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Aston Bailey-Fong

@astonbaileyfong.bsky.social
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An upside down man in an upside down world. Computer science student. Fan of Cricket, video games and all things Star Trek. He/Him.

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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 22h
I guess at the end of the day the reason they fall for it is they want them to be true. That way they don’t have to do any of the real thinking for themselves, so long as they can outsource it to one of these influence ops. Mind you it is scary seeing these views pop up in the wild now and then.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 22h
The number of people who don't believe these influence operations are real weirds me out. The number of people who fall for these influence operations weirds me out too, but that's by the by considering the state of people's noggins these days.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Lol. Let's be honest, the over/under on this clown show is about a buck fifty as a purely speculative investment - which wouldn't raise enough capital to build dog kennels, let alone data centers.
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
I think its fair and understandable for Rambo Shoebridge to be called out for his family’s multiple investment properties. Going the deputy for having tiny houses on air bnb though is completely different. They are purpose built on a hobby farm and not suitable for permanent occupation.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Sun rises in the east, NRL is a more strategic game than AFL, and Test cricket is the ultimate form of any sport on the planet, says Joe Hockey.
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
A Future Made in Australia. That's Labor's plan. Making more, here at home. So our country can be stronger and safer. And so Australians can earn a decent living and build a future for their family.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The problem I have with articles like this is that it treats readers like mugs. Taxable income for every company in Australia is calculated after the depreciation of previous capital expenditure. Every business that has large capital costs, has large gaps between revenue and taxable revenue.
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Toilet Paper Australia @toiletpaperaus.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
One Nation’s policies were released over the weekend. They claimed they’d be "honest about the numbers" and that their policies would "tell the truth about what it costs". One small problem… …they didn’t include any costings for any of their policies.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
The reason some committees are important is that you can see where we'll end up in policy terms by the lean of the way various people and parties pursue issues within it. One of the hardest issues with AI regulation is dealing with copyright, and it looks like it will be....
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Watching the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence - and every time David Pocock opens his mouth, the average IQ of the room drops 20 points. He's a bag of potatoes wrapped in a public relations campaign.
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Ah yes, the Greens Institute, a thing he seems to have come up with by himself to give him a job after he got booted from his (may be wrong about the former part of that but funny how quickly he landed on his feet after 2025 huh?)
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
It was just the other day I saw a cashed up middle aged self proclaimed “radical“ claim MCM has no role in the Greens anymore and it’s only labor members who keep talking about him 🤷🏻‍♀️ www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Max Chandler-Mather pitches Mamdani-style $25bn plan to nationalise 200 Coles and Woolworths supermarkets
Former MP and Greens Institute head says proposal for publicly owned supermarket chain will ease grocery prices
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Ukraine War Series - YouTube
The Quadrilogy that was originally meant to a be a quick 20 minute video explaining the causes of Russia's decision to invade Ukraine.
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.smh.com.au/politics/fed... Begging everyone at some point to watch @sarcasmitron.bsky.social’s video series about the Ukraine War. It goes through the entire history of the conflict from 2014 and it really kills off some of the myths that have risen up in the left about the war and its origins.
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‘Shameful, repugnant’: Greens under fire over opposition to Ukraine military aid
Australia would be handing Vladimir Putin a gift by cutting off military aid to Ukraine, both major parties and the Ukrainian diaspora say.
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
And these are the people David Shoebridge thinks we should seriously consider negotiating with as if we haven’t tried bringing Russia to the table on this war for the past 4, no, correct that, 12 years, remember now that Russian incursions into Ukraine have been ongoing since 2014!
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Matthew Downhour @matthewdownhour.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
A few years ago the UN interviewed a selection of Ukrainian POWs who had been released and an absolute majority had been sexually abused in captivity. I don’t know if that’s the case more broadly but it’s definitely not isolated
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John C @badsocialism.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
You can see the moment Mogg realises he's talking to a Nazi here
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Here we go! Have a good Grand Final Day. NRLW Grand Final: Roosters v Broncos, 4pm AEDT NRL Grand Final: Roosters v Knights, 7:30pm AEDT
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What an actual fuckhead. Suggesting diplomatic avenues to end the war haven’t been exhausted yet shows that he hasn’t actually engaged with the Ukrainian cause beyond surface-level support for sanctions. Sadly there’s an entire brand of people who seem to think that this is a viable foreign policy.
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Lololololol do you think Rambo here knows or understands that Russia has veto powers? Seriously this guy is a knob. I have a really hard time believing hes ever achieved anything on merit alone. www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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The Greens’ defence red lines: No weapons for Ukraine, curtail the US alliance
David Shoebridge believes the Greens can win votes by campaigning to scrap the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pact and legalise recreational cannabis.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
What a garbage human being. Let Ukraine be erased, the Ukrainian people be essentially enslaved, murdered and disappeared. Real non-violence from the non-violence guy there. Oh, and that only the UN can authorise force - yep, Russia will definitely vote for that! www.smh.com.au/politics/fed...
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New Greens leader: No weapons for Ukraine, curtail the US alliance
David Shoebridge believes the Greens can win votes by campaigning to scrap the AUKUS nuclear-powered submarine pact and legalise recreational cannabis.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Nearly every commercial investment vehicle underperforms their local sharemarket by an amount almost identical to their fees over any arbitrary period of time (except Oz industry super funds and sovereign wealth funds as cohorts). This is taking the piss if it's constructed accurately.
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 02/10/2026
This is the dodgiest and most-desperate thing I’ve seen in the bubble so far. Amazon selling their chips to a group of investors and leasing them back - an off balance sheet arrangement done in plain sight. Really scraping the bottom of the barrel here. And they’ll probably buy more!
