Reposted by David SandersonMarcel Dirsus @marceldirsus.com · 10hThe former boss of Germany's most important intelligence agency, the BND, has been arrested on suspicion of treason. 13378180
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 10hThat's a great, and very thorough, tribute. My father, Eric Sandblom, knew him a little during his Leichhardt Local days and was a big fan. 010
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 10hBecause false flag stuff is the favourite material of unhinged conspiracy theorists on the far left and far right you need to be very very careful before you suggest something might be a false flag. I don't think he's been at all careful here. 000
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 11hThis is such fantasy land stuff. I didn't know you were so into wish fulfilment posing as analysis. 011
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 12hIs there any point in comparing Canada and Australia in regards to the Trump administration? The situations are so different, not least because Canada is obviously an immediate neighbour, heavily economically dependent on the US and thus much more vulnerable to the coercion Trump indulges in. 000
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 12hThis is ridiculous stuff from Michael West. It's patently not a false flag event and Media Watch was right to call it out. Indulging in this nonsense really diminishes him. 000
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026He puts most 'accessible' histories to shame (they are generally audience pleasing rubbish). The 'Age' series is a magnificent achievement. 000
Reposted by David SandersonEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 28/09/2026"An intelligence explosion could be the most consequential technological development in human history compressing years of progress into months or less, threatening human control over AI systems, and severely eroding checks on power within and between states, companies, and branches of government." 1219
Reposted by David SandersonEric Lipton NYT @ericlipton.nytimes.com · 28/09/2026Fascinating new paper by research directors at major AI companies bluntly warning world policy makers to act now to prevent AI from getting out of control and potentially threatening society/humans. casp.ac/reports/inte... 83820
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Yes, if it's the Telegraph telling him to stop Clover Moore's town hall square plan then he's right there on the spot. Very willing to do their bidding. 010
Reposted by David SandersonEvan Osnos @eosnos.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Xi on track to land in DC tonight with a deceptively modest goal: keep things basically as they are. Extend the trade truce. Push off pressure over Taiwan. Give Trump the cordial relationship he values. Above all, prolong what Beijing sees as a window of geopolitical opportunity. 052
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Nothing Trump says is "powerful". It's all narcissistic blather. 020
Reposted by David SandersonJake McIntyre @jakemcintyre.bsky.social · 20/09/2026The "artist" is Trish Duggan, described in the article as a Trump donor - but perhaps most notable as the biggest donor in history to Scientology. Here she is with David Miscavige receiving one of the ever-larger awards recognizing her extraordinary benevolence. 611134
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Uniparty is a Hansonite term, it shouldn't be used. 202
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 17/09/2026It's just a "skirmish" John. Nothing to worry about, it's just a bit of fun and should be over by bedtime. 000
Reposted by David SandersonSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The story of Donald Trump is not a political story. It's a crime story. 25570189
Reposted by David SandersonJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The United States is preparing to sell Israel 40,000 bombs weighing 2,000 pounds (nearly a ton) each in a $2.8 billion sale. IT’S FUNDED BY U.S. TAXPAYER MONEY. The Trump administration has approved the sale, making it among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel.haaretz.comReport: Trump approves $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to IsraelIn 2023, Israel reportedly used MK-84 bombs, which reportedly make up half of the sale, in areas of the Gaza Strip designated as safe for civilians, with each strike creating a crater measuring at lea... 125520299
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Followed by demolition of all his horrid kitsch. 000
Reposted by David SandersonSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 16/09/2026 Booker nailed it. 852648573
Reposted by David SandersonAdam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026If Trump wanted to crown himself emperor in the national cathedral alito and thomas would support it 1093969558
Reposted by David SandersonAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026Some details: Kremlev, the Russian who sponsored Don Jr's wedding, is a former member of the Night Wolves biker gang, went to China with Putin and is personally sanctioned by Ukraine for his role in abducting children www.propublica.org/article/dona...propublica.orgDonald Trump Jr.’s Wedding Bankrolled by Putin-Linked Russian OligarchThe oligarch, Umar Kremlev, spent hundreds of thousands on expenses like renting out a private island. He appears to have met Trump Jr. only recently, but he attended the intimate wedding with a large... 15224441310
Reposted by David SandersonForbes @forbes.com · 14/09/2026Macklemore defended his remarks last week, saying, “Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.”forbes.comMacklemore Removed From Ed Sheeran's Tour After 'Free Palestine' Remarks, Report SaysMacklemore defended his remarks last week, saying, “Wanting all humans to be treated equal should never be controversial.” 23436811008
