Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 14hGosh it was nice today to pay with a card and not pay a surcharge 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 15hVote Green! #VicPol #AusPolyoutu.beThe Greens will make life affordable and put people before profit. Vote [1] GreensYouTube video by Australian Greens 13315
Reposted by Rob TobinAustralian Archaeological Association @austarchaeology.bsky.social · 05/09/2026A new study published in Australian Archaeology reports the only known instance of resin-mounted wallaby teeth ornaments found outside burials in northeastern Australia and the first in the Cape York Peninsula phys.org/news/2026-09... #ozarch /emphys.orgResin-mounted wallaby teeth reveal rare 1,200-year-old ornaments in QueenslandWhile sorting through animal bones in a rock shelter in Queensland, Australia, archaeologists came across a tooth where something was "not quite right." Stuck to the tip of its root was a… 031
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Count Binface quickly becoming my hero #VoteBinface 010
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 27/06/2026I really hope Cabo Verde can Messi up Lionel’s day next week! #WorldCup #FIFAWorldCup 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Not a massive crowd tonight. People really don’t come out for Thursday night footy. #AFL #AFLDogsCrows 030
Reposted by Rob TobinSwamp @sirswampthing.bsky.social · 31/05/2026People to play V/AFL games against the club they won 4+ B&Fs at Bill Cubbins Peter Bedford John Murphy Gary Dempsey Len Thompson Paul Roos Wayne Carey Ben Cousins Gary Ablett jnr Jack Steven CLAYTON OLIVER #AFLDeesGiants #AFL 181
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 27/05/2026Starting to feel like this might need some updating 110
Reposted by Rob TobinBen Eltham @beneltham.bsky.social · 26/05/2026Ninefax editors preparing a special 32-page lift out on the sacking of the Essendon AFL coach. Also featuring special commentary on the implications for house prices 9478
Reposted by Rob TobinThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 22/05/2026As it currently stands, more than half of the benefit of the capital gains tax discount go to the top 1%. People under 30 only got 2% of the benefit! 📻Senior Economist @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social on ABC Radio National #auspol 26228
Reposted by Rob TobinKetan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 17/05/2026EXTREMELY interesting Gallup poll on American responses to data centres here First I've seen break down sub-reasons, and most of it relates to environment / resources, particularly water consumption and energy / power bill impacts. Hatred of AI is there, but small news.gallup.com/poll/709772/... 1123176
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 13/05/2026#gruen with the hidden WTF Morse Code for the win #abc 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 20/12/2025It’s gravy day for the Australian Cricket team! #Ashes #Cricket #AusVEng #GravyDay 020
Reposted by Rob TobinAustralian Archaeology @austarchj.bsky.social · 21/09/2025Australian Archaeology Volume 91 Issue 2 is now complete and available online. All original articles are open access! 🔑⬇️ www.tandfonline.com/toc/raaa20/9... 043
Reposted by Rob TobinGigz @andrewgigacz.bsky.social · 22/09/2025Seeing MKR ads during the #BrownlowMedal count has prompted me to send out my annual reminder: MY KITCHEN RULES is an anagram of HERE – LICK MY NUTS. #MKR #Brownlow 0102
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 13/09/2025Blackburn playing deep forward has been confusing me all year. Is it fitness? Coming back from injury? #AFLWGiantsDogs #AFL #AFLW 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 24/08/2025Howard was a disaster not just for the Liberal Party but for Australia. His legacy lives on in the divisions in modern Australia. Great article here by Patricia Karvalas exploring one part of this; how the Liberal Party abandoned women’s issues. #AusPolabc.net.auHoward paved the way for Abbott, Morrison and the Liberal Party's 'women problem'New analysis argues that under John Howard, the Liberal Party became increasingly influenced by a social conservatism that emphasised traditional gender norms. 081
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 23/08/2025I don’t know who this John Cena guy is but he does know good coffee. And good coffee is from #Melbournereddit.comFrom the melbourne community on Reddit: Melbourne coffee getting some kudos.Explore this post and more from the melbourne community 010
Reposted by Rob TobinThe Saturday Paper @thesaturdaypaper.com.au · 16/08/2025Exclusive: “At the time of assessment, assurance cannot be provided in relation to the integrity, the effectiveness, or appropriateness of decisions produced by the Targeted Compliance Framework IT system in its current form.” satpa.pe/22yZhgOsatpa.peExclusive: Government warned over ‘legal basis’ of welfare systemDespite being warned in 2018 that jobseekers were being exposed to unfair and excessive decisions, the Department of Employment and Workplace Relations ‘chose to continue with the status quo’. 082
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 02/08/2025Why are Melbourne buses soooo bad at following their timetables? 100
Reposted by Rob TobinSkye Predavec @skyelark.bsky.social · 31/07/2025Australia has a politician problem: not too many, but too few. There are nine times the number of voters than in 1903, but the number of MPs has only doubled. Maybe it's time for our representative democracy to get a bit more representative? @australiainstitute.org.au #auspol 115923
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Port fans going off right now #Hottest100 #AFL #AFLCrowsPower 060
