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David

@daverino.bsky.social
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Australia PhD. Follower of “socio-materialism” (Deleuze, Latour, Stengers) & Sociotechnical Systems thinking. 81. Interests: politics, music, economics, archeology, astronomy(esp. cosmology) philosophy of science & science fiction. No posts=block

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The hedgehog @the-hedgehog.bsky.social · 11h
"Clearing operations in the settlement of Zakharivka (Vovchansk direction) were carried out by the 429th Achilles Brigade, the 420th ASTUR Regiment, and the 6th Rangers Special Ops Reg. ... A Russian group’s movement was detected and it was struck... the Russians raised their hands and surrendered."
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CosmicRami 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @rami.spaceaustralia.com · 11h
Looks like our fav* Silicon Valley spin-out #ReflectOrbital is trying to show their investors some sort of value-add, but it is all very extremely lolzy because every single person who understands physics knows that this simulation is NOTHING like what an orbital reflector will give.
The application being tested Saturday night near Lone Pine: Whether lighting up a huge area of desert terrain from above could aid in nighttime search and rescue.

The spotlights were meant to simulate the kind of sunlight-reflecting space mirrors the company wants to put in orbit. Reflect Orbital has received permission from the Federal Communications Commission to launch its first satellite and anticipates doing so next year, a company spokesperson wrote in an email to the Chronicle. The company has said it wants to put 50,000 reflector satellites into orbit in the next decade.

