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Dave

@dave29.bsky.social
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Lives on unceded Dharug land in Australia. Loves science, history, & writing fiction & non-fiction. Would love to ignore politics but with the rise of the far right & bigotry, can no longer opt out. No DMs please.

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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Don’t listen to religious extremist and warmonger Hegseth and his sycophantic mate Marles who claims “shared values” with this obnoxious and dangerous fool. Military experts, politicians, diplomats peace activists, unions, faith groups all oppose the madness that is AUKUS.
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Yanis Varoufakis: Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions. #auspol www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The interest rate rise is the wrong medicine and an even worse alibi | Yanis Varoufakis
Inflation is again being used as an excuse for acts of vandalism on some of Australia’s important institutions
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The DILETTANTE @demwar.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Rinehart is the real head of One Nation. Her greed has no limits.
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Kimberley Johnson @kimberleyjohnson.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
But I need to smile more.
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Kaitlin Kal Lee @kaitlinkallee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
These hockey players also participated in gang rape, their names and faces should be everywhere as well. THEY ARE STILL WALKING FREE!!!!
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 27/09/2026
Their punishment was to write essays.
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Miaganga @miaganga.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
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Brant Reeves @bireeves95.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I don’t even think this expresses how bad it really is…..
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Good to see this finally get coverage in my old paper. This is the same mob who campaigned against me, but it wasn’t sufficiently newsworthy then.
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Local Resister @projectspacetime.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Every decision he flippantly makes leads us further into the final days of the Collapse Phase of Empire.
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Rex Patrick @mrrexpatrick.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
There’s a real possibility nuclear weapons will be onboard the US submarines that’ll be based at HMAS Stirling south of Perth. It is being talked about, including by well-informed US Congressmen, but not by @albomp.bsky.social’s Govt. #AUKUS #auspol michaelwest.com.au/marles-schtu...
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Marles schtum, but US congressman suggests Perth is going nuclear - Michael West
There is a real possibility nuclear weapons will be carried onboard US submarines to be based at HMAS Stirling.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Government now clear to hack your phone. No warrant. Israel group Cellebrite paid to do it. Is this not fascist? @michaelsainsbury.bsky.social #cellebrite #auspol #nswpol michaelwest.com.au/cellebrite-g...
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Cellebrite gets Government blessing to share your phone - Michael West
Cellebrite has government clearance for use by law enforcement agencies to pry into your personal life, and you can't stop them.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
We need a royal commission into Israeli foreign interference in Australia . First witness called should be the PM - to explain why he appointed Special Envoy for Israel, Jillian Segal, to direct his approach to ‘social cohesion’. #auspol
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Dr Sally @drsally.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The Israel lobby put this prick into office It has returned our policing to the brutal days It has undermined our ability to protest To have a voice All because of the Israel lobby and their poisonous money Buying politicians worldwide #MinnsMustGo
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I've had it with One Nation's distraction politics. They want attention for their unconstitutional, dangerous political antics so that you forgot they're schmoozing with the billionaire class poolside in Europe.
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Tom Booker @tbooker1.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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AusPoast @daryltractor.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
This is beyond diabolical. ‘In Queensland, a state health staffer sent a spreadsheet listing more than 100 examples of “unexpected IAT outcomes” to the federal government on 18 November. In all but a few cases, the algorithm had under-assessed the person’s needs.’
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Bridie Mac 🍉 @bridiemac.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
No words. But please read.
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
An Australian government who never says no to the Trump regime has a very strange idea of what “sovereignty” means. #EndAUKUS #auspol
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Shaun Lambert @alexanderlambrt.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
link, and alt text www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Why can the US access so many Australian military bases, and could they drag us unwillingly into war? - podcast

Dotted like an outline around parts of Australia's coast are military bases - the majority of which the US has control of or access to. Now a special Guardian investigation reveals the breadth of Donald Trump's US military presence in the country, to a scale that the Australian public might not be aware of. Some analysts are warning it represents a 'saturation' or 'colonisation' of the Australian continent.

