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David Lamond

@davidlamond.bsky.social
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Australian. Twitter survivor. Committed to civil society & justice for all. Left of centre. Enjoy debate. Love books. PhD and 72 years of lived experience 🧐 - learned a little.

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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 2h
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 2h
Quintalist #785 3/5 Sports*** 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜ ⬜4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜5️⃣⬜⬜ Streak: 9 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 2h
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Appalachian Blue @republicofcascadia.bsky.social · 22h
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 6h
Big Tech is profiting from online harms inflicted on Australians. One thing would change this faster than any regulator: the right for you to seek compensation. #auspol Sign the @australiainstitute.org.au petition now: nb.australiainstitute.org.au/big-tech
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✍️ PETITION: Make Big Tech pay when they harm Australians
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Tom from Temecula @tomfromtemecula.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 12h
A fantastic result for #auspol and the #climate more generally! thepoint.com.au/new/261007-c...
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Climate win: Hunter community group wins four-year legal fight in landmark High Court ruling
The High Court has ruled that NSW planning authorities must consider how burning exported coal overseas contributes to climate damage in Australia. Climate advocates say the ruling would reshape how f...
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 15h
Meanwhile, back at the #GazaGenocide #auspol www.haaretz.com/gaza/2026-02...
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An Examination of Gaza’s Casualty Data and Its Reliability
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16h
"Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically right" @amyremeikis.bsky.social thepoint.com.au/opinions/261...
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Australia’s ‘sensible centre’ is shifting radically right
Australia has a new centre. If any policy finds itself between Labor and One Nation, it’s now considered “the middle ground”. hat should be alarming for a number of reasons, not least because it does...
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Peggy Sanders @peggysanders.bsky.social · 18h
This is Important information the voting public is entitled to know. Spreading this information to all voters will take the people’s local network to do it. #auspol
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quintalist #784 2/5 Animals*** 1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 8 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Kon Karapanagiotidis @kkarapanagiotidis.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
To every Australian banging on this morning on talkback radio about wanting ZERO migration, I concede. You can have it. As long as you are ok with the high chance of ZERO emergency medical care when you’re sick. ZERO aged care when you’re old. ZERO fresh food when you’re hungry.
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
I’m glad you didn’t dare characterise it as political “journalism”, @grogsgamut.bsky.social #auspol
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quite right, Winky! Just the latest great con by #auspol business, aided and abetted by the former public broadcaster.
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Integration & presentation are important elements of the work too, Lucy 🙏
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
It’s not a response to banned card surcharges - they’re the excuse for unmitigated greed - and if #theirABC had a journalist worthy of the title, it would have been called out as such! #auspol www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10...
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Coffee prices at some cafes rise by 10pc after RBA card surcharge ban
A ban on card surcharges has led some cafe owners to lift coffee prices. It's an unintended consequence of the Reserve Bank's card surcharge ban, which was intended to lower prices for consumers.
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
@lucyham.bsky.social continues to ask the important questions on behalf of #auspol lucyham29.substack.com/p/brief-who-...
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Brief: Who is running marketing for Pauline Hanson’s One Nation... apart from pro-Israel figures.
It has just been revealed that One Nation’s latest advertisement is an AI slop (almost) word-for-word copy of an ad for Netanyahu. The video for their Victorian launch was more toxic AI slop.
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Llamagrama 541 - Pins and Needles 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 ⏱️ 1m 33s 💡 0 🔤 0 🔥 7 #LlamaHerd #PinsandNeedles www.llamagrama.com 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Quintalist #783 1/5 Bowling 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 7 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Poor old #Caravan has a low bar for comparison though, Winky 😉
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
#Anus continues to make an arse of things - only to be expected, I suppose … #auspol theconversation.com/the-coalitio...
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The Coalition’s migration policy rests on a series of false premises
The long-awaited plan includes cutting net overseas migration by two thirds and a crackdown on visa-hopping, but it’s all built on shaky foundations.
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
#Llamagrama 540 - White Glove Test 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 ⏱️ 1m 11s 💡 0 🔤 0 🔥 6 #LlamaHerd #WhiteGloveTest www.llamagrama.com 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Quintalist #782 1/5 Rivers*** 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 6 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
#Llamagrama 539 - World Teachers Day 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 ⏱️ 1m 15s 💡 0 🔤 0 🔥 5 #LlamaHerd #WorldTeachersDay www.llamagrama.com 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Quintalist #781 1/5 Fives 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 5 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Llamagrama 538 - World Animal Day 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 ⏱️ 1m 16s 💡 0 🔤 0 🔥 4 #LlamaHerd #WorldAnimalDay www.llamagrama.com 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Quintalist #780 1/5 Space 1️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 4️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣⬜⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 4 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#Llamagrama 537 - Breaking News 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 ⏱️ 2m 53s 💡 1 🔤 0 🔥 3 #LlamaHerd #BreakingNews www.llamagrama.com 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Quintalist #779 5/5 Deserts*** 1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣1️⃣ 2️⃣⬜2️⃣2️⃣2️⃣ 3️⃣3️⃣3️⃣⬜3️⃣ ⬜4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣4️⃣ 5️⃣5️⃣⬜5️⃣5️⃣ Streak: 3 quintalist.com #quintalist 😅
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
#HerrTrumpf in the #RogueStatesOfAmerica substack.com/@politicsusa...
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When a picture speaks a thousand words
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Less “downsizing” than relocating?
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
I’m just going to leave this here, folks #auspol
Sketch of an Ancient Greek in the top left hand corner, with the following text:

Socrates:
When does the decline of society begin?

When the stupid are louder than the wise, 
When the lazy have more than the industrious,
When the unscrupulous are respected more than the honest, When those who have none preach morality, 
When character counts less than reputation, 
When children are no longer allowed to be children, 
When perpetrators are more protected than victims, 
When madness is glorified as "normal,
When politicians live not for the people, but off the people.

Said 2400 years ago and still valid today
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
So much for being #TheAdultsInTheRoom, eh @pupfiction.bsky.social? The flip side, of course, is - Greens: Labor should work constructively with the Greens Also the Greens: We're launching a smear campaign against Albo and the Labor governtment. #auspol
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Populism used to refer opportunistic policies that galvanised support - the kind of anti-immigration dog whistle and climate denying BS that PHON uses to great effect to win support from those doing it really tough – too angry to reflect on what might really be causing their problem
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Mary Debrett @drmaryd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
For MSM it's a bit dodgy for a political party to appoint a leader they think their best chance of winning more votes. So what are appropriate criteria for selecting a party leader? Curious desaturation of images - it's now populist to want a more caring society. www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
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The Greens want to catch the Mamdani wave. But can the minor party really become ‘unashamedly populist’?
New York City’s mayor and the UK’s Zack Polanski have tapped into anti-establishment anger. Australia’s new Greens leader, a hard man of the hard-left, wants to do the same.
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Why don't @australianlabor.bsky.social and @greens.org.au stop fighting with each other, stop blaming each other and, instead, focus on the issues that unite them rather than those which divide? #auspol #BeTheAdultsInTheRoom
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mariewalsh18.bsky.social @mariewalsh18.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
act.getup.org.au/s/sPq3vupb #auspol
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Stop corporate freeloading
Thanks for adding your name. Corporations that dodge tax don't get called out because most people don't know the scale of it. That changes when enough of us…
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quintalist #778 2/5 Nobel Prizes*** 1️⃣1️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 2️⃣2️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 3️⃣3️⃣⬜⬜⬜ ⬜4️⃣⬜⬜⬜ 5️⃣5️⃣⬜⬜⬜ Streak: 2 quintalist.com #quintalist 😎
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
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Westpac Palantir
Thanks for signing!You've just joined thousands of people telling Westpac to ditch Palantir. Westpac is betting its customers never find out about this deal,…
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David Lamond @davidlamond.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
According to the AI version of JMK, the problem is not AI per se, but the greed of the very rich few and the failure of govts to rein them in - prescience in spades! #auspol @grogsgamut.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/09/30/o...
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Opinion | What Would John Maynard Keynes Say About A.I.? The Keynes Bot Told Us.
Nearly a century ago, Keynes predicted that technology would liberate us from work. To imagine what he would think of artificial intelligence today, a Princeton economist used A.I.
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