“We expect our first customers to be search-and-rescue teams, so this was (a) hands-on test in a real search-and-rescue setting, coordinated with the people who would use our service,” the spokesperson wrote. “We’re excited to show how our technology can help save lives in critical situations.”
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 14h
The government is claiming it can fund aged care only by cutting healthcare support for pensioners.
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Dr Monique Ryan @mon4kooyong.bsky.social · 14h
Instead, this government has chosen to target older Australians. Why?
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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 11h
Never fired a shot. He had Donny installed instead. You got what you voted for America.
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Veronica 🇺🇸 🇮🇹 🇺🇦 🇳🇴 🇲🇽 🇩🇪 🇨🇦 🍁 🇸🇪 🇵🇷 @vero1986.bsky.social · 11h
Doc Rivers has spent much of his life confronting racism both on and off the court. Throughout his coaching career, he has witnessed how racial prejudice shapes the experiences of Black Americans and foreign white players in the NBA. sports.yahoo.com/articles/doc...
sports.yahoo.com
Doc Rivers explained how white foreign players are appalled by the treatment of Black people in the USA
Rivers talked about foreign white players witnessing racism in America.
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Denis - The COVID Info Guy @thecovidinfoguy.bsky.social · 11h
A Sydney hospital study found SARS-CoV-2 RNA in 39% of air samples despite good ventilation (avg CO₂ 614 ppm) • ED: 80% positive • ICU: 20% positive • Detection: Virus found in air samples a week before an outbreak was declared Researchers suggest masks and air purifiers to reduce transmission.
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Detection of SARS-CoV-2 in aerosol and surface samples in high acuity hospital settings during community epidemic waves – implications for risk-based infection control
Nosocomial transmission of SARS-CoV-2 is multifactorial and may vary between clinical sites.
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damebernie.bsky.social @damebernie.bsky.social · 18h
Most real estate ads are misleading at the best of times. We don’t need AI to enhance it.
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Jason Kint @kint.bsky.social · 14h
you can't be serious. This reads Meta/Facebook/Insta is looking to grant itself the rights to scrape websites across the open web - and train Meta's AI - if a company after Oct 30, 2026 uses Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp or other Meta services. So every biz. Read that again. Outrageous. 1/5
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Inside Ukraine 🇺🇦 @insideukraine.bsky.social · 11h
Putin's envoy Dmitriev said that the agreement to supply Russian diesel to the U.S. "opens the door to new joint projects." Moscow is already discussing other areas of economic cooperation with Washington, he said.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 11h
“The cost of insuring against a debt default by Wall Street's tech titans has hit record levels. Neocloud company CoreWeave is among the most expensive to insure against” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
'Canary in the coalmine' for a major Wall Street collapse, analysts warn
The cost of insuring against a debt default by Wall Street's tech titans has hit record levels. Soaring debt and rising interest rates have investors fretting about a potential collapse.
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🤖 SBS News bot (unofficial) @sbs-news-bot.bsky.social · 14h
A hidden device was found on an Australian Navy ship. Fallout is being felt across the fleet
sbs.com.au
A hidden device was found on an Australian Navy ship. Fallout is being felt across the fleet
Fleet-wide checks are underway as pressure grows for cultural change in defence. Here's what we know so far.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 16h
Trump wants to make sure it’s as easy as possible for his friend Putin to bomb apartment buildings and kill children. He’s not just the worst president in history, he’s the most evil person to ever serve at the highest level of government. Vote out his weak Republican enablers.
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The Mouthy Renegade Writer @mouthyrenegade.bsky.social · 23h
Sit the hell down in your high chair, Pee-Wee German, and shut the fuck up. Your trolling skills are dogshit, just like your soul.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 14h
“From crop failures to coral bleaching, a new tool developed by climate scientists aims to predict in detail the impacts of each megatonne of carbon emissions” www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
theguardian.com
Just what damage can the emissions from a new fossil fuel facility cause? A new tool has estimates
From crop failures to coral bleaching, a new tool developed by climate scientists aims to predict in detail the impacts of each megatonne of carbon emissions
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 14h
“Victoria has introduced new laws to target real estate agents underquoting house prices to try to bring more transparency to the market” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
New Victorian laws reveal auction reserves, so buyers stop wasting weekends
The real estate industry says new laws targeting agents underquoting a house price are well-intentioned but poorly designed.
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joelunchpail.bsky.social @joelunchpail.bsky.social · 16h
But Donny and Elon need those bot farms to keep their social media looking relevant and wing-nut followers all charged up. 🤣
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 14h
“Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
nytimes.com
Senators Demand Investigation Into Ukraine Satellite Disruption
Republicans joined Democrats in calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to look into whether the Trump administration was responsible for the interruption.
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ABC News Australia @news.abc.net.au · 14h
What we know about the Ilhan Omar investigation and the raid on Trump critic's home
abc.net.au
What we know about the Ilhan Omar investigation and the raid on Trump critic's home
Minnesota democrat Ilhan Omar has been a US citizen since 2000. According to US media reports, the latest raids on her home may be attempting to undo that.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 14h
“The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/u...
nytimes.com
Trump’s Deal With Russia Inflames Ukraine War He Vowed to End
The Ukrainian president’s defiant decision to continue attacking Russian refineries underscores President Trump’s inability to end a war he had promised to resolve.
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punterspolitics.bsky.social @punterspolitics.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
The REAL Dole Bludgers That Aren't On Centrelink An inquiry has revealed that JobSeeker is broken, and that private companies are cashing in while jobseekers and taxpayers are getting left behind. Despite criticising the system, Labor has barely fixed it. youtu.be/WycF_7KRcIg
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The Foreign Dole Bludger NO ONE is Talking About
YouTube video by Punter's Politics
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 14/10/2026
They both did it.
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Angelica Shalagina Official🇺🇦 @angel-shalagina.bsky.social · 20h
I’m from Ukraine. I hug my cat. I write in the dark. I laugh, I cry, I survive. Because giving up is not an option. #ukraine #ukrainians #cat #ukrainerussiawar #ukrainiangirl
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 17h
An excellent, albeit depressing, analysis of how the current (mis)information war is being waged. Well worth a read substack.com/@parkermollo...
substack.com
Parker Molloy (@parkermolloy)
New piece. The Talarico mental-hospital rumor fell apart in about seven hours on Sunday, and by Monday CNN, NBC and The Nation had all decided it backfired. I don’t think the people pushing it needed...
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
John Menadue: In addition powerful US influence through Five Eyes, we also have Pentagon colonisation of our ADF. 2023 it was agreed to establish a Combined Intelligence Centre–Australia (CIC–A) within Australia’s Defence Intelligence Organisation (DIO). pearlsandirritations.com/post/2026/05...
pearlsandirritations.com
Our intelligence services need to break free from excessive US influence
Australia is part of the white man's intelligence network, Five Eyes. That means too much CIA input into anti-China perceptions in recent years. It also helped bring down the Whitlam government.
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Representative Becca Balint @balint.house.gov · 15/10/2026
It has now been 300 days since the DOJ was legally required to release the entirety of the Epstein files.   We’re not going to give up our fight to hold this administration accountable for their coverup and give the victims the justice they deserve.   Release the files.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 15/10/2026
Donors of $333 million to the ballroom include "contributors who have benefited from regulatory decisions, government contracts and, in one case, a pardon for a family member." From @washingtonpost.com wapo.st/4yiUDPx
wapo.st
Secret documents reveal donors behind $330 million for Trump’s ballroom
The records offer a panoramic view of a fundraising campaign that is extraordinary for its size and opacity.
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Steve Moskal @samoskal.bsky.social · 19h
Gina bulldoze billionaire and One maga hate cult Nation promote Trump (and Musk) as their hero, so far have shown to adopt and adapt what seems every value, policy he has used and promotes, including his latest (useless) diesel purchase arrangement from Russia #auspol #nswpol #vicpol
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
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Heather e^-1/x^2 @heathermoandco.bsky.social · 19h
@mrjamesob.bsky.social, just listening to your show. Your point about wondering whether Musk and/or Trump gave the order to cut off #Starlink to #Ukraine, just look to past behaviour. Musk has already done this previously. I did a thread in 2024 on Musk’s duplicity and subterfuge wrt Ukraine.
Timothy Snyder
@timothysnyder.bs...

