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Dave Hooper

@davehooper.com
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Live: Wurundjeri lands 🇦🇺 Work: Intoxicologist + other ventures, Licensed Estate Agent (don’t @ me) Humanity: Supporter Collect: Sneakers Love: Dimmies Drink: Bourbon or wine Swear: Lots Block: Dickheads Weed enthusiast #SupportLiveMusic #GoPies #138,752

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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20h
We have a fox that lives in our yard. Recently it made a den underneath our house and made these little things! I’d love to get them out from under the house, as it sends the dog crazy and he barks at all hours. But how can we get rid of these?
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 29/09/2026
Well I survived!
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026
Have found two dead birds in our yard. Are we supposed to notify someone about this or are we past that phase? #BirdFlu
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026
Have just had one of my staff messaging on the staff chat. Two young fellas came in, got knocked back because their ID was bogus, so they decided to steal the stuff! In their haste, they dropped their mobile phone, so a manager is now calling their parents 🤣
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 28/09/2026
I have the next two days off work! Before you get too envious, I’m off because I’m doing the camera up the arse thing again tomorrow morning.
Picoprep bowel preparation
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 26/09/2026
My goodness this game is off the charts
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 24/09/2026
So @itsgingerbeef.bsky.social how was Dom Dolla? I heard there were some speaker issues for some in the crowd, hoping it didn’t affect the experience too much. Now DO TOUR HOMEWORK!
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 24/09/2026
Tonight’s edition of “Dave gets on the piss” we’re sampling a cleanskin! A Mornington Peninsula Rose. Probably $15 or $16 retail.
A bottle and glass of rose
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 23/09/2026
Here we go again on the “Dave drinks free booze” train. This one is a GSM blend. We don’t currently stock it but it retails for around $25 I think. Not too shabby at all, I might have to consider getting this into our range.
Rusden Driftsand Barossa Valley GSM 2024
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Smurfingbeer @smurfingbeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you've forgotten, Angry Anderson was a shithead.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 23/09/2026
I’m going to guess what the next two letters say without looking.
Sky vandalism with the letters CU
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 22/09/2026
Last night, the Pinot. Tonight, the Cabernet Sauvignon. Grant Burge is known for his Cabernets, and this one doesn’t disappoint.
Corryton Burge Barossa Cabernet Sauvignon 2023
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 21/09/2026
What’s this? Another bottle of wine I “need” to sample? I have a tough life.
Corryton Burge 2025 Pinot Noir from Adelaide Hills.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20/09/2026
Cheap advertising, you're lying Never gonna get me what I want I said, smooth talking, brain washing Ain't never gonna get me what I need
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20/09/2026
Tonight’s wine courtesy of Devil’s Corner. Eventually I’ll be pairing it with a home made beef and black bean sauce. But first, a glass and a relax.
Devil’s Corner Resolution Pinot Noir
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 20/09/2026
Please help there is a bright orange orb in the sky and I don’t know what to do!
Sunset view from my backyard
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Germany is preparing hospitals for a possible Russian escalation with NATO, Bloomberg reports. Berlin estimates up to 1,000 casualties a day could require medical care.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 19/09/2026
Late dinner. Chilli Chicken
Chilli Chicken
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 19/09/2026
Haybax you can fuck right off
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 18/09/2026
On this day seven years ago
Just had a Twitter direct message from the wife of my birth dad asking me to give her a call. He passed away last night. I don’t remember him at all, as he and my mum split up when I was very young. It was only a few years ago that I found him on social media and reached out. Since then I have corresponded via Twitter with my half sister (one of them, the other blocked me for some weird reason), and his wife. They seem nice. I wanted to meet him, maybe have a beer or whatever. He didn’t want to. He had a different family. It hurt, but I understood. I shouldn’t feel anything, but I do. I wouldn’t exist without him. RIP Dennis.
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karanormal activity 💜 @deadontheoutside.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
i thought i was over my habit of stealing birds, but i visited the local aviary and suddenly took a tern for the worse
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 17/09/2026
If AI kills off all humanity because it recognises that it’s the best way to save the planet, is the AI wrong?
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 17/09/2026
Yes.
A doctor asks “Do you smoke or drink alcohol” and the patient replies “I drink it”
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 15/09/2026
No evidence that it works, but hey, let’s further erode civil liberties by chasing some bullshit law and order agenda.
abc.net.au
Labor promises to implement "Jack's Law" if it is re-elected in Victoria
Victorian Labor has promised to expand police search powers to combat knife crime in the state, despite warnings it will not reduce violent offending.
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Dogboy64 @dogboy64.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’re fucked aren’t we ?
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 13/09/2026
Very good feeling going through my wardrobe and suddenly fitting into shirts again that haven’t fit for a long time.
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Eb @ebthen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
People saying Lady Gaga's baby should be called Googoo but they're missing the better choice, which is obviously Radio.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 12/09/2026
My partner is heading to a fancy dress party to farewell a work colleague.
Eleisha as Princess Fiona
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 12/09/2026
A selection of random images from the bar last night. #SupportLiveMusic
Framed white t-shirt design featuring bold, jagged bubble-lettering across the top in blue with a white outline, reading a stylized band name (illegible due to distorted lettering). Below it, a comic-style illustration in a thought bubble reads: "I WAS TOLD THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS YOU HAD TO DO TO MAKE IT BIG IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY." The illustration shows a bearded man wearing a flat cap and sunglasses, drawn in profile, appearing to lick or kiss the palm of a large hairy hand/arm. The background includes dark teal shading suggesting trees or bushes.A worn, curling maroon poster taped to a wooden beam, reading "BOMBING CHILDREN IS NOT SELF DEFENCE" in bold cream capital letters, with a small illustrated logo at the bottom. Cables run across the poster to an audio patch bay or mixer mounted below on a wooden shelf. In the foreground, the top of a person's head and a hand are visible reaching up near the cables, and framed black-and-white photographs hang on the wall in the background.Overhead view of a merch table covered in a green tarp, displaying CDs by The New Christs — including "These Rags" with a cover photo of stacked metal shelving, and another titled "Gloria." A handwritten sign taped to the table reads "WHEN BROWSING PUT DRINK HERE," with a glass of bourbon over ice resting on it. Another sign in the bottom right reads "CASH OR CARD," and a marker pen lies at the top of the frame.Close-up photo of an enamel pin badge attached to a rusted metal surface, with an old lock or latch mechanism visible above it. The pin is white and black, arch-shaped, featuring the text "BODY JAR" in bold black lettering diagonally across the design, with an illustration of two overlapping bare feet (soles facing outward) in the background.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026
Don’t be like me. I’m home now but a little earlier I was so dunk I fell and hit my head so don’t do that.
Dave with head contusion caused by drunken fall.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026
Zero tolerance for bad behaviour. You will be asked to leave. 