Reposted by Rob TobinLuke Foley @lukefoley.me · 26/07/2025Judging by the results it’s obvious that some people out there in Australian music land have never spent a raucous and sweaty smoke filled beer swilling sticky stained carpet go mental moshing kind of night at places like the Great Britain, Sarah Sands and the Tote etc etc. #Hottest100 4211
Reposted by Rob TobinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Quite possibly my most hated Australian song #eaglerock #hottest100 341467
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 26/07/2025This song is still sadly relevant today #Hottest100 041
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 26/07/2025We all have to go to church eventually #Hottest100 020
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 26/07/2025As if Peking Duck remember anything from 2014 #Hottest100 010
Reposted by Rob TobinThe Australia Institute @australiainstitute.org.au · 23/07/2025On July 2, the Australia Institute wrote to Environment Minister Murray Watt, asking he make public the conditions imposed on the extension of Woodside’s North West Shelf. We have not received a response. Read the letter here: australiainstitute.org.au/report/lette... #auspol 514468
Reposted by Rob TobinCAA Australasia @caa-australasia.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Quick reminder that our next event is coming up in just a few days! "Demystifying Digital Field Recording" is a free online panel exploring hot topics in digital field recording! The panel takes place on Wed 23 July, 6pm AEST. Register at the link below! events.humanitix.com/demystifying...events.humanitix.comDemystifying Digital Field Recording | CAA Australasia PanelJoin us for a discussion of hot topics in digital field recording! 044
Reposted by Rob TobinBeth Day @thebethocracy.bsky.social · 20/07/2025"No more lanes, build more trains!" Campaign slogan up for grabs from my 11-year-old. 220830
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Dwarshuis made the mistake of not being Victorian #WIvAUS #cricket 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 19/07/2025Anyone interested in media studies needs to watch thisyoutube.comMichael Spicer : Media StudiesYouTube video by Michael Spicer 010
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 10/07/2025Come back @aflxscore.bsky.social I need to know the expected score on Pittonets’ torp! #AFL #AFLBluesLions 010
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 09/07/2025New product idea: A podcast studio set up to record podcasts of men aged 18-45 which immediately deletes the podcast when everyone leaves the room 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 04/07/2025The siege of Constantinople in 1453 was less brutal than this being suffered by Carton #AFL #AFLBluesPies 040
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 01/07/2025AFL news article: Player X is out with general soreness Me: Same #AFL 021
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 28/06/2025There is some amazing street art in Darwin #Darwin #WAC10 010
Reposted by Rob Tobin6 News Australia @6newsau.bsky.social · 27/06/2025#BREAKING 🚨 Brodie Palmer and Jack Brearley have been sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Indigenous schoolboy Cassius Turvey Turvey, 15, was chased down and attacked with a metal pole while walking with friends after school in Perth in 2022 222544
Reposted by Rob TobinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 26/06/2025There was a column in the SMH about how a couple with $8m in combined super wanted to avoid paying tax. The columnist pointed out if one super balance went from $3.0m to $3.4m the liability for the new super tax would be.... $7,056. Yep on $400,000 earnings www.theguardian.com/business/gro...theguardian.comSuper tax debate highlights everything wrong with Australia’s media and economic system | Greg JerichoThe way superannuation is mostly covered by the media in Australia is about how to avoid paying tax and how to use it to fund inheritance 1826495
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 26/06/2025The big winner of the #WAC10 conference is definitely the slushie machine of Austral Archaeology 010
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 25/06/2025Day 3 of #WAC10 is tour day! Very excited to be going on a helicopter over the beautiful Kakadu 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 24/06/2025So the Western Bulldogs have asked council to allow for the child care at the Whitten Oval to move from not-for-profit to for-profit. As a Bulldogs supporter and member I don’t believe this is in line with a community club that supports the local people of Footscray and surrounds. #AFLchng.itSign the PetitionKeep Bulldogs Community Children’s Centre Not-for-Profit 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 23/06/2025So excited to be at #WAC10 so many great presentations to come #WAC-10 #WAC10 000
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 22/06/2025I’m very excited to be going to Darwin today for #WAC10 but first, let’s get this done Dogs! #AFLDogsTigers #AFL 020
Rob Tobin @archaetools.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Antidepressant or Tolkien? Much harder than it would seemantidepressantsortolkien.vercel.app 000
Reposted by Rob TobinGreg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Key aspect was that 1 in 5 people thought the changes to tax concessions of super balances over $3m would affect them. In reality, it's about 1 in 200. Easy test: if you don't know how much is in your super you won't be affected (because people with $3m in their super sure as sh*t know it) 2232096