Trump is Musk's client. Musk is Putin's client. Putin is Xi's client.
November 11, 2024 at 11:11 AM
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My Bloody Valentine @chekhovsgundam.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"Australia has hastily scribbled its name on the group assignment after it was submitted"
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T Lee Keene @tleekeene.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
#traitor #trump
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JEAARCHITX 🟦🟩 @jea-commonsense.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Never Let You Go Happy Hump Day 🎼🐪🎼 @vestlandsfaen.bsky.social @markjkelly.bsky.social @ccedjm.bsky.social @paulette7.bsky.social @duenorth1.bsky.social @daverino.bsky.social @simonjester007.bsky.social @whyisthat.bsky.social @justsomedude57.bsky.social @sabarum.bsky.social youtu.be/nBpHMTkDnPc?...
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Third Eye Blind - Never Let You Go Lyrics [Full HD 1080]
YouTube video by Tanzi
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fairweathersurfer.bsky.social @fairweathersurfer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
To whom it may concern, Have you met a real estate agent? They're fucking pariahs, every last one of them is fighting the other for the title of "most repugnant human being to ever walk the planet". It's like throwing children at pedophiles and...
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Andy Paterson @agpat.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Elon Musk is an evil bastard.
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Gekko @gekko.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
America needs to put him on trial after the mid-terms and end up stripping him of his citizenship and gov contracts and send him out of the country
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JEAARCHITX 🟦🟩 @jea-commonsense.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Move It Throwback Thursday 🎶🎼🎶 @vestlandsfaen.bsky.social @markjkelly.bsky.social @ccedjm.bsky.social @paulette7.bsky.social @duenorth1.bsky.social @daverino.bsky.social @simonjester007.bsky.social @whyisthat.bsky.social @justsomedude57.bsky.social @sabarum.bsky.social youtu.be/AGLvgZnC1nE?...
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The Locomotions Move it The final concert 2016
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 20h
WHAT ABOUT VETS? The @TN.GOP’s medical cannabis plan excludes TN veterans with PTSD/anxiety and patients with chronic pain. Sen. @londonlamartn: “I’m sick of TN being behind everybody else.” h/t @tnsenatedems
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 20h
😂😂😂
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Xela Hart @xelahart.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 20h
“President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed overt frustration with the United States in an interview with The Financial Times. He had paused the strikes to comply with a demand from the United States” www.nytimes.com/2026/10/15/w...
nytimes.com
Zelensky Says Ukraine Will Resume Russian Refinery Strikes, Defying Trump
President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed overt frustration with the United States in an interview with The Financial Times. He had paused the strikes to comply with a demand from the United States.
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Dr Jeremy Walker @jeremywalker.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
"NSW taxpayers will pay an extraordinary $450m to fossil fuel giant Origin Energy to prop up its unviable coal-fired Eraring Power Station for 2 more years.. ..the Minns govt deal will see NSW taxpayers fund 80% of Origin’s losses in operating the plant..." www.crikey.com.au/2024/05/23/c...
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ukraine is winning, Musk and Trump are losing.
chadbourn.substack.com
Who Betrayed Ukraine?
Musk? Trump? Or both?
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Paul Marvin @paulmarvin.bsky.social · 20h
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 20h
A memo from senior insurance-industry officials warning that insurance modelers are being pressured to downplay climate in their models & that many insurers are already planning their exist from key markets. An explosive fuckup on the scale of the mortgage crisis is building.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 20h
“Researchers uncover Neanderthal remains they suggest show the oldest known evidence of a fatal blow with a wooden spear” “www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-10…
abc.net.au
Remains may be earliest evidence of ancient human speared to death
A round hole in the shoulder blade of a Neanderthal fossil could be the earliest known evidence of ancient humans attacking one another with wooden spears, researchers say.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 20h
“An outbreak of severe gastro on the Spirit of Tasmania V left multiple crew members ill on the ship's delivery voyage from Scotland to Australia this year” www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
abc.net.au
Dispute over outbreak that was 'like seasick, times 10' on Spirit ferry
A severe gastro outbreak on the Spirit of Tasmania V during its delivery voyage earlier this year has become the focus of a pay dispute in the Fair Work Commission.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 20h
Well, goodness me, what a surprise “www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-16/bret…
abc.net.au
Brethren Church hauled back before inquiry over election interference claim
Church leaders have denied organising members during the 2025 campaign, while at the same time acknowledging they clearly were coordinated.
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 20h
“ Krugman “By 2024 the war against inflation had been largely won, at startlingly low cost — recession many analysts claimed would be necessary to get inflation down never happened, inflation came way down anyway & then Trump snatched defeat from the jaws of victory” substack.com/@paulkrugman...
substack.com
On Inflation, Trump Snatched Defeat from the Jaws of Victory
There’s no way to shift the blame this time
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David @daverino.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
“An ancient shipwreck discovered off Turkey is claimed to be the oldest in the world. It sank in the Early Bronze Age and may have been on its way to the ancient city of Troy when it sank” www.newscientist.com/article/2593...
newscientist.com
Ancient shipwreck discovered off Turkey claimed to be world's oldest | New Scientist
A ship that sank in the Early Bronze Age was probably carrying jars of olive oil and may have been on its way to the ancient city of Troy when it sank
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