australia will win by 8 wickets or something
November 22, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Australia will win by 8 wickets or something
Well that was fun 🤩
Stop 👏 playing 👏 test 👏 cricket 👏 in 👏 Perth 👏
November 22, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Well that was fun 🤩
Stop 👏 playing 👏 test 👏 cricket 👏 in 👏 Perth 👏
November 22, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Stop 👏 playing 👏 test 👏 cricket 👏 in 👏 Perth 👏
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'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
Iran president says capital move now a necessity as water crisis deepens
Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has mad...
www.iranintl.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 AM
'Iran’s capital must be moved because the country “no longer has a choice,” President Masoud Pezeshkian said on Thursday in remarks carried by state media, warning that severe ecological strain has made Tehran impossible to sustain'
#Iran 🇮🇷
#Iran 🇮🇷
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there are lots of objectionable things about the times we're living through, but the content... you just can't complain about the content
November 21, 2025 at 9:09 PM
there are lots of objectionable things about the times we're living through, but the content... you just can't complain about the content
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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TRUMP they still have that Phantom of the Opera musical on Broadway
MAMDANI it's an immersive theatrical experience now. it's called Masquerade
TRUMP that Phantom's a jerk, isn't he
MAMDANI it's an immersive theatrical experience now. it's called Masquerade
TRUMP that Phantom's a jerk, isn't he
November 21, 2025 at 9:51 PM
TRUMP they still have that Phantom of the Opera musical on Broadway
MAMDANI it's an immersive theatrical experience now. it's called Masquerade
TRUMP that Phantom's a jerk, isn't he
MAMDANI it's an immersive theatrical experience now. it's called Masquerade
TRUMP that Phantom's a jerk, isn't he
Starc has been held back for too long by having to share wickets with Cummins and Hazlewood
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Starc has been held back for too long by having to share wickets with Cummins and Hazlewood