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David Milner

@davemilbo.bsky.social
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Writer, journalist, guy that says stuff (about stuff). Editor of The Shot. Anti-genocide. Special envoy for social discontent.

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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I wasn't going to say anything at all, but a few lovely souls expressed concern when I stopped incessantly posting my rage, grief, work, bad humour and fluffy animals. 

I have just taken a smidgen of annual leave. It's been a while. And a crucial part of that actually helping me is being offline as much as (fucken) possible for a lil’ bit. The last few years have been… I dunno what the appropriate word is… let's just go with difficult. Hard. 

I'm not running away. Not retreating. Just breathing. Being invisible. Being human. I’d encourage everyone to do the same when and if the moment presents itself. The world is heavy, the fight is eternal, resistance is a collective effort, and these machines and platforms - as integral and powerful as they have become - feed on our souls. Please don't worry. Just having a moment. Thank you for caring xx
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nevyn @nevyn8.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
#auspol #australia #alliesofevil #thebadguys Vote like you give a damn and are not a racist zombie
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Bruce Williams @brucewilliams4.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Multiple sources inside the baby-killing machine confirmed to us that two factories, one in Mulwala NSW and another in Benalla VIC, are manufacturing nitroglycerine, nitrocellulose, and RDX, all deadly explosives that end up in the blood-soaked hands of the IDF.
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Jason Wu @auswu.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As usual, insightful and hard hitting article by @davemilbo.bsky.social on the cowardice and moral decay of the likes of @senatorwong.bsky.social and Ed Sheeran. #FreePalestine Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  theshot.net.au/uncategorize...
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Posted the wrong link before! Here's Senator Wong's response www.instagram.com/reel/DdaRWsy...
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
ICYMI: "in a healthy media environment...significant news implicating Australian complicity in a genocide would have garnered follow up coverage in mainstream press. But we do not have a healthy media environment. We have a fetid swamp." The political & media class work together to enable genocide.
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Peter Relph ᴀᴜ @peterrelph.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Pig Iron Penny
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Morabeets 🍉 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🌏♀️ @morabeets.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's Dave. #Dave
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Wilberry 🪷 @mstruewilberry.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Another damning piece of real journalism on the complicity of this government 👏🙏👏 'New evidence has surfaced, and there are new points that need to be stressed publicly – not just for the cause of Palestinian liberation, but for transparency’s sake, and for the moral soul of Australian democracy.'
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lindsaybussau.bsky.social @lindsaybussau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Australia is not supplying weapons or ammunition to Israel, but that Australia .... provides components that the government describes as "non-lethal in nature"" Does Penny expect us to accept that bomb bay doors and high explosive are non-lethal?? There is blood on our hands here.
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turn-left.bsky.social @turn-left.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Thank you for your excellent work as usual, David. I wish more people would realise that if a government is willing to assist with the slaughter of people “over there” and want you to accept it, they would happily slaughter you “over here”.
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Juzabel @juzabel.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"From the top down, through the government, through the media, through pathetic celebrities and milquetoast fence-sitters, through civic institutions, through sell-out unions, we have seen cowardice and complicity in enraging quantities over the last few years." It's all so fucking evil.
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Briony Kidd @brionykidd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
‘Do Australian workers have the legal right to refuse to load these explosives? To not stain themselves on blood-soaked shifts? Does the MUA still have that fighting humanitarian spirit it was once so admired for?’ Many good questions here. #auspol
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🔻social cohesion enjoyer 🔻 @riversandseas.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
important to also note that the former chair of thales australia who made the nitrocellulose was *still on the board of thales australia* and simultaneously *chancellor of the university of sydney* when thales ramped up production for the genocide they named the business school after her
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Belinda Hutchinson - Wikipedia
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Bicycletim Stredwick @bicycle-tim.eurosky.social · 16/09/2026
“ Now, in a healthy media environment – that is, one not totally beholden to genocidal supremacist billionaire dickheads – such significant news implicating Australian complicity in a genocide would have garnered follow up coverage in the mainstream press.“
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Caroline Difficult Gardam @cazuarina.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Australia is complicit @davemilbo.bsky.social 👏
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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Morabeets 🍉 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🌏♀️ @morabeets.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
"It’s reasonable to infer that a staggering portion of the rubble, of the death, of the infanticide was carried out using Australian made explosives." #auspol
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Sirius Star 🍉 🍉 🍉 @siriusstar3.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
“in a healthy media environment – that is, one not totally beholden to genocidal supremacist billionaire dickheads -significant news implicating Australian complicity in a genocide would have garnered follow up coverage in the mainstream press. But we do not have one. We have a fetid swamp.” #Auspol
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Here's me. 'Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?'
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Penny! Are 191.5 tons of nitrocellulose we sent to Israel “nonlethal in nature”?  - The Shot
Like Macklemore and Ed Sheeran, and Ed Sheeran’s band and Ed Sheeran, relations between Penny Wong and myself are “complicated”....
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
genuinely cannot think of an easier task than boycotting Pink and Ed Sheeran
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Lachlan Blackmore @soupness.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Haha easiest boycott of my life.
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James Marsh @jamesotron.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Ed Sheeran band will now be played by Ed Sheeran.
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The Simpsons: Groundskeeper Willy's One-Man Band
