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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"As I occasionally survey the pack of sycophantic shihtzus in the Washington press corps, wriggling on their bellies to kiss the feet of those in power, I feel plumb discouraged about the future of journalism." The late great Molly Ivins writing in 2006. Nothing has changed .
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
One antiVAX argument is that "natural infections" (eg Bubonic Plague !!!) will produce herd immunity so vaccine arent needed. Consider that from an evolutionary perspective, how long would a pathogen survive if when it spread it rendered the entire population resistant to further infection ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Trying to work out how our political class gets away with being so spineless, ceding defence to the US, foreign policy to US/Israel, free speech to wealthy lobby groups, free access to our natural resources to foreign companies and governments etc. Perhaps up till now it hasn’t hit peoples wallets ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Ok so unscrupulous private companies can treat the NDIS as a cash cow at taxpayers expense because government lack of oversight lets them overcharge while not actually delivering the services they are contracted to. And the “solution” is to cut the budget ? Anyone think that will solve the problem?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
thinking about climate change . Increasing atmospheric CO2 increases the rate of heating by the sun. That's like turning up the burner on a stove under a pot of water. But instantly turning up the burner doesn't instantly increase the temperature of the water. Same for the earth, temperature lags.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
If anyone wanted evidence that Zionism and Jewish identity are two different things, look no further than the far right eg outlets like Newscorp/Fox News, or MAGA/Trump or Reform/Farage. All strong backers of Zionism. Yet all support white supremicism & are racist.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I confess it’s a bit trite but looking at DC I’m reminded that in the Lord of the Rings, a corrupted Saruman destroys Isengard by converting it into a pale imitation of Barad-dur. DC looks to be heading to become a copy of Nazi Berlin.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I share with Paul Krugman his fear expressed in a recent essay , that as Trumps power and faculties fade , he will Increasingly operate in scorched earth mode, and his main target will be the US itself.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Science or nature? Is DNA scientific? Well the double helix is one of the most iconic images of modern science. But long before we knew it existed it was doing its thing, so that oak trees make acorns which make oak trees , and cats make kittens that grow up to be cats.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
My guess is that a lot of this Canada obsession of Mango Man is hatred of Carney, he knows Carney is much smarter than him , plays to his insecurities, and Carney has been actively retreating from Canadas ’ close ties with the US.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
Would it be fair to say that from a a MAGA point of view the US Constitution is a communist manifesto ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
Why is it that every time I see RFKs name now , I think of Lysenko whose anti science ideas about agriculture led to famines that caused millions of his fellow Soviet citizens to die of starvation.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
So our government once again confirming that Israel and its Zionist Greek chorus can piss on Australia from a great height and they just whinge. Mind you it’s a case of join the queue, the US , the UK, China, gas companies, media companies etc etc. kill our citizens , take our stuff go ahead.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Things that are now considered antisemitic. Watermelons, garments with certain chequered patterns, mentioning some bodies of water in conjunction with each other, mentioning the "G" word, anything that combines the colours black white and green. Just a partial list I am sure.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I see little Timmy Wilson has entered the classy territory of Mal Brough with his comment about a Dan Andrews statue. The voters of Goldstein must be proud to be represented by such an eloquent spokesperson.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Note that the mainstream media keep emphasising El-Sayeds’ narrow victory , while failing to mention that his opponent spent the equivalent of the GDP of a third world country and still lost !
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Campbell on insiders this am bagging on about the COVID response in Victoria. A) get over it B) assume emptying out our aged care centres and maternity wards would have been a price worth paying for the rest of us to be free. Oh btw the Murdoch employee who was fired for coming to work COVID +ve ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
News The US has been renamed by presidential order to Trumperica. The capital is renamed Trumpington DC The states will all be named Trumpassee and distinguished by number : Trumpassee 1, Trumpassee 2, 3 etc. What was Florida will be number 1. Thank you for your attention.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
The RC has, apparently , identified the problem with antisemitism in Australia as insufficient oversight of our media and education system by Zionist committees. The Bondi massacre, apparently, happened because ASIO dropped the ball. So perhaps ASIO needs to have Mossad observers monitoring it ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
We are seeing a secondary effect of the creation of a small class of ridiculously wealthy individuals in western countries. Namely they have discovered that one of the most useful things to buy with their spare cash is politicians. Hence the collapse of representative democracy.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Obviously anyone looking at the Reflecting Pool is planning anti American acts of sabotage. 🤡
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
John Brunners 1975 novel “The Shockwave Rider “ had couple of predictions that were on the money . One was that social networking via online connectivity would be integral to society and the other was that the US government would be a criminal enterprise.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
So the Albanese government brings us Schrödingers’ property market , in which housing becomes more affordable while prices don’t fall. 🤔
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Can someone explain why the media keeps reporting Trumps insane drivel. Yesterday we have the greatest peace deal in history , today Iran will be obliterated off the face of the earth. He really should be in a facility with bars on the window.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
In the current shitstorm over tax reform one of the complaints has been that the GGT changes will kill investment in start ups.I recall talking to a US biotech investor during the existing tax regime.He complained that Aussie investors only ever wanted to invest in property and mining exploration.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Worth repeating. When the democratically elected government of Iran nationalised their oil industry, the UK&US staged a coup which installed the Shahs’ brutal regime. When a popular uprising replaced him with Khomeini. The US allied with IRAQ in the long and bloody war with IRAN . (Continues). 1/
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Right when ON is on the rise calling inter alia for monoculturism, the RC into antisemitism (sorry social cohesion) is in session. Isn’t anyone concerned that our now most popular political party wants to eliminate Judaism from Australia ? I assume ON isn’t suggesting Aus becomes a Zionist state ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
A question for my fellow Aussies , how much are you prepared to see your groceries and transport costs go up by so the Zionists in Palestine can pursue their ambitions of territorial expansion: 10%, 20% , 30% ….. ???
