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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

Queenslanders: You’ve been asking “why is the world so terrible?” You’ve been thinking “I wish somebody would bring some joy back into my life.” Your wishes come true! Tomorrow night ABSOLUTELY SCANDALOUS is live in Brisbane! New Farm Bowls Club, 969 Brunswick St, New Farm Tues 4 August.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

This pheasant coucal says “what do you mean…Gina Rinehart, Donald Trump, Barnaby Joyce & Pauline Hanson will all feature at the Absolutely Scandalous concert, at the BUG, New Farm Bowling Club, Brisbane, next Tuesday 4 August at 9pm? I’ll be there. But I’m not coming out from here earlier."

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

With songs from Gina Rinehart, Donald Trump, Pauline Hanson and Barnaby Joyce, to name just, er, four. Come to Brisbane and hear Absolutely Scandalous at the BUG, New Farm Bowls Club, next Tuesday 4 August.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

"Yes, Jim, class affects voting, but not as we know it." theconversation.com/politicians-...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

Also consistent with dementia. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Jim Chalmers offers some thoughts on Angus Taylor. (quoted by Michelle Grattan in the Conversation)

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Conference “Low Pay: What is to be done?" Sydney, Tuesday 27 January. Not just a Greek chorus tracing the tragedy of low pay, but also exploring what initiatives and possibilities exist to lessen its incidence and effect. Contact Di Kelly diana.kelly@unsw.edu.au

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

After we finish with Sudentenland, where shall we go next? (Reply by the wife of Stephen Miller, the President’s instantly recognisable and highly influential deputy chief of staff.)

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

It turns out that the only *specific* works that AT mentions in its 15/12 media release justifying the network-wide shutdown are all happening at Henderson station, 3 from the end of the Western line, almost as far as you can get from CRL. Hardly grounds for closing the network for a month.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Like the apocryphal health administrators in ‘Yes Minister’ who thought the hospitals run so much better without patients, Auckland Transport thinks the city’s entire rail network runs most efficiently if it’s without trains for a month. The *entire* network. For a *month*. Again! #nzpol

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

The report containing the data from the previous post (see p19). **How Amazon uses monopoly power and algorithmic pricing to extract huge profits from govt procurement.** ilsr.org/wp-content/u...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

There’s precedent. (Thames, 2021)

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

Six weeks later and STILL the OECD “Data Explorer” gives me this rubbish. @oecd-ocde.bsky.social @oecdstatistics.bsky.social

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

“Don’t ask me impertinent questions about whether the far right, known for their history of anti-semitism, are rallying in Australia. I’m far too busy doing important things, like explaining to this conference why watermelons are a covert anti-semitic symbol. I kid you not! Look at my slide!"

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

My heart goes out to all those in and out of Lisbon affected by this tragedy. Shocked to hear there were no emergency brakes on the funicular.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

I never saw what was on the other side of the footprints

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

"invading a people's land is so 1930s"

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 24/08/2025

Some of the hand-made signs in Brisbane

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

See how UTS thinks it shows it is "very mindful of our need to support staff through periods of uncertainty and change” (ie being made redundant). www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Who would have guessed? wpln.org/post/nashvil...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

The destruction of one of the world’s most respected, independent statistical agencies, by a megalomaniac outraged that it produced numbers he didn’t like.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

then back up again in 2025 (year to end July) (road death stats tend to bounce around a lot, since they’re “rare” events)

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

The NYT app has some advice for the NYT headline writers.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

Canadian launch of @worknetint.bsky.social at SASE conference in Montreal. "Connecting work and employment research centres"

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

More importantly, how bad do you have to be for your party to be 7 points BEHIND Farage’s on vote intention across multiple pollsters, and 15-47 seats behind Farage’s party on seat projections?

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

A bit longer. Max 9 turns (cf. 6 in Wordle) to get all four. I like to start with Wordle, do several other NYT quizzes, then Worldle, then Quordle.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Wages as a share of national income were falling until the Labor government passed the first of its IR bills. Since then the wages share has mostly been increasing. theconversation.com/yes-governme...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Not everyone is easily intimidated.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

OMG. This is actually in the official Whitehouse Twitter/X account. I thought it was photoshopped. Trump really is broadcasting that he sees himself as a king. Kings don't face elections. But in other OECD countries, kings have no role in policy or govt action. x.com/WhiteHouse/s...

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

I presume the sequence was: 1. Some senior functionaries get a benefit; 2. Under pressure, it’s spread through public sector; 3. Private sector unions cotton on, force large firms to adopt it; 4. In response to union submissions, tribunal spreads through rest of private sector.

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

'A giant figure representing right-wing capitalists stands behind Hitler, placing money in his hand, suggesting "backhand" donations. The caption is, "the meaning of the Hitler salute" and "Millions stand behind me".' The creator of the poster was forced to flee in 1933. (from Wikipedia)

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David Peetz @davidpeetz.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

How non-Nazis use their hands* when saying "my heart goes out to you". (*and face)

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