Senior reporter Ben Doherty speaks to Reged Ahmad about whether America's strong military presence in Australia could drag us unwillingly into war
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The Guardian and Ben Doherty have delivered a must read/ listen expose of how Marles, the ALP and Coalition have allowed the military colonisation of Australia by the Trump regime. This reinforces the importance of the AUKUS Public Inquiry. AUKUS a dangerous, disgusting sellout.
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coupdegraz7.bsky.social @coupdegraz7.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"…Why has caucus allowed Marles to turn our nation into a servile, simpering, servant of Trump and the US military machine?” #auspol #ALP #AUKUS
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OMG.WTF 🇦🇺 🇲🇪 🇿🇲 @amsickofpollies.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
. You’ve ruined red for me Now you’re ruining pink - my favourite colour .
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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B Hart @bghart.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
An Iranian woman left Islam for Christianity. In Iran, that’s a death sentence. She fled to America for refuge. We’re deporting her to the Central African Republic — a country the State Dept says “do not travel to for any reason.” The GOP isn’t defending Christianity. It’s killing it.
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Michael Pascoe @michaelpascoe01.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
No delusions here about what we've become - a base for B-52s (and anything else Washington fancies) B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base share.google/eHpH8kptrq57...
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B-52s Deploy for Bomber Task Force to Upgraded Australia Base
Air Force B-52 bombers landed at an air base in northern Australian in a demonstration of the U.S. ability to project force in the Pacific.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
When Donald knew there was no real threat to his life, he preened for photographers, yelled “Fight, fight, fight!” and didn’t care if a fireman died. When Donald knew there was a real threat to his life, he hid in a catering truck and didn’t care if his staff died in the decoy plane.
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Maranoa Girl @maranoagirl.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
2/ Its board is chaired by former PM John Howard & includes former PM Tony Abbot. It finances "Western Civilisation" undergraduate degrees at Australian universities. www.ramsaycentre.org/news-and-med... THE GREENS greens.org.au/news/speech/... www.greenleft.org.au/2018/1187/ne...
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Western civilisation courses among most competitive in Australia - The Ramsay Centre
Sydney, 20 April 2022: Times Higher Education recently published this news article online. For the full article as it appears on the Times Higher Education website click here By John Ross, Asia-Pacific Editor. Published April 14 2022 While staff hostility towards philanthropically backed humanities courses has not abated, entry and satisfaction scores suggest students take […]
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Em @empressoz.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Horrifying
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Minnie’s mum @minniesmum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Thanks to Michael West and team for reporting honestly as the mainstream stenographers ignore the horror in Gaza. #auspol
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Israel’s 'Facts on the Ground' - razing Gaza and South Lebanon  - Michael West
Israel is destroying evidence in the world's largest crime scenes Gaza and South Lebanon, obliterating Palestinian lives and identity.
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wilsdon7.bsky.social @wilsdon7.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Please watch and share youtu.be/WBPVeqVuOAs?...
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Truth About Natalie Harp Just Leaked...
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Doug Cameron @dncameron.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
So #Insiders credit the Left for forcing a retreat on the refugee intake. I hope this is the start of a return to the parliamentary Left using their influence after a period of muted compliance. Would be great to see a pushback on AUKUS, militarism and neoliberalism.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
A valediction. My @smh @theage cartoon.
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Rob Arnol @robertarnol.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Onya Nick. 👍🏾
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Everywhere. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Four frames. 1. “Three Israeli hostages waving white flags were shot and killed  by the IDF. They said, “We thought they were Hamas.””Image of three dead, with flags. 2. “The IDF shot and killed 14 Palestinian paramedics and a UN worker then buried them in a mass grave. They thought Hamas were among them.” Image of bulldozer and rows of body bags. 3. “Present and former Israeli politicians have claimed there are no innocents in Gaza and that even children and babies are the enemy.” Image of a child sitting, a dead adult behind, a sniper drone buzzing nearby. 4. “So when they say the IDF killed Zomi Frankcom and her colleagues because they thought they contained Hamas operatives. It’s understandable, as they see Hamas everywhere.” Image of photo of Zomi with bouquet of flowers beside.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Uninvited. My @smh and @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Three people on a couch watching tv. In the middle is a buff guy in sport gear with TShirt marked “SPORT BET FAST”. His feet are up on the coffee table and he’s hugging the others, Mr and Mrs in their team jerseys, uncomfortably close.