ALT: The Simpsons: Groundskeeper Willy's One-Man Band
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Voidra @voidrantsback.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Pink was my favourite singer as a child. I loved her music. I listened to it constantly. It got me through a lot. It means a lot to me. I've thrown out every bit and will never consume her work again. It's not fucking hard at all. Meanwhile I am going to stream Macklemore on every device I have.
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Tanya George @lassiewelsh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Agreed!
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Morabeets 🍉 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🌏♀️ @morabeets.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Amazon, Coles, Pink, Sheeran, Hughes. Bring it. ✊️
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nat_halie @nat-ha-lie.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Have been boycotting their subpar music for years. Easy task made even easier.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
genuinely cannot think of an easier task than boycotting Pink and Ed Sheeran
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
💯😂😵‍💫
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Call me Joe, (or Joe Pasha if you please...) @bugscuttle.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Kraft is a scumbag and Sheeran, it turns out, is a coward.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fuck Ed Sheeran, and not just for ruining that episode of Game of Thrones
Macklemore has been dropped from Ed's tour for saying Free Palestine
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
A key point here from the courageous Mary K. It's not just ZFA who was attempting to silence her and any others who dare to criticize the genocidal rogue state. It's the PM and too many other 'leaders' who have caved in to the Israel lobby. #auspol
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tandigi @tandigi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Mary is a bloody legend. One of the true good journos in Australia.
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Juzabel @juzabel.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
"Our current leadership is doing great damage to this country, conferring to one community special rights, ones that remove a fundamental right of every citizen. Insisting we collude in the oppression of our own conscience – the demand of every totalitarian state. All this, in a time of genocide."
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Sato Juniper @satojuniper.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
What massive strength. This is a woman of huge integrity and resolve, who has maintained dignity and grace in the face of an appalling attempt to punish her as a public lesson for others. #Auspol
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Candy Apple Grey @colourmepink.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I really didn't know how much I needed to read something like this until I read it. The second read was even slower. And truly, it felt like a breath of fresh air. Thank you @marykostakidis.bsky.social , for standing against the genocide. And may every bastard who attacked you rot in hell ....
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Wilberry 🪷 @mstruewilberry.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Hear, hear ✌️ 'The law-fare is aimed at silencing critics of Israel ... oppressive action and measures aimed at repression of legitimate speech to provide cover for the conduct of a state, and a defensive shield against any dent, no matter how minor, to the support of that state by our governments.'
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Tim Goodacre - Writer @timgoodacre.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
✊ #AusPol
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Here's @marykostakidis.bsky.social. "Rule 1: Don’t be intimidated. Rule 2: Don’t forget Rule 1"
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Rule 1: Don’t be intimidated. Rule 2: Don’t forget Rule 1 - The Shot
Over 2 years ago, in July 2024, in the midst of Israel’s genocidal assault on a captive people, a self-described...
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
While we remember the great sadness & suffering of 9/11, brace yourself against the use of the anniversary to manufacture consent for genocide. As Israel trashes its reputation through crimes against humanity, the Islamophobia network has cranked up. #Auspol lucyham29.substack.com/p/dont-let-t...
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Don’t let the wave of 9/11 articles help manufacture consent for genocide
The media in all its forms has been the loudhailer that helped Netanyahu’s 1980s Jonathan Institute project become networked propaganda for neocolonial activity in the Middle East.
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Morabeets 🍉 🇺🇦 🏳️‍🌈🌏♀️ @morabeets.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Naarm
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Simon Rosenberg @simonrosenberg.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Timely to re-up Dave's April 2025 post today.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Naarm/Melbourne at night, reflected on the Yarra River
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Just found the link to their site shop if anyone wants to be twins. theshot.store/collections/...
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New Range 2026
There is no ethical consumption under capitalism, but this is about as close as it gets.  Our new shirts and totes are designed by legendary cartoonist Fiona Katauskas. They're screen-printed in Melbo...
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Lucy Hamilton @lucyham.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Wearing my new merch from @theshot.net.au ✊🙏
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Jess S @jesssaphia.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
“The UN Commission of Inquiry has found that Israeli forces in Gaza have committed war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide.” #auspol has responsibilities under international law #ICJ
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nellyjane.bsky.social @nellyjane.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
So will the Aust gov act for Palestine ? Prob not .. it’s going to take the efforts of the Aust people to stop Israel completely destroying Palestine 🇵🇸
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Cathy Fry @cathyfry.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Damn straight Australia is on the wrong side of history. Fuck Albo and fuck Wong.
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David Milner @davemilbo.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Here's @boganintel.bsky.social. "UN lawyer lists concrete steps Australia must take to stop Israel’s atrocities"
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UN lawyer lists concrete steps Australia must take to stop Israel’s atrocities - The Shot
Australia is currently not practising what it preaches regarding international law, nor is it doing what it could to ensure...
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Hed_Vase @hedvase.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Seems like the U.S. wants a new little brother to lean on now that relations with Canada have hit an all-time low.
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HildaBewildered @hildabewildered.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ABC radio was frothing at the mouth over it all this morning. Don't worry, I only had to listen to it for a short time, until my phone connected and I got back into a podcast about why we should #TaxGas
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