Amazon is seeking to offload about $8bn of advanced Nvidia chips to external investors through a new vehicle aimed at strengthening its balance sheet, according to people familiar with the matter.
The Seattle-based cloud giant has held talks with investors in recent weeks to gauge interest in the deal, which would allow the company to spin off thousands of Grace Blackwell chips it is deploying in data centres across the US into a special-purpose vehicle.
Amazon will then lease the advanced AI chips back from the SPV, which would tap outside investors through debt issuance. By unloading the expensive semiconductors to investors, the company could adopt a more asset-light approach to its balance sheet.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Politics on this place is a bit Greenskyish. Riddle me this - if at the next election, One Nation have 9 Senators and 18 Reps seats. The ALP government need either the Libs, the Greens + 2, or a box of chocolates to pass legislation. Should PHON govern from the back bench? Why the Greens now? But!..
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Why won't the government of the day work with us - a minor party with 5% of total Federal electoral representation - to implement our specific policy agenda as if we were the government? Probably because of the other 95%. Just guessing. This is going to go well then, I see.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Because the Greens aren't the government and don't have demographic representative weight substantial enough to be dictating government policy. If we go down this route, we end up like Israel - where small parties dominate government policy and direction. Doesn't that work well eh. Time to grow up..
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The quote tweets for this article are hilarious. My fav is the one from the dude bro claiming that the former tax avoidance lawyer and current sitting member of a mainstream political party is “anti establishment“.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Welcome David Shoebridge to power. Your first test is to cooperate to bring in the world's first, comprehensive AI and datacenter regulatory system, or squib it for your ego and literally leave it to the States and people like Crisafulli and whatever dross the Tasmanian cat last dragged in. <clink>
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I were the Prime Minister - the first thing I'd do with the new leader of the Greens is to give him access to a full intelligence briefing.
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Could it be that, shock horror, Australia actually has a different political landscape from the UK and US precisely because we actually haven't copied their crappy policies exactly? And emulating those politicians without understanding why they're doing it is a road to irrelevance?
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Counter point: Australian politicians dont need to and shouldn't be anything like UK or American politician. Lol at “reviving the Greens” their vote has been consistent for decades ffs.
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Happy birthday, Julia Gillard! 🎉
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Ed Zitron @edzitron.com · 28/09/2026
The greatest secret in finance is that nobody knows what they’re investing in and another is that a lot of the “very smart people” with “lots of data” base their powerful “financial models” based on extremely simplistic scenarios, many of them as obvious as “growth continues as it always has”
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Bruno Dies @brunodias.dev · 28/09/2026
It really doesn't make sense to attribute those job losses to AI-the-technology, because if that were the case we'd be observing AI outputs displacing conventional entertainment products, and they're clearly not. Rather, the impact of AI is that AI-the-business is crowding out other investment.
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
#OnThisDay in 1983, Australia became the first challenger in 132 years to take the America’s Cup, inspiring Prime Minister Bob Hawke to offer some memorable advice to employers. ⛵️🏆😂
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This is the guy the very left wing just dont ask who funds them Australia Institute claims is progressive 🫠 www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Canada’s Top Labor Group Vows to Fight Carney’s Plan to Curb Strikes
The Canadian government’s proposed changes to a controversial legal tool it has used to end several strikes would enshrine ministers’ ability to interfere in future job actions, the country’s largest ...
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I've never got the whole David Pocock thing. I've never once seen him in any interview where he was able to answer a question intelligently that wasn't on his very specific talking points list. Is it his vibe, his marketing, his choice of talking points? I just don't get it.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The actual solution is that the US needs to fuck off out of the middle east yesterday, and charge Israel for the bill. The US broke it, they have neither the capability nor capacity to fix it. The longer it takes them to leave, the more people will die from energy insecurity and push costs higher.
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jenny tightpants @jtp.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
huffing copium over this by keeping in mind that the price increase means less competition for me to buy one
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Labor's delivering a Future Made in Australia. More jobs, more industry, more opportunity, right here at home.
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Wishing @mrkrudd.bsky.social a very happy birthday! 🎉
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
I’m gonna hit the brakes, he’ll fly right by!
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Wondering atp if the best way to counter these people is another mediscare campaign this time based on “how is ON going to pay for their draconian policies without cuts to Medicare?” Like force these people to admit that their policies are dumb and will cost the nation more than they’re worth.
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Another bunch of weirdos that want small government - just small enough to fit inside your vagina www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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‘Made a mistake’: One Nation’s NSW leader says party wants to restrict abortions, not stop them
Mark Newman clarifies comments made at rally where he said ‘we want to make sure that … abortion is stopped’
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Possum @pollytics.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Finally, what's colloquially known as the Missing Middle!. Now let's get the States on board to change property rights laws from arsehole to breakfast time to allow cost sharing and tax expenditure sharing between owners and operators to put it on every warehouse and large commercial premises.
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Australian Labor @australianlabor.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Every kid deserves the best start in life. That means affordable childcare, with educators who are paid fairly for the work they do. 👇
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Rhys Parton @rhysparton.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Pauline Hanson has said “Aboriginal people are the most primitive race on Earth.” Yet I’m constantly told, including today, “nah, she’s not racist.”
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Aimee Hulbert @aimeeh.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
The toxic anonymous accounts will scream and carry on but this is actually a good thing. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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Labor has started a new war on the internet. Will it backfire?
Anthony Albanese and Anika Wells’ latest assault on Silicon Valley is by far the most ambitious attempt yet to rewrite the domestic rulebook for the internet.
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Chris Bowen @chrisbowenmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
AN IMPORTANT UPDATE FOR RENTERS. ☀️🔋🏚️
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Aston Bailey-Fong @astonbaileyfong.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Dan Olson: This Makes Me Cringe
Alt: Dan Olson: This Makes Me Cringe
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