Plus, if you refuse to leave you face a fine of $10,000 plus #FreeRSAAdvice
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026
I live by rule two
Rule two: Don’t be a cunt!!!
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026
I checked in before I checked out at The Last Chance stamp
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One Angry Eyebrow… @oneangryeyebrow.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We don’t punch fascists often enough.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026
Righto. An uneventful train journey from Hawthorn to Flinders Street and a short tram ride and I’m here! My mate is about 30 minutes (3 bourbons) away so if it’s OK with you guys I’m gunna get stuck in! #SupportLiveMusic
An artistic shot of a partially consumed Makers Mark and Coke with the Victoria Market in the background through the open doorway
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 11/09/2026
This is tonight and I am super excited. Has been too long between live music events.
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 10/09/2026
Tonight’s free booze is In Dreams Pinot Noir from the Yarra Valley. There’s not too many nights without wine these days. This job certainly has some perks.
A hand holds a bottle of wine
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 10/09/2026
I wish this cunt would just hurry up and die. He shits me to tears.
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 09/09/2026
The alarms are all flashing red.
Screenshot of a thread on X by user Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess) detailing his resignation from Anthropic.
​The first post reads: "I resigned from Anthropic today. I spent the last three years doing pretraining research at both OpenAI and Anthropic. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing straight to self-improving superintelligence and gambling with our lives. More thoughts below."
​The second post reads: "Do not underestimate the power of this technology. These will soon be superhuman systems that can hack anything, revolutionize any field overnight, and acquire real power and resources. We have all witnessed the progress in each of these domains, and progress is not slowing."
​The third post reads: "The people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade. This is not a marketing stunt. If anything, many executives and senior researchers will couch their phrasing in the press to sound sensible - but I hear the same people express fear privately. No other human activity poses this level of danger."Screenshot continuing the thread on X by Jacob Coxon (@hilbertspaess).
​The first post reads: "A common response is 'if they truly believe this, why are they still building it?' At OpenAI, many have not deeply internalized the civilizational stakes. At Anthropic, the stakes are well-understood, but they are locked in a race to get there first - they believe no one else will act responsibly, so they must do it themselves, despite the risk."
​The second post reads: "Accepting this race and entering the 'endgame' is a hubristic gamble that should not be launched from a private company's Slack. Attempting to speedrun alignment should require extraordinary confidence that there are no better trajectories available."
​The third post reads: "I am optimistic about the potential for coordination. Warning shots like the Hugging Face attack have made pacing agreements between U.S. labs more viable. I don’t feel like we’re on track to prevent a global race, which may require costly actions such as a temporary ban on improving model capabilities."
​The fourth post reads: "If you are a lab researcher, I urge you to consider what the next few years will actually feel like. Do you want to kick off a superintelligent RL run without a rigorous understanding of its mind? Should you put your head down because 'it’s happening anyway' - or take this moment to call for different conditions?"
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 08/09/2026
I remembered them today. Completely tuned out to whatever is going on in the carriage.
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Wolfie Rankin @wolfierankin.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 07/09/2026
I forgot my AirPods! It will be a boring train journey today.
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reb of Melbourne @guttertwits.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@davehooper.com
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 07/09/2026
What the hell is the point of this?
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026
For those interested in how fat I am, this morning’s weigh in: 107.0kg Getting there!
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026
They should make it Fathers Day every day!
A box of Scorched Peanut Bites
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 06/09/2026
This sales rep knows how to impress me. 13 bottles of cleanskins to sample, and a bonus joint to help ease the pain. 🤣🤣
A box of mixed bottled wines and a bonus joint!
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 05/09/2026
Food!
Eggs Benedict
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Dave Hooper @davehooper.com · 05/09/2026
Smol Kitty got big
A black and white cat stares down from his lofty perch
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