Reposted by David SandersonEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 10/09/2026 While warning about communism, Trump vows to bribe Americans with their own money (borrowed from China) so that he can keep control of Congress and get even richer. And he calls this proposed budget-destroying bribe a "dividend". Read David. 817459
Reposted by David SandersonMike Forsythe 傅才德 @pekingmikenyt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Never-Neverland was fine and all, but selling real estate in Sunset Park was much more lucrative. 031
Reposted by David SandersonMehdi Hasan @mehdirhasan.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Hi Dems, don’t think that millions of Muslims - & not just Muslims but anti-racist liberal & leftist Americans - don’t hear the deafening silence from most of you as the Muslim Democratic mayor of New York is being smeared and attacked by the GOP and right-wing media over 9/11. 1192715551
Reposted by David SandersonAi-Men Lau 劉羿雯 @aimenlau.bsky.social · 09/09/2026This reminds me of the time when a family friend, who doesn’t speak Mandarin all too well, told me that education (from kindergarten to uni) was completely free in China I asked her where on earth did she get that info, she told me her taxi driver told her so 26811
Reposted by David SandersonJean Rhys @msjeanrhys.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I found when I was a child that if I could put the hurt into words, it would go. It leaves a sort of melancholy behind and then it goes. 0225
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Kushner's vanity seems bottomless. He can't see the obvious, he can't see that this diplomacy is vastly beyond whatever range of skills he has. 020
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026There is such a long history of state government incompetence. It is seemingly chronic and unsolvable. #taspol 000
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Stop arguing about things that you know nothing about and have no expertise. 000
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I see this in the NYT every day. So dissonant with the reality of Trump. 000
Reposted by David SandersonSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 02/09/2026This is Apple Maps. This is Apple bowing down to Donald Trump. This is what happens when oligarchs reveal themselves to be cowards in service to the almighty dollar over our democracy, sanity and the truth. Shame on Apple. 2191854614
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 02/09/2026It also seems things aren't right with her either. Her claims do seem to be extravagant and unresolvable. 000
Reposted by David SandersonSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 31/08/2026It's almost like if you put a pro-Trump MAGA apologist at the head of CBS News you'll get Islamophobic, anti-democratic propaganda. 51757187
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Great to see the NYT giving it the attention it deserves. 010
Reposted by David SandersonZeyi Yang 杨泽毅 @zeyiyang.bsky.social · 31/08/2026Told my mum I wanted to be a scientist at 10; ended up a science journalist. That counts…right? But hi, I’ll be @nytimes.com’ new China Science Correspondent. If you are a Chinese scientist in China, outside China, on the fence, floating around…I’d love to hear what you are working on!nytco.comA New Reporter to Cover China’s Scientific Advancements | The New York Times Company 66413
Reposted by David SandersonSteven Beschloss @stevenbeschloss.bsky.social · 31/08/2026"It’s not new that Americans are seen by others as an unserious people. But the willingness to twice elect a man so buffoonish, depraved and hateful to our highest office provokes the belief that Americans...cannot be trusted any longer to do the right thing." open.substack.com/pub/america/...open.substack.comWill Future Generations Blame Us All?Or will they recognize that most of us were mad as hell and refused to take it? 36438491094
Reposted by David SandersonClara Jeffery @clarajeffery.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Fuck you Google. We will all remember your capitulation to a mad king 296140143199
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 30/08/2026Genuinely original products deserve protection, brands dont'. 000
Reposted by David SandersonTim Hirschel-Burns @timhirschelburns.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Live report from the Minnesota State Fair, located in the heart of American democracy, where there’s an ICE Out adaptation of Picasso’s Guernica made entirely from crops 6277262026
Reposted by David SandersonYaqiu Wang 王亚秋 @yaqiu.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Terrific piece by @goldkorn.bsky.social, capturing the duality of China today: incredibly efficient and convenient, yet strangely lifeless and soulless. www.chinafile.com/reporting-op...chinafile.comApp Life in China“It’s really tough doing anything in China right now,” my friend told me. He’s a serial entrepreneur in Shanghai with a locked-in grin. We were waiting for our food in a Taiwanese restaurant in a lovi... 1135
Reposted by David SandersonJommy Tee @jommytee.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Awaiting calls from Jillian Segal for a good news story on Israel to counter news that Israel has washed it hands of criminal investigation into Zomi Frankcom's murder. 1213157
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 19/08/2026The Dying Swan. A concerto in five movements. 000
David Sanderson @dizzylimit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The eagerness to grab him as a martyr is also unedifying. There was good evidence that he committed a number of frauds to benefit him. Is there an expectation that we should go easy on persistent fraudulent activity? 000