Mrs says, “I still don’t understand how he got in here…” Mr says, “It’s probably my fault - I didn’t opt out.”
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Chez Andre @avezina.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The US has become the most dangerous place to visit in North America, corrupt to the core, liars, run by a Mafia of pedophiles, they keep shooting at each other, they have a secret police killing and kidnapping people. They are uneducated and morally bankrupt. They have kids in concentration camp.
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✨𝕊𝕒𝕓𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕒 - Teh-REDACT-all✨📎 @samiamnurnot.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
There are priorities, and then there are *PRIORITIES*. This current regime is actively destroying our own country AND much of the rest of the world. We need to fix that first. We can't do anything for anyone else if we are this broken.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Jason Arday. Young, autistic, black academic bullied to death Michael West and Aleta Moriarty reports. Read it here: michaelwest.com.au/jason-arday-youn…
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angry-goddess.bsky.social @angry-goddess.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Would Tony Abbott like to walk back any of his atrocious comments on and towards women? #auspol
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Bob Geiger @bobgeiger.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
The great Dave Whamond (@davewhamond.bsky.social) on corporate media abandoning any role as arbiters of truth.
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Some more equal. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Title “All animals are equal…” barnyard where Chris Minns stands in from to stables with a cow at one end, a horse the other. In the yard, six assorted cats in front of Minns who holds “HATE SPEECH LAWS”. A bin behind him with “SACKAR REPORT”  Also in yard, collie dog, sheep, pig, chicken, duck, rat and mice, two chicks. A crow. Minns says, “I’m afraid from now on, hate speech against cats is of a higher priority than hate speech against the rest of you.”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Ideal getaways. My @smh cartoon.
Title: “Ideal holiday destinations in ICAC season for people with absolutely nothing to hide…” Six vignettes. 1. “New Zealand” - mountains in the background, tent, bike and suitcase in the foreground. 2. “Fiji” - sunset on beach with palm tree, man with head buried in sand plus suitcase. 3. “Lebanon” - promenade with palm trees, man carrying large suitcase head height to obscure his face. 4. “London” - park setting, Big Ben in background, man on park bench holding newspaper open obscuring his face. Suitcase. 5. “Melbourne” - tram travelling out of frame “DING DING” in grey built background, people visible including man in hat and dark glasses. 6. “The witness stand” - man with paper bag on head seated beside commissioner on the bench.
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Michael West @michaelwestbiz.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Police to have right to seize mobile phones without a warrant, use IDF tech to search data, under new legislation brought to NSW Parliament #auspol #nswpol @michaelsainsbury.bsky.social michaelwest.com.au/the-police-s...
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Surveillance State. NSW Police to seize mobile phone data without a warrant - Michael West
Legislation before NSW Parliament to allow police access to mobile phone data without a warrant, developed by Israel Defence Force veterans.
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Senator David Shoebridge @davidshoebridge.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
I believe, and I don’t think I’m alone in this, that Australia, not Washington, should decide if US forces can come here and how long they can stay. It’s extraordinary that the government doesn’t share this belief. More here thenightly.com.au/politics/ric...
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Marles admits US will make decision about subs in Australia
Defence Minister Richard Marles says the United States, not Australia, will decide how long its nuclear-powered submarines will remain at an Australian naval base based on American ‘operational requir...
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3wombats @3wombats.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Far too much power for an unelected person Also an insult to Australians to insinuate we are antisemitic because we are disgusted by Israel’s actions c.org/YYfXJwmf6W
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Sign the Petition
We Demand Accountability: Remove Jillian Segal from Public Office
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Burning. My @smh @theage cartoon.
Single frame. Foreground left: large, windowless buildings. Background: fiery forest horizon and red to black sky. Foreground right: man on his phone saying, “Quick! We need more water to cool down the data centres that are overheating from processing all the news about unprecedented wildfires…”
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The Cathy Wilcox @cathywilcox.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
Bedfellows. My @smh cartoon.
Single frame. Andrew Bragg entering Liberal Party Room where Angus Taylor and James Paterson are at a table smacking their foreheads, Jane Hume is looking on. Bragg says, “What?! I just said we might need to team up with the xenophobic nationalists to defeat the communists…”
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