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
How many Amazon facilities has ICE raided ? I’ll bet the answer is zero.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Be worth knowing how many of those who bang on about western civilisation could quote from eg Socrates or Cicero or Lincoln or Churchill (ok let’s not get into the more brutal aspects of the British Empire) ; and do we include Robespierre or Hitler or Franco ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
This A.I. revolution. My field molecular biology, I’m retired now but I remember the “genetic engineering revolution “. We were going to have babies with wings or scales , mutant pet dogs with 8 legs etc . There were meetings of top scientists to confront the threat. Most of it never happened.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Immigration. My old dad was quite perturbed by the fact that many of the staff in his aged facility were from eastern Europe. Why so few young brits caring for our elderly ? Maybe because rather than being willing to wipe bums for low pay, they are out demonstrating to deport people who will.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Is it just me or is it that anytime commentators describe a brutal conflict anywhere in the world as “complex”, you know you are in for a dose of evasive bothsidism, & usually to find excuses for the aggressor.
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Detroit Breakdown @detroitbreakdown.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Nothing says “dying civilization” like gladiator fights at the capitol for the emperor’s amusement.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Before our media thinks it could boost circulation or viewership to have a spot of ON totalitarianism to report on; they might look to the current US regimes’ enthusiasm for press freedom.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Listening to Marles, Shoebridge etc the base assumption seems to be that Australia can’t, acting a sovereign nation,defend itself. So if our choice is either to rely on the US for security or to rely on mutually beneficial trade with China for security,which is more secure, given the US trajectory?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Thinking about the CGT increase; is extending it to all asset classes instead of just property is a 'tax grab"? One consideration is if it was ONLY property, that would encourage capital flows out of property into assets with a more favourable CGT treatment,and likely crash house prices.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
With the Documentary about Bruce Pascoe coming out I am reminded of a puzzle I had when Dark Emu was attacked by the "hunter gatherer" academics. Australia is a continent of 3 million square miles, and would have been larger during ice ages whenthe continental shelf was exposed. 1/
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Can somebody explain how AUKUS in any way improves Australias’ defence ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Re the governments CGT reform I am fully supportive wrt to housing. But riddle me this. When CGT reduction across the board was introduced by Costello , it caused investment to flow into the housing market. By reversing it across the board the same relative situation shares v housing still exists ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
So the Voice was rejected by the voters because no minority should get privileged treatment under the law in Australia, so why is the RC focusing not even on antisemitism but antizionism.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Reflecting on the “Isis brides”. A British/American coup replaced the democratically elected government of Iran. Subsequently after the Iranians deposed the Shah, the US allied with Iraq to attack Iran. After the Iran:Iraq treaty, Iraq started seizing ME oil fields. So the US invaded their ally. 1/
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Riddle me this. In National Reconciliation Week I am reminded that the Voice referendum was voted down in part because "First nations shouldn't get special privileges under the law". So why is the RC into Antisemitism and "Social Cohesion" listening almost exclusively to Zionist voices .
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Why is it that when every main stream media channel starts a report with “Trump says”, You know what follows is going to be complete bollocks ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The application of the CGT change to all assets seems not to have been thought through . The original decrease in CGT was applied across the board but had a larger effect on property prices than on other assets, raising CGT in parallel on all assets may not make housing relatively less attractive.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
If anything shows the shifting balance of power in the world it is watching both Trump and Putin going to Beijing to kiss the ring.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Can someone explain why the EJAC ,essentially an arm of the Zionist regime in Israel, is being funded by the Australian government to destroy free speech in Australia. Perhaps we should do equal treatment and fund Russian and Chinese lobbies in the same way ?
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Not sure that changing CGT on equities at a time of global economic chaos, when Australia is teetering in the brink of recession, and the stock market is beginning to show signs of serious weakness, is good timing. Most of the tax take from the CGT change could be wiped out by a steep recession.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Listening to the witnesses to the RC on “social cohesion “ , I am reminded of an aphorism of the British Nobel laureate Sir Peter Medawar.. “ data is not the plural of anecdote “.
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d1kastell.bsky.social @d1kastell.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The problem with the constant focus on antisemitism in politics and the media is at least 2 fold. One it creates an opportunity for criminals to divert police resources and two it incites bored teens with a spray can to tag Jewish buildings. In neither case are the actions driven by antisemitism.
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